The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

Name: S03:E05 - Gracie Thinks George Is Retiring From Show Business
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1953-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 22 min 27 s
Cast: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Harry von Zell, Bea Benaderet, Larry Keating

Season 3 Episode 5 - Gracie Thinks George Is Retiring From Show Business

1953 · 23 min

TV-G

Comedy

The Burns house is put in jeopardy when a misheard telephone conversation between George and Jack Benny gives Gracie the impression that George is quitting show business.

Subtitles: English

Starring:George Burns Gracie Allen Harry von Zell Bea Benaderet Larry Keating Mabel Albertson Will Wright Frank Wilcox Rolfe Sedan Jack Benny

Directed by:Frederick De Cordova

S03:E01 - Wardrobe Woman Wins Free Trip to Hawaii

Gracie tries to play cupid for Harry and her wardrobe woman, not realizing that the woman is married already and has two children

S03:E02 - Gracie Giving Party for Atomic Scientist

Gracie gives a dinner party for a famous but somewhat eccentric atomic scientist, who never accepts invitations. However, the scientist hears that George was in Las Vegas at the time of the atomic testing and, thinking that George is a fellow scientist, accepts Gracie's invitation.

S03:E03 - Primary Photo for George Sneezing / Gracie Thinks He's Insane

George has been sneezing for a comedy routine, so Gracie takes a medical exam for him and the doctor concludes she's mentally ill. Meanwhile, a dieting Harry Morton hides food all over the house.

S03:E04 - Gracie Buying Boat for George

Harry Morton and Harry Von Zell try to persuade George that he's overworked and needs to buy a boat so he can go sailing on the ocean and relax. Their main reason, however, is that THEY want to go sailing and figure they can trick George into buying the boat. In order to do that, they concoct a scheme to make him think he's going crazy under the "pressures" of work by making him think he's someone named "Charlie Cochran".

S03:E05 - Gracie Thinks George Is Retiring From Show Business

The Burns house is put in jeopardy when a misheard telephone conversation between George and Jack Benny gives Gracie the impression that George is quitting show business.

S03:E06 - Gracie Having George's Portrait Painted

Gracie hires an artist to paint a portrait of George. But the painter is confounded when Gracie explains that she wants to give the portrait to George as a surprise gift.

S03:E07 - Sampter Clayton Ballet / Selling Tickets

Gracie's interest in sponsoring the ballet leads to her friends selling tickets and to jobs for two dancers who pose as the family's maid and butler.

S03:E08 - Skating Pearsons Come to Visit

A couple from George and Gracie's vaudeville days, "The Skating Pearsons" drop by for a visit. They're worried that their son, Joey, wants to get into show business, and ask George and Gracie to talk the boy out of it.

S03:E09 - Von Zell Dates Married Woman / Jealous Husband

Gracie interferes after Harry Von Zell goes out with a married woman and the result is a mistaken-identity lawsuit against Harry Morton.

S03:E10 - Uncle Clyde Comes to Visit / Renting Room

George scrambles to rent the spare room before Gracie's uncle arrives for a visit, but everyone's plans incur some hiccups.

S03:E11 - Gracie Trying to Keep Mortons From Moving Away

Harry Morton trades his house for one across town. Gracie doesn't want to lose her best friend Blanche, so when the new neighbors move into the Mortons' house, Gracie does everything she can think of to convince them that they wouldn't want to live next door to a household as crazy as the Burns' one.