The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Season 3 Episode 5 - 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.
Subtitles: English
Season 3
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.
S03:E12 - Tax Refund
Gracie invites the mayor of Los Angeles for dinner.
S03:E13 - Gracie Gives a Swamp Party
Gracie has a very "entertaining" way of helping Harry Morton in his real estate business.
S03:E14 - George and Gracie Hear a Burglar / Up All Night
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:E15 - Gracie Thinks She's Not Married to George
George has to convince Gracie that they are legally married, but convincing Gracie of anything is never easy.
S03:E16 - Misunderstanding Over Buying Mountain Cabin
Harry Von Zell is planning to buy a mountain cabin, and gives Gracie as a reference. The real estate agent Harry's using calls Gracie, who comes to the conclusion that George is the one buying a cabin.
S03:E17 - Blanche Secretly Buys a Fur Stole
There's great confusion as to whether it was Blanche or Gracie who secretly bought a mink stole; and then the whereabouts of the fur come into question, prompting Gracie to involve the police.
S03:E18 - Von Zell's Girlfriend Between Trains
Harry Von Zell attempts to impress his ex-girlfriend by passing off Gracie as his wife. Meanwhile, Blanche worries that her husband is being bullied by his business partner, and George tries to straighten out Gracie's checking account.
S03:E19 - George Lectures at UCLA
George receives an invitation to speak at a UCLA forum on television, but he loses his nerve after hearing his friends mocking him.
S03:E20 - Gracie and Harry Morton / Missing Persons Bureau
Gracie causes needless headaches for Blanche, the police and an insurance agent when she reports Harry Morton missing.
S03:E21 - Surprise Party for Mortons / Sanitarium Routine
Harry Morton's friends plan a surprise party for his birthday, but Gracie mistakenly thinks the party is for George and she accidentally has Harry committed to a sanitarium.
S03:E22 - Perry & Pete / Gracie's Cousins / Sneak Thieves
George invites a pair of burglars to stay in their home after Gracie introduces them as her cousins.
S03:E23 - Gracie Doing a Picture Without George
Some amusement results when Gracie finds a telegram from 1923. In it, George is asked to do a Broadway show, but without his partner. Gracie does not notice the date on the telegram, and tries to figure out a way to make George feel free to do the show without her.
S03:E24 - Gracie and George Locked Out of Their House
Thanks to Gracie's carelessness, the Burns and Mortons get locked out of their homes in the middle of the night, much to the chagrin of the locksmith's jealous wife.
S03:E25 - Gracie at Department Store
Gracie trips and falls, as a result of her high heel getting caught in a hole in the rug at the department store. The store's management attempts to reach a monetary settlement with Gracie, but are thwarted by confused resistance.
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