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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show — 1947
39 episodes broadcast in 1947.
Gracie and her neighbor Blanche Morton set out to organize a Housewives Guild.
Gracie searches for a painless way to break the news of the Christmas bills to George.
January 16, 1947
January 23, 1947
January 30, 1947
February 6, 1947
George and Gracie mark fifteen years in radio, with guest Al Jolson supplying the songs.
With the gas, water, and electricity shut off, Gracie resolves to run the household like a business.
Inspired by her favorite radio sleuth, Gracie decides she and George should take up detective work.
March 27, 1947
April 3, 1947
With Easter two days off, Gracie drops unsubtle hints for a new hat, and the Uplift Society pitches in.
April 10, 1947
Gracie takes it into her head to sell the house.
April 17, 1947
After George refuses to sell the house 614 times, Gracie reveals it sits on a swamp -- and sells it anyway.
The Burnses beat a retreat from Bill Goodwin's house once his girlfriends start taking an interest in George.
May 1, 1947
Homeless after the sale, Gracie books herself a room at the YWCA and George one at the YMCA.
The couple buys their old house back, and Gracie resolves to make amends to George for all the trouble.
The Uplift Society 'fights inflation' by shopping to check prices, then billing the husbands for their trouble.
In the season finale, George and Gracie debate a vacation spot and welcome summer guest Frances Langford.
September 4, 1947
September 11, 1947
September 18, 1947
Fretting over the cost of living, George tries to sell one of Gracie's plays to Texas oil millionaire Mr. Judson.
October 2, 1947
October 9, 1947
October 16, 1947
October 23, 1947
October 30, 1947
Awaiting a gift pig for a barbecue, the Burnses discover that the 'biggest bore in Jackson County' is very much human.
Gracie tries to book guest Cary Grant to address the Uplift Society on the question, 'Women -- Are They Here to Stay?'
Gracie's wish to hear the royal-wedding rebroadcast collides with George's poker night, so the cast stages its own royal wedding.
Gracie convinces guest Jean Sablon that George is a Paris native, and a French medal duly follows.
George schemes to talk guest Bing Crosby into retirement so he can take over his career.
A hypnotized Meredith Willson turns into a 'wolf,' and Gracie wonders whether George could use the same treatment.
George is left to guess what Gracie really wants for Christmas.
With Gracie down with the flu, George drafts guest Jane Wyman to play her for the evening.
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