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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show — 1948

38 episodes broadcast in 1948.

January 1, 1948
January 8, 1948 George and Jack in Concert as Gypsies Listen (MP3)
George and guest Jack Benny turn themselves into a gypsy violin-and-vocal act to raise money for a tour.
January 15, 1948 Gracie Does the Income Tax Listen (FLAC)
It is tax-deadline day, and Gracie pitches in on George's return -- to his peril.
January 22, 1948 An Old Friend Visits and Ignors George Listen (MP3)
Gracie and guest Walter O'Keefe swap old vaudeville memories that pointedly exclude George.
January 29, 1948 Separate Vacations? Listen (MP3)
Egged on by Blanche, Gracie decides George is a hopeless nag and that a trial separation is in order.
February 5, 1948 Hunting Rabbits for a Fur Coat Listen (FLAC)
Gracie wants a fur coat, so George takes literally to the woods to hunt for one.
February 12, 1948 Baby Sitting for Kay Kyser Listen (MP3)
Gracie volunteers George to babysit Kay Kyser's new baby.
February 19, 1948 George Is Losing His Hair Listen (MP3)
A five-thousand-dollar cattle-market windfall is George's for the taking -- if only he can reach a telephone.
February 26, 1948 Gracie Goes to New Orleans Listen (FLAC)
Off to a hat festival in New Orleans, Gracie suspects George will spend the trip with a girl named 'Dimples.'
March 4, 1948
March 11, 1948
March 18, 1948
March 25, 1948 The Easter Outfit Listen (MP3)
With Easter bearing down, Gracie angles for a whole new outfit.
April 1, 1948
April 8, 1948
April 15, 1948 Gracie Conspires to Buy George a Tv Set Listen (MP3)
When neighbor Joe Bagley sells Gracie a television set, George becomes convinced Joe means to replace him in the act.
April 22, 1948 George Is Talked Out of Buying Roses for Gracie Listen (MP3)
Gracie soldiers on through laryngitis while George tries to prove he really did see 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.'
April 29, 1948 The 1918 Stutz Bearcat Listen (MP3)
George's long-awaited gadget-laden new car arrives -- and Gracie promptly trades it for a 1918 Stutz Bearcat.
May 6, 1948 Judson's Sister and the Oil Well Listen (MP3)
Rich Mr. Judson offers the Burnses an oil well on one condition -- that they marry off his sister.
May 13, 1948
Gracie's inability to turn away door-to-door salesmen leaves George quarantined in his own home.
May 20, 1948 Gracie's Mother Visits Listen (MP3)
Gracie's visiting mother makes no secret of her low opinion of George's show-business career.
May 27, 1948 Spiritualism Listen (MP3)
Gracie's new fascination with spiritualism gives Joe Bagley an opening to unload a swampy lot through the swami.
June 3, 1948
June 10, 1948
September 30, 1948
In the season opener, the Burnses try to smooth the way for a young couple's elopement -- and George nearly winds up married himself.
October 7, 1948 Is Gracie a Kleptomaniac? Listen (MP3)
Gracie quietly monograms George's watch, pen, and lighter as a gift, convincing him she has taken up kleptomania.
October 14, 1948
October 21, 1948
October 28, 1948
To pay for a new dress, Gracie turns the Burns house into a hotel -- all George wanted was long underwear.
November 4, 1948
November 11, 1948 15th Wedding Anniversary Listen (FLAC)
On their fifteenth anniversary, a jealous Gracie wonders whether it is finally time to tell George about their two children.
November 18, 1948 Who's the Boss? Listen (FLAC)
A dispute over who is boss sends George and Gracie into duelling accounts of their honeymoon trip.
November 25, 1948 The Lost Ring Listen (MP3)
December 2, 1948
December 9, 1948
December 16, 1948
December 23, 1948 Beverly Hills Uplift Society Christmas Carole
December 30, 1948 The New Year's Eve Party Listen (MP3)
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