The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 2, Episode 17: Live Show #43

Gracie Goes to a Psychiatrist

Blanche is worried after having a string of bad dreams, but is afraid to go to a psychiatrist. Gracie decides to go in her place, pretending to be Blanche, so she can tell Blanche what the psychiatrist thinks of "her" problem. However, Harry hears that his wife is seeing a "shrink" and begins to treat Blanche better than he ever had before. Gracie thinks that if Harry treats his wife better when he thinks she's crazy, maybe if George think's Gracie's crazy he'll treat her better, too.

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Beverly Hills Uplift Society is Out of Money

Gracie and her Uplifters Society are locked out of their clubhouse because Gracie forgot to pay the rent.

30 min

The Football Game

Football game tickets bring about complications for the Burnses and Mortons.

30 min

Surprise Birthday Party

Gracie plans a surprise birthday party for George. The plan is that he is to invite all his friends to the Mocambo nightclub for a party but they are to decline his invitation, leaving him to think that nobody has remembered his birthday. However, Gracie being Gracie, things go awry quickly.

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Thanksgiving

Gracie is having friends over for Thanksgiving dinner, including Harry Morton's business partner and his wife, Linda Lee. As it happens, a horse that Harry is betting on is also named Linda Lee, and Grace gets the two "Linda Lees" confused. Complications ensue.

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New Dresses for the Concert

The Uplifters society is having a concert and Gracie and Blanche want new dresses.

30 min

Christmas with Mamie Kelly

George and Gracie's second Christmas show. Mamie Kelly and her children join the Burnses for the holidays. George dresses up like Santa for the children and Gracie tells the children the story of ""A Christmas Carol.""

30 min

Gracie's Storeroom

Gracie has a storeroom built so she can store canned fruits and vegetables. When the project gets out of hand, George hires someone to pretend he's a building inspector to tell her she doesn't have a permit and will have to tear the storeroom down.

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Blanche for President

Blanche enters the race for the presidency of the Beverly Hills Uplifters.

30 min

Dinner With the Vanderlips

George and Harry have some trouble when the Vanderlips are invited over to the Burns home for dinner.

30 min

Gracie and the Dented Fender

Gracie finds a dent in the fender of the car. To keep George from noticing, she tries to convince George that the Burnses and Mortons should walk to a football game rather than drive.

30 min

Trip to Palm Springs

George and Gracie are taking a trip to Jack Benny's Palm Springs home. Blanche wants to go, but Harry says no. Blanche doesn't accept "no" for an answer.

30 min

Gracie Loses Her Engagement Ring

When Gracie misplaces her engagement ring, George decides to teach her a lesson.

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Harry and the Gold Digger

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Live Show #41

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Jack Benny Steals George's Joke

A feud between George and Jack Benny is the result of Jack stealing one of George's jokes.

30 min

The Speech Writer

Mamie Kelly and her obnoxious kids again park their trailer in George and Gracie's driveway and cause lots of trouble as they obstruct George's endeavor to write a speech.

30 min

Divorce Attorney

A prediction from a phoney swami results in Gracie engaging an attorney to divorce George.

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Divorce Attorney

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Live Show #47

Gracie has to renew her drivers license.

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Live Show #48

Gracie tells a record company exec she's married to a famous singer and promises to bring him in. In Gracie's mind, George IS a famous singer.

30 min

Live Show #49

The Mortons invite George and Gracie to the Happy Time Lodge, but George doesn't want to go so he comes up with a story that he has to come up with $50,000 that night and he won't be able to go if he doesn't get the money. Gracie overhears this and, thinking that she and George are broke, plans to rent out their spare rooms to boarders.

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Live Show #50

Gracie goes to the racetrack and winds up buying a horse. The horse's former owners accompany Gracie back to the house and wind up moving in. Meanwhile, the police have been looking for the horse because the animal's "owners" are actually horse thieves--and they track it to George's house.

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Live Show #51

George tells Gracie that he ran into George Jessel at the Friars Club, but Gracie somehow misinterprets it into thinking that George thinks he needs glasses. She gets an eye doctor to come to the house to give George an exam, but it turns out that the doctor needs glasses more than anyone else does.

30 min

Gracie and Blanche Want to Redecorate

Gracie and Blanche want to redecorate their houses, but they know that George and Harry won't go for it. Gracie comes up with a plan to get George out of the house--she invites her relatives to stay for two weeks.

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