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The Best Episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3

Every episode of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 40 - Gracie Falls in a Department Store
    9.2/10(38 votes)

    S3:E40

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 17 - Mayor Brown Comes to Dinner
    9.1/10(42 votes)

    S3:E17

    Graice invites the mayor of Los Angeles for dinner. Fletcher Bowron, longtime Los Angeles mayor in real life, plays himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 22 - Up All Night - Burgler
    9.1/10(41 votes)

    S3:E22

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 38 - Gracie Witnesses a Holdup
    9.1/10(46 votes)

    S3:E38

    Gracie has witnessed a bank robbery, and is scheduled as a witness against gangster Johnny Velvet. George is expecting to sing at a dinner for Ronald Reagan, but the guest list is dwindling.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 39 - Locked Out of the House
    9.1/10(39 votes)

    S3:E39

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 10 - Gracie Writes About Silky Thompson
    9.0/10(42 votes)

    S3:E10

    Gracie tangles with the underworld. George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bea Benaderet, Harry Von Zell, Larry Keating.

    Director:Ralph Levy
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 14 - Gracie Thinks Harry is in Love with Her
    9.0/10(27 votes)

    S3:E14

    Harry buys an anniversary present for Blanche and hides it at the Burns' home. However, Gracie finds it and thinks that Harry has fallen in love with her and is trying to win her from George. She sets out to come up with a scheme to "discourage" Harry and show him that he and Gracie are not meant for each other.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 18 - George Jessel - The Cigarette Girl
    9.0/10(34 votes)

    S3:E18

    Gracie and Blanche are disturbed by their husbands' extracurricular activities: Harry has been playing poker late at night, and George went to Ciro's with Georgie Jessel, who bought a teddy bear for $50 from a cigarette girl.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 34 - Surprise Party Mix-Up
    9.0/10(34 votes)

    S3:E34

    Gracie throws a monkey wrench into a birthday party for Harry Morton.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 35 - Cousins Perry and Pete
    9.0/10(37 votes)

    S3:E35

    George invites a pair of burglars to stay in their home after Gracie introduces them as her cousins.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 3 - Gracie Worrys about George's Sneezing
    8.9/10(48 votes)

    S3:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 20 - Blanche Wants New Car / Gracie Gets Von Zell a Wife
    8.9/10(35 votes)

    S3:E20

    Gracie tries to find Von Zell a wife and children so he can save money on his income tax.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 26 - Gracie Pretends She's a College Boy's Mother
    8.9/10(33 votes)

    S3:E26

    Gracie poses as a student's mother so he can bring his girlfriend "home" to dinner. Harry Von Zell, Bea Benaderet, Larry Keating.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 30 - Gracie & Cleaning Woman / Vanderlips
    8.9/10(34 votes)

    S3:E30

    Gracie jeopardizes Harry Morton's bank loan and George and Harry Von Zell's well-being when she mistakenly determines Mr. Vanderlip has been having an affair with his cook

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 11 - Gracie Thinks George is Going to Commit Suicide
    8.8/10(34 votes)

    S3:E11

    Gracie thinks George wants to get out of a complicated existence. Harry Von Zell, Larry Keating, Bea Benaderet.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 12 - Von Zell Dates a Married Woman
    8.8/10(34 votes)

    S3:E12

    Harry Von Zell has inadvertently dated a married woman, but Harry Morton is the one in big trouble when Gracie inexplicably (to our logic) poses on the telephone as Von Zell's wife and gives the woman's husband the Mortons' address.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 19 - Gracie on a Train - Murder
    8.8/10(42 votes)

    S3:E19

    Harry Morton gets into trouble with the police as a result of Gracie's mistaken notion that a man she met on a train is planning to kill his wife.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 28 - The Missing Fur Stole
    8.8/10(38 votes)

    S3:E28

    Lots of mixups, in both plot and dialogue, as Gracie mistakenly reports to the police that Blanche's new fur stole has been stolen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 5 - Gracie has George's Portrait Painted
    8.7/10(37 votes)

    S3:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 7 - The Ballet Tickets
    8.7/10(34 votes)

    S3:E7

    Culture enters the Burns household as Gracie tries to get George to sponsor a ballet company. Some interesting mixups occur, and the episode ends with George and Gracie doing a dance number without music.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 15 - Gracie Trying to Keep Mortons From Moving Away
    8.7/10(34 votes)

    S3:E15

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 16 - Gracie Thinks She and George are Not Married
    8.7/10(44 votes)

    S3:E16

    Gracie has acquired the crazy notion that she and George were never legally married. Jack Benny, a witness to their marriage, visits the Burns household in an attempt to straighten Gracie out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 21 - Swamp Party
    8.7/10(37 votes)

    S3:E21

    Gracie tries to help the Mortons sell their swamp.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 23 - Buying a Ranch
    8.7/10(30 votes)

    S3:E23

    Gracie believes that George wants to buy a ranch. Harry Morton and his partner Casey want to be the ones to sell it to him. But George does not really want to buy a ranch, and, perhaps ill-advisedly, relies on Harry Von Zell to help him get out of it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 25 - Gacie Reports the Car Stolen
    8.7/10(34 votes)

    S3:E25

    Someone whistles in George's dressing room and Gracie, believing the old show-biz superstition that it will mean three days of bad luck, hides George's car so that he can't make a scheduled trip to Palm Springs. George reports the car stolen, but eventually gets it back and sets off on his drive to Palm Springs--where he's arrested by the police because his car is still on the "hot car" list.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Gracie Falls in a Department Store" is the best rated episode of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show season 3. It scored 9.2/10 from 38 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on August 17, 1953. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Mayor Brown Comes to Dinner".