Jack Benny Steals George's Joke
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - S2 - E16
A feud between George and Jack Benny is the result of Jack stealing one of George's jokes.
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show: Season 2 - 26 Episode s
2x1 - Gracie Goes to a Psychiatrist
September 27, 1951
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.
2x2 - Beverly Hills Uplift Society is Out of Money
October 11, 1951
Gracie and her Uplifters Society are locked out of their clubhouse because Gracie forgot to pay the rent.
2x3 - The Football Game
October 25, 1951
Football game tickets bring about complications for the Burnses and Mortons.
2x4 - Surprise Birthday Party
November 8, 1951
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.
2x5 - Thanksgiving
November 22, 1951
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.
2x6 - New Dresses for the Concert
December 6, 1951
The Uplifters society is having a concert and Gracie and Blanche want new dresses.
2x7 - Christmas with Mamie Kelly
December 20, 1951
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.""
2x8 - Gracie's Storeroom
January 3, 1952
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.
2x9 - Blanche for President
January 17, 1952
Blanche enters the race for the presidency of the Beverly Hills Uplifters.
2x10 - Dinner With the Vanderlips
January 31, 1952
George and Harry have some trouble when the Vanderlips are invited over to the Burns home for dinner.
2x11 - Gracie and the Dented Fender
February 14, 1952
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.
2x12 - Trip to Palm Springs
February 28, 1952
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.
2x13 - Gracie Loses Her Engagement Ring
March 13, 1952
When Gracie misplaces her engagement ring, George decides to teach her a lesson.
2x14 - Harry and the Gold Digger
March 27, 1952
2x15 - Live Show #41
April 10, 1952
2x16 - Jack Benny Steals George's Joke
April 24, 1952
A feud between George and Jack Benny is the result of Jack stealing one of George's jokes.
2x17 - Live Show #43
May 8, 1952
Gracie wants to redecorate, and to get George out of the house she tricks him into taking Harry Morton fishing. However, when Harry declines to go fishing, Grace has to come up with another plan to get rid of George.
2x18 - The Speech Writer
May 22, 1952
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.
2x19 - Divorce Attorney
June 5, 1952
A prediction from a phoney swami results in Gracie engaging an attorney to divorce George.
2x20 - Divorce Attorney
June 19, 1952
2x21 - Live Show #47
July 3, 1952
Gracie has to renew her drivers license.
2x22 - Live Show #48
July 17, 1952
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.
2x23 - Live Show #49
July 31, 1952
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 ,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.
2x24 - Live Show #50
August 14, 1952
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.
2x25 - Live Show #51
August 28, 1952
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.
2x26 - Gracie and Blanche Want to Redecorate
September 25, 1952
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.