The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show: Season 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 5.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
The Burnses And Mortons Go To New York
Oct 3, 1955 · 30 min
George, Gracie, the Mortons, and Harry Von Zell are travelling by train to New York City to take up residence in the St. Moritz Hotel. Famous atomic scientist Professor Eldridge i
The Musical Version
Nov 7, 1955 · 30 min
George is excited as plans for his book to be made into a Broadway musical materialize. This episode contains some nice music and even has some dancing by George and Gracie.
Ronnie Moves To The Village
Nov 14, 1955 · 30 min
Ronnie wants to move in with his friend Jim and his artist father, who live in Greenwich Village. Gracie tries to keep him from moving by emulating beatnik dress and decor.
Gracie Helps Lola
Nov 21, 1955 · 30 min
Lola the waitress is having trouble getting her cab driver boyfriend to propose marriage. Ronnie's drama teacher is coming to the hotel to meet George and Gracie. These two story
George Becomes a Dictator
Dec 5, 1955 · 30 min
Everyone gets involved in Ronnie's acting dilemma: he must choose between a comedic and a dramatic role.
Ronnie's Elopement
Dec 12, 1955 · 30 min
Marie, the hotel's new cigarette girl, attracts the attention of all the men in the building. When she gives Gracie a vague message about Ronnie's tickets for a trip to Connecticut
Company For Christmas
Dec 19, 1955 · 30 min
Christmas is coming, and Blanche and Harry have differing ideas as to which family members they want to invite to join them in the St. Moritz Hotel. The hotel is packed, and Graci
Gracie Pawns Her Ring
Dec 26, 1955 · 30 min
Ronnie's friend, Jim Boardman, has written a bad play and the boys petition George to finance it. Gracie decides to help them get the money.
Appearances Are Deceiving
Jan 2, 1956 · 30 min
Gracie has a problem to handle when an overly protective father finds his daughter embracing Ronnie.
Let's Dance
Jan 9, 1956 · 30 min
Ronnie's drama school is having a dance, and Gracie wants to help out. Von Zell tells Gracie that any man in the hotel would like to go with Marie, the cigarette counter sales gir
Ronnie Gets An Agent
Jan 23, 1956 · 30 min
Ethically-challenged agent Jack Devlin attempts to lure Ronnie into signing with him, with the hope of landing jobs for his clients on the Burns and Allen Show.
George Needs Glasses
Feb 13, 1956 · 30 min
Gracie mistakenly believes that George's vision is failing. When he is reluctant to have eyeglasses prescribed for him, she consults an eye doctor. He suggests that George might
The Indian Potentate
Feb 20, 1956 · 30 min
Gracie dons the garb of an Eastern princess in an endeavor to meet an Indian Maharaja.
Cyrano De Bergerac
Mar 5, 1956 · 30 min
Ronnie is practicing the role of Cyrano, but has trouble coming to grips with a lack of self esteem resulting from comparing his own performance with a recording of the master Cyra
The English Playwright
Mar 19, 1956 · 30 min
A famous playwright happens to be staying at the St. Moritz Hotel. Ronnie would love to get a part in his current production, and Gracie tries to help in her typically illogical w
Burlesk
Apr 16, 1956 · 30 min
George is in trouble for supposedly influencing Jim Boardman to get a job in a burlesque show.
The Right People
Apr 23, 1956 · 30 min
Mrs. Sohmers shows her snobbishness as she objects to a possible marriage between Ronnie and her daughter, Pat. Meanwhile, Gracie suddenly rises in social status when she befriend
The Magic Act
Apr 30, 1956 · 30 min
Ronnie has been offered a contract for a part in a movie. Gracie mistakenly believes that the offer is for George. She decides that she must get a job to make George feel better
The Paris Creation
May 7, 1956 · 30 min
Gracie needs a slight alteration to a designer dress she bought. George insists that she take it to the designer to have it fixed, not realizing that the designer is in Paris.
Back From Paris
May 14, 1956 · 30 min
Behind George's back, Gracie concocts plans to bring twenty four of designer Broussard's dresses from Paris to sell in New York.
The Twenty-Four Dresses
May 21, 1956 · 30 min
Gracie needs financing for the dress shop she intends to open. George wants the dresses sent back to Paris. Gracie counts on Mrs. Sohmers for help.
Ronnie Is Lovesick
May 28, 1956 · 30 min
Gracie thinks that Ronnie is planning to join the French Foreign Legion because his French girlfriend left him.
The Night Out
Jun 4, 1956 · 30 min
George gets locked in a steam room overnight. Harry Von Zell has borrowed George's overcoat to wear on a date with a young woman and leaves it at the Stork Club. These two circum
Questions And Answers
Jun 11, 1956 · 30 min
In order to become a member of the Ladies of Oyster Bay, Gracie must be quizzed on her knowledge of literature by a committee of members. Mrs. Sohmers comes up with a surprising p
The Triple Surprise Party
Jun 18, 1956 · 30 min
George gives a surprise party for Harry Morton but pretends it's for Ronnie. Larry Keating, Bea Benaderet, Ronnie Burns.
Mrs. Sohmers Needs a Psychiatrist
Sep 17, 1956 · 30 min
Dabbs Greer plays a psychologist who is helping Mrs. Sohmers cope with anxiety created by her association with Gracie. Then he meets Gracie and is thrown for a loop. This episode
The Switchboard Operators
Sep 24, 1956 · 30 min
In an effort to keep Harry Morton from accepting a new position which would involve extensive travel, Gracie and Blanche take over the hotel switchboard.