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George Burns Comedy Week

George Burns Comedy Week

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Synopsis

George Burns Comedy Week is a comedy anthology television series broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1985 fall lineup, hosted by George Burns.

Episodes

Episode 1

The Dynamite Girl

Catherine O'Hara is Sally, infinitely suggestible w/photographic memory allowing her to become whatever is mentioned in casual conversation. Thinking herself a doctor, she walks out of her hospital and gets involved in a terrorist incident

1985-09-18 · 30 min
Episode 2

Home for Dinner

1985-09-25 · 30 min
Episode 3

Death Benefits

A man (Joe Piscopo) who was assumed to be dead attempts to collect on his life insurance policy.

1985-10-02 · 30 min
Episode 4

The Smiths

A New York accountant turned-police informer (Martin Mull) is outraged when a witness-protection plan gives him a new identity, a new home, and a new family.

1985-10-09 · 30 min
Episode 5

The Couch

1985-10-16 · 30 min
Episode 6

Disaster at Buzz Creek

1985-10-23 · 30 min
Episode 7

The Assignment

1985-10-30 · 30 min
Episode 8

Dream, Dream, Dream

An accountant (Patrick Duffy) finds that his "Dream Girl" (Geena Davis) has come to life, but his dreams as a whole are a different matter.

1985-11-06 · 30 min
Episode 9

Boris and Ivan in Las Vegas

Another wonderful story starring the talented Dave Thomas and Bronson Pinchot as Russian cosmonauts who accidentally land in Las Vegas. Hoping to be saved by a secret rescue mission before any officials find out, the pair try to fit into the decadent and capitalistic lifestyle of downtown Las Vegas. A hilarious situation set up perfectly by Thomas and Pinchot.

1985-11-13 · 30 min
Episode 10

The Honeybunnies

Howard Hesseman plays the role of Andy Pace, an intense struggling playwright who can't get any of his string of bombs produced. The struggling playwright becomes famous when his lightweight story about rabbits becomes a national hit.

1985-11-27 · 30 min
Episode 11

The Funniest Guy in the World

1985-12-04 · 30 min
Episode 12

Christmas Carol II: The Sequel

In the sequel of this popular Christmas tale, an adult Tiny Tim gets help from the spirit, to teach a generous Scrooge, that it's much better to compromise. Ebenezer Scrooge (James Whitmore) is again visited by Marley's ghost (Paul Benedict) in "Christmas Carol II: The Sequel," one year after his transformation from crabby and stingy to jovial and generous—to a fault.

1985-12-11 · 30 min
Episode 13

The Borrowing

1985-12-25 · 30 min
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Cast

George BurnsGeorge BurnsSelf - Host
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