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George Burns Comedy Week

Comedy

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.

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Episodes & Seasons

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Season 1

13 Episodes

EP 01

EP 1

01.The Dynamite Girl

30m

1985-09-18

01.The Dynamite Girl

30m

Aired 1985-09-18

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

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EP 02

EP 2

02.Home for Dinner

30m

1985-09-25

02.Home for Dinner

30m

Aired 1985-09-25

No episode synopsis available.

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EP 03

EP 3

03.Death Benefits

30m

1985-10-02

03.Death Benefits

30m

Aired 1985-10-02

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

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EP 04

EP 4

04.The Smiths

30m

1985-10-09

04.The Smiths

30m

Aired 1985-10-09

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.

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EP 05

EP 5

05.The Couch

30m

1985-10-16

05.The Couch

30m

Aired 1985-10-16

No episode synopsis available.

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EP 06

EP 6

06.Disaster at Buzz Creek

30m

1985-10-23

06.Disaster at Buzz Creek

30m

Aired 1985-10-23

No episode synopsis available.

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EP 07

EP 7

07.The Assignment

30m

1985-10-30

07.The Assignment

30m

Aired 1985-10-30

No episode synopsis available.

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EP 08

EP 8

08.Dream, Dream, Dream

30m

1985-11-06

08.Dream, Dream, Dream

30m

Aired 1985-11-06

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.

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EP 09

EP 9

09.Boris and Ivan in Las Vegas

30m

1985-11-13

09.Boris and Ivan in Las Vegas

30m

Aired 1985-11-13

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.

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EP 10

10.The Honeybunnies

30m

1985-11-27

10.The Honeybunnies

30m

Aired 1985-11-27

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.

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EP 11

11.The Funniest Guy in the World

30m

1985-12-04

11.The Funniest Guy in the World

30m

Aired 1985-12-04

No episode synopsis available.

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EP 12

12.Christmas Carol II: The Sequel

30m

1985-12-11

12.Christmas Carol II: The Sequel

30m

Aired 1985-12-11

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.

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EP 13