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George Burns Comedy Week

Season 1 · 13 episodes · Sep 18, 1985

  1. Episode 1

    The Dynamite Girl

    Sep 18, 1985

    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

  2. Episode 2

    Home for Dinner

    Sep 25, 1985

  3. Episode 3

    Death Benefits

    Oct 2, 1985

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

  4. Episode 4

    The Smiths

    Oct 9, 1985

    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.

  5. Episode 5

    The Couch

    Oct 16, 1985

  6. Episode 6

    Disaster at Buzz Creek

    Oct 23, 1985

  7. Episode 7

    The Assignment

    Oct 30, 1985

  8. Episode 8

    Dream, Dream, Dream

    Nov 6, 1985

    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.

  9. Episode 9

    Boris and Ivan in Las Vegas

    Nov 13, 1985

    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.

  10. Episode 10

    The Honeybunnies

    Nov 27, 1985

    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.

  11. Episode 11

    The Funniest Guy in the World

    Dec 4, 1985

  12. Episode 12

    Christmas Carol II: The Sequel

    Dec 11, 1985

    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.

  13. Episode 13

    The Borrowing

    Dec 25, 1985