George Burns Comedy Week

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

Sep 18, 1985

Home for Dinner

Sep 25, 1985

Death Benefits

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

Oct 2, 1985

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.

Oct 9, 1985

The Couch

Oct 16, 1985

Disaster at Buzz Creek

Oct 23, 1985

The Assignment

Oct 30, 1985

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.

Nov 6, 1985

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.

Nov 13, 1985

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.

Nov 27, 1985

The Funniest Guy in the World

Dec 4, 1985

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.

Dec 11, 1985

The Borrowing

Dec 25, 1985