. ▁ ▁Over view ▁After ▁G rac ie ▁Allen ▁retired ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 , ▁George ▁Burn s ▁tried ▁to ▁continue ▁the ▁old ▁series ▁without ▁her , ▁using ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁characters ▁and ▁settings ▁from ▁their ▁show . ▁In ▁this ▁new ▁series , ▁George ▁was ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁producer ▁in ▁a ▁dow nt own ▁office , ▁and ▁trying ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁an ▁ass ort ment ▁of ▁entertain ers ▁and ▁odd ball ▁the atr ical ▁acts ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁his ▁previously ▁established ▁friends . ▁Bl anche ▁Mort on ▁( Be a ▁Ben ader et ) ▁was ▁George ' s ▁secretary , ▁and ▁was ▁keeping ▁George ▁from ▁f aw ning ▁over ▁attract ive ▁women , ▁for ▁G rac ie ' s ▁sake ▁( G rac ie ▁was ▁mentioned ▁on ▁the ▁show , ▁but ▁never ▁seen ). ▁Bl anche ' s ▁husband ▁Harry ▁Mort on ▁( Lar ry ▁Ke ating ) ▁was ▁George ' s ▁account ant . ▁Also ▁present ▁were ▁Harry ▁von ▁Z ell , ▁Ron nie ▁Burn s , ▁and ▁J udi ▁Mer ed ith , ▁all ▁playing ▁themselves . ▁ ▁Mer ed ith ▁had ▁appeared ▁regularly ▁as ▁Ron nie ' s ▁girl friend ▁Bon nie ▁Sue ▁Mac A fe e ▁on ▁the ▁Burn s ▁and ▁Allen ▁Show ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁and ▁ 1 9 5 8 ; ▁here ▁she ▁played ▁essentially ▁the ▁same ▁role , ▁but ▁as ▁herself . ▁▁ ▁For ▁the ▁February ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁swe eps , ▁the ▁format ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁a ▁live