Editing George Burns (section)

== ''Oh, God!'' ==
In 1977, Burns made another hit film, ''[[Oh, God! (film)|Oh, God!]]'', playing the omnipotent title role opposite singer [[John Denver]] as an earnest but befuddled supermarket manager, whom God picks at random to revive his message. The image of Burns in a sailor's cap and light springtime jacket as the droll Almighty influenced his subsequent comedic work, as well as that of other comedians. At a celebrity roast in his honor, [[Dean Martin]] adapted a Burns crack: "When George was growing up, the [[Top 40|Top 10]] were the [[Ten Commandments]]".

Burns appeared in this character along with [[Vanessa Williams]] on the September 1984 cover of [[Penthouse (magazine)|''Penthouse'']] magazine, the issue that contained Williams's notorious nude photos, as well as the first appearance of underage pornographic film star [[Traci Lords]]. A blurb on the cover announced "Oh God, she's nude!"

''Oh, God!'' inspired two sequels, ''[[Oh, God! Book II]]'' (in which the Almighty engages a precocious schoolgirl played by [[Louanne Sirota]] to spread the word) and ''[[Oh, God! You Devil]]''—in which Burns played a dual role as God and the [[devil]], with the soul of a would-be songwriter (played by [[Ted Wass]]) at stake.