Playboy Interview: George Burns

June, 1978

Playboy Interview: George BurnsThe most inspired cinematic stroke of 1977 was the casting of George Burns as God in Warner Bros.' huge moneymaker "Oh, God!" And, by God, there may be a Second Coming of Burns's tennis-shoed Lord in a sequel. Playing God isn't bad for a performer who readily admits that he was a god-awful vaudevillian until he teamed up with a dainty Irish dramatic actress and dancer named Gracie Allen. To hear Burns tell it, in his self-deprecatory manner, he went into...