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In regards to the VHS releases of Where's Poppa?, the Key Video release was the theatrical version, which had its original ending changed to a more 'sedate' finish. The later MGM/UA Home Video release had the original ending restored where Gordon Hocheiser ends up in the bed with his mother.
But when Klane scored an unexpected smash in 1989 by writing Weekend at Bernie’s for director Ted Kotcheff, the two joined forces to make a followup that would be a virtual reinvention of Where’s Poppa?, which for all of its similarities, would turn out radically different.
Oct 17, 2013 · She, however, remains as calm as can be and simply repeats her incessant refrain, “Where's Poppa?” SPOILER ALERT: There are two different endings to the film. The original version emphasizes the Oedipus angle.
Oct 1, 2019 · Except for a quite different ending, the script adheres to the original plot. Manhattan lawyer Gordon Hocheiser (Jeff Marlow) is driven up the wall by the kooky antics of his...
Sep 11, 2016 · Where's Poppa? generates enough sick humor to make Blazing Saddles blush: casual rape jokes, gags at the expense of the elderly and infirm, insensitive handling of racial stereotypes, to name but a few. Still, it has earned its status as a minor cult classic. Extras include an alternate ending. Recommended. (M. Sandlin)
New York was entering a long and steep decline as the 1970s began infrastructure was crumbling, city services were deteriorating, financial crisis was looming, crime was soaring. Instead of ignoring these enormous problems, Where's Poppa? fights them off by laughing in their face. Of course it's offensive to have African-American actors play ...
Jul 9, 1970 · The film's incest-themed original ending (trimmed from the video version but still included in cable prints) finds Gordon climbing into bed with Mrs. Hocheiser, only to be greeted with a "Here's Poppa." The celebrated "tush scene," wherein Mrs. Hocheiser bites Gordon on his bare backside while Louise looks on in horror, packed a real wallop ...
