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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.
In “Where’s Poppa?” that premise is pushed to its final, maddening conclusion. Go if you want to laugh and like being offended.
Home video version features a different ending, showing a defeated George Segal climbing in bed with his mother and telling her: "Here's Poppa!" Connections Featured in Precious Images (1986)
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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 controlling...
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)
