George Segal: The De-Pantsing of Pops

'I'm tired, I've been drinking since nine o'clock, my wife is vomiting, there's been a lot of screaming going on around here!'

Nick

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

While recently flicking the channels, I came upon an airing of 1966's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.  I remember loving the film when I first saw it a few years ago, but find it a difficult film to re-watch.  The performances are great, and the emotions raw, but much like the night depicted in the film, it's not a night one hopes to repeat.

I watched about a half hour, long enough to see for the first time how hot George Segal was as Nick.  Now I know who George Segal is, but I often get him confused with actor Elliott Gould, another actor who had great success in movies in the 60's and 70's and now is most often seen playing fathers and grandfathers on television sit-coms.

Segal currently plays 'Pop's on ABC's The Goldbergs, a show I briefly watched and enjoyed, but quickly lost interest in.  Until this catching Segal again in Virginia Woolf however, I hadn't really taken the time to fully explore his impressive resume of roles in film and on television.

The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)

Segal appeared in film after film, two or three a year throughout most of the late sixties and early seventies. Segal has been been paired with some of the biggest names in the business, some of his co-stars, in addition to Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in Woolfe, included;  Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Goldie Hawn, Jane Fonda and Bette Midler.

A Touch of (1973)

Blume in Love (1973)

The Hot Rock (1972)

A little research led to finding two butt baring scenes, both from films in the early 1970's.  In Where's Poppa, Segal's batty mother (Ruth Gordon) yanks down his pants to give his tush a smooch

Born to Win (1971)

In 1971's Born to Win, Segal has a great embarrassment scene after his character J is kidnapped over a drug debt.  J is forced strip in front of a room full of people, then put into a room alone.

J puts on a women's robe and attempts to get the attention of someone in the building across the street to get them to call the police.  That plan backfires, so he ends up running out of the building and out of the building leaving his clothes behind.  You get a taste of the scene from the clip above.

Where's Poppa (1970)

'I'd know that tush anywhere!'