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Good theme zoob, i remember that. Very 80s but distinctly comedy theme. Segal was good in Carbon copy but Id forgotten it was denzil in that. That was only his 4th project and i think first major starring role.
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Only 12 posts before Bob's tribute?
For a star like Segal?
We really are a dwindling number 
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Mar 27, 2021 - 2:22 AM
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MusicMad
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Only 12 posts before Bob's tribute?
For a star like Segal?
We really are a dwindling number
I've had a very busy few days and acknowledge that at other times I would have posted something before now. I can't say he was a favourite actor but I liked him in many films and he was always watchable.
An obvious choice for my favourite film of his is The Quiller Memorandum (1966) which, for me, gets better with every viewing. His laconic, laid back portrayal of the world-weary agent is superb. I know he's not the Quiller of the novels (a series I greatly enjoy) but in the separate universe which is the cinematic treatment of the same (well, similar) material this works ... for me.
I would love to see A Touch of Class (1973) again ... not broadcast, to my knowledge, in the UK since the opening night of Channel 5 ... a film I enjoyed greatly upon release and in which his comedic talents were a match for Glenda Jackson's Oscar worthy portrayal.
I recall reading many years ago that his cinematic career hit the doldrums, probably mid-70s, because he, or his agent, pushed for top-Hollywood-star status but his films rarely garnered the revenues of his star contemporaries.
Mitch
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I loved Segal in almost anything but remember THE DUCHESS AND THE DIRTWATER FOX being pretty "meh." He'll always be in my mind for two 1970 comedies, THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT and WHERE'S POPPA? Very few actors could pull off his genius at comic exasperation.
Luckily, he managed to live down his horrendous miscasting in 1966's THE LOST COMMAND as an Algerian rebel!
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James Marsden did a fun impersonation of him in HEIGHTS (2005).
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Mr Bloodworth (whispering outside banker's wife house): "Alright, Romeo, shes up there. She's fat, she ugly and shes bowlegged..."
Malloy (George segal): "You dont have to whisper ...because she's deaf too!!"
- Duchess And Dirtwater Fix
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