Rabbit Test
Brief Synopsis
Lionel is a young man who has never had sex and is engaged to be married. His cousin sets him up with a one-night stand, and not long after this he finds himself to be the world's first pregnant man.
Cast & Crew
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Joan Rivers
Director
Billy Crystal
Lionel
Joan Prather
Segoynia
Alex Rocco
Danny
Doris Roberts
Mrs Carpenter
Edward Ansara
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1978
Distribution Company
Nelson Entertainment
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 24m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Synopsis
Lionel is a young man who has never had sex and is engaged to be married. His cousin sets him up with a one-night stand, and not long after this he finds himself to be the world's first pregnant man.
Director
Joan Rivers
Director
Cast
Billy Crystal
Lionel
Joan Prather
Segoynia
Alex Rocco
Danny
Doris Roberts
Mrs Carpenter
Edward Ansara
Imogene Coca
Jane Connell
Keene Curtis
Norman Fell
Fannie Flagg
Jack Fletcher
Alice Ghostley
George Gobel
Rosey Grier
Paul Lynde
Murray Matheson
Roddy Mcdowall
Sheree North
Tom Poston
Charlotte Rae
Joan Rivers
Sab Shimono
Mary Steelsmith
Jimmie Walker
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1978
Distribution Company
Nelson Entertainment
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 24m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Articles
Keene Curtis (1923-2002)
Keene Curtis, a veteran Broadway, television and film actor who was familiar to many viewers the snippy upstairs restaurant owner John Allen Hill for the final three seasons of Cheers, died on October 13th of complications of Alzheimer's disease at a retirement center in Bountiful, Utah. He was 79.
Born in Salt Lake City in 1923, Curtis grew up in Bountiful, in a family that adored theater. His father built his young son a miniature stage out of an old chiffonier, using a towel for a curtain. Curtis soon began to make his own little theaters out of cardboard boxes and put on shows for the neighborhood kids. No doubt of his calling, Curtis went on to receive his bachelor's and master's degrees in Theater Arts from the University of Utah, where he was a student actor and cheerleader. He had returned to college after spending three years in the Navy, and made his film debut when Orson Welles discovered him for his production of Macbeth (1948) and cast him in the role of Lennox, and launching his career.
Despite the promising film debut, Curtis dedicated himself to the stage for the next twenty years, but it was not until he won a Tony Award in 1971 as best featured actor in a musical for The Rothschilds did his profile rise. After his stint as Daddy Warbucks in the Broadway production of Annie Curtis began to venture into television and films, where his baldpate and rich diction enlivened many programs, particularly in comedies where he made a superb comic foil. In addition to his role on Cheers, Curtis’ other television credits include: MASH Ally McBeal, The Drew Carey Show and Caroline in the City. Among Curtis’ most notable films: Heaven Can Wait (1978) The Buddy System (1984), Sliver (1993) and Fred Schepisi’s I.Q. (1994) where Curtis turned in a charming cameo as President Dwight Eisenhower.
In 1998, Curtis endowed a scholarship at the University of Utah to help graduates of the school's Actor Training Program launch their careers. He also donated to the university his Tony Award and 48 boxes of theater memorabilia and personal papers, including a 1961 letter from Noel Coward, who praised Curtis' "firmness, patience, efficiency and most of all your ability to handle people with tact and imagination." He is survived by his sister-in-law, nieces and nephews.
Michael T. Toole
Keene Curtis (1923-2002)
Keene Curtis, a veteran Broadway, television and film actor who was familiar to many viewers the snippy upstairs restaurant owner John Allen Hill for the final three seasons of Cheers, died on October 13th of complications of Alzheimer's disease at a retirement center in Bountiful, Utah. He was 79.
Born in Salt Lake City in 1923, Curtis grew up in Bountiful, in a family that adored theater. His father built his young son a miniature stage out of an old chiffonier, using a towel for a curtain. Curtis soon began to make his own little theaters out of cardboard boxes and put on shows for the neighborhood kids. No doubt of his calling, Curtis went on to receive his bachelor's and master's degrees in Theater Arts from the University of Utah, where he was a student actor and cheerleader. He had returned to college after spending three years in the Navy, and made his film debut when Orson Welles discovered him for his production of Macbeth (1948) and cast him in the role of Lennox, and launching his career.
Despite the promising film debut, Curtis dedicated himself to the stage for the next twenty years, but it was not until he won a Tony Award in 1971 as best featured actor in a musical for The Rothschilds did his profile rise. After his stint as Daddy Warbucks in the Broadway production of Annie Curtis began to venture into television and films, where his baldpate and rich diction enlivened many programs, particularly in comedies where he made a superb comic foil. In addition to his role on Cheers, Curtis’ other television credits include: MASH Ally McBeal, The Drew Carey Show and Caroline in the City. Among Curtis’ most notable films: Heaven Can Wait (1978) The Buddy System (1984), Sliver (1993) and Fred Schepisi’s I.Q. (1994) where Curtis turned in a charming cameo as President Dwight Eisenhower.
In 1998, Curtis endowed a scholarship at the University of Utah to help graduates of the school's Actor Training Program launch their careers. He also donated to the university his Tony Award and 48 boxes of theater memorabilia and personal papers, including a 1961 letter from Noel Coward, who praised Curtis' "firmness, patience, efficiency and most of all your ability to handle people with tact and imagination." He is survived by his sister-in-law, nieces and nephews.
Michael T. Toole
Quotes
She's a truck. She'll need a forklift to get into heaven.- The Minister
Trivia
One of the first feature films to be shot on videotape, then transferred to film stock.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States February 1978
Released in United States on Video February 1986
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1978
Feature directorial debut for comedienne and television personality Joan Rivers.
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1978
Released in United States February 1978
Released in United States on Video February 1986
