@fontenayperi Back before we had the medical science needed to isolate pregnancy (or any) hormones specifically, they did what was called the "rabbit test". They took the urine of the woman in question and exposed it to the reproductive tract of the female rabbit. The excess/deficiency of estrogen etc would develop the rabbit ovaries so that you could tell if the woman was pregnant. This sitcom was from the 80s so there were still quite a percentage of the population who used this.
@ptboy18 There was an old fashioned pregnancy test in which the urine or blood of a women who thought she might be pregnant was injected into a rabbit and if it died she was believed to be pregnant. When Dorothy says the rabbit died laughing she is saying it was laughing because Sophia was so old.
@ninetiesbaby10 That's actually a common misconseption, that Rabbit's die from being injected. Although they do die, it's actually NOT from being injected with urine, they died because they had to be cut open so that doctors could look inside of their ovaries, pretty sick stuff.
@blugeagua Oh I recognize that the fact that the method is faulty and obsolete...I was just informing someone else of what the joke referred to...but yeah it makes sense that they would all pretty much die
@ninetiesbaby10 Actually the rabbit didn't die because of the hormone released in the urine of a woman who was pregnant; it was the scientists cutting the rabbit open to look at her ovaries and see if there were changes indicative of pregnancy that killed the poor thing.
@ptboy18 because sophia says its for a medical emergency so dorothy tells her ' wat the rabbit DIED laughing!' because she know sophia cant be pregnant
@ptboy18 because sophia says its for a medical emergency so dorothy tells her ' wat the rabbit DIED laughing!' because she know sophia cant be pregnant
@ptboy18 Rabbits used to be used for pregnancy tests. They would inject the rabbit with fluid from the woman and if there was any change in the rabbit's ovaries, it meant they were pregnant. In order to do that though, the rabbit had to be killed.
@ptboy18 i can't remember exactly how they did it, but in the old world, they would somehow preform a pregnancy test with blood and a rabbit. If the rabbit died, the girl was pregnant.
@ptboy18 Back before we had the medical science needed to isolate pregnancy (or any) hormones specifically, they did what was called the "rabbit test". They took the urine of the woman in question and exposed it to the reproductive tract of the female rabbit. The excess/deficiency of estrogen etc would develop the rabbit ovaries so that you could tell if the woman was pregnant. This sitcom was from the 80s so there were still quite a percentage of the population who used this.
sound's alot like MAUDE... (season: 1, disc: 2, Episode: "Maude's Dilemma - Part 1") when Maude (Bea Arthur) tell's her best friend, Vivian (Rue McClanahan) that she's pregnant...
Maude: "There's no mistake, Vivian, the rabbit died... Laughing, no doubt!!"
The rabbit died laughing! LOL :DDDDD!!!!
TheBubbleGlasses 3 weeks ago
thanks to everyone explaining the rabbit part :)
MaraZys 3 months ago
1 - Maude is not a movie. It was a 1970s sitcom that also starred Bea and Rue
2- The rabbit joke comes from an old practice for testing for pregnancy. Look it up, because it isn't nice or pretty.
nosuchpersonvideo 3 months ago
This is so sad...I'm a golden girl fanatic...yet I don't remember this scene at all!
2012nebula 3 months ago 4
i don't get this rabbit joke?
fontenayperi 6 months ago
@fontenayperi Back before we had the medical science needed to isolate pregnancy (or any) hormones specifically, they did what was called the "rabbit test". They took the urine of the woman in question and exposed it to the reproductive tract of the female rabbit. The excess/deficiency of estrogen etc would develop the rabbit ovaries so that you could tell if the woman was pregnant. This sitcom was from the 80s so there were still quite a percentage of the population who used this.
GFMarshallx1 5 months ago 2
@GFMarshallx1 sounds complicated. like by the time you figured out if the ovaries were developed or not, ma would be "out to ---> here".
AnaLoveChakra 3 days ago
I just discovered the golden girls in the past month. I am so obsessed.
LuvBrit2637 7 months ago
@LuvBrit2637 if you like this you should watch Bea Arthur's other show Maude. you'll love it!!!
Joan5788 7 months ago
sophia is a mess lol
markmark1987 10 months ago
LOL!!! totally sounds like Maude! I love that show! It's weird to See Rue so ditsy tho!!
sashamarie711 1 year ago
I don't get the rabbit part???
ptboy18 1 year ago 51
@ptboy18 There was an old fashioned pregnancy test in which the urine or blood of a women who thought she might be pregnant was injected into a rabbit and if it died she was believed to be pregnant. When Dorothy says the rabbit died laughing she is saying it was laughing because Sophia was so old.
ninetiesbaby10 1 year ago 13
@ninetiesbaby10 That's actually a common misconseption, that Rabbit's die from being injected. Although they do die, it's actually NOT from being injected with urine, they died because they had to be cut open so that doctors could look inside of their ovaries, pretty sick stuff.
blugeagua 1 year ago
@blugeagua Oh I recognize that the fact that the method is faulty and obsolete...I was just informing someone else of what the joke referred to...but yeah it makes sense that they would all pretty much die
ninetiesbaby10 1 year ago
@ninetiesbaby10 Actually the rabbit didn't die because of the hormone released in the urine of a woman who was pregnant; it was the scientists cutting the rabbit open to look at her ovaries and see if there were changes indicative of pregnancy that killed the poor thing.
DarlingNikki2 6 months ago
@ptboy18 because sophia says its for a medical emergency so dorothy tells her ' wat the rabbit DIED laughing!' because she know sophia cant be pregnant
13Mdraco 1 year ago
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@ptboy18 because sophia says its for a medical emergency so dorothy tells her ' wat the rabbit DIED laughing!' because she know sophia cant be pregnant
13Mdraco 1 year ago
@ptboy18 Rabbits used to be used for pregnancy tests. They would inject the rabbit with fluid from the woman and if there was any change in the rabbit's ovaries, it meant they were pregnant. In order to do that though, the rabbit had to be killed.
GabbyXena100 9 months ago
@ptboy18 In the old days they used rabbits to test who may have been preganat.
Honey360Bee 8 months ago
@Honey360Bee Well that makes perfect logical sense. I am such a Rose.
ptboy18 8 months ago
@Honey360Bee how?/
JackYueLe 7 months ago
@ptboy18 i can't remember exactly how they did it, but in the old world, they would somehow preform a pregnancy test with blood and a rabbit. If the rabbit died, the girl was pregnant.
Rendosian01 6 months ago
@ptboy18 Back before we had the medical science needed to isolate pregnancy (or any) hormones specifically, they did what was called the "rabbit test". They took the urine of the woman in question and exposed it to the reproductive tract of the female rabbit. The excess/deficiency of estrogen etc would develop the rabbit ovaries so that you could tell if the woman was pregnant. This sitcom was from the 80s so there were still quite a percentage of the population who used this.
GFMarshallx1 5 months ago 3
@ptboy18 a rabbit is a symbol of fertility. so back in the day a rabbit would be used to test if a woman is pregnant or not.
te4888 2 months ago
"what happened? The rabbit died laughing!?"
sound's alot like MAUDE... (season: 1, disc: 2, Episode: "Maude's Dilemma - Part 1") when Maude (Bea Arthur) tell's her best friend, Vivian (Rue McClanahan) that she's pregnant...
Maude: "There's no mistake, Vivian, the rabbit died... Laughing, no doubt!!"
LMAO!! too funny!! :)
LorettaSwitFan1 2 years ago 43
It helps that Susan Harris wrote that episode of Maude.
PeterBluth 2 years ago
to: PeterBluth
AMEN to that!!! that was too funny... LMAO ... too damned funny... :)
LorettaSwitFan1 2 years ago
@LorettaSwitFan1 Loved that episode
greenlanternintx 1 year ago
@LorettaSwitFan1 Haha! I was just thinking that. I love that episode. "Vivian, when I'm 62, I'm going to be the mother of an Eagle scout!"
GabbyXena100 9 months ago
@LorettaSwitFan1 i have maude and golden girls on dvd there amazing.
beady108 8 months ago
@LorettaSwitFan1 That was a great episode. Brought real meaning
puppydogeyes96 7 months ago
@LorettaSwitFan1 who are maude and vivian?
hailzmarie1 6 months ago
@hailzmarie1 maude and vivian are the roles of bea arthur and rue mc clannahan in the 70's sitcom maude
jamesjeffreybowen 6 months ago
@hailzmarie1 It's referring to Bea Arthur's show "Maude" from the 70s.
blueandwhite72 6 months ago
@LorettaSwitFan1 Are a lot of jokes associated with that movie?
cutiekiska 4 months ago
*What happened, the rabbit die laughing* LOL
TashaRichardsonFan 2 years ago
lmao sophias face scrunches when she says it, her mouth lolll.
kris11842 3 years ago