Dr Michael Rapaport
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
True, there is an actual Dr. Michael Rapaport. But coincidentally enough, the actor Michael Rapaport had a part in a doctor-related movie as well.
Rapaport appeared in a bit part in the Eddie Murphy hit movie Dr. Dolittle 2. Rapaport plays Joey, a raccoon with an attitude who is tasked with bringing Dolittle to meet with his boss, the God Beaver. The God Beaver reveals to Dolittle that the forest is being cut down, rapdily, by the humans. Dolittle realizes that doing so will probably kill off the endangered Pacific Western Bear, and he decides he must save the species by pairing a male with a female.
But things don’t go well when the only male available is a maladjusted bear from the circus, and it’s up to Dolittle - along with a crew full of forest friends, Joey included - to help the bear get used to being a real bear again. Joey himself gets a big chance to help in the end by cornering Mr. Potter, the owner of the logging companies responsible for destroying the forest.