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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/OmarGooding as Stuart.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Raven-Symoné auditioned for the part of Amanda but was too young. Bill Cosby still saw potential and got her a spot as Olivia on ''Series/TheCosbyShow''.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Raven-Symoné auditioned for the part of Amanda but was too young. Bill Cosby still saw potential and got her a spot as Olivia on ''Series/TheCosbyShow''.''Series/TheCosbyShow''.
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* CriticalDissonance: Audiences polled this film on CinemaScore and it got an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.

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* CriticalDissonance: Audiences Holds an approval rating of 6% on Rotten Tomatoes but audiences polled this film on CinemaScore and it got an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.
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* CriticalDissonance: Audiences polled this film on CinemaScore and it got an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Raven-Symoné auditioned for the part of Amanda only to be turned down for being too young. Bill Cosby still saw potential and got her a spot as Olivia on ''Series/TheCosbyShow''.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Raven-Symoné auditioned for the part of Amanda only to be turned down for being but was too young. Bill Cosby still saw potential and got her a spot as Olivia on ''Series/TheCosbyShow''.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/OmarGooding as Stuart.
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* RealLifeRelative: Pamela Poitier, the daughter of director Sidney Poitier, appears as Nurse Satler. Pamela also worked as a production assistant on the movie.

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* CreatorKiller: ''Film/LeonardPart6'' destroyed Cosby's film career. This film buried it under six feet of concrete.
** This might have killed Creator/SidneyPoitier's career behind the camera, as he had no directing credits up to his death in 2022.

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''Film/LeonardPart6'' destroyed Cosby's film career. This film buried it under six feet of concrete.
** This might have killed Creator/SidneyPoitier's career behind the camera, as he After this film, Creator/SidneyPoitier had no directing credits up to his death in 2022.
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** This might have killed Creator/SidneyPoitier's career behind the camera, as he has had no directing credits since.

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** This might have killed Creator/SidneyPoitier's career behind the camera, as he has had no directing credits since.up to his death in 2022.
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* DuelingMovies: Released two weeks before and eventually got [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by ''Film/Ghost1990''.
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* StarDerailingRole: As the film didn't do so well, Bill Cosby's career in film became as dead as he was in the film.

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* StarDerailingRole: As the film didn't do so well, Bill Cosby's career in film became as dead as he was in the film.film.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Raven-Symoné auditioned for the part of Amanda only to be turned down for being too young. Bill Cosby still saw potential and got her a spot as Olivia on ''Series/TheCosbyShow''.

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* CreatorKiller: ''Film/LeonardPart6'' destroyed his film career. This film buried it under six feet of concrete.

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* CreatorKiller: ''Film/LeonardPart6'' destroyed his Cosby's film career. This film buried it under six feet of concrete.concrete.
** This might have killed Creator/SidneyPoitier's career behind the camera, as he has had no directing credits since.
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* CreatorKiller: ''Film/LeonardPartSix'' destroyed his film career. This film buried it under six feet of concrete.

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* CreatorKiller: ''Film/LeonardPartSix'' ''Film/LeonardPart6'' destroyed his film career. This film buried it under six feet of concrete.
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* CreatorKiller: ''Film/LeonardPartSix'' destroyed his film career. This film buried it under six feet of concrete.

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Hey Its That Guy and Hey Its That Voice examples are being cut per TRS.


* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Series/TwinPeaks Bobby Briggs]] wants you to put the bitch on the phone.
*** And as a result. [[Series/TheCosbyShow Cliff Huxtable]] is choking him.
* StarDerailingRole: As the film didn't do so well, Bill Cosby's career in film became as dead as he was in the film.

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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Series/TwinPeaks Bobby Briggs]] wants you to put the bitch on the phone.
*** And as a result. [[Series/TheCosbyShow Cliff Huxtable]] is choking him.
* StarDerailingRole: As the film didn't do so well, Bill Cosby's career in film became as dead as he was in the film.
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* ActorAllusion: Cosby's character convinces the crazy Satanist cab driver that he's actually Satan incarnate. Cosby had previously portrayed Satan in the Disney movie TheDevilAndMaxDevlin.

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* ActorAllusion: Cosby's character convinces the crazy Satanist cab driver that he's actually Satan incarnate. Cosby had previously portrayed Satan in the Disney movie TheDevilAndMaxDevlin.''Film/TheDevilAndMaxDevlin''.
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* DawsonCasting: Teenager Diane's actress, Kimberly Russell, was 24 at the time of filming.
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** When Edith pops in near the end to explain the situation, he helps himself to some [[CelebrityEndorsement Jell-O]] what was in the family's fridge.

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* ActorAllusion: Cosby's character convinces the crazy Satanist cab driver that he's actually Satan incarnate. Cosby had previously portrayed Satan in the Disney movie TheDevilAndMaxDevlin.



** [[TwinPeaks Bobby Briggs]] wants you to put the bitch on the phone.
*** and as a result. [[TheCosbyShow Cliff Huxtable]] is choking him.

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** [[TwinPeaks [[Series/TwinPeaks Bobby Briggs]] wants you to put the bitch on the phone.
*** and And as a result. [[TheCosbyShow [[Series/TheCosbyShow Cliff Huxtable]] is choking him.him.
* StarDerailingRole: As the film didn't do so well, Bill Cosby's career in film became as dead as he was in the film.
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** [[TwinPeaks Bobby Briggs]] wants you to put the bitch on the phone.

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** [[TwinPeaks Bobby Briggs]] wants you to put the bitch on the phone.phone.
*** and as a result. [[TheCosbyShow Cliff Huxtable]] is choking him.
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We\'re are well aware of who Bill Cosby is


** Creator/BillCosby is the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin dad who is also a ghost]]
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** BillCosby is the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin dad who is also a ghost]]

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** BillCosby Creator/BillCosby is the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin dad who is also a ghost]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** BillCosby is the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin dad who is also a ghost]]
** [[TwinPeaks Bobby Briggs]] wants you to put the bitch on the phone.

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