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The first mainstream animated feature film directly aimed at African American audiences, Hyperion Productions' Bebe's Kids is based on a comedy routine by the late Robin Harris. Voiced by Faison Love, Harris endures a "date from hell" when he goes out with the lovely Jamika. His romantic rendezvous is ruined when he is stuck with Jamika's son-as well as Bebe's kids, three little horrors spawned from three different fathers. The worst of the batch is unhousebroken baby Peewee. The film manages within its 74 minute timeframe to skewer such topics as Hip-Hop music, urban riots and whitebread theme parks. Further proof that this is not a Disney flick was provided by the folks from the Motion Picture Production Code office, who bestowed a PG-13 rating upon the film. Bebe's Kids was released theatrically in tandem with the cartoon short Itsy Bitsy Spider, which was later spun off into a TV series. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

  • Release date:July 31, 1992

Cast

Faizon Love
as Robin Harris
Vanessa Bell Calloway
as Jamika
Jonell Green
as LaShawn
Marques Houston
as Kahlil
Tone-Loc
as Pee Wee
Myra J.
as Dorothea
Nell Carter
as Vivian
Rich Little
as Richard Nixon
John Witherspoon
as 1st Card Player
Susan Silo
as Nuclear Mother
Susan Silo
as Rodney Rodent
Susan Silo
as Ticketlady
Arvie Lowe, Jr.
Philip Glasser
as Opie
Reynaldo Rey
as Lush
Chino "Fats" Williams
as 2nd Card Player
Pete Renaday
as Announcer/ President Lincoln/ Impericon/ Tommy Toad
Barbara Iley
Tina Lifford
Louie Anderson
as Security Guard
Jack Lynch
as Richie
Judi M. Durand
Gary Schwartz
George D. Wallace
as 4th Card Player
Bebe Drake
as Barfly
Rodney Winfield
as 3rd Card Player
Greg Finley
Brad Sanders
as Bartender
Eileen Mack Knight
John La Fayette
DeVaughn Walter Nixon
Tom Everett
as 2nd Security Guard
Wayne Collins, Jr.
as Leon
Michelle Davison
J.D. Hall
Doris Hess
Barry Diamond
as Motorcycle Cop
Barry Diamond
as Nuclear Father

Crew

Bruce W. Smith
Director
Thomas L. Wilhite
Producer
Willard Carroll
Producer
Reginald Hudlin
Producer
Warrington Hudlin
Producer
Reginald Hudlin
Screenwriter
Lynne Southerland
Editor
Fred Cline
Production Designer
David R. Cobb
Co-producer
Lynne Southerland
Associate Producer
Lennie Graves
Animator
Chris Buck
Animator
Frans Vischer
Animator
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