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Amoeba Standstill
Played by Kim Wayans
Amoeba Standstill is the bedridden success story of Richard Simmons' Shed-A-Bed Diet Program in an In Living Color infomercial spoof. Kim Wayans plays her in a fat suit, measuring her progress by downsizing from a king-size to a queen-size…
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Amoeba Standstill is the bedridden success story of Richard Simmons' Shed-A-Bed Diet Program in an In Living Color infomercial spoof. Kim Wayans plays her in a fat suit, measuring her progress by downsizing from a king-size to a queen-size bed and discovering the husband she thought had left her years earlier.
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