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Vanessa (Tempestt Bledsoe), Janet (Pam Potillo) and Kara (Elizabeth Navaez) form a song-and-dance group called The Lipsticks, hoping to use their rendition of "The Loco-Motion" to win a recording contract in a TV dance contest. They need a lot of work with the vocals, but find the lessons conducted by voice teacher Amanda Woods (played by famed jazz singer Betty Carter) to be repetitious and boring. Finally, Vanessa opts to compete for the prize on the strength of her dancing and her costume--a very, very, VERY skimpy costume, much to the shock and dismay of her parents (Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad).