Diff'rent Strokes
Created by	Jeff Harris Bernie Kukoff
Starring	Gary Coleman Todd Bridges Conrad Bain Dana Plato (1978-1984); (1985-1986) Charlotte Rae (1978-1979) Nedra Volz (1980-1982) Mary Jo Catlett (1982-1986) Dixie Carter (1984-1985) Danny Cooksey (1984-1986) Mary Ann Mobley (1985-1986)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	189
Production
Running time	30 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC, ABC
Original run	November 3, 1978 – March 7, 1986
External links
IMDb profile

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Synopsis

This sitcom starred Gary Coleman as Arnold Jackson and Todd Bridges as his older brother Willis, two black children from a poor Harlem background whose deceased mother previously worked for a rich white widower Philip Drummond (Conrad Bain), who eventually adopted them. They lived in a penthouse with Drummond's daughter Kimberly (Dana Plato) and their maid — they went through three maids during the show's run: Edna Garrett (played by Charlotte Rae), Adelaide Brubaker (played by Nedra Volz), and Pearl Gallagher (played by Mary Jo Catlett) on Park Avenue in New York City. As Arnold, Coleman popularized the catch phrase "Wha'choo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" which was popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s and is still mentioned in pop culture references today. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Arnold Jackson is a fictional character on the series Diffrent Strokes, and he was portrayed by child star Gary Coleman. ... Todd Bridges Todd A. Bridges (born May 27, 1965 in San Francisco, California) is an American actor. ... Willis Jackson is a fictional character on the popular late 1970s-Early 1980s television series, Diffrent Strokes, and he was portrayed by Todd Bridges. ... For other uses, see Harlem (disambiguation). ... Philip Drummond was a fictional character on the hit television program, Diffrent Strokes, he was portrayed by Emmy Award nominee, Conrad Bain, who previously worked on Maude. ... Conrad Stafford Bain (born February 4, 1923) is a Canadian-American actor. ... Kimberly Drummond was a fictional character on the popular television series, Diffrent Strokes, and she was portrayed by Dana Plato from 1978 until 1984, at the end of the shows sixth season. ... Dana Michelle Plato (November 7, 1964 – May 8, 1999) was an American actress who became famous playing the role of Kimberly Drummond in the U.S. television sitcom Diffrent Strokes. ... Mrs. ... Charlotte Rae (born April 22, 1926) is an American actress and singer known for her portrayal of Edna Garrett in the sitcoms Diffrent Strokes and The Facts of Life, in which she appeared from 1979 until 1986. ... Nedra Volz (18 June 1908 – 20 January 2003) was an actress born in Montrose, Iowa. ... Mary Jo Catlett (b. ... Park Avenue in the Upper East Side (2004) Park Avenue, looking north toward the Metlife building from the Union Square Area Park Avenue (formerly Fourth Avenue) is a wide boulevard that carries traffic north and south in Manhattan in New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ...

1983-84 season

During the 1983-84 season, Phillip Drummond was re-married to Maggie McKinney (Dixie Carter), a television aerobics instructor. The two-part marriage episode featured the return of many past guest stars and recurring characters including Janet Jackson, Nedra Volz, Charlotte Rae and Dody Goodman. McKinney had a son, Sam McKinney (Danny Cooksey), from her previous marriage (to a character played by Hoyt Axton). This was Plato's final season as a regular, as she had become pregnant. Both she and the producers felt that pregnancy would be out of character for Kimberly, and rather than attempt to hide the pregnancy, Plato was written out of the show; Kimberly went to Paris to attend college, although she would return for numerous guest appearances. // February 8 - Minipops premieres on Channel 4 in the UK. Though a ratings success, it is canceled after the first series due to heavy media criticism. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1984. ... Dixie Carter in a 1986 Designing Women episode Dixie Virginia Carter (born May 25, 1939) is an American actress noted for her portrayals of Southern women. ... Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress, and pop icon. ... Dolores Goodman (born October 28, 1915, in Columbus, Ohio) is an American television actress. ... Danny Cooksey Danny Cooksey (born November 27, 1975 in Moore, Oklahoma) is a musician, actor and voice actor. ... Hoyt Axton on the cover of Southbound (1975) Hoyt Wayne Axton (March 25, 1938 – October 26, 1999) was an American country music singer-songwriter, and a film and television actor. ... It has been suggested that List of visitor attractions in Paris be merged into this article or section. ...

1985-86 season

Diff'rent Strokes moved from NBC to ABC for what turned out to be its last season. Carter had left the show at the end of the previous season, believing it to be the show's last, and joined the cast of Designing Women. She was replaced by Mary Ann Mobley. Plato continued to make appearances as a guest star. While he remained a regular, Bridges was absent for a number of episodes as the series shifted its focus to Arnold and Sam. Designing Women was an American television sitcom that centered around the working and personal lives of four women in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. ...

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Spin-off

The television sitcom The Facts of Life (1979 – 1988) was a spin-off of Diff'rent Strokes, involving former Drummond maid Mrs. Garrett as housemother to a dormitory at an all-girls private school. The series was introduced in the first season Diff'rent Strokes episode "The Girls School". There were a number of changes made for the actual series; and Kimberly (featured in "The Girls School" as a pupil of the school) did not appear in the spin-off. In addition, Charlotte Rae was guaranteed that she could return to Diff'rent Strokes should the new series fail. When The Facts of Life proved to be a success, a number of its characters made guest appearances on Diff'rent Strokes. The Facts of Life was an American sitcom which ran on the NBC network from August 24, 1979 to May 7, 1988. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ...

Ratings

Diff'rent Strokes was a hit for the first three seasons. This is a list of the ratings:

• 1978-1979: #27
• 1979-1980: #26
• 1980-1981: #17
• 1981-1982: #36
• 1982-1983: #32
• 1983-1984: #40
• 1984-1985: #43
• 1985-1986: #75

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Post-show troubles

Three of the child stars ended up having problems after the show ended. Plato went on to become involved in pornography and was later arrested twice (once for armed robbery, again for forging a prescription for valium). She died of a drug overdose in 1999 at the age of thirty-four. The term child actor is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion the latter is also called a former child actor. ... A drug overdose occurs when a drug is ingested in quantities and/or concentrations large enough to overwhelm the homeostasis of a living organism, causing severe illness or death. ... This article is about the year. ...

Todd Bridges was arrested in 1994 after allegedly ramming someone's car after an argument. He also had issues with illegal drugs for several years before turning his life around. He has since traveled the U.S. speaking to over 6,000 kids in a day in schools and churches discussing the dangers of drug use, negative peer pressure, and promoting his religious beliefs. In 2001, Bridges rescued a woman who fell from her wheelchair while she was fishing.

In 1989, Coleman sued his parents and former manager over misappropriation of his trust fund. Although he was awarded over $1,000,000 in the decision, he filed for bankruptcy in 1999. Coleman was charged with assault in 1998 after he punched a woman while he was working as a security guard at a shopping mall. In 2001, Coleman (still working as a security guard) was videotaped trying to stop a vehicle from entering the mall. The driver (obviously a member of the paparazzi) ridiculed him and released the tape to be broadcast on numerous television shows. In 2007, Coleman was cited for disorderly conduct in Provo, Utah, for having a "heated discussion" with a woman.

Due to these problems, "The Curse of Diff'rent Strokes" became a term associated with the show. Coleman publicly stated that he does not believe there is a curse on the cast members and that these incidents are merely tragic coincidences.

Very special episodes

See also: Very special episode

Diff'rent Strokes was also known (and frequently mocked) for its many "very special episodes", most notably an anti-drug episode ("The Reporter", in season 5) that featured then First Lady Nancy Reagan, who promoted her "Just Say No" campaign, and an episode that guest starred Gordon Jump as a pedophile bicycle shop owner who sexually molested Arnold's best friend, Dudley. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... First Lady Laura Bush and former first ladies (from left to right) Rosalynn Carter, Sen. ... Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins on July 6, 1921) is the widow of former United States President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. ... Mrs. ... Gordon Jump in 1979. ... Pedophilia, paedophilia, or pædophilia (see spelling differences), is the paraphilia of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to pre-pubescent children. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Other episodes involved Arnold and Willis being rejected by Mr. Drummond's old prep school because they aren't wealthy enough, a con artist (Played by Whitman Mayo) posing as a relative of Arnold and Willis in an attempt to get at an inheritance they were left by a former neighbor and Kimberly's new love Roger (who turns out to be racist) not allowing his sister to go to their school's costume ball with Willis because he is black. Whitman Mayo (November 13, 1930 - May 22, 2001) was an African-American actor, who was best known for playing Grady on the television sitcom Sanford & Son. ...

In another episode, Kimberly and Arnold were abducted by a deranged man who initially acted as a "Good Samaritan" by giving the two a ride and inviting them to his apartment.

In the final season (when the show moved from NBC to ABC), the one-hour season opener revolved around Sam being kidnapped by a bereaved father to replace his dead son. In yet another episode, the family discovered that Kimberly was suffering from bulimia after witnessing her devour an entire sheet cake, and then go to the bathroom to vomit.

Music connection

The name of the show was derived from a popular catch phrase, "diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks," popularized by rock band Sly & The Family Stone with their 1968 hit "Everyday People." The show's theme song was written by Al Burton, Alan Thicke and Gloria Loring. For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Sly & the Family Stone was an American rock band from San Francisco, California. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Everyday People is a 1968 song by the soul/rock/funk band Sly & the Family Stone. ... Alan Thicke (born Alan Willis Jeffrey on March 1, 1947 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor, songwriter, game show host and talk-show emcee. ... Gloria Loring was born December 12, 1946 in New York City. ...

Docudramas

Two unofficial docudramas were produced about the show:

• In 2000, FOX broadcast a one-hour television movie, After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped. This film, which starred unknown actors, focused on Dana Plato's life after the show, leading to her untimely death. Todd Bridges guest starred in this film as a drug dealer who sold drugs — to a younger Todd Bridges.[2]
• On September 4, 2006, NBC aired a television drama entitled Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Diff'rent Strokes. The film, which chronicles the rise and decline of the sitcom's child stars, also features recent interview clips with Coleman and Bridges. The two also star in the movie as themselves (briefly) in the final scene, standing by Dana Plato's grave.

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DVD releases

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Avenue Q

The Broadway musical Avenue Q contains a character named Gary Coleman, who, in the opening song "It Sucks To Be Me," sings "I'm Gary Coleman from TV's Diff'rent Strokes. I made a lot of money that got stolen by my folks. Now I'm broke and I'm the butt of everyone's jokes — but I'm here, the superintendent, of Avenue Q," to which the rest of the cast responds (in song) "It sucks to be you!" Before this line, when the character enters, the music plays "Now the world don't move..." which is the first five notes of the Diff'rent Strokes theme song. Dialogue references to Diff'rent Strokes, such as "Wha'choo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" are also included in the musical. The character of Gary Coleman was originally portrayed by actress Natalie Venetia Belcon. Avenue Q is a Tony award-winning musical that was conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics. ... Natalie Venetia Belcon is an American actress. ...

Trivia

• Although the show is set in New York City, all episodes were taped at studios in the Los Angeles area.
• 10 years after the end of Diff'rent Strokes, Conrad Bain and Gary Coleman reprised their roles of Phillip and Arnold on the last episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, as potential buyers of the Banks house.
• The show originally came about when the producers wanted to create vehicles for both Conrad Bain, ex-co-star in Maude, which had recently finished, and young actor Gary Coleman, and paired them together. The original title was 45 Minutes From Harlem. It is unclear whether an original pilot was shot or if this was just the premise; but it was re-worked, with Coleman gaining a brother, and Bain a daughter, and evolved into Diff'rent Strokes.
• During a sketch on the Comedy Central show Crank Yankers, the show is featured as Diff'rent Strokes: The Movie directed by Spike Lee. The only line of dialogue heard is, "Arnold, go to your room!" followed by "WHA'CHOO TALKIN' 'BOUT?", parodying Lee's use of graphic language in his films.
• Five Iron Frenzy, in tribute to the show, recorded a song entitled Arnold, and Willis, and Mr. Drummond.
• The Bloodhound Gang mentions Arnold Drummond on their song "Yummy Down on This".
• Diff'rent Strokes's ratings was a hit for the first three seasons (1978-1981), then the popularity of the series was going down in 1985, when NBC decided not to renew the series for the 1985-1986 year, ABC, picked up the show for the 1985-1986 year, and it aired on Saturday Nights, but the show was canceled on March 7, 1986, lasting only 19 episodes, but the show had over 189 episodes being broadcasted and produced over 8 seasons.
• On the series run, the show had three maids: Edna Garrett (Charlotte Rae), Adelaide Brubaker (Nedra Volz), and Pearl Gallagher (Mary Jo Catlett), Rae left the show in November 1979, to star in her own show The Facts of Life, and was replaced by Nedra Volz from Early 1980-1982, then Volz was replaced with Mary Catlett from 1982, until the series ending in 1986.

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International

• In France, the show was shown on TF1 under the name Arnold et Willy ("Arnold and Willy").
• In India, the show was aired on Sony Entertainment Television (India) in the late 1990s, dubbed in Hindi.
• In Italy, Seasons 1 and 2 were originally aired on some local TV networks under the name Harlem contro Manhattan ("Harlem vs. Manhattan"). Its Italian theme music, Arnold, was performed by Nico Fidenco, one of the most popular Italian singers of the 60s, and was #1 on the Italian 45-rpm charts in 1980. Seasons 3 through 6 were aired on the Canale 5 commercial network under the name Il mio amico Arnold ("My friend Arnold"). After 1988, the complete show was renamed Arnold and aired on several commercial TV networks. As of March 2006, the best episodes from the early seasons were aired on the Mediaset DTTV channel Boing.
• In Latin America, the title for this TV series was Blanco y Negro ("White and Black").[3]
• In Spain, the show was called Arnold.
• In Brazil, the show was called Minha Família é uma Bagunça. "My Disarranged Family", the show could be watched in cable tv channel Nickelodeon.
• In the United Kingdom, the series was shown from 1980 on the ITV Network in a regional format as with most acquired material. The days varied in different regions, but many showed it on Fridays, at 5.15pm or 6.30pm as was followed by Yorkshire Television. The show experienced a resurgence in popularity in the early 1990s when Sky One acquired the rights and showed the entire series on weekday evenings over a number of repeat runs (sometimes followed by its spin-off show The Facts of Life, which had not previously been shown in the UK). It has since been repeated on Trouble and Paramount Comedy.

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See also

• List of Diff'rent Strokes episodes
• The Facts of Life, a 1979–1988 spin-off
• Hello, Larry, a 1979–1980 series with regular crossovers.
• Webster, a similar sitcom from 1983-1989 starring Alex Karras, Susan Clark and Emmanuel Lewis

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External links

• Diff'rent Strokes at the Internet Movie Database
• St. James Enyclopedia of Popular Culture article about Diff'rent Strokes
• Diff'rent Strokes Online
• Tim's TV Showcase: Diff'rent Strokes
• TV.com: Diff'rent Strokes
• Jump The Shark - Diff'rent Strokes
• Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes' at the Internet Movie Database
• After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped at the Internet Movie Database