Diff'rent Strokes
Nov 03, 1978 (en)
Comedy, Family, Drama
[54] Min
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First Air DateNov 03, 1978
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ProductionNorman Lear/Tandem Productions, Embassy Television, Embassy Pictures Corporation, Tandem Productions
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Rotten tomato70%
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Original titleDiff'rent Strokes
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ReleaseNov 03, 1978
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Overview
The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.
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Music Supervisor
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Producer
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Casts
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Phillip Drummond
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Arnold Jackson
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Willis Jackson
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Pearl Gallagher
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Sam McKinney
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Maggie Drummond
Casts : 6 / Crews : 1
Season 1 ( 1978-11-03)
Movin' In
Episode: 1
The Social Worker
Episode: 2
Mother's Last Visit
Episode: 3
Prep School
Episode: 4
The Spanking
Episode: 5
Goodbye Dolly
Episode: 6
The Trial
Episode: 7
Retrospective (1)
Episode: 8
Retrospective (2)
Episode: 9
The Fight
Episode: 10
The Club Meeting
Episode: 11
The Woman
Episode: 12
No Time for Arnold
Episode: 13
The Relative
Episode: 14
The Tutor
Episode: 15
The New Landlord
Episode: 16
Willis' Privacy
Episode: 17
Mrs. Garrett's Crisis
Episode: 18
The Job (a.k.a.) Willis' Job
Episode: 19
The Trip (I)
Episode: 20
The Trip (2)
Episode: 21
Getting Involved
Episode: 22
Willis' Birthday
Episode: 23
The Girls School (a.k.a.) Garrett's Girls
Episode: 24
Season 2 ( 1979-09-21)
Arnold's Girlfriend (1)
Episode: 1
Arnold's Girlfriend (2)
Episode: 2
Feudin' and Fussin' (I)
Episode: 3
Feudin' and Fussin' (2)
Episode: 4
Mrs. Garrett's Romance
Episode: 5
Birds and Bees
Episode: 6
Arnold's Hero (a.k.a.) The Hero
Episode: 7
The Adoption (1)
Episode: 8
The Adoption (2)
Episode: 9
Father and Son Day
Episode: 10
Thanksgiving Crossover (I)
Episode: 11
Thanksgiving Crossover (2)
Episode: 12
The Rivals
Episode: 13
Hot Watch
Episode: 14
The Dog Story (a.k.a.) A Dog Story
Episode: 15
The Election
Episode: 16
Friendly-Mate
Episode: 17
Poor Drummond
Episode: 18
Big Business
Episode: 19
Return of the Gooch
Episode: 20
Valentine's Day Retrospective (a.k.a.) Valentine's Vigil
Episode: 21
Skin Deep or True Blue (a.k.a.) Guess Who?
Episode: 22
Teacher's Pet
Episode: 23
The Slumber Party
Episode: 24
Arnold Faces Fatality (a.k.a.) The Will (a.k.a.) Drummond's Will
Episode: 25
The Squealer
Episode: 26
Season 3 ( 1980-11-12)
The Bank Job (1)
Episode: 1
The Bank Job (2)
Episode: 2
Small Claims Court
Episode: 3
Substitute Mother
Episode: 4
The Accident (1)
Episode: 5
The Accident (2)
Episode: 6
Little Mother
Episode: 7
Football Father
Episode: 8
First Love
Episode: 9
Count Your Blessings
Episode: 10
The Loan
Episode: 11
Roots
Episode: 12
Junk Food Junkie (a.k.a.) Junk Food
Episode: 13
The Bus
Episode: 14
The Older Man
Episode: 15
Where There's Hope
Episode: 16
The Magician (a.k.a.) It's Magic
Episode: 17
Drummond's Fair Lady
Episode: 18
The Ancestors
Episode: 19
Almost American
Episode: 20
Room for One More
Episode: 21
The Athlete
Episode: 22
Season 4 ( 1981-10-29)
Growing Up
Episode: 1
First Day Blues
Episode: 2
The Model
Episode: 3
The Team
Episode: 4
The Big Heist
Episode: 5
Double Date (a.k.a.) Blind Date
Episode: 6
The Ski Weekend
Episode: 7
Health Club
Episode: 8
Burial Ground
Episode: 9
Hello, Daddy
Episode: 10
Jilted
Episode: 11
Dreams
Episode: 12
Kathy
Episode: 13
Fire
Episode: 14
The Squatter
Episode: 15
The Car
Episode: 16
Crime Story (Part 1) (a.k.a.) Crime in the Schools
Episode: 17
Crime Story (Part 2) (a.k.a.) Crime in the Schools
Episode: 18
B.M.O.C.
Episode: 19
Green Hair
Episode: 20
Have I Got a Girl for You
Episode: 21
Lifesavers
Episode: 22
Stress? What Stress?
Episode: 23
The Music Man
Episode: 24
Short But Sweet
Episode: 25
On Your Toes
Episode: 26
Season 5 ( 1982-10-02)
Shoot-Out at the O.K. Arcade
Episode: 1
In the Swim
Episode: 2
Cyrano De Jackson
Episode: 3
Big Brother
Episode: 4
The Peacemaker
Episode: 5
Substitute Teacher
Episode: 6
The Older Woman
Episode: 7
A Case of Overexposure (a.k.a.) Overexposure
Episode: 8
Memories
Episode: 9
Push Comes to Shove
Episode: 10
The Executives
Episode: 11
Santa's Helper
Episode: 12
A Growing Problem
Episode: 13
Parents Have Rights, Too
Episode: 14
Independent Woman
Episode: 15
The Bicycle Man (1)
Episode: 16
The Bicycle Man (2)
Episode: 17
Family on Ice
Episode: 18
Hall Monitor
Episode: 19
The Cricket
Episode: 20
Roommates
Episode: 21
The Reporter
Episode: 22
Romeo and Juliet
Episode: 23
My Fair Larry (a.k.a.) My Fair Lady
Episode: 24
Season 6 ( 1983-10-01)
Mr. T and mr. t
Episode: 1
The Goat
Episode: 2
Rashomon II
Episode: 3
The Lie
Episode: 4
Drafted
Episode: 5
The Van Drummonds
Episode: 6
The Moonlighter
Episode: 7
Coming of Age
Episode: 8
Assert Yourself
Episode: 9
Mrs. Z
Episode: 10
The Senior Class Queen
Episode: 11
Where There's Smoke
Episode: 12
Drummond's Lady
Episode: 13
The Hitchhikers (1) (a.k.a.) Hitchhiking (1)
Episode: 14
The Hitchhikers (2) (a.k.a.) Hitchhiking (2)
Episode: 15
Hooray for Hollywood (1)
Episode: 16
Hooray for Hollywood (2)
Episode: 17
The Wedding (1)
Episode: 18
The Wedding (2)
Episode: 19
The Honeymoon's Over
Episode: 20
The Bar Mitzvah Boy
Episode: 21
Kathy's Olympics
Episode: 22
The Houseguest
Episode: 23
The Boyfriend
Episode: 24
Season 7 ( 1984-09-29)
A Haunting We Will Go
Episode: 1
Arnold and Lisa's Mother
Episode: 2
Bed-Wetting
Episode: 3
Undercover Lover
Episode: 4
Arnold's Strike
Episode: 5
Sam's Father
Episode: 6
Carmella Meets the Gooch
Episode: 7
Arnold the Entrepreneur
Episode: 8
The Honorable Arnold J. Jackson
Episode: 9
The Gymnasts
Episode: 10
Tonsils
Episode: 11
Arnold's Songbird
Episode: 12
Baseball Blues
Episode: 13
Arnold Saves the Squirrel
Episode: 14
Sam Adopts a Grandparent
Episode: 15
Harry Birthday Drummond
Episode: 16
Sam's New Pal
Episode: 17
Russian Embassy
Episode: 18
Cheers to Arnold
Episode: 19
A Camping We Will Go
Episode: 20
Beauty is in the Eye of Arnold
Episode: 21
Blue Collar Drummond
Episode: 22
Street Smarts
Episode: 23
A Special Friend
Episode: 24
Season 8 ( 1985-09-27)
Sam's Missing (1)
Episode: 1
Sam's Missing (2)
Episode: 2
Bully for Arnold
Episode: 3
Love on the Run
Episode: 4
Willis Goes to College
Episode: 5
Arnold's Job
Episode: 6
A Tale of Two Teachers
Episode: 7
So You Want to Be a Rock Star
Episode: 8
Speak No Evil
Episode: 9
Arnold's Bad Rep
Episode: 10
It's My Party and I'll Cry if I Want To
Episode: 11
Arnold's Initiation
Episode: 12
Bulimia
Episode: 13
Sam's Big Brother
Episode: 14
Arnold's Tangled Web
Episode: 15
Lifestyles of the Poor and Unknown
Episode: 16
The Big Bribe
Episode: 17
The Photo Club
Episode: 18
The Front Page
Episode: 19
