Diff'rent Strokes

Nov 03, 1978 (en) Comedy, Family, Drama [54] Min
  • First Air Date
    Nov 03, 1978
  • Production
    Norman Lear/Tandem Productions, Embassy Television, Embassy Pictures Corporation, Tandem Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    70%
  • Original title
    Diff'rent Strokes
  • Release
    Nov 03, 1978
  • en
    -

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Blake Hunter

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Conrad Bain

    Phillip Drummond

  2. Gary Coleman

    Arnold Jackson

  3. Todd Bridges

    Willis Jackson

  4. Mary Jo Catlett

    Pearl Gallagher

  5. Danny Cooksey

    Sam McKinney

  6. Mary Ann Mobley

    Maggie Drummond

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 6 / Crews : 1

Specials ( )

A Look Back at Diff'rent Strokes

Episode: 1

Whatchoo Talkin Bout

Episode: 2

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 (1)

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' (1)

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 (1)

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
Nov 03, 1978 (en)
Comedy, Family, Drama
[54] Min
  • First Air Date Nov 03, 1978
  • Production
    Norman Lear/Tandem Productions, Embassy Television, Embassy Pictures Corporation, Tandem Productions
  • Rotten tomato 70%
Original Title Diff'rent Strokes
en

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Blake Hunter

    Producer