Brothers Arnold and Willis, orphaned African American children from Harlem, are adopted by Phillip Drummond, a rich white man from Manhattan, as a promise to their dying mother. The show focuses on the children's struggle to fit in and the lessons of growing up. Featured the popular catch phrase, "What You Talkin' 'bout Willis"
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08x19 The Front Page Aired: Mar. 07, 1986Arnold's feature story about his high school football team threatens to turn into a controversial expose for the school newspaper when he witnesses … [continue reading]
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Season Guides
- Season 8 (1985-1986)
- Season 7 (1984-1985)
- Season 6 (1983-1984)
- Season 5 (1982-1983)
- Season 4 (1981-1982)
Previous Episodes
- 05x17 The Bicycle… (Feb. 12, 1983)
- 05x16 The Bicycle… (Feb. 05, 1983)
- 01x01 Movin' In (Nov. 03, 1978)
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Show's Cast / Crew
Directors
- Gerren Keith (133 episodes)
- Herbert Kenwith (20 episodes)
- Mel Ferber (8 episodes)
Writers
- Howard Leeds (30 episodes)
- Martin Cohan (28 episodes)
- Ben Starr (19 episodes)
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Series Fun Facts
- Charlotte Rae was promised a smooth return back onto this series if her spin-off, The Facts of Life, had failed. But it was renewed, so she was replaced.
- Mary Ann Mobley played Conrad Bain's love interest twice: first she played Arnold's teacher Ms Osbourne, who dates Mr Drummond in the 2nd season; then she replaced Dixie Carter as Maggie…
[show]Mary Ann Mobley played Conrad Bain's love interest twice: first she played Arnold's teacher Ms Osbourne, who dates Mr Drummond in the 2nd season; then she replaced Dixie Carter as Maggie Drummond towards the end of the series.
[hide] - In addition to the spin-off series "Facts of Life, The" (1979), characters from this show also made crossovers onto Hello, Larry and Silver Spoons, thereby implying that all four shows exist…
[show]In addition to the spin-off series "Facts of Life, The" (1979), characters from this show also made crossovers onto Hello, Larry and Silver Spoons, thereby implying that all four shows exist in the same universe.
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