Diff'rent Strokes

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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"

TV Show Info

Type: Scripted
Status: Canceled/Ended
Premiered: Nov. 03, 1978
Normal Runtime: 30 min.
Genre:

/ comedy
/ family

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Diff'rent Strokes currently does not have a new episode scheduled. This show ended in 1986.
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Arnold Jackson	Philip Drummond	Willis Jackson
Kimberly Drummond	Edna Garrett	[more cast]

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Random Fun Fact: Alan Thicke, who wrote and sang the theme song, had to record a new version of the song for ABC because NBC owned the copyrights to the original. - [more trivia]

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