Diff'rent Strokes (1978)

5.9	Listal rating
6.4	IMDB rating

Directed by (View all)

Gerren Keith

Tony Singletary

Starring (View all)

Philip Drummond

Arnold Jackson

Willis Jackson

Kimberly Drummond

Pearl Gallagher

Sam McKinney

Dudley Ramsey / ...

Edna Garrett

Written by (View all)

Martin Cohan

Howard Leeds

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Wotchu talkin' bout

6 years ago at May 29 11:10

KingFahtah

"Everybody's got a special kind of story" as the theme tune stated. Unfortunately the young cast members had fairly sad ones. Enough has been said about the individual tragedies of Dana Plato, Todd Bridges and Gary Coleman so I won't say too much there.
Gary Coleman was an entertaining little fellow who really quite held the show together, Colin Bain's performance as a modern day daddy Wa... read more

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Release date : 3 November 1978
UPC: 043396070325

Family (9), Comedy (9), Sitcom (8), New York (5), 1970s (5), Adoption (3), Millionaire (3), 1978 (2), Drama (2), 1980s (2), Brothers (1), Ended 1986 (1), 70's - 80's (1), Started 1978 (1), Tv Series (1), (1), Child (1), Housekeeper (1), 5 Seasons (1)

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KingFahtah posted a review 6 years ago

Wotchu talkin' bout

“"Everybody's got a special kind of story" as the theme tune stated. Unfortunately the young cast members had fairly sad ones. Enough has been said about the individual tragedies of Dana Plato, Todd Bridges and Gary Coleman so I won't say too much there.

Gary Coleman was an entertaining little fellow who really quite held the show together, Colin Bain's performance as a modern day daddy Warbucks kind of figure was actually played with quite a deal of sincerity despite sometimes dubious plot sometimes and special credit to both Nedra Volz and Charlotte Rae who provided some of the best moments of hilarity as the housekeepers. There where some annoying things like that Sam kid who was added later on when Arnold started maturing and losing his cutseyness (how many shows have done th” read more