Diff'rent Strokes

tv show

poster for Diff'rent Strokes

189 total episodes

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8 seasons

First Aired November 03, 1978

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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First Day Blues

Season 4 - Episode 2 - 0h 0m

Air Date

November 05, 1981

Overview

Willis has the normal jitters on his first day of high school, and in his hurry to make friends, hooks up with a bad group, goes overboard to impress them, and, for his efforts could wind up in jail.