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3 November 1978 (USA)
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The misadventures of a rich Manhattan family who adopted the children of their late African American maid. full summary
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2 wins
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30 nominations
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Tender sitcom shadowed by a macabre reality.
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(Series Cast Summary - 4 of 120)| Conrad Bain | ... | Philip Drummond (189 episodes, 1978-1986) | |
| Gary Coleman | ... | Arnold Jackson (184 episodes, 1978-1986) | |
| Todd Bridges | ... | Willis Jackson (169 episodes, 1978-1986) | |
| Dana Plato | ... | Kimberly Drummond (140 episodes, 1978-1986) |
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45 Minutes from Harlem (USA) (working title)
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30 min | USA:30 min (189 episodes)
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Mr. Drummond paid $3,500 a month for his Park Avenue apartment.
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Philip Drummond:
I'd better send for the limosine. Mother gets very impatient if she's kept waiting. I was born 3 days late. She didn't speak to me for a year.
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Spoofed in "That's My Bush!: An Aborted Dinner Date (#1.1)" (2001)
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Diff'rent Strokes
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When did Arnold and Willis' parents die?Willis had trouble remembering events from what year?
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Who would think that the main characters from a naive, tender, family show would end up meeting such fatal fates? Well, that's another story.
"Diff'rent Strokes" is an important sticom in American pop culture and also paved the way for comedy shows with a social message inserted.
Here, the inter racial situations mixed with poverty and social clichés were the spinal cord for the plot and even in jokes. Everything was extremely well done and executed with class. Nothing was vulgar or tried directly to impose a criteria; the situations were just put for the audience to judge it whatsoever they wanted.
The jokes were sometimes naive but always witty. The humor was family oriented but after nearly 30 years, none of them is boring. Sure, society has changed a lot but some things just can't disappear.
The acting is top notch. Gary Coleman is now some sort of cult hero for displaying a physical illness and being part of a social minority but his comedic skills and histrionic abilities make him one of the most likable child stars ever. Conrad Bain was excellent as the protective, tender but strong man that took care about his house. Dana Plato was extremely sexy, hot; she's the kind of girl I wanted to marry.
Anyways, watch this sitcom in order to witness part of America's pop culture talking about television. This show will teach you many things and as a plus, it will make you chuckle most of the time.