Diff'rent Strokes

This sitcom was first created by Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff back in November 1978 running until 1986, creating 189 half hour episode, split into 8 series. It starred Gary Coleman, Conrad Bain, Todd Bridges and Dana Plato, together with others such as Charlotte Rae, Nedra Volz, Mary Ann Mobley and many more. * THE SHOW... Young Arnold Jackson (played by Gary Coleman) and his older brother Willis, (played by Todd Bridges) are two African- Americans who lived in the tough streets of Harlem, until there lives are turned upside down when their mother dies and they find themselves being adopted by her employer, Philip Drummond, (played by ...  Read the complete review

This was a US comedy that saw two black kids from Harlem end up living with a rich white man who lived on the East ide of Manhattan in a penthouse aprtment along with his teenage daughter. The younger of the two children Arnold played by Gary Colman and he coied the catch phrase "What you talking about Willis" whenever his brother said anything controversial or out of pace. To be honest this was a fairly predicatable American comedy that played on the various stereotypes that an audience would expect. It had its funny moments but when you see it on channels like Paramount today it does tend to show its age and the acting is rather wooden and not very ...  Read the complete review

"Whatchu' talking 'bout Willis?" If you’re under 25 these words probably won’t mean anything to you, but for others, they’ll conjure up images of a podgy, afro-ed midget called Arnold (Gary Coleman). This NBC comedy sitcom ran for six series between 1978 and 1986 and is notorious for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is fair to say that its basic premise is not right up there on the political correctness scale. Two African Americans from Harlem are left with their mother’s housekeeper Mrs Garrett (Charletta Rae) after she dies, who luckily for them happens to work for the widowed millionaire Mr Drummond (Conrad ...  Read the complete review