

Drummond's liquor supply during a study session.


The Alcoholic: In season 7's "Cheers to Arnold", Arnold's classmate Ricky is found to have a drinking problem, which gets Arnold into trouble after Ricky encourages him and their other friends to raid Mr.Of note is the one in which she almost gets raped after hitchhiking and the one in which she develops bulimia. Some Kimberly-centric episodes crossed into this.This man also threatens to kill you and your family if your little boy does not cooperate. "Sam's Missing": Not only does your (third) adopted son go missing but the man who has him intends to raise him as his own.Gary Coleman's is parodied in the musical Avenue Q. As of the current time, Todd Bridges is the last surviving original cast member of the show, ( Danny Cooksey joined later, and has avoided the fates of his older co-stars), but it's such stories that the Former Child Star trope is built upon. Unfortunately, this show is best remembered now both for its special episodes and the unhappy fates of its three child stars (Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, and Dana Plato, who played Mr. The theme was co-written and performed by Alan Thicke. Ironically, Diff'rent Strokes itself actually moved to ABC when it got canceled by NBC. First Lady Nancy Reagan made a guest appearance in a Very Special Episode about drug abuse, and ABC's Webster was a Follow the Leader rival. As one of NBC's few late-'70s hits, it quickly launched a spinoff in The Facts of Life the following year. Todd Bridges was his older brother Willis and Conrad Bain was the proper white man, Phillip Drummond. Hilarity Ensues.ĭiff'rent Strokes (1978≨6) made a star of Gary Coleman as Arnold Jackson, the younger of the two boys. A proper white man adopts two street-wise black boys.
