Arthur Harmon on the hugely successful Maude. Bain had recently finished a six-year run co-starring as Dr. 3.4 Additional catchphrase references and appearances in popular cultureĭiff'rent Strokes was initially devised to serve as a vehicle for both Conrad Bain and Gary Coleman.3.3 Later appearances as the characters.
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The series made stars out of Coleman, Bridges and Plato and became known for the " very special episodes" in which serious issues such as racism, illegal drug use, alcoholism, hitchhiking, kidnapping and child sexual abuse were dramatically explored. The third housekeeper, Pearl Gallagher, was played by Mary Jo Catlett, appearing first as a recurring character before eventually becoming a main cast member. The second housekeeper, Adelaide Brubaker, was played by Nedra Volz. Edna Garrett, the Drummonds' first housekeeper, who ultimately spun off into her own sitcom, The Facts of Life, as a housemother at the fictional Eastland School. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as Mrs. The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, respectively, two African-American boys from Harlem taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman and widower, Phillip Drummond ( Conrad Bain), for whom their deceased mother previously worked, and his daughter Kimberly ( Dana Plato). "It Takes Diff'rent Strokes" (seasons 1–7 1978–1985)ĭiff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986.
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