DIFF'RENT STROKES - SEASON 1 & 2

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• Release Year: 1978
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
• Plot: Phillip Drummond, a widowed Manhattan millionaire and president of the mega-firm Trans Allied Inc., adopts two African American orphans from Harlem, 8-year-old Arnold and 12-year-old Willis. Drummond had made a promise to their dying mother, his housekeeper, that he would care for the boys after she passes away; their father had died years earlier. The boys, whom Drummond always introduced as his two sons, went from rags to riches literally overnight. At first, Willis was rather skeptical of their newfound wealth, but eventually, both he and Arnold felt right at home in their newfound surroundings. Also part of the family were Drummond's beautiful daughter, 13-year-old Kimberly; and his no-nonsense housekeeper, Edna Garrett. As the years passed, Mrs. Garrett left to become housemother at the Eastland School for Girls; she was replaced by the cantankerous Adelaide Brubaker and still later, charming Pearl Gallagher. Arnold's friends, Dudley and Robbie (and later, Charlie); Willis' girlfriend, Charlene; cast members from "The Facts of Life"; and Drummond's sister, Sophia, were frequently seen. In early 1984, Drummond found true love, marrying fitness instructor Maggie McKinney; she had a 6-year-old son, Sam. While most series revolved around the typical lessons of growing up, some were quite serious (including a frightening encounter with a child molester and a memorable episode dealing with drug abuse guest starring First Lady Nancy Reagan).
• Cast: Conrad Bain; Gary Coleman; Todd Bridges; Dana Plato; Mary Jo Catlett; Danny Cooksey; Shavar Ross; Charlotte Rae; Dixie Carter; Nedra Volz; Steven Mond; Nikki Swasey Seaton; Mary Ann Mobley; Janet Jackson; Dody Goodman; Jason Hervey; Rosalind Chao; Bobby Herbeck; Erik Moses; Le Tari; Robin LaValley; Robert Rockwell; Kim Fields; Robert Jayne; Anthony Thompkins; Jack Riley; Tony Williams; John Starr; Verda Bridges; Melanie Watson; Steve Brady; McLean Stevenson; Kim Richards; Joanna Gleason; Rachel Jacobs; James Reynolds; Elaine Appleton; Donniece Jackson; Dana Kimmell; Brad Trumbull; Rhoda Gemignani; Joan Welles; Brian Whitley; Tyren Perry; Krista Errickson; Gordon Jump; Ron Feinberg; Dabney Coleman; Whitman Mayo; George Pentecost; Lisa Whelchel; Mindy Cohn; Brian Salmon; Kip King; Bill Henderson; Peter Hobbs; David Coburn; Patrick Brennan; Muhammad Ali; Reggie Jackson; Molly Ringwald; Mark Davitt; Renée Jones; Reginald T. Dorsey; Pam Newman; Charles Thomas Murphy; Andre Fox; Kim Woodson; Julia Calderón; Jesse D. Goins; Alene Wilson; John Mansfield; Betty A. Bridges; Rana Ford; Frank Richards; Edie McClurg; David Hasselhoff; Leonard Bremen; Paul Kent; Don Dolan; John Brandon; Macon McCalman; Lee Chamberlin; Jimmy Bridges; Clarence Gilyard Jr.; Jack Knight; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Sam Shamshak; Andrew Dice Clay; J. Jay Saunders; Sal Lopez; Shannon Presby; Patrick Cranshaw; De'voreaux White; Hoyt Axton; Martine Allard; Woody Eney; Dick Sargent; Hakeem Abdul-Samad; James A. Watson Jr.; David Paymer; Donna Wilkes; David Bond; Vonetta McGee; Grant Wilson; Frank Farmer; Howard Morton; Irene Tedrow; Ellen Travolta; Billy 'Pop' Atmore; Barry Diamond; Elinor Donahue; James Hong; Enid Kent; Philip Charles MacKenzie; Gordon Oas-Heim; LaWanda Page; Felice Schachter; Melora Hardin; Bobbi Jordan; Soon-Tek Oh; Dan Spector; Robert Dubac; Richard Fults; Jerry Marshak; J.A. Preston; Carl Byrd; James Cromwell; Sue Ann Gilfillan; Dorothy Meyer; Elisabeth Talbot-Martin; Erica Yohn; Lee Crawford; Julie Anne Haddock; David Sheehan; Michael Twaine; Curtis Wong; Lou Richards; Albie Polinsky; John Astin; Fran Bennett; Weldon Bleiler; Matthew 'Stymie' Beard; Gracia Lee; Lawrie Osag; Julie Piekarski; Deborah Zon; Mickey Morton; Eric Lantis; Calvin Mason; Scott Strader; Beau Bishop; LaShana Dendy; Olive Dunbar; Diane Duncan; John H. Mayer; Walter Stocker; Carol White; John Hancock; Dawn Schroder; Cory 'Bumper' Yothers; Michael Lamont; Meadowlark Lemon; George Memmoli; William Pierson; Frank De Vol; Ray Bolger; Rosanne Murrill; Carl M. Craig; Judith Hurst; Bobby Ramsen; Jennifer Rooney; Don Draper; Jim Hurts; Robbie Preston Williams; Sherry Yi; Scorpio; Leona Baxter; Starwil Reed; Laura Shuman; Margaret Jenkins; Johnny Silver; Jozella Reed; Myles O'Brien; Cynthia Wakefield; Milton Berle; Matt De Luccio; Billy Beck; Arthur Burghardt; Dolores Cantu; Cyndi Cardinal; Michael Cavanaugh; Geoff Edwards; Gina Gallego; Robert Ginty; Claude Earl Jones; Milt Kogan; Justin Mastro; Kari Michaelsen; Greg Mullavey; Pat Mulligan; Shirley Neal; Angela Newell; Denise Nicholas; Dick O'Neill; Meeno Peluce; Victor Rivas; Tom Rosqui; Tommy Aguilar; Bob Ari; Russell Arms; Tami Arnold; Anna Bjorn; Jon Caliri; Paul Carafotes; Michael Chain; Dena Crowder; Joe De Cenzo; Hector Elias; Bradford English; Don Fenwick; Pat Finley; Rick Fitts; Wendy Fulton; Monika Furness; Cal Gibson; Ernie Hudson; Dave Johnson; Ed 'Too Tall' Jones; Laura Kamins; William Lanteau; Lillian Lehman; Todd Lookinland; Maureen McNamara; David Moses; John C. Moskoff; Edward Neely; Mark Neely; David J. Partington; Edward Penn; Fred Pinkard; Veronica Redd; Madlyn Rhue; Russell Shannon; S. Pearl Sharp; Michael Sharrett; Philip Sterling; Robin Torell; Thyais Walsh; Perla Walter; Jimmy Weldon; Virginia Wing; Dick Winslow; Greer Wylder; Richard Yniguez; Edward Andrews; Jesse Aragon; Candice Azzara; H.B. Barnum III; John C. Becher; Shari Belafonte; Roger C. Carmel; Lilyan Chauvin; Cosie Costa; James Crofwell; Vance Davis; Jane Dulo; Keith Fisher; Kerry Gordy; Huntz Hall; Steven Hirsch; Charles Holman; Art Kassul; Brad Kesten; Bruce Kluger; Kimberly Kordes; Gary Krakower; Joseph Lawrence; Tony Lettieri; Leonard Lightfoot; Damian London; Nobu McCarthy; John McCook; Audrey Meadows; Nancy Morgan; Garrett Morris; Rick Moser; Christina Murrill; Jack O'Leary; Arlee Reed; Ned Romero; Larry Rosenberg; William G. Schilling; Michael Shannon; Duke Stroud; Darren Sullivan; Solomon Trager; Dain Turner; Karin Vosberg; David Wallace; Annrae Walterhouse; Dion Williams; Art Wilson; Keone Young; Alan Blumenfeld; Joel Brooks; Sheron Chambers; Zachary Charles; Catherine Curry; Abb Dickson; Martin Ferrero; Jere Fields; Eric Fleeks; James Gallery; Jami Gertz; Sarina C. Grant; Panchito Gómez; Dorothy Hamill; Paula Hoffman; James Ingersoll; Todd Isaacson; Jayne Kennedy; Terry Kiser; Edward Lynch; Geri Mamo; Pierrino Mascarino; David Mendenhall; Lawrence Monoson; Mr. T; Ken Olfson; Albert Adams Polinsky; Nancy Reagan; Henry G. Sanders; Harvey Solin; Louise Sorel; Michael St. Michaels; Jack Verbois; Gary Waynesmith; Stephanie Williams; Marcus Bentley; Christian Brackett-Zika; Carol Bruce; Bart Conner; Timothy Daggett; Nadia DeLeye; Mitchell Gaylord; Regi Green; Shashawnee Hall; Florence Halop; Jim Hartung; Tom Henschel; Andy Heyward; Zero Hubbard; Anne-Marie Johnson; Keelie; Janna Lowell; William McDonald; Marla Pennington; Brian Robbins; Joe Ross; Steve Rumph; Helen Shaw; Steven Tash; Peter Vidmar; Hervé Villechaize; Emily Yancy; Michael Zorek; Royce D. Applegate; Leon Askin; E.E. Bell; Ned Bellamy; Rachel Bouchet; Charlie Brill; Beverly Brown; Macki Burke; Helen Page Camp; Jon Cedar; Clarence Clemons; Marc Copage; Natalie Core; Patrick Cronin; Gabriel Damon; Patrika Darbo; Stephen Dorff; Michael Durrell; Steve Franken; Ian Fried; Soleil Moon Frye; George Fulton; Gary Hays; Maxine Elliott Hicks; Tracey Cherelle Jones; Ron Karabatsos; Betty Kean; Lori Lethin; Vivian Lord; Bruce Mahler; Anthony Mangano; Barney Martin; Daniel Martínez; Ron Masak; Chuck McCann; John McIntire; Jeanne Mori; Toy Newkirk; Lance Parrish; Julia Parton; Ellen Regan; Ernie Sabella; LaGloria Scott; Troy W. Slaten; James Staley; Scooter Stevens; Jonnetta Thomas; Donald Thompson; Tammy Townsend; Ronne Troup; Michael Tucci; Robert Vega; Lee Weaver; Forest Whitaker; Spice Williams-Crosby; Courtney Witas; Cameron Young; Christopher M. Brown; Peter Deluise; Beau Dremann; Moosie Drier; Robin Givens; Todd Jeffries; Ian Petrella; John Schuck; Ralph Seymour; Matt Shakman; Shelley Smith; Carl Steven; Chick Vennera; Bill Willens; Linda Harmon; Ethan Tudor W.; Jim Ward; Joan Douglas; Nicholas Gilbert; Arye Gross; Denise Bradley; Bond Dale Jackson Jr.; David Anthony; Jean-Paul Hellendall; Dondre Whitfield; Gerren Keith; Herbert Kenwith; Mel Ferber; Leslie H. Martinson; Selig Frank; Tony Singletary; Dolores Ferraro; Linda Day; Ellen Falcon; Lee Lochhead; Lee Shallat Chemel; Jeremiah Morris; Barbara Schultz; Jeff Harris; Bernie Kukoff; Howard Leeds; Martin Cohan; Ben Starr; Bruce A. Taylor; Robert Jayson; A. Dudley Johnson Jr.; Ed Jurist; Howard Meyers; Blake Hunter; Albert E. Lewin; Bob Brunner; Ken Hecht; Glenn Padnick; Alan Rosen; Fred Rubin; Dawn Aldredge; John Donley; Sandy Veith; Fred S. Fox; Seaman Jacobs; Donald Ross; Richard Gurman; Jerry Winnick; Debra Frank; Scott Rubenstein; Gordon Mitchell; Marshall Goldberg; Paul Haggis; Mark Miller; Jose Rivera; Budd Grossman; Elaine Newman; Joseph Sirota; Norm Liebmann; Calvin Kelly; Bill Shinkai; Warren S. Murray; Kurt Taylor; Bernard Burnell Mack; Jack Gross Jr.; Phil Margo; Mitchell Wayne Cohen; Jennifer Burton Kurtz; Ifa Baeza; Michael Curley; Sydney Julien; Dan Kennicott; Al Aidekman; Susan H. Lee; Max Katz; Toni Wunsch; William Raynor; Michael Russnow; Myles Wilder; Ron Alexander; Dick Clair; Jess Korman; Alfred Lewis Levitt; Helen Levitt; Jenna McMahon; Karyl Miller; Michael G. Moye; Martin Ragaway; Charles Stewart; George Tibbles; Roland Wolpert; Jaie Brashar; Stephen Fischer; George Geiger; Ben Gershman; Patricia Kane; Arlene Sanford; Hugh Wedlock Jr.; Joseph Bonaduce; Sheryl Levine; Jeffrey Lewis; Mara Lideks; Louis Smallwood; Walter Smith; M. Martez Thomas; Booker Bradshaw; Richard B. Eckhaus; Sandy Fries; Jill Gordon; Jane Gould; Paul Robinson Hunter; Shelly Landau; Keith Moody; Bob Peete; Larry Rhine; Don Segall; Danny Simon; Jim Tisdale; David W. Duclon; Clay Graham; Rosemary Lee Potter; Diane Schroder; Sheila Scott; Maria Alexander; Judith Bustany; John B. Collins; Susan Kessler; Sylvia Alan; Barry Gold; Barry Rubinowitz
• Director: Gerren Keith
• Runtime: 0
• Media Format: Series