Diff'rent Strokes

Diff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom that ran on NBC the transmitter of 3 november 1978 to May 4, 1985 and on ABC from september 27, 1985 to 7 March1986.



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[hide] *1 main roles  ==Leading Roles[ Edit] == The original title of the show was initially 45 Minutes From Harlem. The protagonists were Gary Coleman, who played Arnold Jackson, and Todd Bridges, who played his older brother Willis. They were two African-American children from a poor neighborhood in Harlem. Their mother had died and she worked for the rich white widower, Philip Drummond (Conrad Bain), who eventually adopted them. They lived in the penthouse of Sir Drummond, on Park Avenue along with his daughter Kimberly (Dana Plato) and the maid.
 * 2 supporting roles
 * 3 Cast
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There were three maids during the show: Edna Garrett (Charlotte Rae), Adelaide Brubaker (Nedra Volz), and Pearl Gallagher (Mary Jo Catlett).

Arnold, Coleman popularized the catch phrase "What'chu talkin' ' bout, Willis?" This sentence also varied many times as he spoke against someone else.

In the first season Charlotte Rae appeared in every episode as Edna Garrett, but she left the series during the second season for the same role in her own spin-off The Facts of Life. Nedra Volz took since the sixteenth season episode in the role as new maid, Adelaide Brubaker. They, however, was not to see in every episode.

Mary Jo Catlett In the fifth season played the role of Pearl Gallagher, the third and final girl. She appeared in almost every episode to the last season. During the sixthseason, Dana Plato became pregnant and asked the producers to process her pregnancy in the series. They initially voted in, but later they came up with themselves and this led to the dismissal of Plato. Her character was written out of the series Kimberly and she went several years studying in Paris. They made in the last two seasons have some guest appearances.

Only in the first three seasons the series was in the top 30 of the ratings and around the departure of Plato started the ratings to drop even more. There are some new characters were added so as thereby more storyline to create. Dixie Carter aerobics instructor Margaret "Maggie" McKinney and Danny Cooksey her son Sam. The McKinneys made their debut in February 1984 during a trip to Florida. Philip and Maggie were in love with each other and got married at the end of the sixth season. A few characters from the past as the previous girls dived on to attend the marriage.

Starting from the seventh season Carter and Cooksey also appeared at the names at the start of the show. However, the ratings increased as NBC had hoped and Carter left the series at the end of the seventh season. In the spring of 1985 the NBC decided to stop with the series because of the ratings. But competitive series and ABC resuscitated one season went on. Carter was gone, but her character Maggie remained and Mary Ann Mobley took over the role. The ABC broadcast the series on Friday night. After 19 episodes, the series was discontinued. ==Supporting Roles[ Edit] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Outside the family Drummond there were over the years a number of supporting roles. Dody Goodman played the role during the fourth season of aunt Sophia, the sister of Philip. They tried to link Philip so he would marry again, but no relationship didn't work either. That season also Dudley Ramsey (Shavar Ross) showed up as Arnold's new best friend. Ted Ramsey (Le Tari) played his father, but came up occasionally.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the fourth season, Janet Jackson the steady girlfriend of Willis, Charlene DuPrey. They only belonged to the regular cast in the fourth season, but remained on sporadic basis popping up until the end of the sixth season when Charlene and Willis broke up. ==Division Of Roles<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Conrad Bain -Phillip Drummond
 * Gary Coleman -Arnold Jackson
 * Todd Bridges -Willis Jackson
 * Dana Plato -Kimberly Drummond (1978-1984)
 * Charlotte Rae -Edna Garrett (1978-1979)
 * Nedra Volz -Adelaide Brubaker (1980-1982)
 * Dody Goodman -Aunt Sophia (1981-1982)
 * Shavar Ross -Dudley Ramsey (1981-1986)
 * Le Tari -Mr. Ted Ramsey (1981-1985)
 * Janet Jackson -Charlene DuPrey (1981-1982)
 * Mary Jo Catlett -Pearl Gallagher (1982-1986)
 * Rosalind Chao -Miss Chung (1982-1983)
 * Steven Mouth – Robbie Jason (1982-1983)
 * Nikki Swasey -Lisa Hayes (1982-1986)
 * Dixie Carter -Maggie McKinney Drummond # 1 (1984-1985)
 * Mary Ann Mobley -Maggie McKinney Drummond # 2 (1985-1986)
 * Danny Cooksey -Sam McKinney (1984-1986)
 * Jason Hervey -Charlie (1985-1986)