Diff'rent Strokes (1978)

30 Min.·IMDb 7.1

Season 1: Episode 1

Multi-millionaire Phillip Drummond, who has agreed to the death-bed wish of his housekeeper to raise her two small sons as his own, welcomes 8-year-old Arnold and 12-year-old Willis into his lavish penthouse. Anxious to make them feel at home, he showers them with gifts and love -- and is puzzled when he learns that the boys are planning to sneak from the lap of luxury back to Harlem. Aiding Drummond in his effort to make the street-wise, ghetto youngsters feel welcome in the affluent white world are Drummond's new housekeeper Mrs. Garrett and his 13-year-old daughter Kimberly.

Episodes

189 total

Availability

Multiple subtitles. Streaming in Full HD quality.

Information

USA · 189 episodes

Overview

The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.

ComedyFamilyDrama

Director

Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris

Cast

Conrad Bain, Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Mary Jo Catlett, Danny Cooksey

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