Diff’rent Strokes is nearing its 50th anniversary: The NBC-turned-ABC sitcom debuted 47 years ago, on November 3, 1978. The core of the story was the interplay between wealthy white New York City ...

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 ...

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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Todd Bridges is speaking candidly about the ups and downs of his relationship with his onscreen ...

Todd Bridges recently appeared on “The Patrick LabyorSheaux” podcast and opened up about the issues he had with his late co-star Gary Coleman’s father, Willie Coleman, during “Diff’rent Strokes.” “The ...

Read up on the latest Diff'rent Strokes News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. Diff'rent Strokes follows the lives of Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem ...

Jul 26, 2017 ... ... diff rent strokes. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. 'what'choo Talkin' 'bout, Willis?' From 'diff'rent Strokes'. Gary Coleman will always be ...