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Diff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom, which aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. [2] The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, respectively, who are two boys from Harlem taken in by a wealthy Park Avenue businessman and his daughter.
The original airing opened with a unique intro, as the standard closing credits theme plays over a slow pan of a Christmas tree and Arnold and Willis' beds as they sleep, whilst the opening credits appear on-screen. On rerun versions, the standard first season opening is used.
Diff'rent Strokes ("It Takes Diff'rent Strokes") – Alan Thicke, Al Burton and Gloria Loring, performed by Thicke; A Different World – Stu Gardner, Bill Cosby and Dawnn Lewis performed by Phoebe Snow (season 1); Aretha Franklin (seasons 2–5), later Boyz II Men (season 6) Dilbert – Danny Elfman; The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ("See The U.S.A.
Coleman was clearly an asset not only to Diff'rent Strokes but the TV networks (ABC picked up the show for its eighth and final season after NBC canceled it in the spring of 1985), who were afraid ...
Kevin Hart went Live in Front of a Studio Audience on Tuesday night, channeling Gary Coleman as part of a reenactment of the classic NBC/ABC comedy Diff’rent Strokes. But before the reenactment ...
The cast of Diff'rent Strokes guest star only for this episode. The actual pilot episode, used to sell the show to NBC, was the Diff'rent Strokes first season finale, "The Girls' School (aka) Garrett's Girls". This episode features the first two verses of the season's theme.
The world don’t move to the beat of just one drum — but when Boyz II Men starts singing, the studio audience rises from their seats. ABC’s Live in Front of a Studio Audience — consisting ...
In 1978 and 1979, Loring and then-husband Alan Thicke composed the theme songs to Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life. There were two versions of the Facts of Life theme song that Loring sang. [4] One version was used from seasons two through six, and a second was used from seasons seven to nine.