different strokes season 8 episode 5 online

Notes: Dana Plato does not appear in this episode. Drummond enrolls Arnold and Willis at his former school, but the headmaster ( Howard Morton) makes arrangements for them to fail their entrance exams. Teleplay by : Alan Rosen & Fred Rubin and Michael Russnow

Note: Although mentioned by Drummond in many episodes, this is the only occasion where Drummond's mother is actually seen. Drummond's mother ( Irene Tedrow) visits and is surprised when she sees that his new sons are black, so he tries to make her get over her racial prejudices. Note: Dana Plato does not appear in this episode.

Arnold helps convince him otherwise.Ī social worker ( Ellen Travolta) suggests that Willis and Arnold should live with a black family instead of with the Drummonds and Arnold gets the impression that Mr. Drummond's offer to take him in, but Willis wants to move back to their former home in Harlem.

Drummond plans to have the boys live in his Park Avenue apartment with him, his daughter Kimberly ( Dana Plato), and new housekeeper Edna Garrett ( Charlotte Rae). Wealthy Phillip Drummond ( Conrad Bain) prepares to take in two boys from Harlem, Arnold ( Gary Coleman) and Willis Jackson ( Todd Bridges), who were the sons of his late housekeeper. ^ Tied with Matt Houston and Oh MadelineĮpisodes Season 1 (1978–79) No.^ Tied with Fantasy Island and Trapper John, M.D.At the time, I didn’t know: Is he going to want to cast everybody old, or is he just going to have the joke be Kevin? But as we started talking through it, it made sense to be consistent with that conceit of having older people play kids.”Īdded Lear: “I enjoyed as if I had never spent a day in show business. Addressing the decision to cast Actors of a Certain Age to fill pint-sized roles, Lear’s producing partner Brent Miller told TVLine, “It started with Jimmy and his desire to have Kevin Hart play Arnold Jackson, the Gary Coleman role…. The legendary Norman Lear - whose Embassy Television produced the original runs of Diff’rent Strokes and Facts of Life - served as host and executive producer, alongside Jimmy Kimmel. Snoop Dogg, whose casting was previously unannounced, played Willis’ friend Vernon. Garrett - a role she also played during the preceding reenactment of Facts of Life. Tuesday’s presentation - a reenactment of the Season 1 episode “Willis’ Privacy,” wherein Willis tires of having “Super Arnold” hang around him all the time - starred Kevin Hart as Arnold John Lithgow (3rd Rock From the Sun) as Phillip Damon Wayans ( My Wife and Kids) as Willis and Ann Dowd ( The Handmaid’s Tale) as Mrs.

Different strokes season 8 episode 5 online