May 28 2010 08:45 PM
Re: A Very Special "Diff'rent Strokes"
"More wine, Dudley?"
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A Very Special "Diff'rent Strokes"
| 1) "The Prep School," season one, in which the jerkoff school head at Phillip's old school rigs the entrance exams to keep Arnold and Willis OUT! | 0 votes |
| 2) "The Adoption," season two, in which a con artist claims to be Willis and Arnold's relative in order to gain some ka-ching. | 0 votes |
| 3) "Skin Deep or True Blue," season two, in which Kimberly falls for a racist asshole. | 0 votes |
| 4) "The Bicycle Man," season five, featuring Gordon Jump ("The Big Guy") as a cycle shop owner/pedophile with a thing for Dudley. | 9 votes |
| 5) "The Reporter," season five, featuring Nancy Reagan telling us to say "NO!" | 1 votes |
| 6) "The Hitchhikers," season six, in which Kimberly and Arnold get kidnapped by a malevolent driver. | 0 votes |
| 7) "A Special Friend," season seven, in which Arnold and Willis first befriend, then are horrified by, then make fun of, then come to understand an epileptic street performer. | 0 votes |
| 8) "Sam's Missing," season eight, in which new brother Sam get snatched as a replacement child by a grieving father. (Become a Drummond, get abducted.) | 0 votes |
| 9) "Bullimia," season eight, in which Kimberly develops... bullimia! | 1 votes |
| 10) OTHER, because the more I search these episode plots, the more so many of them seem very special --- even the ones not so labeled. | 0 votes |
| Edgy DC May 28 2010 04:26 PM |
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Maybe no show this side of Blossom knew as many "very special episodes as "Diff'rent Strokes." You tune in for a night of riotously good times, with a small moral at the end, and what you get is toned-down yucks, maybe with the laugh track turned off (or muted), a character coming within an inch of his or her personal destruction, and a HUGE moral at the end, often explictly stated by one of the show's players.
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| DocTee May 28 2010 04:31 PM Re: A Very Special "Diff'rent Strokes" |
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Any episode featuring the Maytag repair man in the shower with a little black boy is definitely very special.
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| Willets Point May 28 2010 04:52 PM Re: A Very Special "Diff'rent Strokes" |
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"Skin Deep or True Blue"? Is that the one where Kimberly turns Africanizes her skin?
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| Edgy DC May 28 2010 05:12 PM Re: A Very Special "Diff'rent Strokes" |
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Oh, yeah. Jump ahead to about 1:45.
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| Kong76 May 28 2010 05:17 PM Re: A Very Special "Diff'rent Strokes" |
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I watched the show all the time. I have absolutely no recollection
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| Rockin' Doc May 28 2010 05:38 PM Re: A Very Special "Diff'rent Strokes" |
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I'm with KC in that I remember watching the show quite a bit growing up, but I don't remember specifics of particular episodes.
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| metsmarathon May 28 2010 06:20 PM Re: A Very Special "Diff'rent Strokes" |
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i dont know what the moral of the story was, but the one with the a-team was my favorite.
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| Willets Point May 28 2010 06:26 PM Re: A Very Special "Diff'rent Strokes" |
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From Edgy's list I remember #4 & #5. I also remember the one where Kimberley's hair turns green (message: acid rain is bad) and the one where Too Tall Jones rescues Arnold from the ledge of the building (message: don't climb out on ledges because an NFL superstar won't come to rescue your crazy ass).
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| Frayed Knot May 28 2010 08:41 PM Re: A Very Special "Diff'rent Strokes" |
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As soon as I watch an episode I'll let you know.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 28 2010 08:45 PM Re: A Very Special "Diff'rent Strokes" |
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"More wine, Dudley?"
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| Fman99 May 28 2010 08:54 PM Re: A Very Special "Diff'rent Strokes" |
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Hard to believe they'd let a creep like that run a Cincy radio station.
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| Valadius May 29 2010 11:45 AM Re: A Very Special "Diff'rent Strokes" |
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Never seen "Diff'rent Strokes". Before my time.
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| seawolf17 May 29 2010 06:08 PM Re: A Very Special "Diff'rent Strokes" |
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[quote="Willets Point":cnqbdjtk]From Edgy's list I remember #4 & #5. I also remember the one where Kimberley's hair turns green (message: acid rain is bad) and the one where Too Tall Jones rescues Arnold from the ledge of the building (message: don't climb out on ledges because an NFL superstar won't come to rescue your crazy ass).
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