In a message dated 9/12/98 10:10:26 PM EST, PAVANBADAL@... writes:

<< When did the DS E! Special come?  Is it coming again? >>

The E! True Hollywood Story: Diff'rent Strokes premieres 9/20 at 8PM on E! and
is goig to be reran the nexy day at 10AM.

DAN

When did the DS E! Special come?  Is it coming again?

In a message dated 9/12/98 9:43:21 PM EST, tofull@... writes:

<< I saw a commercial for 'Webster' (a Diff'rent Strokes ripoff to many fans,
  but still a decent show) during a Cubs game on WGN.   I checked the
  listings for  September and they show it as starting 9/15 with the regular
  weekday airings begininning 9/21.   They will show 2 episodes a day from
  4:00-5:00PM Eastern.

  Maybe WGN is a good possibility for Diff'rent Strokes?   I think are also
  airing Full House, another 80's sitcom.

  -Todd >>

Wasn't Webster one USA for a while ? I wonder why if it didn't do well enough
on USA, WGN would buy it, i doubt it will do as good as 90210 did in this time
slot, but 90210 is now on FX so this could be a temporary move.  What'd you
all think about the DS E ! special, maybe it will renew intrest for some in
the show ?

DAN

I saw a commercial for 'Webster' (a Diff'rent Strokes ripoff to many fans,
but still a decent show) during a Cubs game on WGN.   I checked the
listings for  September and they show it as starting 9/15 with the regular
weekday airings begininning 9/21.   They will show 2 episodes a day from
4:00-5:00PM Eastern.

Maybe WGN is a good possibility for Diff'rent Strokes?   I think are also
airing Full House, another 80's sitcom.

-Todd

>>Courtesy http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/
>>
>>what you talking about willis - english
>>
>>ce qui vous parlants willis - french
>>
>>was Sie befassende willis - german
>>
>>che cosa voi parlanti willis - italian
>>
>>que você que fala sobre willis - portuguese
>>
>>qué usted que hablan willis - spanish

any other translations??

Yes they even had commercials this morning when i was watching Perfect
Strangers at 9:30AM. But you could be right about the 1 season stuff! We will
see though!

>From: DOF82@...
>
>
>In a message dated 8/31/98 9:58:49 PM, tofull@... writes:
>
><<According to a source on the Diff'rent Strokes mailing list:
>
><<The shows are:
>
>The Jeff Foxworthy Show
>Something So Right
>The Single Guy
>Boston Common
>America's Funniest Home Videos.>>
>
>Somehow, the only one I can see actually aring, and it's confirmed on the
>website is America's Funniest Home Videos, Boston Common and The Jeff
>Foxworthy Show only aired for aboput a season, if I remember correctly so
>unless there making new episodes and reviving them which I doubt they are  I
>don't think there really going to be on USA, isn't Something So Right been
>jumping networks ? They only were on for a season also, so I don't think
>that's true, so that would only leave The Single Guy as a real contender,
>because it was on at least 3 seasons, which is usually the limit for
>syndication.  WHo said this, was this there "Wish" Usa schedule or a guess,
>because this sounds highly impossible,
>
>DAN
I saw this on a commercial.

====
Moo.
====

When is the E! D.S. schedualed to air?

Thanks,
Ari

In a message dated 8/31/98 9:58:49 PM, tofull@... writes:

<<According to a source on the Diff'rent Strokes mailing list:

<<The shows are:

The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Something So Right
The Single Guy
Boston Common
America's Funniest Home Videos.>>

Somehow, the only one I can see actually aring, and it's confirmed on the
website is America's Funniest Home Videos, Boston Common and The Jeff
Foxworthy Show only aired for aboput a season, if I remember correctly so
unless there making new episodes and reviving them which I doubt they are  I
don't think there really going to be on USA, isn't Something So Right been
jumping networks ? They only were on for a season also, so I don't think
that's true, so that would only leave The Single Guy as a real contender,
because it was on at least 3 seasons, which is usually the limit for
syndication.  WHo said this, was this there "Wish" Usa schedule or a guess,
because this sounds highly impossible,

DAN

>From: Tony <derdman@...>
>
>Matthew Anscher wrote:
>>
>> said that they wouldn't show sitcom reruns. PAX TV might censor even the
>> mildest of swearing, like the Family Channel when Pat Robertson
>> (acck..ptooey!) owned it.
>
>Just for the record, has there ever been any swearing on DS? The only
>thing I ever
>recall hearing is Maggie saying something like "I'll be damned..." on the
>episode where
>Sam was kidnapped. Maybe I've missed something
>
Just in case they do, I don't want to hear it mangled.

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Moo.
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Matthew Anscher wrote:
>
> said that they wouldn't show sitcom reruns. PAX TV might censor even the
> mildest of swearing, like the Family Channel when Pat Robertson
> (acck..ptooey!) owned it.

Just for the record, has there ever been any swearing on DS? The only thing I
ever
recall hearing is Maggie saying something like "I'll be damned..." on the
episode where
Sam was kidnapped. Maybe I've missed something

>From: PAVANBADAL@...
>
>Lets try the New FOX Family Channel for Diff'rent Strokes.  The e-mail address
>is:
>viewercomments@...
>
Absolutely not! They mess up the credits the way the networks do. They also
said that they wouldn't show sitcom reruns. PAX TV might censor even the
mildest of swearing, like the Family Channel when Pat Robertson
(acck..ptooey!) owned it. Besides, it may not last very long. Just write to
Nick at Nite, or get Columbia Tristar to release it on video (emailing them
is a waste of time).

====
Moo.
====

Lets try the New FOX Family Channel for Diff'rent Strokes.  The e-mail address
is:
viewercomments@...

This is the only hope, or somebody find the new PAX Tv E-mail address!

Diff'rent Strokes is not one of the "Acquired Comedies" on USA's morning
line-up. The shows are:

The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Something So Right
The Single Guy
Boston Common
America's Funniest Home Videos.

A plague on USA Network. Well, now we have to wait for another network to
show it.

====
Moo.
====

At 07:56 PM 8/23/98 , you wrote:
>From: "Marcus J. Thomas" <thomas98@...>
>
>Hey, my name is Marcus and I'm new to the list.  My question is, does anyone
>know how many episodes of Different Strokes Janet Jackson appeared on?  I'm a
>fan of Janet's and am trying to get all the episdoes she appeared on.  So
far I
>have 8.  I know I'm definately missing the very first episode where her
>character "Charlene" is introduced so if anyone has it and would be
willing to
>sale or trade it with me I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks!!!!!!
>
>Marcus
>thomas98@...

I think Janet Jackson's first appearance was in the 1980-81 episode called:
  First Love (Drummond wants love-struck Willis to study more).   Then she
was a regular in the 81-82 season.   She was definately in Jilted, The Car,
and The Music Man.   She was probably in a few more than 8, but I dont know
the exact number.

-Todd

> It seems to me there must be! I had no idea that all the kids were now in
>"trouble" LOL> I knew about Gary Coleman's problems--but Not the other two.
>All i have to say is if Mrs. Garrett comes up in jail next week, something's
>up :)
>
Do you really think the Diff'rent Strokes curse will spread to the spinoff
Facts of Life?

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Marcus J. Thomas wrote:
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> From: "Marcus J. Thomas" <thomas98@...>
>
> Hey, my name is Marcus and I'm new to the list.  My question is, does anyone
> know how many episodes of Different Strokes Janet Jackson appeared on?  I'm a
> fan of Janet's and am trying to get all the episdoes she appeared on.  So far
I
> have 8.  I know I'm definately missing the very first episode where her
> character "Charlene" is introduced so if anyone has it and would be willing to
> sale or trade it with me I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks!!!!!!
>
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If you have 8 I think you have just about all that she appeared in. I
could be wrong though, that might be a good question to pose at the
Diff'rent Strokes Page.

Hey, my name is Marcus and I'm new to the list.  My question is, does anyone
know how many episodes of Different Strokes Janet Jackson appeared on?  I'm a
fan of Janet's and am trying to get all the episdoes she appeared on.  So far I
have 8.  I know I'm definately missing the very first episode where her
character "Charlene" is introduced so if anyone has it and would be willing to
sale or trade it with me I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks!!!!!!

Marcus
thomas98@...


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T. Fuller wrote:
>
>
> I thought this was a very interesting article.  Comments anyone?   What do
> you think?  Is there really a Diff'rent Strokes curse??
A few months ago, before the recent incident involving Gary Coleman, I thought
it was
rather strange that both Dana Plato and Todd Bridges had run into trouble with
the law.
Then when this thing w/ Coleman came up, I was starting to consider a "Diff'rent

Strokes curse".. It does seem pretty odd... Let's just wait for Conrad Bain and
Ms.
Garrett to finish up the job... or maybe if it's just kids, the actor that
played Duddey
and Steven Mond.. j/k ;)

Tony

In a message dated 98-08-22 20:30:54 EDT, you write:

<<
  I thought this was a very interesting article.  Comments anyone?   What do
  you think?  Is there really a Diff'rent Strokes curse??

  -Todd >>

Todd,

  It seems to me there must be! I had no idea that all the kids were now in
"trouble" LOL> I knew about Gary Coleman's problems--but Not the other two.
All i have to say is if Mrs. Garrett comes up in jail next week, something's
up :)

Rob

The "Diff'rent Strokes" Kids:  Cursed?

by Joal Ryan
August 22, 1998, 11 a.m. PT

Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Dana Plato: As kids, cutesy stars of TV's
Diff'rent Strokes; as adults,
sometime-entries in the police blotter.

Coincidence or curse?

"There's something going on," says Robert
Giordano, producer of the would-be steamy erotica
flick, Different Strokes, featuring an oft-topless
Plato. "It's just amazing."

As for the principals?

Coleman, 30, due to be arraigned Tuesday on
charges he beat up a bus driver who asked for his
autograph, isn't doing interviews right now.

Bridges, 33, once accused--and acquitted--of the
attempted murder of an alleged drug dealer, isn't
focusing on the past, says his mother/manager
Betty Bridges. He's got a new baby (born last
month) and a new pet project (his directing debut,
The Cleaner, an indie action drama to roll next
month).

Plato, 33, once bailed out of a Las Vegas jail by
Wayne Newton (she was in on charges of holding up
a video store), couldn't be reached for comment.
But she previously has discounted the notion of a
"curse."

Said the onetime Playboy pinup: "I would have
crashed and burned no matter what."

What a long, strange trip it's been since
Diff'rent Strokes left the air.

From 1978-86, the aforementioned trio made for
cheery TV siblings in the sitcom about a widowed,
white millionaire (Conrad Bain), his daughter
Kimberly (Plato) and the two black brothers he
adopted, Willis (Bridges) and Arnold (Coleman).

Coleman was the blandly amusing comedy's chief
distinguishing characteristic. He was the short
kid with that crowd-pleasing oneliner: Whatchoo
talkin' 'bout?

It was funnier if you forgot he was short because
he had kidney problems (he is totally bereft of
the organs today) or that he was only 10 and
shouldering the burden of pressure-cooker TV job.

  But during the show's run, anyway, it all seemed
  okay--they all seemed okay. And then the show
  ended, and nothing seemed okay.

  To former child star advocate Paul Petersen, the
  post-TV problems of the Diff'rent Strokes kids
  aren't unique--they're endemic to ex-kid actors.

"There is nothing that you can do that satisfies
  people," says Petersen, who himself grew up on the
  tube as Donna Reed's TV son on The Donna Reed Show
  and later founded the support group, A Minor
  Consideration.

"They think you're a failure if you do not
  [continue to be] a television star."

Wayne State University assistant psychology
professor Lisa Rapport also doesn't subscribe to
anything as easy or kitschy as a "curse."

  In a two-year study of 75 former child actors, the

  Detroit-based Rapport says she found kid stars
  weren't that removed from kid civilians--ones from
  strong families turned out to be happier,
  better-adjusted adults than ones who weren't.

"I think that perhaps our
perspective is distorted by
the fact that...every time
somebody gets arrested we
hear about it," Rapport says.

  To whit, even before
  Coleman's July 30
  headline-making reputed punch
   out, the actor-turned-security-guard was the
   subject of the same monologue punchlines as the
   once-chronically troubled Bridges and Plato--even
   if his only previous courtroom time came in a
  civil case against his parents over allegedly
  stolen earnings. (And for the record, the judge
  ruled in his favor.)

  "Gary has always been the person helping others,"
   says Petersen. "...[But] when people bump into
   Gary, they think they've got Todd and Dana."

Petersen, who intends to back up the once top-paid
  kid star at his court hearing next week, asks what
buttons must have been pushed for the
under-five-foot Coleman to allegedly strike the
well-over-five-foot bus driver. (The woman, Tracy
Fields, is now suing Coleman for $1.25
million-plus.)

According to one reputed eyewitness, the red-hot
button was a jibe about Coleman's acting career,
or lack thereof.

"She told him, 'No wonder you're a washed-up
  star,' or something like that," the owner of the
  uniform store where the alleged attack occurred
  told reporters.

"He's ashamed of himself," Petersen says of
  Coleman.

"We're supposed to be impervious to abusive fans."

===================

I thought this was a very interesting article.  Comments anyone?   What do
you think?  Is there really a Diff'rent Strokes curse??

-Todd

This is totally unofficial, but somebody just wrote me and said that he saw
a commercial on USA for Diff'rent Strokes airing on USA at the end of
September.  I've noticed that USA lists atleast 4 'acquired comedys' on
their official website, so it is possible Diff'rent Strokes could be one of
those!  Can anyone confirm or deny this?

-Todd

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>From: <Cdawg21@...>
>
>Hey all!!
>
> I am new to the list, I'm Rob from Mississippi!  I haven't watched this show
>in ages, we don't get it here anymore :(   Is there anyone that has episodes
>on tape? I am looking for them all for my collection! Please let me know!
>Thanks!
>
>ROB
>
To get every episode of Diff'rent Strokes, there are several things you
could do.

1. WRITE TO A LOCAL TV STATION OR CABLE NETWORK AND ASK THEM TO SHOW RERUNS
OF THE SHOW

2. ASK COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME VIDEO AND/OR COLUMBIA HOUSE TO RELEASE
EPISODES OF THE SERIES ON VIDEOTAPE.

3. TRADE WITH SOMEONE ON THE INTERNET WHO HAS COPIES OF EPISODES.

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Hey all!!

  I am new to the list, I'm Rob from Mississippi!  I haven't watched this show
in ages, we don't get it here anymore :(   Is there anyone that has episodes
on tape? I am looking for them all for my collection! Please let me know!
Thanks!

ROB

Have any of you written letters to Columbia Tristar Video yet?

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I have a great idea! Why don't we petition Columbia Tristar Home Video to
release episodes of Diff'rent Strokes on video! Their address is:

Tana Mozingo
Columbia/Tristar Home Video
10202 West Washington Boulevard SPP-8606
Culver City, CA 90232
Telephone: 310-280-4834
Fax: 310-280-1789.
E-Mail Page: http://www.spe.sony.com/tell.html
Web Site: http://www.cthv.com/

They might do it, as in the past year they have released episodes of such
shows as Charlie's Angels, the Partridge Family, and All in the Family
(which is from the same producers as DS). If you have laserdisc and/or DVD,
ask that they release it in those formats as well (less likely, but
anything is possible).

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I checked USA's website, and they seem to have four new old shows set for
air in the morning beginning September 14. However, they are mum about what
shows they are. Let's keep our fingers crossed!!!!

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At 04:02 PM 8/2/98 , you wrote:
>From: <House68593@...>
>
>Does anyone know what mall it was that Gary Coleman was working security for?
>Or know where the assault occurred?

He works at (I dont know if he will still work there after this incident)
the Fox Hills Mall somewhere in California.  The assault occured at a
uniform store.   There is a short article in today's 'Life' section of USA
Today.  Did anyone see any coverage of it on any shows like Entertainent
Tonight?


Read more about it below:

-----

Friday July 31 7:14 PM EDT

Gary Coleman Allegedly Punched Fan

CYNTHIA L. WEBB Associated Press Writer

HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) - Gary Coleman, the former ``What you talking
`bout?' kid on TV's ``Diff'rent Strokes,'' was booked Friday for
investigation of assault and battery for allegedly punching a female
autograph seeker.

Coleman, accompanied by attorney Adam London, surrendered at police
headquarters shortly before 3 p.m. - two hours after a deadline originally
set by police for him to appear for questioning.

Coleman said nothing but smiled as he walked through a crowd of
photographers and reporters. London kept his arm around the diminutive
actor as he shepherded him into the building.

Lt. James McInerny said Coleman was arrested and booked for investigation
of assault and battery, then released on his own recognizance pending an
Aug. 25 court date in Inglewood Municipal Court.

Coleman was fingerprinted, photographed and was asked to make a statement
to police but declined on advice of his attorney, McInerny said.

``He was very cordial, very polite and talked to employees who said hi to
him,'' McInerny said.

Coleman spent about 30 minutes inside the station and then left through a
side door and got into a silver Mercedes-Benz without speaking to reporters.

``We're looking forward to resolving this matter very quickly,'' his lawyer
said before driving Coleman away.

The 4-foot-7 Coleman, who now works as a Fox Hills Mall security guard, was
shopping for a bulletproof vest at the California Uniforms store Thursday
afternoon when he allegedly flew into a rage, punched Tracy Field in the
eye and beat her when she collapsed on the floor, police said.

If convicted of battery and verbal assault, Coleman could be sentenced to a
year in jail and a $1,000 fine and could lose his security guard license,
McInerny said.

This is what Steven Mond (Robbie of Diff'rent Strokes) had to say: