Arnold and Willy

Arnold and Willy ( Diff' rent Strokes ) is a American Televised series in 189 25 minutes episodes, created by Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris, Herbert Kenwith and diffused between the November 3rd 1978 and the August 30th 1986 on the network NBC. In France, the series was diffused starting from the October 3rd 1982 on TF1. With the Quebec, it was diffused with VAT.

Synopsis

Philip Drummond, a New Yorkean widowed rich person, president of the company Trans Allied Inc. , adopts two black and poor children, Arnold and Willy, following the promise made with their mother that it employed as servant.

Distribution

Conrad Bath (VF: Philippe Dumat) : Philip Drummond
Gary Coleman (VF: Jackie Shepherd) : Arnold Jackson
Todd Bridges (VF: Fabrice Josso then Thierry Bumblebee) : Willy (Willis in the original version) Jackson
Dixie Casing (VF: Michele Bardollet) : Margaret “Maggie” McKinney Drummond (1984-1985)
Mary Ann Mobley (VF: Brigitte Morisan) : Margaret “Maggie” McKinney Drummond (1985-1986)
Dana Plato (VF: Celine Monsarrat) : Virginia (Kimberly in the original version) Drummond (1978-1984)
Charlotte Rae (VF: Jane Valley) : Edna Garrett (1978-1979)
Mary OJ Catlett (VF: Claude Chantal) : Pearl Gallagher (1982-1986)
Danny Cooksey (VF: Natasha Geritssen) : Sam McKinney (1984-1986)

Comments

In the beginning, Arnold was not to have of brother, controlling it was to be young person and sexier and the diffusion of the series was to be done on ABC. Finally diffused by NBC after some hesitations, ABC repurchases the rights after the stop of the series after the 7th season for an ultimate year before stopping it in its turn. Gary Coleman wanted to stop besides playing Arnold but remade it a last year for ABC. New credits were recorded by Alan Thicke.

Among the many celebrities appeared on the plate, one can quote Mohammed Ali, Nancy Reagan (wife of the President of the time, Ronald Reagan), David Hasselhoff ( K 2000 ), Sun Moon Frye ( Punky Brewster ), Janet Jackson and Mister T. ( Agence all risks ).

Diff' rent Strokes , the original title, comes from the American expression different strokes for different folks , which is the equivalent of the French expression each one its tastes .

In 1984, Dana Plato had to leave the series because of its pregnancy, because it was impossible that its character (Virginia) is also pregnant. It however reappeared in four episodes after the birth of her son.

“Curse”

Arnold and Willy is as known for the tragic destinies as knew the three actors playing the children of the series:

After a lawsuit against his/her adoptive parents who would have spent a broad part of his money, Gary Coleman was condemned for aggravated assault on a fan which required a simple autograph, before finding itself financially ruined.

Todd Bridges was inserted in drug and the delinquency.

Dana Plato, malchanceuse, was stopped for armed robbery, distorts regulations of Valium and use of drug. It posed for the magazine Playboy and turned in a erotic Film, before dying in 1999 following a suicide by overdose.

For Arnold and Willy, the Années 2000 are announced under better omens since Gary Coleman was reconverted into the Politique, and the career of actor of Todd Bridges seems to set out again on good bases.

See too

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