Yeap just like the steve urkel character no matter what role jaleel white play ppl will ALWAYS go back to that.I think every comedy show back then had that 1 stand out character.
I am glad to hear the actor who played Willis still alive because I know he hit on hard times too. .....Theses actors don't realize they also gave us a few hours of enjoyment each week because many of us kids in the 80's also grew up in a tough childhood environment.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ facts I was born in 81 but I grew up watching Different Strokes..Sliver Spoons..Mr Belvedere and The Facts of Life to name a few and loved all the characters on Facts of Life especially Tootie which is now my 15 year old daughter's nickname ❤️
No, the fans were always there, just everyone else was out to destroy him. From his parents to his "wife", they were all after his money or what he could do for him!
Ironically I feel like this show is too wholesome like it never originated from our world, as I recollect on all the negative that's happening in the world today.
Yeah but you still see people wearing masks (maybe not by choice) behind them in the audience. As long as people keep wearing the useless masks on TV, in schools etc…things won’t go back to normal and the powers that be know that
I heard gary coleman was highest paid tv star. PArents took advantage of him. They spend all of his money traveling around the world,curiseship, casinos, etc. gary coleman started to develop health problem. he number of surgeries and fell financial hardship. he took a job as security guard to pay off his debt. it's sad. how parents took advantage this great kid. sadly, both parents passed away with happily retirement. Gary Coleman wasn't having anything from the parents.
i was born in the 90’s and all these old shows i had to watch especially being the youngest definitely brought me back even tho i wasn’t in the 70’s and 80’s sheesh but back then the shows wasn’t over 20-25 years yet😭😭
MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY!!! I was not expecting that. I swear I thought he died after Plato did. Too see him pop up in that interview was a pleasant surprise.
@@fr0stb1ght34 And that he's actually doing well now is a bonus. I always felt like he got a bit dumped on by his family & then his so-called friends almost killed him.
@@KingD-light he just announced he was going to be the next black billionaire. Now he's in a white man's lap. Bad look for the culture. I don't think black people found this funny tbh
Hollywood has been chewing up kids since it was created. Most of the "Little Rascals/Our Gang" kids died broke or close to it. Judy Garland, Brittany Murphy, Corey Haim, the list is endless. Yes, Hollywood can be the answer to your dreams, but it can also lead you to your biggest nightmares!
Seeing Lisa Welchel sing the opening number brought back memories! She used to tour and sing and came to my high school! Got to meet her! A rumor started that I was to be cast as Blair's brother. In the next season. 😉😍
This was such a good time in my life! I love the shows from that time! This was back when family was still alive! God bless everyone in this show. Rip for those who passed!
Growing up in the San Fernando Valley, I ran into Gary Coleman often especially at the 24hr bowling alley. He would always bowl in the middle of the night. He was so guarded to the point of being a bit of a jerk. I don't blame him since ppl would harass him. RIP Gary
@@mitsuomits9077 Absolutely, we saw each other so much, He would wave at me but we never had a full conversation. He had such a hard life and the bullying didn't help. I wanted to respect his privacy. I could see that bowling was a therapy for him and he wanted to be alone. That's why he would always go around 2-3am during the week. I would go at the same time on my days off from working graveyard.
he lived and worked here in Tucson Arizona also I can remember going in the xxx adult book store early am hours to preview vhs movies He was always so nice to me abc adult bookstore here on Craycroft road its not hear anymore sadly
a job is a job I feel Gary was very grounded even after all his fame He resided here in Tucson Arizona not far from me and I know he had a job at the ABC adult xxx bookstore on Craycroft Road here in east Tucson in the early 1990s
Dana Plato died at 34 from a drug overdose ruled as suicide. Years later, her son, Tyler would also struggle with drug abuse. In 2010, just two days before his mother's 11th death anniversary he too committed suicide, dying from a self-inflicted shotgun blast to the head. He was 26.
Every time I hear ‘Different Strokes’, Jeff Ross' eulogy of Gary Colman comes to mind. "The Comedy world lost a great treasure. Gary Coleman died recently of multiple aneurisms... which is kind of like 'Different Strokes'"
The great thing about this re enactment is knowing that I lived through the GREATEST era of music and television and film. 30 years from now, no music will be re done, no tv shows re done and so forth. Todays Hollywood is a shell of what it used to be, NOTHING original anymore. No music is made today without auto tune.
@@fireflymiesumae No, prosecutor declined filing charges. She then sued his estate trying to claim that even though they were divorced, they still lived together as man and wife. She lost and his last dollars went to his manager/friend Anna Grey.
Liked it very much. Saw it when I was a youngster. But why the hell couldn't they tribute Dana Plato and get someone to play her? I mean, Lear, pick an episode that she was in also to redo.
Just like most shows on TV back then, they were filmed in California and the storyline were somewhere else. I grew up in NYC and always wanted to see the Penthouse where Arnold and Willis lived, and I wanted to visit George and Louise Jefferson. Great shows back then, great times.
I saw the episode where they recreated Different Strokes and The Facts of Life! It would’ve been more iconic if Nancy McKeon agreed to show up with the other girls at the live taping!
@@melissabarberer6731 I saw in a recent interview where Lisa Welchel said that Nancy couldn’t make it because she and her family were moving and she couldn’t find the time to fly out and join the girls! But oh well, there’ll be other reunions!
Now, the world don't move To the beat of just one drum, What might be right for you, May not be right for some. A man is born, he's a man of means. Then along come two, They got nothing but their jeans. But they got, Diff'rent Strokes. It takes, Diff'rent Strokes. It takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world. Everybody's got a special kind of story Everybody finds a way to shine, It don't matter that you got Not alot So what, They'll have theirs, And you'll have yours, And I'll have mine. And together we'll be fine... Because it takes, Diff'rent Strokes To move the world. Yes it does. It takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world
My heart goes to Dana, used to love watching her as a kid and even had a crush on her, now that I'm 30 and know that she died at just 34 makes me really sad..
Hear on RUclips you guys can listen to nothing but theme songs from different eras....I listen to them every now and then just to reminisce about when I was a kid and my whole family was under one roof.
Obviously, you don’t know about shows like “All In The Family”, “Maude”, “The Jeffersons”, “Good Times”, etc. All these shows were also created by Norman Lear during the 70s & were extremely “woke” for their time. They were also HIGHLY “entertaining”, rated, respected, & revered. Maybe you slept thru them…😴💤😎
Now we need these live shows. 1.Silver spoons 2.Growing pains RIP ALAN THICKE. 3.Good Times 4.Punky Brewster 5.Blossom. Omg hell do all the 80-90s sitcoms..😂😂
Yes , we all had our Favourite Time of our lives from Primary~6 going to Junior High School era >>> Cleaner & More Sober in Hearts & Souls & always wanted to make this World a Better Place for All of Us , regardless of our Races , Faiths , Genders , Nationalities , Social Status , in Uniforms or in Hoodies! We should Press Our Home Button 🕹 & Go Back to Basic to Accomplish Some of Those Doable Save the World Check Lists! 🙏 May Good Gods & Goddesses Blessed All the innocents to a Better World & Realm! 🕯🌷🌿🌍💖
Gary Coleman had one of the most, if not the most memorable catch phrase in TV history!🔥
Yeap just like the steve urkel character no matter what role jaleel white play ppl will ALWAYS go back to that.I think every comedy show back then had that 1 stand out character.
Either him or JJ with "Dinomite"
@@robb5263 yeap its been over 40yrs n he still saying that same line in a commercial he had.😂
Gary still lives on and even though he died we will always be hearing that phrase what you talking about Willis ❤️❤️💛🎉🙏🏿🤎😎🙂😀😄😀
Only Kevin Hart can get away with playing a little kid with a beard.
😂😂😂
Cause there the same height
🤣🤣🤣
Lol, I didn’t even think about him having a beard 😆
Of course he can, he’s short
I am glad to hear the actor who played Willis still alive because I know he hit on hard times too. .....Theses actors don't realize they also gave us a few hours of enjoyment each week because many of us kids in the 80's also grew up in a tough childhood environment.
Omg! This is nothing but the truth
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ facts I was born in 81 but I grew up watching Different Strokes..Sliver Spoons..Mr Belvedere and The Facts of Life to name a few and loved all the characters on Facts of Life especially Tootie which is now my 15 year old daughter's nickname ❤️
@@qianagreen8339 Oh wow! That's too cool that you gave that nickname to your daughter!
Didn't the sister die from drug overdose
@@jarricah7920 Yeah, back in like '99.
I couldn't get over John Lithgow lifting up Kevin Hart 😂
IKR?! That was one of the highlights of the show, especially when you find out that Mr. Lithgow is 6"4.
Kevin hart was tiny like Gary Coleman. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
The facts of life... really hit me. It was like feeling so young again.
Agreed. Nostalgic. That show was a staple in our household
Where u see it, what station?
Same. I actually tear up thinking about how I felt watching it. Things seemed simple again for that hour. I absolutely loved it!!
@@Golden-yn5hq Agreed. The good ole days. When there is civility in the world
@@Golden-yn5hq I meant when there was civilty in the WAS civilty in the room
I miss those times. R. I . P. To all actors and actress.
The Jeffersons, All in the Family, Sanford and son, married with children, fresh prince, growing pains etc were all great shows. Very entertaining.
Did you like sister sister
@@annamussa3351 and amen was a great show
And Good Times..
I love when they make remakes or have renuinions of these great shows from the past. It just brings back such great memories
It's crazy how they destroyed Gary Coleman's life. When he needed his fans, they weren't there for him.
Nah, he destroyed himself. Stop blaming fans .
Stop blaming. He destroyed his on life
No, the fans were always there, just everyone else was out to destroy him. From his parents to his "wife", they were all after his money or what he could do for him!
..."perhaps" he meant fans like those of BritneySpears and such, who protest until the celebrity gets whatever.
@@littlepeon true. The people he trusted most. Sadly that still happens today, but not nearly as easily
Probably one of the best theme songs ever created for a show!
The Jeffersons theme song was the best
My mom and watched both these shows over the summer and they bring back alot of memories...this is what I grew up watching !
Ironically I feel like this show is too wholesome like it never originated from our world, as I recollect on all the negative that's happening in the world today.
a lot of these shows were very problematic to begin with.
I actually found it nostalgic and a reminder of how good things were. Not this crazy world we're living in now
It is! But to just get a tiny feel of those times is what I need
Yeah but you still see people wearing masks (maybe not by choice) behind them in the audience. As long as people keep wearing the useless masks on TV, in schools etc…things won’t go back to normal and the powers that be know that
@@rort1371 Exactly. We're like sheep.
So sad. SO glad Tod Bridges survived.
Facts of life and diff rent strokes have the best themes songs ever
The jeffersons also have a good TV theme song, too. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Kevin Hart playing a remake of a show is something we all have wanted.
Yes true we love kevin🌷
I kind of wish Gary Coleman could’ve reprised his role.
@@jeshkam go away grinch
@@bri0332 Yeah where is he anyway? Is he still on the phone with Galaxy of Prawns thing? you'd think they resolve that from now
"We" my Black Ass.
I saw this last night. One of my highlights of this year
Wasn't it refreshing. Took my mind on what is currently going on in the world today.
I was there!!! It was so fun to see live!!!!
I heard gary coleman was highest paid tv star. PArents took advantage of him. They spend all of his money traveling around the world,curiseship, casinos, etc. gary coleman started to develop health problem. he number of surgeries and fell financial hardship. he took a job as security guard to pay off his debt. it's sad. how parents took advantage this great kid. sadly, both parents passed away with happily retirement. Gary Coleman wasn't having anything from the parents.
i was born in the 90’s and all these old shows i had to watch especially being the youngest definitely brought me back even tho i wasn’t in the 70’s and 80’s sheesh but back then the shows wasn’t over 20-25 years yet😭😭
The whole cast was so talented. ❤️
Damon wayans was awesome as Willis. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
I met all the Wayans Brothers and their mom! on Schofield Barracks, HI. Such gorgeous lady! The nicest celebrities I've ever met.
Gosh I remember watching these shows when I was in middle school and high school
Who would've ever guessed that Todd Bridges would be the last man standing from that cast.
MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY!!! I was not expecting that. I swear I thought he died after Plato did. Too see him pop up in that interview was a pleasant surprise.
@@fr0stb1ght34 And that he's actually doing well now is a bonus. I always felt like he got a bit dumped on by his family & then his so-called friends almost killed him.
I know Todd from Trutv presents World’s Dumbest.
He was great.
Kevin Hart made my day doing this 😂😂😂 it's funny because he could do so easily. I love the Miss. Garrett the actress who played her is her clone😂
That's a grown man with kids and a wife
@@tsetsefly3605 I Know that's the funny part. He's playing a role of a 10 year old 😂😂
@@KingD-light he just announced he was going to be the next black billionaire. Now he's in a white man's lap. Bad look for the culture. I don't think black people found this funny tbh
@@tsetsefly3605 probably, but I haven't heard anyone complaining so far. It's only comedy.
Now this is how family television shows supposed to be and also"TGIF"the stuff they showing now can't compare to the sitcoms back then .
I loved loved this show as child and all the actors. I would watch it every day after going swimming
I hollered when Kevin Hart asked Damon why Vernon always smells like weed! LOLOL! I'm pretty sure he free-styled that one.
The fact that there was only 1 surviving member of different strokes is sad but great tribute
Damn they did Gary Coleman extra dirty. His own family/PARENTS. Working security after such a remarkable carreer? Hell naw.
Damn sad that things didn't go the way the actors and actress have plan in life. But great T.V. Shows and memories watching growing up too. 🙂👍👍👍👍
Hollywood has been chewing up kids since it was created. Most of the "Little Rascals/Our Gang" kids died broke or close to it. Judy Garland, Brittany Murphy, Corey Haim, the list is endless. Yes, Hollywood can be the answer to your dreams, but it can also lead you to your biggest nightmares!
R.I.P. Gary
Kevin Hart was GREAT!
Gary Coleman that's so sad that his parents stole his money I don't understand why parents do that so sad
His parents were greedy and evil. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Seeing Lisa Welchel sing the opening number brought back memories! She used to tour and sing and came to my high school! Got to meet her! A rumor started that I was to be cast as Blair's brother. In the next season. 😉😍
This was such a good time in my life! I love the shows from that time! This was back when family was still alive! God bless everyone in this show. Rip for those who passed!
Growing up in the San Fernando Valley, I ran into Gary Coleman often especially at the 24hr bowling alley. He would always bowl in the middle of the night. He was so guarded to the point of being a bit of a jerk. I don't blame him since ppl would harass him. RIP Gary
How kind of you, that, even having had that experience with him, you still can understand the source of his attitude. 😇
@@mitsuomits9077 Absolutely, we saw each other so much, He would wave at me but we never had a full conversation. He had such a hard life and the bullying didn't help. I wanted to respect his privacy. I could see that bowling was a therapy for him and he wanted to be alone. That's why he would always go around 2-3am during the week. I would go at the same time on my days off from working graveyard.
he lived and worked here in Tucson Arizona also I can remember going in the xxx adult book store early am hours to preview vhs movies He was always so nice to me abc adult bookstore here on Craycroft road its not hear anymore sadly
Wow, must of been wonderful seeing gary. Must of been hard for them to avoid the public. Imagine how hard it would be now?
a job is a job I feel Gary was very grounded even after all his fame He resided here in Tucson Arizona not far from me and I know he had a job at the ABC adult xxx bookstore on Craycroft Road here in east Tucson in the early 1990s
Dana Plato died at 34 from a drug overdose ruled as suicide. Years later, her son, Tyler would also struggle with drug abuse. In 2010, just two days before his mother's 11th death anniversary he too committed suicide, dying from a self-inflicted shotgun blast to the head. He was 26.
That's so sad. Didn't know she died from an overdose. Sad indeed
Wow. I didn't know about her son. That's so devastating
I love different strokes
Every time I hear ‘Different Strokes’, Jeff Ross' eulogy of Gary Colman comes to mind. "The Comedy world lost a great treasure. Gary Coleman died recently of multiple aneurisms... which is kind of like 'Different Strokes'"
Wow that was poetic.
He did a fabulous job!!!
I love the show to this day. I have a cable station that plays nothing but this one of my favorite shows still
Will they reenact the bike shop episode with arnold and Dudley?
AWKWARD !!! 😰😰😰
Definitely, brings back lots of
Memories, can't believe what am seeing for real rest in peace and power Gary Coleman.
Omg I need these shows back if there is any hope of a glimmer or good please please please bring them back
My show from back in the day
😭😭😭 Kevin being carried gave me a heart attack laughing 🤣🤣🤣🤣 RIP Gary
RIP Jessica
The great thing about this re enactment is knowing that I lived through the GREATEST era of music and television and film. 30 years from now, no music will be re done, no tv shows re done and so forth. Todays Hollywood is a shell of what it used to be, NOTHING original anymore. No music is made today without auto tune.
they should put different strokes on netflix
Miss him so much!!😭😭
When history was made it leves an impressive an impactful memory on the new generation…..🙏
Mrs. Garrett grew up 2 blocks from where I live in Wisconsin
my kids go to the school she did
This was one of my favorite eps
The actor who played Dudley (Shaver Ross) is still alive also
So is Danny Cooksey who played Sam.
Kevin Hart pulled off Arnold Drummond perfectly.
One of my favorite actors Gary Coleman and I expect that what you talking about willis
His parents did him dirty
They absolutely did. Very very sad
almost everyone in his life did, including his wife, who threw him down the stairs and caused his brain problems that killed him.
@@littlepeon wow, was she sent to jail?
@@fireflymiesumae No, prosecutor declined filing charges. She then sued his estate trying to claim that even though they were divorced, they still lived together as man and wife. She lost and his last dollars went to his manager/friend Anna Grey.
@King SwayJ and her 15 minutes of fame for dating someone famous. Afterwards she was left broke and literally moved back in with her dad.
YOU HAD TO BRING THIS UP.
Liked it very much. Saw it when I was a youngster. But why the hell couldn't they tribute Dana Plato and get someone to play her? I mean, Lear, pick an episode that she was in also to redo.
Taylor Swift could have played Dana Plato
@@ralphhemphill3989 ,that would have been great. Good call.
Just like most shows on TV back then, they were filmed in California and the storyline were somewhere else. I grew up in NYC and always wanted to see the Penthouse where Arnold and Willis lived, and I wanted to visit George and Louise Jefferson. Great shows back then, great times.
I saw the episode where they recreated Different Strokes and The Facts of Life! It would’ve been more iconic if Nancy McKeon agreed to show up with the other girls at the live taping!
I don't think Nancy has anymore involvement with anything with the facts of life anymore. I don't know why.
@@melissabarberer6731 I saw in a recent interview where Lisa Welchel said that Nancy couldn’t make it because she and her family were moving and she couldn’t find the time to fly out and join the girls! But oh well, there’ll be other reunions!
Plus her brother, Philip McKeon (Tommy from Alice) died.
Just Beautiful...One Love Fam...
Blair is still so 😍😍😍
Used to always watch Different Strokes with my brother in the late 90s on Nick at Night and the Facts of Life.
2 great shows
Just seen this on Hulu
The original or this remake? I wanna watch both
Kevin hart fits him, small boi
Kevin Hart being carried across the room was the funniest thing I saw all day
yeah
Now, the world don't move
To the beat of just one drum,
What might be right for you,
May not be right for some.
A man is born, he's a man of means.
Then along come two,
They got nothing but their jeans.
But they got,
Diff'rent Strokes.
It takes,
Diff'rent Strokes.
It takes,
Diff'rent Strokes to move the world.
Everybody's got a special kind of story
Everybody finds a way to shine,
It don't matter that you got
Not alot
So what,
They'll have theirs,
And you'll have yours,
And I'll have mine.
And together we'll be fine...
Because it takes, Diff'rent Strokes
To move the world.
Yes it does.
It takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world
Gary Coleman was another level cute/talented. As were Todd/Dana. Big ups to Kevin Hart/Damon Waynes. I loved Blaire as a kid.
Remember that scene in the 40 Year Old Virgin, when Romany Malco tells Kevin Hart "Aim High Willis?" Now it's really happening.
As a grown man, some things you don’t do even thou it’s tempting to do I guess
I love these...
Blair looks FANTASTIC.
John Ritter's three's company!
Jim Carey
@@nakitapalmer656 that's exactly what I was thinking!
Jim Carrey could play John Ritter as well as Taylor Swift could have played Kimberly on the Different Strokes remake
My heart goes to Dana, used to love watching her as a kid and even had a crush on her, now that I'm 30 and know that she died at just 34 makes me really sad..
Blair still look gooood
Hear on RUclips you guys can listen to nothing but theme songs from different eras....I listen to them every now and then just to reminisce about when I was a kid and my whole family was under one roof.
You know this new generation is trash when they wanna remake old classic shows because they run out of ideas in this new era of shows
Dana Plato's last television appearance was on the Howard Stern Show
Exactly.
And it was very sad.
Howard stern embarrassed her so bad that she almost cried. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
I loved the facts of life and different strokes, both deserved a fitting tribute.
Now The Facts of Life for something different this was good wholesome fun this in Different Strokes cannot be put in the same category
This show and the original full house would've had an amazing crossover
Back when shows weren't wokè. Just entertaining.
What does woke mean? From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Obviously, you don’t know about shows like “All In The Family”, “Maude”, “The Jeffersons”, “Good Times”, etc. All these shows were also created by Norman Lear during the 70s & were extremely “woke” for their time. They were also HIGHLY “entertaining”, rated, respected, & revered. Maybe you slept thru them…😴💤😎
Now we need these live shows.
1.Silver spoons
2.Growing pains RIP ALAN THICKE.
3.Good Times
4.Punky Brewster
5.Blossom.
Omg hell do all the 80-90s sitcoms..😂😂
They did Good Times, already. It aired with The Jefferson's
What you talkin' bout, inside edition?!
😹😹😹
One of my favorite childhood show.
“He would’ve liked that it was someone else playing him and not him doing it “ ….let that sink in 💡
So why they heck they didn’t have a Dana Plato character? She was a major part of the show too.
Aww man I missed it. It looked fun. I hope my sister recorded it.
I would like to see a live remake of "Maude".
Who would play Maude? From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Remember the lady who played young Dorothy on Golden Girls?? I bet she'd be a great Maude today!
Straight Buck broken
At least we waking up to it
He's about the same size as Gary Coleman.
So hysterically true. I was crying laughing so hard
Don't do drugs kids!
My childhood sitcom, I love it!
how would a remake of different strokes look like?
“What you talkin bout willis”
R.I.P.
Dana Plato,
Gary Coleman,
Conrad Bain,
and
Charlotte Rae.
Yes , we all had our Favourite Time of our lives from Primary~6 going to Junior High School era >>> Cleaner & More Sober in Hearts & Souls & always wanted to make this World a Better Place for All of Us , regardless of our Races , Faiths , Genders , Nationalities , Social Status , in Uniforms or in Hoodies! We should Press Our Home Button 🕹 & Go Back to Basic to Accomplish Some of Those Doable Save the World Check Lists! 🙏 May Good Gods & Goddesses Blessed All the innocents to a Better World & Realm! 🕯🌷🌿🌍💖
R.I.P. Gary Coleman
Lisa looks awesome!!
That’s so sad only one of the different storkes actor is alive
Dang win was this I wanted to watch this is cool
Some things should just be left in the past
Exactly 💯
Like your Bret Michaels bandanna. ( :
@@cherilg88 well said but mine is different mine is old school