Diff'rent Strokes 7 for 1 VHS set lot Arnold Willis

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The episodes that are included are listed below.

Lessons Learned - 25648

The Tutor

Episode Number 15
First Aired February 9, 1979
Production Code 0113
Writer Sandy Veith
Director Herbert Kenwith
 
Guest Stars: Barry Diamond (as Danny Rose)
   
 
Drummond hires a tutor for Willis and Arnold who does practically everything but teach.
 

Birds and Bees

Episode Number 30
First Aired October 19, 1979
Production Code 0208
Writer Ed Jurist
Director Gerren Keith
 
Guest Stars: Enid Kent (as Mrs. Martino)
 

Willis' fishy version of the facts of life leaves Arnold with misconceptions and Mr. Drummond on tender hooks. Arnold repeats his "knowledge" to a neighbor's daughter, but the girl's mother is not amused.

 
The Magician (a.k.a.) It's Magic

Episode Number 67
First Aired March 11, 1981
Production Code 0301
Writer Louis Smallwood and M. Martez Thomas & Ed Jurist
Story Louis Smallwood & M. Martez Thomas
Director Gerren Keith
 
Guest Stars:
Veronica Redd (as Ms. Buxton)
Ed 'Too Tall' Jones (as Himself)
 
 
Arnold's "famous" magic disappearing act, designed to impress a magazine reporter and special guest star Dallas Cowboys' defensive end Ed "Too Tall" Jones, leaves him dangerously high and dry, with no place to go but down -- about 30 stories.


Count Your Blessings

Episode Number 60
First Aired January 7, 1981
Production Code 0309
Writer Marshall Goldberg
Director Gerren Keith
 
Guest Stars:
Melanie Watson (as Kathy Gordon)
Joan Welles (as Dorothy Gordon)
Rhoda Gemignani (as Doctor)
 
 
Arnold tries a regimen of stretching exercises and a change of diet to speed his growth, but Drummond finds he must go to a very special source to get the boy to accept that he will never be tall.

Willis - 25646

The Club Meeting

Episode Number 11
First Aired January 12, 1979
Production Code 0109
Writer Tom August & Helen August
Director Herbert Kenwith
 
Guest Stars:
Billy Attmore (as Bubba)
Anthony Thompkins (as Vernon)
Brian Salmon (as Charles)
Tony Williams (as William)
 
 
Willis invites his neighborhood club from Harlem to visit, but things get out of hand when he tries to impress them with his new wealth.


Willis' Privacy

Episode Number 17
First Aired February 23, 1979
Production Code 0115
Writer Alan Rosen & Fred Rubin
Director Herbert Kenwith
 
Guest Stars: Anthony Thompkins (as Vernon)
 

 
To get rid of his pesky little brother, Willis divides the bedroom in half and spends more time at his friend's house.


The Job (a.k.a.) Willis' Job

Episode Number 19
First Aired March 16, 1979
Production Code 0118
Writer Albert E. Lewin
Director Herbert Kenwith
 
 
In order to earn the money to buy disco skates, and to prove a point to Mr. Drummond, Willis gets a job...but is fired on his first working day.

 
The Squealer

Episode Number 50
First Aired March 26, 1980
Production Code 0224
Writer Ed Jurist and Alan Rosen & Fred Rubin
Story Joseph Sirota & Elaine Newman
Director Gerren Keith
 
Guest Stars:
Ronald Feinberg (as Detective Morrison)
Dan Spector (as Lenny)
Michael Twain (as Mr. Clark)
David Coburn (as Jimmy)
Erik Moses (as Mike)

 
Willis seeks comradeship as a member of the Tarantulas, a street gang, but finds only deceit as he gets caught in a web of misplace loyalties. Willis allows himself to be arrested rather than "squeal" on his fellow-gang members by telling the truth.

Family Roots - 25650

Roots
 
Episode Number 62
First Aired January 21, 1981
Production Code 0313
Writer Kurt Taylor and John Donley & Howard Meyers
Story Kurt Taylor
Director Gerren Keith
 
Guest Stars:
Nedra Volz (as Adelaide Brubaker)
Lee Chamberlin (as Dr. Chadway)
Erik Moses (as Oscar)
Tony Williams (as Charles)
 
 
Willis and Arnold turn the Drummond household upside down as they try to prove to their old Harlem neighbors -- and themselves -- that they haven't lost tough with their cultural roots.


The Ancestor

Episode Number 69
First Aired March 25, 1981
Production Code 0320
Writer Ed Jurist & Calvin Kelly
Story Calvin Kelly
Director Gerren Keith
 
Guest Stars:
Dody Goodman (as Aunt Sophia)
Rick Fitts (as Jason Collins)
Erik Moses (as Oscar)
 
 
Drummond and his sister Sophia inherit a prime piece of land in Harlem from a long lost ancestor, but their plan to dedicate it to a cultural center in his name could spell disaster if the truth of their ancestor's life gets out.

Room for One More

Episode Number 71
First Aired May 6, 1981
Production Code 0321
Writer Fred S. Fox & Seaman Jacobs
Director Gerren Keith
 
Guest Stars:
Nedra Volz (as Adelaide Brubaker)
Le Tari (as Ted Ramsey)
Shavar Ross (as Dudley Johnson)
 
 
Dudley, fearing his foster father's lost job means he's headed back to the orphanage, cons Arnold into getting Drummond to consider adopting him into their family.

Hello, Daddy

Episode Number 82
First Aired January 14, 1982
Production Code 0404
Writer Donald Ross
Director Gerren Keith
 
Guest Stars:
Dody Goodman (as Aunt Sophia)
Nobu McCarthy (as Hi-Sook Chun)
Keone Young (as David Chun)
 
 
Does Drummond have a third son, there's a young man at the door who claims he does and that he is.  

Watchyoo Talkin' Bout? - 25645

Prep School

Episode Number 4
First Aired November 24, 1978
Production Code 0105
Writer Alan Rosen and Fred Rubin & Michael Russnow
Story Michael Russnow
Director Herbert Kenwith
 
Guest Stars: Howard Morton (as Miles Bordinay)
   
 
When Mr. Drummond tries to get Arnold and Willis into an exclusive prep school, it turns out to be just a little too exclusive for everyone's tastes.


Arnold's Girlfriend (1)

Episode Number 25
First Aired September 21, 1979
Production Code 0202
Writer Howard Leeds and Ben Starr & Martin Cohan
Director Gerren Keith
 
Guest Stars:
Dabney Coleman (as Fred Tanner)
Rachel Jacobs (as Alice Tanner)
Kip King (as Dr. Padnick)
Bill Henderson (as Attendent)
Elaine Appleton (as Nurse)
 
Arnold has appendicitis and Drummond has to deal with the bigotry of Fred Tanner, a potential housing project investor whose daughter is the key to getting Arnold to sit still for the operation.

 

Arnold's Girlfriend (2)

Episode Number 26
First Aired September 21, 1979
Production Code 0203
Writer Howard Leeds and Ben Starr & Martin Cohan
Director Gerren Keith
 
Guest Stars:
Dabney Coleman (as Fred Tanner)
Rachel Jacobs (as Alice Tanner)
Kip King (as Dr. Padnick)
Bill Henderson (as Attendent)
Rana Ford (as Nurse Dener)
 
 
Arnold's life is endangered when the kids find out they can't share a room in the hospital and run away on the eve of Arnold's surgery.


Skin Deep or True Blue (a.k.a.) Guess Who?

Episode Number 46
First Aired February 20, 1980
Production Code 0221
Writer Sandy Veith & Donald Ross
Story Howard Leeds and Ben Starr & Martin Cohan
 
Guest Stars:
Grant Wilson (as Roger Morehouse)
Melora Hardin (as Emily Morehouse)
 
 
Kimberly's new beau, Roger, suggests pairing his sister with Willis for a double-date, until he finds out the color of his true love's brother. When Kimberly discovers her new friend is a bigot, her face burns red and then a far darker shade.

Crime - 25647

Getting Involved

Episode Number 22
First Aired April 6, 1979
Production Code 0119
Writer Norm Liebmann
Story Howard Leeds and Ben Starr & Martin Cohan
Director Herbert Kenwith
 
Guest Stars:
Ronald Feinberg (as Detective Morrison)
Carl Byrd (as Mr. Adams)
Lawrie Osag (as Mr. Kwambe)
John Mayer (as Photographer)
Michael Lamont (as Police Officer)
 
 
When Arnold is witness to a hold up, the robber tries to ensure that the youngster will not identify him.


Hot Watch

Episode Number 38
First Aired December 12, 1979
Production Code 0212
Writer Charles Stewart, Jr. & Charles Stewart
Director Gerren Keith
 
Guest Stars:
Gordon Oas-Heim (as Mr. Hanlon)
Elizabeth Martin (as Mrs. Benson)
Elaine Appleton (as Tenant #1)
Diane Duncan (as Tenant #2)
   
 
Discovered in the wrong place at the wrong time, Willis and Arnold become prime suspects when their neighbor's apartment is robbed and they're caught with one of the stolen items. Mr. Drummond is convinced of his sons' innocence even though Willis' fingerprints are all over the place.


The Bank Job (1)

Episode Number 51
First Aired November 12, 1980
Production Code 0302
Writer Howard Leeds and Ben Starr & Martin Cohan
Director Gerren Keith
 
Guest Stars:
Kim Fields (as Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey)
Michael Cavanaugh (as Woody)
Jesse D. Goins (as Thomas)
Dick O'Neill (as Captain Burns)
Billy Beck (as Guard)
James Reynolds (as Mr. Gibson)
John Starr (as Male Teller)
Elaine Appleton (as Lillian)
Delores Cantu (as Alicia)
Kurt Smildsin (as Police Officer #1)
Geoff Edwards (as TV Reporter)
 
 
Willis accompanies Arnold as he sets out to withdraw some money from his bank account to pay for his first "real" date, but two bank robbers force a change of plans when they attempt their own, very large withdrawal, in the first episode of a special two-part


The Bank Job (2)

Episode Number 52
First Aired November 12, 1980
Production Code 0303
Writer Howard Leeds and Ben Starr & Martin Cohan
Director Gerren Keith
 
Guest Stars:
Kim Fields (as Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey)
Michael Cavanaugh (as Woody)
Jesse D. Goins (as Thomas)
Dick O'Neill (as Captain Burns)
Billy Beck (as Guard)
James Reynolds (as Mr. Gibson)
John Starr (as Male Teller)
Elaine Appleton (as Lillian)
Delores Cantu (as Alicia)
Kurt Smildsin (as Police Officer #1)
Geoff Edwards (as TV Reporter)
Justin Mastro (as Delivery Boy)
Victor Rivas (as SWAT Man)
 
 
Drummond offers himself and his company airplane as hostages to protect Arnold and Willis, but his sons' future hangs in the balance when the robbers announce their own very different choice of hostages, in the conclusion of a special two-part story.  

Moving In and Out - 25643

Movin' In

Episode Number 1
First Aired November 3, 1978
Production Code 0101
Writer Ben Starr
Director Herbert Kenwith
 
Multi-millionaire Phillip Drummond, who has agreed to the death-bed wish of his housekeeper to raise her two small sons as his own, welcomes 8-year-old Arnold and 12-year-old Willis into his lavish penthouse. Anxious to make them feel at home, he showers them with gifts and love -- and is puzzled when he learns that the boys are planning to sneak from the lap of luxury back to Harlem. Aiding Drummond in his effort to make the street-wise, ghetto youngsters feel welcome in the affluent white world are Drummond's new housekeeper Mrs. Garrett and his 13-year-old daughter Kimberly.

  Notes  
 
This series began life as a vehicle for 'Maude' co-star Conrad Bain and up-coming child star Gary Coleman. A premise called '45 Minutes From Harlem' was conceived, about a rich New York businessman adopting a little orphaned black boy from Harlem. Whether a pilot was ever shot is unclear, but NBC liked the idea, and with a little tweaking (such as the boy gaining a slightly older brother, and the businessman gaining a teenage daughter), 'Diff'rent Strokes' was born.
Kimberly Drummond wears braces in this episode.
Some syndicated versions of this episode cut the scene where Arnold blows a raspberry at Willis.
 

The Social Worker

Episode Number 2
First Aired November 10, 1978
Production Code 0102
Writer Budd Grossman
Director Herbert Kenwith
 
Guest Stars:
Ellen Travolta (as Ms. Aimsly)
J.A. Preston (as Geoffrey Thompson)
Fran Bennett (as Olivia Thompson)

 
Arnold's eavesdropping leads to trouble when a misunderstanding causes Willis and him to think that Mr. Drummond no longer wants them around; he has heard Drummond tell a social worker that "black children belong with black families."

 
Mother's Last Visit

Episode Number 3
First Aired November 17, 1978
Production Code 0103
Writer William Raynor & Myles Wilder
Director Herbert Kenwith
 
Guest Stars:
Irene Tedrow (as Mrs. Drummond)
Richard Fults (as Doorman)
 
Mr. Drummond's socialite and rather snobbish mother arrives and finds there's a lot she doesn't like about her son's new sons, but she soon learns a valuable lesson about what's really important in a person.

 

The Relative

Episode Number 14
First Aired February 2, 1979
Production Code 0112
Writer Fred S. Fox & Seaman Jacobs
Director Herbert Kenwith
 
Guest Stars: LaWanda Page (as Myrtle Waters)
 
 
LaWanda Page guest stars as a cousin of Willis and Arnold who, after seeing the boys in their comfortable new surroundings, knows she should stay closer to her long-lost little relatives.

Arnold - 25644

The Spanking

Episode Number 5
First Aired December 1, 1978
Production Code 0104
Writer Fred S. Fox & Seaman Jacobs
Director Herbert Kenwith
 
Guest Stars:
Frank Farmer (as Police Officer)
Jerry Marshak (as Little Boy)
Weldon Bleiler (as Maintenance Man)    
 
Arnold ignores warnings and continues to drop water balloons from the balcony. Mr. Drummond's decision to punish Arnold for the prank with a spanking becomes a learning lesson for Willis too, when he insists that he be the one to spank Arnold -- but where's Arnold?
 
Goodbye Dolly

Episode Number 6
First Aired December 8, 1978
Production Code 0106
Writer Albert E. Lewin
Director Herbert Kenwith
 
Guest Stars: Jack Riley (as Miles Monroe)

 
When Arnold loses his favorite doll, he makes sure that his misery is shared equally by the various members of his household, who soon try everything to get it back.


The Trial

Episode Number 7
First Aired December 15, 1978
Production Code 0107
Writer Alan Rosen & Fred Rubin
Director Herbert Kenwith
 
When Arnold is in trouble for putting his goldfish in Mr. Drummond's hot tub, Willis insists that it is wrong to convict him without a trial. The whole family, with Mrs. Garrett as judge, comes up with an important verdict.

 
The New Landlord

Episode Number 16
First Aired February 16, 1979
Production Code 0114
Writer Norm Liebmann
Director Herbert Kenwith
 
Guest Stars:
Jack Riley (as Charles Sutton)
Erica Yohn (as Emily Sutton)
Deborah Zon (as Barbie)
 
The kids devise a scheme hoping to make Arnold convince the new landlord to let the family keep the penthouse.