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Diff'rent Strokes on NBC

1985, TV Show

Episode Detail: Friendly-Mate - Diff'rent Strokes

The boys visit a computer-dating service to get a mate for their father. Drummond: Conrad Bain. Arnold: Gary Coleman. Willis: Todd Bridges. Kimberly: Dana Plato. Joan: Bobbi Jordan. Lucille: Vonetta McGee.

Episodes: Friendly-Mate - Diff'rent Strokes - 212 total Episodes

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11/28/1979: Thanksgiving Crossover
Willis Goes to College
The Adoption
Arnold's Job
The Relative
Sam's Big Brother
The Trial
No Time for Arnold
Retrospective
Shoot-Out at the O.K. Arcade
The Squealer
Blue Collar Drummond
Arnold and Lisa's Mother
Roots
Arnold's Tangled Web
Count Your Blessings
Hooray for Hollywood, Complete
Small Claims Court
The Bank Job
The Fight
Mother's Last Visit
Sam Adopts a Grandparent
Tonsils
The Accident
Arnold the Entrepreneur
Bully for Arnold
Hooray for Hollywood
Room for One More
The Team
The Car
Hooray for Hollywood
Diff'rent Strokes
The Squatter
Crime Story
The Reporter
A Camping We Will Go
Diff'rent Strokes
Hot Watch
The Magician
Independent Woman
The Moonlighter
Russian Embassy
So You Want to Be a Rock Star
The Bus
Diff'rent Strokes
A Growing Problem
The Hero
The Houseguest
The Bicycle Man, Complete
Cheers to Arnold
The Lie
Lifestyles of the Poor and Unknown
Return of the Gooch
Where There's Smoke
The Adoption, Complete
Mrs. Garrett's Romance
The Bar Mitzvah Boy
Bulimia
Mrs. Z
The Peacemaker
Hall Monitor
Have I Got a Girl for You
The Spanking
Thanksgiving Crossover, Complete
Baseball Blues
Big Brother
Love on the Run
Parents Have Rights, Too
Arnold's Girlfriend, Complete
Bed-wetting
The Loan
The New Landlord
Street Smarts
The Wedding
The Rivals
The Adoption
Mrs. Garrett's Crisis
Undercover Lover
The Bank Job
The Big Bribe
Burial Ground
The Model
On Your Toes
A Haunting We Will Go
The Gymnasts
Harry Birthday Drummond
In the Swim
The Social Worker
Speak No Evil
The Bank Job, Complete
The Bicycle Man
The Job
Memories
Arnold's Girlfriend
Beauty Is in the Eye of Arnold
Little Mother
My Fair Larry
The Van Drummonds
The Wedding, Complete
The Music Man
The Accident, Complete
Feudin' and Fussin', Complete
First Day Blues
Substitute Teacher
Valentine's Day Retrospective
The Boyfriend
Crime Story
Push Comes to Shove
Rashomon II
The Woman
A Dog Story
Goodbye Dolly
Sam's Missing
The Slumber Party
The Front Page
The Goat
Sam's New Pal
Santa's Helper
Mr. T and Mr. t
The Photo Club
The Ancestors
Special with 'Hello, Larry'
Kathy
The Older Woman
Arnold's Girlfriend
The Election
Father and Son Day
Kathy's Olympics
Drafted
Retrospective
The Athlete
The Cricket
B.M.O.C.
Crime Story, Complete
Family on Ice
Thanksgiving Crossover
Substitute Mother
Getting Involved
Arnold's Bad Rep
A Case of Overexposure
Dreams
The Club Meeting
The Honorable Arnold J. Jackson
Arnold's Initiation
Double Date
Junk Food Junkie
Sam's Father
Almost American
Diff'rent Strokes
It's My Party and I'll Cry if I Want To
Roommates
Willis' Privacy
Arnold's Strike
Coming of Age
Health Club
Sam's Missing
Willis' Birthday
The Bicycle Man
Lifesavers
The Older Man
The Senior Class Queen
Feudin' and Fussin'
Where There's Hope
Teacher's Pet
The Tutor
Arnold Saves the Squirrel
Arnold's Songbird
Retrospective
Sam's Missing
Assert Yourself
The Big Heist
Feudin' and Fussin'
Fire
Hello, Daddy
Carmella Meets the Gooch
Stress? What Stress?
Short but Sweet
The Executive
Drummond's Lady
The Girls School
The Hitchhikers
Poor Drummond
Jilted
Football Father
The Wedding
The Accident
Green Hair
Growing Up
A Special Friend
Special with 'Hello, Larry'
Diff'rent Strokes
Birds and Bees
Cyrano De Jackson
Movin' In
Prep School
First Love
Friendly-Mate
Special with 'Hello, Larry'
A Tale of Two Teachers
Drummond's Fair Lady
The Hitchhikers
The Honeymoon's Over
Diff'rent Strokes
Romeo and Juliet
The Ski Weekend
Big Business

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Premiered: September 27, 1985, on NBC

Rating: None

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Premise: A long-running sitcom about a Park Avenue millionaire who adopts two Harlem orphans after the death of their housekeeper mother. The younger brother, Arnold, was an immediate hit, and the precocious lad's frequent query of his sedate, older brother---'Whatchutalkinbout, Willis?'---entered the pop-culture lexicon. The sitcom, on the air for eight years, spun off 'The Facts of Life.'

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