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Diff’rent Strokes is a television show that previewed in 1978. It was an instant hit when little orphan Arnold said, “Whatchu talkin’ bout Willis?” Mr. Drummond, a widowed millionaire that lives in Manhattan, has adopted two orphan black children. These two children were the kids of his once housekeeper, that has just passed away. Mr. Drummond promised to her that he would take care of the children as she passed away. Mr. Drummond and the two boys, Arnold and Willis, have some growing pains learning about each other, but they have some fun as well. Diff’rent Strokes, in its first season, is a show about normal family issues, and racial acceptance. Arnold and Willis Jackson had been raised by their mother, who was a maid for Mr. Drummond. She

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