What ages were Arnold and Willis, when the show started? How old were they when it ended?

Arnold was 5 when the show started in 1978. Gary Coleman was actually ten at the time. The show ended in 1986 so Arnold was around 13.

Todd Bridges was 13 when the show started. I believe his character, Willis, was supposed to be 10. I'm not sure about that though.

PS: Arnold's Girl, if you scroll up on this board you'll see 'Diff'rent Strokes online'. Click on that. It will take you to a great site that will give lots of the information about Diff'rent Strokes that you would like to know about.:wave:

Originally posted by Kitt
Arnold was 5 when the show started in 1978. Gary Coleman was actually ten at the time. The show ended in 1986 so Arnold was around 13.

Todd Bridges was 13 when the show started. I believe his character, Willis, was supposed to be 10. I'm not sure about that though.

PS: Arnold's Girl, if you scroll up on this board you'll see 'Diff'rent Strokes online'. Click on that. It will take you to a great site that will give lots of the information about Diff'rent Strokes that you would like to know about.:wave:

That is wrong the character Gary Coleman played Arnold Jackson was 8 years old and the show came out in 1978 when Gary Colman was 10 years old.

It came out in November of 1978 and Gary Coleman was born in February of 1968

Eight-year-old Arnold and his 12-year-old brother Willis were two black kids from Harlem who found themselves quite suddenly in the lap of luxury. Their dying mother, a housekeeper for wealthy Philip Drummond, had extracted from her employer the promise that he would look after her boys. Unlike some of TV's other accidental parents (for example, Family Affair), Drummond didn't mind at all, and welcomed the two into his Park Avenue apartment as his own. No matter that there were endless double takes when the rich, white Drummond, president of the huge conglomerate Trans-Allied, Inc. (though he never seemed to work much), introduced the two spunky black kids as his "sons." They didn't care. There was always plenty of love around--though Willis seemed a bit reserved--and everybody learned little lessons in Living Right in each episode. There were also episodes on such serious subjects as child abuse and the dangers of hitchhiking. Former first lady Nancy Reagan appeared in a 1983 episode dealing with drug abuse. Rounding out the household was widower Drummond's 13-year-old daughter, Kimberly, and the new housekeeper, the scatterbrained Mrs. Garrett.

This was taken from a site made by the person who made sitcoms online TJ. the owner of the site made this website and the website of a few other comedies, he made about 15 comedies their own website and give tons of information about them. You can get address, sound clips, movie clips, parts of episodes, full episodes, where are they now, all kinds of new articles about them, pictures, theme songs.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/diffrentstrokes.html

here is a list of comedies that have their own sites that you can get ton of more information on

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/listofsites.html

comedies he has listed with tons of information are.

Happy Days
Different Strokes
Facts of Life
Gimme A Break
Mork and Mindy
Courtship of Eddies Father
Hello Lary
Hogan Family
Please Don't Eat the Dasies
Silver Spoons
Family Ties

Mini Sites that are not as big as ones above

Addams Family
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
The Adventures of Pete and Pete
After Mash
Alf
Alice
All American Girl
Amos n Andy
All in the Family
Amen
The Andy Griffith Show
Angie
Ann Suthern Show
Anything But Love
Arnie
Babes
Baby Talk
Bad News Bears
Bachelor Father
Barney Miller
Benson
Best of the West
Beverly HillBillies
Blanskie Beauties
Bewitched
Brady Brides
Brady Bunch
Charles in Charge
Cheers
Chico and the Man
Day by Day
Dear John
Dick Van Dyke Show
Domestic Life
Fish
Flo
Friends
Gilligan Island
Golden Girls
Good Bye Beantown
Honey Mooners
I Love Lucy
Leave it to Beaver
Mary Tyler Moore Show
Mchale's Navy
Mr. Belvedere
Mr. T. and Tina
My Favorite Martian
My Sister Sam
Out of the Blue
Ropers
Sanford and Son
Three's a Crowd
Three's Company

Lighten up Man. I said he was ten which he was. I was wrong About his character being 5. He was 8. Willis was 12 rather than 10. I said that I wasn't sure about that. Please don't come on here like gangbusters. It's all about fun. I was trying to help the girl. I also recommended to her that she click the same links that you posted. Rude of you to come on so strong. I know who runs the site and I know he has the answers to her questions. Thats why I suggested that she click the Diff'rent Strokes Online link.

Originally posted by Kitt
Lighten up Man. I said he was ten which he was. I was wrong About his character being 5. He was 8. Willis was 12 rather than 10. I said that I wasn't sure about that. Please don't come on here like gangbusters. It's all about fun. I was trying to help the girl. I also recommended to her that she click the same links that you posted. Rude of you to come on so strong. I know who runs the site and I know he has the answers to her questions. Thats why I suggested that she click the Diff'rent Strokes Online link.

You need to get your act straight. Getting all up set because someone corrected a mistake you made. If you can't take that then you don't need to post.

All I said was you were wrong on the ages of the characters and pointed out where she could find more information on the show.

Next time if you can't take someone correcting a mistake that you made without getting mad then you should not post that way you can't get mad.

Originally posted by hughpuppies
You need to get your act straight. Getting all up set because someone corrected a mistake you made. If you can't take that then you don't need to post.

All I said was you were wrong on the ages of the characters and pointed out where she could find more information on the show.

Next time if you can't take someone correcting a mistake that you made without getting mad then you should not post that way you can't get mad. I had you pegged right about you needing to lighten up. You come back on here to tell me that I shouldn't post. What arrogance!

You make yourself look foolish telling people whether or not they have your approval to post. No one needs your approval.

The only person who looks foolish is you. I was nice when I corrected you on a mistake you made. Then you come back acting like a 5 year old getting all upset because I corrected a mistake you made.

Yes, I will tell someone about posting it you can not take it where someone corrects a mistake you made nicely to you then you shouldn't post.

Now stop acting childish before you look more foolish than you already are.

Where did I ever come here acting like gangbusters?

Reread my first post on this page right here is excatly what I said and this time try and understand what you read.

That is wrong the character Gary Coleman played Arnold Jackson was 8 years old and the show came out in 1978 when Gary Colman was 10 years old.

Now this time please do take the time and read it carefully.

Then you come back saying this.

I said that I wasn't sure about that. Please don't come on here like gangbusters.

Seems to me you can not take someone correcting a mistake you make. The you said you weren't sure about his age, but you never said that this is what you said.

Arnold was 5 when the show started in 1978. Gary Coleman was actually ten at the time. The show ended in 1986 so Arnold was around 13.

Did you once say you weren't sure about his age?

Next time someone corrects a mistake you make don't go flipping off the handle makes you look not to bright.

I came on a little strong in my first post to you. After that you have gone way over the top in every post since. You would do well to get off my back. Your post telling me not to post, shows your true colors.

Now, I have admitted to coming on too strong to you at the outset. It's time for you to admit that you have gone way overboard in your replies to me since. You can either see that, and do that , or you and I have nothing more to say to one another.

Originally posted by hughpuppies

Arnold was Coleman was actually ten at the time. The show ended in 1986 so Arnold was around 13.

Did you once say you weren't sure about his age?

Reread my post. I was talking about Willis, not Arnold. So, yes, I "once" said I wasn't sure about his age on the show.

"Todd Bridges was 13 when the show started. I believe his character, Willis, was supposed to be 10. I'm not sure about that though."

As someone looking at this thread i would say that hughpuppies wasn't trying to be mean in correcting Kitt they just wanted to get the facts straight. Kitt shouldn't have taken it the wrong way as far as im concerned. Just how i saw it.
-Ben

...let's keep the unity! :crazy: