The ending of the Opening credits shows Mr. D and the boys entering the APT building and shouldn't the first ep shown them entering the APT with those outfits on instead of Mr. Drummond WAITING for them to show up????-lol

What the hell??? I thought you were not going to watch Season 1? :lol:

What the hell??? I thought you were not going to watch Season 1? :lol:


I'm going to watch it and analyze it since its been a minute since I seen it-lol

Yeah, you're right they don't match

Yeah, you're right they don't match


And I don't recall any eps of mr. d saying the boys can go to harlem and he will come get them later in the limo-lol

anyone notice first season opening creits of diff rent strokes kind match jeffersons first season opening credits with them riding in a limo and lookng at the apartment their going live in and get out of the limo and go their home.mabye it me anyone notice same thing

anyone notice first season opening creits of diff rent strokes kind match jeffersons first season opening credits with them riding in a limo and lookng at the apartment their going live in and get out of the limo and go their home.mabye it me anyone notice same thing
Yep. Is that a coincidence or what? :lol:

I noticed this years ago. No, it doesn't match, because Drummond was scared to go to Harlem, Willis in the pilot doesn't like his new surroundings, and in the opening credits, he looks like he couldn't wait to get to the penthouse.

And Mikel, yes, it is a lot like the Jeffersons opening. DS is not a Norman Lear show, but it had Norman's staff working on this show, so there is the connection.

Why was the title DIFF'RENT Strokes spelled in that manner? Why not just DIFFERENT?

The only difference between the Jeffersons and the Diffrent Strokes opening credits is WILLIS AND ARNOLD was not scared to MOVE UP like WEEZY-lol

Why was the title DIFF'RENT Strokes spelled in that manner? Why not just DIFFERENT?

I don't know, but it is a pain typing DIFF'RENT because of the hyphen. LOL

The only difference between the Jeffersons and the Diffrent Strokes opening credits is WILLIS AND ARNOLD was not scared to MOVE UP like WEEZY-lol

Weezy wasn't scared to move up, she was just too proud.

I don't know, but it is a pain typing DIFF'RENT because of the hyphen. LOL
I hear that. :lol:

Weezy wasn't scared to move up, she was just too proud.


Why was she trembling in the cab then?

She was crying, not trembling.

She was crying, not trembling.

That's what I was about to say. LOL

She was crying, not trembling.



She was crying and shaking

She was crying and shaking
I don't know abt shaking, but she was crying. Maybe it was the movement of the cab that was shaking her.:lol:

Well she didn't look happy to me

I thought that she was sad because she was leaving her neighborhood and her friends.

Well she didn't look happy to me
Like Brie said, she was leaving behind what she knew, her friends, neighborhood, etc. I would cry too.

I thought that she was sad because she was leaving her neighborhood and her friends.


Yeah she was sad about leaving her neighborhood and nervous about moving to a new neighborhood and not knowing what to expect and living in a mostly white neighborhood

Yeah she was sad about leaving her neighborhood and nervous about moving to a new neighborhood and not knowing what to expect and living in a mostly white neighborhood
Did she ever SAY those words, that she was worried abt the unknown?

Did she ever SAY those words, that she was worried abt the unknown?


Yes in the pilot, and in the first episode, pretty much the first 3-4 eps you could clearly see it

Yeah she was sad about leaving her neighborhood and nervous about moving to a new neighborhood and not knowing what to expect and living in a mostly white neighborhood

I don't know about the whole white neighborhood thing. Before they moved to the city, they lived in an all white neighborhood.

I don't know about the whole white neighborhood thing. Before they moved to the city, they lived in an all white neighborhood.


Not the Whites on the East Side. Remember the L:ine in the Opening Credits


"NOW WE ARE IN THE BIG LEAGUES"

Not the Whites on the East Side. Remember the L:ine in the Opening Credits


"NOW WE ARE IN THE BIG LEAGUES"
I always took that to mean they are now RICH.

Not the Whites on the East Side. Remember the L:ine in the Opening Credits


"NOW WE ARE IN THE BIG LEAGUES"

Yeah but when the lived in queens they were the only black family in the neighborhood.

I always took that to mean they are now RICH.

Me too

Me too
I know we are right. :lol: It is common sense what that phrase means. It has no other conotation or meaning other than what it was meant to be.

I always took that to mean they are now RICH.


Yeah it was a "NEW LIFE" for her

Like Brie said, she was leaving behind what she knew, her friends, neighborhood, etc. I would cry too.

Change is always a scary thing. Going to a new school, moving to a new place, taking a new job......it never gets easier. The familiar is comfortable, even when the familiar is not a great life, etc.

Change is always a scary thing. Going to a new school, moving to a new place, taking a new job......it never gets easier. The familiar is comfortable, even when the familiar is not a great life, etc.


looked like Arnold and willis was ready for the change in the opening credits

"Man, this is better than anything I've seen on The Brady Bunch!"
:lol:

"Man, this is better than anything I've seen on The Brady Bunch!"
:lol:


Yeah I caught that, soon as I heard I was like-"there goes another connection to the brady bunch-lol

Why was the title DIFF'RENT Strokes spelled in that manner? Why not just DIFFERENT?
Guess it's just to make it look catchy.