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Remember when Diff’rent Strokes was one of the biggest sitcoms of the late 1970s and 1980s? The NBC hit made Gary Coleman a TV superstar, featured an early role from Janet Jackson, launched The Facts of Life, and delivered one of television’s most infamous Very Special Episodes.

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
01:18 - #15: The Wild Early Versions That Almost Happened — Norman Lear
03:13 - #14: The Strange Cartoon Spinoff — Gary Coleman
04:48 - #13: The Twin Switch No One Noticed — Conrad Bain
06:24 - #12: The Sitcom Blueprint They Reused — Howard Leeds
08:13 - #11: The Voice Behind the Theme — Alan Thicke
09:39 - #10: The Future Pop Icon’s Sitcom Stop — Janet Jackson
11:36 - #9: The Hobby That Became His Escape
12:56 - #8: The Rumor That Wouldn’t Die
14:43 - #7: The Backlash Off Camera — Todd Bridges
16:28 - #6: The Exit They Wrote in a Single Line — Dana Plato
18:22 - #5: The Fortune That Disappeared
20:54 - #4: The Catchphrase That Followed Him Everywhere
22:42 - #3: The Condition That Shaped a Star
24:25 - #2: The Spinoff That Almost Failed — Charlotte Rae
25:45 - #1: The Episode That Shocked Viewers — Gordon Jump