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KerriBerri687 · 08-21-2001, 06:18 PM

wut r they? j/w...

08-21-2001, 11:26 PM

Well, the world don't move to the beat of just one drum..

Rt · 08-24-2001, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by april2:
Well, the world don't move to the beat of just one drum..

Uhhhhh, NO! This is it:

Now the world don't move to the beat of just one drum,
What might be right for you, may not be right for some.
A man is born, he's a man of means,
Then along come two, they got nothin' but their jeans.
But they got Diff'rent Strokes
It takes, Diff'rent Strokes
It takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world.

Everybody's got a special kinda story,
Everybody finds a way to shine.
It don't matter that you got not a lot- so what?
They'll have theirs, you'll have yours and I'll have mine.
And together we'll be fine,
Cause it takes Diff'rent Strokes to move the world, yes it does,
It takes Diff'rent Strokes to move the world!

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What 'chyou talkin' 'bout Willis?

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Curtis3331 · 08-24-2001, 11:08 AM

Does anybody want to start the "jeans" or "genes" debate again? LOL!!!

Rt · 08-26-2001, 10:40 AM

No way, Curtis. I've had enough about that... I think It's jeans!!!

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What 'chyou talkin' 'bout Willis?

Sean Snow · 08-26-2001, 06:51 PM

Yeah......and I too think it's jeans!

sitcomsrule · 09-03-2001, 03:13 AM

NO!!!!! it goes

they got nothing but the GENES!

his kids are BLACK!he is WHITE! it has nothing to do with jeans. it has to do with GENES.

julian bozo · 09-03-2001, 04:35 AM

I'm going to say jeans. My reasoning is it rhymes with means.

Kitt · 09-03-2001, 10:35 AM

Julian, your "reasoning" is a head-shaker. Jeans rhymes with means, but genes doesn't? Do you have some explanation for that conclusion that I've missed?

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Kitt

TV Guy · 09-04-2001, 11:38 AM

I think it's jeans. It's a play on the phrase "nothing but the shirt on your back". I mentioned this debate to a friend whom I usually agree with, thinking she would laugh at the idea that people think it's "genes", but she thinks it's genes, too. If anyone runs into Alan Thicke someday, be sure to ask him, since he co-wrote the song.

Rt · 09-04-2001, 04:52 PM

TJ, please close this topic.... It's getting to be a begginning of an argument......

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What 'chyou talkin' 'bout Willis?

Curtis3331 · 09-04-2001, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Curtis3331:
Does anybody want to start the "jeans" or "genes" debate again? LOL!!!

Geez! I know what you mean!! I was only joking!!

Rt · 09-05-2001, 09:19 PM

So was I!!!

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What 'chyou talkin' 'bout Willis?

Kitt · 09-07-2001, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TV Guy:
I think it's jeans. It's a play on the phrase "nothing but the shirt on your back". I mentioned this debate to a friend whom I usually agree with, thinking she would laugh at the idea that people think it's "genes", but she thinks it's genes, too. If anyone runs into Alan Thicke someday, be sure to ask him, since he co-wrote the song.

That makes sense.-- Don't you all think that genes would be a rather complex concept inside of an otherwise simplistic lyric? I'll bet that if you polled a bunch of ten year olds you wouldn't get many to go along with, genes.

I heard Allan Thicke once half jokingly apologize to everyone from the Diff'rent Strokes cast and crew for torturing them every week with that theme song.

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Kitt

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Rt · 09-17-2001, 04:47 PM

I suggest that we close this so there are no more arguments.

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What 'chyou talkin' 'bout Willis?

08-21-2001, 06:18 PM	#1
KerriBerri687 defying gravity Senior Member Join Date: Jan 13, 2001 Location: you'll find me in Emerald City...I'm the green one with the flying monkeys Posts: 2,869	theme song lyrics... wut r they? j/w...

08-21-2001, 11:26 PM	#2
april2 Guest Posts: n/a	Well, the world don't move to the beat of just one drum..
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08-24-2001, 11:08 AM	#4
Curtis3331 Kimberly Rules! Frequent Poster Join Date: May 13, 2001 Location: TX Posts: 428	Does anybody want to start the "jeans" or "genes" debate again? LOL!!!

08-26-2001, 10:40 AM	#5
Rt Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 23, 2001 Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S. Posts: 78	No way, Curtis. I've had enough about that... I think It's jeans!!! ------------------ What 'chyou talkin' 'bout Willis?

08-26-2001, 06:51 PM	#6
Sean Snow moo Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,407	Yeah......and I too think it's jeans!

09-03-2001, 03:13 AM	#7
sitcomsrule Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 09, 2001 Location: United States Posts: 692	NO!!!!! it goes they got nothing but the GENES! his kids are BLACK!he is WHITE! it has nothing to do with jeans. it has to do with GENES.

09-03-2001, 04:35 AM	#8
julian bozo Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 30, 2001 Location: Cullman,Al,United States Posts: 1,534	I'm going to say jeans. My reasoning is it rhymes with means.

09-03-2001, 10:35 AM	#9
Kitt James Dean Forum Veteran Join Date: Aug 16, 2001 Location: California Dreamin' Posts: 6,115	Julian, your "reasoning" is a head-shaker. Jeans rhymes with means, but genes doesn't? Do you have some explanation for that conclusion that I've missed? ------------------ Kitt

09-04-2001, 11:38 AM	#10
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	I think it's jeans. It's a play on the phrase "nothing but the shirt on your back". I mentioned this debate to a friend whom I usually agree with, thinking she would laugh at the idea that people think it's "genes", but she thinks it's genes, too. If anyone runs into Alan Thicke someday, be sure to ask him, since he co-wrote the song.

09-04-2001, 04:52 PM	#11
Rt Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 23, 2001 Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S. Posts: 78	TJ, please close this topic.... It's getting to be a begginning of an argument...... ------------------ What 'chyou talkin' 'bout Willis?

09-05-2001, 09:19 PM	#13
Rt Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 23, 2001 Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S. Posts: 78	So was I!!! ------------------ What 'chyou talkin' 'bout Willis?

09-17-2001, 04:47 PM	#15
Rt Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 23, 2001 Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S. Posts: 78	I suggest that we close this so there are no more arguments. ------------------ What 'chyou talkin' 'bout Willis?