How i feel about diff rent strokes 7 through 8

[MikeLutton]

ok i been watching episode with sam n maggie and it is not the same diff rent strokes i use to watch sure some are good but when u bring 2 new charactors in and one is gone magic is not there anymore sam and maggie tried but they did not work it just not the same glad arnold stil there but now it all about sam n maggie n even poor willis gets less air time and storylines are kind dumb espically sam the squirrel where are the family lessons and kids growing up and all.poor arnold never got a job or a girlfriend sams voice kils me i rather watch diff rent strokes 1 through 5 then listen to sams whiny voic again.

[Johnny be good!]

It was not originally intended for Kimberly to leave. Dana Plato was pregnant and the producers fired her.

[MikeLutton]

i know that was a shame2

[stevea]

Originally Posted by MikeL

ok i been watching episode with sam n maggie and it is not the same diff rent strokes i use to watch sure some are good but when u bring 2 new charactors in and one is gone magic is not there anymore sam and maggie tried but they did not work it just not the same glad arnold stil there but now it all about sam n maggie n even poor willis gets less air time and storylines are kind dumb espically sam the squirrel where are the family lessons and kids growing up and all.poor arnold never got a job or a girlfriend sams voice kils me i rather watch diff rent strokes 1 through 5 then listen to sams whiny voic again.

Yeah the feel of the show is totally different. Only Dixie Carter saved it, for me. I haven't seen the 7th season since the originals, and I'm shocked how they marginalized Todd Bridges. It's no wonder NBC cancelled it.

[MikeLutton]

what does marginalized mean

[stevea]

Originally Posted by MikeL

what does marginalized mean

Well, I should have said they used him hardly at all (at least, so far.)

[MikeLutton]

oh ok i know im tired looking at sam n maggie all time arnold schould had life of his own did willis move to college r somewhere he could had kimberlys room since she moved to england. they used willis more like a guest star then regular one

[Ireneparalegal]

The show jumped the shark at this point. It was not the same old Diff'rent Strokes anymore. This show had so many bad things going on. I wonder if there are any other tv shows that had as many problems as DS did.