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TJ · 02-03-2000, 04:04 PM

all of you i am sure are well aware of the theme song (it is fabulous) however ... when the sing a man is born he's a man of means mr.drummond is shown getting in his limousine right? well then they show arnold and willis playing basketball and the song goes along come two they got nothin but their jeans/genes? any thoughts? it has troubled me for a long time. thank you

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TJ · 02-03-2000, 04:06 PM

I have often felt about that dilemma my myself.

It could be "jeans" indicating Arnold and Willis were from Harlem and poor and owned nothing but their "jeans" and the shirt on their backs or...

nothing but their "genes" indicating Arnold and Willis' parents had both died and they had no relatives..

VOTE NOW! Jeans or Genes??

-Todd

(forwarded from old message board)

TJ · 02-03-2000, 04:08 PM

genes jeans nobody gets it you are fooling yourselves just look at what has happened conrad bain is in hiding! gary is the only one who will speak the truth

benny D'angelo

(forwarded from old message board)

MiasmicMatt · 03-10-2000, 12:32 AM

My God!! How dare you shun the greatest TV theme song of all time!! I know Alan Thicke wrote it.....and he sucks!; but who said that he couldn't have his moment? I don't believe that there is any hidden message in the song.....it just so happens that Mr. Drummond was probably just a sick, old PEDOPHILE!!!!....besides Alan Thicke DOES NOT have the mental capacity for creating such an offensive lyric....hell!, if he did, then why is he so damn pathetic!

Uriman · 03-25-2000, 05:54 AM

Don't be calling them maker of the theme song pathetic. This is like a genius creation. Just listen to the backround sounds and all. I get all happy whenever I hear that....

Well about the jeanes\genes..... I'll go with jeans... When they say that you see them both playing in theyre jeanes, i think..
thanks

Stigmata · 04-12-2000, 08:52 AM

I gotta go with "jeans" as well. Either one of them makes sense, but I doubt Thicke (did he really write the theme song?) was implying "genes".

Mister Superstar · 05-18-2000, 07:28 AM

The "genes" implication in the Diff'rent Strokes title theme is refering to the fact that Philip Drummond and the Jackson kids are of differnt race, therefore their genes would be different. Also, Philip has got money and power but all that Willis and Arnold have got is what they were born with. I gotta say, when I was younger I didn't understand it either but it makes sense if you think about it!

Your Phrenologist · 05-20-2000, 10:53 PM

No no no no no
Back when the song was written knowledge of genetics wasn't nearly as widespread as it is now. If you meant "genes" you would have to had made that absolutly clear. Everyone would simply assume you meant "jeans." If they even knew what "genes" were they would never have thought of it on their own.
And this is Alan Thicke we're talking about.

ShariWoodson · 06-13-2000, 11:55 AM

:d The show is an awesome show; as is the theme song.....and lay off of Alan Thicke, too! What do you guys really know about him for yourselves, anyway??? He's obviously talented enough to have produced several successful sitcoms and sufficiently gifted to write theme songs and commercial jingles; maybe you're just a little jealous!

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Stigmata · 06-21-2000, 12:49 AM

We've all seen him on Growing Pains....I'd hardly classify him as some kind of theatrical genius. He's more of a legend in his own mind than anyone else's....

silentbri · 06-22-2000, 03:17 PM

When Alan was first given the assignment to write the song, he was writing it based on the *ORIGINAL* show concept, which was supposed to be a sci-fi drama show. Mr. Drummond built weapons for the government, and had been working on Gennetic Engineering when he realized that not everyone had the proper genetic makeup to be modified into a genetic killing machine. He searched and fianlly found two children with the proper genetic material for modification, and "arranged" for the two to become orphans. Hence the reference to "Genes" in the theme song.

C'mon... I thought *EVERYONE* knew that!

youngandyk · 11-12-2000, 02:58 AM

Kids, "Facts of Life" was a spinoff from DS as Mrs. Garrett let to monitor Eastland. Mrs. Garrett was not the sole nanny for the Drummonds. The original caretaker was Willis and Arnold's mother. Mr. Drummond took in the kids as a tribute (no, not because of sex!) to their mother, his valued housekeeper.

sarah2112 · 11-13-2000, 01:21 PM

I vote genes. Arnold and Willis had items of clothing other than jeans. If Thicke had been thinking about jeans, he would have to have written "They got nothing but their jeans, shirts, shoes, and underwear". And, that would be just wrong!

Brett Ferino · 11-20-2000, 06:07 PM

I think it is genes. If they say "But They've Got Nothing but their jeans", I'd say they would'nt wear sweatpants, shorts, etc. Only jeans. See ya!

- Brett Ferino

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Florida: Now, the first week'll be on a trial basis:
Maude: Oh, Florida, dont be ridiculous, you're not on trial.
Florida: I *know*, you are!

The Obsolete Man · 12-02-2000, 10:27 PM

Alan Thicke is evil.

Thicke of the NIght... the DS theme song... the Facts of Life theme song... growing pains... you name it, if Thicke has been involved with it, it has been annoyingly peppy/cute/evil.

However, that youngest daughter from Gropwing Pains did grow up to be a real hottie, so I guess Thicke's creations haven't been all bad. heh.

02-03-2000, 04:04 PM	#1
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,658	theme song hidden message all of you i am sure are well aware of the theme song (it is fabulous) however ... when the sing a man is born he's a man of means mr.drummond is shown getting in his limousine right? well then they show arnold and willis playing basketball and the song goes along come two they got nothin but their jeans/genes? any thoughts? it has troubled me for a long time. thank you (unknown poster) (forwarded from old message board)

02-03-2000, 04:06 PM	#2
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,658	I have often felt about that dilemma my myself. It could be "jeans" indicating Arnold and Willis were from Harlem and poor and owned nothing but their "jeans" and the shirt on their backs or... nothing but their "genes" indicating Arnold and Willis' parents had both died and they had no relatives.. VOTE NOW! Jeans or Genes?? -Todd (forwarded from old message board)

02-03-2000, 04:08 PM	#3
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,658	genes jeans nobody gets it you are fooling yourselves just look at what has happened conrad bain is in hiding! gary is the only one who will speak the truth benny D'angelo (forwarded from old message board)

03-10-2000, 12:32 AM	#4
MiasmicMatt Member Forum Cub Join Date: Mar 09, 2000 Location: Pacoima,Ca U.S.A. Posts: 2	My God!! How dare you shun the greatest TV theme song of all time!! I know Alan Thicke wrote it.....and he sucks!; but who said that he couldn't have his moment? I don't believe that there is any hidden message in the song.....it just so happens that Mr. Drummond was probably just a sick, old PEDOPHILE!!!!....besides Alan Thicke DOES NOT have the mental capacity for creating such an offensive lyric....hell!, if he did, then why is he so damn pathetic!

03-25-2000, 05:54 AM	#5
Uriman Member First Time Poster Join Date: Mar 25, 2000 Posts: 1	Don't be calling them maker of the theme song pathetic. This is like a genius creation. Just listen to the backround sounds and all. I get all happy whenever I hear that.... Well about the jeanes\genes..... I'll go with jeans... When they say that you see them both playing in theyre jeanes, i think.. thanks

04-12-2000, 08:52 AM	#6
Stigmata Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 12, 2000 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 69	I gotta go with "jeans" as well. Either one of them makes sense, but I doubt Thicke (did he really write the theme song?) was implying "genes".

05-18-2000, 07:28 AM	#7
Mister Superstar Member First Time Poster Join Date: May 18, 2000 Location: England Posts: 1	The "genes" implication in the Diff'rent Strokes title theme is refering to the fact that Philip Drummond and the Jackson kids are of differnt race, therefore their genes would be different. Also, Philip has got money and power but all that Willis and Arnold have got is what they were born with. I gotta say, when I was younger I didn't understand it either but it makes sense if you think about it!

05-20-2000, 10:53 PM	#8
Your Phrenologist Member First Time Poster Join Date: May 20, 2000 Posts: 1	No no no no no Back when the song was written knowledge of genetics wasn't nearly as widespread as it is now. If you meant "genes" you would have to had made that absolutly clear. Everyone would simply assume you meant "jeans." If they even knew what "genes" were they would never have thought of it on their own. And this is Alan Thicke we're talking about.

06-13-2000, 11:55 AM	#9
ShariWoodson Member Forum Cub Join Date: Jun 12, 2000 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 2	:d The show is an awesome show; as is the theme song.....and lay off of Alan Thicke, too! What do you guys really know about him for yourselves, anyway??? He's obviously talented enough to have produced several successful sitcoms and sufficiently gifted to write theme songs and commercial jingles; maybe you're just a little jealous! ------------------

06-21-2000, 12:49 AM	#10
Stigmata Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 12, 2000 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 69	We've all seen him on Growing Pains....I'd hardly classify him as some kind of theatrical genius. He's more of a legend in his own mind than anyone else's....

06-22-2000, 03:17 PM	#11
silentbri Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 20, 2000 Location: Lynnwood, WA, in the good ol' US of A Posts: 399	When Alan was first given the assignment to write the song, he was writing it based on the ORIGINAL show concept, which was supposed to be a sci-fi drama show. Mr. Drummond built weapons for the government, and had been working on Gennetic Engineering when he realized that not everyone had the proper genetic makeup to be modified into a genetic killing machine. He searched and fianlly found two children with the proper genetic material for modification, and "arranged" for the two to become orphans. Hence the reference to "Genes" in the theme song. C'mon... I thought EVERYONE knew that!

11-12-2000, 02:58 AM	#12
youngandyk Member Forum Cub Join Date: Nov 12, 2000 Posts: 2	Kids, "Facts of Life" was a spinoff from DS as Mrs. Garrett let to monitor Eastland. Mrs. Garrett was not the sole nanny for the Drummonds. The original caretaker was Willis and Arnold's mother. Mr. Drummond took in the kids as a tribute (no, not because of sex!) to their mother, his valued housekeeper.

11-13-2000, 01:21 PM	#13
sarah2112 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Nov 13, 2000 Posts: 32	I vote genes. Arnold and Willis had items of clothing other than jeans. If Thicke had been thinking about jeans, he would have to have written "They got nothing but their jeans, shirts, shoes, and underwear". And, that would be just wrong!

11-20-2000, 06:07 PM	#14
Brett Ferino Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 18, 2000 Location: PA Posts: 3,782	I think it is genes. If they say "But They've Got Nothing but their jeans", I'd say they would'nt wear sweatpants, shorts, etc. Only jeans. See ya! - Brett Ferino +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Florida: Now, the first week'll be on a trial basis: Maude: Oh, Florida, dont be ridiculous, you're not on trial. Florida: I know, you are!

12-02-2000, 10:27 PM	#15
The Obsolete Man Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 18, 2000 Location: Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, Earth Prime Posts: 567	Alan Thicke is evil. Thicke of the NIght... the DS theme song... the Facts of Life theme song... growing pains... you name it, if Thicke has been involved with it, it has been annoyingly peppy/cute/evil. However, that youngest daughter from Gropwing Pains did grow up to be a real hottie, so I guess Thicke's creations haven't been all bad. heh.