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{{Refimprove|date=June 2007}}
{{infobox television |
 | show_name = Diff'rent Strokes
 | image = [[Image:diffrentstrokes.jpg|200px]]
 | caption =
 | format = [[Sitcom]]
 | runtime = 30 Minutes
 | creator = [[Jeff Harris]]<br />[[Bernie Kukoff]]
(contracted; show full)

Another very special episode dealt with Arnold and Sam meeting a street performer.  After a performance, she has an epileptic seizure and Sam is scared and thinks she is dying.  The boys feel uncomfortable around the performer and when they are making jokes about her seizures, they find out that Pearl, the housekeeper herself has epilepsy but, unlike the street performer, has control of her seizures by taking medications.

In Season 7, Episode 23 Street Smarts
  , Arnold is traumatized after he's been mugged and seeks a dangerous method of protection  .

==Music connection==
The name of the show was derived from a popular [[catch phrase]], "diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks", popularized by [[rock music|rock band]] [[Sly & The Family Stone]] with their 1968 hit "[[Everyday People (Sly & the Family Stone song)|Everyday People]]." The show's theme song was written by [[Al Burton]], [[Alan Thicke]], and [[Gloria Loring]].

==Docudramas==
Two unofficial docu-dramas were produced about the show:
(contracted; show full)[[Category:1980s American television series]]
[[Category:1986 television series endings]]

[[es:Blanco y negro (serie)]]
[[fr:Arnold et Willy]]
[[it:Il mio amico Arnold]]
[[ja:アーノルド坊やは人気者]]
[[pt:Diff'rent Strokes]]