History Trivia / DiffRentStrokes

* EditedForSyndication: The broadcast syndication versions of ''Diff'rent Strokes'' feature fairly noticeable (and to some extent, poor) edits for time constraints: the most glaring are the season three episode "The Older Man", in which both a scene dissolve and a wipe take place at almost the same time while transitioning to a scene in which a 25-year-old man who is dating Kimberly ([[spoiler: due to her being mistaken for a 20-year-old, while dressed in makeup and costume for a school play]]) arrives at the penthouse to take Kimberly out on their date; the episode "The Athlete" from the same season, features a brief clip of a scene in which Willis teaches Kimberly a dance move, which then abruptly switches only ''two'' seconds later to the scene in which Willis gets his acceptance letter to Fillmore High ([[spoiler: as promised to him by that school's shady baseball coach, who uses his sister's address to get most of his recruits accepted into the school]]).

* EditedForSyndication: The broadcast syndication versions of ''Diff'rent Strokes'' (which are also the versions seen on Creator/AntennaTV since 2013) feature fairly noticeable (and to some extent, poor) edits for time constraints: the most glaring are the season three episode "The Older Man", in which both a scene dissolve and a wipe take place at almost the same time while transitioning to a scene in which a 25-year-old man who is dating Kimberly ([[spoiler: due to her being mistaken for a 20-year-old, while dressed in makeup and costume for a school play]]) arrives at the penthouse to take Kimberly out on their date; the episode "The Athlete" from the same season, features a brief clip of a scene in which Willis teaches Kimberly a dance move, which then abruptly switches only ''two'' seconds later to the scene in which Willis gets his acceptance letter to Fillmore High ([[spoiler: as promised to him by that school's shady baseball coach, who uses his sister's address to get most of his recruits accepted into the school]]).

** According to Creator/ToddBridges' autobiography fame had gone to Coleman's head, and he used to order people around on the set and act in a very primadonna-ish, bratty way.

* OutOfOrder: The episode "Sam's Missing" was the first aired of the final season but it was the last one to be taped. According to its script, the Drummonds are renovating their penthouse; in fact, [[TrashTheSet the set was being torn down during filming]].

** Conrad Bain's identical twin brother Bonar Bain played Philip's Dutch sister Anna Van Drummond in "The Van Drummonds".

** Rosalind Chao played Arnold's teacher Miss Chung, as well as the character Ming Li in the episode "Almost American".

* TheOtherDarrin: Mary Ann Mobley replaced Dixie Carter as Maggie [=McKinney=], the woman who marries Mr. Drummond in the show's seventh season. Similarly, in the two-part "Hooray For Hollywood," which has Arnold and Dudley sneak onto the ''Series/KnightRider'' set, [=KITT=] is voiced by Creator/JimWard rather than William Daniels. Creator/DavidHasselhoff [[TheCameo does appear]], however.

** According to Todd Bridges' autobiography fame had gone to Coleman's head, and he used to order people around on the set and act in a very primadonna-ish, brattty way.