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** Given that he doesn't debut until season two, the first season is the only one not to feature Arnold's friend Dudley.
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Unfortunately, this show is best remembered now both for its [[Main/VerySpecialEpisode special episodes]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff%27rent_Strokes#After_Diff%27rent_Strokes_ended the unhappy fates]] of its three child stars (Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, and Creator/DanaPlato, who played Mr. Drummond's daughter). As of the current time, Todd Bridges is the last surviving original cast member of the show, (Creator/DannyCooksey joined later, and has avoided the fates of his older co-stars), but it's such stories that the FormerChildStar trope is built upon. Gary Coleman's is parodied in the musical ''Theatre/AvenueQ''.

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Unfortunately, this show is best remembered now both for its [[Main/VerySpecialEpisode special episodes]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff%27rent_Strokes#After_Diff%27rent_Strokes_ended the unhappy fates]] of its three child stars (Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, and Creator/DanaPlato, who played Mr. Drummond's daughter). As of the current time, 2024, Todd Bridges is the last surviving original cast member of the show, (Creator/DannyCooksey and semi-regular Creator/ShavarRoss joined later, and has have avoided the fates of his their older co-stars), but it's such stories that the FormerChildStar trope is built upon. Gary Coleman's is parodied in the musical ''Theatre/AvenueQ''.

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