At the time, I didn’t know: Is he going to want to cast everybody old, or is he just going to have the joke be Kevin? But as we started talking through it, it made sense to be consistent with that conceit of having older people play kids.”Īdded Lear: “I enjoyed as if I had never spent a day in show business. The Spanking Episode 5 - Pictured: Conrad Bain as Philip Drummond, Todd.
When the teacher accidentally strikes Arnold, who is fooling around in class, Arnold and Dudley decide to lie about the incident in hopes of getting him removed. Addressing the decision to cast Actors of a Certain Age to fill pint-sized roles, Lear’s producing partner Brent Miller told TVLine, “It started with Jimmy and his desire to have Kevin Hart play Arnold Jackson, the Gary Coleman role…. Find the perfect Different Strokes stock photos and editorial news pictures. Arnold and his classmates gets really upset when a substitute teacher, filling in for Miss Chung, really piles on the homework. The legendary Norman Lear - whose Embassy Television produced the original runs of Diff’rent Strokes and Facts of Life - served as host and executive producer, alongside Jimmy Kimmel. Snoop Dogg, whose casting was previously unannounced, played Willis’ friend Vernon. January 5, 1979: The Fight Season 1, episode 9. Garrett - a role she also played during the preceding reenactment of Facts of Life. Drummond and his family recall some of the hilarious happenings since Arnold and Willis moved in. I think ill binge episode 1-11 before watching this episode again with eng sub, and ill try to write my own opinion for the whole season. Overall its really fun season, feels different from the others love live. Tuesday’s presentation - a reenactment of the Season 1 episode “Willis’ Privacy,” wherein Willis tires of having “Super Arnold” hang around him all the time - starred Kevin Hart as Arnold John Lithgow (3rd Rock From the Sun) as Phillip Damon Wayans ( My Wife and Kids) as Willis and Ann Dowd ( The Handmaid’s Tale) as Mrs. But somehow this season doesnt feel really impactful for me.