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Iconic Eps
"Movin' In" (Diff'rent Strokes)
Airdate: Nov. 3, 1978
Written by: Ben Starr
In the late 70s and early 80s, this line dominated popular culture.
But it came about as a fluke.
In the Diff'rent Strokes pilot episode… "Movin' In", staff writer Ben Starr
Wrote in the script… "What're talking about, Willis."
When Willis tells Arnold not to get to used to the swanky duds at the Drummonds.
But according to Starr, Coleman's fast-paced and overly suspicious delivery.
Turned an expositional line into a comedy gold.
"That was the kid. He did that. It's where talent makes something better than what it is.
Starr said in 1998.
"And Right there," Starr said in 1998, "All of our lives changed. "
But Gary Coleman's co-stars soon grew resentful of the line, and how popular it made him.
By 1980, he was earning $30 k an episode… more than double what Dana Plato and Todd Bridges earned.
And Coleman himself grew resentful of the line in his later years.
In 2003, he lamented to @:
"The way I said it caused it to be used in 180 of the 194 episodes of Diffrent Strokes.
"I hope that's not the contribution that we've made to pop culture.
For his part, Ben Starr can notch another famous TV line on his comedy writing belt.
He was the writer who came up with Bobby's famous Bogart-inspired line on the Brady Bunch.
"Pork chops and applesauce."
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