I'm reading that Gary Coleman has passed away. It's a shame, but I confess to having little nostalgia for Diff'rent Strokes much at all, or Mr.Coleman's role in it. It was pretty much a lame show at the time, bizarre in its weekly presentation of two young black kids trying to fit into a mostly white world.
Here though is a blast from the past. I found these John Severin originals for the Cracked magazine satire of the show. As with most of the mostly vapid material on televison at the time, the spoofs are more vital than the source.
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Many of the comments from comedians of the time (i.e. Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor, moreso) were not very kind to the show at the time, either. Though, it was not worth making into a larger issue as the show itself was so successful.
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Steven G. Willis
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