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Now the world don't move to the beat of just one drum. What might be right for

you may not be right for some.

A man is born, he's a man of me.

Then along come two, they got nothing but the genes. But they got different

strokes to take, different strokes to take, different strokes to move the

Everybody's got a special kind of story.

Everybody finds a way to shine.

It don't matter that you got not a lot. So what? I'll have theirs and you'll

have yours and I'll have mine.

And together we'll be fine.

It takes different strokes to move the world. It takes different strokes to

the world.

Mr. Jummy, because I'll find him. Arnold, come on out.

Willis, what's the matter?

This is something between me and Arnold. Where is he? I think he went up the

stairs. No, I think he's in the kitchen.

No, I think he's in the patio.

Next you two will be telling me he don't live here anymore.

Who don't live here anymore?

Uh -huh, so there you are. Come on.

This is private. Oh, I'll stay here with them. You can have it real private.

Come on.

Hey, I don't know what's going on here, but no rough stuff, huh? Don't worry,

Mr. Drummond.

I won't talk to Arnold on it.

All right, so what do you got to say for yourself?

About what? About why you let that dude push you around in the schoolyard. About

why you wouldn't fight him back.

About why you ran like a scared chicken.

You'd run, too, if a guy bigger than you tried to screw you into the ground.

Look, Arnold, Thor the Gooch has been pushing you around for the last two

You gotta fight that bully and make him afraid.

Yeah, afraid he'll kill me.

Look, Arnold, you got two choices.

A, you'll be pushed around by bullies the rest of your life, or B, tomorrow

fight like a man.

I'd like to talk about a scene. What scene? See you later.

I'm not gonna fight that monster, Willard.

He's only two inches taller than you. Not when you're laying on the ground

looking up, Annie.

Arnold, everybody has to fight a bully sometimes in their life. You gotta take

stand. It's all part of growing up.

Okay, that's when I'll fight the gooch.

After I've grown up.

All right, Arnold.

Then I'll just tell Mr. Drummond what a coward you are.

He'll talk some sense into you.

Thinking I was a coward for a son?

got to make a man out of you.

Gosh, I'm barely out of toilet training.

Well, I won't tell Mr. Drummond under one condition, that you fight the gooch

tomorrow. I'm going to be too busy tomorrow.

Doing what?

Looking for a place to hide.

Well, it's the only deal you're going to get.

It's important that you fight him. You promise, I promise.

Well, can we use something besides my fist?

Like what?

Your fist.

Arnold, it's got to be my way.

Now, you fight the Gucci, and I won't tell Mr. Drummond. Is it a deal?

No, it's a deal.

All right.

What's a deal?

Oh, something we got going at the school, Mr. Drummond.

Wow, you guys must be involved in something very important.

It's not that important.

Yes, it is. Like I said, yes, it is.

Why do I get the feeling that there's a lot more going on here than you guys

want to tell me?

Because it's personal, Mr. Drummond.

Well, you're entitled to your own secrets, so I'll get out of your way.

I'll see you guys later.

I'll be down at my office.

Look, Arnold.

Now, I didn't say anything to Mr. Drummond about you running from the

Now, I kept my part of the deal. Right.

Now, you gotta fight the Gooch tomorrow to keep your part.

Look, Arnold, I know how you feel, and I know you're scared, but this is

something you gotta do to save face.

Well, if you really want to save my face, keep it away from the gooch.

If I live.

Your temperature's normal.

Don't let that fool you. I got headaches, stomach aches, and I'm seeing

What kind of spots?

The worst kind.

Round ones.

I think I ought to call Mr.

Drummond.

Did you say something worse?

I think I'm getting delirious.

Arnold, I hear you're not feeling well.

What's the matter? I think he has yellow fever.

I don't think so.

But he may have that Russian blues going around.

You never know.

You just take it easy, son. I'm going to call the doctor just to be sure.

Doctor?

I don't need no doctor.

Sure you do.

Now tell them what they'll find when they look inside of you.

I've heard of miracle cures, but this is ridiculous.

Arnold, I think I'm going to have to tell Mr. Drummond.

He's a man. He'll understand.

No, don't.

Understand what?

There's a bully in the playground that's been pushing Arnold around.

Yesterday, Arnold ran home because he was too chicken to fight.

I knew there was something going on between you two yesterday.

The bully's a lot bigger than me. When I stop, he's just beginning.

Oh, come on, Arnold.

He's a normal -sized bully.

Arnold was pretending to be sick because he was too chicken to fight.

Arnold, is that true?

Well, kind of.

Well, then this is a serious matter. That's what I've been telling him. This

isn't something you can just run away and hide from. You listen, Mr. D.

Now, the only way to handle this is man -to -man and face -to -face. Tell it

like it is.

I want you to call up that boy, arrange to meet him, and talk this thing out.

Right on.

Listen, Willis, fighting rarely settles anything.

Come here.

I remember once when I was a little boy, this other kid and I were standing nose

to nose, both of us, scared stiff and praying that somebody would stop us from

hitting each other.

Oh, Mr. Drummond. Don't interrupt.

He's making a lot of sense.

Continue, please.

Mr. Drummond, how's my little brother gonna talk when Stuart the Gooch is tap

dancing on his head?

Stuart the Gooch.

Yeah, and don't call him that unless you're riding by on a bus.

Mr. Drummick, Arnold's got to fight that dude, or people will call him a coward.

No, Willis, anyone can fight, but it takes real courage to talk things out.

Especially when you've got a mouth full of loose teeth.

Willis, I know that you mean well for Arnold, but fighting won't necessarily

solve anything.

Well, I said will.

Because if Arnold Hughes is running away, people are going to pick on him

laugh at him. I'm not asking him to run.

I'm asking him to talk.

Now, Arnold, promise me that you will talk this thing out with, what's his

the Gurch.

Gurch.

Do I have your promise?

Yes, sir, and I say it with feeling.

Thank you.

And I'm very proud of you because you have the courage not to fight. I've had

all my life.

you guys at breakfast.

Arnold, you should be hanging your head in shame.

I don't care how it hangs, just as long as it stays attached.

Arnold, you gotta fight the gooch.

I can't. I just gave my promise.

Arnold, Mr. Dumber don't understand.

Talks might work in his fancy world, but it don't work in the streets where we

come from.

Like Papa said, we got a name to live up to.

And the key word there is live.

Arnold, you got nothing to worry about because the gooch is the one in trouble.

What you talking about, Willard?

Arnold, ain't I your big brother who loves you and worries about you?

And takes care of you.

Yes, Willard.

Well, it's the truth.

You know I wouldn't want to see you get hurt in any way.

I suppose so.

I'm scared, Willis. Well, you don't have to be.

Because I'm going to teach you how to fight and whip the gooch. I'm going to

behind you all the way.

Well, if you really love me, you'd get in front of me.

Arnold, I can't. This is something you have to do by yourself.

I knew there was a catch.

Now, what are we going to do?

We're going to phone the gooch and make him think he's crazy.

If I phone him, he'll know I'm crazy.

strategy. We get the Gooch thinking that you're crazy because people are afraid

of crazy people. You won half the battle.

Hey, if we already won half, let's give Gooch the other half and call it a draw.

Arnold, just trust me. Now let me see you act crazy.

I meant on the phone. Oh,

hiya, Gooch. This is Crazy Arnold Jackson calling you.

I'm bad and crazy.

Are you trying to throw the phone call?

gonna get mad at me and if i don't fight you're gonna get mad at me

practice in fighting, you're gonna switch from the punch shuffle to the

bottom blues.

Mr. Garrett's right.

Don't worry about it.

Hey, can't we settle this whole thing by buying the Gooch a nice present?

It's normal, man.

You got the moves, and you got the punches.

Now you can take that Gooch. Now let's get going, champ.

you champ.

Wonderful. I'm glad you took my advice to talk.

And I'm going to talk all over him.

Are you ready, champ?

from seeing it. Well, we'll stay away from it until we watch your eyes, okay?

Won't that take a while?

Nah. Your eye only has to go from black to brown.

I guess I didn't do so good, huh?

Are you kidding?

Man, you split up to the gooch great.

I fell down even better.

Man, I'm proud of you, Arnold.

I really am. Hey, don't do that.

My hand's connected to my eye.

Well, let's get going before somebody notices. Put your glasses back on.

It went fine, Mr. Drummond. Real cool.

Arnold, why are you staring at the wall?

It's a new game.

A new game?

Yeah. You stare at the wall, and if it don't fall down, you win.

With my luck, it'll fall down.

Arnold, would you come down here, please?

I said come down here.

What is going on?

Why are you wearing sunglasses?

Arnold, what happened to your eye?

Everything.

I'm afraid I know exactly what happened.

You do?

Yes, and I just feel terrible about it. This is all my fault.

I'm so glad to hear that.

You took my advice, you went down there to talk, and the gooch hit you, right?

Well...

on down there?

Come on, Arnold, I want to know.

Did you go down there to talk or didn't you?

All right, Mr. Drummond.

Arnold went down there to talk with his fifth.

And my fifth had nothing to say.

Man, he was great, Mr. Drummond. You should have seen him.

Mr. Drummond. Not really. I cried a little bit out of this eye.

But there's no room for the tears to come out of this one.

Arnold.

I am very disappointed in you. You broke your promise to me.

No, I didn't. It was my idea.

You know, Arnold has to learn to defend himself like a real man.

Oh, I see.

Unless a guy hits another human being, he's not a real man, huh?

Well, let me tell you something.

Albert Einstein never hit another human being, and he was quite a man.

And when did you hear of Martin Luther King fighting with his fist?

But, Mr. Drummond, that's not the thing. And the thing that really bugs me is

that you knew how I felt, we discussed this, and you deliberately disobeyed me.

Well, look, Mr. Drummond, I've been living with Arnold all his life, and I

I know what's best for him. Well, I don't think so.

In this household, there's only room for one father.

Is that clear, Willis?

Now, go to your room.

It wasn't all Willis's fault, Mr. Drummond. I helped.

Well, I'm mad at you, too.

Thanks.

Now, I don't want you to think that there's never a time to fight.

Sometimes, unfortunately, there is.

But only after you've tried every other possibility.

Do you understand that?

Mm, yes, sir.

Good boy.

How's that eye feel?

Like it ain't got a friend in the world.

Okay, you go up with Willis, and I'll get Mrs. Garrett to bring up something

put on it.

And work on Willis, will you?

Try to get him to see things our way.

Okay? Okay.

What you doing? I'm packing.

Me and Mr. Drummond don't see things the same. I'm going back to Harlem.

No, you ain't. I ain't letting you go nowhere.

Give me that stuff. I'm leaving.

No, you ain't. No one's putting this family up.

Get out of my way.

You ain't leaving without a fight, you dummy.

You're my big brother, and I love you. Would you knock it off? Get out of my

way, short stuff.

I mean it. Mr. Drummond says there's a time to talk and time to fight, and this

is a time to fight.

You mean you...

If I have to.

Even though we both know I'd end up dusting this room with your head, you

afraid?

Not after what you taught me today.

I need you, and I ain't letting you go no place.

Then I ain't going, champ.

What's this? Somebody going someplace?

Oh, no.

Just something to clean out our drawers, right, little brother? Right, big

brother.

Hey, that eye is really something, isn't it?

Did you at least get in one good lick?

I swung four times after Gooch, but I only hit him once.

Well, that's not too bad, huh? The other three times I hit myself.

Well, I hope you guys learned your lesson about fighting. Shoot, I sure

There's to be no more fighting unless it's absolutely necessary.

Not even pillow fight. Right.

Oh, well, come on. Let's not overdo it. There's nothing wrong with a little

pillow fight.

Are you thinking what I'm thinking? You got that, champ.

Let's go.

Now the world don't move to the beat of just one drum. What might be right for

you may not be right for some. A man in four meets a man of eight. Then

along come two. They have nothing but the genes that they got.

Different strokes to make.

Different strokes to make. Different strokes to move the world. It doesn't

Different strokes to move the world.