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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 means

♪ Then along come two

♪ They got nothin' but their jeans

♪ But they got Diff'rent Strokes

♪ It takes Diff'rent Strokes

♪ It takes Diff'rent Strokes to move the world

♪ 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?

♪ They'll have theirs you'll have yours

♪ And I'll have mine

♪ And together we'll be fine

♪ 'Cause it takes

♪ Diff'rent Strokes to move the world, yes, it does

♪ It takes Diff'rent Strokes to move the world! ♪

Hi, Willis. What's new?

Isn't it about time you stopped sneakin' around?

I wasn't sneakin' around.

I thought I heard mice in my socks.

It's about time you stopped sleepin' with that doll.

Me sleepin' with a doll? What doll?

Where do you see a doll?

Right here. You're sleepin' with this doll.

Are you accusin' me of sleepin' in that drawer?

You're the only one in the family who could.

Look at this ratty, old thing.

You tryin' to tell me I'm dreamin' this?

I'm givin' it my best shot.

A guy your age sleepin' with a doll.

I can't believe it.

Good, we can forget the whole thing.

Homer's my best friend.

We've been together since I was a little kid.

He stuck with me when I had the mumps.

What did you ever do for me?

I gave you the mumps.

It kept you out of school two whole weeks.

Okay, I owe you one disease.

Let's just forget I sleep with a doll.

Nobody knows.

You callin' me a nobody?

Yeah, and nobody better tell nobody.

Here you go, dear. Thanks, Mrs. Garrett.

You're welcome.

Good morning, Mrs. Garrett. Good morning, Mr. Drummond.

Good morning, Daddy. Good morning.

Well, Kimberly, what's all this?

Oh, our school is having a charity sale

and all the students are donating things.

I'll put you down for something, Daddy.

Oh? Like what?

Like anything you'd like to give.

It can be old or new.

I wish I was still married.

Why is that? I'd donate my old husband.

Hey, you can have my old golf clubs.

The last time I played golf, the caddie suggested I take up bowling.

Yeah. He said the balls are harder to lose.

Thank you, Daddy, I'll take them.

Mrs. Garrett, do you have something you'd like to donate to charity?

Yeah. I've got somethin' for you.

I'll donate my black wig.

I gave it up 'cause everyone thought I was Elizabeth Taylor.

Oh, hi, everybody. Hi.

Hi, Mrs. Garrett. Good morning, waffles.

It's a lovely day and I'm so sorry

you can't be around long enough to enjoy it.

Hey, what's Kimberly doin'?

Runnin' away from home?

It looks like she's doin' it the smart way.

After breakfast.

Oh, thanks. You're welcome.

Kimberly is collecting old things

for her charity sale at her school.

Yeah. I'm counting on you guys

to donate something you don't need.

Will you take Willis?

I have an old pair of sneakers you can have.

They're so old they ran out of sneak.

Come on, Arnold. You must have

something you want to get rid of.

Yeah, I'd like to give some poor,

deserving kid my next two years of school.

Hey, Arnold, what about that beat-up doll you sleep with?

Doll? Who sleeps with a doll? What doll?

And who's got a doll?

The one you keep in the dresser drawer.

The one with the yellow hat.

Nobody knows, huh?

You told. I didn't open my mouth.

Then your mouth has a real bad leak.

Listen, Arnold, I didn't tell.

You must've said somethin' about Homer.

No, I didn't.

I have secrets I don't even tell myself.

Hey, Arnold, where are you goin'?

I'm not hungry.

You can give my waffles to charity.

Hey, come here, Arnold.

Look, now, you don't need to feel embarrassed

just 'cause you sleep with a doll.

Kimberly used to do that.

Sure. It was the kind that cried real tears.

Daddy used to think I wet the bed.

Arnold, I never told this to anybody before.

But I slept with a doll until I was in my late 20s.

You did? Mmm-hmm.

It was a little owl, and every night

I'd squeeze it and it would say,

"Hoo, hoo."

And I'd answer, "Anybody, anybody."

You see, Arnold? There's no reason for you to feel bad.

You're just not old enough yet to give up your doll.

You'll do it when you're ready.

I am so old enough.

I can give up that ratty, old doll.

Like Mr. Drummond said, Arnold, you don't have to.

Well, I want to and I'm givin' it up.

I'm a big boy now, Mrs. Garrett.

I'd like a double order of waffles and a beer to go.

It's gone. Where is it? It's not in here.

It's gone! We've been robbed! Robbers!

Huh? We been ripped off! Robbers!

Robbers? Where?

Don't touch nothin'.

You'll mess up the fingerprints. They got Homer.

Homer?

Arnold, you little dummy.

Don't "dummy" me, they're holding my doll for ransom.

Boys, what's the matter here?

Somebody stole my doll.

Would you cool it, Arnold?

You know, Homer ain't missin'.

What you talkin' about?

Willis gave me Homer for charity.

Who said you could give my doll away?

Now, Arnold, this morning at breakfast, in front of everybody,

you said that you were a big boy now

and that you were giving Homer up.

Don't you guys know when a little kid is bluffin' to save his reputation?

Arnold, you're gonna end up a 35-year-old man with a wife,

two kids, and a doll?

You can have my wife and two kids.

I just want my doll!

Arnold, Arnold, this is easily solved.

Kimberly, give him back his doll and we can all go to bed.

I wish I could, Daddy, but Homer was sold this afternoon.

You sold Homer?

I think my heart just stopped.

Kimberly, first thing, tomorrow,

I want you to go and buy Homer back.

From who, Daddy? It was just some man.

Maybe they'll have his name and address at the charity sale.

That's right. Charities are tax deductible.

Maybe he bought Homer with a check.

A check for 10 cents?

You sold my best friend for 10 cents?

We were asking 15, but he talked us down.

Poor Homer. Sold to a cheapskate.

Now, Arnold, don't give up hope.

Tomorrow, somehow, we'll find Homer.

Now, off to bed.

How am I gonna fall asleep tonight?

Oh, don't worry, you'll be able to fall asleep.

No, I won't.

Without Homer, I'll only be able to fall awake.

Arnold, I'll buy you another doll to sleep with.

I can't sleep with another doll.

What kind of a guy do you think I am?

Arnold, you can sleep without Homer.

Never.

Sleepin' without Homer is like eatin' a breakfast cereal

that don't crackle and pop up your nose.

Oh, come on.

Poor Homer. He never slept without me.

Arnold, could you try sleepin' without Homer for one night?

Well, I'll try sleepin' without Homer.

But it ain't easy quittin' cold turkey.

You can do it. Good night, Arnold.

Good night, Willis. Good night, Mr. Drummond.

Good night, guys.

Lights out.

Arnold. Don't talk to me.

Listen, Arnold,

I'm sorry, but I wouldn't do anything to hurt you.

You know, we're brothers.

I'd rather be total strangers.

Man, I didn't do it on purpose.

You still did it.

Yeah, but only because you said yourself this mornin'

you were givin' that doll up.

In front of everybody.

Willis, I said that for them, not us.

How am I supposed to know that?

Willis, you better stand up for the rest of your life

or you'll be sittin' on your brains.

And now, back to The Late Late Show.

One move and I'll bean you.

Mrs. Garret, it's me.

No fair, your bat's bigger than mine.

Oh. I thought it was a prowler.

Thank goodness I didn't hit you over the head.

Tomorrow's payday.

We're wasting our time.

Hey, Al, there's gotta be a safe around here someplace.

Okay. Okay.

Look out for that lamp.

What was that?

Dummy. Don't bump into anything else.

All right, all right. Let's find that safe.

We're being robbed. Take the bat.

I'm better with a phone. I'll call the police.

Hey, what are you doing...

Are you all right?

Thank goodness they didn't see you. Who?

The burglars. Burglars?

I had to come up here from Harlem to get ripped off?

I hear something about used cars.

"Used cars"?

That's Crazy Sam, the used car man.

Arnold, is the television set on in there?

Yeah, I couldn't sleep.

You little devil. I'll turn off the set.

Hey, what's goin' on down here?

What's all the noise about?

Oh, nothing much.

Arnold can't sleep so he woke up the T.V.

to keep him company.

I'm tellin' you, I can't sleep without Homer.

The monsters will get me.

You're a big boy.

There are no monsters in your room.

You never heard Willis snore.

Oh, well, as long as we're all up, why don't we have a party?

Oh, boy. I'll get my harmonica.

Hold it, tiger. There's not going to be any party,

and we're all going to bed and that includes you.

And that is an order.

All right. If you say so, Mr. Drummond.

I do.

But I'm tellin' you this, without Homer, I may never sleep again.

Of course you will.

Arnold, I'm going to take you up to your room,

I'm gonna put you in your bed,

I'm going to fluff up your pillow,

and I'm gonna tuck you in all nice and snuggly,

and then you know what's going to happen?

Yeah, I'll be starin' at the ceiling for the rest of my life.

Get up there.

♪ He will keep you from harm

♪ Till you're once more

♪ In my arms ♪

Well, that didn't work. What else have you got?

Arnold, it is 6:00 in the morning,

and none of us has slept a wink.

Don't get mad at me.

I didn't give Homer away.

He's the doll snatcher.

How can I get to be the only child?

Arnold, why don't you try counting sheep again?

Oh, I already counted 2,000 of them wool heads.

I even sheared some of 'em and cut 'em up into lamb chops.

I got an idea. Hmm.

Okay. Arnold shuts his eyes and counts backwards from 100.

Well, what would that do?

It will give me a chance to get behind him and belt him over the head.

Please, Willis. No violence unless it's absolutely necessary.

Please, Arnold. The sun will soon be up.

If there's any way you can stop it, I help you.

Why not try some warm milk?

Oh, I love warm milk.

Wonderful. Wonderful.

Especially with bacon and eggs and pancakes.

Let's all have breakfast. Come on.

Yes, well, I'm very concerned about Arnold, Doctor.

I know that you told me he'd eventually fall asleep, Doctor,

but that was two days ago.

It's the rest of us that are falling apart.

Arnold's just fine.

My daughter's getting wrinkles, she's only 13.

Yes, I'll call you later, Doctor, if we survive.

If we don't, Arnold will call you.

Goodbye.

What did the doctor say?

Same as before. Not to worry.

Arnold will eventually fall asleep on his own.

I have this horrible feeling that he'll be collecting social security by then.

Well, I had an idea.

I've hired a private detective.

I'll get it.

Drummond? Yes?

Miles Monroe, private eye.

Oh, yes, please, come in.

Why didn't you use the front door?

I thought it'd be safer to come up the back.

You never can tell who's watching a building,

you know what I mean?

Miles Monroe, private eye.

Garrett, housekeeper.

Mr. Monroe is going to help us find Arnold's doll.

Oh, it's worth a shot.

Shot? Who's been shot?

No, no, no, it's just a figure of speech.

Hey, look, Drummond, I charge $200 a day,

plus expenses. Take it or leave it.

That's all right. This is a very unusual case.

I want you to find a doll.

Well, you came to the right guy.

Monroe's the name, finding dolls is the game.

Okay, now, what's this doll's name?

Homer.

Kinky. Now what was the doll wearing?

Kind of a raggedy blue thing.

With a little yellow hat.

Yeah.

Where was this doll last seen?

Sleeping with my son.

All right. How old is your son?

Eight years old.

You puttin' me on, Drummond?

Even Burt Reynolds waited till he was 10.

You don't seem to understand.

My son's doll was given away and I'm hiring you to find it.

Now, wait a minute. Are we talking about a stuffed doll

with fake eyes?

An ordinary kind of doll that kids play with?

That's right.

Well, now, this case is gettin' interesting.

Here... Here's a picture of Arnold and Homer.

Which one's Homer?

The little one with the fake eyes.

Right, gotcha.

So, the other one, the tall one is the real kid.

Well, naturally.

I just wanted to show you you're not dealing with some loser

from The Gong Show.

It's vital that you find this doll, Mr. Monroe.

Now, it was bought by somebody

at a charity sale at this address.

Okay, now, who bought it?

We don't know. Just some man.

That narrows it down to only half of New York.

Any other clues?

No, that's all, I'm afraid. Every effort we made

to find the doll ended in a dead end.

That's all?

Who do you think I am, Drummond? The Pink Panther?

Please help the poor child.

There must be something you can do about it.

Look, Mr. Monroe, I can't tell you how important it is

that my son get his doll back.

Now, he has not slept in two days.

Hey, Drummond, what's the big deal?

Why don't you just buy the kid a new doll?

No, no, we tried that.

They don't make them anymore.

Let me think.

Boy, I sure wish he'd lost a cat.

Cat?

Yeah, I never have any trouble finding cats.

I have this old suit that smells like fish.

Now, look, Mr. Monroe...

Okay, wait a minute, wait a minute. Just let me think.

I got it!

We'll blow up this picture, I'll have an exact duplicate made of the doll.

We'll give it to the kid, he'll never know the difference,

he's off to dreamland, and the case is closed.

Why, that's a great idea.

Mr. Monroe, I could kiss you.

That'll cost you extra, baby.

Now look, Drummond, you remember

any identifying marks on the doll?

Like a birthmark or a mole?

I seem to remember a spot of strawberry jam right on the left elbow.

Yeah, sometimes Arnold would wake up with Homer stuck to his ear.

I'm hungry again.

Here's my son, Mr. Monroe.

How ya doin', Homer?

That's Arnold.

This man is going to find your doll, Arnold.

He's a detective.

Oh, boy. A real private eye?

That's right, kid. Monroe's the name, finding dolls is my game.

I'll have Homer back here before the night's over.

Oh, don't worry, I'll be up.

Won't we all.

Well, kid, I gotta hit the pavement,

pound a lot of shoe leather before the night's over.

Keep in touch, okay, kid?

See you, Drummond.

Thanks for hiring that guy to find Homer, Mr. Drummond.

Now I feel a lot better.

Good. Now that we're gonna get Homer back, how about taking a nap?

Nah, I got a better idea. Let's go jogging.

I'm a 747.

Arnold, even a 747 has to land sometimes.

I'll get it.

Hello?

It's the door.

Goodbye.

Evening, Drummond.

Did you get it?

Well, did you find Homer?

One thing at a time, kid.

Recognize anything in that picture?

Yeah, that's me and Homer.

This kid doesn't miss a trick.

Well, did you find him? Did you find him?

Miles Monroe always gets his doll, kid.

Well, isn't there anything you want to say to Mr. Monroe, Arnold?

Yeah. This ain't my doll.

What are you talking about, Arnold?

This ain't Homer.

Aha, it looks like Homer to me.

It looks like Homer, but it ain't Homer.

Oh, Arnold, how can you tell?

When a guy sleeps with a doll for eight years, he gets to know.

Tough luck, Drummond.

Guess that's 200 clams down the old toilet.

Well, thanks anyway.

Stop by my office tomorrow and my secretary will have a check for you.

And I'm sorry about the kid.

That's the trouble with being a private eye.

I get so emotionally involved with the kids.

You're right, Arnold.

This isn't your doll and I'm sorry that I tried to trick you.

I only did it because it's impossible to find Homer again,

and we're all so worried because you hadn't slept.

Homer's gone forever.

Listen, Arnold,

I know it's hard, but sometimes in life,

we have to say goodbye to things.

Even things that we love a lot.

That's part of growing up.

But you don't have to have a doll

or anything else to hold onto to feel secure,

and to help you go to sleep.

You're surrounded by people who love you.

And that's the greatest security there is.

He's asleep.

Hey, everybody, I can sleep!

♪ 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 means

♪ Then along come two

♪ They got nothin' but their jeans

♪ But they got Diff'rent Strokes

♪ It takes Diff'rent Strokes

♪ It takes Diff'rent Strokes to move the world

♪ Diff'rent strokes

♪ It takes Diff'rent Strokes

♪ It takes Diff'rent Strokes to move the world

♪ Yes, it does

♪ It takes Diff'rent Strokes to move the world ♪