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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! ♪

Arnold, what are you doing with that mirror?

I'm walking upside down.

I always said you didn't know which end was up.

Hey, Willis, guess what?

What?

I'm bald.

Hi, fellas. Kimberly! Mrs. Garrett!

Everybody, front and center.

What's the matter? What's going on?

Now, I want everybody to sit down.

Okay.

I have something I want to tell you.

You sit up here. Oh, you're getting heavy.

Okay. Now...

I don't quite know where to start.

Well, some of you may have noticed

that lately I've been acting a little...

Weird.

I guess you're right.

Actually, I feel like a school kid.

Good, you can go in my place.

What are you trying to say, Daddy?

Well, what I'm trying to say is,

we're having a dinner guest tonight.

A woman.

Now, this is a very special woman.

Well, all right.

I see that Arnold understands.

Daddy, tell us all about her.

Yeah, tell us all about her.

Now, now, now. Wait, wait.

What color is she?

Hold it and I'll fill you all in.

Her name is Diane.

Now, I haven't mentioned her to you before because... Well...

We just didn't realize how serious it was.

Oh. Are you gonna marry this chick?

But she hasn't asked me yet. I mean,

I haven't asked her...

I mean, maybe. All right.

Well, Daddy, if you're not sure,

why don't you just live with her for a while at first?

Kimberly! I'm sorry, Mr. Drummond.

That's all right. Kimberly!

Well, I think Kimberly has a very good idea.

The voice of experience.

If I had lived with Willis for a while first,

I would have never been his brother.

Pow!

Come on now, Willis.

Daddy, isn't this kind of sudden?

I mean, are you in love with this lady?

Of course he loves her. Look at him.

He even put goop on his hair.

That's right. I do love her, gang.

And I'm quite sure that she loves me, too.

When you gonna pop the question to her?

Well, let's find out how we all get along first,

and then we'll see.

All right.

Where does she live?

Yeah, where does she live?

Where does she come from?

Mrs. Garrett. Mrs. Garrett, what's the matter?

Oh, I always cry at proposals.

I'm so happy for you, Mr. Drummond.

Mrs. Garrett, thank you.

But I haven't proposed yet and Diane hasn't accepted.

I'm just warmin' up.

What is she like, Mr. D?

Well, Diane is a wonderful woman.

She's a widow, she has two children just about your ages.

Two more?

There goes the bathroom.

All right, enough questions for now.

I want everybody to get dressed up very nicely for dinner, okay?

All right. Okay.

Dinner? I gotta go fix it.

Kimberly, dear.

I think I'll wear my blue denim jeans and my sneakers.

No, no. Forget it. I'll just dress you. Go ahead.

I guess I kind of took you by surprise, didn't I?

Yeah, sort of, but that's okay, Daddy.

You know, when your mother died,

I thought probably I would never get married again.

And then I met Diane and... Well...

I hope you understand.

I do.

I guess it's just the idea of a new mom.

Well, it takes a little getting used to.

I'm still adjusting to sharing you with Willis and Arnold.

I know.

But I'm sure you'll approve of Diane.

Hey, maybe I'll ask her tonight.

Daddy, if she makes you happy, then we'll be happy to have her for a mother.

How about that? The man's getting married.

We'll probably have a great big wedding and everything.

Do you think a downtown wedding is like a Harlem wedding?

I guess so.

But only in Harlem when they play Here Comes the Bride,

the bride boogies down the aisle.

Do you think Mr. D will get down on one knee and propose to Diane

like those rich white men do on those old TV movies?

Maybe.

Yeah, I just hope he ain't too old to get back up again.

Maybe we ought to throw Mr. D a bachelor party.

What's a bachelor party?

When a lot of dudes come around and you eat cake.

Oh, yeah, I heard of those.

And a naked lady jumps out of the cake.

Arnold, you're a lot older on the inside

than you look to be on the outside.

Hey, Willis, after the wedding,

let's tie empty cans to Mr. Drummond's limousine.

Well, just don't go using no sardine cans,

or they'll be followed by half the cats in New York.

I wonder where the wedding's gonna be.

I wonder where we're all going for our honeymoon.

Don't you know nothin'?

When a man and his wife go on their honeymoon,

they don't take their kids.

They don't? Of course not.

Then how do they expect to have any fun?

Arnold, you got a lot to learn about men and women.

What do you know that I don't?

I know about the birds and the bees.

Quit changin' the subject.

The subject is the birds and the bees on a honeymoon.

I'll explain it to you when you're ready.

How'll I know when I'm ready?

When I don't have to explain it to you.

Willis, you sure do know how to bring a guy down.

What do you mean?

I came up here all happy and everything

'cause Mr. D is gettin' married.

Now you tell me we can't go on his honeymoon

'cause he's takin' a bunch of dumb birds and bees.

Hold still, Willis. Hi.

Oh, you look lovely, Kimberly.

Thank you.

Arnold, you look handsome.

I do, don't I?

All set, gang?

All set.

Oh, you look wonderful.

So do you. You look great.

Look at that. I love that.

Look at that suit and tie. Wow.

Here she is, Daddy.

Go get her, tiger.

Hi, darling. Hi.

You can do better than that.

You ought to know.

Diane, I want you to meet Kimberly,

Willis, Arnold, and Mrs. Garrett.

This is Diane Sloane. Hello.

Hello. How do you do?

Mrs. Sloane, you're a fine-looking woman,

and I'm honored to make your acquaintance.

Why, thank you, Arnold.

I heard that on Little House on the Prairie.

It's so nice to meet you all. You're such a lovely family.

Thank you. Thank you.

And Mrs. Garrett, you're so much younger than I imagined.

Well, thank you. You just won yourself a housekeeper on my day off.

Excuse me.

I want to select a wine for dinner.

Kids, will you entertain Mrs. Sloane for just a minute?

Entertain her? Yeah, please do.

Okay. Okay.

We're no Sammy Davis, but we can try.

Guys, I think Daddy means to make Mrs. Sloane feel at home.

Oh. Oh.

Well, Mrs. Garrett? Well, what?

Isn't Diane charming? Oh, well, I...

Isn't she beautiful? Well...

And she's so sweet and she's just wonderful with the kids.

Well... I knew you'd be crazy about her.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

You know, a lot of men my age would be very hesitant

to consider marriage again.

A lot of people spend their entire lives looking for happiness.

If you've found it, grab it. Don't let it go.

That's what I've been thinking. Mmm.

I wish I had done that myself years ago.

After my marriage, I kind of turned myself off.

Oh, I had lovely opportunities. Lovely.

But I let them pass by, and you can't turn back the clock.

No, you can't.

No.

You know, I've had a hunch

that you knew all along that I was seeing a rather special person.

As a matter of fact, I most certainly did.

How did you get so smart?

I'm no babe in the woods, you know.

I've chopped down a few trees in my time.

Well, I guess of all the places I've been,

one of my favorites is London.

I flew with Daddy once to the south of France.

Me and Arnold ain't been past the south of Bronx.

We ain't even been up in an airplane.

Highest we been is lookin' out the armpit of the Statue of Liberty.

Well, maybe one day we'll all travel together, including my children.

You'll meet them when they come home on vacation.

Where are they? Well, my son David is in school in England

and my daughter Meg is in school in Switzerland.

Now, that's what I call bussing.

Don't you miss 'em being so far away from home?

Of course I do.

But I think it's good for children to be on their own.

It's certainly good for the parents.

How often do you see them?

Sometimes I make as many as two trips a year.

Only two trips?

Arnold makes more trips than that to the dentist.

Yeah, and I don't even have any teeth.

Well, my children know I'm close to them emotionally.

And besides seeing them, I phone them from time to time.

Well, phone calls can make you feel good, I guess,

but for real happiness, there's nothin' like skin on skin,

huggin' and kissin', that's for me.

I'm at boarding school now, but I speak to Daddy every day.

And I see him as often as I'd like.

I think that wonderful daddy of yours

may just have spoiled you a little.

I don't think so.

Oh, you sound just like my two children

before I packed them off to Europe.

But, you'll learn to like it just as much as they do.

Well, I... I think I'll take a peek at that view from the terrace.

Excuse me, children.

Listen, guys, did you just hear what I heard?

Her kids are in school in other countries and she likes it that way.

Yeah, and we're in a lot of trouble.

What you talkin' about, Willis?

If she marries Daddy,

then, where do you think we're gonna wind up going to school?

Willis? Yeah?

I hope we like it in Africa.

Oh, it's no use, guys.

I tried talkin' to Daddy, but all he's got on his mind is Diane.

You mean, he wouldn't even talk to you?

Did you see the way he looked at her all through dinner,

all goo-goo eyed?

If she says yes when Daddy proposes tonight,

she's gonna ship us off to school in different countries.

Yeah, we'll have to have our family fights by telegram.

That lady can wrap Daddy around her little finger.

Arnold, you and me are about to become the Harlem globetrotters.

Yeah, and I'm gonna be the only girl on the team.

We've gotta do something.

Hey, I got something. You do?

If Diane doesn't say yes when Mr. Drummond pops the question,

they won't get married, right?

Right. Right.

And if they don't get married,

we don't get sent away, right?

Right. Right.

Well, ain't that terrific?

Sure, Arnold, but how're we going to do that?

Don't ask me, I'm only eight years old.

Man, I wish Freddie the Fixer was still around.

Who's Freddie the Fixer?

A dude back in Harlem.

That guy could fix anything.

Except the judge who gave him 20 years.

We've got to talk to Daddy alone.

We've got to keep him from proposing tonight.

Hey, I've got an idea.

What?

Oh, Philip, I've had a beautiful evening.

I just adore your family.

And I just knew they'd be crazy about you.

Oh, thank you.

Well...

We've known each other now for...

Six lovely weeks.

Right.

And I...

Wonder?

Right. Wonder, that's a good word.

And I wondered if you...

Felt?

Felt. Thank you.

I wondered if you felt the same about...

Arnold.

About Arnold.

Arnold?

Hello, would anybody care for some after-dinner mints?

Isn't he cute?

We do not want any mints.

Then how about some bubble gum?

No bubble gum.

Then...

Can you use a toothpick?

Good night, Arnold.

Well, since you're goin' to bed, you won't be needin' any toothpicks.

You are the one who is going to bed.

Well, as long as we're up, can't we talk about it?

Arnold. To bed.

Yes, sir.

But don't do anything you'll be sorry for.

Diane, would you like to step out on the terrace?

Yes.

I'll go, too, and show you our telescope.

Arnold, when a gentleman takes a lady on the terrace,

he doesn't want to show her a telescope.

Then what do you want to show her?

The moon.

At her age, she should've seen the moon by now.

Arnold, to bed.

Yes, sir.

Kids. They don't give you any privacy.

That's why mine are out of the country.

Well, as I was saying, Diane,

if you feel the same way about me as I feel about you...

Which I do, Philip.

Then will you make me the...

I'm giving the plants their Friday-night bath.

And I'm spraying to kill the smell of lobster from dinner.

We don't smell any lobster.

See how fast it works?

Now, look, you two,

Diane and I are having an important conversation.

That's okay, you ain't bothering us.

Now, don't you think a plant needs midnight air?

Well, I read once in school that they need a lot of oxygen.

Kimberly, Willis, we want some privacy.

You go to bed. But, but, but...

But, Daddy, you're being cruel to the plants.

I'll apologize to them. I'll send them some flowers.

Yeah, but this plant needs water.

Now, off you go.

It sweats a lot. I mean it.

Good night, Daddy. Good night.

Please, excuse them.

I don't know what's got into them tonight.

I think they're trying to overhear something.

Yeah, I think you're right.

So, I will use sign language.

I think this speaks for itself.

Philip, it's beautiful.

Hi, there.

Oh, no. Arnold, I thought I sent you to bed.

You forgot to kiss me good night.

There'll be no kisses,

but there'll be plenty of spanking if you don't go to bed.

Well, isn't Diane gonna kiss me?

Arnold, good night.

Good night.

Honestly, I've never seen them like this before.

They're wild tonight. Please, forgive them.

That's children for you. They'll take advantage if you let them.

Well, now, as I was saying,

I hope you'll accept the ring.

I do.

And I hope you believe in short engagements.

Oh, I do,

and long marriages.

Daddy, Daddy, come quick.

Oh, no, this is too much.

We've had an emergency. Maybe we'll need an ambulance.

Arnold almost drowned in the hot tub.

Excuse me, but I definitely feel there's a plot here.

Here he comes. Okay, now act drowned.

Poor Arnold.

Our poor brother.

We're gonna miss you, Arnold.

Poor Arnold, I pulled him out of the hot tub just in time.

Well, how come his clothes aren't wet?

I didn't have time to get 'em wet.

Arnold?

Hallelujah! I been saved!

Now listen, I am very annoyed at you three tonight.

Now, I want to know what's going on with you three.

Come on, out with it.

You tell him, Arnold.

Yeah, you tell him, Arnold.

Why me?

Daddy probably won't punish you.

I wouldn't be too sure of that.

Now I want to know what's been going on here.

Kimberly.

All right.

If you marry Diane, we'll all be sent out of the country to school,

like her own kids are.

Yeah. She'll bust up the family if you pop the question.

So we decided to stop your popper.

So that's what this is all about.

Listen, the last thing in the world that Diane would ever want to do

is break up our family.

But it didn't sound that way to us.

Well, then you must have misunderstood her.

Then why aren't her kids with her?

Well, they will be as soon as we're married.

They'll come and live here and we'll all be one big happy family.

Honest?

That is a promise.

We sure feel better. Much better.

Whose crazy idea was this anyway?

Hers. His.

You will never in the world guess

what was going on with them tonight.

Somehow they got the ridiculous notion that after we are married,

you were going to send them out of the country to school.

They're right.

They're right?

Oh, Philip, with five children around,

we'd never have any time alone.

Oh, of course we would.

One day they'll grow up and be on their own.

But for now, I want to have my family around me

as much as possible.

Well, Philip, that's a very lovely sentiment but a little old-fashioned.

Well, does that make it wrong?

Obviously, this is something we should have discussed before.

Yes, we certainly should have.

You see, I'm not one of those parents who wants to be chained to children.

Oh.

Well, I'm afraid I don't see it that way.

Look, Diane, why don't you take a little time and reconsider?

It wouldn't do any good.

You'll say goodbye for me?

Yeah.

Good night, Philip.

Good night, Diane.

All right, one fast good night.

Your daddy and Mrs. Sloane want a little privacy.

Willis, what are you doing?

Stop it this minute.

Where's Diane, Daddy?

Uh...

She had to leave rather suddenly.

When is she coming back?

I don't know.

Maybe she's not.

Does that mean that you and her ain't gonna make it legal?

That's right, Arnold.

Daddy, we're sorry if we did anything to hurt you.

We didn't mean to.

Oh, of course you didn't.

We'll talk about it tomorrow.

Okay, Daddy. Come on, guys.

Okay, good night, Mr. Drummond.

Good night, Mrs. Garrett.

Good night.

Mr. Drummond, I don't exactly know

what happened between you and Mrs. Sloane.

But if that's the way it's meant to be,

life's got something better for you.

Thank you.

Is there anything I can do for you?

Yeah, you can join me in a toast.

Oh, I'd be honored.

What are we drinkin' to?

To our little family

and what a wonderful pain in the behind they can be.

♪ 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

♪ Yes, it does

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