Anxious to make them feel at home, he showers them with gifts and love - and is puzzled when he learns that the boys are planning to. At the time, I didnРІР‚в„ўt know: Is he going to want to cast everybody old, or is he just going to have the joke be Kevin? But as we started talking through it, it made sense to be consistent with that conceit of having older people play kids.РІР‚СњР”Р„dded Lear: РІР‚СљI enjoyed as if I had never spent a day in show business. Multi-millionaire Phillip Drummond, who has agreed to the death-bed wish of his housekeeper to raise her two small sons as his own, welcomes 8-year-old Arnold and 12-year-old Willis into his lavish penthouse. The irrepressible Arnold Jackson is back Join Conrad Bain, Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Danny Cooksey, and Dixie Carter for the delightful seventh season of DiffРІР‚в„ўrent Strokes Filled with all the laughs, love, and lessons youРІР‚в„ўd expect from one of your favorite sitcoms, this seasons adventures find Arnold (Coleman) busting ghosts, standing. Addressing the decision to cast Actors of a Certain Age to fill pint-sized roles, LearРІР‚в„ўs producing partner Brent Miller told TVLine, РІР‚СљIt started with Jimmy and his desire to have Kevin Hart play Arnold Jackson, the Gary Coleman roleРІР‚В¦.

The legendary Norman Lear - whose Embassy Television produced the original runs of DiffРІР‚в„ўrent StrokesР’В and Facts of Life - served as host and executive producer, alongside Jimmy Kimmel. Snoop Dogg, whose casting was previously unannounced, played WillisРІР‚в„ў friend Vernon. Garrett - a role she also played during the preceding reenactment of Facts of Life. TuesdayРІР‚в„ўs presentation - a reenactment of the Season 1 episode РІР‚СљWillisРІР‚в„ў Privacy,РІР‚Сњ wherein Willis tires of having РІР‚СљSuper ArnoldРІР‚Сњ hang around him all the time - starred Kevin Hart as Arnold John Lithgow (3rd Rock From the Sun) as Phillip Damon Wayans ( My Wife and Kids) as Willis and Ann Dowd ( The HandmaidРІР‚в„ўs Tale) as Mrs.

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