Gary and Nancy Reagan from Diff'rent Strokes Online

Interim anecdote in lieu of Mr. T-

Gary Coleman

Part III of Mr. T - Living in the Ghetto - is in the pipeline. In the meantime, here is an anecdote about everyone's favourite 80s TV scallywag, Gary Coleman. In my opinion, a far superior imp than Webster. I remember Dominic ter Huurne quitting Cub Scouts in about 1984 just because Diff'rent Strokes was on the same night on TV. Plus there is a Mr. T association here. Who can remember T's appearance on Diff'rent Strokes and Arnold (Gary Coleman) dressing up like Mr. T???? Anyway, Gary had a bit of press lately about him assaulting a woman in a gun shop! Apparently he had been working as a security guard in a shopping mall (Who remembers Gary's Married, With Children cameo?)and he was shopping for a new bulletproof vest. He attacked her because she asked for his autograph!

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 kinda 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! 

"Recent Gary Trashings: (from Leave Gary Coleman Alone Homepage)

Here's a few examples of the jokes Gary has had to endure:

On "Late Show with David Letterman," during Dave's famous quiz sensation, "Know Your Current Events," in which Dave asks people in the audience about current world events, one of the questions was something like: What was the most surprising thing about Gary Coleman Punching out a woman who asked for his autograph? Answer: That somebody actually asked for his autograph.

On "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," Jay and Kevin Eubanks were talking about how Gary works as a security guard at a mall. Kevin thought he was joking and Jay explained that he was telling the truth and that it "must be a mini-mall". Again on Leno, they were doing this stupid home shopping bit and one of the items they were trying to sell was a "Gary Coleman Autograph Book." When they opened it up a boxing glove came out and popped Jay in the face. Then he said "Only $59.95" and whats his name, the annoying announcer guy, said "That's about how much he'll have left after all his lawsuits." They should definitely work on making things FUNNIER, because that was just lame..

Gary Coleman was # 1 on the Entertainment Weekly "Hot Sheet" which reports the top ten things the country is talking about. This is what it said: "A woman claims that the former Diff'rent Stokes star hit her after she asked for an autograph. And her knees still hurt."