The BEST episodes written by Howard Leeds
#1 - Poor Drummond
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 18
A crucially important business deal keeps Mr. Drummond on edge and Arnold and Willis wondering whether they pack for a California vacation or move back to Harlem.
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#2 - Arnold's Hero (a.k.a.) The Hero
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 7
Arnold's wildest dream is realized when he comes face-to-knee with "The Champ" -- special guest star Muhammad Ali. When the meeting arranged by Mr. Drummond between Arnold and his idol, Muhammad Ali, falls through, Kimberly and Willis concoct a wild scheme to insure that Arnold's dream will come true.
#3 - The Trip (1)
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 1 - Episode 20
The stars of "Diff'rent Strokes" and "Hello, Larry" get together in a special, hilarious hour in which Phillip Drummond realizes that the purchase of a Portland radio station could mean the loss of a job for his old friend Larry Alder.
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#4 - Ghost Town, U.S.A.
The Brady Bunch - Season 3 - Episode 1
The Bradys set out for a family vacation at the Grand Canyon. But when the family stops in an old ghost town, a paranoid old prospector locks them in a jail cell, believing the Bradys to be after his claim.
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#6 - A Very Special Delivery
Bewitched - Season 2 - Episode 2
Darrin has some serious labor pains in this episode. After reading a book about how pregnant mothers should be active, he starts ordering Samantha around. Endora puts a spell on him showing him how wrong he is treating Samantha. After seeing how life is when the shoe is on the other foot, he backs down.
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#7 - Valentine's Day Retrospective (a.k.a.) Valentine's Vigil
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 21
Arnold and Willis are trapped in the basement and while they await rescue they reminisce about their recent past...both the good times and the bad. Arnold insists he must wear his Superman outfit to the family's Valentine's Day trip to the circus; the resultant search leads to the basement and a locked door. This show highlights some of the best moments from the past episodes.
#8 - Bewitched, Bothered and Infuriated
Bewitched - Season 3 - Episode 31
Aunt Clara's morning paper says that Larry Tate breaks his leg while on a honeymoon with Louise. Samantha and Darrin rush to his honeymoon spot and try to protect Larry, who tells them to leave him and Louise alone. Then they find out that he broke his leg ten years ago and they are on their second honeymoon!
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#10 - Thanksgiving Crossover (1)
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 11
The Alders and the Drummonds are together again in New York, and Arnold, Willis and Kimberly plan a second Thanksgiving feast with friends Diane and Ruthie. But even the huge Drummond penthouse isn't big enough to hold the exploding tempers that threaten Phil and Larry's long-standing relationship, on a special one-hour episode featuring the stars of "Hello, Larry." Morgan and all the kids get caught up in the feud when Larry learns friendship doesn't necessarily make for good business.
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#11 - The Escape Artist
Barney Miller - Season 1 - Episode 11
A self-avowed "bird-man" drops in; Barney holds a resourceful escaped prisoner for the FBI; Harris decides to write a novel, setting up one of the series' most durable storylines.
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#12 - Arnold's Girlfriend (2)
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 2
Arnold's life is endangered when the kids find out they can't share a room in the hospital and run away on the eve of Arnold's surgery.
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#13 - The Girls School (a.k.a.) Garrett's Girls
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 1 - Episode 24
Mrs. Garrett visits Kimberly's school and takes on its pushy principal with surprising results.
#14 - The Loan
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 3 - Episode 11
Arnold learns the true value of a dollar when Drummond turns down his request to lend $4,000 to the apartment building doorman anxious to take part in an attractive business deal.
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#15 - The Catnapper
Bewitched - Season 2 - Episode 35
Just when you thought it was safe to use your magic, CHARLIE LEACH returns! He did keep his word in episode 65 and threatens to expose Samantha and Endora. This time, he kidnaps a cat which is, in reality, an attractive client named Toni Devlin whom Darrin is having a business lunch with. Leach makes a deal with her: the transformed cat for a million dollars. She tricks him by giving him a "money tree" that sprouts dollar bills, and turns him into a mouse! Charlie returns teh cat and Sam tries to find Endora to turn Toni back into a human.
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#16 - Big Business
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 19
Willis and Arnold scheme to make extra "dough" by selling brownies, only to discover they can't stand the heat of big business and may soon have to get out of the kitchen.
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#17 - The Bank Job (1)
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 3 - Episode 1
Willis accompanies Arnold as he sets out to withdraw some money from his bank account to pay for his first "real" date, but two bank robbers force a change of plans when they attempt their own, very large withdrawal, in the first episode of a special two-part story.
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#18 - Vicki's Homecoming
Small Wonder - Season 1 - Episode 1
Ted Lawson introduces his family to V.I.C.I. or the Voice Input Child Identicant: a secretly constructed robotic domestic aide in the form of a ten-year-old girl.
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My Three Sons - Season 2 - Episode 18
Four beautiful airline stewardesses move into the vacant house next door and Mike and Robbie immediately are attracted to the glamorous career women. Meanwhile Steve is at the drawing board trying to meet a work deadline that requires his total concentration.
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#20 - Hooray for Hollywood (1)
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 6 - Episode 16
Upset over Maggie breaking off their relationship, Drummond chases her to Hollywood to win back her heart, but while he woos Maggie, Arnold and Dudley sneak away from a studio tour to find the star of Knight Rider and wind up in a life threatening situation.
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#21 - Mr. T.... and Mr. T
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 6 - Episode 1
Arnold's ecstasy over meeting his hero Mr. T goes from elation to emulation when the young girl he's trying to impress snubs him in favor of his idol. Former bouncer and bodyguard Mr. T, who came to national prominence as Sylvester Stallone's opponent in "Rocky III" and was the star of the hit television series "The A-Team," makes a special guest appearance as "The A-Team's" B.A.
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#22 - Drummond's Lady
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 6 - Episode 13
Arnold unwittingly solves his father's dilemma -- trying to make romance and finance go hand-in-hand -- when Drummond finds himself falling for an attractive local television aerobics instructor that his company is attempting to turn into an international success. Veteran Broadway and television actress Dixie Carter is introduced in the role of fitness instructor Maggie McKinney.
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#23 - Shoot-Out at the O.K. Arcade
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 5 - Episode 1
Arnold is determined to defeat brother Willis at his own game and dethrone him as local video game champ, but in doing so Arnold's passion becomes a destructive "addiction" that could have serious consequences.
#24 - Roommates
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 5 - Episode 21
The household's turned upside down when Drummond becomes Arnold's roommate for a week.
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My Three Sons - Season 2 - Episode 27
Chip puts his father into the uncomfortable position of defending the importance of his profession. Chip is unenlightened by the tour of the Air Force base until a full-scale emergency arises and Steve is asked to help a desperate pilot down from the air.
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#26 - Retrospective (2)
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 1 - Episode 9
Life in the household is recalled in clips from early episodes.
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That Girl - Season 3 - Episode 17
On Valentine's Day, Ann and Donald exchange permanent gifts. She gives him a tie clasp and he gives her a pair of genuine diamond earrings they saw together at Tiffany's. Ann is scared to wear them. When Don puts his foot down and insists she wear them on their evening of dinner and dancing, one of them indeed disappears. Don buys her a replacement earring and puts it in her apartment. Ann, not wanting to disappoint Dan, buys a replacement earring herself.
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#28 - Crime Story (Part 1) (a.k.a.) Crime in the Schools
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 4 - Episode 17
Arnold and his friend Dudley are scared to death by two teenage bullies who pose the intimidating demand "your lunch money or your life."
#29 - The Accident (1)
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 3 - Episode 5
The festive family celebration of Drummond's 50th birthday suddenly becomes a disaster after a drunk driver puts Drummond in the hospital, unconscious, his life hanging in the balance, in the first episode of a special two-part story.
#30 - Arnold's Girlfriend (1)
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 1
Arnold has appendicitis and Drummond has to deal with the bigotry of Fred Tanner, a potential housing project investor whose daughter is the key to getting Arnold to sit still for the operation.
#31 - Retrospective (1)
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 1 - Episode 8
Mr. Drummond and family gather around their Christmas tree and recall the many humorous incidents that the family has shared since Arnold and Willis moved in. This special one-hour episode features highlights from previous shows.
#32 - The Bank Job (2)
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 3 - Episode 2
Drummond offers himself and his company airplane as hostages to protect Arnold and Willis, but his sons' future hangs in the balance when the robbers announce their own very different choice of hostages, in the conclusion of a special two-part story.
#33 - Hooray for Hollywood (2)
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 6 - Episode 17
Arnold's joy over being saved from an explosion by "Knight Rider's" David Hasselhoff quickly turns to dismay when he learns his father is getting married and a little brother comes along with the package.
#34 - The Boyfriend
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 6 - Episode 24
Blinded by love, Kimberly takes an enormous and deceptive risk when she talks her father into allowing her to move into an apartment, allegedly with her girl friend.
#35 - Chip's Party
My Three Sons - Season 2 - Episode 25
Chip's schoolmates want to help him celebrate his tenth birthday with a party but he doesn't want to share the occasion with certain young ladies. However, Steve falls foul of the German measles and when Bub speaks to Sudsy's mother about it, suddenly the gossip mongers decide that they will not send their children to the house for fear of catching the disease.
#36 - Bub's Sacrifice
My Three Sons - Season 3 - Episode 38
To help Robbie gain himself of the attentions of a beautiful girl, Bub is willing to give up two tickets to a pre-sold sellout fight. However part of the bargain entails that he take the girl's disagreeable Aunt to the movies.
#37 - The Accident (2)
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 3 - Episode 6
When Drummond finally comes to, he is suffering from amnesia and unless he can regain his memory, he may lose not only his business, but also custody of Arnold, Willis and Kimberly.
#38 - Instant Democracy
McHale's Navy - Season 1 - Episode 29
Gruber does some shady trading with Chief Urulu involving Navy property, and McHale is arrested, and threatened with court martial. But Binghamton drops the charges, when he finds he needs help from Urulu and his tribe.
#39 - The Honeymoon's Over
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 6 - Episode 20
Arnold and Pearl fall into a depression when Maggie and Phillip return from their honeymoon with a temporary eviction notice for Pearl, and orders for Arnold to babysit for his "tag-along" little brother Sam instead of going to a party.
#40 - Short But Sweet
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 4 - Episode 25
Arnold feels shortchanged, he's growing older but he's not getting any taller and he's convinced that's the reason why he doesn't have a girlfriend.
#41 - Crime Story (Part 2) (a.k.a.) Crime in the Schools
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 4 - Episode 18
Arnold doesn't know when to leave well enough alone after Willis comes to his rescue, he gets himself involved in an "undercover" scheme to capture the "punks" at school who have been harassing him.
#42 - Assert Yourself
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 6 - Episode 9
Arnold turns a pal into an opponent when he resigns as Dudley's campaign manager and declares his own candiacy for class president.
#43 - Almost American
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 3 - Episode 20
Arnold's dejection at being grounded for a "D" on a history test turns to inspiration after an immigrant studying for naturalization introduces him to another perspective on America.