Diff rent strokes took place in new york city and centered around the happenings in the drummond household. The bicycle man november 12, 20 tara rose an unfortunate episode, features 0 part two begins right where part one left off, at the porny tarzan photo shoot. As mentioned at the outset, this was far from the only time that diffrent strokes went to the veryspecialepisode well. Tvpg 25min comedy, drama, family episode aired 5 february 1983. The following is a list of episodes of diff rent strokes, an american sitcom that aired on nbc from november 3, 1978 to may 4, 1985 and abc from september 27, 1985 to march 7, 1986. Notice the creepy audience laughter about a serious topic at a time when this issue was bubbling to the surface. Arnold and dudley befriend a bicycle shop owner named mr. It soon becomes a race against time to get details out of arnold after learning that dudley is about to become mr. Arnold and dudley become friends with the owner of a local bicycle shop. Video rangers episode 96 diffrent strokes sams missing 92785 by video rangers. Diff rent strokes began an eightyear run across two networks in 1978, making stars out of its young lead actors gary coleman, todd bridges and dana plato. A very special diffrent strokes thats terrifying for.
The diffrent strokes with the bicycle man child molester youtube. Listen to very special television episodes free, on demand. Diff rent strokes bicycle man episode like the episode of too close for comfort where monroe was kidnapped and raped by a woman and a transvestite, the bicycle man seems to have taken on a life of its own. Nov 04, 20 much like diffrent strokes as a collective television series, the episode really runs the gamut, at times being an incredibly cheesy affair to being one of the most unsettling things ever aired on television. Dec 07, 2016 watch diff rent strokes episode 03 roots different strokes on dailymotion. Horton is the main antagonist in the twopart diffrent strokes episode the bicycle man he was portrayed by the late gordon jump biography. The bike shop in diffrent strokes, tom hanks as the drunk uncle in family ties. Ironically, diff rent strokes itself actually moved to abc when it got canceled by nbc.
Diffrent strokes the infamous bicycle shop twoparter. Drummond insists more civilized solutions be employed. Diffrent strokes the bicycle man part 1 video dailymotion. Diffrent strokes, the bicycle man season five, episodes 16 and 17.
The show begins with a message from conrad bain to discuss child molestation with friends and family. Diffrent strokes the bicycle man part 2 video dailymotion. The bicycle man is a twopart very special episode of the american sitcom diffrent strokes 19781986, starring conrad bain, gary coleman, todd bridges, and dana plato. Diffrent strokes 19781986 the bicycle man season 5, episode 1617, aired 5 feb 1983 and 12 feb 1983 in two separate parts, arnold, along with a friend, are targeted by a pedophile who owns a local bike shop and has sexually abused children in the past. Diffrent strokes episode 03 roots video dailymotion. Watch diffrent strokes season 5, episode 16 the bicycle man 1. An unfortunate episode diffrent strokes season 5 episodes.
Feb 21, 2019 certainly, people of my generation, we talk about the very special episode, she said. Willis puts arnold in training to fight the local bully, but mr. Unfortunately for our female readers, there is a third chapter to the diffrent strokes trilogy of psychological trauma. Different strokes creepy bicycle man, gary coleman winters455. Todd bridges opens up about the death of diff rent strokes costar charlotte rae. Diff rent strokes the bicycle man part 2 with very special guest mike limata by very special television from desktop or your mobile device. Nancy reagans cameo came just a few weeks after the bicycle man aired, and in 1985, arnolds new stepbrother sam got kidnapped in sams missing. A very special diffrent strokes thats terrifying for all. Yes, diffrent strokes makes the list twice, the second time in a transparent attempt to top the whole bike shop pedophile affair. Diffrent strokes episode 0517 the bicycle man 2 video.
First lady nancy reagan made a guest appearance in a very special episode about drug abuse, and abcs webster was a follow the leader rival. When it came to the very special episode, there is no denying that diffrent strokes had the market cornered. Arnold, willis and kimberly rolling bikes into hortons bicycle shop. Watch diff rent strokes episode 0517 the bicycle man 2 different strokes on dailymotion. With conrad bain, gary coleman, todd bridges, dana plato. Family guy different strokes, molested in the bike shop. The theme was cowritten and performed by alan thicke. Philip drummond was a widower and had a daughter, kimberly. The gravitas of the bicycle man episode of diffrent strokes, in which the owner of a local bike repair shop tries to coerce prepubescent arnold.
Horton for over a year and would always rent bikes from him to go for weekly bike rides. A very special look back at a very special episode of the beloved 80s sitcom d iff rent strokes was, and still is, one of my alltime favorite tv shows. Im going from memory, rather than rewatching the episode on youtube because i want to talk about how the show impacted two black kids living in the city where the show itself took place. And this time, the plot is so egregiously dark and narrow in focus that its not entirely clear what the moral of the episode is, other than that sometimes life is an unthinkable nightmare. Arnolds wouldbe abuser is arrested after he confides in his father. The bicycle man is a twopart very special episode of the american sitcom diffrent strokes 19781986, starring conrad bain, gary coleman, todd bridges. Jgs five episodes of diffrent strokes that scarred me for life. All episodes 181 arnold and dudley become friends with the owner of a local bicycle shop named henry, unaware that he is a pedophile looking for his next victim. Horton, the seemingly friendly bicycle shop owner with a very sinister side. Nov 20, 2015 thats what my childhood friend got out of the very special twopart episode of the bicycle man on diffrent strokes. Watch diffrent strokes 1978 online free trial the roku. As a kid, fewer shows had the psychotic impact on young lives as diff rnt strokes. Diffrent strokes was also known for its many very special episodes, most notably an antidrug episode the reporter that featured first lady nancy reagan, who promoted her just say no campaign and the bicycle man, a twopart episode that guest starred gordon jump as a pedophile who lures arnold and dudley into his bicycle shop and. Diff rent strokes, the bicycle man season five, episodes 16 and 17.
The following day when arnold and dudley came to the bicycle shop, mr. If you like your nostalgia extra preachy and unsettling, take a tip from the weirdest very special episodes in tv history. Ill try, however, to maybe add my own thoughts about this very special episode which i watched for the first time on video dailymotion last night some parts of it were re. A very special diffrent strokes thats terrifying for all the wrong.
Jgs five episodes of diff rent strokes that scarred me for life by james guttman dec, 2012 9. Dec 31, 2011 diff rent strokes the bicycle man part 2 tv rariteez. The gravitas of the bicycle man episode of diff rent strokes, in which the owner of a local bike repair shop tries to coerce prepubescent arnold. Different strokes creepy bicycle man, gary coleman youtube. Horton getting arnold a banana split for passing out fliers. All episodes 181 next arnold and dudley become friends with the owner of a local bicycle shop named henry, unaware that he is a pedophile looking for his next victim. Aug 07, 2018 todd bridges opens up about the death of diff rent strokes costar charlotte rae. Weirdest very special episodes of tv shows screenrant. Nov 12, 20 being a child of the 80s, my two introductions to the concept of pedophilia were an instructionalsafety film strip called its better to be safe than sorry screened once every school year starting in second grade and the bicycle man episode of diffrent strokes. The diffrent strokes with the bicycle man child molester. Part 1 february 5, 1983 we hemmed and hawed and dragged our feet until we could drag no longer. Diffrent strokes managed to make the list twice thanks to the infamous bike shop episode and the episode where the ginger kid from season 5 gets kidnapped. Remember the diffrent strokes with the bicycle man child molester.
Horton gordon jump, who is later revealed to be a pedophile trying to scope the two unwary boys out. You must cancel before the trial ends to avoid charges. A very special episode, but maybe not so precious the new. The infamous, twopart very special episode of diffrent strokes called the bicycle man. Diff rent strokes the infamous bicycle shop twoparter.
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