Interesting point about this show: It started off as a show called "Milk" on the NBC network before it became a series. If someone would come up to you on the street,they would asked "What you talking about?" in the form of that question. Drummond) who was a regular on TV's Maude before coming to this series. Coleman made millions off this series,and when the show left the airwaves in 1986(and its repeats in syndication),it was totally discarded forever,never to be heard from again,despite of what the people may say about this show and the fate of its cast including Todd Bridges(who played brother Willis),and the sudden death of Dana Plato(who played big sister Kimberly),and also from Conrad Bain(who played the widower Mr. Brian Rathjen ĭuring my days as a kid,and partly through my high school years as well,this show was just that: The brainchild of Gary Coleman.
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While most series revolved around the typical lessons of growing up, some were quite serious (including a frightening encounter with a child molester and a memorable episode dealing with drug abuse guest starring First Lady Nancy Reagan). In early 1984, Drummond found true love, marrying fitness instructor Maggie McKinney she had a 6-year-old son, Sam. Arnold's friends, Dudley and Robbie (and later, Charlie) Willis' girlfriend, Charlene cast members from "The Facts of Life" and Drummond's sister, Sophia, were frequently seen. Garrett left to become housemother at the Eastland School for Girls she was replaced by the cantankerous Adelaide Brubaker and still later, charming Pearl Gallagher. Also part of the family were Drummond's beautiful daughter, 13-year-old Kimberly and his no-nonsense housekeeper, Edna Garrett. At first, Willis was rather skeptical of their newfound wealth, but eventually, both he and Arnold felt right at home in their newfound surroundings. The boys, whom Drummond always introduced as his two sons, went from rags to riches literally overnight. Drummond had made a promise to their dying mother, his housekeeper, that he would care for the boys after she passes away their father had died years earlier. Phillip Drummond, a widowed Manhattan millionaire and president of the mega-firm Trans Allied Inc., adopts two African American orphans from Harlem, 8-year-old Arnold and 12-year-old Willis.