Diff'rent Strokes
Substitute Teacher
Season 5, Episode 6 · Aired 1982-11-06
Synopsis
A substitute teacher makes life hard for Arnold and Dudley, so they try to make things difficult for him in return. When one of their pranks leads to Arnold getting hit by accident, they go to the principal and tell him that it was done on purpose, which gets the teacher in trouble and nearly gets him fired until Arnold and Dudley come clean about what really happened.
In the series
This episode is part of Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986) on NBC/ABC.
What you talkin' about, Willis? — adoption comedy with very real aftershocks.
Key cast
- Gary Coleman as Arnold Jackson
- Todd Bridges as Willis Jackson
- Conrad Bain as Philip Drummond
- Dana Plato as Kimberly Drummond
- Charlotte Rae as Edna Garrett