Diffrent Strokes Sams kidnapping, part 3

[danbringsit]

6:04 0 to schizo in 1 second.

[godstomper]

Well at least he's a extortionist and low on the prison pecking order .

[sha11235]

I think they used the set from Bert Reynolds' Talent Plus TV show for the newsroom.

[PhyscoZombieChickie]

I think if the audience didn't feel the need to laugh this would have been a lot more powerful

[ToriV]

the fact that a kid got kidnapped and there was a 50M reward for him didn't make front page news?! wonder what else happened that week..

[lucasboden]

Yes, the mother who replaced Dixie Carter is just as psycho as the kidnappers.

[spaghettilover100]

They should have added a scene where sam mouths off to tge father and the man goes "do i have to teach you a lesson" rather than saying im gonna kill ur parents 50 times... YES MISTER WE GET IT!!!! UR A NUTJOB NOW STOP REMINDING YOURSELF ABOUT IT!!!

[malikai888]

@BokanProductions I highly doubt it. It was probably just a threat to keep Sam quiet. A lot of kidnappers and child molesters will say something like that to scare a kid into

[BokanProductions]

Do you think he meant it when he said he would kill Sam's parents?

[OmagaMinion]

@BokanProductions it would be very hard to kill his parents and if he suceeds he will probly get caught

so I dont think so.

[BokanProductions]

Do you think he meant it when he said he will kill Sam's parents?

[dealz69]

@easynorth damn right

[terracottapie]

4:19 "Industrialist Offers $50M For Missing Child."

Drummond offered $50,000 on TV. Someone's gonna be pissed when they show up for that reward.

[msno1fangirl]

i love every housekeeper they get all of them are sooo funny

[KingKingston]

@TubbsCrawfordson, I couldn't have said it better myself... Conrad Bain was definitely one of the greats, right up there with Jack Klugman and Jamie Farr...

Dixie Carter's performance in this episode is just awful though...

RIP Dana, Gary and Dixie... Todd seems to be doing well, and as far as I can tell Conrad is alive and well and seemingly retired from acting... Danny Cooksey? Do you really want to know?

[WhatsAYak]

@KingKingston - It was actually Mary Ann Mobley who was playing Maggie by then...this was her debut ep, in fact.

[NiceIce19]

WOW! I love Diffrent Strokes but this eppisode was kinda corny. Like really who would do that?

[TheStringray2]

The Mom is the worst actress

[Mzlee7232]

@TheStringray2 just awful this episode

[TheStringray2]

i swear if that fatso says "do you remeber what I told you I will kill your parents" one more time

[PhyscoZombieChickie]

@TheStringray2 lol, i was kinda thinking the same thing, i literally thought to myself " What ? Kill his parents ? "

[lester5192]

wow. the mom is a horrible actress.

[lester5192]

wow. the mom is a horrible actress. 

[bigbubba29]

Royce D. Applegate did a great job! I'm just glad he's not like that in real life.

[philipbabb]

Why does this family have it so rough? Kidnappings, abductions, child molesters. What is this world coming to?

[dealz69]

@philipbabb they had racism about that school dance in season 3, two perverts Mr Hortan and the one who picked kimberley and arnold up in season 6 and now a kidnapper whats next?

[horizon327]

nice kitty at 8:28

[iluvlittleshop921]

Doesn't the apartment look different from previous seasons?

[SimplyRisque]

I cannot stand this Maggie.

[lollipop1316]

why?



[Taintgun]

Its weird, like they set this family up for a spinoff sticom. Danny Cooksey stars in "Abducted by Rednecks"

[level242]

This ABC and they have standards but I am able to imagine a project like that on Fox.

[SummertmeBrews]

I remembering caught only the first half this episode when I was a kid and never got to see the conclusion.....thanks for uploading them both!!!

[kill4able]

how dat old fat man gets what's comin 2 him

[smileofyes]

Why didn't anyof the family members notice something strange is going on.

[TrixRabbi1]

"He's gonna look more handsome lying in the mud when he trips on these cuffs"

HA! Bizarre child replacement kidnapping is hilarious!

[sleestack808]

Im an extortionist. Hey its what I do!

[hellyea93]

mr.d on t.v offfered a 50,000 dollar reward in the paper it offers a 50 million dollar reward.

[KyiRui]

$50M can also mean 50 thousand dollars in business

[sdseals2076]

The wife didn't find it suspicious that her husband would just pick a kid off the streets and not even try to find the parents or legally adopt him.

[MarkoOhNo]

Grief & despair at the loss of a child can numb a mind like that. Sadly, the husband's attempt to make things right with the twisted idea of replacing his son would probably ultimately drive his wife to madness. Not to mention the issues his surviving son will have on top of survivor's guilt.

[bleh49]

at 9:20 mr. d was throwin punches lol

[mantle64]

Mary Ann Mobely went from dating Elvis Presley to being Mrs. Phillip Drummond and having her son kidnapped by Arn Anderson. What a long, strange trip.

[TubbsCrawfordson]

The majesty of Conrad Bain's masterful performance hits us like a shell fired from a dreadnought and crushes our need for a willing suspension of disbelief. Like a violent intruder with nefarious intentions, Bain yanks us from our seats and--like a male porn star in his swollen debut--thrusts us in front of the camera in the television studio where he is making a plea for Sam's safe return. One need not study Stanislavsky or Strasberg to know the heights to which an actor can soar. Watch Bain!

[RetroBoyWontDie]

Load a firearm and aim it at your skull. Let nature do the rest.

[sleestack808]

lol, that was great

[klsjafksjdfklsdfjkls]

@TubbsCrawfordson Goddamn that was deep.

[sodeserving]

CAN WE SAY... AMBER ALERT?!!!!

[amercali]

the worst five days of your life and your wearing earrings and make up.  lol

[Shabungo92]

So why does that family want sam anyway? i liked the show before he came on anyway :)

[iTsKiaRaDuHh]

sam is so cute it was better wen he came to show

[tigerqueen007]

Their younger son died and they couldn't cope with it. The father was so desperate that he took little Sammy away so his family will be whole again. To make things worse, the mother and the older son doesn't even know about it.

[toanew]

nobody wants you arnold

[pretearking]

what if @ 3:55 when Mr. Brown is telling Sam the consenquences of calling the police, his wife and son came in.....

[southplnk]

it says 50 mill in the paper 

pocket change for mr. d

[ortonfan166]

why does mr brown look at sam like that when ms brown asks sam how does fried chicken sound? its like he's sayin,"fried chicken or death,boy"

[ortonfan166]

why does mr. brown look at sam like that when ms brown asks sam if fried chicken sounds ok? its like hes sayin,"fried chicken or death,boy"

[TehKarmaPolice]

Now guys, the world dont move.. to the beat of just one drum.

[southplnk]

to the beat of just one drummond

[JaffeJofa5]

lol and stay away from that telephone

[DustinWQ]

I thought Soap Opera actors were bad...!

[mohammedmsam2009]

what does this movie called?

thanks

[thecritic2007]

ITS not a movie it was a kids tv show from th 80s its called Diffrent Strokes

[Halgrim]

lol Mr. D's old man punches.

[desconocidos27]

i cant believe they added a laugh track to this

[annefan73]

They didn't add a laugh track, it was filmed in front of an audience.

[maxx88]

im gona kill your family sam.....

(insert laugh track)

ha ha ha ha!!!!

[Deathclipse]

win!

[guyfromcanadayup]

lol!! it would be like when they used the laugh track on natural born killers

[cloud6060]

no it wasnt.

[adorablebabi]

@annefan73 dont they use laugh tracks today, thats why shows are so sucky

[DUCKTAPE702]

@annefan73 That's even worse.

[OmagaMinion]

@annefan73 are you sure?

[MrThery89]

@desconocidos27 i cant believe they laughed at this

[nateboytwo]

great that the article for a missing child is in the newspaper, but wheres a pic ????

[nateboytwo]

where's kimberly and willis ?????

[GarfieldVsSnoopy]

Who Knows?

[annefan73]

They're in episode's 1 & 4...

[Lucidmike78]

Does it say $50 M ransome in 4:20?

[markjv]

tip for vcr tapes:

u can help the tracking if u push a pen tip into the back middle: theres a button it loosens the tape,can help, this isnt too bad but works for even really bad tapes

:)

[Blatinokid]

Fake Maggie sucked!

[acehighpat]

Yeah. Mary Ann Mobley wasn't good replacement for Dixie Carter.

[adamdicy]

I agree, Mary Ann Mobley didn't have the humor that Dixie Carter had in the previous season, since Dixie already signed on to do Designing Women, thinking the 7th year was the last, her character was recast.

[mooky9669]

Dixie Carter should've stayed on the show..she was better

[sbtbfanatic]

The movie "Ransom" was ripped off from this episode of Diff'rent Strokes! Mel Gibson based his tv interview on Mr. Drummond's interview at 0:54!!

[piptarget123]

WTF!!! y r is there a laugh track

[westhamheavy]

whatoo talkin bout willis ?

[toiabean201]

who is tommy

[Jenniferkate]

Tommy is the kid that died in the family, which is why dopey dad kidnapped Sam.

[Bopkasen]

What you talking about Godzilla1985?

[Godzilla1985]

0:53 "Ransom" (1997) borrowed this segment!

[Crazymike1975]

The police should've kept that extortionist in jail, especially since he was toying the family desperation to get sam back even when he didn't have him.

[sleestack808]

hes just an actor, its all make believe

[HIPHOPCHAMBER]

lol 9:19 what did you do with sam..wow  Ronald Ragen

[IDIOTdella]

Thanks so much for posting this later episode, annefan73. Always a pleasure to see later episodes of DS, since they are very hard to find anywhere. Can't wait for you to post the final part :-D

Do you by any chance have the episode where Mr Drummond plays a tape which has Arnold and Willis' mother on it which causes Arnold to descend into grief over it? If you do could you post it on here?

Also, doesn't Conrad Bain sounds like Jimmy Stewart? Okay, it could be just me - chuckle.

Thanks again