Quite a Dil'mma
So I'm sitting here going, "Hmmm."
It seems that Diff'rent Strokes: The Complete First Season is now available on DVD. Who among us doesn't enjoy the wacky lovableness of Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, the now dead Dana Plato, and the more-or-less dead Conrad Bain? Uhhh... what's that you say? Pretty much all of us? Well, I never.
Fine, you unenlightened rubes. Go ahead and be intellectual snobs about your television comedy. See if I care. Just because you can't grasp the greatness of this televisual feast doesn't mean I shouldn't fork over (ha ha) my hard-earned cash to relive this glorious program in all it's... uh, glory. But to show that I'm giving both sides of the argument a fair shake, let me make my decision on whether to purchase this DVD collection by compiling a list of pros and cons.
Pro: Unintentional comedy galore.
Con: Okay, sure, the intentional comedy is a tad lacking.
Pro: Mr. Drummond gave us all a guide on how to live.
Con: Mr. Drummond is a withered old over-moralizing jerkwad.
Pro: The show gave us a new way to look at child molestation.
Con: The child molester in that very special episode could not pronounce "Tarzan" properly.
Pro: Mrs. Garrett -- SMOKING HOT.
Con: Adelaide -- Seen better days.
Pro: Costs less than 20 dollars!
Con: Costs more than 15 dollars.
Pro: In light of her later career as a soft core lesbian porn star, Dana Plato's wholesome teenaged innocence makes me feel like a dirty old utensil.
Con: In light of her later career as a soft core lesbian porn star, Dana Plato's wholesome teenaged innocence makes me feel like a dirty old utensil.
If you folks at home can think of any more reasons why purchasing the Diff'rent Strokes DVD would be a fantastic idea, I'd love to hear from you. This is quite the dilemma.
6 Comments:
~ The catchy theme song (see Alan Thicke posts)
~ Perfect companion to future release of "Small Wonder"
~ Features a small black boy fitting in with a new family; wacky hyjinks ensue. Or was that "Webster"? Ah well, same thing.
~ "Watcha talkin' 'bout Willis?" Just never gets old, no matter how many times people use it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over....
Well shoot, Ardie took my "Watcha talkin' 'bout Willis?" reason. But
the best reason for purchasing the DVD, besides the fact that Gary Coleman is so HOT, is if the sales are good enough maybe they will put the classic spinoff Facts of Life on DVD too. It just doesn't get any better than that show.
Watts a dvd? I lookt it up in tha dickshunairy an it aint in thar. Yew shure yew spelt it write?
...and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...
This aint got nuttin two dew wit Willis or nobudy ceptn you're mamma. Why aint they no home age to yer pour old mamma on mammas day? I no yew are one bizy fork butt, dont tale me yew aint got no time for yer mamma an buy tha way why come yew aint ritten nuttin bout me ether?
Yer fiend and formur runnin mait,
Georgie
Ahh, Georgie, I love ya girl. It's not that I don't love my momma, but come on now, you don't want me jumpin' the gun, do you? Simmer down, you saucy tart! All things in due time!
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