Diff'rent Strokes: S1E14: The Tutor

Hey Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of Diff'rent Strokes To Move The World: An Unofficial Diff'rent Strokes Podcast. Today, I covered S1E14: The Tutor, which aired on February 9, 1979. In this episode Willis is doing poorly in school, so Mr. Drummond hires a tutor. However, he is not pleased by his unconventional methods of teaching. I remember when I first watched this episode back in 2019. I myself was unsure of Danny the boys' tutor at first with his teaching methods and was originally siding with Mr. Drummond who thought Danny wasn't being effective with his tutoring sessions, but turns out that that is just Danny's way of teaching and also how Danny makes the discovery or Willi's learning or memory break when he can't recall anything from 1975. I really got angry with Mr. Drummond upon learning Danny's discovery about Willis, he just waves it off like it's un important, like "oh the teachers would have caught on to it, that's their job" Danny tells him and when would the teacher have the time to deal with Willis's learning problem, they have over 30 kids in class and are too busy breaking up fights, confiscating weapons and drugs to notice. Join me next month when I cover S2E1 and S2E2: Arnold's Girlfriend Parts 1 & 2, which aired on September 21, 1979. In PART 1 Arnold must have an appendectomy. Fred Tanner wants his daughter Alice put in a bedroom away from Arnold. When the two learn of this, they run away. In PART 2 Arnold's life is put on the line when the kids find out they cannot share a hospital room and end up running away on the night before Arnold's surgery. Have a great week everyone and please continue to be safe and use precautions.