Take two black kids and try to put them in a preppy white school. What do you get? Injustice and unfair tactics. Making the kids take a totally unfair test was a good way to show how they discriminate, with subtlety.
It was great to see the school taken down a few notches and the headmaster embarassed.
Definitely a lesson for everyone, even today in 2006.
The only negative about this episode? Well, it was meant to be silly, but the outfits! It was painful to watch Drummond come down the stairs wearing that prep school uniform!
I think Todd Bridges did a great job in this episode, showing why he was cast in the role of Willis.moreless
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Episode Summary
When Mr. Drummond tries to get Arnold and Willis into an exclusive prep school, it turns out to be just a little too exclusive for everyone's tastes.
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Gary Coleman
Arnold Jackson
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Charlotte Rae
Mrs. Edna Garrett (1978-1979)
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Conrad Bain
Philip Drummond
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ADD TRIVIA- When asked about the questions on the test, Arnold said: "They wanted to know how many people can sleep in a house with three bedrooms and a double bed in each room?" and his answer was 18 because 'they know people who get 3 in a bed, 2 on each floor, 6 on a couch, and 1 in the bathtub.' That would make 22 people, not 18. Edit
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ADD NOTES- Dana Plato (Kimberly) does not appear in this episode. Edit
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ADD QUOTES- Arnold: (on failing the Digby entrance exam) It must have been all those trick questions Philip: What kind of questions? Arnold: The kind that need answers. I mean special answers. Edit
- Philip: (doing the Digby cheer) Digby, Digby, Digby! (jumps) Philip: I think I hurt myself. Mrs. Garrett: They should change the name from "Digby, Digby Digby!" to "Hernia, Hernia, Hernia!" Edit
- Willis: (on his Digby uniform) If I went to school like this in Harlem, I'd get mugged by the principal. Edit
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