nowadays, you know, the press will give you a chance ifress you re outrageous enough, and he was outrageous enough. narrator: as he entered his 40s, gary coleman became outspoken about his faded glory. he s been quoted as saying if he had known that his beloved catch phrase would have ended his career, he would have said it differently. wolf: coleman s story could be viewed as a tragedy, but let s look at it another way a kid, adopted by parents who weren t educated, who had no money at all and were suddenly confronted with a kid with very expensive medical problems, and they just sort of, like, stumbled in to something that would amuse him and changed his life. so you can look at it as a tragedy. you could also look at it as a life truly saved. narrator: today, it s almost impossible for people of a certain generation to separate diff rent strokes from the personal lives of its stars. but for kids catching the show
nbc s diff rent strokes number-one-ranked abc fought back by airing the hit show happy days against the new sitcom. mcilwain: i mean, you re seeing sort of the opposite of american life. one show, happy days, that s obviously a sort of throwback, a longing for the supposed good old days. on the other hand, you got diff rent strokes, that is about now. it s about life in the 70s at that time, about the circumstances, the problems, the struggles, that are going on for this sort of very weird, different-kind-of-looking family, and so in a way, you have the sort of competing ideals, if you will, on the two networks, you know? and it s sort of like, you know, what do i want america to be like really? narrator: americans fell in love with kimberly, willis, and little arnold, and diff rent strokes gained even more viewers as the first season rolled along. the jokes on the family-friendly show weren t as biting as past
always kind of, like, wanted to be her growing up, and, you know, you really just saw her tragic, you know, life spiral out of control, and it was really sad. drew: dana was a picture-perfect example of somebody who probably had other problems going on that weren t diagnosed and weren tt weren t addressed, and she needed help. she ended up getting this massive amount of success early on and then not knowing how to handle it. narrator: if todd bridges eventual turnaround was the good and dana plato s tragic demise was the bad, then gary coleman s life after diff rent strokes stardom was just plain bizarre. gó
plate. holds on. holds on to the ball, gets the out. same inning, cabrera lifts one into left field. bobbie abreu with the sliding try, says he caught it, doesn t lie as well as duane did of the yankees the other i need. win 3-0 a shutout. tied the dodgers for the nl west lead. first time in dodgers franchise history shut out three games or more. california rivals tied for the division. willie, if this show weren t so focused on things that happened in the upper west side and the upper east side. yeah. and boston and d.c., of course, that s a great series that we d cover. great series. we just did. more than once a year. we just did. that was our coverage. that s it for the year. 19 seconds. dodger and giant fans we hope you enjoyed that. i have another west coast team. the angels playing the orioles. okay. j.j. hardy gets into one, sends it deep right center, mike trout the rookie, having an
sarah jessica parker and anna wintour take on roles as obama s fundraisers tonight. the price, $40,000 a plate. is hgtv s house hunters a fraud? a blogger on the show claims reality show was anything but. fake houses, made-up storylines. today, the network tells its side of the story. perfect game. a shining moment for matt cain. the pitcher throwing a rare perfect game, retiring all 27 hitters he faced. this morning, the giant is a gem. cnn newsroom begins right now. and good morning to you. i m carol costello. at one time, lance armstrong towered over the cycling world the way babe ruth was adored by baseball fans. but today, armstrong may be better compared to barry bonds. controversial, polarizing, and tainted anew by doping allegations. the new charges filed by the u.s. anti-doping agency could strip armstrong of one of his seven tour de france victories. and already they are forcing him to the sidelines at his new love, competing in ironman triathal triathalon