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Now the world don't move to the feet of just one drum. What might be right for

you may not be right for some.

A man is born, he's a man of means.

Then along come two, they got nothing but the genes. But they got different

strokes to take, different strokes to take, different strokes to move the

Everybody's got a special kind of story.

Everybody finds a way to shine.

It don't matter that you got not a lot. So what? You'll have yours and I'll have

mine. And together we'll be fine. Different strokes to move the world.

strokes to move the world.

work to do. Go play somewhere else.

No, I want to play here. This is my room, too.

Get a load of super mouse.

Watch it, Vernon.

The last dude who talked to me like that, I laserized his nose.

Come on, Arnold. We ain't got time to play kid games with you.

A salami sandwich and pretzels.

Arnold, how many times have I told you not to put food in my drawer?

I have.

I'm telling you from last time, don't put food in my drawer.

I don't like mustard on my socks.

Would you rather have mayonnaise?

Come on, Willis, get your stuff set up. All right. Hey, what are you guys doing?

Vernon's helping me with my class project.

Vernon takes pictures for the school paper in Harlem.

That's right, and a picture by Vernon is worth a thousand words. I've seen your

pictures, and the first word is blurry.

Arnold, get your A out of here.

Yes.

All right.

I told you guys, this is my room, too.

That's the problem. I got no quiet, no privacy, no place to go and think deep

thoughts.

What you scram, Arnold. You always in the way.

I won't be in the way if I help.

Here, smile.

Where's my... Give me that.

Dog, man, you put your greasy fingers all over the lens.

Go take a walk to Hawaii.

Okay. Take your dumb pictures.

I got something better to do. I got a date on the moon with Lois Lane.

Ta -da!

Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

No, it is Super Arnold.

And Super Arnold is ready for his super snack.

Super Arnold already has had his super snack.

Arnold. Doesn't your stomach ever get filled up?

Yeah, but I can never get rid of that empty feeling I have in my mouth.

Well, I guess battling the forces of evil must make a guy pretty hungry,

Okay, Arnold.

I'll give you a couple of cookies.

Hey,

how about taking some up to Willis and his friends?

Yeah.

Willis will probably snatch the cookies out of my mouth and bounce me out of my

butt.

Oh?

Are you and Willis on the outs?

Well, Willis wants me out of the room, and you can't get much out of him than

that.

I'm sure it's just that photography project he's working on for school.

very important to him.

Hey, listen, everybody.

I need to take some more pictures of you guys for my school project of Mr. D and

Mrs. G.

But what's a picture of Mr.

D and Mrs. G without a little me?

Arnold, I got enough pictures of your toothless face.

Who are the pictures for, Willis?

See, I got this project called Interesting People I Know. Oh, yeah, and

already took some shots of the doorman, the janitor, and that crazy guy who

lives on 8th Avenue who plays the ukulele with his toe.

I would be honored to be included in such distinguished company.

Hey, why don't we all go to the living room? There's much more room in there.

Okay, Willis.

What do you want me to do? Play the spoons with my knees?

Nothing like that, Mrs. Gary. I want natural pictures.

You vacuuming, and Mr. D laughing at one of his own jokes.

If I don't, who will?

Come on, you guys. Hey!

Okay,

you guys. Where do you guys want to take the pictures at?

Hey, Willis, how about a shot of them standing on the balcony?

I hope the pigeons don't mistake them for statues.

Hey, listen.

Take one of me sitting at my desk with Mrs. Garrett standing beside me. Get us

both with one shot. Oh, well, that's a good idea.

Terrific. Oh, dear.

How does my hair look?

Oh, it looks very nice, Mrs. Garrett. How's mine?

Lovely.

I wouldn't worry about your hair. With Willis taking a picture, the top of your

heads won't be in it.

Oh, get out the way.

Hey, Vernon, I'm shooting at 1 30th of a second at F2, okay?

Yeah, that's perfect.

It'll be even more perfect if you take the cap off the lens.

See what you made me do? You got me so bugged I forgot to take it off.

Come on, Arnold.

Watch it, Earthman.

You're messing with a dude who's faster than a speeding bullet and more powerful

than a locomotive.

You better get your locomotive out of here before Willis lets you have it in

your caboose.

And I get the picture.

Okay, guys, on the count of three.

One, two, three.

Hey, Willis, you got a bad case for little brother. I'll go get the

stuff ready.

All right, man.

Mr. Drummond, I'm getting tired of Arnold always hanging around me.

Well, I think you're hanging around me.

Wherever I go, you're always there. I'm not. I think this is a case for the

Justice Department.

We'll talk about it later at bedtime.

And that's another thing.

Why do I have to go to bed when Arnold goes to bed?

I'm 13 and he's only 8. I want to be treated different because I'm older.

Well, Willis, I guess you do have a point there.

And that's another thing. Arnold's always under my feet.

I'll never have any privacy until he gets married.

Married? On my allowance?

I'm telling you for the last time, Arnold. Stay out of my way.

I sure hate having Willis mad at me.

He doesn't like me anymore.

We used to be like brothers.

Oh, now, Arnold, don't feel that way. Come here.

Now, listen.

Willis didn't say he didn't like you.

Did he, Mrs. Garrett?

Of course not.

He was saying that at his age, he just needs a little more space.

But I don't take up that much space.

He just doesn't love me anymore.

Oh, of course he does.

He may be a little upset with you at the moment, but pretty soon he'll be

treating you in the same old way.

I hope so.

I sure miss the nice way you used to call me knucklehead.

Don't worry, Arnold.

You'll soon be a knucklehead again.

Thank you.

And in the meantime, it might not be a bad idea if you just kind of, you know,

stayed out of his way a little.

Okay? Okay.

to bump into him sooner or later.

We both use the same john, you know.

Yeah, I know.

Hey, I suddenly know why Willis is acting so cuckoo.

You do?

Yeah. He's going through that thing I heard about.

What thing?

Well, it comes at the same time as pimples. They call it puberty.

up any developed pictures. Close the door and turn on the red light.

and take some more pictures.

If you listen to me, you tie them up, give them away, or mail them out of

I'll see you later, man.

Yeah, I'll check with your blood.

Come out of there, Arnold.

Come on, you're in there. Come on.

I just about had it with you.

There's no privacy with you around.

Your nose is all...

It's either in my drawer or my closet. Or I bet you even stuck it in my secret

journal. I didn't even know you kept a secret journal.

Oh, yeah?

I bet you read what I wrote about being a brain surgeon.

Not a brain surgeon, an astronaut.

I thought so. Oh, that doesn't, that really doesn't. You

know you're not supposed to look at my secret thing. Hey, boy, hold it, hold

Hey, hold it, hold it. What's all the ruckus about?

because I had to go to the bathroom.

I was developing my film in there, and he ruined them.

It was an accident.

Now, Willis, I don't think Arnold would do that on purpose.

It don't make no difference.

Every time I turn around, it's Arnold or his toys.

Can't take it anymore.

Is there any way I can get my own room?

Your own room?

every night with his snoring i don't snore i'll wake you up sometimes so you

hear it now hold it willis listen i understand your problem but you know we

don't have another bedroom in this apartment i'll sleep any place i'll even

sleep in the laundry room well there isn't room for a bed in there you know

stay here and let arnold sleep in the dryer

He's gonna sleep in the waterbed.

We don't have a waterbed.

We will when you get in the bathtub and I turn on the faucet. All right,

good.

Just hold it. That is enough, you guys.

Now, look, listen.

Part of being brothers is learning how to live with people.

And you better start learning.

You better start by learning to get along with each other right here in this

room.

Now, shake hands.

Willis, Arnold, shake hands.

Come on.

All right.

Now, you two be nice to each other. We will, Mr. Drummond. Okay.

have my own room.

I'm gonna have the next best thing to it.

We're gonna divide this room in half.

Okay.

I'll take the half from the floor up to here.

You can have the rest the way up to the ceiling.

We're dividing this room equally.

And as of right now, I'm not talking to you anymore.

Who you talking about, Willis?

I said, who you talking about, Willis?

because it's on my side of the room.

Well, if I was talking to somebody, I'd say he better get all of his stuff out

of my closet because it's lowering the property value on my side of the room.

I see somebody left their fish food in my drawer.

I guess some goldfish gonna wind up sucking gravel. Hey, Willis, don't

Abraham.

I'll get you some food.

Somebody touched your food and got your nice dry worms dirty.

It sure is nice to be alone in my own room.

Yep. It sure is nice to be alone in my own room.

You know, Abraham, this room would be just perfect if I could get rid of the

echo.

Since the door to the room is on my side, I think I'll charge 25 cents to

people out.

Since the bathroom is on my side, I think I'll charge a dollar to let

people out.

Well, I guess I'll have a look at television.

This is on my side of the room.

Give somebody else their remote control unit, or he's gonna get it.

I hear a voice, but I don't see anybody.

But does he see this?

No, he sees it. And what's he gonna do about it?

He's gonna call the police, because the fist is on my property.

Why's all the furniture rearranged here?

Willis wanted to buy this room in half. So I can have some privacy.

Well, look, fellas.

There's got to be a better solution to the problem than this. There is.

Sell Willis to the circus.

And the first thing I'd do is shoot you out of a cannon.

You're not going to solve anything until you stop bickering.

Don't look at me.

I ain't said a single bick.

I know you want privacy, but that simply is not the way to get it.

Now, Willis, there must be some way for you to get along.

As long as she stays away from me, we'll get along just fine.

I'll do better than that.

I'm going to stay twice as far from Willis as he stays from me.

Mr. Drummond, would you please tell somebody who I ain't talking to not to

mention my name out loud?

And, Mr. Drummond, would you please tell somebody who I ain't talking to that I

have them now?

I don't even remember his name. That's good, you do. All right, all right. You

two people who aren't talking had better listen to somebody that is.

Now, just cool it.

That's an order.

Now, you've blown this thing out of all proportion, both of you.

You get your act together. Cool down, and we'll talk this out after dinner.

Now, remember, boys, I meant what I said.

Ready for dinner?

Stop being ready for dinner as soon as I finish breakfast.

Where's Willis?

You mean my ex -brother?

He went out a few hours ago to take some more dumb pictures.

What's that?

When are we gonna eat?

Soon as Willis gets here.

He knows dinner is at this time.

He probably won't want to eat with me unless we cut the table in half.

Oh, now, Arnold, I'm sure you and Willis can patch things up.

You know, even the famous Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, had an

when they had their first flight.

Yeah? What about?

Well, they both wanted to sit next to the window.

Orville was lucky that Willis wasn't his brother, because Willis would have

shoved him out of the plane.

Oh, listen, Arnold.

Willis has come to an age where he wants his privacy.

And you will, too, someday.

Now, Willis may be a little mad at you right now, but, you know, he really

you.

Oh, sure.

It's only when people really love each other that they get so angry at one

another. Then he must really love me a lot.

Of course he does.

And I know you love him a lot, too.

I'll get that, Mrs. Jarrett.

Hello?

Hi, Mr. Drummond. It's Willis. Oh, Willis.

Where are you?

In Harlem?

What are you doing there?

I took some more pictures and Vernon's helping me develop them. But it's dinner

time.

I'll come pick you up at Vernon's.

They invited me to eat here.

I see.

Yes? Is he coming home for dinner?

Hold a second.

No, he's eating there.

They're serving black -eyed peas, cornbread, and collard greens.

Ask them if they got room for one more.

Well, I'll pick you up after dinner then.

Mr. Drummond, can I stay the night over at Vernon's house?

Well, all right.

Well, then when shall I pick you up?

You see, Mr. Drummond, it's like this.

I see.

Yes.

Well, I think I understand, Willis.

Well, we'll have to talk about this, Willis.

Very well, you call me first thing in the morning.

What's up, Mr. Drummond?

Oh, it's nothing. He just wants to sleep at Vernon's tonight.

Oh.

Yeah, sure.

My brother, who loves me so much, can't stand me.

Oh, no, no, it's not that, Arnold.

It's just that Vernon's brother's away, so Willis can use his room just for

tonight. You get it?

Yeah, he can't stand me.

Arnold, you didn't touch your soup.

I touched it.

Just don't feel like swallowing it.

This has gone far enough.

Willis isn't sure he wants to come home for a while.

Oh, my.

Is it that bad?

Well, I think I better put a stop to this before it gets any worse.

First thing tomorrow morning, I'm going to have a little talk with Willis.

me up they got me arnold jackson the little kid on park

avenue well i know it's kind of late but i figured if i'm up so are you

see i got this problem

it's my brother willis he left because he's mad at me and well I

miss him even if he hits me with pillows and makes my life miserable.

I promise if you send him back that he can have the whole place.

I mean, I don't need that much room.

I can sleep in a drawer.

So please send him back to me. And if there's ever a favor I can do for you,

just let me know.

Amen. 10 -4.

Morbid out.

Good night.

Thanks. You're welcome.

You talking to me?

Well, you just talked to me.

Well, I wasn't... Oh, what's the difference?

Just as long as we're talking.

How come you're back?

Well, there I was at Byrne's developing film that you did in Rick.

And in every one, there was your silly face smiling at me.

Well, I know it's silly, but... It's the only face I got.

And then I started thinking about this room and how it just wouldn't be the

without you and your junk to trip over.

And me and my junk were thinking the same about you.

I'm sorry that I yelled at you, Arnold.

Oh, that's okay.

I'd rather have you yell at me than anybody.

You're a great yeller.

You get a lot of practice with you around.

Thanks.

Goodnight Arnold.

Goodnight Willis.

Now the world don't move to the beat of just one drum.

What might be right for you may not be right for some. For man is born, he's a

man of ease.

Then along come two, they have nothing but the genes.

They got different strokes to take, different strokes to take. Different

to move the world, yeah, different strokes to take.

Different strokes to move the world.