ABC is doing another one of those "Live in Front of a Studio Audience" specials on December 7th.This time, they're doing episodes of "Diff'rent Strokes" and its spinoff, "The Facts of Life". The casting this time around is a little cracy, because Kevin Hart is playing Arnold Drummond . . . a.k.a. the Gary Coleman role . . . on "Diff'rent Strokes". And DAMON WAYANS is playing his big brother Willis . . . originally played by Todd Bridges. I guess they wanted famous faces in the roles, and that makes sense. John Lithgow is playing Mister Drummond, and Ann Dowd from "The Handmaid's Tale" will play Mrs. Garrett. It stands to reason that she's in both episodes, since she was the crossover character. As of right now though, there's no other word on Facts of Life casting, like who will play Tootie, Blair, Jo and Natalie. This should be interesting. Plus at some point, usually one of the original cast members always shows up. We'll see if that happens this time around. I love watching these live episodes because you never know what's going to happen. Will you be watching on December 7th on ABC?
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