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Younger he could immediately adapt to comic timing that was natural. >> i've never seen a black goldfish before. >> that's okay, he never saw a rich white man before either. >> narrator: gary's talent was apparent to producers from the get-go. while shooting the very first episode, gary proved he knew how to make 'em laugh, and keep 'em coming back for more. >> what you talkin' bout, willis? >> silverman: gary coleman came up with the catch phrase "what you talkin' about, willis?" it was an ad lib, and sometimes some of the best phrases like that are ad libs. >> brown: it's a popular catch phr...

0 >> drew: "diff'rent strokes" was really the show that everyone in my generation grew up watching. >> wolf: it was adorable, and it was funny, and it was warm, and it was innovative. >> silverman: gary coleman, you just looked at him, and you smiled. >> what you talkin' 'bout, willis? >> mcilwain: the values that they strived to teach arehat values that are longstanding american values. >> piazza: but at the same ti time, i think everyone just thinks about them as the poster children for teen stars that get screwed up. >> wolf: addiction, depression, all the things that can come along with th...

Into treatment was methamphetamine, but that almost destroyed my live. >> what was rock bottom? >> rock bottom was one day i was at a motel, and i remember sitting there, and i had no shoes on, no shirt on, just got locked out of my room, and the crazy part about it was that still wasn't -- but i got it at that point, you know what i mean, where something was wrong, but i couldn't quite click it in my mind. the day it finally clicked in my mind was the day i was in treatment and locked me in a four points, and i had two straps on my feet and arm and put me in a diaper, and that's when i realiz...

Into treatment was methamphetamine but that almost destroyed my live. >> what was rock bottom. >> rock bottom was one day i was at a motel. and i remember sitting there and i had no shoes on, no shirt on, just got locked out of my room and the crazy part about it was that still wasn't -- but i got it at that point, you know what i mean where something was wrong but i couldn't quite click it in my mind. the day it finally clicked in my mind was the day i was in treatment an locked me in a four points and i had two straps on my feet and arm and put me in a diaper and that's when i realized that ...

My mind. the day it finally clicked in my mind was the day i was in treatment an locked me in a four points and i had two straps on pie feet and arm and put me in a diaper and that's when i realized that something was wrong and this was a far cry from willis jackson. >> the relationship you had with gary coleman was a really extraordinary one. incredible chemistry and yet reading the book you fell out with him on the show quite. >> third season. the third season because after his father came down, things changed. gary -- in the very beginning was a great kid, sweet, got along with everyone and...