Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986): Season 5, Episode 17 - The Bicycle Man: Part 2 - full transcript

- Hello, I'm Conrad Bain.

Tonight on Diff'rent
Strokes, we're showing the

concluding half of a
special two-part show

on a very sensitive
and important subject.

We urge families,
children and parents alike,

to watch this
informative episode

and then discuss the
problem presented,

which is of deep
concern to all of us.

Thank you.

♪ 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

♪ A man is born,
he's a man of means

♪ Then along come two

♪ They got nothing
but their jeans

♪ But they got Diff'rent Strokes

♪ It takes Diff'rent Strokes

♪ It takes Diff'rent
Strokes to move the world

♪ 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

♪ They'll have
theirs, you'll have yours

♪ And I'll have mine



♪ And together we'll be fine

♪ 'Cause it takes Diff'rent
Strokes to move the world

♪ Yes it does

♪ It takes Diff'rent
Strokes to move the world

- Read all about the big
sale at Horton's Bicycle Shop!

Don't get shut out!

Last week on Diff'rent Strokes,

Arnold and his pal Dudley
were trying to earn radios

for their bicycles by
passing out handbills

for Mr. Horton's bike store.

Later that day, Mr. Horton
invited the boys into

his back room to have some
pizza and to play games.

And he gave them
a little wine to drink.

Then he showed them
some photos of himself

swimming naked
with some young boys.

He cautioned them not to
say anything to their parents.

After that, he had
Dudley take off his shirt

so they could play
Tarzan, take some pictures.

He said he had some
even better ideas for later on.

And now, we
continue with part two.

- You know, what we need is
a Tarzan yell from you guys.

You know, pounding on the chest.

- He sounds like a
dying water buffalo.

- You know what
would really be terrific

would be for Tarzan to
have a lion to wrestle, huh?

- Mr. Horton,
that's a great idea!

- I don't think this Tarzan
could wrestle a grasshopper.

- I got a great idea.

Why don't I be the lion Dudley,

you take the
pictures Arnold, okay?

- Okay by me.

- You know how to
operate that thing, Arnold?

- Oh yeah, sure.

We had one of these at
home, only more expensive.

- I guess I'm the first
semi-bald king of the jungle.

All right, why don't you
hop on my back there.

And I'll pretend like I'm
really trying to throw you there.

Sorry I don't have a
tail for you to hang onto.

- That's okay, you can
just wag your behind.

- Okay, here we
go, the old roar.

That's a lot of
fun, isn't it Dudley?

- Yeah.

- Say, now we're gonna
have to protect ourselves here

in the jungle, I mean,
we don't wanna be

bitten by the terrible
tsetse fly, now do we?

Maybe we should
have a little more wine.

- No thanks, I'd rather
get bitten on the tsetse.

- Well, I know my friend
Dudley's not gonna let me down.

- Sure, I'll have some more.

You gonna be a chicken, Arnold?

- Well, okay.

I'll have just one sip.

- Here you go Arnold.

Okay fellas, here we go, huh?

What do they say, score?

- Bottoms up!

- L'chaim!

Oh, I learned that from
a Jewish kid in school.

Only he does it
with low fat milk.

That's enough for me.

- Oh come on, listen,

don't worry about too much wine.

I mean, I'm not gonna let
you have too much wine

because you know, your folks
may smell it on your breath,

and they might get mad at me.

- Oh, if Dad smelled
it on my breath,

I won't get that
bicycle for my birthday.

I won't live that long.

- Guys, don't worry
about it, will ya?

I got plenty of gum and
breath mints back here,

and you guys can
have all you like.

Hey, listen, what game
we gonna play now?

Oh I got it, trampoline.

- You got a trampoline here?

- Oh no, but we can jump
up and down on the bed!

- Gee Mr. Horton, you
sure got some great ideas.

- Wait a minute guys,

stop calling me Mr. Horton, huh?

Why don't you call my
by my nickname, Curly.

I'll call you Moe,
and you'll be Larry.

We'll pretend like
we're the new improved

version of the
Three Stooges, huh?

Hey, what an act we got.

- Hey Curly, I think
you got a customer.

- Oh don't worry about it guys,

I'll get rid of him right now.

Uh, listen guys.

Maybe we ought to hold it down,

keep it real quiet, huh?

Shh!

- Hi there Mr. Horton.

- Well hello Mr. Drummond.

What brings you
out on a day like this?

- Well I was just
going by this way

and I thought I'd stop in
and square up with you

on that bicycle I'm
getting for Arnold.

Will you take a credit card?

- Oh sure.

- Uh-oh, I left home without it.

Will you take this other card?

- Sure, you bet.

There we go.

Now if you don't mind, why
don't you sign that for me.

I'll fill it out later, I don't
want to hold you up.

- Oh no, you're
not holding me up.

Go ahead, fill it out.

Oh, Arnold's really
gonna enjoy this bike, huh?

- If you'll just
sign here for me.

- I remember when
I got my first bike.

My little face beamed, I
jumped up and down with joy.

I was the proudest
kid in college.

- Could you just sign
right here please?

- It was supposed
to be a little joke,

but I didn't think
it was that little.

- Oh I'm sorry, I'm just
not with it today I guess.

Would you sign it there please?

- You know, I really
am very grateful to you

for letting Arnold earn
that radio for his bicycle.

I think it's very
important for kids to learn

the value of working for
something that you want.

- Oh, yeah, right.

Right there.

- Holy cow!

It's my dad and me
smelling like a blue nun!

- You're in big trouble, Arnold.

- So are you, you're in this
up to your naked armpits.

Yeah, we gotta get out of here.

- The back door!

- God, I'm trying.

Let's go!

- And then when I was
11, I had a paper route.

I guess I was luckier
than most kids.

The chauffer drove me around
the route in the limousine.

- That's really rough.

- Am I keeping you
from something?

You seem to be
a little distracted.

- Oh, me, no no.

I was just closing up.

I've got a pizza in the oven.

- Oh well, then I'll go
and leave you to the

heartbreak of heartburn.

- Listen, thanks for coming by

and give my best to the family.

- Okay, thanks, see you again.

- Oh boy.

Okay fellas, I
got rid of the guy.

Arnold?

Dudley?

- Arnold?

- What?

- I said, don't ever sneak
up behind me like that.

Kids can have heart
attacks too, ya know.

- We weren't sneaking up.

And what are you doing chewing
a big wad of gum like that?

- Uh, I have a big mouth.

- We already know that.

What kind of gum is
that, spearmint muscatel?

- Yeah, I smell it too.

Arnold, you got
booze on your breath.

- It's only wine.

- What do you mean only wine?

What are you doing
drinking any kind of alcohol?

- Um.

Well, uh.

Dudley's dad let us
have a couple of sips

because it was a
special occasion.

- What special occasion?

- Uh.

Dudley's hamster
had little hamlets.

- Arnold, are you jiving us?

- Oh, of course not.

Besides, what's the big deal?

Everybody drinks wine in France.

- You're not in France.

- And if Dad finds out
that you've been drinking,

you're gonna wish
you were in Siberia.

- Oh, well you don't
have to tell him.

I mean, why give him
something to worry about?

It's not like he's gonna
find me sleeping in the gutter

with a red nose and a
three-day growth of beard.

Look, I promise I'm
through with wine forever.

Or until I get to France.

- You swear?

- I swear.

- On your ET alarm clock?

- So help me Steven Spielberg.

- Okay, then we
won't say anything.

- Thanks.

- And get rid of
that wad of gum.

Man, you look like a chipmunk
storing nuts for the winter.

- Okay.

- Why don't you
gargle with something

to get rid of that
wine on your breath?

Why don't you try
Listerine on the rocks?

- Hi kids!

- Hi Daddy!
- Hi Dad.

- Hey, Arnold.

Where are you
going, wait a minute.

I haven't hugged my kid today.

- Uh, Dad?

Um, I'm getting too
old for that mush.

- I'm not and I'm
almost twice your age.

- Uh, maybe it's just a
macho stage I'm going through.

Would you settle
for a handshake?

- Well, that's
better than nothing.

- Nice to see you
home from work, Dad.

- Thanks, maybe after dinner

we'll have cigars and
brandy in the study.

What's going on with Arnold?

He's acting very strange lately.

- I didn't notice anything.

- Me neither.

- Well maybe he's going
through a mid-puberty crisis.

As a matter of fact,
I'm not over mine yet.

- Oh, here they are folks,

the stupendous, the
incredible, the mysterious

disappearing bicycle brothers.

I mean, now you see them,

now you don't.

What happened to
you guys yesterday?

- Sorry we had to leave
without saying goodbye, Curly.

- We looked out the peep
hole and saw it was my dad.

What did he want?

- He just wanted to pay
for the bike he got you.

He doesn't even suspect
that you were here.

- You know, I feel funny
about all this sneaking around.

- Arnold, it's not
sneaking around.

We're just simply trying
to keep me out of trouble

for giving you guys all
these little treats after school.

- Yeah, that's right Arnold.

- But remember we
can get in trouble too.

Maybe we shouldn't say.

- What?

Do my hears
deceive me, not stay?

After I have gone out and
gotten an arm load of cartoons

for you guys to watch this
afternoon on television?

- Boy, I'd sure like
to see some cartoons.

Come on Arnold.

- I don't know.

- Oh that's all right Dudley.

That just means that there's
more Boston Cream Pie

for you and me.

- Boston Cream Pie?

Like with three layers

and whipped cream

and gooey chocolate on top?

- That's it.

- I guess I could
always eat and run.

- That's my man.

All right fellas,
and away we go.

Follow me, all righty roo.

Listen, you know those
pictures we took yesterday?

I got those back, they're
right there on the table.

- Hey Curly,

these are terrific.

- And you said I didn't
have muscles, Arnold.

Look at me, I'm bulging
out like I'm in 3-D.

- Your muscles
are 3-D all right.

Drooping, dragging,
and disgusting.

- Okay guys, here it is.

It's a show time and pie time.

Good afternoon
ladies and gentlemen,

it's time for Curly's
Cartoon Cavalcade.

Ooh, and away we go.

- Man, I love cartoons.

- Me too!

- I'll bet you guys haven't
seen Murphy the Mouse.

- No!

- He's cute, check him out.

Hey, that mouse
just lost his pants!

And he's not wearing
any under-shorts!

- Look at that girl mouse.

She's wearing a bikini.

- Not anymore!

Dudley!

I've never seen a
cartoon like this before.

- Me neither, look what
we've been missing.

- Dudley, this is
an X-rated cartoon.

It's dirty.

- Yeah, I know.

- Arnold, it's not dirty.

It's adult.

And we are all
adults, aren't we?

- We only look adult
because we worry a lot.

Let's go.

- No way, I want to see
how that mouse makes out.

- I don't like this cartoon.

But I have nothing
against this pie.

- Come on Arnold, stick around.

- No Dudley, look, if
Arnold wants to go,

then that's what he should do.

- I'm warning you Dudley.

If the Mouseketeers
hear about this,

you'll have to
turn in your ears.

- Listen Dudley.

Don't worry about Arnold.

We can have a lot
more fun without him.

After the cartoon's over,

we'll play Neptune,
King of the Sea.

- How do you play that?

- Oh, you know, it
takes a lot of water,

the bathtub or the shower.

Oh, it's a great game,
you're gonna love it.

Somebody's at the door,

- Willis.
- Kimberly.

Will you get that?

- Oh, don't anybody move.

I'll get it.

I'm not doing
anything important.

I'm just revising my will,

I'm cutting both
of you out of it.

- Good afternoon,
Phil, how are ya?

- Hi Ted, come on in.

What a nice surprise.

Hi Mr. Ramsey.

- Look, forgive me for
barging in on you like this,

but I thought it was something
we should discuss in person.

It's about my son.

- Well come on, sit down.

Can I get you a cup of coffee?

- No nothing, thanks.

- So, you have a
problem with Dudley?

- Yeah, I feel a little
awkward about this, but

I'd really appreciate
it if you didn't let him

have any more wine
when he's over here.

- Wine?

Where in the world
did you get the idea

that I gave Dudley wine?

- Well yesterday he came
home with wine on his breath

and he said that
you gave it to him.

- Well I can assure
you that I didn't,

and I can't imagine what
would make him say that I did.

- Kimberly, I think we
better tell Dad what we know.

- I know, I hate to be a snitch

but I think you're
right, Willis.

- Tell me what, Willis?

- Well yesterday Arnold came
home with wine on his breath.

And he said Mr. Ramsey
gave it to him.

- Me?

- Now why didn't you
two tell me that before?

- Oh Daddy, Arnold
looked so guilty

and he promised
he'd never do it again,

so we let it go.

- I assure you, Phil, I
never gave wine to Arnold.

- Well obviously, Arnold
and Dudley are experimenting

with alcohol, I don't like that.

- Well neither do I.

They're still babies.

- Well it looks like the babies
have gone from the nipple

straight to the ripple.

- Well, I'm glad I came over.

Dudley and I are gonna
have a little heart to heart talk.

- Arnold and I may have
a little hand to butt talk.

- Hello Arnold.

- Oh, uh, hi Mr. Ramsey.

- Well, I'll be going, Phil.

- Thanks for dropping by.

We'll be in touch.

- Good enough, bye kids.

Bye, Mr. Ramsey.

- Dad, what was
Dudley's father doing here?

- Well he came to discuss
something that I found

quite informative?

- Oh, what's that?

- You and Dudley
hitting the bottle.

- What you talkin' about, Dad?

- Since when did you and Dudley
become the Booze Brothers?

Now, don't try to deny
that you've been drinking.

Put it down right over here.

I want the whole story
from beginning to end.

Where did you get the wine?

- Well, I'm not
supposed to tell.

- Arnold.
- Mr. Horton.

- Mr. Horton?

- The man in the bicycle shop?

- What's he got to do with this?

- Well, while I was
there with Dudley,

he gave us some pizza and wine.

- What else went on there?

- He showed us some pictures.

Everybody was naked.

- Naked?

- And he showed us
some kinky cartoons.

- What do you mean by kinky?

- Well, you told me about
the birds and the bees,

but that's nothing compared
to what those mice were doing.

- I think I'd better have a
talk with our Mr. Horton.

- Dad, you don't think?

- Yes, I sure do.

- But is there
something wrong, Dad?

Maybe we should go get
Dudley, he's still down there.

- At the bicycle shop?

- Oh my god.

- Dad, I'm going with you.

- Now wait a second.

Maybe we should
call the police first.

- The police?

- And I'm gonna leave a
message with Dudley's father.

- Oh look, I'm sorry
Mr. Drummond,

I'm just about to close up here.

I've had a little problem.

- Is this Horton?

- Yes it is.

- I think you've got a
big problem, Mr. Horton.

- Now where's Dudley?

Arnold told us that he was here.

- Look, I don't understand.

Was there some kind
of joke, Mr. Drummond?

- Stay with him.

- Wait a minute, man,
you can't go back there!

- Dudley?

Dudley, where are you?

Maybe he's in here.

- Mr. Drummond,

it might be better if I
looked in there first.

- Dudley.

Are you okay?

- Oh Mr. Drummond,
am I glad to see you.

Boy, I sure feel goofy.

- Did Mr. Horton give
you anything, Dudley?

- A pill, he said it would
make me feel good.

- Dudley?

Are you all right?

- Yeah, I guess so.

But I'm kinda scared.

- Dudley, I want you to tell me

exactly what happened
before we came in.

- Do I have to?

- Go ahead, it's all right.

- Now Dudley, you can tell
everything to Detective Simpson

because he's here to help us.

- Well at first, Dad, I
was having a lot of fun.

Then Mr. Horton,

he tried to

he tried to touch me.

- It's not your fault, son.

And I don't blame you.

And I'm not gonna punish you.

I love you.

Do you understand?

- Well, thank goodness
you got to Dudley

before anything really
terrible happened to him.

How's he doing?

- Well, he's still
a little shaken up.

- Yeah, he's a lucky boy.

He'll come out
of this just fine.

He's got parents who are
loving and understanding.

You know, some parents
actually blame the children

for what happened.

- That is dreadful, that is
the worst thing you could do.

- What's gonna
happen to Mr. Horton?

- Well, I think we got a darn
good case against him, Willis.

Thanks to your
father calling us,

we were able to surprise him,

and we found some
very incriminating pictures.

- Worse than the mice?

- Much worse.

- What is this world coming to?

- See, Detective Simpson said

that it was a good
thing that we called him,

because if I'd gone done and
confronted Horton by myself,

he would have been able to
get rid of all the photographs

before the police
could even get there.

- Unfortunately, most
parents do just that,

and the guy gets off scot free.

Oh, and by the way, Arnold,

your evidence is
gonna help us a lot, too.

I think I got all the
details right here,

including there was a cherry

on the banana split he gave you.

- Did I mention
the chopped nuts?

- Yeah, that too.

- Boy, I really spilled my guts.

- I just can't get over this.

We've known
Mr. Horton for a year,

he seemed like such a nice man.

- Well, that's the contradiction
with child molesters.

In their own strange way,
they actually love children.

The majority of them would
never intentionally harm a child.

The sad part is, they can
emotionally scar a child for life.

- Man, I never would have
guessed that Mr. Horton was,

well, you know, gay.

- Well, he's not, Willis.

You know, that's a common
fallacy about child molesters.

They're not gay,
they're only interested

in little boys or
little girls, not adults.

- Look, I'm only 11 years old,

should I be hearing all of this?

- Absolutely, Arnold.

If more kids knew the facts,

less of these things
would happen.

Unfortunately, child
molesters prey on the

innocence of children.

- Yeah, you're right
about that, Mr. Drummond.

Well, I think I'll
be leaving now.

- Thanks very much,
Detective Simpson.

We appreciate your help.

- Oh, my pleasure,
Mr. Drummond, believe me.

So long, kids.

Bye!

- How you doing, son?

- I'm okay.

- You wanna talk about it?

- Well, you're looking at
one disillusioned dude.

If you can't trust a nice
man like Mr. Horton,

who can you trust?

- Oh, Arnold, I think you
can trust most people.

But you do have to be careful.

Somebody wants you to
do something that's wrong,

or if they want you
to lie to your parents,

that is a person that
should not be trusted.

No matter how good the
reason they give you seems to be.

- And you have to watch
out for people who come on

real strong, and try to
win you over with gifts.

- That's right, and
especially if they want

to touch you where you
don't want to be touched.

- Thanks, Dad, I understand.

- Any more questions?

- Just one.

Do I still get a bicycle
for my birthday?

- You sure do, and a radio.

I'm mighty proud of you, son.

- You know,

I didn't like the things
Mr. Horton was trying to do

in the bicycle shop,

but some hugs and
kisses are still okay.

If you know of a
problem with child sexual

abuse, please contact
your local law enforcement

or social service agency.

♪ 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

♪ A man is born,
he's a man of means

♪ Then along come two

♪ they got nothing
but their jeans

♪ But they got,
Diff'rent Strokes

♪ It takes Diff'rent Strokes

♪ It takes Diff'rent
Strokes to move the world

♪ Yes it does

♪ It takes Diff'rent
Strokes to move the world