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Remember these 'very special' TV episodes? (local6)

Sitcoms give us 30 minutes (22 if you don't figure in the commercials), of
brainless, escapist fun. They give us a chance to forget the world, turn off
our brains, and see how Jack overhears Chrissy talk about buying a loaf of
bread, but misunderstanding her to mean that she's pregnant. The hilarity
ensues, we laugh for a while, and then we can get back to our awful lives. But
some genius decided that sitcoms were too frivolous, and they would be good
vehicles to deliver poignant messages. Apparently Afterschool Specials weren't
getting the job done, so TV execs gave us: "The Very Special" episode. These
were the episodes of our favorite sitcoms that took on issues that would make
everyone in the room feel uncomfortable to learn that Becky just "became a
woman." Like the following five episodes for instance ... No. 5: Arnold vs. a
pedophile on 'Diff'rent Strokes' There are probably two things that come to
mind when one mentions "Diff'rent Strokes." The first, of course, is the line
that the late Gary Coleman was known for decades after the show ended: "What
'chu talkin' 'bout [fill in name here]?" The ...

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