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The Bicycle Man: Part 1

  • Episode aired Feb 5, 1983
  • TV-PG
  • 25m
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Gary Coleman and Gordon Jump in Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
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Arnold and Dudley become friends with the owner of a local bicycle shop named Henry, unaware that he is a pedophile looking for his next victim.Arnold and Dudley become friends with the owner of a local bicycle shop named Henry, unaware that he is a pedophile looking for his next victim.Arnold and Dudley become friends with the owner of a local bicycle shop named Henry, unaware that he is a pedophile looking for his next victim.

  • Director
    • Gerren Keith
  • Writers
    • Blake Hunter
    • Bernie Kukoff
    • Jeff Harris
  • Stars
    • Conrad Bain
    • Gary Coleman
    • Todd Bridges
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    160
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gerren Keith
    • Writers
      • Blake Hunter
      • Bernie Kukoff
      • Jeff Harris
    • Stars
      • Conrad Bain
      • Gary Coleman
      • Todd Bridges
    • 7User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Conrad Bain
    Conrad Bain
    • Philip Drummond
    Gary Coleman
    Gary Coleman
    • Arnold Jackson
    Todd Bridges
    Todd Bridges
    • Willis Jackson
    Dana Plato
    Dana Plato
    • Kimberly Drummond
    Gordon Jump
    Gordon Jump
    • Mr. Horton
    Shavar Ross
    Shavar Ross
    • Dudley Ramsey
    • Director
      • Gerren Keith
    • Writers
      • Blake Hunter
      • Bernie Kukoff
      • Jeff Harris
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    10ThunderKing6

    The game changer

    The episode that changed the world.

    It was a thoughtful and over the limits kinda show.

    Many can relate or have some type of reaction to the subject. They talked about a subject without going too graphic about it.

    Too bad people of today are much worse than the characters back then.
    mandelaalum

    A Disturbing Two Part Episode

    It has always been said that children must enjoy their childhood but what this episode has come to show is that this is not always the case. Even in 2025, child molestation is still a reality in this age.

    These two-part episodes remain relevant 42 years after their release. It has come to demonstrate that there are a lot of sick individuals that seek to take advantage of innocent children who find themselves in precarious situations as that demonstrated in this two-part episode.

    If there is one thing that all parents do is to never leave their children with strangers. A well acted but disturbing two- part episode.
    2TheFearmakers

    Laugh Tracks For Molester's Jokes

    Someone this "Very Special Episode" which is actually infamously campy and pitiful, has been taken as some kind of brave historic document when it's really sickening to the core, and here's why...

    The audience or laugh tracks or both combined keep laughing even after Gordon Jump's title Bicycle Man is a molester... He'll do some creepy move on the kids, and then say something he thinks is funny and it's infectious because the audience cracks up... Tell me there's NOTHING wrong with that...

    If this episode (or two, actually) was supposed to be ultra-serious, and making families talk, they shouldn't have watched the episode where the show itself laughs at the jokes of a child molester. Shows just how cheap this production was.

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    • Trivia
      Due to the abuse he suffered from his publicist as a child Todd Bridges states in the film An Open Secret (2014) that this episode made him increasingly uncomfortable.
    • Goofs
      In the playground where the kids are drinking from a water fountain, there's no water coming out of the fountain.
    • Quotes

      Mr. Horton: [to Arnold] You and I are gonna have a lot of good times together.

    • Connections
      Featured in An Open Secret (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Diff'rent Strokes
      (Theme Song)

      Written by Alan Thicke, Al Burton and Gloria Loring

      Performed by Alan Thicke

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    • Release date
      • February 5, 1983 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 42, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Embassy Television
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    • Runtime
      • 25m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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