She looked so good on this program, Dana was very professional, regardless of what she was going through in her personal life at work, she was focused. TV was good for her, and she just wanted her career back, she wanted to work with what she was prepared for, but they took everything away from her after the pregnancy. She was beautiful, charismatic and talented but they dismissed her because she decided to become a mother at a very young age. The industry was very cowardly towards her, they turned their backs, fired her, didn't give her another chance and still kept using her personal problems as an audience. Several artists had problems with addiction, even worse than Dana, and they didn't lose their work, Hollywood was cowardly, I wouldn't have put up with everything she went through
Nobody else did, Scottie Tate! Sadly, Dana died tragically of an overdose in May of '99, and Gary would buy the farm eleven years later. With the subsequent deaths of Conrad Bain (in 2013) and Charlotte Rae (in 2018), Todd is the last surviving original cast member of "Diff'rent Strokes."
Todd is also the last surviving original cast member of "Diff'rent Strokes," sad to say...I always thought he'd be the first cast member to kick the proverbial bucket, but luckily Todd saw the light and cleaned up his act.
It's what happens when Hollywood dictators give you everything and make you feel so important and then 1 day act like they never knew you. No so longs no goodbyes just a Eff off and cut all ties. For adults it's hard but it's devastating to a teen who is left in the cold Typcast and no one returns calls.
Awesome seeing all three together!! Goosebumps. Dana was gorgeous!! Dana was struggling later in life yet Sinbad didn't try to humiliate as insider tv show did to Gary. They provoke Gary then say he's the one with issues. I applaud Gary for flipping the bird to the insider. Shame on them. Unlike Sinbad class act! He celebrated Dana birthday. Not try to focus on any struggles in her life. Sinbad did it as should be a great interview!! Without knowing it. Sinbad interview was instant classic all three together at same time.
@@ruanacaciosinesiodasilva2841 I've always thought that!!! Sinbad keeps it real but isn't a wolf more like a Sheppard like Jules from pulp fiction movie. He only looks down to lift up, on real issues when can really hurt ppl. He isn't wicked like stern. Class act! Dana was like a sheep got eaten up at stern show by wolves. Felt so bad to see that. I regret not looking her up as a fan cheering her up. At times lil things mean the most. Anyway stay up Ruan.
Just to think that Dana died 2 (if this was 1997) years later, days after that infamous interview with Howard Stern and Coleman died 13 years later unceremoniously. Just like with Macaulay Culkin parents who exploited him and took over all of his money... Child actor parents need to be scrutinized heavily.
Sin bad a class act. Considerate good heart!! Insider tv show filth. They provoke Gary then say he's the one with problem not them. Sinbad brought out their friendship ..Dana was struggling... Yet Sinbad focused on her birthday. Celebrated her. Classy thing to do by Sinbad!!
It's exciting, yet bittersweet, to see Todd, Dana, and Gary back together again! I remember watching this interview when it originally aired back in 1997! If memory serves, this was probably the first--and last--time the three main "Diff'rent Strokes" cast members had reunited in many years!
Actually, @@gmail4218--the interview aired in November of '97; "Vibe" (along with its "sister" late-night talk show, "The Keenan Ivory Wayans Show" [coincidentally, both programs debuted on the same night in August of '97]) was canceled in the spring of 1998. Thanks for commenting, bro.
I remember recording this on VHS when it originally aired, and watching it multiple times. Unfortunately, the tape ran out at the 5:01 time frame of this clip. Thank you so much to the uploader for bringing back this gem! Everything from that time frame to the end of the clip, seems so brand-new.
@@Wh4L205 Also, she was just happy to be in the spotlight again after the turbulent life she lived in the years following Different Strokes. For a brief moment she was able to pretend everything was okay. Sadly when the taping of this show was over and they said goodbye, she went back to living in her motorhome and the darkness that was her life.
@@1977TAyour comment makes alot of sense and is prob spot on. She looks well here and according to everyone was a lovely person. But my goodness she had her demons . Mainly with drugs. Alcholic and depression. She would be dead a few years after this die to drug overdoses and perhaps suucide
I mean….. You could exactly SEE the genuine love between them. I mean. You would have thought they were doing an episode on Dif’frent Strokes, being on The Sinbad Show. They were acting just the same as their characters. 🤣🤣🤣 You CAN’T script that.
It was a short lived late night talk show called 'Vibe' on UPN Sinbad replaced the original host Chris Spencer who was let go. It got cancelled not too long after this episode aired
I enthusiastically concur, myron X! A surprise appearance by Conrad Bain (as well as Charlotte Rae) near the end of the interview would've been perfect!
Im watching AUTOPSY: THE LAST HOURS OF DANA PLATO....they discuss the cast on sinbad show as taking place November 6 1997. 18 months before Dana's death. Wiki says this show ran btw 1993-1994. What gives? Edit...nm...its the vibe chat show hosted by sinbad. The other was his sitcom. I remember that show. But vaguely remember his hosting gig. My bad.
The networks controlled the actors lives "WAY TOO MUCH back then. With Dana's pregnancy they could have written around it and ignored that it happen. But Gary's age vs his size was caused him to be type casted to a child. Several things (more well known now) killed the show. But again its the networks expecting the actors to be perfect and wholesome in real life let alone their characters that is what was ridiculous.
it was a talk show called Vibe. it started with a different host and it was failing and they got rid of him and brought in Sinbad to try and save it but it was sadly too late.
@@andyduff5897 yup! Chris Spencer was the original host. You might know him as Preach from Don't Be A Menace. He was also on the Jamie Foxx show in the later seasons.
R.I.P. Gary Coleman and Dana Plato
And Sinbad's career.
Dana went on Howard Stern a day before.
She looked so good on this program, Dana was very professional, regardless of what she was going through in her personal life at work, she was focused. TV was good for her, and she just wanted her career back, she wanted to work with what she was prepared for, but they took everything away from her after the pregnancy. She was beautiful, charismatic and talented but they dismissed her because she decided to become a mother at a very young age. The industry was very cowardly towards her, they turned their backs, fired her, didn't give her another chance and still kept using her personal problems as an audience. Several artists had problems with addiction, even worse than Dana, and they didn't lose their work, Hollywood was cowardly, I wouldn't have put up with everything she went through
This was November 1997. Dana was about to turn 33. Sad that Dana passed away in 1999.
After being on Howard Stern.
Miss You Queen Dana . R.I.P❤
Sinbad probably had no idea the significance of this interview.
Nobody else did, Scottie Tate! Sadly, Dana died tragically of an overdose in May of '99, and Gary would buy the farm eleven years later. With the subsequent deaths of Conrad Bain (in 2013) and Charlotte Rae (in 2018), Todd is the last surviving original cast member of "Diff'rent Strokes."
@@demetriusdillard2863 Well I suppose we could add Janet Jackson to the list of survivors
I enthusiastically concur, @@624radicalham.
Didn’t know sinbad had a talk show
@@umb2692Sinbad took over Vibe after the original host Chris Spencer was dismissed.
I love this interview,RIP dana plato and gary coleman.
I love how they kinda had each others back.
Willis is the only one left...😢
So glad Todd Bridges is prospering 🖤..
Todd Bridges initially got all bad press out of these 3 but was the one who actually made it out ok. Saw an interview recently and he looks good
Todd is also the last surviving original cast member of "Diff'rent Strokes," sad to say...I always thought he'd be the first cast member to kick the proverbial bucket, but luckily Todd saw the light and cleaned up his act.
Man she was all hopped up
I’m actually surprised that they had gone the way they did. They seemed like a really nice group of people
Me too 👍👍👍👍👍👍
They were a nice group of people. They were fucked by the seemingly nice group of people that surrounded them as children.
It's what happens when Hollywood dictators give you everything and make you feel so important and then 1 day act like they never knew you. No so longs no goodbyes just a Eff off and cut all ties. For adults it's hard but it's devastating to a teen who is left in the cold Typcast and no one returns calls.
It's usually the nice people who can't handle the reality so make much sense
@@Enigmajestic1 agreed, intellect and empathy are a bad combination in some ways.
Rest in peace dana Plato. And. Gary. Coleman. And Conrad. Bain. And. Charlotte. Rae I I watched. Diiffferent. Stroke. When. I. Was. A. Kid
Awesome seeing all three together!! Goosebumps.
Dana was gorgeous!!
Dana was struggling later in life yet Sinbad didn't try to humiliate as insider tv show did to Gary. They provoke Gary then say he's the one with issues. I applaud Gary for flipping the bird to the insider. Shame on them. Unlike Sinbad class act! He celebrated Dana birthday. Not try to focus on any struggles in her life. Sinbad did it as should be a great interview!! Without knowing it. Sinbad interview was instant classic all three together at same time.
He was respectful of her,unlike Howard who humiliated her,he was largely responsible for her death!!
@@ruanacaciosinesiodasilva2841 I've always thought that!!! Sinbad keeps it real but isn't a wolf more like a Sheppard like Jules from pulp fiction movie. He only looks down to lift up, on real issues when can really hurt ppl. He isn't wicked like stern. Class act! Dana was like a sheep got eaten up at stern show by wolves. Felt so bad to see that. I regret not looking her up as a fan cheering her up. At times lil things mean the most. Anyway stay up Ruan.
@@JoseAvila-nv3hb Yes,I really liked his posture in the interview!!
Just to think that Dana died 2 (if this was 1997) years later, days after that infamous interview with Howard Stern and Coleman died 13 years later unceremoniously. Just like with Macaulay Culkin parents who exploited him and took over all of his money... Child actor parents need to be scrutinized heavily.
This gives me a heavy heart. Love these 3.
Well said .
So bittersweet knowing 2 of them are gone.
3. Sinbad is gone too
@@cecelove6043 Sinbad ain't dead
@@cecelove6043 no hes not.
@@bonsaio815 Technically he's not gone yet, however the stroke left him a shell of a man. He's been sick for a long time.
How I love them, including Sinbad😘❤️❤️
Me too ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Sin bad a class act. Considerate good heart!! Insider tv show filth. They provoke Gary then say he's the one with problem not them. Sinbad brought out their friendship ..Dana was struggling... Yet Sinbad focused on her birthday. Celebrated her. Classy thing to do by Sinbad!!
I grew up watching Different Strokes. I love that show.
It's exciting, yet bittersweet, to see Todd, Dana, and Gary back together again! I remember watching this interview when it originally aired back in 1997! If memory serves, this was probably the first--and last--time the three main "Diff'rent Strokes" cast members had reunited in many years!
1998
Actually, @@gmail4218--the interview aired in November of '97; "Vibe" (along with its "sister" late-night talk show, "The Keenan Ivory Wayans Show" [coincidentally, both programs debuted on the same night in August of '97]) was canceled in the spring of 1998. Thanks for commenting, bro.
I remember recording this on VHS when it originally aired, and watching it multiple times. Unfortunately, the tape ran out at the 5:01 time frame of this clip. Thank you so much to the uploader for bringing back this gem! Everything from that time frame to the end of the clip, seems so brand-new.
Dana looks like so much fun! Gary is just as infectious as always!
I wish she was still with us. I like her spirit too.
Sinbad is too funny. I enjoyed Different Strokes
Dana was just singing like a bird!!! Lol telling it ALL 😂😂😂😂
probably under the influence lol
@@EDifyer881yeah she was. Todd say she battled addiction from a teenager til her death
@@Wh4L205 Also, she was just happy to be in the spotlight again after the turbulent life she lived in the years following Different Strokes. For a brief moment she was able to pretend everything was okay. Sadly when the taping of this show was over and they said goodbye, she went back to living in her motorhome and the darkness that was her life.
@@1977TAyour comment makes alot of sense and is prob spot on. She looks well here and according to everyone was a lovely person. But my goodness she had her demons . Mainly with drugs. Alcholic and depression. She would be dead a few years after this die to drug overdoses and perhaps suucide
@@carlodonn8983 heartbreaking
Dana was so gorgeous and cool people ❤
This was before the E! True Hollywood Story.
My family used to always watch this show---I mean my extended family, too, while we sat on the couch/recliners💜
I own all the seasons. I miss the good ol days
You and me both, @@manlymanyo2511. I also own all eight seasons of "Diff'rent Strokes" on DVD.
This Aired: November 6th, 1997. Vibe, talk show hosted by Sinbad
Janet got the role because Todd had a crush on her he was her 1st kiss
I still watch two episodes a night!😂
It’s criminal these talents actors couldn’t do this today. It’s tragic how their world abandoned them.
I mean…..
You could exactly SEE the genuine love between them.
I mean. You would have thought they were doing an episode on Dif’frent Strokes, being on The Sinbad Show. They were acting just the same as their characters.
🤣🤣🤣
You CAN’T script that.
It's sad, what was done to these three and what they did to themselves.....just sad.
Poor Dana 💔🥺
God Bless all of them. Todd is the only one lett of that croud.
"men can't do what you could do" LOL
This was nice. They were happy together.
That was cool. Never knew this existed.
This makes me so sad
Oh damn! So Dana just confirmed what Molly Shannon said about Gary Coleman?
That's exactly what I was thinking.
I wish I was a 80s kid again ❤😢 Thank you !
I grew up w different strokes..Gary Coleman on good times can't be beat
Love this thanks for sharing❤️
I love all their energy they really moving like family
Crazy times so different
Living truth that every flower has its moment of blossom.
OMG! I can’t believe it…
Sinbad had a talk show!??
It was a short lived late night talk show called 'Vibe' on UPN Sinbad replaced the original host Chris Spencer who was let go. It got cancelled not too long after this episode aired
Dana Plato was halfway through her fatal overdose on this show.
Lol
Sinbad was embarrassing them. Putting there dirty deeds out on television. Dana was so beautiful.❤️🙏
They should have had mr. Drummond on there or at least have Dudley come out instead of the Goldfish LOL
I certainly didn't mind seeing "Abraham". 😁
I enthusiastically concur, myron X! A surprise appearance by Conrad Bain (as well as Charlotte Rae) near the end of the interview would've been perfect!
Great interview! Sad less than 6 months later or so Dana passed away.
Incorrect, I believe this was 1997, she died in 1999
More like 2 years later
Dana died on 5/8/1999,Mother's Day and this interview was in November 1997,1 year and 6 months before she died!!
That was Awesome!!
A historic meeting between them,too bad it was the only time ever again 😔
God bless them all !
This is my all time favorite tv series!❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😊😊😊😊😅😅😅
His wife killed Gary 😢 pull the plug 🔌 on his life
7:08, Sinbad got away with saying that, wow
Todd’s already bald
great interview! but Dana was clearly on something lol
Clearly🤣
She was ALWAYS on something
You're right. Unfortunately, that kind of behavior was what destroyed her career and her life.
Yeah but at least Sinbad was respectful to her.
Yes 💯
0:08 the old white guy that thought he got tickets to Letterman.
This is classic. It was hilarious 😂😂
I had no idea Todd was that tall!
Im watching AUTOPSY: THE LAST HOURS OF DANA PLATO....they discuss the cast on sinbad show as taking place November 6 1997. 18 months before Dana's death. Wiki says this show ran btw 1993-1994. What gives?
Edit...nm...its the vibe chat show hosted by sinbad. The other was his sitcom. I remember that show. But vaguely remember his hosting gig. My bad.
I was also trying to find the year on this interview based on Gary saying he was almost 30.
Where can I find "AUTOPSY: THE LAST HOURS OF DANA PLATO"?
@@visitationone aqui no Brasil 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
@@gastorlanes8174 Mas aqui onde? Os vídeos disponíveis são de vários famosos, mas nunca achei o dela.
Was this last time all 3 were together on camera?
Might've been.
I didn't know he had a talk show
When Todd's ex white wife stood up the black audience deflated.
Vibe was so much better once Sinbad replaced the original host. God, Dana was so pretty.
THIS SHOW NEEDED AN APPLAUSE SIGN OR SOMETHING
Todd has a beautiful wife
Dana wonderful girl
Dana looked really old in this video
a dana plato muito linda
The networks controlled the actors lives "WAY TOO MUCH back then. With Dana's pregnancy they could have written around it and ignored that it happen. But Gary's age vs his size was caused him to be type casted to a child. Several things (more well known now) killed the show. But again its the networks expecting the actors to be perfect and wholesome in real life let alone their characters that is what was ridiculous.
Gary Coleman apparently was freak deaky. I bet Dana could've told some really creepy stories if she wanted.
Como o que por exemplo????
MOLLY SHANNON KNOW
7:06 😂😅 Got'em
What was the name of the movie were he played a homeless person living in a locker
Em 1 e meio após essa entrevista Dana estaria morta após uma sessão de humilhação que sofreu💔
Watching this video after watching that story from Molly Shannon 😳
Poor kids…
No Dudley or Sam?
Was/would this be their last together on camera?
I didn't know Sinbad had his own show.This reunion was very nice to see.Love Sinbad humor.
it was a talk show called Vibe. it started with a different host and it was failing and they got rid of him and brought in Sinbad to try and save it but it was sadly too late.
@@andyduff5897 yup! Chris Spencer was the original host. You might know him as Preach from Don't Be A Menace. He was also on the Jamie Foxx show in the later seasons.
All of them didn't have any money 😢
Where is Mr D?
Tbh Sinbad did Gary kind of Bogus on this interview
They all got played ▶️ 🌹🌚👍rest in the good news ⚘ okay bye
I hollered at the black history moment 😂😂😂
Dana goes....HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What year is this?
1997
Gary Coleman was still purchasing his clothes from the little boys section. (This is NOT an insult; I was merely stating facts.)
U wrong for that 🤣
Nick Lee 😂😂😂😂😂😂
that’s not funny
danielleee He truthfully purchased his clothes from the little boys section. I wasn’t making fun; I was stating facts.
@@queen_of_domination and u shop and big and tall section in lane Bryan
What's the date of this?
November 6th, 1997
Gary Coleman said his kid would go to Business School. Gary lost like 18Mil Bucks!!
Bridges a good man Dana good actress but Bad decisions
Is it just me or does it feel like todd bridges wife wasn't too fond of dana
Todd and Dana had a sexual relationship back in the day, during the show. Possibly a bit awkward.
Dana looks different here. Nose job?
i also say the same
Pretty sure she was on heavy crack.
Hopped up
"with the re-run shows and the cocaine nose jobs..." - Beck
Welcome the cast of different strokes with their parole officers.
HE GOT NOTHING 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Gary Coleman has nothing and she lives in a winnebaker a portable home on wheels and later on she robbed a video store
Of all the black actors/ actresses Abraham us the lowest paid actor of all time . Do u know what his pay is???? The 5 flakes of fish food per day….
Sinbad did a terrible interview.
Cringe
Little guy falls down stairs dies she kill as herself and taller black guy ends up in court on criminal charges . Wow all fucked up
R.I.P. Dana Plato and Gary Coleman