WHAT YOU TALKIN' ABOUT WILLIS?

Like many of you I’d watched my fair share of Diff'rent Strokes as a child and can still sing much of the first verse and chorus (Such a cool song...I'm humming it now). After school I’d sit myself down in front of the TV and blissfully enjoy the wacky antics of Arnold and Willis as they wrestled with issues like being black adoptees with a white parent, being black adoptees with a white sibling and anything related to former or latter. Whatever it was about the show, it somehow struck a chord with me and I would spend most of my days wishing I was adopted.

I’ve often wondered to myself what ever happened to these kids. There’s been many a time when while doing the washing or taking a piss that I’ve thought “Hey, whatever happened to Webster?” or “Hey, whatever happened to Punky Brewster?” What does happen to these kids after they have been chewed up and spat out by the entertainment industry?

Often the truth is quite ugly. Many of these kids become addicted to drugs and alcohol, do hard time or become security guards.

That’s why I’m starting up a charity called “The What You Talking About Willis Fund for Washed Up Child Stars” or TWYT for short.

Specialising in treating crack cocaine and alcohol addiction and child depression, we believe in teaching these kids the basic skills required to function in everyday society like reading and writing, pharmocology for beginners, colombian economics and burmese hydroponics.

C’mon! Give Punky a chance!