Today in 1999, Gary Coleman ("Diff’rent Strokes") was fined $400 and sentenced to 90 days in jail (suspended). But the real cherry on top, however, were the mandated anger management classes.
Where did all this aggression stem from, you may ask? Coleman previously attacked an autograph seeker who was no doubt pressing the short celebrity to utter his exhausted catch phrase, "Whatchu talkin’ ’bout, Willis?"
Behold the terrible woes of the Napoleon Complex!
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