Welcome Back, Kotter

Welcome Back, Kotter

1975
Welcome Back, Kotter
Welcome Back, Kotter

Welcome Back, Kotter

7.1 | TV-14 | en | Comedy

Welcome Back, Kotter is an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young John Travolta. Videotaped in front of a live studio audience, it originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975, to June 8, 1979.

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EP23  The Breadwinners
Jun. 08,1979
The Breadwinners

While Horshack adjusts the married life, Epstein sets up an interview for a job. Washington gets the job before Epstein, unaware that it's the same job. The two get into a fight and end up in a gym ready to box.

EP22  I'm Okay, But You're Not
Jun. 01,1979
I'm Okay, But You're Not

Beau plays a number or pranks on Mr. Woodman.

EP21  Oo, Oo, I Do (2)
May. 25,1979
Oo, Oo, I Do (2)

Arnold gets upset when the other Sweathogs tease him about not being able to provide for Mary, and he vanishes. Mary finds him and convinces him not to worry, and the two get married.

EP20  Oo, Oo, I Do (1)
May. 25,1979
Oo, Oo, I Do (1)

Arnold's relationship with Mary gets serious. Then he finds out he has to move and leave the school. Upset, Arnold decides to propose marriage to Mary. She accepts.

EP19  The Gang Show
Mar. 17,1979
The Gang Show

Freddie and Juan plan to do an act together for the upcoming talent contest, while Carvelli has some bribed judges up his sleeves. Arnold and Beau take over as judges, leaving Murray in the third spot.

EP18  The Sweat Smell of Success
Mar. 03,1979
The Sweat Smell of Success

Convinced that the school newspaper is too dull, Juan sets out to turn it into a tabloid, bringing down his friends' names in the process.

EP17  Come Back, Little Arnold
Feb. 24,1979
Come Back, Little Arnold

To get up his nerve with Mary, Carvelli offers Arnold liquor. He doesn't like the idea at first, but as time goes on, he becomes addicted to drinking; developing a scary and unlikable new personality that only turns Mary away.

EP16  The Goodbye Guy
Feb. 10,1979
The Goodbye Guy

Mr. Woodman's niece Kelly is babysitting for the Kotters when Juan drops by the apartment. The two abruptly fall in love and decide to move in together, but the romance begins to crumble when it seems that they can't respect one another's interests.

EP15  Barbarino's Baby
Feb. 03,1979
Barbarino's Baby

Vinnie is forced to deliver a baby in an elevator.

EP14  Bride and Gloom
Jan. 13,1979
Bride and Gloom

Juan asks Vinnie to marry his immigrant cousin.

EP13  A Winter's Coat Tail
Dec. 16,1978
A Winter's Coat Tail

Vinnie is saddened when his new coat is stolen.

EP12  A Little Fright Music
Dec. 02,1978
A Little Fright Music

The Sweathogs opt to change Mr. Woodman's tired old school song.

EP11  Frog Day Afternoon
Oct. 09,1978
Frog Day Afternoon

After Horshack refuses to disect a frog in class, his grade is in jeopardy.

EP10  Washington's Clone
Nov. 11,1978
Washington's Clone

A younger student begins to imitate Freddie, not much to Freddie's liking.

EP9  The Barbarino Blues
Nov. 04,1978
The Barbarino Blues

Vinnie becomes depressed when it seems that he has lost his way with women.

EP8  X-Rated Education
Oct. 28,1978
X-Rated Education

The gang is liable to get in trouble when the x-rated film Carvelli brought into school is accidentally mixed up with a film on sexual education.

EP7  Barbarino's Boo-Boo
Oct. 21,1978
Barbarino's Boo-Boo

When Mr. Woodman comes to Vinnie's hospital for an operation, Vinnie loses him and he and the other Sweathogs try to find him.

EP6  The Sweatmobile
Sep. 11,1978
The Sweatmobile

The Sweathogs remember how they tried to buy a used car from Vinnie's uncle.

EP5  Once Upon a Ledge
Oct. 02,1978
Once Upon a Ledge

Horshack saves a lonely, overlooked girl named Mary Johnson from commiting suicide by jumping off the ledge of the school.

EP4  Don't Come Up and See Me Sometime
Sep. 11,1978
Don't Come Up and See Me Sometime

Vinnie throws the Sweathogs out of his new apartment.

EP3  Beau's Jest
Sep. 25,1978
Beau's Jest

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EP2  The Drop-Ins (2)
Sep. 18,1978
The Drop-Ins (2)

With Barbarino now an ordlery at a hospital, the Sweathogs try to get jobs there, too. Meanwhile, Kotter tries to get the gang to return to school.

EP1  The Drop-Ins (1)
Nov. 25,1978
The Drop-Ins (1)

Gabe announces that he is now the vice-principal and Mr. Woodman is the principal. The Sweathogs are pleased, until Gabe gets strict. After Vinnie visits the school to tell the gang he's dropped out, the other Sweathogs decide to follow in his footsteps.

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7.1 | TV-14 | en | Comedy , Family | More Info
Released: 1975-09-09 | Released Producted By: Wolper Productions , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
Synopsis

Welcome Back, Kotter is an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young John Travolta. Videotaped in front of a live studio audience, it originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975, to June 8, 1979.

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Cast

Gabe Kaplan , John Travolta , John Sylvester White

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James Komack

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Reviews

fspappa I can't believed I saw this one. Gabe Kaplan can't act and should have stuck to stand up. Immature, unfunny catchphrases and dialogue. It I wanted to see the Marx Brothers, I watched their classic movies and not have Kotter and the class doing impressions. John Travolta and the others made high school look stupid. Horseshack and his laugh were funny for a while but now, it hurts my ears when I hear it. This show was also sexist. The female characters weren't developed and were reduced to stereotypes. His wife would have a life outside the apartment and Helaine Lembeck was a very pretty woman and should have more to do. A TV classic? I don't think so. 40 years and it shows that it fails big time.
jts0405 In 1975 a television sitcom known as Welcome Back, Kotter started. The series was created by Gabe Kaplan and Alan Sacks and ran through several seasons. Each episode would begin with Gabe Kotter (Gabe Kaplan) telling a joke to his wife Julie and the show would also end in the same way. The whole plot is that Kotter is a teacher and he teaches underacheiving students known as The Sweathogs. Within the Sweathogs we meet Vinnie Barbarino, Juan Epstein, Freddie Washington and Arnold Horshack. The show always can put a smile on your face no matter what. It is just so incredibly goofy and cheesy that you just can't help but watch it several times. This is one of my all time favorite shows and it gets from me a 10/10.
hfan77 I really enjoyed Welcome Back, Kotter. It was a very funny show with an outstanding ensemble cast anchored by Gabe Kaplan, who brought lots of humor to the class of unteachable sweathogs with jokes and impressions. I always got a kick out of his uncle jokes in the opening and closing of each episode, including the ones when he was telling a joke to a turkey and to a computer used as an electronic teaching device. As for the sweathogs, they were a riot. John Travolta catapulted his way to success as the macho, monosyllabic ("What? Where?") Vinnie Barbarino, Robert Hegyes portrayed TV's first Puerto Rican Jew Juan (Little Juan) Epstein and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs made me crack up every time he said "Hi there!" But my favorite of the sweathogs was Arnold Horshack. Ron Pallilo's portrayal of one of TV's funniest nerds was so outstanding, from his nasal voice to his inimitable laugh. His laugh was the funniest on TV prior to Steve Urkel. Gabe constantly got grief from vice principal (later principal) Mr. Woodman, who kept barging into his class with the same frequency Frank & Marie Barone did to their son years later on Everybody Loves Raymond. Let's not forget Marcia Strassman as Gabe's wife Julie, who didn't have much to do in most of the show until the fourth season. As for the fourth season, the least that can be said, the better. it was horrible without Kaplan and Travolta on the show full-time and Stephen Shortridge as Beau. It was like watching the Sanford and Son episodes a couple of years earlier without Redd Foxx. I'll wrap this up by mentioning the theme song by John Sebastian that made it to No. 1 on the pop charts and resurrected his career. it was one of the best 70s TV theme songs. Welcome back. Welcome back. Welcome back.
Syl As an aspiring school teacher in an urban public school, my local Warner Brothers station affiliate WPIX Channel 11 airs Welcome Back, Kotter followed by other seventies' sitcoms, The Jeffersons, The Odd Couple, and Taxi (all shows set in New York City) but what a night to watch television --Saturdays from 8-10PM. After watching several episodes of Welcome Back, Kotter, I am exploring the possibility of using this show as an educational tool in the secondary classroom. Welcome Back, Kotter is about those disadvantaged students like me to show that they can succeed with a teacher who believes in them. Besides they have an excellent cast led by Gabriel Kaplan (whatever happened to him?), Marcia Strassman who plays his loving wife Julie, and the students or sweat hogs known as John Travolta playing Barbarino, Ron Palillo playing the lovable Horshach, and others like Juan Epstein (a Puerto Rican Jew) and others. The sweat hogs were not the high achieving students and looked down upon by other students. I can't wait for this show to come on DVD.