Gabe Kotter, formerly a Sweathog, returns to James Buchanan High as a teacher and is assigned the remedial class to which he once belonged. Mr. Kotter is an involved and caring teacher, which one would have to be in dealing with a certain four students in his class, who end up in trouble on a regular basis -- lady's man Vinnie Barbarino, the always cool Freddie "Boom-Boom" Washington, the tough Juan (Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos) Epstein, and the sheepish Arnold Dingfelder Horshack. Welcome Back, Kotter was based on Gabe Kaplan's own high school experiences with redmedial education and a teacher who cared dearly for her students.
Changes on the show. Gabe Kaplan left the series in the third season. He hadn't expected the show to run as long as it had. Kotter was made Vice-Principal, and thus was seen considerably less. John Travolta, of course, found his own place as a celebrity, leaving the show around the same time Gabe Kaplan did (returning every so often as a "spec
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Series 4 - Episode 23 - The Breadwinners
Aired - 08 June 1979
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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.
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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.
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It is a strange day when Vice Principal Woodman becomes friendly with the Sweathogs and Mr. Kotter becomes the school disciplinarian. + Series 4
+ Episode - 23 The Breadwinners
Aired - 08 June 1979
+ Episode - 22 I'm Okay, But You're Not
Aired - 01 June 1979
+ Episode - 21 Oo, Oo, I Do (2)
Aired - 25 May 1979
+ Episode - 20 Oo, Oo, I Do (1)
Aired - 25 May 1979
+ Episode - 19 The Gang Show
Aired - 17 March 1979
+ Episode - 18 The Sweat Smell of Success
Aired - 03 March 1979
+ Episode - 17 Come Back, Little Arnold
Aired - 24 February 1979
+ Episode - 16 The Goodbye Guy
Aired - 10 February 1979
+ Episode - 15 Barbarino's Baby
Aired - 03 February 1979
+ Episode - 14 Bride and Gloom
Aired - 13 January 1979
+ Episode - 13 A Winter's Coat Tail
Aired - 16 December 1978
+ Episode - 12 A Little Fright Music
Aired - 02 December 1978
+ Episode - 11 Frog Day Afternoon
Aired - 09 October 1978
+ Episode - 10 Washington's Clone
Aired - 11 November 1978
+ Episode - 9 The Barbarino Blues
Aired - 04 November 1978
+ Episode - 8 X-Rated Education
Aired - 28 October 1978
+ Episode - 7 Barbarino's Boo-Boo
Aired - 21 October 1978
+ Episode - 6 The Sweatmobile
Aired - 11 September 1978
+ Episode - 5 Once Upon a Ledge
Aired - 02 October 1978
+ Episode - 4 Don't Come Up and See Me Sometime
Aired - 11 September 1978
+ Episode - 3 Beau's Jest
Aired - 25 September 1978
+ Episode - 2 The Drop-Ins (2)
Aired - 18 September 1978
+ Episode - 1 The Drop-Ins (1)
Aired - 25 November 1978
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