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Welcome Back, Kotter

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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.

Created by:
Alan Sacks, Gabe Kaplan
Cast:
Gabe Kaplan, John Travolta, John Sylvester White, Ron Palillo
Language:
English
Country:
United States of America
Network:
ABC

Episode guide

Seasons

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Season 3

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E01

Episode 1

Sweathogs Back-to-School Special

1977-09-29 · 30m

The Sweathogs and administrators at James Buchanan High reminisce about Gabe's past two years at the school. Past episodes are recalled through flashbacks.

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Episode 2

And Baby Makes Four (1)

1977-09-15 · 30m

Julie goes into labor.

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E03

Episode 3

And Baby Makes Four (2)

1977-09-15 · 30m

Julie gives birth to twin girls.

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E04

Episode 4

And Baby Makes Four (3)

1977-09-22 · 30m

Julie's parents come to see the babies.

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E05

Episode 5

Brother, Can You Spare a Million?

1977-10-06 · 30m

Emotions mix when it seems that the Sweathogs may win the lottery.

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E06

Episode 6

Just Testing

1977-10-13 · 30m

Everybody helps Vinnie cram for a make-up test.

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Episode 7

The Deprogramming of Arnold Horshack

1977-10-20 · 30m

Arnold is accepted into a religious cult. Mr. Kotter and the three other sweathogs try to get Arnold to snap out of it. Eventually, he does and goes back to his former self, complete with his trademark laugh.

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E08

Episode 8

What a Move

1977-10-27 · 30m

Juan, with the help of his uncle, hooks the Kotters up with a new apartment.

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E09

Episode 9

A Novel Idea

1977-11-03 · 30m

The characters in Mr. Woodman's new novel seem to have an awful lot in common with the Sweathogs...

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E10

Episode 10

Barbarino in Love (1)

1977-11-10 · 30m

During a talent competition, Vinnie falls for a girl who the Sweathogs are competing against, and starts spending more time with her then rehearsing with the Sweathogs.

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Episode 11

Barbarino in Love (2)

1977-11-17 · 30m

Vinnie is torn between trying to win the talent competition, or letting his new girlfriend beat him.

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E12

Episode 12

Kotter for Vice Principal

1977-11-24 · 30m

Kotter has a dream about life when the Sweathogs are old.

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E13

Episode 13

Swine and Punishment

1977-12-08 · 30m

Freddie cheats on an English test.

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Episode 14

Epstein's Madonna

1978-01-12 · 30m

Juan paints a great masterpiece on the walls of the school.

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E15

Episode 15

Sweathog Christmas Special

1978-01-05 · 30m

At Christmas time, the gang reminisces over past episodes.

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E16

Episode 16

Sweatwork

1978-01-19 · 30m

Arnold voices angst and pioneers for change on the school radio station, gathering fans in the process.

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E17

Episode 17

Meet Your New Teacher: Batteries Not Included

1978-01-26 · 30m

The Sweathogs' new tutor is a computer. Despite initial raises in grades, Gabe becomes displeased with the machine, as it is turning him obsolete to the class.

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E18

Episode 18

Angie

1977-12-22 · 30m

A new girl joins the Sweathogs.

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Episode 19

Epstein's Term Paper

1978-02-02 · 30m

Juan buys four term papers - one for each Sweathog - from Carvelli, only to end up with an essay that Gabe had turned in eleven years earlier.

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Episode 20

There's No Business Like Show Business (1)

1978-02-09 · 30m

Gabe finds success as a stand-up comic, using material regarding the Sweathogs. But when the oppportunity for a full-time comedy gig arises, it could mean the end of his teaching career.

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Episode 21

There's No Business Like Show Business (2)

1978-02-16 · 30m

Gabe must choose between the comedy life, or his life at Buchanan.

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Episode 22

What Goes Up

1978-02-23 · 30m

Freddie becomes addicted to drugs after taking prescribed pain killers. Despite the other Sweathogs' best efforts, the only thing that can bring Freddie around is Arnold's faith in him...and in his ""vitamin pills.""

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Episode 23

Good-Bye, Mr. Kripps

1978-03-09 · 30m

Mr. Kripps, the shop teacher, has a heart attack and dies while yelling at Vinnie, who blames himself for the man's death.

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Episode 24

Horshack and the Madame X

1978-05-18 · 30m

Arnold, saddened by the rejection he keeps recieving from the opposite sex, gets advice and comfort from Julie before quickly falling in love with her.

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Episode 25

The Kiss

1978-05-11 · 30m

After performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on a female student who has passed out in the classroom, Gabe is accused of molestation, and is in danger of losing his job.

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Episode 26

The Return of Hotsy Totsy

1977-09-10 · 30m

Rosalie ""Hotsy"" Totsy has grown up ... a little too fast. The Sweathogs go to a local strip club on a dare, and learn that Hotsy has gotten a job performing there (yup, she bares all, unknowingly in front of her former classmates). Vinnie, Freddie and Epstein all ride Hotsy's case, but Arnold is sensitive to her plight. Seems that, during a coversation with her former teacher Gabe, Rosalie really lived up to her nickname one night and got pregnant. And getting a job at a strip joint is the only way for this single mother (the baby's father had left Hotsy) to support her child. Gabe and Arnold convince the others to give Hotsy Totsy moral support, and they also refer her to a social agency which can help her finish school and find a more meaningful job.

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E27

Episode 27

Class Encounter of the Carvelli Kind

1977-12-15 · 30m

When Carvelli and Murray come on as exchange students, Carvelli seemingly goes crazy with stories of aliens.

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Cast

Gabe Kaplan

Gabe Kaplan

Gabe Kotter

John Travolta

John Travolta

Vinnie Barbarino

John Sylvester White

John Sylvester White

Michael Woodman

Ron Palillo

Ron Palillo

Arnold Horshack

Robert Hegyes

Robert Hegyes

Juan Epstein

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Freddie Washington

Marcia Strassman

Marcia Strassman

Julie Kotter

Stephen Shortridge

Stephen Shortridge

Beau Shortridge

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