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Welcome Back, Kotter
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
Season 3
Episodes
Episode 1
Sweathogs Back-to-School Special
1977-09-29 · 30mThe 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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And Baby Makes Four (1)
1977-09-15 · 30mJulie goes into labor.
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And Baby Makes Four (2)
1977-09-15 · 30mJulie gives birth to twin girls.
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And Baby Makes Four (3)
1977-09-22 · 30mJulie's parents come to see the babies.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Million?
1977-10-06 · 30mEmotions mix when it seems that the Sweathogs may win the lottery.
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Just Testing
1977-10-13 · 30mEverybody helps Vinnie cram for a make-up test.
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The Deprogramming of Arnold Horshack
1977-10-20 · 30mArnold 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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What a Move
1977-10-27 · 30mJuan, with the help of his uncle, hooks the Kotters up with a new apartment.
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A Novel Idea
1977-11-03 · 30mThe characters in Mr. Woodman's new novel seem to have an awful lot in common with the Sweathogs...
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Barbarino in Love (1)
1977-11-10 · 30mDuring 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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Barbarino in Love (2)
1977-11-17 · 30mVinnie is torn between trying to win the talent competition, or letting his new girlfriend beat him.
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Kotter for Vice Principal
1977-11-24 · 30mKotter has a dream about life when the Sweathogs are old.
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Swine and Punishment
1977-12-08 · 30mFreddie cheats on an English test.
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Epstein's Madonna
1978-01-12 · 30mJuan paints a great masterpiece on the walls of the school.
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Sweathog Christmas Special
1978-01-05 · 30mAt Christmas time, the gang reminisces over past episodes.
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Sweatwork
1978-01-19 · 30mArnold voices angst and pioneers for change on the school radio station, gathering fans in the process.
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Meet Your New Teacher: Batteries Not Included
1978-01-26 · 30mThe 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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Angie
1977-12-22 · 30mA new girl joins the Sweathogs.
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Epstein's Term Paper
1978-02-02 · 30mJuan 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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There's No Business Like Show Business (1)
1978-02-09 · 30mGabe 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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There's No Business Like Show Business (2)
1978-02-16 · 30mGabe must choose between the comedy life, or his life at Buchanan.
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What Goes Up
1978-02-23 · 30mFreddie 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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Good-Bye, Mr. Kripps
1978-03-09 · 30mMr. 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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Horshack and the Madame X
1978-05-18 · 30mArnold, 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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The Kiss
1978-05-11 · 30mAfter 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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The Return of Hotsy Totsy
1977-09-10 · 30mRosalie ""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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Class Encounter of the Carvelli Kind
1977-12-15 · 30mWhen Carvelli and Murray come on as exchange students, Carvelli seemingly goes crazy with stories of aliens.
Watch progress · Not trackedCast
Gabe Kaplan
Gabe Kotter
John Travolta
Vinnie Barbarino
John Sylvester White
Michael Woodman
Ron Palillo
Arnold Horshack
Robert Hegyes
Juan Epstein
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Freddie Washington
Marcia Strassman
Julie Kotter
Stephen Shortridge
Beau Shortridge