Welcome Back, Kotter is an American television sitcom
that originally aired on the ABC network from 1975 to
1979. The title character, Gabe Kotter (Gabriel Kaplan),
is a wise-cracking teacher who returns to the same Brooklyn,
New York high school from which he graduated, James Buchanan
High School. His often unruly group of remedial academics
students were known as the "Sweathogs." The
central Sweathogs are Vinnie Barbarino (John Travolta),
a handsome dimwit; Juan Epstein (Robert Hegyes), a tough
Jewish Puerto Rican; Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington
(Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs), a friendly basketball enthusiast;
and Arnold Horshack (Ron Palillo), the class clown known
for his wheezing laugh. Mr. Kotter soon befriends the
Sweathogs and often has them over at his apartment, sometimes
to the chagrin of his wife, Julie (Marcia Strassman).
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