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Welcome Back, Kotter(TV show/series, 1975-1979)

TV-14
| 30min per episode | Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family

Scripted Reality in 4 seasons with 95 episodes

Welcome Back, KotterRating: 3.5/5 (with 23 votes)
Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan as a high-school teacher in charge of a racially and ethnically diverse remedial education class called the "Sweathogs." Recorded in front of a live studio audience, the series aired on ABC from September 9, 1975, through May 17, 1979. It provided John Travolta with his breakthrough role. ()
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About 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.

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Welcome Back, Kotter Seasons and Episodes

11/25/1978Season 4 - 23 episodes
#1 | 11/25/1978The 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.
#2 | 09/18/1978The 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.
#3 | 09/25/1978Beau's Jest
#4 | 09/11/1978Don't Come Up and See Me Sometime
Vinnie throws the Sweathogs out of his new apartment.
#5 | 10/02/1978Once Upon a Ledge
Horshack saves a lonely, overlooked girl named Mary Johnson from commiting suicide by jumping off the ledge of the school.
#6 | 09/11/1978The Sweatmobile
The Sweathogs remember how they tried to buy a used car from Vinnie's uncle.
#7 | 10/21/1978Barbarino'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.
#8 | 10/28/1978X-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.
#9 | 11/04/1978The Barbarino Blues
Vinnie becomes depressed when it seems that he has lost his way with women.
#10 | 11/11/1978Washington's Clone
A younger student begins to imitate Freddie, not much to Freddie's liking.
#11 | 10/09/1978Frog Day Afternoon
After Horshack refuses to disect a frog in class, his grade is in jeopardy.
#12 | 12/02/1978A Little Fright Music
The Sweathogs opt to change Mr. Woodman's tired old school song.
#13 | 12/16/1978A Winter's Coat Tail
#14 | 01/13/1979Bride and Gloom
#15 | 02/03/1979Barbarino's Baby
#16 | 02/10/1979The 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.
#17 | 02/24/1979Come 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.
#18 | 03/03/1979The 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.
#19 | 03/17/1979The 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.
#20 | 05/25/1979Oo, 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.
#21 | 05/25/1979Oo, 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.
#22 | 06/01/1979I'm Okay, But You're Not
#23 | 06/08/1979The 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.
09/29/1977Season 3 - 27 episodes
09/23/1976Season 2 - 23 episodes
09/09/1975Season 1 - 22 episodes
?Specials - 6 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 3 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Italian (IT)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/09/1975
Last episode released on: 06/08/1979
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Welcome Back"

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