Welcome Back, Kotter

TV Series
1975–1979
TV-PG
30m

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7.1/10

7.8K

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A compassionate teacher returns to his inner city high school of his youth to teach a new generation of troublemaking kids.A compassionate teacher returns to his inner city high school of his youth to teach a new generation of troublemaking kids.A compassionate teacher returns to his inner city high school of his youth to teach a new generation of troublemaking kids.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

7.8K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,901

215

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Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys
- 3 wins & 8 nominations total

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Welcome Back, Kotter

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Trivia
Groucho Marx was to make a cameo appearance in the episode "Sadie Hawkins Day". The planned scene was Kotter doing his frequent impression of Marx, then Marx appearing with his reaction. But when the 86-year-old Marx arrived on the set, it was decided that he was too weak to perform and the scene was scrapped. Marx posed for publicity photos with the cast but they were never released due to his frail appearance. Six years after Groucho Marx died, Gabe Kaplan would portray him in a stage play, filmed as Groucho (1983).

Goofs
Throughout out the series, it's clear that the actors/actresses portraying teenagers are actually in their 20s+. This is done as to not interfere with the schooling of real teenagers and to give the general viewing audience who are teenagers (or young people) themselves someone they can look up to.

Quotes
Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington: Hey, Mr. Kot-tair!

Connections
Featured in The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1976)

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Up Your Nose With a Rubber Hose!

"Welcome Back, Kotter" was one of the funniest serials I have ever seen. It starred Gabe Kaplan as Mr. Kotter, who taught a remedial class of "Sweathogs" which featured Arnold Horshack, Juan Epstein, Freddie "Boom-Boom" Washington, and Vinnie Barbarino as four of his students. Between the hilarious plots and the identifiable high school situations, the show was a hit. What student in a diverse environment can't identify with "Roses are red, violets are blue, my mom wants me to date a Puerto Rican Jew"? My favourite episode focused upon the Sweathogs cleaning for a pregnant Mrs. Kotter, only to destroy her apartment. Reruns have been off the air in Canada for quite some time, so I suggest that if networks want to improve ratings, that they welcome back Kotter!