If you've taken notice to my lack of posting lately; observant move. And to you and myself, I would like to say, "Welcome Back!....Kotter." Welcome Back Kotter, a 1970's primetime TV show that I have had the pleasure[?] of watching a bit of recently.
Gabe Kotter, a 30-something-year-old alumni, returns to his home town to teach a class at his old high school. The students in his class call themselves 'The Sweathogs' due to the fact that they are not ambitious or 'smart'. The kids goof off and make jokes and mock people and on many occasion, tell Mr. Kotter to stick a rubber hose up his nose. Honestly, it is not the highest quality show, and the actors (including John Travolta at the age of 20) are not the best. Shamefully, it makes me laugh. Shamefully, I like it. Shamefully, I cared enough to look it up on IMDB.com. In duing so, I came to the conclusion that I am not the only one who thinks Kotter is worth it, because IMDB gives it a rating of 7.2 out of 10.
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Well Arielle, I would love the pleasure of seeing this show.
It sounds just bad enough to be good!
Back in the day, when I was in high school, this show was briefly, though enormously, popular. Everyone enjoyed using the catchphrases ("up your nose with a rubber hose") & imitating Horschack's laugh. Kinda stupid but kinda funny. I always thought John Travolta was very talented, even back then.
It's worth noting that most of the major characters in "Welcome Back, Kotter" are based on real people from Kaplan's years as a remedial high school student in Brooklyn.
Later, as a stand-up comic, one of Kaplan's most popular routines was "Holes and Mellow Rolls", in which he talked about the kids with whom he had attended remedial education classes.
The names of three of the four major characters in Holes and Mellow Rolls were changed for the TV series: "Vinnie Barbarino" was inspired by Eddie Lecarri; "Freddie Washington" was inspired by Freddie "Furdy" Peyton; and "Juan Epstein" was partially inspired by Epstein "The Animal"; only "Arnold Horshack's" name remained unchanged.
I love the name "Juan Epstein."
I've also read that a movie is in the works starring some rapper named "Ice Cube".
omg! i've seen this show before! its so funny and stupid that i love it! oh yeah, hi arielle! i finally found some time to visit!
im a sucker for blasts of the plasts haha
...did i really just say that ?
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