
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.
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.
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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Episode 1: Only A Few Degrees from A Sweathog
Hosted by Marcia Strassman. Everybody is back to talk about the show (except, predictably, Travolta)...
Episode 2: Original Screen test - John Travolta
Episode 3: Original Screen test - Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs
Episode 4: Original Screen test - Marcia Strassman
Episode 5: Original Screen test - Robert Hegyes
Episode 6: Original Screen test - Ron Palillo
Episode 1: The Great Debate
The sweathogs out debate a smarter debate class.
Episode 2: Basket Case
Gabe insists that basketball ace Washington pass his social-studies test.
Episode 3: Welcome Back (Pilot)
A flashback recalls Gabe's first meeting with his class. The Sweathogs Out Debate A Superior Class.
Episode 4: Whodunit?
Tired of her reputation as easy, Rosalie Totsy tells the Sweathogs that she's pregnant -- and that o...
Episode 5: The Election
Barbarino is running for Student Body President but his campain turns into disaster.
Episode 6: No More Mister Nice Guy
After returning to his roots by taking over the Sweathogs' history class for a day, Mr. Woodman turn...
Episode 7: Classroom Marriage
With Vernajean's family moving, she and Freddie decide that they must get married in order to stay t...
Episode 8: One of Our Sweathogs Is Missing
After losing a fight with Todd Ludlow, Juan is made fun of by his fellow Sweathogs. His feelings and...
Episode 9: Mr. Kotter, Teacher
Gabe's teaching theories in question, he is temporarily suspended. The Sweathogs, liable to lose the...
Episode 10: The Reunion
Gabe is less than thrilled when an old too-perfect classmate, and his too-perfect wife, decide to pa...
Episode 11: Barbarino's Girl
In order to bring up Vinnie's grades, Judy Borden, highly unpopular with the Sweathogs, is called in...
Episode 12: California Dreamin'
The sweathogs go bananas over Bambi, a pretty blonde girl from California. We get some very funny...
Episode 13: Arrividerci, Arnold
Arnold is promoted to a regular class, but is less than happy about the forced transition.
Episode 14: The Longest Weekend
When Julie goes away on a ski trip with a friend, stories from the Sweathogs and Mr. Woodman lead Ga...
Episode 15: The Sit-In
The Sweathogs, diverged from a food-fight, hold a sit-in to protest the school cafetieria's Wednesda...
Episode 16: Follow The Leader (1)
The class votes to make Freddie the new leader of the Sweathogs, taking Vinnie down a notch. Vinnie...
Episode 17: Follow The Leader (2)
The sweathogs soon tire of Freddy as leader. Mr. Woodman even admits that he misses Barbarino. Julie...
Episode 18: Dr. Epstein, I Presume
Juan, because of his love for animals, decides that he would like to be a veterinarian. A guidance c...
Episode 19: One Flu Over The Cuckoo's Nest
A flu epidemic hits Buchannan and everybody gets sick except for Kotter, Horshack and a few students...
Episode 20: The Telethon
Kotter and the ""Sweathogs"" raise a telethon to raise $700 for new supplies. If not the remiedial c...
Episode 21: Kotter Makes Good
Gabe is forced to take final exams when it's revealed by Mr. Woodman that he wasn't really qualified...
Episode 22: Father Vinnie
Vinnie's grandmother's dying wish is for him to become a priest, and he takes the request seriously,...
Episode 1: Career Day
On career day, an inventor who is treated poorly by the Sweathogs offers a well-paying job to Gabe.
Episode 2: Inherit The Halibut
Freddie, class treasurer, is accused of stealing funds, and an impromptue trial is held in the class...
Episode 3: Sweatside Story
The Sweathogs form a gang, but won't let Arnold in until the night of their first rumble, and Arnold...
Episode 4: The Fight
Sparked by the fact that Vinnie neglected to do Freddie's homework, the Sweathogs spend the better p...
Episode 5: The Museum
Mr. Kotter takes the sweathogs on a field trip to a museum. Mrs. Kotter and Mr. Woodman are along...
Episode 6: Gabe Under Pressure
Gabe is afraid to get a physical when the free clinic comes to Buchanan High.
Episode 7: Sweathog, Nebraska Style
Julie's visiting sister, recently at odds with her long-time boyfriend, falls for Juan.
Episode 8: Sadie Hawkins Day
A girl wants to ask Vinnie to the Sadie Hawkins Day dance, but his insensitivity leads her to ask Ar...
Episode 9: Hello, Ms. Chips
The new student teacher discovers that all her training to work with remedial children hasn't prepar...
Episode 10: Horshack vs. Carvelli
When the opportunity to fight Carvelli in a boxing match arises, Arnold wants to be the one to do it...
Episode 11: Sweathog Clinic for the Cure of Smoking
Epstein is caught smoking cigarettes. Gabe and the sweathogs try to get him to stop.
Episode 12: Hark, the Sweatkings
At Christmas time, the Sweathogs are all too eager to tease resident bum Angie. But after Angie tell...
Episode 13: A Love Story
When Juan's sister Carmen joines the Sweathogs, she catches the eye of Arnold, but Carmen is only in...
Episode 14: Caruso's Way
Vinnie's goofing off in gym gets him in trouble with the teacher, Mr. Caruso, who's reprimending aft...
Episode 15: Sweatgate Scandal
Tired of the way the school newspaper is always putting them down, the Sweathogs join the staff in o...
Episode 16: Kotter and Son
Gabe's overly-critical father comes for a visit and, unconvinced that his son has chosen a worthwhil...
Episode 17: Chicken a la Kotter
Gabe, in need of money for a root canal, takes a second job as a restaurant mascot.
Episode 18: Has Anyone Seen Arnold? (1)
For the school drama festival, Gabe is going to direct a scene from Cyrano de Bergerac. Arnold is se...
Episode 19: There Goes Number 5 (2)
When Arnold finally shows back up at school, it's discovered that his absence was due to the recent...
Episode 20: The Littlest Sweathog
Gabe and Julie find out that they are going to have a baby.
Episode 21: Radio Free Freddie
It seems that Freddie has a future in radio, but he may also risk losing his friends for fame.
Episode 22: I'm Having Their Baby
With Gabe away at a teacher's convention, the Sweathogs take it upon themselves to watch over the pr...
Episode 23: I Wonder Who's Kissing Gabe Now?
The art teacher falls in love with Gabe.
Episode 1: Sweathogs Back-to-School Special
The Sweathogs and administrators at James Buchanan High reminisce about Gabe's past two years at the...
Episode 2: And Baby Makes Four (1)
Julie goes into labor.
Episode 3: And Baby Makes Four (2)
Julie gives birth to twin girls.
Episode 4: And Baby Makes Four (3)
Julie's parents come to see the babies.
Episode 5: Brother, Can You Spare a Million?
Emotions mix when it seems that the Sweathogs may win the lottery.
Episode 6: Just Testing
Everybody helps Vinnie cram for a make-up test.
Episode 7: The Deprogramming of Arnold Horshack
Arnold is accepted into a religious cult. Mr. Kotter and the three other sweathogs try to get Arnold...
Episode 8: What a Move
Juan, with the help of his uncle, hooks the Kotters up with a new apartment.
Episode 9: A Novel Idea
The characters in Mr. Woodman's new novel seem to have an awful lot in common with the Sweathogs...
Episode 10: Barbarino in Love (1)
During a talent competition, Vinnie falls for a girl who the Sweathogs are competing against, and st...
Episode 11: Barbarino in Love (2)
Vinnie is torn between trying to win the talent competition, or letting his new girlfriend beat him.
Episode 12: Kotter for Vice Principal
Kotter has a dream about life when the Sweathogs are old.
Episode 13: Swine and Punishment
Freddie cheats on an English test.
Episode 14: Epstein's Madonna
Juan paints a great masterpiece on the walls of the school.
Episode 15: Sweathog Christmas Special
At Christmas time, the gang reminisces over past episodes.
Episode 16: Sweatwork
Arnold voices angst and pioneers for change on the school radio station, gathering fans in the proce...
Episode 17: Meet Your New Teacher: Batteries Not Included
The Sweathogs' new tutor is a computer. Despite initial raises in grades, Gabe becomes displeased wi...
Episode 18: Angie
A new girl joins the Sweathogs.
Episode 19: Epstein's Term Paper
Juan buys four term papers - one for each Sweathog - from Carvelli, only to end up with an essay tha...
Episode 20: There's No Business Like Show Business (1)
Gabe finds success as a stand-up comic, using material regarding the Sweathogs. But when the oppport...
Episode 21: There's No Business Like Show Business (2)
Gabe must choose between the comedy life, or his life at Buchanan.
Episode 22: What Goes Up
Freddie becomes addicted to drugs after taking prescribed pain killers. Despite the other Sweathogs'...
Episode 23: Good-Bye, Mr. Kripps
Mr. Kripps, the shop teacher, has a heart attack and dies while yelling at Vinnie, who blames himsel...
Episode 24: Horshack and the Madame X
Arnold, saddened by the rejection he keeps recieving from the opposite sex, gets advice and comfort...
Episode 25: The Kiss
After performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on a female student who has passed out in the classroo...
Episode 26: The Return of Hotsy Totsy
Rosalie ""Hotsy"" Totsy has grown up ... a little too fast. The Sweathogs go to a local strip club o...
Episode 27: Class Encounter of the Carvelli Kind
When Carvelli and Murray come on as exchange students, Carvelli seemingly goes crazy with stories of...
Episode 1: The Drop-Ins (1)
Gabe announces that he is now the vice-principal and Mr. Woodman is the principal. The Sweathogs ar...
Episode 2: The Drop-Ins (2)
With Barbarino now an ordlery at a hospital, the Sweathogs try to get jobs there, too. Meanwhile, K...
Episode 3: Beau's Jest
Episode 4: Don't Come Up and See Me Sometime
Vinnie throws the Sweathogs out of his new apartment.
Episode 5: Once Upon a Ledge
Horshack saves a lonely, overlooked girl named Mary Johnson from commiting suicide by jumping off th...
Episode 6: The Sweatmobile
The Sweathogs remember how they tried to buy a used car from Vinnie's uncle.
Episode 7: Barbarino's Boo-Boo
When Mr. Woodman comes to Vinnie's hospital for an operation, Vinnie loses him and he and the other...
Episode 8: X-Rated Education
The gang is liable to get in trouble when the x-rated film Carvelli brought into school is accidenta...
Episode 9: The Barbarino Blues
Vinnie becomes depressed when it seems that he has lost his way with women.
Episode 10: Washington's Clone
A younger student begins to imitate Freddie, not much to Freddie's liking.
Episode 11: Frog Day Afternoon
After Horshack refuses to disect a frog in class, his grade is in jeopardy.
Episode 12: A Little Fright Music
The Sweathogs opt to change Mr. Woodman's tired old school song.
Episode 13: A Winter's Coat Tail
Vinnie is saddened when his new coat is stolen.
Episode 14: Bride and Gloom
Juan asks Vinnie to marry his immigrant cousin.
Episode 15: Barbarino's Baby
Vinnie is forced to deliver a baby in an elevator.
Episode 16: The Goodbye Guy
Mr. Woodman's niece Kelly is babysitting for the Kotters when Juan drops by the apartment. The two a...
Episode 17: Come Back, Little Arnold
To get up his nerve with Mary, Carvelli offers Arnold liquor. He doesn't like the idea at first, but...
Episode 18: The Sweat Smell of Success
Convinced that the school newspaper is too dull, Juan sets out to turn it into a tabloid, bringing d...
Episode 19: The Gang Show
Freddie and Juan plan to do an act together for the upcoming talent contest, while Carvelli has some...
Episode 20: Oo, Oo, I Do (1)
Arnold's relationship with Mary gets serious. Then he finds out he has to move and leave the school....
Episode 21: Oo, Oo, I Do (2)
Arnold gets upset when the other Sweathogs tease him about not being able to provide for Mary, and h...
Episode 22: I'm Okay, But You're Not
Beau plays a number or pranks on Mr. Woodman.
Episode 23: The Breadwinners
While Horshack adjusts the married life, Epstein sets up an interview for a job. Washington gets the...
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