Welcome Back, Kotter
Welcome Back, Kotter
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Welcome Back, Kotter

Up your nose with a rubber hose!

7.2 / 10
1975
4 seasons
95 episodes
ComedyFamily

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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  • Ep 1

    1.The Great Debate

    09-09-197530m

    The sweathogs out debate a smarter debate class.

  • Ep 2

    2.Basket Case

    16-09-197530m

    Gabe insists that basketball ace Washington pass his social-studies test.

  • Ep 3

    3.Welcome Back (Pilot)

    09-09-197530m

    A flashback recalls Gabe's first meeting with his class. The Sweathogs Out Debate A Superior Class.

  • Ep 4

    4.Whodunit?

    30-09-197530m

    Tired of her reputation as easy, Rosalie Totsy tells the Sweathogs that she's pregnant -- and that one of them is the father -- in an effort to make the boys admit that the tales t...

  • Ep 5

    5.The Election

    07-10-197530m

    Barbarino is running for Student Body President but his campain turns into disaster.

  • Ep 6

    6.No More Mister Nice Guy

    14-10-197530m

    After returning to his roots by taking over the Sweathogs' history class for a day, Mr. Woodman turns into a nice guy; and Kotter turns into the new Mr. Woodman.

  • Ep 7

    7.Classroom Marriage

    21-10-197530m

    With Vernajean's family moving, she and Freddie decide that they must get married in order to stay together. Their classmates act out married life to discourage the young couple.

  • Ep 8

    8.One of Our Sweathogs Is Missing

    28-10-197530m

    After losing a fight with Todd Ludlow, Juan is made fun of by his fellow Sweathogs. His feelings and his pride hurt, he runs away -- to the Kotters' bathroom.

  • Ep 9

    9.Mr. Kotter, Teacher

    04-11-197530m

    Gabe's teaching theories in question, he is temporarily suspended. The Sweathogs, liable to lose their teacher, come to his defense.

  • Ep 10

    10.The Reunion

    18-11-197530m

    Gabe is less than thrilled when an old too-perfect classmate, and his too-perfect wife, decide to pay him a visit.

  • Ep 11

    11.Barbarino's Girl

    25-11-197530m

    In order to bring up Vinnie's grades, Judy Borden, highly unpopular with the Sweathogs, is called in to tutor him. But when the two start liking one another, problems arise.

  • Ep 12

    12.California Dreamin'

    02-12-197530m

    The sweathogs go bananas over Bambi, a pretty blonde girl from California. We get some very funny scenes of the guys in various costumes: Epstein as a guru, Freddy in a colorful...

  • Ep 13

    13.Arrividerci, Arnold

    16-12-197530m

    Arnold is promoted to a regular class, but is less than happy about the forced transition.

  • Ep 14

    14.The Longest Weekend

    06-01-197630m

    When Julie goes away on a ski trip with a friend, stories from the Sweathogs and Mr. Woodman lead Gabe to be worried about the possibility of Julie cheating on him while she is awa...

  • Ep 15

    15.The Sit-In

    13-01-197630m

    The Sweathogs, diverged from a food-fight, hold a sit-in to protest the school cafetieria's Wednesday liver.

  • Ep 16

    16.Follow The Leader (1)

    20-01-197630m

    The class votes to make Freddie the new leader of the Sweathogs, taking Vinnie down a notch. Vinnie becomes so upset with the loss of his title that he quits school. When his paren...

  • Ep 17

    17.Follow The Leader (2)

    22-01-197630m

    The sweathogs soon tire of Freddy as leader. Mr. Woodman even admits that he misses Barbarino. Julie and Vinnie turn up at the apartment, and Mr. Kotter has a heartfelt talk with t...

  • Ep 18

    18.Dr. Epstein, I Presume

    29-01-197630m

    Juan, because of his love for animals, decides that he would like to be a veterinarian. A guidance couselor quickly thwarts his dream, until he performs an emergency operation on h...

  • Ep 19

    19.One Flu Over The Cuckoo's Nest

    05-02-197630m

    A flu epidemic hits Buchannan and everybody gets sick except for Kotter, Horshack and a few students in the other classes. In the end, the few healthy students team up with the re...

  • Ep 20

    20.The Telethon

    12-02-197630m

    Kotter and the ""Sweathogs"" raise a telethon to raise $700 for new supplies. If not the remiedial class will be cut.

  • Ep 21

    21.Kotter Makes Good

    19-02-197630m

    Gabe is forced to take final exams when it's revealed by Mr. Woodman that he wasn't really qualified to graduate when he did.

  • Ep 22

    22.Father Vinnie

    26-02-197630m

    Vinnie's grandmother's dying wish is for him to become a priest, and he takes the request seriously, until the strain of being holy becomes too much for him.

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