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[[File:WBK_4051.jpg|thumb|400px|Mad's Jack Davis is drawing us for the TV Guide cover? Very Impressive, Mr Kotter!]]
Before Jerry [[Seinfeld]] wondered about airline peanuts, before Tim Allen said his first [[Home Improvement (TV series)||"Arrr arrr arrr!"]], before [[Roseanne]] became a Domestic Goddess, there was Gabriel Kaplan, the first stand-up comedian to successfully turn his comedy routines into a hit sitcom. ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' ran on [[ABC]] from 1975 to 1979.
Gabe Kotter, formerly a Sweathog, returns to James Buchanan High School as a teacher and is assigned the remedial class to which he once belonged. Mr. Kotter is an involved and caring teacher, which one would have to be in dealing with a certain four students in his class, who end up in trouble on a regular basis: ladies' man Vinnie Barbarino, the always cool Freddie "Boom-Boom" Washington, the tough Juan (Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos) Epstein, and the sheepish Arnold Dingfelder Horshack. ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' was based on Gabe Kaplan's own high school experiences with remedial education and a teacher who cared dearly for her students.
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* [[Dean Bitterman]]: Mr. Woodman
* [[End-of-Episode Silliness]]: Formerly the [[Trope Namer]] when it was called "Uncle Herbie".
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
** [[The Hero]]: Vinnie, later relegated to The Sixth Ranger when John Travolta's movie career started taking off
** [[The Lancer]]: Freddie. Beau in the final season when Freddie was seemingly promoted to leader
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