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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,
Changes on the show: Gabe Kaplan left the series in the third season, due to creative differences with executive producer James Komack. Kaplan openly felt that Komack was not serving the show's best interests. Kotter was made vice principal, and thus was seen considerably less. [[John Travolta]], of course, found his own place as a celebrity, leaving the show around the same time Gabe Kaplan did (returning every so often as a "special guest star"). The replacement for Barbarino was Beau, who didn't help things much. By now the show had essentially lost its two biggest stars.
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Not to be confused with [[Welcome Back, Traitor]].
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* [[End-of-Episode Silliness]] was originally named (back on TV Tropes) [[Uncle Herbie]], in tribute to Kotter's endless stream of uncles about whom he had wacky stories.
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* [[And Starring]]: John Travota's billing during his last season on the show.
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