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Welcome Back, Kotter (1975)

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Welcome Back, Kotter

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Featured in

    • The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special 1976)

      Nominee clips.
    • Behind the Laughs (TV Movie 1998)

      clips from this show are in this special
    • America's Teenagers Growing Up on Television (TV Movie 1998)

      clips from the show are used here
    • Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 5 (TV Movie 2000)

      Clips shown.
    • "The Drew Carey Show" What's Wrong with This Episode IV (TV Episode 2001)

      Opening credit sequence includes a clip from Welcome Back, Kotter's opening.

Referenced in

    • "Saturday Night Live" Raquel Welch/Phoebe Snow, John Sebastian (TV Episode 1976)

      Theme tune performed by John Sebastian
    • "Match Game" Episode dated 2 August 1976 (TV Episode 1976)

      Gene Rayburn praises Robert Hegyes and this series.
    • School Days (1976)

      Tagline on American poster, "She's Hotter than Kotter ... and we got her. Even the Sweathogs wouldn't believe this class!"
    • "Mr. T and Tina" Pilot (TV Episode 1976)

      John Travolta, Ron Palillo, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, and Robert Hegyes all reprise their respective roles as Vinnie Barbarino, Arnold Horshack, Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington, and Juan Epstein.
    • The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (TV Special 1976)

      Paul Lynde says, "Kids! With their silly Sweathogs!"

Remade as

    • Welcome Back, Kotter

Spin-off

    • Mr. T and Tina (TV Series 1976– )

      Career Day (1976) was the backdoor pilot.

Spoofed in

    • Hey! There's Naked Bodies on My TV! (1979)

      The "Don't Come Back, Cotler" segment is a parody of this show.
    • "Saturday Night Live" John Travolta/Seal (TV Episode 1994)

      Spoofed as "Quentin Tarantino's Welcome Back, Kotter".
    • "That's My Bush!" Fare Thee Welfare (TV Episode 2001)

      Teach Me, Mr. B is a parody of this show
    • "Saturday Night Live" Brittany Murphy/Nelly (TV Episode 2002)

      Spoofed as Welcome Back, Potter
    • "The Simpsons" Homer the Whopper (TV Episode 2009)

      poster in movie theater

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