At first, Gabe Kaplan was just doing a bit. He'd string together five- or six-minute set pieces into a larger premise as part of his stand-up act – and one of them involved a few perpetually immature ...

Gabe Kaplan, 80, has had a long and diverse career that took him from stand-up comedy beginnings to his more recent run as a world-champion poker player and commentator. But we all know him best as Mr ...

Which classic '70s sitcom, one that launched the career of a Hollywood superstar and dropped several memorable characters and catchphrases into TV history, is being released as a complete series DVD ...

You may not personally remember high school the way it was presented in the ABC sitcom Welcome Back Kotter, but from 1976 to 1979 the comic interactions between teacher Gabe Kotter (played by Gabe ...

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 09: WELCOME BACK, KOTTER - pilot - Season One - 9/9/75, Gabe Kotter (played by Gabe Kaplan, center), a former Sweathog, returned to his Brooklyn high school to teach the new ...

If you remember the phrase "up your nose with a rubber hose," then you undoubtedly recall the Sweathogs of Brooklyn's James Buchanan High and the show that featured them, Welcome Back, Kotter. Running ...

John Travolta has admitted that he almost did not feature in Welcome Back, Kotter, his breakout show, in a new interview. The actor revealed how he nearly passed on the role of Vinnie Barbarino. John ...

When “Welcome Back, Kotter” debuted on September 9, 1975, on ABC, viewers were charmed by the sitcom and its endearing group of unruly high school students. That is, unless those viewers were in ...