Welcome Back, Kotter
Basket Case
Season 1, Episode 2 · Aired 1975-09-16
Synopsis
Kotter is pressured to give Boom-Boom a passing grade on his exam, which he fails, so that he can continue to play on the basketball team.
In the series
This episode is part of Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979) on ABC.
Sweathogs in the back row — and a theme song that charted for real.
Key cast
- Gabe Kaplan as Gabe Kotter
- Marcia Strassman as Julie Kotter
- John Travolta as Vinnie Barbarino
- Robert Hegyes as Juan Epstein
- Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as Freddie 'Boom Boom' Washington
- Ron Palillo as Arnold Horshack