Welcome Back, Kotter
Follow the Leader (1)
Season 1, Episode 16 · Aired 1976-01-20
Synopsis
The class votes to make Freddie the new leader of the Sweathogs, making Vinnie so upset that he quits school and stays with the Kotters. But Julie is growing tired of the Sweathogs taking all of Gabe's time.
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