Welcome Back, Kotter
A Novel Idea
Season 3, Episode 9 · Aired 1977-10-27
Synopsis
Woodman writes a novel set during the Civil War era that very closely parallels the Sweathogs, and the Sweathogs are not happy about it. So they write a novel of their own set in outer space and depicting Woodman as the villain.
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