A compassionate teacher returns to his inner city high school of his youth to teach a new generation of trouble making kids.A compassionate teacher returns to his inner city high school of his youth to teach a new generation of trouble making kids.A compassionate teacher returns to his inner city high school of his youth to teach a new generation of trouble making kids.
- Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys
- 3 wins & 8 nominations total
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- TriviaGroucho Marx was to make a cameo appearance in the episode "Sadie Hawkins Day". The planned scene was Kotter doing his frequent impression of Marx, then Marx appearing with his reaction. But when the 86-year-old Marx arrived on the set, it was decided that he was too weak to perform and the scene was scrapped. Marx posed for publicity photos with the cast but they were never released due to his frail appearance. Six years after Groucho Marx died, Gabe Kaplan would portray him in a stage play, filmed as Groucho (1983).
- GoofsThroughout out the series, it's clear that the actors/actresses portraying teenagers are actually in their 20s+. This is done as to not interfere with the schooling of real teenagers and to give the general viewing audience who are teenagers (or young people) themselves someone they can look up to.
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Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington: Hey, Mr. Kot-tair!
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1976)
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If You Weren't Alive In The 70's You Won't Get It
Most of these "reviews" are written by people that clearly weren't around in the 70's.
Gabe Kaplan wrote the show based on his actual experiences, as a remedial student in the 60's.
Time Frame, people. If you weren't around back then you won't get it. Period. It comediacally dealt with things that people did NOT talk about back then. Diversity in an inner city school was almost taboo on TV back then.
Jewish point of view in the 70's - this is only 30 years after WWII - again, Time Frame.
Watching the reruns of the reruns is not the same as watching it when it was being broadcast and you have no reference to most of what was being talked/joked about, and the fact that TV was not on 24/7 and it only had 3 channels. Period.
The show was watered down each season because of the time frame, and each season Kaplan was censored to the point of leaving before the show ended.
Time Frame matters. Context.
Gabe Kaplan wrote the show based on his actual experiences, as a remedial student in the 60's.
Time Frame, people. If you weren't around back then you won't get it. Period. It comediacally dealt with things that people did NOT talk about back then. Diversity in an inner city school was almost taboo on TV back then.
Jewish point of view in the 70's - this is only 30 years after WWII - again, Time Frame.
Watching the reruns of the reruns is not the same as watching it when it was being broadcast and you have no reference to most of what was being talked/joked about, and the fact that TV was not on 24/7 and it only had 3 channels. Period.
The show was watered down each season because of the time frame, and each season Kaplan was censored to the point of leaving before the show ended.
Time Frame matters. Context.
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- cantrelayne
- Dec 28, 2021
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