My grandpa was actually Peter Meyerson, one of the lead writers on this show. I’ve been trying to watch more episodes lately. Love and miss you grandpa 💕
I don't know, man? I knew a lot of guys who had that exact rock 'n roll stoner/muscle car dude hair in the 70's. My brother, may he rest in peace, was one of them. It was a thing. I agree, it is pretty spectacular hair. My brother Mike was Vinnie before there was a Vinnie Barbarino.
John was a duplicate copy of Jim Morrison lead singer for the "doors" I heard that he was asked to play the role of Jim Morrison for the movie "the doors"
This was such a funny show! John Travolta was an absolute riot in every episode that he was in! It's amazing to see how far along he has come in his career since this show! ✌️😎😂
Never heard of this show before, I don't think it was aired here in the Netherlands. Would be neat if it would be streamed somewhere! Love the clips on UA-cam!
Travolta really mastered the mixing of Mick Jagger, Danny Zuko and Marlon Brando for his character. Horshack is really annoying when i watch it now but back in the day he was our favorite character of the show!
If I had an adaptor for hdmi to coax and an old TV I'd stream this type of SD VHS OG quality video to it, I'd do it. Wish whole shows were posted by people who have it laying around on old VHS. I want to see commercials included though. Can't find anywhere. #retro #retrotv #sd #memories
@@TJamesBell I like the worn VHS look. No fake filter. Actual wear. TV from antenna type shit better. Lpl. No body has though. Or I cant find. Just commercials, but no context. I think thers a Garfield christmas w commercials.but would like to see the "Disney afternoon" or something from my days w commercials. #disney #disneyafternoon
Good eye. Garafalo was a cast member during the 1994/1995 season, but left SNL mid-year after complaining about the show in the press. That was some sketch I recorded back in '94-95 season. Can't remember the premise? Farley was always good in everything. Garafalo described her SNL experience as “the most miserable experience of my life.”
@@TJamesBell I was not on the show. My Kotter puppet parodies are on my UA-cam channel. I don't know Lee Zimmerman, but I see he does cool marionette stuff.
0:14 Hello! A Horshack fangirl here! 💖 I’m only here for Ron Palillo! 😊💖 (I would of DIED to be in that girl’s place just to be with him! 🥰🥰🥰💖💖💖💕💕😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️ But seriously, she didn’t even seem that interested in him, like at all. She looks so dead, like she doesn’t smile or anything. HOW could she keep such a straight face around Ron though, like, if that was me, I would of been so red in the face blushing and smiling! 😍🥰💖💖💖) Sorry John Travolta fangirls, I never saw what you all did in John, Ron Palillo/Horshack was always THE heartthrob to me! 🥰🥰🥰💖💖💖💕💕💕😍😍😍 His smile though at 0:40 though! OMG! 🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍💖💖💖
@@TJamesBell Yeah, I'm a girl, I LOVE nerdy/dorky guys, so Arnold was the one I LOVE the most, yeah, I'm not like other girls, they'd probably pick Vinnie, but me, I was never into guys like him, Arnold's the one for me, he's so adorable and so funny. ^^
Even so. I don't know about all of that. Ron Pallilo, too. But, at the time, I wasn't even a tween yet and didn't think about that. All I knew, was that the show was hilarious. It had the right combination of actors. Woodman was funny, too. 😂😂
I remember watching this in the 70s? as young boy!, didn't realise at the time!, the Real Life Epstien! from Brooklyn! was dressed as a Pimp!, working at an elite school? ) was more into lego! & star wars figures!.
Agreed. There seem to be a few females in the comment section that loved him? Don't get it. At my high school, a guy like that would've got his ass kicked.
@@TJamesBell Yeah, I get it, it's hard to understand if you aren't a girl (like me and the others who loves Ron/Arnold ). it is a girl thing. :) (I understand you guy's opinions though,. ) You wanna know something cool? Ron has a niece in real life named Kayla. :) I became friends with her. :) She's really sweet. ^^ ua-cam.com/channels/3VHKlk46IV0uf2jq-v85XQ.html
Whoever that guy was from the first few scenes who got the date and said he could teach Vinnie how to act when not having a date makes me want to mute whenever he talks. The voice he chose for the character is terrible. Also I have never found John Travokta hot or sexy. It is like freddy mercury in the sense how did people not know he was gay but freddy mercury has so much talent and I think is much better looking.
My grandpa was actually Peter Meyerson, one of the lead writers on this show. I’ve been trying to watch more episodes lately. Love and miss you grandpa 💕
@pinkdruid23
Good story. In your case, worth buying Seasons 1 and 2 on DVD or Blu-ray. Then you can watch any time you want? Thanks for sharing.
My condolences. Kotter was one of my favorite shows.
Aww .It was a well written show and I watch them❤️
Nice. Xo
My condolence, Your Grandfather is a great writer. Did he write other shows? Is that Shirley?
All the long haired 70s boys were gorgeous!
thanks , I am going on 62 and still have my long, elbeit salt & pepper, hair 🙂
True!!
It’s so great to watch all these old pieces! Wish they were on TV still
I just watched the whole series online and I absolutely loved it..I've never seen it before we never got this in the UK...
@PsychicJuliana Sanders
It's on AntennaTV every day from 2-3:00 PM. On Spectrum it's channel 1258. See if you have it here:
antennatv.tv/
@@TJamesBell she’s a psychic, she should know.
@@marvingamez9057
Touchè, sir!
A channel called tubi has all 4 seasons of welcome back kotter 😊❤
Watched every day after school. Vinnie done us proud!
You from Brooklyn or the Bronx? Or Bed-Stuy?
Travolta's hair is a work of art. Poufy basketry that must've required 30 minutes and half a can of hairspray.
I don't know, man? I knew a lot of guys who had that exact rock 'n roll stoner/muscle car dude hair in the 70's. My brother, may he rest in peace, was one of them. It was a thing. I agree, it is pretty spectacular hair. My brother Mike was Vinnie before there was a Vinnie Barbarino.
John was a duplicate copy of Jim Morrison lead singer for the "doors" I heard that he was asked to play the role of Jim Morrison for the movie "the doors"
I had that hair in the 70s I was around 10yrs old-you just bent over and stand up quickly the hair just falls into place 👍🏼
I loved this show so much.
Me too
Why? Mental health issues maybe?
This was such a funny show! John Travolta was an absolute riot in every episode that he was in! It's amazing to see how far along he has come in his career since this show! ✌️😎😂
Didn't know Danny Zuko and Marty Maraschino go to a different school together before they were both in Rydel High
Wait till you see part 3 where Vinny becomes a hired killer and Quarter Pounder with cheese expert.
He transferred in as a track star. that's the only reason he went to Rydel, the track program
I miss shows like this
Man Travolta was so hilarious!
Yep with that 70s hair
This takes me way back to when I was around 7yrs old
Beautiful man.. loved this show as a kid In new Zealand
I really loved this show when I was a kid in Australia. Use to love Barbarino and Horshack. And Mr Kotter.
One of my favorites TV shows ever 🎉😊
Wow! I just learned where Megadeath got one of their lines from for Sweating Bullets. 0:02
this man kills me laughing John Travolta is the best
I loved this show
John Travolta was actually pretty!
He truly is!!
Yeah, but he doesn’t go to Burger King.
He sure was and just as stupid as he wanted to be. What?! When?!😂😂😂
Loved seeing Dinah Manoff 💕
This is all before my time, but this is some good writing 😅
Same .agreed .
Horseshack was an Edith Bunker
I got this show on DVD and I can’t wait to watch it
Good score.
Vinnie so funny 🤣😆😂 when he rolls his eyes
2:35 idk why but she reminds me of Topanga from Boy meets world lol
I just love those Sweathogs
Mr Kah Tier! Lmao
Never heard of this show before, I don't think it was aired here in the Netherlands. Would be neat if it would be streamed somewhere! Love the clips on UA-cam!
You can buy the entire series on DVD format.
70s were a magical time for TV. Before it became hate and propaganda...
Indeed
Horshack was so funny! 💖
And cute ngl
@@nianella1173 YES!
His trademark laughing makes my heart sing I’m his cousin from Washington DC
@@robinstewart6422 👍🏾
And he had the greatest laugh ever heard by man.
They must have had a blast
Talking about Saturday Night with Vinnie...he later gets the Fever😂
02:46 moves like jagger
Such a great time...
John’s hair is perfect
One of the most awesome shows ever. Back when values and not snowflake feelings mattered
Yes. Great show. There's a hundred things I could say in response to that, but not sinking to that level. No politics.
“I’m acting,leave me alone”
“Stella!
LOL
@kellyyork3898
LOL. Right!
I know. Right?! He just messed up the whole play but had everybody in the audience cracking up. 😂😂😂
My childhood.
This is actually funny
Actually? Get ur head examined
Travolta really mastered the mixing of Mick Jagger, Danny Zuko and Marlon Brando for his character. Horshack is really annoying when i watch it now but back in the day he was our favorite character of the show!
Horshack unwatchable. Everyone else terrific. Agreed.
If I had an adaptor for hdmi to coax and an old TV I'd stream this type of SD VHS OG quality video to it, I'd do it. Wish whole shows were posted by people who have it laying around on old VHS. I want to see commercials included though. Can't find anywhere. #retro #retrotv #sd #memories
No original commercials, but WBK IS available on DVD and Blu-ray. Picture quality more befitting 2021.
@@TJamesBell I like the worn VHS look. No fake filter. Actual wear. TV from antenna type shit better. Lpl. No body has though. Or I cant find. Just commercials, but no context. I think thers a Garfield christmas w commercials.but would like to see the "Disney afternoon" or something from my days w commercials. #disney #disneyafternoon
Whenever Mr Kotter collected homework, Epstein had a note. Not to mention the smelliest gym socks.
Yep. And, I especially liked it when Juan Epstein did his Harpo Marx imitations. And, that walk and dance, 😂😂😂
Carla was on welcome back kotter with Vinny ,?
Hey, that's Chris Farley and Janeane Garogalo at the end there, I'd like to see that.😊
Good eye. Garafalo was a cast member during the 1994/1995 season, but left SNL mid-year after complaining about the show in the press. That was some sketch I recorded back in '94-95 season. Can't remember the premise? Farley was always good in everything.
Garafalo described her SNL experience as “the most miserable experience of my life.”
@@TJamesBellGood to know, better late than never. 8/28/24
John had the moves then, too.
What's the name of the disco song that they are dancing too?
Everybody's hair. lol
Awesome
Barbarino was the funniest of the sweathogs.
He was cool. You just wanted to kick Horshack's ass.
😂so funny😅🎉
Wow, look at their hair! BTW, I did puppet parodies on Welcome Back, Kotter.
@Crazy Tech & Puppets
Cool. Actually ON the show, or you did Kotter parody puppet shows? Do you know Lee Zimmerman, The Puppet Guy?
@@TJamesBell I was not on the show. My Kotter puppet parodies are on my UA-cam channel. I don't know Lee Zimmerman, but I see he does cool marionette stuff.
@@CrazyTechy
Lee's a friend of mine. Good guy. I'll check your Kotter puppet stuff out.
Me and my neighborhood friends would play the shows' characters. I was always Hotsie Totsie lol. I was the perfect age 12) when this show came out.
Wasn’t the character of Vinnie Barbarino kind of modeled after the character of Arthur Fonzarelli?
Nope. They were parallel universes.
I always thought that Vinnie was patterned after Elvis Presley. That Barbarino dance got my attention every time.😆
Vinny is looking for love in all the wrong places. Looking for love in too many faces. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
So many Afro hairstyles in this show.😅
I'm here looking up old stuff about Gabe Kaplan. Probably not going back any further cause jeez.
Marcia Strassman wasn't a fan. She literally hated him.
Even a hurricane couldn’t shift Travoltas hair
0:14 Hello! A Horshack fangirl here! 💖 I’m only here for Ron Palillo! 😊💖 (I would of DIED to be in that girl’s place just to be with him! 🥰🥰🥰💖💖💖💕💕😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️ But seriously, she didn’t even seem that interested in him, like at all. She looks so dead, like she doesn’t smile or anything. HOW could she keep such a straight face around Ron though, like, if that was me, I would of been so red in the face blushing and smiling! 😍🥰💖💖💖) Sorry John Travolta fangirls, I never saw what you all did in John, Ron Palillo/Horshack was always THE heartthrob to me! 🥰🥰🥰💖💖💖💕💕💕😍😍😍 His smile though at 0:40 though! OMG! 🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍💖💖💖
WOODMAN AND KOTTER WERE THE FUNNIEST DUDES ON THE SHOW. ✌️
@@billyjackbillyjack9731 I've always found them all funny, but out of all of them, I've always loved Arnold the most! ^^
@@princesspeachfan100
Must be a chick thing. Guys who watched that show thought he was annoying and wanted to knock him out.
@@TJamesBell Yeah, I'm a girl, I LOVE nerdy/dorky guys, so Arnold was the one I LOVE the most, yeah, I'm not like other girls, they'd probably pick Vinnie, but me, I was never into guys like him, Arnold's the one for me, he's so adorable and so funny. ^^
@@princesspeachfan100 They’re all so attractive and iconic I love them all😫✨💝💞
at 3:00 - what kind of dance is Travolta doing?
The Barbarino dance.
Vinnie Barbarino dance lol
What I've heard about John Travolta he might have enjoyed kissing Freddy
Yep, he's a "secret' gay.
Even so. I don't know about all of that. Ron Pallilo, too. But, at the time, I wasn't even a tween yet and didn't think about that. All I knew, was that the show was hilarious. It had the right combination of actors. Woodman was funny, too. 😂😂
Vinnie Barbarino.
This guy is John Travolta??
Please, I want to know the year of that serie of tv!
Thanks!
Greetings from URUGUAY!!(2021)
1975 - 1979. They're available on DVD. Great show. Travolta left by Season 4 to become a movie star, you might want to focus on Season 1 & 2.
I'll be your date, Barbarino.
I loved this, I was in high school too and I had a serious crush on Gabe Kaplan🤩
Never heard that one! Usually the girls say Vinnie?
@@TJamesBell hahaha, really? I know all the girls loved Vinnie, but I was in love with teacher😆
@@julenepegher6999
To Sir, With Love.
@@TJamesBell Maybe she loves a man with brains. Some women find men who are very smart actually sexy.
love epstein's dance moves
Needs more Carvelli and Murray.
I think Charmaine is Dinah Manoff? Or am I seeing things?
Yep. Not seeing things.
@@TJamesBell hey am I good or what?! 👍🏻
@@richardalva5850
Well done.
I liked Dinah Manoff in Grease and Empty Nest, too. Park Overall was a hoot, too.
I was 4-5 when this show was huge, so I wasn't a fan back then. It's pretty funny though. It's just how can this compare to Muppets to a kid that age?
All 16 year old kids with 30 year old actors
Gee surprised you didn't throw 'boomer' in there to lil fella 😂
If it weren't for this show I wouldn't have pretended to be a nerd so I could have 26 bodies before graduation
But no "Ba-ba-ba, ba-Barbarino"?
FREDDIE BOOM BOOM WASHINGTON SAYS MR.KOTTIER THE BEST
I know that's right! And, "Hello there." 😂😂😂
I remember watching this in the 70s? as young boy!, didn't realise at the time!, the Real Life Epstien! from Brooklyn! was dressed as a Pimp!, working at an elite school? ) was more into lego! & star wars figures!.
Realize, not realise.
Wasn’t she in SNF?
Who? What's SNF?
@@TJamesBell Saturday night fever
@@bswift5
Ohhhhhhhh. You mean the Brooklyn girl? I don't think so? I'll check.
Her name is Helaine Lembeck and she was not in SNF.
@@TJamesBell ohhh ty
Actors dancing actually doesn't look totally stupid here
Keaneu Reeves and mila kumis
😂
how come the other Sweat-hogs never say anything? the extras.. they just sit back and never speak
That's why they're called 'extras'. They're paid background performers hired by production from Central Casting. Non-speaking roles.
The cattle are dying.
one of my favorite shows. horshack was annoying.
Agreed. There seem to be a few females in the comment section that loved him? Don't get it. At my high school, a guy like that would've got his ass kicked.
@@TJamesBell Yeah, I get it, it's hard to understand if you aren't a girl (like me and the others who loves Ron/Arnold ). it is a girl thing. :) (I understand you guy's opinions though,. ) You wanna know something cool? Ron has a niece in real life named Kayla. :) I became friends with her. :) She's really sweet. ^^ ua-cam.com/channels/3VHKlk46IV0uf2jq-v85XQ.html
@@princesspeachfan100
Awesome. Ron Pallillo had an acting class here in LA. I read someone discuss it after he passed away.
@@TJamesBell Yeah, he did! ^^ I heard about that! :)
@@TJamesBell are you related to the Bell’s from Texas?
Who remembers stallone in one episode?
Sylvester Stallone wasn't in any of the episodes 😂😂😂
I remember a very young Stallone in an episode of Kojak🧑🦲. "Who Loves ya baby?!" 😂😂
I don't remember Stallone but I believe James woods was in the series premiere
Why would you make people pay for this old stuff!! That’s not even clear
Nostalgia.
Arnold was a laugh wonder why he dident become a big star
We used to call him Vinnie Fagarino
Whoever that guy was from the first few scenes who got the date and said he could teach Vinnie how to act when not having a date makes me want to mute whenever he talks. The voice he chose for the character is terrible.
Also I have never found John Travokta hot or sexy. It is like freddy mercury in the sense how did people not know he was gay but freddy mercury has so much talent and I think is much better looking.
Not
‘Not’ what?
omg what a misogynistic and homophobic show. Not to mention dumb.
YEAH RIGHT ! WELCOME BACK KOTTER WAS AWESOME ! ✌️
Homophobic?
This day and age people get offended if you say Hi
Michael renn this show is a classic gtfoh
@@geletmote or hold the door open for them. True incidents!