Series Description

Welcome Back Kotter was a 30 minute comedy series on ABC about a who returned to his old inner city high school to teach a bunch of rowdy teenagers who give him almost nothing but a hard time. That treatment didn't bother Mr. Kotter too much though because he could give back as good as he got and ... on yeah ... he and his students did their antics all in good fun while caring deeply about each other.

Welcome Back Kotter Cast

Gabe Kaplan .... Gabe Kotter
Marcia Strassman .... Julie Kotter
John Travolta .... Vinnie Barbarino
Robert Hegyes .... Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein
Ron Palillo .... Arnold Dingfelder Horshak
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs .... Freddy "Boom Boom" Washington
Debralee Scott .... Rosalie "Hotzie" Totzie
John Sylvester White .... Michael Woodman

Welcome Back Kotter Theme Song

Title: "Welcome Back"

By: "John Sebastian"

Welcome back,
Your dreams were your ticket out.

Welcome back,
To that same old place that you laughed about.

Well the names have all changed since you hung around,
But those dreams have remained and they're turned around.

Who'd have thought they'd lead ya (Who'd have thought they'd lead ya)
Here where we need ya (Here where we need ya)

Yeah we tease him a lot cause we've hot him on the spot, welcome back,
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Season 1

1... The Great Debate (9/9/1975)
2... Basket Case (9/16/1975)
3... Welcome Back (Pilot)(9/23/1975)
4... Whodunit? (9/30/1975)
5... The Election (10/7/1975)
6... No More Mr. Nice Guy (10/14/1975)
7... Classroom Marriage (10/21/1975)
8... One of Our Sweathogs Is Missing (10/28/1975)
9... Mr. Kotter, Teacher (11/4/1975)
10. The Reunion (11/18/1975)
11. Barbarino's Girl (11/25/1975)
12. California Dreamin' (12/2/1975)
13. Arrividerci, Arnold (12/16/1975)
14. The Longest Weekend (1/6/1976)
15. The Sit-in (1/13/1976)
16. Follow the Leader - Part 1 (1/20/1976)
17. Follow the Leader - Part 2 (1/22/1976)
18. Dr. Epstein, I Presume (1/29/1976)
19. One Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2/5/1976)
20. The Telethon (2/12/1976)
21. Kotter Makes Good (2/19/1976)
22. Father Vinnie (2/26/1976)

Season 2

23. Career Day (9/23/1976)
24. Inherit the Halibut (9/30/1976)
25. Sweatside Story (10/7/1976)
26. The Fight (10/21/1976)
27. The Museum (10/28/1976)
28. Gabe Under Pressure (11/4/1976)
29. Sweathog, Nebraska Style (11/11/1976)
30. Sadie Hawkins Day (11/18/1976)
31. Hello, Ms. Chips (12/2/1976)
32. Horshack versus Carvelli (12/9/1976)
33. Sweathog Clinic for the Cure of Smoking (12/16/1976)
34. Hark, the Sweatkings (12/23/1976)
35. A Love Story (12/30/1976)
36. Caruso's Way (1/6/1977)
37. Sweatgate Scandal (1/13/1977)
38. Kotter and Son (1/20/1977)
39. Chicken a la Kotter (1/27/1977)
40. Has Anyone Here Seen Arnold? (2/3/1977)
41. There Goes Number 5 (2/3/1977)
42. The Littlest Sweathog (2/10/1977)
43. Radio Free Freddie (2/17/1977)
44. I'm Having Their Baby (2/24/1977)
45. I Wonder Who's Kissing Gabe Now (3/3/1977)

Season 3

46. Sweathog Back to School Special (9/10/1977)
47. And Baby Makes Four - Part 1 (9/15/1977)
48. And Baby Makes Four - Part 2 (9/15/1977)
49. The Visit (9/22/1977)
50. Buddy, Can You Spare a Million? (9/29/1977)
51. Just Testing (10/6/1977)
52. The Deprogramming of Arnold Horshack (10/13/1977)
53. What a Move! (10/20/1977)
54. A Novel Idea (10/27/1977)
55. Barbarino in Love - Part 1 (11/3/1977)
56. Barbarino in Love - Part 2 (11/10/1977)
57. Kotter for Vice Principal (11/17/1977)
58. Swine and Punishment (11/24/1977)
59. Epstein's Madonna (12/8/1977)
60. A Sweathog Christmas Special (12/15/1977)
61. Sweatwork (12/22/1977)
62. Meet Your New Teacher (1/5/1978)
63. Angie (1/12/1978)
64. Epstein's Term Paper (1/19/1978)
65. There's No Business ... - Part 1 (1/26/1978)
66. There's No Business ... - Part 2 (2/2/1978)
67. What Goes Up (2/9/1978)
68. Goodbye, Mr. Kripps (2/16/1978)
69. Horshack and Madame X (2/23/1978)
70. The Kiss (3/9/1978)
71. The Return of Hotsy Totsy (5/11/1978)
72. Class Encounters of the Carvelli Kind (5/18/1978)

Season 4

73. The Drop-Ins - Part 1 (9/11/1978)
74. The Drop-Ins - Part 2 (9/11/1978)
75. Beau's Jest (9/18/1978)
76. Don't Come Up and See Me Sometime (9/25/1978)
77. Once Upon a Ledge (10/2/1978)
78. The Sweatmobile (10/9/1978)
79. Barbarino's Boo Boo (10/21/1978)
80. X-rated Education (10/28/1978)
81. The Barbarino Blues (11/4/1978)
82. Washington's Clone (11/11/1978)
83. Frog Day Afternoon (11/25/1978)
84. A Little Fright Music (12/2/1978)
85. A Winter's Coat Tale (12/16/1978)
86. Bride and Gloom (1/13/1979)
87. Barbarino's Baby (2/3/1979)
88. The Goodbye Guy (2/10/1979)
89. Come Back, Little Arnold (2/24/1979)
90. The Sweat Smell of Success (3/3/1979)
91. The Gang Show (3/17/1979)
92. Ooo-Ooo, I Do - Part 1 (5/25/1979)
93. Ooo-Ooo, I Do - Part 2 (5/25/1979)
94. I'm Okay, But You're Not (6/1/1979)
95. The Breadwinners (6/8/1979)