In the spring of 1976, one of America's biggest hit songs came from an unlikely place: a television sitcom. The song ultimately became so closely tied to the series that producers changed the show's ...

Television in the 1970s pushed the envelope, and its impact has reverberated across the decades. Some series, like "Saturday Night Live," continue to this day; now airing its 51st season, the show ...

Stand-up comedian Gabe Kaplan played the teacher of a remedial high school class that called themselves “the Sweathogs.” One of the four featured students was played by John Travolta, who became a ...

Created by Gabe Kaplan and Alan Sacks, Welcome Back, Kotter drew deeply from Kaplan’s real‑life experiences at New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn. Kaplan didn’t just create the show—he starred in it, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you remember the phrase "up your nose with a rubber hose," then you undoubtedly recall the Sweathogs of Brooklyn's James ...

Mayor Eric Adams honored “Welcome Back, Kotter” and “Cooley High” actor Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs with a proclamation as he marked the 50th anniversary of both the show and movie at Ember Charter School, ...

His "ooh, ooh, ooh, Mr. Kotter!" is a classic line from a classic '70s show. Palillo was 63. "Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Mr. Kotter!" If you watched TV in the '70s, you probably recognize that line. So it's with ...

Television in the 1970s television offered viewers some of the most memorable characters in American TV viewing history: Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli, from “Happy Days”; Mork from Ork, of “Mork and ...

He also worked on the 1980s films ‘Du-Beat-e-o’ and ‘Thrashin' ’ and produced films and shows for the Disney Channel. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Alan Sacks, who teamed with stand-up comic and fellow ...

“Sweathogs, class is in session.” — It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 45 years since audiences bid farewell to Mr. Kotter and The Sweathogs. The brainchild of Gabe Kaplan and Alan Sacks, “Welcome ...