John Travolta almost missed out on his breakout TV role. The actor shot to fame in the 1975 ABC sitcom Welcome Back Kotter, but in an essay for Emmy Magazine, Gabe Kaplan, the show’s co-creator and ...

In this business there are stars who are easy to track down and others who prove to be far more challenging. Finding Gabe Kaplan, the brilliant creator and star of the hit comedy series Welcome Back, ...

Welcome Back, Kotter is a quintessential part of 1970s television. In the show, we saw Mr. Kotter, played by Gabe Kaplen, return to his high school in Brooklyn to teach. He finds himself in a ...

March 15, 2006 — -- A little quiz for fellow Sweathogs out there: If you know what part Ron Palillo wants to play in Ice Cube's new version of "Welcome Back, Kotter," raise your hand and start ...

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 ...

For Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, one of the original Sweathogs from the 1970s TV show "Welcome Back, Kotter," Hempstead High School was a familiar setting. Raised in Manhattan and the star of such films as ...