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 ...

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 09: WELCOME BACK, KOTTER - pilot - Season One - 9/9/75, Gabe Kotter (played by Gabe Kaplan, center), a former Sweathog, returned to his Brooklyn high school to teach the new ...

If you remember the phrase "up your nose with a rubber hose," then you undoubtedly recall the Sweathogs of Brooklyn's James Buchanan High and the show that featured them, Welcome Back, Kotter. Running ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The life of a teacher is one of hard work, low pay and little respect — a syllabus with all the elements of sitcom success. The ...

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 ...