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, ...

The Welcome Back, Kotter theme song opens with how "your dreams were your ticket out." For Marcia Strassman, who played Julie Kotter on the hit ABC sitcom, her dream was getting o ...

Alan Sacks, known for co-creating Welcome Back, Kotter and producing several Disney Channel projects, has died. He was 81. The producer’s wife, talent agent Annette van Duren, tells Deadline that ...

John Travolta became a fan favorite on Welcome Back, Kotter, but the iconic role almost didn’t happen. In the September issue of Emmy Magazine, Welcome Back, Kotter co-creator Gabe Kaplan opened up ...

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 ...

Ron Palillo, best known for playing Arnold Horshack on the 1970s TV show “Welcome Back, Kotter,” died early Tuesday morning at his home in Palm Beach, Fla. He was 63. Palillo's agent confirmed his ...

Film and TV writer-producer Alan Sacks, who had an eclectic career that included co-creating the popular 1970s series “Welcome Back, Kotter” and working on projects set in the 1980s L.A. punk scene, ...

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 ...

Alan Sacks, a longtime television producer who co-created the popular 1970s sitcom “Welcome Back Kotter” and later had a long affiliation with The Disney Channel, died on Tuesday following a battle ...