At first, Gabe Kaplan was just doing a bit. He'd string together five- or six-minute set pieces into a larger premise as part of his stand-up act – and one of them involved a few perpetually immature ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gabe Kaplan has enjoyed many diverse careers over the decades, ranging from stand-up comedian to sitcom star, film actor and disc ...

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, ...

Before cracking jokes as Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds had his own high school mishaps—one being his famous failure in drama class. It is easy not to imagine him as the perfect fit for a sitcom like Welcome ...

When "Welcome Back, Kotter" debuted on September 9, 1975, on ABC, viewers were charmed by the sitcom and its endearing group of unruly high school students. When "Welcome Back, Kotter" debuted on ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ television star Robert Hegyes died Thursday, ...

Gabe Kaplan, 80, has had a long and diverse career that took him from stand-up comedy beginnings to his more recent run as a world-champion poker player and commentator. But we all know him best as Mr ...

Who’d have thought they’d see ya? Certainly not John Travolta, who had a reunion with castmate Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs on the red carpet at the TCM Film Festival. The two were part of sitcom Welcome ...

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 ...

Ron Palillo, who was best known for playing nerdy high-school student Arnold Horshack in the ABC sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," died Tuesday in Palm Beach Gardens, a close friend said. He was 63.Karen ...