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Series Name:   Welcome Back, Kotter
Format:TV Series
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Years:1975 - 1979
Country:  USA
Language:English
Genre:Sitcom
Rating:4.5  Rate
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Selected CastGabe Kaplan as Gabe Kotter
 Marcia Strassman as Julie Kotter
 John Travolta as Vinnie Barbarino
 Ron Palillo as Arnold Horshack
 Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as Boom Boom Washington
 Robert Hegyes as Juan Epstein
 John Sylvester White as Michael Woodman
 Debralee Scott as Hotsie Totsie


Notes

Series star Gabe Kaplan was also co-creator of this series, which was based upon his real-life experiences as a "Sweathog" type.

John Travolta launched his film career during his time on the series, appearing in both Saturday Night Fever and Grease.

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Comments and Reviews
 
BigBadBluesMan
27th Feb 2017
 
 

 
Twistin
28th Sep 2015
 From my experience in the industry, NTSC and PAL each have their pros and cons. (I always felt that PAL's extra pixel height gave the screen a more square look, less cinematic.)

This era of TV was largely washed out across the board. I never cared for the videotaped-before-a-live-audience brand of sitcom.

Anyway, I have seen my share of 70's Euro TV and films that also have a washed-out quality -- especially Eurocrime films! As for 70's videotaped sitcoms, both "All in the Family" (muted but not washed out) (CBS) and "Sanford and Son" (NBC) managed to escape that starchy palette, which was more common on the ABC-TV network for some reason.
 

 
Record Collector
27th Sep 2015
 Candid camera for example it was a total wash out
 

 
Neil Forbes
27th Sep 2015
 Even so with filmed or videotaped shows, there was a degree of quality loss in conversion, but if the so-called "washed-out" look was deliberate, the conversion from film to NTSC videotape(if indeed they copied the filmed stuff to videotape) then upward conversion from NTSC to PAL would definitely have compounded the quality loss.
 

 
23skidoo
27th Sep 2015
 Actually, most American sitcoms in the 1970s tended to have a rather washed-out look anyway because they tended to go for a more gritty look with muted colors. It was in part a consequence of moving from film to videotape, which was the standard for sitcoms until the early 1980s. Compare, for example, the videotaped Barney Miller and the filmed Police Squad.
 

 
Record Collector
27th Sep 2015
 Yes the ampex video machines weren't made for American sitcoms
 

 
Record Collector
27th Sep 2015
 Oh yes candid camera was worse
 

 
Neil Forbes
27th Sep 2015
 RC:- "Colour looks if it was washed out"... That can be easily explained by the conversion from American NTSC colour system up to the superior German PAL system in use by more discerning countries, including Australia. The conversion highlighted the shortcomings of the American colour system against its vastly superior German counterpart.
 

 
Record Collector
26th Sep 2015
 Colour looks if it was washed out
 

 
Neil Forbes
26th Sep 2015
 RC:- "One of three shows I used to see what I call picaso print" Er.... huh???????
 

 
Record Collector
26th Sep 2015
 One of three shows I used to see what I call picaso print
 

 
Neil Forbes
26th Sep 2015
 ...Up your nose wit' a rubber hose! Oooh that's just gotta hurt! Ooouuuucccchhhh!
 

 
Record Collector
26th Sep 2015
 Howlo how are ya my name is Arnold horshaack haha
 

 
Neil Forbes
26th Sep 2015
 Ooo-oo, Oooo-oo-oo! (Arnold Horshak) Sadly, Ron Palillo passed away some years ago. but he'll likely always be remembered for "Arnold Horshak".
 

 
zabadak
6th Jul 2015
 Theme song by John B. Sebastian :happy:
 


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