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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Ron Palillo, the actor best known as the nerdy high school student Arnold Horshack on the 1970s sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," died Tuesday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He ...