

He makes no secret of his dislike for the Sweathogs, whom he considers the bottom of the social stratum at his school. The character Michael Woodman is the curmudgeonly vice-principal (and later principal) of Buchanan High.

She makes several references to her "world famous tuna casserole", a common meal at the Kotter dinner table, which Gabe and the Sweathogs deem inedible. Originally from Nebraska, with a college degree in anthropology, Julie eventually becomes a secretary at Buchanan, and later a substitute teacher after Gabe's promotion to vice-principal. She is occasionally upset with the amount of time her husband spends with his students, and she is troubled that he allows them to visit their apartment regularly in the two-part story arc "Follow the Leader", the Sweathogs' constant intrusions lead Julie to separate briefly from Gabe and even seriously consider divorce. Though she has a sense of humor, she often wishes Gabe would take matters more seriously. The character Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend. To minimize Kotter's absence, scenes were shot in either the school's hallway, the schoolyard, or the principal's waiting area. Though he is said to maintain some social studies training duties, most of that season's shows are filmed outside his classroom (#11), or if in room 11, Mr. In season four, the invisible principal John Lazarus retires, and Kotter becomes the vice-principal. During season four, Kaplan had contract issues with the executive producer, which resulted in Kotter's character appearing in only a handful of episodes. It is confirmed by Julie in the episode "Follow the Leader (part 1)" that Gabe is Jewish. Kotter is married to Julie throughout the series, and they eventually have twin girls, Robin and Rachel. On his first day on the job, he launches into a Groucho Marx impersonation. Because he was a "founding member" of the original Sweathogs, Kotter has a special understanding of the possibility of these supposedly "unteachable" students, and the challenges and scrutiny they face in daily life (educational, social, and emotional). The character Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High, to teach a group of remedial students known as the Sweathogs. ( May 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective. This section describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. A pupil-teacher rapport is formed, and the students often visit Kotter's Bensonhurst apartment, sometimes via the fire escape window, much to the chagrin of his wife, Julie ( Marcia Strassman). As a former remedial student and a founding member of the original class of Sweathogs, Kotter befriends the current Sweathogs and stimulates their potential. The rigid vice principal, Michael Woodman ( John Sylvester White), dismisses the Sweathogs as witless hoodlums and only expects Kotter to contain them until they drop out or are otherwise banished. The show stars stand-up comedian and actor Gabriel "Gabe" Kaplan as the main character, Gabe Kotter, a wisecracking teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High School in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, to teach a remedial class of loafers, the Sweathogs.

15 Broadcast history and Nielsen ratings.2.7 Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein.2.6 Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington.
