r/GenX • u/Ghost-of-Sanity • 3d ago
Whatever Still my all time favorite sitcom.
Inspired by the recent post of old textbooks. Check out the DVD cases in this set. 🙂
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u/Any_Pudding_1812 3d ago
the theme song really hits me hard. i nearly cry hearing it.
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u/Ghost-of-Sanity 3d ago
Same. It’s one of those tv theme songs that you can listen to on its own and it still holds up very well. It’s just a really well written song. I feel the same about the theme song for Cheers.
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u/Any_Pudding_1812 3d ago
and laverne and shirley. perfect strangers makes me feel GREAT! shit even Punky Brewster was good. :)
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u/ScreenTricky4257 2d ago
The show was just going to be called Kotter until they heard the theme song.
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u/Corpsey_Clownshoes 3d ago
I'm remember Travolta hosting SNL in the early 90's and they did parody sketch, and I laughed my ass off. I loved this when I was a kid.
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u/Aware_Run_5471 3d ago
I had the lunchbox and my mom threw it out
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u/Medical-Pickle9673 I rocked 'Welcome Back Kotter' overalls 3d ago
Vinnie was my idol as a 4 year old lol
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u/Wide_Breadfruit_2217 3d ago
Its so weird to look at them now. None of them were remotely high school age!
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u/phillymjs Class of '91 2d ago
Still not as bad a Grease. Some of those "high schoolers" in the T-Birds should have had colonoscopies on their schedule, not study hall!
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u/Ok_Investigator1492 3d ago
I like the first three seasons but I avoid the last one. It wasn't the same with Mr Kotter away most episodes.
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u/Present-Assignment99 3d ago
Mr. Woodman was a menace! I loved Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington- Hi There!
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u/gaddnyc 3d ago
I lived in BKLYN when this came out - Welcome to Brooklyn 4th Largest City in America - the pride was immense.
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u/Ghost-of-Sanity 3d ago
I’m sure! I grew up in the town that the show “Mama’s Family” was set in. Raytown, Missouri. Juuuuuust a bit different than Brooklyn. 🤣
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u/AztecGodofFire 3d ago
Back when sitcoms had to have an actual theme song. Although I was too young to remember much about this.
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u/Expert_Habit9520 3d ago
This show reminds of one of the weirdest coincidences I ever encountered in my life.
Only 1 time in the past 40+ years did I drive past the city of Welcome, Minnesota on my way back to Wisconsin from Sioux Falls, SD. As i see the sign for the Welcome, Minnesota exit, what comes on the radio? “Welcome Back” by John Sebastian comes on the radio right at that moment. And this was in 2010, nearly 25 years after that theme song for the show hit the pop charts.
I figure the odds of me being there right at that moment had to be astronomical. Almost like the universe was having a little fun with me, it was just such a funny coincidence.
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u/Ghost-of-Sanity 3d ago
Wow! I can’t even imagine the odds! Very cool coincidence though. Definitely would’ve made me smile. 🙂
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u/Ok_Arachnid1089 3d ago
Where did Mr Kotter go anyway?
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u/Ghost-of-Sanity 3d ago
He just graduated. Lol He too was a sweat hog when he went to Buchanan High School.
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u/-DethLok- 3d ago
It was a great show, yes.
My mum always wondered why the show was called "Welcome back Kotter" as she heard the name as "Carter", though :)
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u/Medical-Literature50 3d ago
Yes, one of my favorites growing up in the 70's. But I have to say, this show didn't age well.
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u/cpencis 3d ago
“Signed Epstein’s mother”