Welcome Back, Kotter (Television Favorites Compilation)
by Nick Arnold, Bill Persky, Bill Hobin, Gary Shimokawa, Nick Havinga
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Director: Bill Hobin, Bill Persky, Gary Shimokawa, Nick Arnold, Nick HavingaBrand: Warner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 132 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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DVD Review: I missed out on sleep for THIS?
Summary: 3 Stars
I think I had more nostalgia for the theme song than the actual show. What a pity!
I was born in '74 so I never got a chance to get this show "fresh out of the door". I remember as a teenager making myself wake up in the wee hours of the morning to catch this show in reruns and I think I used to think it was really great otherwise why WOULD I be up in the wee hours??? Before I bought this sampler I couldn't remember ANY of the episodes at all so I thought I'd buy this and gear myself up for buying the series when it finally came out. At this point though, this compilation is just enough for me. Maybe there are some great episodes that I've forgotten and they didn't make it on here but I think I'll risk it.
Mr Kotter/Kaplan - I think he (and his character) are the only ones who seem to enjoy his 'uncle' jokes. You can see him almost smirking before he begins, during the telling of the joke and laughing openly at his own jokes after the telling of it. I have never found even one of his planned jokes funny. So sad Gabe, so sad! And what was the point of those jokes anyway??? Filler? The funniest one on this set was told by Mr. Woodman (the vice principal) and I laugh now thinking of it! You'll have to watch the DVD to see though...There is so little that's funny I'll be kind and have no spoilers here.
The Sweathogs - Vinnie, I love the look...the dumb act (what...where...) doesn't fly and gets tedious after a while. Washington is the tall slim cool black dude from that era (think Jimmie Walker from Good Times) and I think he's funny at times but it's all the same old same old after a while. Epstein with his notes *yawn*...Horshack...can be very funny at times (reminiscent of Jack McFarlane, Will and Grace) but then I guess there's that thin line between funny and unfunny that makes him almost Urkel-esque with the "ooh-ooh" and the high-pitched whiny attitude as in the Deprogramming of Arnold Horshack. I quite liked him in Sweatside Story though.
For me, all of the characters were at their best in Sweatside Story. I've watched it multiple times and still laughed at most of it. You know how some things seem to get funnier the more you watch? This episode did it for me. The others I could give a miss. On the whole, I got a good deal on the DVD so I'm happy I have it (for the nostalgic factor - the song, the scenes of Brooklyn, the reminder of how John Travolta used to look, the Afro/Jewfro trend, the memories of when guys used to wear jeans as tight as women's...heh, heh, heh). I'll pull it out every few years or so and maybe it'll be funnier and funnier as I seep slowly into old age and senility :)
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