Come on, gabe, you promised.
I'll do it later.
Do it now.
sl*ve driver.
Did I ever tell you
about my uncle george?
No.
I don't want to hear about him,
Take the garbage out.
Well, the joke has
to do with garbage.
All your jokes have
to do with garbage.
Ha-ha-ha-ha.
My uncle george
had a way to get rid
Of his garbage during
the last garbage strike.
You wanna know what it was?
I'll tell you anyway.
He gift wrapped it
and left it in the back
Of his car.
♪
♪ Welcome back ♪
♪ Your dreams were
your ticket out ♪
♪ Welcome back ♪
♪ To that same old place
that you laughed about ♪
♪ Well the names
have all changed
Since you hung around ♪
♪ But those dreams have remained
And they've turned around ♪
♪ Who'd have thought
they'd lead ya ♪
♪ Who'd have thought
they'd lead ya ♪
♪ Back here where we need ya ♪
♪ Back here where we need ya ♪
♪ Yeah, we tease him a lot
'Cause we got him on the spot ♪
♪ Welcome back ♪
♪ Welcome back, welcome
back, welcome back ♪♪
♪
Hey fredzo, how ya doing buddy?
Freddie?
What are you doing
sleeping out here?
Can't you wait till
we get into class?
No, he ain't sleeping, I
know what he's doing.
I used to do that.
I would pretend I was
asleep in front of the tv set
So my mother would pick
me up and put me to bed.
Yeah, yeah, we
all used to do that
When we was kids.
Kids? I did it last night.
Freddie, freddie come on.
Will you wake up?
Hey, you know, freddie,
it's a real good idea
To take care of your body.
Hey you guys remember
when I had that hangnail?
Oh yeah, vinnie, gave
us a terrible scare.
I remember I had to bite
it and file it, and soak it,
Try... I tried everything,
then I finally had to go
To that manicurist.
What did she do?
She did everything.
Oh man, we had such a good time.
I buffed her, she buffed me.
No man, I'm all right, man,
I'm all right, you know?
I'm just like this
'cause I got some pills
From the doctor, you know?
Remember when I injured
my knee playing basketball.
It's from a knee injury
and the pills make me
Kinda groggy, but I'm
gonna snap out of it
In a minute, so you know, watch.
Yeah, but gee freddie,
you hurt your knee
In that basketball game,
well, last week it was!
Hi guys.
How you doing, mr. Kotter?
Isn't great... Isn't it
great living in new york
At this time of year?
I mean, the snow,
it's so exciting.
Where else... What other
city can you just wake up
Every morning and go out
there and face an adventure?
You guys are so lucky
growing up in new york!
Living in the big apple!
I hate him on mondays.
I can't help it, I
just love the snow.
Great, why don't you come
on over to my apartment
And shovel it out
of my bedroom, huh?
Hey, mr. Kotter, I've
always been curious.
How do you keep
your mustache warm
In weather like this?
I usually send it to
miami for the winter.
Come on, come on, we're
gonna be late! Let's go!
Mush you huskies!
Let's go to school!
Mush!
Come on, freddie, you coming in?
Yeah, I'm right behind you man.
My leg's a little stiff.
Go ahead, I'm gonna
catch up, go ahead.
Watch where you're going, man.
Stupid.
Man, what you guys
doing here, man?
It's a bathroom, you
want another hint?
Excuse me, freddie,
I don't mean to pry,
But do you always
take your shoe off when
You go to the bathroom?
My shoe was off, man,
'cause I have something in it.
- All right?
- Oh yeah?
Well, I heard of getting
pebbles in your shoe,
But never manila envelope.
Let me see what you got.
Hey man, come on,
why don't you mind
Your own business, man!
These... These is
pills, vitamin pills
That the doctor prescribed
me because I've been
Feeling groggy.
Y'all got anymore questions?
Oh! Oh-oh! Oh-oh!
Oh! Oh-oh-oh!
Well, I'm sorry,
I got a question.
Freddie, why don't
you do what I do?
Just carry a yogi bear
vitamin bottle with you.
They're so cute.
I wish ya'll guys stop
tailing me all over the place.
Watch out.
Well, who's tailing you?
We're here on official business!
Yeah, that's right,
ain't nobody tailing you.
What are we doing here?
Now, last week we had a test.
I have the results
of that test, but...
I think it's better if
I don't give it to you.
I think it's better if I have
another test tomorrow.
I'm gonna ask you some questions
That may or may
not be on the test.
Okay, who can tell me when
the treaty of versailles
Was signed?
Oh, I know mr. Kotter,
ask me, ask me.
I know, I know, go ahead,
go ahead, ask me, ask me.
I know this one.
Well, when was it signed?
A long time ago.
A real long time ago.
The year that freddie
was so close to giving us
Was 1919.
Right, right, right.
Man, I'll check you
out, man, right on.
Freddie, can I see you a second?
I gotta go, man, I
ain't got no time.
You be cool, right?
Catch y'all up.
All right, sit down.
Sit down! Come on!
All right, what's
wrong with freddie?
He hurt his knee, mr. Kotter.
I know that, arnold,
that was last week.
Now what else is wrong with him?
Well, he ain't such
a good dresser.
I think he's way
too nice to girls,
Which I do not like.
Look, I see what's going on.
One minute he's nodding
out in the school yard,
The next minute he
comes into class,
He's climbing up the walls!
What do you call that?
Come on, mr. Kotter,
you know freddie's
Always been very excitable.
He's just got a lot
of extra adrenaline.
Yeah, and he
keeps it in his shoe.
All right, now we're
getting somewhere.
Keeps what in his shoe?
Vitamins.
Vitamins?
Come on, arnold, I grew
up in this neighborhood too.
All right, all right.
So now you know.
So here it is, mr. Kotter,
Straight from the horse's hip.
We was worried
about freddie too,
So we followed him
into the men's room
Just as about he was
ready to eat a pill.
That's circumstantial
evidence, juan!
Come on, arnold horshack!
You saw it with your own eyes!
Freddie says they're vitamins!
And I believe him!
That's 'cause you're stupid.
You don't know
nothing about medicine.
I bet you don't even
know how to bleed right.
Freddie says they're vitamins!
Freddie's never lied to me!
Why can't you guys have a
little faith in your friends?!
Well, excu-u-use me!
I think you're right,
I think arnold's faith
Is blinding him a little bit.
Guys, I gotta have
a very serious talk
With freddie.
You have any idea
where I can find him?
Well, you could
try the men's room.
You can't miss him.
He's the one with the shoe off.
- Hi freddie.
- Hey.
Wh... What's
happening mr. Kotter?
How's it going with you man?
Okay, I meant to ask you,
how's your leg doing?
It's all right, man.
It's gonna be all right
in a couple of days, yeah.
Oh, that's good.
Did I tell you when I was
on the basketball team
I hurt my leg, too?
That's awful, man, what
happened? What happened?
Bench collapsed.
They give you any
medication for that?
Yeah, uh, the
doctor, he gave me...
He gave me some pills, man,
Some pain pills, yeah.
Oh yeah? They do any good?
Yeah, did the trick.
All right, that's good.
You know, that's serious
stuff, those pain pills.
Some people start
taking them and uh,
They can't stop.
- Is that a fact?
- Yeah.
And they get so down
from those downs,
That they gotta take
something to get 'em back up.
You... You trying to tell
me something, mr. Kotter?
No freddie, I was
hoping you were gonna
Tell me something.
You cr*ck me up,
you know that man?
All people your age cr*ck me up.
You know why y'all
cr*ck me up, man?
'Cause y'all think if
a dude takes one pill
That he's out stealing a
tv set or something, right?
Maybe he's in school
pretending he's taking vitamins.
Oh wow, boy.
I never thought
they'd squeal on me.
Freddie, they
didn't squeal on you.
We're all very
concerned about you.
Yeah, well, don't be
concerned about me right now,
All right?
Just get outta here right now!
Why, you expecting somebody?
Maybe a guy who's gonna
sell you that one pill
You were talking about?
Freddie, when's the
last time you looked at
Yourself in the mirror?
You're a mess.
Why don't you just check
yourself out, mr. Kotter?
You are sticking your
nose in business that...
That ain't your concern.
Check that out!
Forget my nose,
come here, freddie,
Look at your eyes.
Look at yourself!
When's the last time
you got any sleep?
Probably in my class.
Look, I know what
I'm doing, all right?
And that's my business!
I took the pills
'cause they make me
Feel better, all right?
Freddie, how long
is that gonna last?
Look, I don't know how
long that's gonna last,
But that's my
business, all right!
I don't be yelling
at you for drinking
Too much coffee, do i?
Yeah, but I don't
stand in the men's room
Waiting for someone
to sell me coffee beans!
Look, mr. Kotter,
just get off my back.
Just leave me alone, all right?
Just leave me alone!
Catch you later.
- Wait a minute, man!
- Freddie, come on!
See what you did just now, man?
Freddie, I did you a favor.
Look man, don't do
me no favors, man.
Just don't do me no favors.
Just get out of my face
and get out of my life.
And I'm serious,
you understand me?!
I can't believe that freddie.
He's really acting crazy.
I mean, he even embarrassed me,
And that ain't easy.
I know, but that scene
this morning, I mean,
Why would freddie
want to pick a fight
With a traffic light?
Well, he said, "nobody
tells freddie washington
When to walk!"
Where does freddie
get those vitamins?
I mean, could you get them
at a regular drug store?
His pharmacist doesn't
work out of a store.
He works out of his raincoat.
What's the matter,
cafeteria closed?
Hey, mr. Kotter, look,
we don't know what to do.
Yeah, freddie is really
getting worse now.
I know, I tried to
talk to him yesterday,
I got nowhere.
Yo mr. Kotter, if we
don't do something fast,
Mr. Woodman's sure
to find out soon.
Come on, come on!
Woodman's never
gonna figure that out.
I mean, the man's
completely unaware of these
Kinds of things!
All right, kotter,
what's happening
With washington?
Is he on some kind of pills?
What makes you say that?
This morning in the cafeteria,
He planted his feet
in a tray of peas
And shouted "ho-ho-ho
I'm the jolly black giant!"
And he came up to me and said,
"What's happening in
the valley little sprout?"
I don't know what he's on,
But whatever it is,
he better get off it.
I mean, pills are
trouble, kotter!
They're as bad as dope!
Which reminds me, I gotta
see principal lazarus.
Mr. Kotter, what
are we gonna do?
Guys, freddie's got
a serious problem,
He needs help.
But he needs professional help.
Well, look mr. Kotter,
let's just keep
This in the family, you know?
Why don't you let us
work on it ourselves.
Look, if you wanna
do freddie a favor,
Let somebody handle
it who really knows
What they're doing.
Hey, kotter's right, huh?
Let's go.
Okay, see you later.
Kotter's wrong.
Nobody knows freddie
like we know him,
So we just gotta do something,
We just gotta act fast,
that's all there is to it.
Hey, I'm sorry, I just
don't understand
Any of this at all.
I mean, all of this fuss
over a few lousy vitamins!
Maybe freddie's
just taking too many.
Well, I just wanna
check something.
Did I call you
"stupid" yesterday?
Yeah, you did.
Good, 'cause I hate
to repeat myself.
Come on, let's go,
we gotta act fast.
I got an idea.
He's never gonna notice.
Well, what are we gonna do?
♪
Okay, angie went to get freddie.
Now, all you and
I gotta do, vinnie,
We just gotta act like
we took some of them pills.
All right, but let's
get this over with
Real quickly, all right?
'Cause this pill
popping business is bad
For my boy-next-door image.
If you was the boy
next door, I'd move.
And remember, gentlemen,
occupancy in that wash room
Is limited to 64 people!
Hi little juan!
Hey vinnie!
Let's go surfing now,
everybody's learning how
Come on and safari with me!
Hey, come on, what's the matter
With you guys?
What are you, the
poster boy for whacko?
Come on now, mellow out.
Look, I ain't acting like him.
Well, you gotta
act like something
'Cause freddie's gonna
be here any moment,
Now what are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?
All right, I'm gonna
be one of them...
Them druggie people,
real dumb like, all right?
Give me dr*gs, give me dr*gs.
Give me dr*gs!
I like that, I like that.
Okay, I'm gonna act
like I took an upper,
And I took a downer, and
I'm just gonna be going
Sideways, you know?
You know, just like this,
back and forth, you know?
All right, right, right.
Hey-hoo, all right!
What's happening man?
Angie said you were
looking for me, man,
So like, tell me
what's happening,
'Cause I got basketball
practice, baby.
Forget basketball
practice, freddie.
Why don't you stay here
and get high with the boys.
Give me dr*gs, give me dr*gs.
Give me dr*gs, give me dr*gs.
Hey man, I didn't know
y'all was getting high?
Come on, we got just
as much right to get
Stupid as you do.
Basketball! Basketball!
Horshack get's the ball!
He fakes to the left,
he fakes to the right,
He dribbles in place,
he dribbles behind him.
He goes for that basket!
Hey arnold!
Arnold!
You're doing great!
You're doing real good.
Um, are you all right,
arnold horshack?
Never felt better!
Ooohh.
I hope I didn't hurt the chair.
Ohhh.
Oh, my dear friend
mr. Basketball!
I hope you didn't
run out of air!
He was a real groovy cat
Until he lost his hair.
Oh wow, no wonder he d*ed.
He don't got no mouth.
Give me dr*gs!
Man, come on, y'all expect me
To believe that y'all
took pills, come on.
I'm a doper!
Come on, look at my eyes.
Look at the pupils,
ain't they related?
They look perfectly
normal, sparking dullness.
Ha-ha-ha.
No, I'm a doper.
Give me dr*gs, give me dr*gs.
All right, all right, all right.
No, y'all guys, y'all can just
Knock this off,
knock it off, all right?
I'm not buying this snow drop.
I know y'all didn't
take none of them pills.
Give me dr*gs, give me dr*gs.
Give 'em to me, give 'em up!
All right, all right, all right.
Let's knock it off.
I mean, you can't
fool a real doper,
Can you freddie?
Hey, look man, y'all guys know
Nothing about it, all right?
Yeah, well I know
this, one of these days
You're gonna have
to get off them pills
And go cold duck.
That's cold turkey, turkey.
Whatever it is,
it's for the birds.
Ladies and gentlemen,
may I call your attention
To the center ring...
Arnold horshack, the last
of the flying horshacks!
Will now... Ha-ha-ha!
Will now attempt to
walk the length of this
Ledge here.
Come on, arnold,
knock it off now.
What ya say? That ain't daring
Enough for you?
Well, I tell you
what I'm gonna do.
Arnold horshack
is now going to jump
From mr. Kotter's classroom
into ms. Fishbeck's classroom
Across the court.
All right, come
on, come on arnold,
Knock it off.
Wait a minute, wait a minute!
Let him do it, I wanna see it.
Okay, here I go!
Come on, arnold, knock it off.
You're acting like a fool!
Wait a minute, I don't
think he's acting.
Will you let me go, I
know what I'm doing!
I got a right to
jump, this is america!
I got freedom to jump!
Oh, jeez.
Arnold, arnold!
Arnold, you all right,
you all right, arnold?
Oh, hi freddie.
I think I broke my jumper.
Hey arnold, I told
you to knock it off.
Come on, the jig is up already.
Freddie knows we didn't
take none of them pills!
Maybe you didn't,
maybe you didn't, but...
Arnold, look at me, look
at me, arnold, look at me!
Look at me!
What... What you take, man?
Vitamins!
The same kinda ones
that you take, freddie.
I even got 'em
from the same guy.
Arnold, arnold,
those wasn't vitamins.
Didn't you know that?
How's he supposed to know that
When you told him they were.
Look, arnold, let's
see if you can walk.
We'll take you
over to the nurse.
Yeah, let me help you arnold.
No, don't help him!
Get your hands off him!
You done enough help already.
Come on!
Hey, i... I don't wanna
go to the nurse,
I wanna play circus.
That's all right,
arnold, we'll take you
To the nurse,
we'll get you a nice,
Big balloon.
- Freddie.
- Hey, mr. Kotter.
What's happening?
I just came from
the nurse's office.
In case your worried
arnold's gonna be all right.
It was just a bruise.
Wow, uh, they told
you what happened, huh?
Yeah, they told me
everything that happened.
He trusted me, you
know, mr. Kotter?
I mean, he believed in
me and I let him down.
You're letting yourself
down too, freddie.
I guess I'm pretty stupid, huh?
You're not stupid if you realize
You gotta get off those things.
Yeah, but those guys, man.
They ain't gonna talk
to me no more, man.
Freddie, they're
gonna talk to you,
They're your friends.
We got a real problem
here, what do you think?
I tell you, mr. Kotter,
I think you could take
These pills and flush them
down the toilet, all right?
I got a better idea,
why don't you do it?
All right, right on.
Stay cool, all right?
Catch you later.
See you tomorrow.
My uncle luther was
not only a dietician,
He was also an inventor.
What did he invent?
I'm glad you asked me.
He crossed a
potato and a sponge.
What'd he get?
Well, whatever it is, it
doesn't taste too good,
But it sure soaks
up a lot of gravy.
♪
♪ Welcome back ♪
♪ Your dreams were
your ticket out ♪
♪ Welcome back ♪
♪ To that same old place
that you laughed about ♪
♪ Well the names
have all changed
Since you hung around ♪
♪ But those dreams have remained
And they've turned around ♪
♪ Who'd have thought
they'd lead you ♪
♪ Who'd have thought
they'd lead you ♪
♪ Back here where we need ya ♪
♪ Back here where we need ya ♪
♪ Yeah we tease him a lot
'Cause we got him on the spot ♪
♪ Welcome back ♪
♪ Welcome back, welcome
back, welcome back ♪♪
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American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan as a high-school teacher in charge of a racially and ethnically diverse remedial education class called the "Sweathogs."
American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan as a high-school teacher in charge of a racially and ethnically diverse remedial education class called the "Sweathogs."