
WELCOME BACK, KOTTER: FROG DAY AFTERNOON (TV)
Summary
One in this comedy series about high school teacher Gabe Kotter, who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High in Brooklyn, to teach a group of incorrigible students known as "Sweathogs." In this episode, Horshack is prepared to do whatever is necessary to save the frogs before they are dissected in biology class, so he hides them in his locker. Mr. Woodman promptly finds them, but he is sensitive to Horshack's desire to protect the frogs. But Ms. Garland, the biology teacher, is not as understanding and insists Horshack dissect the frog. When Horshack refuses to do the assignment for class, Ms. Garland threatens to fail him. Sticking to his decision, Horshack receives a failing grade. However, his friends stand by him and also take failing grades. Includes commercials and promos.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: November 25, 1978 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:29:10
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:45379
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1975-1979
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Bell telephones
- TV - Commercials - Cachet perfume
- TV - Commercials - Certs breath mints
- TV - Commercials - Chutes Away board game
- TV - Commercials - Levi's women's wear
- TV - Commercials - Pampers Quilted diapers
- TV - Promos - "Battlestar Galactica"
- TV - Promos - "Happy Days"
- TV - Promos - "Laverne & Shirley"
- TV - Promos - "The Hardy Boys"
CREDITS
- James Komack … Executive Producer
- Bill Richmond … Producer
- Gene Perret … Producer
- Claire Barrett Young … Associate Producer
- Norman Abbott … Director
- Peter Meyerson … Developed by
- Alan Sacks … Created by
- Gabriel Kaplan … Created by
- Earl Barret … Writer
- George Bloom … Writer
- John B. Sebastian … Theme Music by
- Gabriel Kaplan … Cast, Gabe Kotter
- Marcia Strassman … Cast, Julie Kotter
- John Sylvester White … Cast, Mr. Woodman
- Robert Hegyes … Cast, Epstein
- Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs … Cast, Washington
- Ron Palillo … Cast, Horshack
- Ellen Travolta … Cast, Mrs. O'Hara
- Tommy Breslin … Cast, Sidney Braden
- Dena Dietrich … Cast, Ilona Garland
- Dick Van Dyke … Talent, Chutes Away board game commercial