some U.S. cities were hesistant to air Welcome Back Kotter after seeing the Pilot. In the Pilot, These were the things that stood out

Esptein saying he majored in ASSAULT

Vinnie saying Epstein was voted most likely to take a life

Freddie and Vinnie climbing through Mr. Kotter's window while he was on the couch with his wife.

Esptein stealing Mr. Kotter's TV when he had his back turned


I must say that the pilot was WILD-LOL Think about this, I saw all these things in a EDITED ep of the Pilot so can you imagine what was you would see in the Full Length episode? I can defintely understand why some ABC stations thought this show was too ROUGH