....had stayed the entire run of the show? Could or would it have lasted longer or was it a show destined to fizzle out after only a few seasons anyway?

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The premise of the show limited it's length since kids are only in high school for so long. Plus the actors playing students on this show were already in their 20's when the series started and would have soon been too old to keep playing the characters much longer. So I don't think the show would have lasted much longer if Travolta and Kaplan had hung around. The last couple of seasons would have been better though!

it wouldn't have been no college years like saved by the bell so I think the same, 4 years-LOL

I happen to agree with the both of you.

I think it would have ended its run after four years since the actors who played The Sweathogs were getting a little old to portray high school students. There should have been a graduation episode to close out the show's run instead of letting the show go quietly into the sunset.

Well, Gabe Kaplan did propose a contingency plan for what would have taken place after season four -- Kotter would have taken a job at a local community college and The Sweathogs would have followed him there. Executive Producer James Komack shot that proposal down because he had Kaplan were involved in a power struggle.

I'm sure, in the tradition of sitcoms, Mr. Woodman would somehow end up there as well.

Yes, I know, any of The Sweathogs going to college is a bit of a stretch -- but this show wasn't exactly reality-based and I think the Sweathogs colliding with college professors and other students could have provided some good laughs.

Well, Gabe Kaplan did propose a contingency plan for what would have taken place after season four -- Kotter would have taken a job at a local community college and The Sweathogs would have followed him there. Executive Producer James Komack shot that proposal down because he had Kaplan were involved in a power struggle.

I'm sure, in the tradition of sitcoms, Mr. Woodman would somehow end up there as well.

Yes, I know, any of The Sweathogs going to college is a bit of a stretch -- but this show wasn't exactly reality-based and I think the Sweathogs colliding with college professors and other students could have provided some good laughs.

I remember hearing about that plan as well. Kaplan also wanted to see progression and development in the characters. I would also like to see them bring in younger students if they wanted to keep the high school them. It was already breaking the teacher mode when the Sweathogs would show up at Kotter's home unannounced, lol. I never visited my teachers at their home. Most hated to see us in the mall or at the grocery store, lol.

I remember hearing about that plan as well. Kaplan also wanted to see progression and development in the characters. I would also like to see them bring in younger students if they wanted to keep the high school them. It was already breaking the teacher mode when the Sweathogs would show up at Kotter's home unannounced, lol. I never visited my teachers at their home. Most hated to see us in the mall or at the grocery store, lol.


When you do run into them in public seems like it's always arkward:lol:

When you do run into them in public seems like it's always arkward:lol:

Agree with that. Your relationship has changed, i.e. you are no longer "the student", but in fact, a full grown adult who is on equal footing with the "teacher". I shocked a lot of people by calling my principal by his first name after I graduated.