Gabe Kaplan once feared that WBK wasn't received as well in smaller towns around the country. He said the big cities loved the show, but smaller places might not relate to the characters and settings. Anybody NOT from a big city who loved this show or did you not like it?

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Gabe Kaplan once feared that WBK wasn't received as well in smaller towns around the country. He said the big cities loved the show, but smaller places might not relate to the characters and settings. Anybody NOT from a big city who loved this show or did you not like it?

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trying to figure out where I read the ABC station in Boston didn't want their city to see the show at all

As somebody who grew up in a small town, I can tell you that 'Welcome Back Kotter' was pretty popular at my grade school. All the kids went around imitating the Sweathogs.

As somebody who grew up in a small town, I can tell you that 'Welcome Back Kotter' was pretty popular at my grade school. All the kids went around imitating the Sweathogs.
Mine too. I remember the day after Kotter premiered. I rode the school bus and everybody was saying "Up your nose with a rubber hose." lol

Beautiful stories guys

Damm shame when I was going to school I didn't have the chance to imitate anyone on TV :lol:

Beautiful stories guys

Damm shame when I was going to school I didn't have the chance to imitate anyone on TV :lol:

Not even Urkel? :lol:

Not even Urkel? :lol:


When I was in elementary school Family Matters had not started yet. So the only sitcoms that were popular at the time was

Cosby Show
Facts of Life
Diffrent Strokes


And I don't recall anyone talking about those shows in the school yard LOL

When I was in elementary school Family Matters had not started yet. So the only sitcoms that were popular at the time was

Cosby Show
Facts of Life
Diffrent Strokes


And I don't recall anyone talking about those shows in the school yard LOL
Nobody ever said to you " Whatcha talkin' about Solomon." :lol:

Nobody ever said to you " Whatcha talkin' about Solomon." :lol:


Nope I think when that phrase was popular I think I was only 4 years old:lol:

I went to a VERY small school, and when I was in sixth grade, WBK premiered; everyone I knew was watching it and repeating the lines. There was a lot of "Oh, I'm Barbarino, and you're Horshack, and Jim's Washington" or whatever.

That lasted about two years, and, like the show, the popularity began to really decline after that.

Nobody ever said to you " Whatcha talkin' about Solomon." :lol:
:rofl:

When I was in elementary school Family Matters had not started yet. So the only sitcoms that were popular at the time was

Cosby Show
Facts of Life
Diffrent Strokes


And I don't recall anyone talking about those shows in the school yard LOL
Well, most of those shows were well past their prime at that point. :lol:

WBK was even popular in Canada! "Up your nose with a rubber hose" was the most popular insult on the playground at my school for a couple of years!