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Welcome Back, Kotter
1975 · TV series · 30 min episodes · 4 seasons
Created by Alan Sacks, Gabe Kaplan
Welcome Back, Kotter is an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young John Travolta. Videotaped in front of a live studio audience, it originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975, to June 8, 1979.
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I'd love to play some of the Sid and Marty Krofft psychedelically themed pinball machine designs featured on this episode of the Donnie and Marie Show:
Donny & Marie Osmond - Pinball Machine Finale W/ Shabba-Doo, Robert Hegyes, Ruth Buzzi, Lorne Greene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGnfsiayuoE
Sid and Marty Krofft (of HR Pufnstuf fame) designed the spectacular sets and costumes. I love Donny and Marie's cover of George Clinton's "We Want The Funk", Shabba-Doo's funky hat and break dancing, Robert Hegyes (aka Juan Epstein from Welcome Back Kotter) and his smooth dance moves, Ruth Buzzi (of Laugh-In fame) shakin' her balls, and Lorne Green (of Bonanza nad Battlestar Galactica) gesticulating his giant creepy hands. TILT!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_and_Marty_Krofft
I thought the section on TV shows was nonsense as well. He cherry picked a few examples that fit his model.
Off the top of my head some modern comedies that don't fit are Modern Family, Parks and Recreation, and Desperate Housewives.
There were plenty of classic shows set in the city as well. Mary Tyler Moore, The Jeffersons, The Bob Newhart Show, Three's Company, Taxi, Welcome Back Kotter.
The plot for this "hack" is nearly identical to an old episode of "Welcome Back, Kotter."