Shark Bytes

I remember my friends loving the show and I would watch it and think "This sucks" Bad show, bad writing, bad acting.

yeah i hear ya' mr.wayne,but,be that as it may ,new york still kicks ass and the rest of you are a bunch of rednecks

I remember thinking "geez those New Yorkers must all be retarded idiots" when I was a kid in school. It wasn't only the fact that Barbarino, Horshack, Washington and Epstein were incredibly stupid. It was the fact that Kotter and that sour little dwarf of a vice principal were nearly as dumb as the kids.

"His wife had a nice pair of bazookas"??? Are you kidding me? Marcia Strassman didn't even have a pair of cherry bombs on that skinny chest!

This show had a few positives. The opening and closing credits with the John Sebastian theme song and shots of Brooklyn were memorable. Gabe Kaplan's uncle stories were occasionally amusing. His wife had a nice pair of bazookas unencumbered by support. The characters of Barbarino, Epstein and Washington worked. Horshack was an embarrassing douche bag. If this show was realistic, he would've been pounded like a tough steak by the other hogs every time he opened his mouth or did that seal laugh. Epstein's notes from his mother, signed "Epstein's mother", were hilarious the first few times, but the joke became stale. This show should've run for 1 season, 2 seasons tops, and then been mercifully retired.

Loved this show when I was 10-12 y.o.!

Would I watch it now? I don't think so. I'm afraid it may not have aged well.

It certainly was never the same after JT moved on to movie stardom; the blond preppie guy that replaced him didn't help worth squat.

WHEN THEY BROUGHT BO IN THE SHOW WAS OVER FOR SURE, HE DID NOT FIT IN AT ALL AND WAS BOREING

This show was never funny. Got that?

NEVER.

FUNNY.

That is all.

The show went downhill when John Travolta left.His departure left a big hole in the show that was never quite filled;Beau the Southerner came closest(mostly because he was cute and somewhat funny,unlike the female Sweathog-wannabe Angie.)but lacked chemistry with the other guys and didn't get such great dialogue.There were also some peripheral and highly unnecessary characters,like Carvelli and his stupid sidekick Murray.

This show jumped the shark when the character that Travolta played started to look and act just like the character that he played in "Saturday Night Fever".....

In a first-season episode, Arnold tells us what his last name, Horshak, means. "The cattle are dying."

I am thoroughly enjoying the first-season WBK DVDs. Yes, Julie was hot.

I gotta agree with Pat. It was bad enough when Barbarino left, but the title character?...c'mon now

Ray speaks the truth.

The show was insipid, the premise was silly and most of the characters were over-the-top stereotypes. However, I watched every week. Why? Julie. Those gorgeous eyes and the fact that she quite obviously never wore a bra played a large part in my getting through puberty. I sat through the weekly drivel just to see her.

During the last season the show should've been called "Bring Back Kotter"! But seriously,the 1st season was the best,especially Gabe's "uncle" jokes at the beginning & end of the shows.After that,the show just became silly!