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      • Sacks, born in Brooklyn on December 9, 1942, teamed up with comedian Gabe Kaplan to create 'Welcome Back, Kotter', a hit show on ABC that ran from 1975 to 1979. The show starred Kaplan as teacher Gabe Kotter, guiding a group of troublemaking high school students known as the "Sweathogs."
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  2. 5 days ago · Alan Sacks, who teamed with stand-up comic and fellow Brooklynite Gabe Kaplan to create the popular 1970s ABC sitcom Welcome, Back, Kotter, has died. He was 81.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alan_SacksAlan Sacks - Wikipedia

    Alan Sacks (1943 – October 22, 2024) ... Kotter with Gabe Kaplan in 1975, based on Kaplan's stand-up routine about his high school buddies in Brooklyn.

  4. 4 days ago · Film and TV writer-producer Alan Sacks, who co-created the popular 1970s series "Welcome Back, Kotter," died Tuesday. ... Along with Gabe Kaplan and Peter Meyerson, he helped develop and co-create ...

  5. 4 days ago · He co-created Welcome Back, Kotter alongside Gabe Kaplan and Peter Meyerson. In 1991, Alan Sacks created and produced Riders in the Sky, a Saturday morning children's show for CBS.

  6. 4 days ago · Alan Sacks, co-creator of the popular 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, ... 1942, teamed up with comedian Gabe Kaplan to create Welcome Back, Kotter, a hit show on ABC that ran from 1975 to 1979. The ...

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gabe_KaplanGabe Kaplan - Wikipedia

    The sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, whose central characters he helped Eric Cohen and Alan Sacks create and whose core format he helped them to develop, was in part based on his comedy act. In the sitcom, Kaplan played Gabe Kotter, who returns as a teacher to the dysfunctional high school where he had been a student.

  8. 4 days ago · He started hospice last week. He died peacefully listening to Tibetan music for the final few days and nights at age 81.”. Born Dec. 9, 1942, Sacks was best known for helping to co-create “Welcome Back Kotter” with star Gabe Kaplan in 1975. The show ran from 1975 to 1979 and today is most remembered for launching John Travolta to stardom.

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