http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/01/robert-hegyes-epstein-of-welcome-back-kotter-fame-dead-at-60/?rss=rss-wabc-snippet-7091254
RIP Epstien
I am sorry to hear that. I remember ROBERT HEGYES promoting Glassboro State College,,,
R.I.P. Epstein. I loved watching "Welcome Back Kotter" reruns as a teenager.
great show
Go in peace, Epstein. The Sweathogs will miss ye.
I watched the Sweat Hogs' escapades every afternoon when I was in junior high.
Safe travels, Epstein. We barely knew ye!
My sister's favorite Sweathog.....we'll miss you!
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Good night ROBERT.
Quote from: tracy1963 on January 28, 2012, 01:28:26 PM
My sister's favorite Sweathog.....we'll miss you!
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I remember seeing a WBK episode where John Travolta was complaining about his "Girlitis" disease and was showing what his body does when he sees a pretty girl "My hips automatically sway, my teeth automatically flash and my eyes automatically sparkle." The trouble was he was using Epstein's lady for demo purposes: Epstein's reply (with Kotter holding him back) was "How'd you like your eyes automatically black, huh?" :teddyr:
The Sweat Hogs were the ultimate "culturally diverse" gang of the time period, well before people were so concerned about racial quotas and policital correctness. You have an Italian guy, a Black guy, a Polish guy, and Epstein, and Puerto Rican Jew. Wow. Epstein was almost the punchline of the ethnic profile of the Sweat Hogs. Fast-forward 15 years and the Sweat Hogs would most certainly have included an Asian in the mix. Fast-forward to today and you'd probably have an Indian or a Middle-Eastern guy added.