Episode
Welcome Back, Kotter: The Return of Hotsy Totsy
Overview
Rosalie ""Hotsy"" Totsy has grown up ... a little too fast. The Sweathogs go to a local strip club on a dare, and learn that Hotsy has gotten a job performing there (yup, she bares all, unknowingly in front of her former classmates). Vinnie, Freddie and Epstein all ride Hotsy's case, but Arnold is sensitive to her plight. Seems that, during a coversation with her former teacher Gabe, Rosalie really lived up to her nickname one night and got pregnant. And getting a job at a strip joint is the only way for this single mother (the baby's father had left Hotsy) to support her child. Gabe and Arnold convince the others to give Hotsy Totsy moral support, and they also refer her to a social agency which can help her finish school and find a more meaningful job.
Details
- Series
- Welcome Back, Kotter
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 26
- Air date
- 1977-09-10
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Return of Hotsy Totsy is Episode 26 in Season 3 of Welcome Back, Kotter. It aired on 1977-09-10. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 23: Good-Bye, Mr. Kripps
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Episode 22: What Goes Up
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Episode 21: There's No Business Like Show Business (2)
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Episode 20: There's No Business Like Show Business (1)
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Episode 19: Epstein's Term Paper
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Episode 18: Angie
A new girl joins the Sweathogs.
Episode 17: Meet Your New Teacher: Batteries Not Included
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Episode 16: Sweatwork
Arnold voices angst and pioneers for change on the school radio station, gathering fans in the process.
Episode 15: Sweathog Christmas Special
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