Welcome Back, Kotter - Class Dismissed: Shout! Factory Announces 'The Complete 4th Season: The Final Season'

"Dear Mr. Kotter, Please excuse Juan from being absent yesterday. He was at home watching Welcome Back, Kotter: Season Four on DVD. The 23 episodes in this collection caused Juan to laugh so much that his sides are still aching. Signed, Epstein's Mother"

Originally airing on ABC from 1978 to 1979, Season Four has some big changes in store for the gang at James Buchanan High School. Mr. Kotter (Gabe Kaplan) gets promoted from teacher to Vice Principal, which causes some of his students to consider dropping out. The Sweathogs also invite a new member to their ranks - the slick-tongued Southerner Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre (Stephen Shortridge). And in perhaps the most surprising situation of all, the oddball Horshack (Ron Palillo) finds love and gets married!

The final season of one of the 1970's most fondly remembered sitcoms, Welcome Back, Kotter: Season Four also features Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Robert Hegyes, John Sylvester White, Marcia Strassman and John Travolta (who would of course graduate to be one of Hollywood's biggest stars.) Complete your collection and welcome back your memories of a television classic.
Shout! Factory has announced that on August 18th they are releasing Welcome Back, Kotter - The Complete 4th Season: The Final Season on DVD, as an individual season set (it's been available since last August as part of the 4-season Complete Series DVD package). This 4-disc set will cost $29.93 SRP, and includes closed captioning for the hearing impaired. U.S. and Canada residents can pre-order it right away from the Shout! Store website using the button link below, and the package art follows it immediately: