Welcome Back, Kotter — Sweathogs Replica Tee (1975–1979)
When Welcome Back, Kotter hit TV in the mid-1970s, it turned remedial class kids into pop-culture legends. The Sweathogs—Vinnie Barbarino, Horshack, Epstein, and Washington—weren’t model students; they were smart-mouthed, streetwise, and proudly resistant to authority. At the center was Mr. Kotter, the rare teacher who actually understood them, because he’d once been one of them.
