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Welcome Back, Kotter•Season 3•Episode 9

A Novel Idea

6.2/10 · 60 votesNov 3, 197730 min

Ranked #26 of 27 in Season 3•−0.6 vs season avg

The characters in Mr. Woodman's new novel seem to have an awful lot in common with the Sweathogs...

Written byPeter Meyerson

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Seasons4

Season 3 Episodes27

Sweathogs Back-to-School Special

And Baby Makes Four (1)

And Baby Makes Four (2)

And Baby Makes Four (3)

Brother, Can You Spare a Million?

Just Testing

The Deprogramming of Arnold Horshack

What a Move

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A Novel Idea

Barbarino in Love (1)

Barbarino in Love (2)

Kotter for Vice Principal

Swine and Punishment

Epstein's Madonna

Sweathog Christmas Special

Sweatwork

Meet Your New Teacher: Batteries Not Included

Angie

Epstein's Term Paper

There's No Business Like Show Business (1)

There's No Business Like Show Business (2)

What Goes Up

Good-Bye, Mr. Kripps

Horshack and the Madame X

The Kiss

The Return of Hotsy Totsy

Class Encounter of the Carvelli Kind

Cast7

Gabe Kaplan

Gabe Kaplan

Gabe Kotter

John Travolta

John Travolta

Vinnie Barbarino

John Sylvester White

John Sylvester White

Michael Woodman

Ron Palillo

Ron Palillo

Arnold Horshack

Robert Hegyes

Robert Hegyes

Juan Epstein

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Freddie Washington

Marcia Strassman

Marcia Strassman

Julie Kotter

Crew1

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Peter Meyerson

Writer

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Episode Summary

"A Novel Idea" is episode 9 of Welcome Back, Kotter season 3. It scored 6.2/10 from 60 votes, ranking #26 of 27 episodes this season (season average 6.8). Written by Peter Meyerson, it aired on November 3, 1977.

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