Word: sweathog
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...this corner... From 1975-79, Palillio played "Sweathog" Arnold Horshack on "Welcome Back, Kotter...
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER is one of those movies you would probably enjoy if you let yourself. Leave home your preconceived notions about what a movie about disco dancing, set in Brooklyn, starring John Travolta of Sweathog fame is going to be like--you should find the movie a pleasant surprise...
...Fever is an ideal showcase for Travolta's talents. He swaggers like Mussolini on his platform shoes, struts like Schwarzenegger in his black bikini briefs, and dances like Greco in his white suit. Most of all Travolta shows that he can act. Mr. Kotter's No. 1 sweathog gives a performance of such intensity that he may just grab an Academy Award nomination...
...successor to David Cassidy and Donnie and Marie Osmond in the hearts of the eleven-to 15-year-old crowd. Taking Don Murray's old role in Bus Stop is just a passing thing for him. Travolta is best known as Vinnie Barbarino, the tough, macho "Sweathog" in ABC's hit series Welcome Back, Kotter. The show is an updated version of Happy Days, a genial exercise in instant nostalgia, and Vinnie Barbarino is barely distinguishable from Arthur Fonzarelli, a.k.a. the Fonz, who made Henry Winkler famous. As it happens, Travolta even resembles Winkler...
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