Welcome Back
So it turns out that a science teacher that works with me in Dewey is actually the person on which the title character from Welcome Back Cotter is based on. Apparantly the whole crew from that show is mostly an amalgam of actual students from this guy's class over a two or three year period, and these nuts really did track him down and knock on his fire escape window at ridiculous times at night. I swear, the randomest things go down while working in a high school.
posted by Lorem Ipsum at 5/13/2005 06:19:00 AM
3 Comments:
Quick question... This guy was somehow largely involved with a tv show that ran for several years... albeit a terrible tv show... and he's still teaching in high school?
Is it just me or did that dude get shafted?
10:02 AM
well, if the dude decided to stick with teaching because he's dedicated to his craft, then it is just you.
4:13 PM
I think you misunderstand what I mean. A student of his graduated and moved to LA, where he created and wrote the show "Welcome Back, Cotter" and based the characters on actual people, one of those people being his old science teacher with whom I now work. The student called up his old teacher to get his blessing and all, but my colleague had no input on the actual show.
1:42 PM
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