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26 June 2011

WHOAH! GABE KAPLAN! Apparently the former star of the iconic '70s television show "Welcome Back Kotter" is being sued for his winnings at poker lost by a hedge fund manager. That is, his investor's money. I guess they can "invest" in anything these days being basically unregulated. →[More:]I'd often wondered what happened to him, and he hasn't really done a lot since his Kotter days. I always thought more of his wife in the show though, and she's done more. What a funny throwback for me hearing this on NPR today! OOOH OOH OOH OOH.

Signed, Epstein's mom.

post by: eekacat at: 20:33 | 6 comments

OK, that was confusing. Can I buy an editor?

posted by eekacat 26 June | 20:34

No, just a vowel.

posted by Ardiril 26 June | 20:49

Awww. Mis-ter Kot-ter!

posted by Splunge 26 June | 21:40

My name is Arnold Horshack. Horshack, it means "the cattle are dying".

posted by Splunge 26 June | 21:42

My brother, as I have mentioned, used to work for the Lakers. You could go out of his office and take 20 or 30 steps and be at center court in the Forum. He used to comp me seats when he knew for a fact that the ticket holders would not be there. Once, he was taking us to our seats and this guy comes up to him high-fiving, glad-handing, and generally schmoozing with my brother. Turned out to the the actor who played Horshack. It was sad, that this guy had to resort to schmoozing with my brother, who's only claim to fame was that he ran the parking operation and handled a lot of money.

(Now, at Staples, his office is off site, and he works for a contractor, not the Lakers anymore . .not nearly as sweet.)

posted by danf 27 June | 13:15

I wanted to share the story via Twitter, but when redirected to the mobile site, the link was full of bad characters. Oh, NPR, why haven't you fixed that?

posted by TrishaLynn 28 June | 08:24

← Cat scratcher, reloaded || Sexism in vintage ads. →

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