Freddie Washington quotes from Welcome Back, Kotter

Kotter

[to Carvelli] Hey! Enough of this lip service here. I came here for some action! Who's the first guy that wants to lose control of his face?

Epstein

[to Kotter] Will you cool it?

Who is that guy?

Freddie

Him? He's our teacher.

[about Kotter] Teacher? This is a tough school.

That's the oldest punk I ever saw.

Woodman

I'm not a punk; I'm the vice principal.

Vice principal? This is a tough school.

Epstein

Miss Holzgang said we could draw our favorite thing, so I drew this bea-utiful girl! Oh!

Horshack

I drew a picture of a cheese Whopper.

Freddie

Yeah, and I drew a picture of Arnold getting heartburn.

Vinnie

And I drew a picture of me.

Kotter

Epstein, what's that satchel for?

Epstein

It's for the money. What am I gonna do, stuff 250 G's in my pocket?

Freddie

Hey, Juan, um, they gonna give us a check.

Epstein

Oh, no, I don't take checks. Checks bounce.

Kotter

Well, this one's gonna be from New York State.

Epstein

Especially those!

Barbarino

I know this. One of these days, you're gonna have to get off them pills and go cold duck.

Freddie

That's cold turkey, turkey.

Barbarino

Whatever it is, it's for the birds.

Kotter

I have an announcement to make.

Epstein

Is this announcement gonna be good news?

Kotter

Yes and no.

Freddie

Oh, wow, man, you better give us the bad news first. [Woodman enters the classroom] Boy, that was fast!

Freddie

Check it out, Mr. Kotter, we decided to give you one more chance.

Vinnie

Yeah, but this is your last chance, 'cause if we're still stupid next year, forget it.

Vinnie

Why do you even want this job?

Freddie

To make a lot of cash money!

Vinnie

I make $68.50 a week and $10 of that goes to Uncle Sam.

Horshack

Oh, sure, you get your uncle a job here, but not your friends?

Juan, you know I'm new here, and I wonder if I might pick your brain.

Freddie

Well, uh, you can try, but you're picking at an empty field.