I'm writing a TV show about an man who goes to a city school. His name will be "Gabe Kotter."

[slj0101]

The school will be located in the mysterious Brooklyn and will be named "Buchanan."

He'll have a lot of friends and sweathogs. I'm thinking of writing five seasons total.

Who wants to invest in this undertaking?

[no name no slogan]

1. Only if it features a Puerto Rican Jew

named Juan Epstein.

[asthmaticeog]

9. Played by Jon Bon Jovi's cousin.

No shit.

[Debi]

2. oh OH oh OH OH OH oh oh

[RushIsRot]

3. Sounds vaguely familiar, but I cannot place it. Tell me more and

Welcome back!.

[EFerrari]

4. It'll never work.

[terrya]

5. Please, cast a marginally talented actor...

who will go on to become a Scientologist and make a score of crappy movies.

[HughBeaumont]

6. Hey, as long as the African-American kid can play Michael Jackson's dad . . .

"MARLON, GET A SWITCH!"

[BOSSHOG]

10. That would be Germaine to the series success.

[EstimatedProphet]

7. I think you should include an autocratic prinicpal who hates the new generation

Then, you'll have a show!

[slj0101]

14. I'll call him Mr. Lumberman!

No, that doesn't sound right...

[meegbear]

8. I like it and I have a suggestion ...

you should start each episode with "Gabe" telling his wife a joke about a fictitious family member. It could go something like (assuming his wife's name is Julie): "Julie, did I ever tell you about my Uncle Akmar?" and go from there.

[underpants]

11. How about a Prequel to "Grease"?

I thought of that the other night when I had the misfortune of going by it on the TV

Have they ever done a movie about the summer BEFORE with Danny and Sandy?

[LynneSin]

12. You better hurry up - the movie version comes out in 2009

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780649/

Ice Cube is going to play Gabe Kotter

[meegbear]

13. Excellent casting!

Now if they can only secure Margaret Cho to play Mr. Woodman ....

[meegbear]

16. It'll be a remake then, Quentin Tarantino made a version of it ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsU6NPNdzso

[peekaloo]

15. Teacher by day, poker player by night.

hijinx abound when Mr. Kot-tear announces "Poker Night" and the sweathogs mistake it for an orgy.

[TommyO]

17. Only if you feature my world-famous meatloaf,

You'll never guess what the secret ingredient is!

[Burma Jones]

18. Can you get a cheap, Groucho Marx knockoff to play the lead character?

[Yavin4]

19. Don't Forget To Cast A Southern White Guy To Play One of the HS School Kids

Because a clean, cut Southern White Guy would have no problems at all attending a racially mixed inner-city school in Brooklyn, NY in the 70s. No problems at all.

[meegbear]

20. Ah yes, Ted McGinley ...

McGinley first found fame in comedy series Happy Days as Roger Phillips, a role he played from 1980 until 1984. He then went into the role of Jefferson D'Arcy on Married... with Children from 1991 to 1997. From 2003 until 2006, he played Charley Shanowski on Hope & Faith.

McGinley is thought of by some as being the patron saint of "jumping the shark," and is officially listed as such on that website. Alternately, he's known as a "showkiller." This is probably because whenever he joined the cast of popular and enduring series, usually later in their runs as a replacement character, they then went into decline. Such shows include Happy Days, The Love Boat, and Dynasty. He was also a replacement character on Married... with Children. In this series McGinley's tenure was ultimately much longer than that of his predecessor, David Garrison. McGinley's most recent show, Hope & Faith, also had a moderately successful three-season run on ABC. Although he did not appear in the pilot episode, McGinley was an original cast member on Hope & Faith.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_McGinley

[slj0101]

21. This is the most successful copy cat I've ever generated.

Thank you, thank you all...mwah!!

[Left Is Write]

22. Be sure you get a well-known singer/songwriter to do the theme.

Who knows? It might even make the Billboard charts!