FRANK LYNDON Lyrics, FONZIE MEETS KOTTER'S SWEAT HOGS (v.1)

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Frank Lyndon Fonzie Meets Kotter's Sweat Hogs Lyrics Information:

FONZIE 6 MEETS KOTTER'S SWEAT HOGS 7
Written by: Unknown
Performed by: Frank Lyndon 8
First released: 9
Single: 1977
Album: 2008

1 "Sit on it" was a catch phrased used by the members of the Cunningham
family on the TV show, Happy Days, an American TV sitcom that originally
aired from 1974 to 1984 on ABC. The show presents an idealized vision of
life in 1950s and early 1960s America. The family consisted of Howard
Cunningham, a hardware store owner, his homemaker wife Marion and the
couple's two children, Richie (played by Ron Howard), an optimistic if
somewhat naive teenager, and Joanie, Ritchie's sweet but feisty younger
sister. The earlier episodes revolve around Richie and his friends,
Potsie Weber, Ralph Malph and local dropout "The Fonz," (played by Henry
Winkler). As the series progressed, "Fonzie" proved to be a favorite with
viewers and soon more story lines were written to reflect his growing
popularity.

2 Freddie Washington, a character on Welcome Back, Kotter always
pronounced Kotter with a drawn out ending that rhymed with air. The show was
an American television sitcom that originally aired on the ABC network from
September 9, 1975 to June 8, 1979. The show starred comedian Gabriel "Gabe"
Kaplan as the title character Gabe Kotter, a wise-cracking teacher who
returns to his high school alma mater in Brooklyn, New York, to teach an
often unruly group of remedial wiseguys known as the "Sweat Hogs." The
school's principal dismissed them as worthless hoodlums and only expected
Kotter to attempt to control them until they inevitably dropped out.
However, Kotter had attended the same remedial classes when he was a student
and was a founding member of the Sweat Hogs. Recognizing that he was those
students' last chance to have a decent enough education to allow them to
survive beyond school, he soon befriends them while they learn to recognize
and appreciate his commitment to them. The Sweat Hogs were: Vinnie Barbarino
(played by John Travolta), Freddie Boom Boom" Washington (played by Lawrence
Hilton Jacobs), Juan Luis Pedro Phillippo De Huevos Epstein (played by
Robert Hegyes) and Arnold Horshack (played by Ron Palillo).

3 This is a little "inside" joke. John Travolta, who played Barbarino, on
Welcome Back, Kotter was the star in the hit movie, Saturday Night
Fever. His character, Tony Manero, was a terriffic dancer.

4 LaVerne & Shirley was an American television situation comedy that ran
on ABC from 1976 to 1983. The show was a spin-off from Happy Days, as the
two lead characters were originally introduced on that show as acquaintances
of Fonzie. It starred Penny Marshall as LaVerne De Fazio and Cindy Williams
as Shirley Feeney, roommates who, as the series began, worked in a Milwaukee
brewery.

5 Juan Epstein's mother is Mexican and his father is Jewish. "Oy vey" is a
Yiddish exclamation of dismay or exasperation meaning "woe" or surprise,
"oh, my gosh." Mira, is Spanish command form, meaning "look."

6 Arthur "Fonzie" (or "the Fonz) Fonzarelli, was a character on Happy
Days. See Note 1

7 The Sweat Hogs are characters on Welcome Back, Kotter. See Note 2

8 In 1962 Frank Lyndon joined the Belmonts (the band that used to back Dion
DiMucci) and stayed with them for about two years until they folded. He
recorded a couple of other songs as a solo act, a serious song, "Don't Go
Away, Baby" and this crazy novelty song.

9 Appears on: *
SINGLE(s):
(1)Frank Lyndon
A-side: "Fonzie Meets Kotter's Sweat Hogs"
B-side: Unknown
(a) Strawberry, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #101, US-1977.

ALBUM(s):
(A)Various Artists: Rare Novelty, Vol. 1
(1) No label, CD was homemade, #NO-1955-2008 10 .

* The album(s) and record(s) listed here may have different versions
of the song than the one that was transcribed. Also, this list is not
intended to be the complete discography on which this song appears.

10 Transcribed from the track on this album.