John Travolta

Small screen to big time

source: Edmonton Sun

  Canada John Travolta: He was just dim but affable sweathog Vinnie Barbarino on Welcome Back, Kotter before 1977's Saturday Night Fever made Travolta a disco-dancing, white-suited pop culture icon. - Michael J. Fox: Family Ties' Alex P. Keaton was a ...

Published Sun, Jun 7

'Office' star making film waves

source: Jam! Showbiz

 Canada John Travolta: He was just dim but affable sweathog Vinnie Barbarino on Welcome Back, Kotter before 1977's Saturday Night Fever made Travolta a disco-dancing, white-suited pop culture icon. Michael J. Fox: Family Ties' Alex P. Keaton was a last-minute ...

Published Sat, Jun 6

Podcast: Five Observations on Saturday Night Fever

source: dkpresents (WordPress)

5) John Travolta should have won an Oscar for this performance. Because he had travelled the narrow character path from Vinnie Barbarino (on TV’s Welcome Back Kotter) to Tony Manero to Danny Zuko (in Grease), it was easy to assume that Travolta was just “playing himself” and not really act...

Published Sun, Jan 11

5 Things We Love About Movies With Guns - Pulp Fiction

source: moveitmoveit (WordPress)

The glory days of Welcome Back, Kotter and Saturday Night Fever were over, and Travolta's career was slowly sinking into a Look Who's Talking hell. Because of Quentin Tarantino, Travolta went on to give us Swordfish, Battlefield: Earth (oh how I cried when I saw that one) and Wild Hogs, whi...

Published Thu, Apr 3

DVD Review: Welcome Back, Kotter - The Complete First Season

source: Blogcritics

Eventually Travolta’s Barbarino will be the breakout star before we even knew who Fonzie was, and the stories will begin to focus far too much on him. That is not the case in season one, as each character gets the spotlight. ...

Published Wed, Jun 20

DVD Review: Welcome Back, Kotter - The Complete First Season

source: Blogcritics

Vinnie Barbarino was played by some guy named Travolta, and I find myself wondering whether he ever lived up to his potential. The four primary sweathogs were all great (who can forget Epstein's excuse notes from home? ...

Published Tue, Jun 12

Welcome Back, Kotter: The Complete First Season Comes to DVD June 12 - MovieWeb

source: MovieWeb

Welcome Back, Kotter: The Complete First Season Comes to DVD June 12  - Apr 24, 2007 The show launched the career of John Travolta, who portrayed the role of heartthrob Vinnie Barbarino. The series also starred Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as the ...

Published Tue, Apr 24

Trailer Park: Graduates of the Small Screen - Cinematical

source: Cinematical

Trailer Park: Graduates of the Small Screen  CA - Apr 20, 2007 Yes, he was once the leader of the Sweathogs on TV's Welcome Back Kotter, and now John Travolta is playing an obese woman, which gives a whole new meaning ...

Published Fri, Apr 20