Next year will be the 50th anniversary of Welcome Back, Kotter. But we don’t have to wait that long to see a reunion between two of the Swaathogs.
Yesterday, at the TCM Film Festival screening to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Pulp Fiction, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, 70, decided to surprise his friend John Travolta, 70. So when Freddie Washington saw his buddy on the red carpet, he boomed-boomed his way over to Vinnie Barbarino. And it was like no time had passed for the old classmates.
I love moments like this and wish they would happen more often. The only thing that would’ve made their encounter perfect is if Travolta had said, “Up your nose with a rubber hose!” Such a classic line.
Dick Van Dyke was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Guest Performance in a Daytime Drama. The 98-year-old actor received the nomination for playing Mystery Man/Timothy Robicheaux on Days of our Lives last year.
While that is an honor in itself, he received another honor because of it. He is now the oldest actor to be nominated for an Emmy. Before today, David Attenboro held that title at 92.
If Van Dyke wins, it will be its seventh Emmy win and third Daytime Emmy.
Hopefully, he will bring home the statuette at the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on June 7th. You can watch the awards show on CBS.
