steven bauer played juan epstein in welcome back kotter.
who played juan epstein in welcome back kotter?
steven bauer
the american television sitcom "welcome back, kotter", which originally aired on the abc network from september 9, 1975 to june 8, 1979, had a character named juan epstein, played by robert hegyes. according to script epstein was a fiercely proud puerto rican jew. in the 2008 film "nothing like the holidays", actor john leguizamo plays the role of mauricio rodriguez, a puerto rican whose wife sarah (played by actress debra messing) is of the jewish faith. in one scene of the film, the family discusses the fact that there are many jewish puerto ricans and that in san juan there is a large jewish community.
history of the jews in puerto rico
allmusic's david jeffries praised the track for being reminiscent of early mase, saying that it's "lyric-filled, driven but effortless, and has a crafty interpolation of a pop tune, this time the "welcome back kotter" theme." jessica koslow of "hiphopdx" put it alongside "breathe, stretch, shake" as being "sure-fire radio/club joints." rashaun hall of "billboard" said the production work by the movement on the sample produced "infectious results." chadwicked of tiny mix tapes praised mase for maintaining his rap flow while under a different image, saying that "it proves that a man such as mase can rhyme over a sample from "welcome back kotter", dress up like mister rogers in the video, and have an 80-year old female back-up dancer, and still be taken seriously and appreciated."
welcome back (mase song)