(Contact Music) Rapper-turned-actor ICE CUBE has signed up to play the lead role in a feature film adaptation of 1970s sitcom WELCOME BACK, KOTTER. The former NWA star, real name O'SHEA JACKSON, will star as wise-cracking teacher GABE KOTTER, who returns to his inner-city high school to teach a class of likeable tearaways. [in related news the MPAA still try to blame the internet for causing people to stay away from theatres. see full story for more] - Click here for the Full Story
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Posted by grimace:
am i the only one who sees a problem here? no disrespect to mr. cube, but... GABE KOTTER? YOU WILL NEVER, EVER, EVER, be GABE KOTTER in anyone's eyes. You should have the decency to bow out before the blasphemy begins.
