Ooh, ooh, ooh Mr. Undertaker

The rubber hose up Ron Palillo’s nose is full of embalming fluid as the former Sweathog has died of a heart attack at the age of 63. Best remembered as the overly enthusiastic, but incompetent, Arnold Horschack, ever nasally braying “Ooooh, oooh, Mr. Kotter” before providing a colossally wrong answer on Welcome Back, Kotter, Palillo… um, played himself on Ellen Degeneres’ sitcom (as Ellen’s friend’s love interest that helps explain Ellen’s sapphic preferences) and… that’s pretty much it. The rest of his career is a long string of bit parts like robbing Mel’s Diner with Jay Leno on Alice, and getting his heart ripped out by Jason Voorhees after making the brilliant decision to dig Voorhees’ body up at the start of Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives. Palillo is the second Sweathog to take a nap in a Woodman box this year after Robert Hegyes death in January. Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs better watch his ass, as John Travolta seems to be tying up loose ends to prevent any further revelations about his past. Perhaps a beer wasn’t the only thing he was anxious to stick in your ear.