That may be my former mother-in-law in that picture. Not only were there plastic covers on the furniture, there were clear plastic runners criss-crossing the living room carpet. I'm not sure who she was saving them for because if the friggin' pope himself came to dinner he'd be sliding off the couch.
Puerto Rican Jews did them too. There was no escape from them. They even doubled down with a wrought iron fence with gate closing off the living room.
Both of them? Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein was just one of many, especially in the Bronx, I knew quite a few.
His mother's maiden name was Bibbermann, his grandfather saw Puerto Rico from the ship as he was making his way to America and decided to settle there instead of Miami
Not sure whether to bow to your knowledge of all things Kotter, or your ability to navigate Wikipedia. Either way, I bow to you sir. Well played.