By year four, things had gone south. Freddie Prinze had shot himself. "Chico & the Man" was one of Jimmy's shows. The power struggle was on. John had become a movie star. Gabe refused to show up because Jimmy Komack had fired his (Gabe's) writing staff and hired his own (from the "Carol Burnett Show"). And, John had only contractually agreed to act in nine episodes. Without Kotter and Barbarino in half the episodes, ABC said that this was not the show they had bought. It was cancelled. Larry, Ron, John and I are all friends to this day.