10 TV “Cool Guys” Who Were Actually Super Lame

5. Vinnie Barbarino from “Welcome Back, Kotter”

We were supposed to look up to Vinne Barbarino, as he was the leader of the Sweathogs– a group of remedial inner-city high school students. Vinnie sure looked cool when cracking wise to Mr. Kotter in a classroom, but for some reason we doubt he looked quite as cool after high school, when the rest of his class went to college and found jobs, and he was still crawling through the window of Mr. Kotter’s apartment looking for someone to insult.

6. Joey from “Blossom”

Joey Russo was the typical “dumb jock” in the Blossom world, and that’s fine, I guess. However, when a dude essentially comes into your home every week, exclaims “Whoa!” a few times, and then leaves… it starts to get really old really fast. In my opinionation, Joey was even more lame than Blossom’s closet full of fugly hats.

7. Cody from “Step by Step”

For some reason, we were supposed to believe Cody as the “cool dude” in Step by Step, despite the fact that he couldn’t hold a job and was forced to live in a van in the Foster family’s driveway. Also, how come nobody seemed to be creeped out by Cody’s massive and overt crush on his cousin, Dana? They should have been forming a barricade to keep her away from that creepy stalker van.