Cedric the Entertainer did "The Honeymooners," Bernie Mac played Bosley in the second "Charlie's Angels," so now Ice Cube is taking a shot at "urbanizing" a classic TV show.

"I'm going to do a version of 'Welcome Back Kotter'," Cube said. "We're taking the name, we're taking the concept of the Sweathogs, a bunch of kids nobody wants to teach and seeing how intelligent and the things they do have to offer. We're taking that kind of feel and tailor making it for me."

Now a successful comic actor, and still a best selling rapper, Cube's Kotter will be funny, but not all laughs. "Dramedy. If you look at 'Welcome Back Kotter,' it was a lot of real social commentary in with the jokes. So we're going to do that too."

If Cube has his way, the original actors will appear in some capacity too. "We're trying to get cameos from everybody that was in the original somewhere in the movie."

But then, who could play a Barbarino today? "We got him. He's out there."