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When frenchie was doggin men and said “the only guy a girl can trust is her daddy” I was totally expecting nick to say “oh come on, we’re not all bad” or something to that effect. Instead he says “sometimes not even them” my brain exploded at how different times are.
This reaction is systematic, hydromatic AND ultramatic ✨
It's electrifying
Lol
It's Grease Lightning
Rizzo has always been my favorite character.
But wow, man, you've not got one word about Olivia Newton John?? Arguably the best vocalist in the cast. She was immensely popular in the 70/80s and still really beloved.
See also: Xanadu!
I'm so old I saw ONJ live, in the "Let's Get Physical" era.
And not even anything about all the vampires she slew while at Rydell.
For sure, when she sings "Hopelessly Devoted To You", that caught my attention in the movie and gave me goosebumps with her voice. I was only 8 years old back then, I became a big fan of her music ever since and bought her albums ever since.
@@wendydarling5790Xanadu!!!
I was named after Olivia! RIP Queen :(
Jeff Conaway, the actor who played Kenickie, actually very seriously injured his back while doing a stunt for the Greased Lightnin' number. It ultimately led him down a spiral of substance abuse issues for the rest of his life, and he unfortunately died in 2011 from pneumonia.
I feel so bad for him. The more I see this movie, the less I like it, especially because of how he really got screwed over while making this movie. "Greased Lightning" was supposed to be HIS big solo, but Travolta used his clout to take it from him, over the objections of Conaway and dance choreographer Pat Birch. Travolta is still very proud of doing what he did. 😡
@@anthonyvasquezactorThis alone will be a reason I am skeptical of John Travolta's character. The narcissism is palpable in this act alone. So screwed over for nothing.
He did have a good run on Babylon 5, one of my favorite sci-fi series.
Wow .. that's really sad 😭.
But you said nothing positive?.. are wanting thumbs up or just attention?
@@anthonyvasquezactor Right? And he was supposed to play Danny since that was his role from the stage play, but of course when they got John Travolta they gave him the lead
We lost Olivia this year after a long battle with cancer. My heart broke when i heard she had finally gone. Although born in Oxford here in the UK. Olivias family moved to Austrailia when she was a toddler. She came back to the Uk after winning a talent competition and was snapped up by a record company. She was mainly country but had a number of early hits here. She represented us in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 and came forth. She was invited to record an album in the US which was very different to her earlier stuff. It got her noticed by Hollywood and was cast as Sandy. Her career went mega and the title track of her album Physical was number onein the US billboard chart for a record 10 weeks. Many hits and albums followed until her first cancer diagnosis. But she battled on for nearly 20 years before a 3rd bout of cancer in her spine robbed the world of a beautiful soul and one of the greatest voices ever.
She's been gone almost a year and a half already. Time goes by so fast. A very nice write up.
When Kenickie says “a hickey from Kenickie” that was an actual hickey from Kenickies actor on Rizzo so she didn’t have to do the makeup.
When Rizzo says “Elvis Elvis, let me be” that scene was filmed on the day Elvis died.
Elvis was a potential candidate to play the teen angel.
The black pantsuit had to be sown on to Olivia on set.
Sandy is originally only from a different state but when Olivia couldn’t do an American accent the way they wanted they made Sandy Australian so Olivia could speak in her regular accent
It took me about 20 times (and growing up about a decade) before I realized that this is one of the naughtiest "clean" movies ever. "Greased Lightning" alone is filled with double entendres and out and out sexual innuendos. Now I can't watch without laughing at how many people LOVE this movie without catching the really dirty parts in almost every scene. (An "Athletic Supporter" is a jock strap... and there are many such allusions made just like that.) I thought it was maybe my dirty mind until others started confirming what I finally recognized. Takes the movie to a WHOLE new level.
15:34 - "What do they need that for?"
Completely over his head, although when I saw it when it came out I was too young to get it either.
Funniest part for me is during beauty school drop out when he sings - get off the pot - then the look on Rizzos face. Not too many people catch that.
lol ikr? I think I saw the movie 3 times before I realized it was all the girls in the movie doing that scene then I started paying attention to their expressions, it's very entertaining.@@andreadeamon6419
This came out in the 70’s about the 50’s ! I was 9 when this came out. The soundtrack was very very popular amongst my peers and friends and stayed on the charts for a long time. The movie was incredible . John Travolta had a string of movies following this . Please react to Saturday Night Fever and Urban Cowboy! The later is never in anyone’s reaction list and was so good . SNF also had a Sountrack in the charts forever . The movie speaks for itself . He dances in both ! Check it please . Ur reactions will be great I’m sure 🌠
We danced to the 8 track of the soundtrack when I was a kid.❤❤❤
Yeah, the Bee Gee's sure had a lot of hits :)
I loved Urban Cowboy, had a crush on Sissy!
I agree with all that but I hope when Nick watches Hairspray it’s the movie with John Travolta & Christopher Walker
I was 4 and a half when this came out, but I remember my neighbor's older brother having the record. I bought it on CD years later. My wife remembers all the songs too, and we always sing them!
I was a 90s baby but I was obsessed with Grease growing up. I watched it so much and I knew every song. I still know every song. There was like a weird period of time where they started doing LIVE versions of popular musicals where they would film the cast performing it live and it was then aired on tv live. There’s a Grease Live, Rent Live and Hairspray Live.
I love this movie, and I've passed it along to most of my kids too. I love Grease 2 also, but it's more corny than this one is. You should try Xanadu - it's a totally weird little musical that came out in 1980, and it's really fun if you give yourself over to the crazy storyline. I also recommend Rocky Horror Picture Show if you haven't seen it, it's bonkers!
My nieces were 90's kids too and also obsessed with this movie just like you.
@@ArtofFreeSpeech yes, I’m a huge musical theatre theatre fan. I love live theatre and I’ve seen grease live on stage, I do think when it comes to movie adaptions of musicals, they’re seldom successful. Grease is a great exception, but the LIVE filmed for television versions (that are not like strict proshots because they have to change lyrics and what not as they are being aired live) I have honk are just kind of interesting. I enjoy them but they do feel slightly different.
@@Kayjee17Grease 2 and Xanadu are two of the movies I watch when I need a pick me up.
RIP, Olivia Newton John.
“If it was a snake it would’ve bit me” is a very common saying in the south! It means it was right in front of you but just didn’t see it!
I genuinely respect the coach for persisting in trying to find the right sport for Danny. I wouldn’t have been able to put up with him.
I'm Facebook friends with Eddie Deezen, who plays Eugene. He's probably the world's biggest Beatles fan and he often speaks fondly of his time filming Grease.
Grease was originally a very successful Broadway musical, a coming of age theme depicting high school in the 1950's. Some concepts that need clarification was that Sandra Dee reference. Dee was a Hollywood starlet known as this depicting the "goody-two-shoes," all-American girl in late 1950's teen movies.
Maybe he should watch Gidget.
As a kid, I watched this an unhealthy amount of times 😂 literally daily! Rizzo always my favorite ❤
“If you can’t be an athlete, be an athletic supporter”
Athletic supporter = a jockstrap.
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The ending hits a bit different after Olivia Newton John passed away . Driving to heaven
I just realized that Hairspray is the spiritual successor to Grease in terms of decade and being named after the popular hairstyling product of the time 😂 Anyway, this was made in the late 70s but its about the 50s. And its intended to be kind of cheesey way at playing at 50s high school tropes. Its also based on a stage musical.
One of the best movies-of-a-musical is Chicago. An extremely well done adaptation.
Yeah, the oscar was a bit too much honour, but it was nicely done
8:27 "...it's like they're from West Side Story or something." Although there _are_ parallels between that musical and this one, this particular vignette is actually a direct reference to the classic (black-and-white) slapstick comedy of the Three Stooges.
If it was a snake it would have bitten me is actually a saying here in Brazil too! Means when youre looking for something that's right in front of you but you missed it, so if it WAS a snake, it would probably have bitten you hehehe.
It's pretty common in the US also
We have the same saying in Spain also, but replacing the snake by a dog.
That's amazing mom used to say it when I was growing up. I say it sometimes too.
"the chicks'll cream, for greased lightning" is still the filthiest thing I've heard 😂
Can't believe that made it through to the final edit, in the US no less, in a mainstream movie.
The woman who played Frenchie wrote a book and touched on all the sexual innuendo, such as the saran wrap that Travolta grabs and runs around the car with. She says something like, "That plastic wrap was not for food preservation."
Love this movie. And Grease 2. If you want a more serious films about this time period, The Outsiders 1983 is highly recommended and has an all-star cast.
i loved the outsiders but not grease 2
Grease 2 has a special place in my heart with Cool Rider. Really not as good as the first but my kid heart loved it. We got to see Michelle Pfiefer in her first lead, She said it hurt her career and wasn’t taken seriously, for other parts but the movie became a cult classic. A fun mess.
Fun fact, the guy that Danny/John Travolta punches during the basketball training? That's a very young Michael Biehn, who would about 6 years later travel back in time to save Sarah Connor from Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator.
Omg seriously? I love him. Especially as Hick in Aliens ❤
@@tsurah5408Yes, seriously. :)
I saw this movie over 70 times in the theater. My friends and I memorized every word and would act it out when we got back from the theater (which was only 5 blocks away from where we all lived and our friend's aunt was the manager there so we got in free a lot of the times, lol). We bought the album as soon as it was available, bought every book and magazine having to do with Grease. My friends and I were obsessed with Grease. We all dressed as the Pink Ladies for Halloween that year, lol.
"Grease" is a reference to "Greasers," a youth subculture of the 1950's and 60's. It's thought that the name "greaser" might have started as an ethnic slur of sorts, denoting the Mediterranean, Hispanic, and Latino origins of most greasers. People still use "greaseball" to insult certain ethnicites.
Love this reaction! FYI--many of the actors in the movies actually were big stars in the 1950's--Frankie Avalon was the angel in BEAUTY SCHOOL DROPOUT, Edd Byrne was Vince Fontaine, the MC of the danceoff, and many others, like Joan Blondell, the waitress at the malt shop. Eve Arden (principal) and Sid Caesar (football coach) were HUGE stars. The director wanted them all in the movie, and he got 'em. So glad you enjoyed it--it's an all-time favorite of mine!
There's a theory that I like that Danny tried to stop her from drowning (like in the song Summer Nights) but she actually drowns and the whole movie is just her dying delusion (due to lack of oxygen) which is why the car flies at the end as she's being taken to heaven. Probably not true but I like it!
35:20 but this movie is about the 50s. Nostalgia has always been about 25-30 years in the past. That’s why currently everyone loves the 90s. When this movie was popular it was a celebration of those earlier days. Back when rock n roll was new and kids were just starting to be “wild and rebellious”. As a kid in the 80s it was weird to imagine your parents like this.
"Greasers"
I grew up with this movie. Even tho im a 90s baby i would still pop in my grease VHS and sing every number. Amazing how it still holds up today despite its camp and some bad jokes. 😅
Nick, the one singing "Beauty School Dropout" with Frenchy was Frankie Avalon, a famous singer as Teen Angel.
"are they on drugs?" LOLOL 😆love the 50's style so much, this movie is such a gem! ✨ also, the USO is the "united service org" which is military support, because all of marty's penpals were soldiers overseas. also also, didi conn (the actress who played frenchy) said that her reaction to frankie avalon (the man who sang beauty school dropout) was completely genuine because she was one of his biggest fans! what a cool experience 🖤
Nick, if you rewatch the Barbie movie, I think you'll notice some elements inspired by this movie Grease, especially the dance break the Kens do all in black (like Danny does with the T-Birds in the song Greased Lightning), and a laugh Ryan Gosling does as Ken is very reminiscent of one John Travolta does in Grease when he's trying to be all cool and pretend he's not into Sandy ("Don't make me laugh... ha ha ha"). It's pretty funny.
"Those of you who grew up in the 80's..." Remember the plot of the movie is set in 1958. So for those of us who grew up in the 80's, this would have appealed more to our parents. When I visited my friend, she and her sisters knew every line, every lyric, every note. That was in the 90's so apparently their parents watched it A LOT.
"Eh, fongul! I'm Sandra Dee." Rizzo at the end of Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee - it means "f-you" and was such a naughty element to sing around school back in the day when this movie came out. 😄 So glad you watched this classic. And, "A hickey from Kenickie is like a Hallmark." FYI the actor who played Kenickie, Jeff Conaway, was also on the sitcom Taxi with Judd Hirsch, as well as on the SciFi series Babylon-5. 😊
This soundtrack and Eddie and the Cruisers are the very BEST soundtracks EVER. Make sure you check that one out as well Nick. Olivia and Stockard's voices are amazing. Loved Both of their songs. Merry Christmas from Ontario, Canada! :)
Finally... someone else with an appreciation of Eddie and the Cruisers
@@amydhm Oh absolutely! I was over the moon excited when Jay and Amber finally did On the Dark Side on Rob Squad. I guess all we can do is keep spreading the word.
The first time I watched it I thought the beginning was the ending. I even said ‘oh, someone forgot to rewind the tape.’ 😂
Summer Dreams (the second song) was and still is my favorite. As kids, whenever it got to that part, my sister and I would sing it as a duet. I sang Danny’s part and she sang Sandy’s part. We had so much fun practicing the song together, then we preformed it to our parents. 😂
One more memory I have is that we would always fast forward Sandy’s slow song that she sang at night outside Frenchies house. It was too long and boring for us.
The "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" scene was filmed the same day Elvis died and they added the line about Elvis to the song to honor him.
When Olivia turns around at the end and waves... it always makes me cry
Me too 😭
The USO was/is a group sent famous entertainers overseas to perform for the troops.
FYI- the Rydell in „RYDELL High School“ is after 1960‘s teen idol „Bobbie Rydell“. Singer, dancer, actor who was still performing until his death on 5 April 2022. Checkout the movie „Bye, Bye Birdie“ for his singing and dancing moves paired with Ann Margret and Dick Van Dyke. A great musical!!! Happy Holidays
22:05 That singer is Frankie Avalon. He was really popular in the late 50’s early 60’s
This is one of those movies that is popular in any decade. I was surprised when I was babysitting some ten to twelve year olds in high school and they wanted to go see this when it was back in theaters and their parents were ok with it. The kids were more into action films but they were singing these songs all the way home after the movie. 21:56 no this is Frankie Avalon. Big singer back in the day. 25:20 this scene was filmed during the summer when school was out and the gym had no A/C and no ventilation. People were passing out cause the lights for filming heated the room up even more. 30:58 she dropped it on purpose cause it’s only supposed to be good luck if the person picks it up themselves which it did turn out to be good luck cause I don’t think he could’ve beat him. He would’ve let his anger get the best of him and he’d lose but Danny doesn’t have the issues with the guy like Kenickie does. 33:03 we had teachers that if the kids did something they’d kiss a pig. One soccer coach drank a coke out of shoe when his team won all their games. Some teachers if it will “light a fire” under the kids to do something will do whatever it takes for them to succeed. Olivia Newton John had to be sewn into her black pants at the end cause the zipper broke. This was shown in 2020 on the BBC and people were complaining that it was promoting misogyny, racism and homophobia. Olivia Newton John did a podcast saying that people need to relax and they were acting silly. That this was a film shot in the 70s about the 50s and it’s a fun musical not to be taken seriously. That’s one problem with this world they see movies or shows that have things that aren’t considered proper and think they should be banned when they need to use this stuff as a teaching moment on how you don’t treat someone. If they block things and lock them away them they’ll at some point come back as appropriate.
It’s almost like we’re going back to the Victorian era with “improper” things being banned or censored. It’s ironic. People need to pull the sticks out of their asses and relax.
For our senior year of high achool we did this as a special provided by our drama director/english teacher. She followed ua from middle school to high school. Most of us had her all theoughout the years. I graduated in 2000 so she wanted to give us what we wanted.
This movie said if a guy can't grow up and show a softer side to you around his buddies....CHANGE YOURSELF ENTIRELY 🤣🤣🤣
Everyone overlooks that Danny changes too. He becomes a jock, and earns a letter.
@@Lensmaster1 aye I'm mainly teasing! I'm also British so these kind of dynamics in school are not particularly familiar to me 🤣
11:18 "You're turning into a one-woman U.S.O." "What does that mean?" The U.S.O. is an organization dedicated to improving the morale of the U.S. military. For example, they're the ones who arrange for celebrities to perform for troops stationed nearer to active front lines. By referring to the other girl as a "one-woman U.S.O.," Rizzo's saying that she's dating so many military men as to have a meaningful effect on troop morale.
She was doing her bit for the war effort 😂
Ironically, the day they shot Rizzo (Stockard Channing) performing "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee" and she references Elvis in the song, is the day Elvis just happened to die.
Olivia Newton-John (who had just recently turned 30 when filming started) had already established herself in the US as a singer (she started out as a country singer until her "signature" song was released in 1974, "I Honestly Love Her") but admitted she was scared to death to try to become an actress, with one of her reasons was how much older in real life she was than John Travolta (she was nearly 12 years his senior). But she said that the first time they met, he put her at ease and made it easy to make the movie and it would be the beginning of the long friendship (they did a second movie together 5 years later, "Two Of A Kind") until she sadly passed away on August 8th, 2022.
The day the shot the "National Bandstand" show it was SO HOT that a lot of the actors & extras were fainting and getting sick.
The iconic outfit the Olivia wears at the end of the movie for her Sandy transformation, she would actually be able to fit in 40 years later!
I feel so old that you don’t get any of the references. Lol. Even though I was their age in the seventies into the eighties, we knew what every thing meant in this movie. I’m glad you enjoyed it though. It was THE movie that summer it came out.
I saw this in the theater in ‘78 at age 9. Mom loved it because it reminded her of her high school days in the 50s, and I immediately fell in love with the soundtrack. I got it on cassette tape and played it until it became too stretched and worn out to play anymore.
PS: the faculty members were all played by actors who were big-time in the 50s.
In 1978 i was a kid, I remember when it was released and the music on the radio all the time. John Travolta was an star after Saturday Night Fever, and Olivia was one of the greatest singer at that time. I wasn't allowed to go to the cinema for my age! but I watched a time later on TV
- The cast included a few cast members of the stage show: Travolta (originally played Doody onstage), Jeff Conaway (who was Danny in the same touring company as Travolta), and Jamie Donnelly (Jan, who reprised her role from the original Broadway cast and was the oldest cast member in her 30s).
- The cast is stuffed with stars and character actors of the 1950s in the adult roles: Coach Calhoun was played by comedy legend Sid Caesar, Principal McGee was Eve Arden, a star of B-level films of the 40s and 50s, Vince Fontaine played by Edd Byrnes was a TV star of the series Route 66, and Teen Angel was Frankie Avalon, a huge teen heartthrob of music ("Venus" was his signature hit), and films (Beach Blanket Bingo with Annette Funicello and the sequels).
- Olivia Newton- John was a HUGE music star at the time, and was Travolta's choice to play Sandy, even though she had only minimal experience as an actress. She made other films, but this was her only hit film. Her biggest flop was Xanadu (1980) which also starred Gene Kelly in his last big screen film, which ironically had several huge songs that became hits for her and the band Electric Light Orchestra including the title song. Travolta and Olivia remained friends for the rest of her life. in fact, he took her death in August 2022 pretty hard. They did one other film together Two Of A Kind in 1983.
- Most of the songs in the film, sung by characters in the film are from the original stage version. There are the exceptions..the songs in the National Bandstand sequence performed by Sha-Na-Na are mostly hits of the era except "Hand Jive" from the show, Olivia's "Hopelessly Devoted To You" and "You're The One That I Want" were written by John Farrar, Olivia's main songwriter at the time, and "Grease" was written by Barry Gibb (of The Bee Gees) and sung by Frankie Valli. Many stage companies that put on Grease tend to pay the extra royalties to perform "Hopelessly Devoted To You" and "You're The One That I Want" because they are so loved, a tradition that started with the 1990s Broadway revival of the show.
FYI- the band playing at the high school dance competition was „SHA-Na-Na“. They had their own tv show in the 70‘s. The groups leader „Bowzer“ was a graduate of Julliards School of Music. The Teen Angle was Frankie Avalon. He made several ‚Beach“ movies in the 60‘s with Annette Funicello. I believe is biggest hit was a song called „Venus“. The Beach movies were: Beach Party, Muscle Beach Party, Bikini Beach and Beach Blanket Bingo. The movie „Muscle Beach Party“ introduced a new young singer who went on to do GREAT things…..“Little Stevie Wonder“. Cheers
I was 9 when this movie was released. Been a favorite my whole life. There are so many things I want to say… I can’t even begin!
Yes, hair grease. Very popular with guys in the 50's & some of the 60's. Cartoon style of intro is what I'm thinking.
I got to play Rizzo back in school, by far my favourite role I’ve ever got to play
This one was my favorite growing up! My cousins and I had the entire movie memorized and would act it out as we watched it. My name is Sandy, so she was always my favorite, and I had a massive crush on John Travolta back then!
As far as I can remember, it was voted the best musical ever made...
Me and a friend saw it when it just came to Denmark at the Tivoli Cinema in Copenhagen.
We lived out in the country, and brought our schoolmates in to see it..
Everyone loved it, but of course there were some boys who were jealous of us because we were very successful with the girls because of it..
This one greatly impacted my 13-year-old self when it came to German cinemas back in 1978. I immediately bought the album and to this day I still can sing along to all the songs. Loved it!
It was my first favourite film outside the animated Disney universe
I'll love Olivia til the day I die.
This was the first movie I saw more than once at the theatre.
Me too!!!!
"Sandra Dee" was a popular actress from the 50's, portrayed as the puritanical, virginal teen. So when Sandy says "goodbye to Sandra Dee" that's her hint she's ready to dive into adulthood and "Get Physical". I invite you to look that up in association with the lead actress, Olivia Newton-John.
Doris Day and Debbie Reynolds were among the most famous actresses back in those days.
Frankie Avalon, the "Angel", was also a very popular singer back in those days (by the way: the girls have hair rollers on their heads in the "Beauty School Dropout" scene).
The guy playing Vince Fontaine is Edd Byrnes, also very popular in the 50s, and a good friend of Troy Donahue, who was so popular as to get mentioned in Rizzo's song "Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee".
I had just turned 11 a couple of days before this came out and it was HUGE that summer, made in the 70s when 50s nostalgia was big with American Graffiti and Happy Days/Laverne & Shirley on tv. Grease uses just about every stereotype that existed for that time period, my mom graduated in '51 and she just rolled her eyes at it 😁
I remember calling in to the radio station to request they play various songs so I could tape them off the radio, before I got the album that Christmas. They wouldn't play Greased Lightning for obvious reasons, I don't think they had a radio friendly edit yet
We performed Grease my junior year of high school as our spring musical. The actor (my friend) who played Danny broke his leg the night before the first show. He did the entire show both nights from a wheelchair and we “re-wrote” the show so to speak to fit the situation. Danny broke his leg in a drag racing accident lol 😂 it was awesome and so epic. I still have no clue how we did pulled it off. We made the local news.
26:00 What a friggen quote dancing is like hockey, better if theres a fight. thats some straight up footloose magic! I always enjoyed dance battles tho, for real. This is such a great classic
Thank you Nick, after the past weeks of watching Christmas reviews it is nice to see my favorite movie musical Grease
11:21 USO is the United Service Organization that provvdes many services for US service men and women around the world. It is well known for all of the entertainment shows that it put on for troops during times of war, especially WWII. Hundreds of celebrities like Bob Hope and Ann Margret have donated there time to entertain the troops at their bases in foreign lands and bring them a little joy from back home.
In case u dont know. The lead actress was a singer and a very famous one. One of the best selling artist during her time.
I hope you are doing the original hairspray - everyone always does the remake and forgets about how great the original is
Exact same thought lol
By remake do you mean the film adaptation of the Broadway musical? I haven't seen the original movie.
Grease is a great movie and musical. Probably my favourite one together with Moulin Rouge and La La Land. Love playing all those soundtracks on piano 🎶
Oh my goodness, if you're not sure who Doris Day is you have to watch Calamity Jane. She was an icon! Quadruple threat.
YES!! Would love to see a reaction to any Doris Day musical, but Calamity Jane would be my top pick!
@@EmonEconomist It is a classic. 😊
Remember, this came out in the 1970s, but it was set in the 1950s. Have you reacted to or seen Child's Play? The actress who plays Marty in this is Aunt Maggie from that. And the actress who played Frenchie was on a really funny 1980s sitcom called Benson; also worth a watch - - maybe a reaction. P.S. In the late 1970s/early 1980s, we (kids) walked around with combs in our pockets, and used them (back when feathered hair was in). I wonder if it's because we all saw this when we were little. Some '50s styles were definitely back in style in the 80s, too, and they're coming around again - - soon we may see reactors in argyle sweater vests and penny loafers - - who knows?
The references to Doris Day and Sandra Dee is that they always portrayed virginal naive blondes that the men of that era were always after.
If you want to see just how good a dancer John is you need to watch Saturday Night Fever.😊
John Travolta did this movie just after finishing Saturday Night Fever. He asked only for a couple of weeks to strictly sleep and rest up before starting up on this.
I was 14 when this came out. It has a special place in my heart. It was the movie i went to on my first date. It was also the first album i bought with my own money.
Cannot tell you how huge this film was when it came out & how iconic it still is. I was 12, the queues went around the block. I was then obsessed, I wanted to be Rizzo. But Olivia Newton John is the one for me. She was an established successful singer before this but had never done a musical before. John Travolta talked her into it. This is still one of the biggest musicals of all time - it changed both their lives. I love the 50s! ❤
My favorite movie from my childhood. The music was great.
I was born in 1982, and this movie was one of favorites to watch over and over.
This is one of those movies where all of the "teenagers" are played by people in their 20s... so if you think they all look a bit worldly for high school students, it's 'cause they're 26 years old. 😄Rizzo (Stockard Channing) was past 30! Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) was about 30. Danny (John Travolta) was early 20s. He had already been on Welcome Back, Kotter and had appeared in Carrie and Saturday Night Fever.
This film came out in 1978. i was in basic training for the AIr Force and our first time we were allowed to have a day to ourselves i went to the base theater and saw this, AUg 78
Grease is based in the 1950's! A perfect encapsulation of the decade.
Fun fact: one of John Travolta’s sister actually played one of the waitresses. I think she was near the far left with the brown hair behind the older waitress
Rizzo was played by Stockard Channing who is a phenomenal actress. One of my favorite, lesser known movies of hers is Silent Victory. It's about female deaf race car driver Kitty O'Neill. It came out the year after Grease. It's a very dated movie, but that's intentional. It was about a typical high school in the 50's. I had to laugh when you said "isn't that the guy from Star Wars?" haha - no! That was Frankie Avalon, one of the most famous actors and singers from that era. It was a huge deal that they got him to do the movie
I think he said Star Trek, maybe he was thinking of William Shatner.
The opening scene is a nod to a famous scene in From here to Eternity...animated opening creds were quite common in 60s and 70s...oldest schoolkids in film history lol🎩
Hey Nick! I love this channel. Have you thought about reacting to Freaks and Geeks? It's a Judd Apatow show with James Franco, Seth Rogan, Jason Segel, Linda Cardelini and many more. Way before they were famous. It's only one season, 18 episodes. Absolute classic. ❤️
I love this movie. RIP Olivia Newton John. This movie was a breakout for both her and John Travolta.
I recommend an old school musical like singing in the rain or, since you mentioned Doris Day, Calamity Jane.
My parents used to tell us we where cruisin' for a brusin' when we were being difficult. We were 80s babies. Lol
The beauty school dropout song is sung by a teen idol of that era. The things on their heads are silver hair curlers. It's a heavenly hair salon.
Many of the references though out the movie are callbacks to period celebrities, songs and music.
Sandra Dee was a wholesome teen actress from the 50's and 60's. She starred in several movies about young love. She was married to pop singer Bobby Darrin. The couple starred in a few films together. She had a stressful life being controlled by the studios and an overbearing mother.
Lots of little Easter Eggs that may be lost on youthful persons.
The themesong was co-written (and had backing vocals) from Barry Gibb, who was at top of the music charts with his BeeGee brothers. This opening song had lead vocals from Frankie Valli, who was the primary vocalist to The Four Seasons back in the 1960's.
Frankie Avalon actually was a teen idol (teen angel in the film) back in the late 1950's and early 60's. He had several hits on the radio & starred in a few teen "beach blanket" flicks.
Soupy Sales (stage name) played the coach. Back in the day he was a mega-star comedian and had his own TV show - before tv had colors, that is. He's also known for nurturing fresh comedic talent - coaching!
Joan Blondell (Vi at the cafe) was a leading lady in earlier years. From 1930-1981 she amassed 161 acting credits on IMDB!
Eve Arden began her film career of 101 appearances in 1929 (early talkie!) and acted on TV nearly up to her death in 1990. She was a well known supporting actress (was onscreen with Groucho Marx!) who briefly had her own TV show.
That band (Johnny Casino & the Cruisers) were actually the retro Do-Wop group Sha-Na-Na. This is their actual schtick and the had their own TV show for a couple years and even were guests on The Muppet Show!
Uncredited musicians include original Mousketeer Cubby O'Brian, Teddy Tudescu, Sally Stevens, Lee Ritenaur, & !!Peter Franpton!!
I can still remember being 7 years old and my mom taking me with her to see this in the theater when it came out in '78. I loved it and still watch it from time to time. And I will always remember the late, great Olivia Newton-John. I loved her as Sandy and I love her singing. She was really one of a kind. Speaking about the song Greased Lightning, I once saw a video of some guys in the motor pool of a military base who did their own Greased Lightning song and dance with a military vehicle. It was great. If you look closely, in a couple of scenes, you can spot actor Michael Biehn from The Terminator and Aliens in one of his early acting jobs.
Dennis C. Stewart, best known as the character Craterface from the 1978 film musical, GREASE died April 20, 1994.
It's a 1970's take on 1950's culture, so it wasn't dated, it was a stylized period piece.
I loved Grease! I was born in the 50's so the music was familiar to me.
Yep. John Travolta can dance. See Saturday Night Fever. See younger JT by watching an episode of Welcome Back Kotter, a popular sitcom in it's day.
Went to HS just after this movie was released and it was just as dated as it is today. Definitely an instant classic back then even w/ all the actors long past their HS years.
R.I.P Olivia Newton John. And to the other cast of Grease. I love this movie. Since you are watching this movie. You have to watch Grease 2. Please do a reaction to that movie 🙂
I’m so glad you enjoyed this. My relationship with it has changed with every new decade of my life. It’s funny/sad the first time you realise your favourite high schoolers are in their 30s. I really hope you’d take a look at the musical High Society. It’s hilarious, cynical and romantic, and I there’s true gold in many of those older films, like The Marx Brothers and the Wizard of Oz.
It's funny you compare this to West Side Story because West Side Story was written during the 50s, and Grease is set during the 50s (but written in the 70s). So it makes sense that there are some cultural similarities.