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Can we give Kudos to coach? He literally is trying every sport he knows trying to give Danny the support he needs even when it doesn’t work out. Seriously. That is a good teacher
And he's so funny and positive. If only I'd had more gym teachers like him instead of the asshole who fat-shamed me in middle school.... Scarred for life, SMH 😣
I was very into musical theater as a kid thanks to my mother and older brother, loved this movie and didn't get the sexually explicit overtones at all. Just thought it was about LoOoVe.
As an Aussie you saying “she has an amazing voice” makes me proud. Australia has great singers and this one was Olivia Newton John. She’s a truly special lady. Truly classy.
Olivia Newton-John is a excellent talent as well as a remarkable human being. She really brings the character of Sandy to life. Thanks for this movie reaction Nick! It's always been a favorite of mine.
I've always loved her voice. When I was really little my mom played a cassette of her Lullabies for me to go to sleep to, long before I'd ever seen this.
I’m usually a fan of side characters and Rizzo is one of my favorites. “There are Worse Thing I Could Do” is one of my favorite Grease songs. That and “Hopelessly Devoted to You”.
Rizzo's *There are Worse Things I Could Do* may be the most emotional part of the movie, really flips from a character I don't really like to honestly feeling for her.
@@Jongen. well that’s pretty sad you dislike a video because someone has a different opinion. If you don’t like the reaction by all means, but otherwise doesn’t really make sense.
"Beauty School Dropout"... it was a casting gag that they had her swooning--the guy singing is Frankie Avalon, who was a major star in the 50s... twenty years before this movie came out, but at the time, the people who were actual teens when his movies came out were thirty-something and into the nostalgia. :D
To be fair, most of the actors were in their twenties and thirties. I've read Heathers (1988) had lots of actors in their late thirties playing high school kids, but at least the lead herself was sixteen, one of the other girls was seventeen and the love interest/antagonist was nineteen. Most of the other leads were in their early twenties, while this movie had leads who were at least ten years too old for senior year (even John Travolta was in his mid-twenties).
Sandy was originally supposed to only be from a different state but Olivia couldn’t do an American accent the way they wanted so they made her Australian so she wouldn’t have to fake an accent. When Kenicke says “a hickey from Kenicke is like a Hallmark card” the hickey on Rizzos neck apparently isn’t makeup but an actual hickey Kenickes actor gave her to make it more real. Elvis was a contender for the part of Teen Angel. Elvis Presley died the day they filmed the “Elvis, Elvis, let me be, keep that pelvis far from me” scene in the girls sleepover. When NBC did a live production of Grease a few years ago Vanessa Hudgens who played Rizzo went on to perform after finding out her dad passed away from cancer just 4 hours prior to showtime.
You make a very good observation about one of the most misunderstood parts of the film. Everyone complains that Sandy has to change for Danny to get love. As you correctly noticed, he's trying to change for her too. He takes up the sports, tries to speak more politely and tells his friends how much he wants to prioritise her needs.
I adore Grease, but looking at it objectively, it's a really, really weird movie. There's not much story structure to it. Things just happen without setups and payoffs, and a lot of it feels like it's happening just because the filmmakers said, "Why not?" I grew up with this ever since I was 5 (yeah, as a 5 year old, most of this movie went over my head...), so it's easy for me to take the randomness at face value, but I totally get why this would be strange for someone watching it initially as an adult. I got a kick out of how many times you burst out laughing and said, "What are they doing?!" I think that just about sums Grease as an experience.
People just doing things is how things happened before everyone was absorbed into the internet lol. Regarding your comment about "no structure", have you ever heard the theory that the whole movie is Sandy dying at the beach? Danny sings, "she nearly drowned," but if she had actually, this could all be her dying brain making up a fantastic love story that ends w them driving a car into the sky... and would explain the odd lack of form otherwise.
At the time, this movie was one of the first to talk about teenagers & sex. The entire plot is about each character & every song coming of age with sex. Rizzo talks about her sex life & owns it. They mock virginity thru Sandra Dee & Doris Day & ultimately Sandy changes her look to accept Danny as he is & he wears the letterman to show that he’ll change for her. Everything is about teens & sex. It set the precedent for future movies & teen issues.
@@rebeccafuentes8327 The changing thing is the problem. Why should you change who you are completely? Even if the message can be construed positively (which I won't deny it can), the idea that you should do things you're against just to get people to like you comes through the most.
I really love this movie, and the ending gets me everytime. After everything they went through together, they both decided to change for each other. They obviously love each other, but had parts of themselves that didn't match with each other, and in the end both decided the best way to fix that is by changing themselves. For me, the first time I watched it, I realized that they were both trying to that. Danny went and earned that letterman jacket in track for Sandy, and she got for that makeover for him, and even started acting like a "greaser".
@@fightingfaerie what, you think that him taking off the jacket means that he didn't put in the time and effort needed to actually earn it? Taking it off means nothing. What matters is that he put in the time and effort to earn it for her.
I always thought that it was weird for Sandy to dress like a biker chick at the end. But after rewatching it when I was older, I realized that the movie was simply trying to portray the importance of acceptance and camaraderie in a relationship. It's like, if someone is willing to try to adjust their lifestyle for you, it's only fair to try for them too. Danny literally looked like a bad boy, but he'd never done anything remotely cruel throughout the movie. He sticks up for his pals and gets worked up over girls, just like other teen boys do. I have it in my headcannon that MWF Sandy and Danny dress up like rockstars and TThS they're at wholesome family get-togethers. 🙂
For me, the first time I watched it, I realized that they were both trying to that. Danny went and earned that letterman jacket in track for Sandy, and she got a "greaser" makeover for him.
I’d agree if Danny hadn’t tossed his letterman jacket the moment he saw Sandy in that catsuit. Like “oh sweet she changed for me, screw changing for her.”
I see what you mean, but for me, the problem was that there was nothing wrong with Sandy and Danny liked her the way she was; she didn't need to change at all.
Stockard Channing had auditioned to play Lois Lane in Superman in 1977 and lost out to Margot Kidder. She allegedly was the runner-up and very nearly got the part (her test is on UA-cam and its quite good), but losing out freed her up to be Betty Rizzo in Grease, which was almost as big of a hit as Superman for 1978. Interestingly, Margot Kidder herself said she would have cast Stockard had she been given the choice.
Stockard could have pulled off the tough reporter side of Lois and her scenes with Clark Kent, but how she would have played opposite Superman I dunno. Margot Kidder projected this sense of wonderment and this girlish timidity with the hero himself that was very endearing. We see here that Stockard COULD project vulnerability as she does in the "Worse Things I Could Do" scene but I don't think it would have been the same
The song "You're The One That I Want" has to be my favorite song from this movie. Also this movie has a sequel titled Grease 2 (1982) and a live version titled Grease Live! (2016).
My grandma was literally just like these kids… minus the musical of course 😅 And actually this is her favorite movie! Yk what, I’m gonna watch this with her next time I see her!
The song that was playing when Danny is talking to Sandy by the jukebox in the restaurant is "La Bamba" by Ritchie Valens who died in 1959. Also the song "Hound Dog" was made by Elvis Presley and it was on Lilo and Stitch.
17:51 I feel kinda sorry for Jeff Conaway. He was in the original 1972 Broadway cast of _Grease,_ as an understudy to several roles including the lead, Danny Zuko, and eventually succeeded the role-originator. He played Zuko for 2 1/2 years while his friend, a then unknown John Travolta later joined the show, playing a supporting role. When this film was made, Travolta (now a star) was cast as Zuko and Conaway as his buddy Kenickie. Worse than that, in the stage show this is Kenickie's big song, but in the film it's given to Travolta (as if he didn't have enough to do). 😞
"Well you know how it is, rockin and rollin and whatnot..." Love Travolta's delivery in that scene. Another favorite scene of mine is "Summer Nights". Such a great movie.
This was my favorite movie when I was little( showing my age here). I used to sing all of the songs over and over. I also thought I was destined to be with John Travolta since my name is Sandra 😆
Lol, my aunt first showed me this movie when I was like 6 or 7 (when my mom wasn't around). Needless to say all the adult humor went way over my head. I didn't even connect the dots on how Rizzo had that 'false alarm' lol. This is one of my fav musicals and it's a classic in my opinion.
Thanks for the reaction, brother. I probably watched this movie a hundred times or more as a kid. My mom was born in '67 and was in the John Travolta fan club and had his poster over her bed! She loved Grease so I was raised on it. When I was 14 in 1998, they rereleased it in theaters for the 20th anniversary and I made my stepsister go with me. It was her first time and she obviously loved it and it was magical for me to see it on the big screen and sing along with everybody in the theater! I haven't watched it in years now because I've seen it so many times and know it by heart, but watching YOU watch it for the first time makes it feel so fresh to me.
Yo, I literally just came back home from Canada to the US after a 750 mile drive. Here I am watching you watch this movie for the first time ever! I’ve seen this movie SO many times & love it every time!
You were laughing so much in this Nick! It was great to see you enjoying yourself so much. Grease is a classic. Beauty School Drop Out was sung by icon Frankie Valli. That's why she was swooning over him. Teens adored him in that era.
The guy in Beauty school drop out, id Frankie Avalon, He was a hugely popular singer in the 50's! and the band at the dance is SHA NA NA, a retro 50's group!
16:19 This film came out in the same year as my first high school dance at which I asked my first girlfriend to go steady with me. This is the first song they played after she said yes and we dance to it, so it's kinda special to me.
One reason I liked "worse things I could do" (Rizzo's solo) (and it's totally fine that you didn't like it as much :D ) is that you see her true feelings and it's actually quite an emotional song, you actually see her heart, and that she's actually not as "terrible" as everyone might think she is... Totally fine if you dont like it though :) I just really like it :D quite probably my favourite song of the movie. The fun songs are always a BOP, but I'm definitely someone who likes to connect to characters personal stories.
My sister used to watch this movie and Dirty Dancing all the time when I was a kid. Her and her friends tried to learn the dance moves. Even though it wasn´t my type of movies, I get nostalgic watching them today.
I don't know. "That's the Worst Thing I Could Do" is one of my top songs in this film. It is rather heartbreaking. And I love how Stockard Channing does the song. I love her voice.
Grease is a freaking CLASSIC! Such good music. Also some hilarious lines. The Hair salon sequence was so random lol. Did you know the other girls (sandy, rizzo etc were the background dancers?) The sequence of danny doing sports was hilarious. There were a few problematic elements but I mean, it was a 70's movie so...oh well lol.
The woman who played the mean girl(Rizzo) is played by Stockard Channing. She was 34 yrs old in this movie when she played Rizzo. Sandy was played by Olivia Newton John an Australian singer. She passed away on Aug 8th 2022. Jeff Conway who played Kenickie(Zuko's best friend and who was with Rizzo) he passed away May 27th 2011. There r a few others that have also passed away. I was starting high school when this movie came out. I love this movie and the soundtrack too. Love your channel Nick........
Pretty much the two lessons learned from this musical is that if you truly someone you should always be yourself. As well as if you want to be noticed by someone you love you have to stand out of your comfort zone. If you really love John Travolta, I highly recommend Hairspray (2007) and Urban Cowboy. The story of Grease takes place in the 50s. Back then the most fun that a teenager could have without adults would either go to a diner, go to a school dance, drive-in, or making it in the secluded area in the car. And also greasers were like the bad boys and girls like the pink ladies were the bad girls so they usually always slacking off or being regular teenagers. Also Greasers would grease their hair and comb it in the style of Elvis Presley who is a big icon in the 50s. 🚘
i havent seen this film in so long and didn't think id ever want to watch it again ( i liked it but didn't love it) but this reaction really surprised me the way you really enjoyed the choreography and everything really did make this alot of fun to rewatch
i remember my mom making me watch this as a kid. we were going to go see the stage production and she was real big on me watching movies of things first or reading the books, etc. of whatever i was going to see. i remember hating this movie so, so much. i hated that she had to change for danny. now, as an adult, i am so fond of this movie and realize that he was changing for her as well. they were both trying to fit into each other's worlds and really did value one another. even the lyrics at the end, she's setting him straight and telling him he needs to step up. i also love rizzo and kinnickey a lot. i am always so fascinated by them when i watch this movie and wish they had a whole movie to themselves as well. i've always wanted to unpack those characters. also i don't think anyone was really outright cruel. i've been the girl made fun of at the slumber parties. i don't see rizzo as a bully at all. i do kind of wish that instead of that ending scene with the cream pie, they kind of high-fived him and hyped him up instead but alas, such was the times. still i really enjoy this movie so much and it's so interesting to think about my first watch-through vs. now.
Always loved this movie. As a kid I mostly watched it for the songs, but now that I'm older I really like the characters and how it depicts the late 50's.
Ahhh I’m so so happy you reacted to this! One of my favourite films of allll time. I have watched grease so much with my mum we love singing along to the songs. My dad used to have a crush on Olivia Newton John who plays Sandy when he was younger lol
Since you just watched this classic, you must check out "Saturday night fever" too, also with Travolta. A 70s classic that influenced a lot the cinema history.
Also Staying Alive is a sequel to Saturday Night Fever. I like both. But I love Staying Alive. I love the dancing. And it shows some real character development for Travolta's character from the 1st movie.
This was such a great reaction! I remember watching grease for the first time when I was 5 years old, though I did not get all of the adult jokes (thank goodness). It is still at joy to watch now!
Too be honest Nick this is my favorite movie because of how awesome the soundtrack is. Also it has John Travolta and Olivia Newton John they are both awesome.
I've always enjoyed this movie and its weirdness, but ever since I've seen so many parodies showing 20 and 30-year-olds cast as 16 - 18-year-olds, I can't unsee the actors' real ages. I think they _tried_ to make it work by casting people who look 40+ years old as all the faculty, but it's still rough to suspend my disbelief. It was a lot easier to believe when I was 13 lol But it's still an enjoyable movie regardless--despite the jokes which have...very poorly aged.
The principal was Eve Arden. She was a teacher in a radio show from 1948-1957 called "Our Miss Brooks." It went to TV from 1952-1956. For her to play a part at a school is perfect for her. The coach is Sid Ceasar he had a 60 year career and was nominated for 11 Emmys.Emma's. No tables at the dance because that's a school gym.
This was my childhood. One of the very few adult movies my mom let me watch with her at our old apartment in the late 90s. I still remember singing summer dreams with her
I like how realistic the girls night is when they all spend the night together. I'm an 80's baby, so this came out some years before I was born. But this was one my late mothers favotire musicals and she was 25 years old when this movie came out. And I'm a bit of an old soul and a huge movie fanatic with both new movies and very very old films. Of course I do love alot of 80's and 90's films and music cause that was the Era I grew up around and was exposed too. But I loved the 2000's as well. But also old classic movies like Gone With the Wind, Cat on a Hot Tin roof, It happened One Night, The Shop around the Corner, and so many others but when it came to musicals I was more partial to the older musicals like Wizard of Oz, Oklahoma and 7 Brides for 7 brothers which are my top favorite musicals then it would be Sound of Music and then Grease for me. I never even watched much of High School Musical or Hairspray, what little I saw I did not care for and got bored with fast. Because I just think older musicals are better and some of the acting today in musicals is not always so great or believable as it was in the older days. I cannot STAND IT when I watch a movie and I feel like the actor is overacting or coming off fake or as if they are embarrassed to even say their lines so it leaves you feeling like your watching a movie wilhere the actors are making you aware that they know their acting and its all fake and what they are selling I'm just not buying. However, I was very pleasantly surprised and impressed with Steven Spielberg's re-make of West Side Story.. The music and the singers was great as well as the costumes and the acting was really good.. So yes, I can appreciate a musical if it's as good as Steven's West Side Story or better. Infact I liked the ending of the remake better than the older one. But yeah the scene where all the pink ladies are spending the night together reminds me of my friends and I when we were kids and teens. Cause us girls did all kinds of things at sleep overs. Talk about boys, show pictures of our boyfriends. Write love letters to our boyfriends. And yes we also sprayed our letters with perfume. And some of us who were really into music and bands would make up little dance routines and sing and take video of our little performance. And those boob exercises had me laughing so freaking hard because many of us did this exercise just like our mothers taught us in order to keep our girls nice and perky. Lol! We also did other exercises including the one where you stick out your stuck and did jaw exercises. Plus we did make overs and manicures and pedicures and played games and watched movies. It was alot of fun. And yes there has been times girlfriends pierced each other's ears . I however would have never let anyone do it to me because I was scared of needles and when I had it done I had the gun used. When actually a needle would have been better. But yes that was one of my favorite scenes in the movie due to how realistic it was.
Olivia Newton John (Sandy) was already a popular singer when she made the movie. I watched this movie on the theater and the Grease soundtrack was my first album ever.
not set in Grease. Grease in this case refers to the Grease used to slick hair or maybe the Grease used to help the car run. 1950s gang punks were often referred to as Greasers because of there Greasey hair. also this was a required movie for my school's music class as we always had to learn the play and perform it. it was also performed in an episode of "Homer Improvement" the inspiration for "American Grafiti" and "Happy Days" and had one sequel
Three minutes into the video and my engines are already getting revved. So many beautiful old cars! Oh my gosh! One of the things I love about older films is being able to see so many gorgeous classic cars.
1. I worked at a three theatre movie group and this is one of which is a drive-in. Yes it was like that. Sometimes moving from car to car. 2. Also, Up in Smoke, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Saturday Night Fever. 3. This was a great movie to take your honey to. I was in High School. 4. These songs kill for karaoke (especially Summer Lovin') 5. Marty/Diana Manoff is my honey😍😋 6. If you don't dig the all star cast it's on you🙄
I can't believe you don't know Olivia Newton John. Also, all the actors are purposly older because Travolta and John were older. Actually a smart casting decision.
We got to perform this for our Xmas show in 2011, we were all so excited on what we were wearing as it was the 50s. It loads of fun, this is one of my fave movies
It just so happens that three of your favorite songs from this movie (Summer Nights, Greased Lightning, and You're the One That I Want) are probably the three best-known songs from this movie. They were even arranged into a medley that was popular for some time in the '90s. Just as a side note, the first two songs were from the original stage play, while the third was written for the movie by a different songwriter (it took the place of a similar song in the play). Speaking of the play and its songs, some songs from the play that did not make it into the movie's proper soundtrack can occasionally be heard in the background.
In 1998, they showed this movie in theaters. I was able to go see it because A. I was 13, and B. I had good grades. Of course, that afternoon, my music teacher showed us Grease 2, and one of my male classmates started flirting with me.
Back in High School we held a massive production of Grease. One of my best friends played the part of Danny and was amazing. Sadly he took his life last year so I can’t really watch this without feeling a little sad as it always reminds me of him. However I’m glad you enjoyed this. Great reaction.
Fun fact: Jeff Conaway (Kenicke) played Danny on Broadway before appearing in the movie. John Travoota played Doody in a touring production of the show as well.
Not sure if you were aware of this, but this movie was set in the 1950s. The opening sequence had a LOT of 50s nostalgia. I remember there was even an "I like Ike" badge, which was the slogan of 1953-1961 president Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower. The greaser guys in Danny's gang and the Pink Ladies are also very much 50s style teens. The word "grease" is actually referencing the car, but the song sort of sees "grease" as a statement, like we're young, we're cool, we're modern - the time, the place, the era and senior year. Also. one more thing - this movie taught me how to hand-jive.
You might be the first person I've seen who didn't care for "There are Worse Things I Could Do". It's usually one of everyone's favorites from the film.
I missed the notif 🔔, I was dodo 💤😅, finally Im here for the reaction (aaaaah for the breakfast, nickel 👌) I grown with this movie, good memories, my mother loved John Travolta ❤️
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React to Scooby Doo meets courage the cowardly dog movie next to please 🥺 Eustace has a rap song in it
Well, never gonna trust paramount
Yay,Finding Nemo!
I don't mind the watermarks! I love your reactions anyway!
Watch "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". Please.
Can we give Kudos to coach? He literally is trying every sport he knows trying to give Danny the support he needs even when it doesn’t work out. Seriously. That is a good teacher
And he's so funny and positive. If only I'd had more gym teachers like him instead of the asshole who fat-shamed me in middle school.... Scarred for life, SMH 😣
Coach and Miss Murdock, the shop teacher. They were both awesome and supportive, I wish I’d had teachers like them in high school.
Spent the entire year in 5th grade singing this entire soundtrack, every one of my friends loved it, all of our mothers hated it 🤣
I was very into musical theater as a kid thanks to my mother and older brother, loved this movie and didn't get the sexually explicit overtones at all. Just thought it was about LoOoVe.
That was me in 2nd grade lol. Me and my friend watched it everyday for a year 😭😭
Ditto.
Mine was the sound track “The Sound of Music” I had to listen to it to go to sleep….my mother grew to hate the sound tracks we had…
@@janetbaker645 I used to go to sleep to the "Sound of Music" soundtrack when I was in 2nd grade.
As an Aussie you saying “she has an amazing voice” makes me proud. Australia has great singers and this one was Olivia Newton John. She’s a truly special lady. Truly classy.
Australia has lots of great voices. Natalie imbruglia and delta goodrem are 2 of my favs
😍Olivia!
Olivia Newton-John is a excellent talent as well as a remarkable human being. She really brings the character of Sandy to life. Thanks for this movie reaction Nick! It's always been a favorite of mine.
I've always loved her voice. When I was really little my mom played a cassette of her Lullabies for me to go to sleep to, long before I'd ever seen this.
RIP
I’m usually a fan of side characters and Rizzo is one of my favorites. “There are Worse Thing I Could Do” is one of my favorite Grease songs. That and “Hopelessly Devoted to You”.
Rizzo's *There are Worse Things I Could Do* may be the most emotional part of the movie, really flips from a character I don't really like to honestly feeling for her.
@@jowbloe3673 Yes exactly. it's the song with the most character growth in my opinion :D
Same; I started to love Rizzo after that. 😍😍😍
He thinks otherwise so he got a dislike.
@@Jongen. well that’s pretty sad you dislike a video because someone has a different opinion. If you don’t like the reaction by all means, but otherwise doesn’t really make sense.
Guys that wore leather jackets and grease backed hair, were called GREASERS!
"Beauty School Dropout"... it was a casting gag that they had her swooning--the guy singing is Frankie Avalon, who was a major star in the 50s... twenty years before this movie came out, but at the time, the people who were actual teens when his movies came out were thirty-something and into the nostalgia. :D
So for elder millennials like me it must have felt like when Rogen put the Backstreet Boys in This is the end
70's teen here....Even I knew Frankie was a teen god! Great casting.
@@kallen868 Oh, yeah, I was a 70s baby, too, and knew it, but not from the firsthand experience of the beach movies.
To be fair, most of the actors were in their twenties and thirties. I've read Heathers (1988) had lots of actors in their late thirties playing high school kids, but at least the lead herself was sixteen, one of the other girls was seventeen and the love interest/antagonist was nineteen. Most of the other leads were in their early twenties, while this movie had leads who were at least ten years too old for senior year (even John Travolta was in his mid-twenties).
Yes Olivia Newton John is great singer , over 100 million records sold , she was huge in 70s and early 80s , thanks again Nick
Sandy was originally supposed to only be from a different state but Olivia couldn’t do an American accent the way they wanted so they made her Australian so she wouldn’t have to fake an accent.
When Kenicke says “a hickey from Kenicke is like a Hallmark card” the hickey on Rizzos neck apparently isn’t makeup but an actual hickey Kenickes actor gave her to make it more real.
Elvis was a contender for the part of Teen Angel.
Elvis Presley died the day they filmed the “Elvis, Elvis, let me be, keep that pelvis far from me” scene in the girls sleepover.
When NBC did a live production of Grease a few years ago Vanessa Hudgens who played Rizzo went on to perform after finding out her dad passed away from cancer just 4 hours prior to showtime.
You make a very good observation about one of the most misunderstood parts of the film. Everyone complains that Sandy has to change for Danny to get love. As you correctly noticed, he's trying to change for her too. He takes up the sports, tries to speak more politely and tells his friends how much he wants to prioritise her needs.
I felt personally attacked when he said he didn't like "There are worse things I could do"
I was surprised he didn't care for that one.
And all he cared about was her voice--which isn't bad, I might add--rather than the song itself. That song made me love Rizzo. 😂
If you want to see another John Travolta musical, Hairspray is amazing.
What about Saturday night fever
Urban Cowboy!😜
Absolutely
I adore Grease, but looking at it objectively, it's a really, really weird movie. There's not much story structure to it. Things just happen without setups and payoffs, and a lot of it feels like it's happening just because the filmmakers said, "Why not?" I grew up with this ever since I was 5 (yeah, as a 5 year old, most of this movie went over my head...), so it's easy for me to take the randomness at face value, but I totally get why this would be strange for someone watching it initially as an adult. I got a kick out of how many times you burst out laughing and said, "What are they doing?!" I think that just about sums Grease as an experience.
People just doing things is how things happened before everyone was absorbed into the internet lol. Regarding your comment about "no structure", have you ever heard the theory that the whole movie is Sandy dying at the beach? Danny sings, "she nearly drowned," but if she had actually, this could all be her dying brain making up a fantastic love story that ends w them driving a car into the sky... and would explain the odd lack of form otherwise.
I was about 4 when it came out and I really just loved the music. I still do. 😂
This was originally a play on Broadway.
At the time, this movie was one of the first to talk about teenagers & sex. The entire plot is about each character & every song coming of age with sex. Rizzo talks about her sex life & owns it. They mock virginity thru Sandra Dee & Doris Day & ultimately Sandy changes her look to accept Danny as he is & he wears the letterman to show that he’ll change for her. Everything is about teens & sex. It set the precedent for future movies & teen issues.
@@rebeccafuentes8327 The changing thing is the problem. Why should you change who you are completely? Even if the message can be construed positively (which I won't deny it can), the idea that you should do things you're against just to get people to like you comes through the most.
As an Australian Olivia Newton John is such an icon. Amazing voice and an amazing person!
Nick calling Rizzo "the villain girl" I just can't lol
I really love this movie, and the ending gets me everytime. After everything they went through together, they both decided to change for each other. They obviously love each other, but had parts of themselves that didn't match with each other, and in the end both decided the best way to fix that is by changing themselves.
For me, the first time I watched it, I realized that they were both trying to that. Danny went and earned that letterman jacket in track for Sandy, and she got for that makeover for him, and even started acting like a "greaser".
Except he tosses his letterman the moment he sees Sandy in that catsuit. Doesn’t seem like meeting halfway to me…
But Sandy didn't need to change at all, and opposites attract.
@@fightingfaerie what, you think that him taking off the jacket means that he didn't put in the time and effort needed to actually earn it? Taking it off means nothing. What matters is that he put in the time and effort to earn it for her.
@@monsterhanna6691 it's not like Danny asked her to change. She decided to do so on her own because, as she herself said, she wasn't happy.
My mom is tiny, but she can be aggressive, so I believe it when she says she was part of a "greaser gang" in high school 🤣
That's a shame you didn't like Rizzo's voice. Her song "there are worse things I could do" is actually beautiful.
Absolutely love this film.
I always thought that it was weird for Sandy to dress like a biker chick at the end. But after rewatching it when I was older, I realized that the movie was simply trying to portray the importance of acceptance and camaraderie in a relationship. It's like, if someone is willing to try to adjust their lifestyle for you, it's only fair to try for them too.
Danny literally looked like a bad boy, but he'd never done anything remotely cruel throughout the movie. He sticks up for his pals and gets worked up over girls, just like other teen boys do.
I have it in my headcannon that MWF Sandy and Danny dress up like rockstars and TThS they're at wholesome family get-togethers. 🙂
For me, the first time I watched it, I realized that they were both trying to that. Danny went and earned that letterman jacket in track for Sandy, and she got a "greaser" makeover for him.
@@SebasTian58323 Except he immediately rips off his jacket instead of telling her to put some clothes on! 😜
I have a theory that them flying in the car is supposed to represent her losing her virginity at the end
I’d agree if Danny hadn’t tossed his letterman jacket the moment he saw Sandy in that catsuit. Like “oh sweet she changed for me, screw changing for her.”
I see what you mean, but for me, the problem was that there was nothing wrong with Sandy and Danny liked her the way she was; she didn't need to change at all.
The original High School Musical.
Stockard Channing had auditioned to play Lois Lane in Superman in 1977 and lost out to Margot Kidder. She allegedly was the runner-up and very nearly got the part (her test is on UA-cam and its quite good), but losing out freed her up to be Betty Rizzo in Grease, which was almost as big of a hit as Superman for 1978. Interestingly, Margot Kidder herself said she would have cast Stockard had she been given the choice.
She is an incredible actress. One of her roles I love is in Practical Magic.
She’s great in Six Degrees of Separation as well.
I feel like its safe to say EVERYBODY loves Stockard Channing haha
Stockard could have pulled off the tough reporter side of Lois and her scenes with Clark Kent, but how she would have played opposite Superman I dunno. Margot Kidder projected this sense of wonderment and this girlish timidity with the hero himself that was very endearing. We see here that Stockard COULD project vulnerability as she does in the "Worse Things I Could Do" scene but I don't think it would have been the same
The song "You're The One That I Want" has to be my favorite song from this movie.
Also this movie has a sequel titled Grease 2 (1982) and a live version titled Grease Live! (2016).
I love You're the One That I Want! 😍😍😍
Grease 2 features a young Michelle Pfeiffer. She can sing too.
@@IChooseJesus9091 I knew Cool Rider backwards and forwards, growing up^.^
My grandma was literally just like these kids… minus the musical of course 😅
And actually this is her favorite movie! Yk what, I’m gonna watch this with her next time I see her!
Glad you enjoyed it!
The song that was playing when Danny is talking to Sandy by the jukebox in the restaurant is "La Bamba" by Ritchie Valens who died in 1959.
Also the song "Hound Dog" was made by Elvis Presley and it was on Lilo and Stitch.
17:51 I feel kinda sorry for Jeff Conaway. He was in the original 1972 Broadway cast of _Grease,_ as an understudy to several roles including the lead, Danny Zuko, and eventually succeeded the role-originator. He played Zuko for 2 1/2 years while his friend, a then unknown John Travolta later joined the show, playing a supporting role. When this film was made, Travolta (now a star) was cast as Zuko and Conaway as his buddy Kenickie. Worse than that, in the stage show this is Kenickie's big song, but in the film it's given to Travolta (as if he didn't have enough to do). 😞
I saw Jeff Conway in the 80s Bold and the Beautiful episodes today on UA-cam.
He injured his back badly during this movie, became addicted to opioids and eventually died of an overdose
"Well you know how it is, rockin and rollin and whatnot..."
Love Travolta's delivery in that scene. Another favorite scene of mine is "Summer Nights". Such a great movie.
I love Summer Nights, too! 😍
For fun during Covid times, I watched this movie in my backyard on my own projector screen.
This was my favorite movie when I was little( showing my age here). I used to sing all of the songs over and over. I also thought I was destined to be with John Travolta since my name is Sandra 😆
There's still time. 😊
Idk why, but the way you said "no no" at the end when they were 'flying away' had me dying 😂😂😂
Lol, my aunt first showed me this movie when I was like 6 or 7 (when my mom wasn't around). Needless to say all the adult humor went way over my head. I didn't even connect the dots on how Rizzo had that 'false alarm' lol. This is one of my fav musicals and it's a classic in my opinion.
Thanks for the reaction, brother. I probably watched this movie a hundred times or more as a kid. My mom was born in '67 and was in the John Travolta fan club and had his poster over her bed! She loved Grease so I was raised on it. When I was 14 in 1998, they rereleased it in theaters for the 20th anniversary and I made my stepsister go with me. It was her first time and she obviously loved it and it was magical for me to see it on the big screen and sing along with everybody in the theater! I haven't watched it in years now because I've seen it so many times and know it by heart, but watching YOU watch it for the first time makes it feel so fresh to me.
Yo, I literally just came back home from Canada to the US after a 750 mile drive. Here I am watching you watch this movie for the first time ever! I’ve seen this movie SO many times & love it every time!
You were laughing so much in this Nick! It was great to see you enjoying yourself so much. Grease is a classic.
Beauty School Drop Out was sung by icon Frankie Valli. That's why she was swooning over him. Teens adored him in that era.
The guy in Beauty school drop out, id Frankie Avalon, He was a hugely popular singer in the 50's! and the band at the dance is SHA NA NA, a retro 50's group!
16:19 This film came out in the same year as my first high school dance at which I asked my first girlfriend to go steady with me. This is the first song they played after she said yes and we dance to it, so it's kinda special to me.
Aww, that's so sweet. 😍
One reason I liked "worse things I could do" (Rizzo's solo) (and it's totally fine that you didn't like it as much :D )
is that you see her true feelings and it's actually quite an emotional song, you actually see her heart, and that she's actually not as "terrible" as everyone might think she is...
Totally fine if you dont like it though :) I just really like it :D quite probably my favourite song of the movie.
The fun songs are always a BOP, but I'm definitely someone who likes to connect to characters personal stories.
That song made me love Rizzo. 😍
My sister used to watch this movie and Dirty Dancing all the time when I was a kid. Her and her friends tried to learn the dance moves. Even though it wasn´t my type of movies, I get nostalgic watching them today.
I don't know. "That's the Worst Thing I Could Do" is one of my top songs in this film. It is rather heartbreaking. And I love how Stockard Channing does the song. I love her voice.
"Brush-a, brush-a, brush-aa" The toothbrush song is one of the many songs I still sing from this movie. Lol
Grease is a freaking CLASSIC! Such good music. Also some hilarious lines.
The Hair salon sequence was so random lol. Did you know the other girls (sandy, rizzo etc were the background dancers?)
The sequence of danny doing sports was hilarious.
There were a few problematic elements but I mean, it was a 70's movie so...oh well lol.
The woman who played the mean girl(Rizzo) is played by Stockard Channing. She was 34 yrs old in this movie when she played Rizzo. Sandy was played by Olivia Newton John an Australian singer. She passed away on Aug 8th 2022. Jeff Conway who played Kenickie(Zuko's best friend and who was with Rizzo) he passed away May 27th 2011. There r a few others that have also passed away. I was starting high school when this movie came out. I love this movie and the soundtrack too. Love your channel Nick........
Olivia Newton-John is a treasure
Pretty much the two lessons learned from this musical is that if you truly someone you should always be yourself. As well as if you want to be noticed by someone you love you have to stand out of your comfort zone. If you really love John Travolta, I highly recommend Hairspray (2007) and Urban Cowboy. The story of Grease takes place in the 50s. Back then the most fun that a teenager could have without adults would either go to a diner, go to a school dance, drive-in, or making it in the secluded area in the car. And also greasers were like the bad boys and girls like the pink ladies were the bad girls so they usually always slacking off or being regular teenagers. Also Greasers would grease their hair and comb it in the style of Elvis Presley who is a big icon in the 50s. 🚘
Eugene (Eddie Deezen) is the best movie nerd ever. I miss that guy.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time
10:51 He had a water pistol! 🤣
i havent seen this film in so long and didn't think id ever want to watch it again ( i liked it but didn't love it) but this reaction really surprised me the way you really enjoyed the choreography and everything really did make this alot of fun to rewatch
i remember my mom making me watch this as a kid. we were going to go see the stage production and she was real big on me watching movies of things first or reading the books, etc. of whatever i was going to see. i remember hating this movie so, so much. i hated that she had to change for danny. now, as an adult, i am so fond of this movie and realize that he was changing for her as well. they were both trying to fit into each other's worlds and really did value one another. even the lyrics at the end, she's setting him straight and telling him he needs to step up. i also love rizzo and kinnickey a lot. i am always so fascinated by them when i watch this movie and wish they had a whole movie to themselves as well. i've always wanted to unpack those characters. also i don't think anyone was really outright cruel. i've been the girl made fun of at the slumber parties. i don't see rizzo as a bully at all. i do kind of wish that instead of that ending scene with the cream pie, they kind of high-fived him and hyped him up instead but alas, such was the times. still i really enjoy this movie so much and it's so interesting to think about my first watch-through vs. now.
Always loved this movie. As a kid I mostly watched it for the songs, but now that I'm older I really like the characters and how it depicts the late 50's.
Ahhh I’m so so happy you reacted to this! One of my favourite films of allll time. I have watched grease so much with my mum we love singing along to the songs. My dad used to have a crush on Olivia Newton John who plays Sandy when he was younger lol
Since you just watched this classic, you must check out "Saturday night fever" too, also with Travolta. A 70s classic that influenced a lot the cinema history.
Add "Urban Cowboy" to the list as well!
Saturday night fever is even more vulgar than this, it's insane to watch.
@@Trowa71 like real life, is a perfect movie.
Also Staying Alive is a sequel to Saturday Night Fever. I like both. But I love Staying Alive. I love the dancing. And it shows some real character development for Travolta's character from the 1st movie.
This was such a great reaction! I remember watching grease for the first time when I was 5 years old, though I did not get all of the adult jokes (thank goodness). It is still at joy to watch now!
It's called "Grease" because the movie takes place in 1959 and in the 1950s men used to put grease (pomade) in their hair.
This movie was my childhood and I really loved the Grease Lighting song, I've always danced to the song.
Too be honest Nick this is my favorite movie because of how awesome the soundtrack is.
Also it has John Travolta and Olivia Newton John they are both awesome.
Fun fact Rizzo is deaf and absolutely slayed this film! The woman is a Queen bow down!
Olivia Newton-John (Sandy) is actually a singer rather than actress, but she did so well in this movie!
I've always enjoyed this movie and its weirdness, but ever since I've seen so many parodies showing 20 and 30-year-olds cast as 16 - 18-year-olds, I can't unsee the actors' real ages. I think they _tried_ to make it work by casting people who look 40+ years old as all the faculty, but it's still rough to suspend my disbelief. It was a lot easier to believe when I was 13 lol But it's still an enjoyable movie regardless--despite the jokes which have...very poorly aged.
The principal was Eve Arden. She was a teacher in a radio show from 1948-1957 called "Our Miss Brooks." It went to TV from 1952-1956. For her to play a part at a school is perfect for her.
The coach is Sid Ceasar he had a 60 year career and was nominated for 11 Emmys.Emma's.
No tables at the dance because that's a school gym.
Also, the waitress was Joan Blondell, a famous musical actress from the 1930s.
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I think the auto shop teacher was Alice Ghostly who was an unusual face in old TV shows.
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Think she was considered kind of naughty in her youth.
@@baskervillebee6097 You are correct.
I'm so glad you reacted to this! Aloha from Hawaii!
You didn't like Stockard channing as RIzzo? Jesus, she won an oscar for this performance. ..she was amazing.
Great performance but she didn’t win an Oscar.
Hey. That's alright. Not everybody has the same opinions.
One of my brothers bought the soundtrack album and I used to play it all the time. He and I loved it! I was 10 when the movie came out. RIP to my bro.
Rest in peace. 😢💔🙏🌈
Absolutely love how fast you talk lol 😆😆😆 as a scottish man.. that little quirk is joy to my ears..i loved this reaction on that basis alone..
This was my childhood. One of the very few adult movies my mom let me watch with her at our old apartment in the late 90s. I still remember singing summer dreams with her
I like how realistic the girls night is when they all spend the night together.
I'm an 80's baby, so this came out some years before I was born.
But this was one my late mothers favotire musicals and she was 25 years old when this movie came out.
And I'm a bit of an old soul and a huge movie fanatic with both new movies and very very old films.
Of course I do love alot of 80's and 90's films and music cause that was the Era I grew up around and was exposed too.
But I loved the 2000's as well.
But also old classic movies like Gone With the Wind, Cat on a Hot Tin roof, It happened One Night, The Shop around the Corner, and so many others but when it came to musicals I was more partial to the older musicals like Wizard of Oz, Oklahoma and 7 Brides for 7 brothers which are my top favorite musicals then it would be Sound of Music and then Grease for me.
I never even watched much of High School Musical or Hairspray, what little I saw I did not care for and got bored with fast. Because I just think older musicals are better and some of the acting today in musicals is not always so great or believable as it was in the older days.
I cannot STAND IT when I watch a movie and I feel like the actor is overacting or coming off fake or as if they are embarrassed to even say their lines so it leaves you feeling like your watching a movie wilhere the actors are making you aware that they know their acting and its all fake and what they are selling I'm just not buying.
However, I was very pleasantly surprised and impressed with Steven Spielberg's re-make of West Side Story..
The music and the singers was great as well as the costumes and the acting was really good..
So yes, I can appreciate a musical if it's as good as Steven's West Side Story or better.
Infact I liked the ending of the remake better than the older one.
But yeah the scene where all the pink ladies are spending the night together reminds me of my friends and I when we were kids and teens.
Cause us girls did all kinds of things at sleep overs.
Talk about boys, show pictures of our boyfriends.
Write love letters to our boyfriends.
And yes we also sprayed our letters with perfume.
And some of us who were really into music and bands would make up little dance routines and sing and take video of our little performance.
And those boob exercises had me laughing so freaking hard because many of us did this exercise just like our mothers taught us in order to keep our girls nice and perky. Lol!
We also did other exercises including the one where you stick out your stuck and did jaw exercises.
Plus we did make overs and manicures and pedicures and played games and watched movies.
It was alot of fun.
And yes there has been times girlfriends pierced each other's ears . I however would have never let anyone do it to me because I was scared of needles and when I had it done I had the gun used.
When actually a needle would have been better.
But yes that was one of my favorite scenes in the movie due to how realistic it was.
Olivia Newton John (Sandy) was already a popular singer when she made the movie. I watched this movie on the theater and the Grease soundtrack was my first album ever.
not set in Grease. Grease in this case refers to the Grease used to slick hair or maybe the Grease used to help the car run. 1950s gang punks were often referred to as Greasers because of there Greasey hair.
also this was a required movie for my school's music class as we always had to learn the play and perform it.
it was also performed in an episode of "Homer Improvement"
the inspiration for "American Grafiti" and "Happy Days"
and had one sequel
The guy who sang Beauty School Drop-Out was a famous singer and heart throb, Frankie Avalon. Singer and did tons of beach movies
hairspray is an amazing musical starring john travolta and a lot of other big stars, i think you'd love it
Three minutes into the video and my engines are already getting revved. So many beautiful old cars! Oh my gosh! One of the things I love about older films is being able to see so many gorgeous classic cars.
No way! 4 days ago I searched for a grease reaction from you but it wasn't up yet. I had no idea your grease reaction would be up! Awesome
1. I worked at a three theatre movie group and this is one of which is a drive-in. Yes it was like that.
Sometimes moving from car to car.
2. Also, Up in Smoke, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Saturday Night Fever.
3. This was a great movie to take your honey to. I was in High School.
4. These songs kill for karaoke (especially Summer Lovin')
5. Marty/Diana Manoff is my honey😍😋
6. If you don't dig the all star cast it's on you🙄
I can't believe you don't know Olivia Newton John. Also, all the actors are purposly older because Travolta and John were older. Actually a smart casting decision.
greatest music. Theme tune is EPIC. Brings back so many great memories. Times were happy then ❤
I often find myself randomly singing “Beauty school dropout” 😂
A few minutes in. It's nice to see such a good natured person watching this for the first time! Cheers!
Another fun one from my youth. Saw this one in the theater when it came out back in 78
R.i.p OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN 🕊️ her voice was beautiful and she will be missed to all of us.
GREASE LIGHTENIN, GO GREASE LIGHTENING!
IM SO HAPPY YAAAAY NICKS VIDEOS ARE THE BEST
Grease is the best movie ever
We got to perform this for our Xmas show in 2011, we were all so excited on what we were wearing as it was the 50s. It loads of fun, this is one of my fave movies
It just so happens that three of your favorite songs from this movie (Summer Nights, Greased Lightning, and You're the One That I Want) are probably the three best-known songs from this movie. They were even arranged into a medley that was popular for some time in the '90s. Just as a side note, the first two songs were from the original stage play, while the third was written for the movie by a different songwriter (it took the place of a similar song in the play). Speaking of the play and its songs, some songs from the play that did not make it into the movie's proper soundtrack can occasionally be heard in the background.
Saw at the drive in with high school sweetheart, actually watched the movie it’s good! Thanks again Nick!
I got Saturday Night Fever and Grease both on Christmas day! 70's gifts.. 😍🎶📀
In 1998, they showed this movie in theaters. I was able to go see it because A. I was 13, and B. I had good grades. Of course, that afternoon, my music teacher showed us Grease 2, and one of my male classmates started flirting with me.
You made an excellent choice to watch this one! This one has good music!
Back in High School we held a massive production of Grease. One of my best friends played the part of Danny and was amazing. Sadly he took his life last year so I can’t really watch this without feeling a little sad as it always reminds me of him. However I’m glad you enjoyed this. Great reaction.
Fun fact: Jeff Conaway (Kenicke) played Danny on Broadway before appearing in the movie. John Travoota played Doody in a touring production of the show as well.
This movie came out and the class of 78 is the same as when my late mom graduated high school this is her favorite movie along with mama mia
I've seen another comment saying this but yes, another great John Travolta musical is Hairspray! Such a good one!
Not sure if you were aware of this, but this movie was set in the 1950s. The opening sequence had a LOT of 50s nostalgia. I remember there was even an "I like Ike" badge, which was the slogan of 1953-1961 president Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower. The greaser guys in Danny's gang and the Pink Ladies are also very much 50s style teens. The word "grease" is actually referencing the car, but the song sort of sees "grease" as a statement, like we're young, we're cool, we're modern - the time, the place, the era and senior year.
Also. one more thing - this movie taught me how to hand-jive.
It’s a classic movie. I can’t get enough of it.
Absolutely lovely reactions! Kudos!
For another great musical film with Olivia Newton John I highly recommend the cult hit Xanadu!
Although if Nick was ho-hum with _Grease_ then he’s gonna hate _Xanadu._ 😬
I don’t even like this movie but I love your reaction to it. You’re so adorable and innocent.
You might be the first person I've seen who didn't care for "There are Worse Things I Could Do". It's usually one of everyone's favorites from the film.
Just a little note: Greece = the country. Grease = a lubricant.
"im assuming it's in greece" hahahaha oh, nick...
I missed the notif 🔔, I was dodo 💤😅, finally Im here for the reaction (aaaaah for the breakfast, nickel 👌)
I grown with this movie, good memories, my mother loved John Travolta ❤️