I know, poor Jeff Conway, he was an icon. I found out recently that Jeff was supposed to sing "Greased Lightnin", as Kenickie does in the stage show, but they decided that Danny should sing it instead.
Nothing could ruin my affection for this movie.Yes,the actors don't exactly look high school but the innuendos went right over the head of most kids( myself included) & crack me up now. finally, there's always behind-the-scenes drama going on movie sets.
Another fun fact that should of been added to the list is... The hickey on Rizzo when she says “I have so many hickeys, people will think I’m a leper” was an actual hickey from Jeff Conway, so his line “a hickey from kenicke is like a Hallmark card.” Is kind of like an inside joke
When I was a kid my parents had 3 back up vhs tapes of this cause I watched it so much I broke the vhs tapes. I was a tad obsessed with this movie. When I was in school when I was 3 the teacher had to talk to my mother because I told the boys to keep their filthy paws off my silky drawers.
and a crayon? How does that even work? I have to color my roots all the time and use a spray. If they didn't have that then, at least a marker would be better than a crayon.
My sister was 23 in 1978 and she colored my mom's hair. A crayon? That's so stupid! She's still a hair dresser, and laughed out loud, and said "It was the 70s, not the dark ages, we had tint and color!"
I saw Grease in 1978 at the mature age of fourteen and it has been a part of my teenage memories ever since. Truly sorry to hear about the health problems of actor Jeff Conaway - one of the most sympathetic figures in Grease. May he rest in peace now.
I was 10 when I saw it, and I loved every minute of it! Most of the sexual innuendo went over my head at the time, but I didn't care - just loved the music and loved ONJ and John and the amazing Stockard!
I was 15 and loved the movie so much, I bought the record album. I remember the jacket that held the record was done on the inside exactly like a high school year book, with pics of the bonfire, Thunder Road, the carnival, etc. I had a portable record player that I’d play the record on constantly. So much so that I had to put a couple of coins on top of the needle arm to keep the needle from skipping in places. This movie always reminds me of those…. Su-u-mer niiii-iights!!!
Same! I was also 14. I even bought a paperback book of the entire movie and dialogue. It was like a comic book except real photos, not drawings. I memorized the entire script, including the songs.
@Taylor Watkins beards and height don't make a person look "old" though. They might look a bit more mature than their age but not 25-30 like these actors.
And yet my childhood is still not ruined. Sure I didn't know about this, but it still didn't ruin my childhood by knowing it through this video though.
People always say something will ruin your childhood, but it's usually just random facts that, if you've now grown up, you have probably figured out already. And none of it ever ruins your childhood. If anything, the only thing that actually has had any effect on my childhood is that creepy pasta about the Rugrats. I can barely watch the show without thinking about that and being sad.
In regards to #5, Susan Buckner (Patty Simcox) got along with Jeff Conaway as they had a fling during the filming. She admitted this during an interview. He had a huge crush on Olivia and actually married her sister. In regards to #3, there was special lighting used to also hide their age. Another fact was the actors got sick from the water in the drag racing scene because it was contaminated.
I was shocked that I never realised how dirty the lyrics of "Greased Lightnin" were until I was older! 😂 😮It makes sense that they'd have to completely alter the song lyrics for any high school production!🤣
Poor Jeff. I didn't know that he died. The cast members should have been more careful with him so he wouldn't have had to take pain killers for his back
What are you considering to be kids? I was 14 and understood everything going on in the movie. The theater was filled with pre-teens and teenagers. Adults may have loved the movie because many of them were in HS in the 50s so could relate, but ultimately it was kids going to that movie. If you're referring to little children, then yeah I agree, but most everything would go over their heads so it wouldn't matter.
That whole age issue about the cast members comes as no surprise to me. Hollywood has since then used people ranging from their mid-20s to early 30s to portray high schoolers.
@@PerrySkyePhoenix yep. even as far back as 1936 Juliet was played by a 36 year old Norma Schear and Romeo was a 43 year old Leslie Howard - saw it a while back and couldn't finish it. cringeworthy.
@@vidhead85 Yeah, but then there's the issue with child labor laws and the unpleasant cycle Hollywood has pressuring minors in the acting business. Some change for the better, others descend into a downward spiral later in life.
I saw Grease when it originally came out in the movie theaters in 1978. I was 9 years old. Saw it with my then best friend. We were a couple of fanatics about the movies. We talked, read, ate, drank, and slept the movies. And went to the movies together once a week for a lot of years from the 1970s-1980s. My friend chose the movie we would go see. I didnt mind. I loved the theatergoing experience in itself. There was no particular reason we went to see Grease. We tried to see every new movie that just came out regardless of the reviews, storyline, genre (he loved horror films, I preferred comedy), who starred in it, etc., and Grease just happened to be one of the many new movies that just came out. I fell in love with the movie from my very first viewing. Right away it became one of my most all time favorite movies. It remains that to this day. You wouldn't think a movie musical such as Grease would appeal to a 9 year old boy, but it did. Being raised in an abusive, dysfunctional home, I guess it hit me in the very right places at the very right time. Watching fully grown adults play teenaged high school seniors didn't faze me in the least. Because to my 9 year old eyes, teenaged high school seniors looked all grown up, practically fully grown adults. As a result, I really couldn't tell the difference between a 17 year old teen and an adult in their 20s-30s. After seeing Grease, later I would go on to buy the Grease movie soundtrack record album, the Grease bubble gum trading cards, and the Grease fotonovel (remember those fotonovels?) Going to the movies every week in the 1970s-1980s is among my most fondest, happiest memories of my entire life.
I agree, as a child I also thought teenage high school seniors looked the same as adults I couldnt tell the difference. Neither could a lot of people, which was probably why when my Mum brought me to first day at high school they asked her why she wasnt wearing her school uniform (they thought she was a senior pupil).
i remember a few 'hoods' and loose girls in high school looking a little 'rode hard and put away wet'. they didn't quite look mid-thirties yet but they were well on their way
"Already knew cast members of the movie were older than High School age...if ya didn't you might not be old enough. 'Sandy' Olivia Newton- John was 30 when the movie came out,and she had already had several LP's,#1 hits,a Grammy,etc. Those not old enough thought it was the start of her career. As for 'Danny' John Travolta,(before Grease) let me just say, "Ba-ba-ba,ba- Babarino"😁👍
@@joydorsett1631 I wasn't thinking of any specific show, but you're not wrong. To pick one from my generation, Dawson's Creek, in season one when they're sophomores of 15-17, Joey was 19, Dawson and Pacey were 20, and Jen was 17 (that's at the time of the January 20, 1998 premiere)
When my mum/mom read some facts out about Greace I was so surprised Elvis Presley died on the same night of the film it was so sad. And they actually asked Elvis to be in the film as the guardian angel who sang "beauty school drop out" that was so surprised about that R.I.P Elvis ❤️
Nothing could ruin this movie for me. I was in the summer between 4th and 5th grade and I vividly remember seeing it at the theater. One of the best memories of my childhood.
I've seen this movie 100's of times I know every song and all the lines. I was 11 when it came out. I still love it and my favorite part is when Olivia (she was sewn into those black pants) says to Travolta "Tell me about it stud..." then puts her cigarette out while wearing those spectacular candies heels. Love it!!!❤️
My friends and I got kicked out of a theater the summer this came out. We had seen Grease five or six times and we decided we were going to turn it into a sing along ala Rocky Horror Picture show. It was going well ( because other than us there very few people there) until Greased Lightning. We got into a v formation and jumped up on the chairs to do the chorus. The manager of the theater stopped the film, brought up the lights and told us if we left quietly and didn’t come back to see Grease again, he wouldn’t call the police or our parents. We were scared poop less! We were 16 and 17 and didn’t want to get grounded. Imagine if we did that with today’s teens?
I still can't believe Olivia is gone😢I'm so sad😞this is heartbreaking💔Olivia aka Sandy was an amazing beautiful loving caring strong woman with a great big heart❤️She will forever be missed loved and remembered R.I.P Olivia you will always be in our hearts💕you are with God's angels now, so go fly with the angels 🕊🕊my prayers go's out to her friends family and fans. We love you🥰 Olivia Newton john aka Sandy because to all of us you will forever be Sandy. Your free to fly for eternity ✨️ 💕❤️♥️you will never be forgotten♥️❤️💖
I really enjoyed this movie back in the day. Never gave it a thought about the age of the actors. Kudos to all of them for pulling it off. Why can’t you just enjoy it for what it is??
Not only were these actors and actresses much older than high school age, but, being in Hollywood, they were also buffed and beautied up to the point where they were not at all convincing as high school students. I remember most of the kids, including myself, in my senior class as being awkward, gangly, and with all sorts of typical maladies such as acne, skinniness, or baby fat.
I know every song from the Grease. I remember my nephew when he was 4. He watched Grease for the first time. He ended up memorizing every song and every line from Grease. He even had the dance routines memorized. I remember him watching Grease every day until he started kindergarten. I had never seen a kid who would act out almost every scene when he was watching the movie. He is 11 now. He still likes Grease.
I've known most of these facts since Grease came out but I still love it. Specially the ages of the stars since I'm the same age as John Travolta aka "Barbarino" 😂
I didn't love Grease as a kid. I wanted to, but I something felt off about it to me. Once I got old enough to understand everything, I thought, "This isn't a good movie." Although, I've always loved "Hopelessly Devoted" and the part where Sandy asks Frenchie to go to her place and she sings "Goodbye, to Sandra Dee." I didn't know what she meant at first, but I love the way her voices sounds and the conviction with which she sings. I just hated that she was the one who changed. Yeah, yeah, Danny was willing to change, but in the end he really didn't have to, because Sandy did.
I watched half last week for the first time and I was like,"???? This is it? That movie sucked and the characters are awful!!" I think the hype made it worse though.
*I love the movie! But I agree, she shouldn’t have been the one to change!* _He_ was the one that wasn’t acting the same after they met, so I think _he_ should’ve been the one to drop his image.
@@jaypritchett6846 I totally agree. The older I got the more I realized that Danny was a jerk and didn't deserve Sandy.I think she should have chose Chisme(sp?)
I always hated how sad Jeff’s like was after this...he seemed super torn up about it on celebrity rehab but he didn’t wanna feel pain anymore...hopefully he’s dancing now in his new life
I love this movie, but, Stockard Channing is the same age as my Mom and I know that because my Mom declared, "Stockard Channing is the same age as me!" in the theater when we first saw it. We had to pretend that a 33 year old woman was a High School Senior, but she was great in the role, so my brothers and I let it pass.
Grease! The feel good movie of the summer. Featuring....teen pregnancy, smoking, giving up on your dreams and changing yourself to snag a boyfriend! And what's up with guy asking "did she put up a fight?" Still have fond memories of watching it with my mom though
I saw this two years after I had graduated. I loved it then and I still do. It's not the age of the actors performing, it's how they performed their roles. Besides have you ever seen some high school photos of teens in the 50's? They don't look like teens of today. Some of them looked older, and they were dressed nicer.
I was thinking the same thing! My parents generaton as teens looked much older than my generation. Teens today look a lot more "mature" than teens of my generation also.
Well nowadays they put chemicals in everything so that probably stunts your growing,so you look younger than you really are,I’m in my 20s and get mistaken for a teenager all the time.
I love Grease. I watched it one Summer over and over and over again. My parents made sure I knew that if I were like any of those characters.....it would def be Rizzo. I think that was their way of telling me I was a rebel with and without a cause. Grease ended up being my high school musical. I def had the acting chops to take on Riz but could not come to find any sort of singing voice AT ALL!! I ended up just a spectator. I will always remember when and where I saw this musical movie.
I saw Grease when it first came out!!! I was like 8 and got all the dances moves down! Never knew that I was ever going to play Sandy !!! I got the part in my high school musical!!! FABULOUS!! 💕💕💕😅😂😝😁
The plastic wrap was used in the on stage version to simulate wrapping oneself up while they were dancing. Yes, it was based upon the rumor you could use it for protection.
Rest In Peace Kenickie, Cha Cha, Principle McGee, Blanche the secretary, Coach Calhoun, Shop teacher Mrs Murdock, Leo, Vi the waitress, and everyone else that have since passed that were involved in this CLASSIC.
And the male dancer in the green t shirt at the end who was in a lot of scenes throughout the film...apparently he stole everyone's thunder in the dance science at the fairground he was brill he died in 2015 aged 62
I was bullied all throughout grade school and high school, so I know how that feels. I was shy, awkward and nerdy. Over the years, I've made a lot of positive changes, but I still don't quite fit in, and probably never will. Being a loner is not fun!
These all are just kinda facts. I didn’t know any of them, but they could never ruin the magic of grease. Grease is such a timeless musical because of the performances by the actors and songs. This is one movie that will always be timeless!!!
Here's a fun fact about Grease the hickey that Rizzo gets from Kenickie is a real hickey from Kenickie Jeff Conaway the actor who played Kenickie actually gave Stockard Channing the actress who played Rizzo the hickey
@@BritishGamerPlays That’s a stupid reply. Gays were also institutionalized or thrown in prison. Women of color could not vote or marry white men. We’re in 2021 so we should judge things on our level where the age for women’s life expectancy is 80. So either join us in this era or find a way back to 1800 🤷🏼♀️
@@bridgettewhitney2615 The fuck? 🤨 I’m 32 and I feel fine but you’re generation is the one freaking out about age. I feel and look great and i just want everyone to stop being such whiney, shallow people.
Adults playing teenagers was nothing new. In Happy Days, the older characters weren't played by teens. Also, Richard Crenna was 26 when he played a teen in Our Miss Brooks which ironically starred Eve Arden. I should add that when Ron Howard filmed the pilot for Happy Days, he was a teen.
Loved Jeff Conaway, Stockard Channing and Eve Arden. Jeff Conaway suffered for his art. He was a wonderful comedic actor. Stockard Channing was, is, well, Stockard Channing. Eve Arden brings her life experiences as a radio and screen actor to a fun, campy role.
There was a film that was made a few years ago about Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor escaping from the twin towers areas on 911 which starred Stockard Channing as Elizabeth Taylor but it wasn't released due to the backlash of the casting of Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson. Probably just as well it wasn't released, it would've been a career killer for them.
I watched Grease many many years ago as a child and I always thought that not 1 of the characters looked high school age and many looked like they was in their 40’s
People go on about how the cast looked older than the characters they were playing...anyone ever seen the American public information films of the time.......all the kids looked about age 40...SO this film gets it right in my opinion.
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1 week ago. but this was video uploaded yesterday, you beith thy witch Ms.Mojo
"the cast was, at least, 10 years older than their characters!"
every teen show since 2010: "oh, shit!! they'd found out!!!"
Pretty much every teen show created EVER!
Karate kid
They definitely looked pretty old to be playing teens even when I was a kid watching it
@@LEA-yr7bb yea but kids can't work the same hours that adults can. Haha never work with kids or animals
They all looked old in grease🤣
Poor Kenickie. He died 10 years ago. Such a tragic loss. RIP to Jeff Conway.
I know, poor Jeff Conway, he was an icon. I found out recently that Jeff was supposed to sing "Greased Lightnin", as Kenickie does in the stage show, but they decided that Danny should sing it instead.
@@trinaq John Travolta had a voice like velvet.
9:31💔
Poor Knenicki
He also joined Scientology after John Travolta persuaded him to join Scientology.
Grease is the word, is the word that you heard, it’s got groove, it’s got meaning.
Grease is the time is the place is the motion
@@kimberliezeljonkers5571 now grease is the way we are feeling
We take the pressure, and we throw away
Conventionality belongs to yesterday
@@allisonbeattie4738 there is a chance that we Can make it so far 💗
I didn't think cha cha was interested in Danny, she just wanted to win the dance off.
I don't know.
He later confessed to Sandy that they went together.
Yeah they had a thing
That's what I exactly thought too
Oh no, She only wanted to display to everyone she's Alpha female. Her main rivalry was with Rizzo, not Sandy.
Same
The video: John travolta got tongue twisted
Me: wow that ruined my childhood
😂😂😂
Me 2, now I can’t rewatch the movie again😭
Who wouldn't get tongue twisted with English...
How was he tounged tied.they lip synced to pre recorded tracks.
Not just travolta,the whole cast.
And one actress had to have her hair coloured?! I will never look at Grease the same way 😭
Nothing could ruin my affection for this movie.Yes,the actors don't exactly look high school but the innuendos went right over the head of most kids( myself included) & crack me up now. finally, there's always behind-the-scenes drama going on movie sets.
it's quite different watching it at 8 and then watching it at 18
Another fun fact that should of been added to the list is...
The hickey on Rizzo when she says “I have so many hickeys, people will think I’m a leper” was an actual hickey from Jeff Conway, so his line “a hickey from kenicke is like a Hallmark card.” Is kind of like an inside joke
*Leopard*
I caught that too
*should HAVE
@@RapFanatic4ever No - Echo Wall is correct. It's 'Leper', as in "a skin disease".
Oh my lol😂 I think
When I was a kid my parents had 3 back up vhs tapes of this cause I watched it so much I broke the vhs tapes. I was a tad obsessed with this movie. When I was in school when I was 3 the teacher had to talk to my mother because I told the boys to keep their filthy paws off my silky drawers.
😂This is the funniest thing I've read in a long time.
Lmao !
It’s the ending for me😂😂😂😂😂
I love this story lmfao
Lol too cute and at least you picked up the good lines 😂❤️👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Why didn't they just have that woman wear a wig instead of coloring it all the time?
They could have used that hairspray that has a tint in it too, I'm pretty sure that existed at the time.
and a crayon? How does that even work? I have to color my roots all the time and use a spray. If they didn't have that then, at least a marker would be better than a crayon.
Ikr, And i wish that victorious made ariana grande wear a wig instead of colouring it every day. At least ariana grande wore one in Sam and Cat.
Good question!
My sister was 23 in 1978 and she colored my mom's hair. A crayon? That's so stupid! She's still a hair dresser, and laughed out loud, and said "It was the 70s, not the dark ages, we had tint and color!"
If you reference a 33-year-old as a” senior citizen,” you're apart of what's wrong with society.
Someone who's 33 really can't be very convincing as a high school student.
@@idanwillenchik3050 Especially the women.
*a part. Not apart.
pretty sure they were just trying to be punny... since they were playing high school seniors.
Cant believe stockard is older than cha cha
I saw Grease in 1978 at the mature age of fourteen and it has been a part of my teenage memories ever since. Truly sorry to hear about the health problems of actor Jeff Conaway - one of the most sympathetic figures in Grease. May he rest in peace now.
I was 10 when I saw it, and I loved every minute of it! Most of the sexual innuendo went over my head at the time, but I didn't care - just loved the music and loved ONJ and John and the amazing Stockard!
I was 15 and loved the movie so much, I bought the record album. I remember the jacket that held the record was done on the inside exactly like a high school year book, with pics of the bonfire, Thunder Road, the carnival, etc. I had a portable record player that I’d play the record on constantly. So much so that I had to put a couple of coins on top of the needle arm to keep the needle from skipping in places. This movie always reminds me of those…. Su-u-mer niiii-iights!!!
Same! I was also 14. I even bought a paperback book of the entire movie and dialogue. It was like a comic book except real photos, not drawings. I memorized the entire script, including the songs.
@@paiged6839 I would have been absolutely fan-girling out over that!
@@floofypurplefluff9924 I was! I still have that book too. I could re-live the movie that way.
A lot of them always looked way to old to be high schoolers.
Most definitely
you sure ?😭 cause when i started high school there was literally teenage boys that looked like men 😭😫 itt was everythinggg
Rizzo especially!
@@getthesensation ,so what, this is only musical film
@Taylor Watkins beards and height don't make a person look "old" though. They might look a bit more mature than their age but not 25-30 like these actors.
And yet my childhood is still not ruined. Sure I didn't know about this, but it still didn't ruin my childhood by knowing it through this video though.
Lol right
People always say something will ruin your childhood, but it's usually just random facts that, if you've now grown up, you have probably figured out already. And none of it ever ruins your childhood. If anything, the only thing that actually has had any effect on my childhood is that creepy pasta about the Rugrats. I can barely watch the show without thinking about that and being sad.
even if the facts were disturbing, just enjoy the movie. if you loved the movie that much it wouldn’t ruin your childhood .
It fake and it just clicbait
@@cloudyxrose7215 That's exactly what it is,mojo is good at that.
In regards to #5, Susan Buckner (Patty Simcox) got along with Jeff Conaway as they had a fling during the filming. She admitted this during an interview. He had a huge crush on Olivia and actually married her sister. In regards to #3, there was special lighting used to also hide their age. Another fact was the actors got sick from the water in the drag racing scene because it was contaminated.
I just watched this (re watched) the other day and for the first time was like why are they running in that poison water??
I was shocked that I never realised how dirty the lyrics of "Greased Lightnin" were until I was older! 😂 😮It makes sense that they'd have to completely alter the song lyrics for any high school production!🤣
Chicksell Creme
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
But they don’t
You can easily alter the lyrics to a more PG-13 like number.
@@Father_of_Death naw you leave it the way it is in high school they know what these lyrics mean
whenever i see sonny on my screen i say HOW IS HE IN HIGH SCHOOL?? HE LOOKS LIKE A FATHER!
Maybe he was held back a few times lol it’s possible
Yesss he looked super old and sandy had wrinkles around her mouth🤣
@@Droosmom1970 in the movie, they say Kenickie was held back! Lol
“I got Kenickie again.”
“He’s been here longer than I have!” 🤣
I watched this when I was young and wondered why adults were still in school. I assumed they were left back a lot.
Me too. That seems to happen a lot back in the day . People in their 20’s always played teens
That's one possibility. They certainly were dumb enough....
I'm 37 and I still see these guys/girls as my seniors LOL :D
This is why the directors should double check the cast to see if they do look like high schoolers
I'm shocked to see a great actor who was in the musical of my dreams end up suffering like this... I was very sad about this final scene ...
Success comes to those who are honest and confident in their endeavour.
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Poor Jeff. I remember watching celebrity rehab. It was so hard to watch him.
I met him when my brother was in on an episode of "Taxi"; nice guy👍( Tony Danza on the other hand🙄)
@@ROBYNMARKOW Sweet!
Poor Jeff. I didn't know that he died. The cast members should have been more careful with him so he wouldn't have had to take pain killers for his back
@@pennykeller3048 if I could give the guy a feel better hug, I would.
Yep
I sincerely doubt that the target audience for this film was kids. :B
exactly lol :D
What are you considering to be kids? I was 14 and understood everything going on in the movie. The theater was filled with pre-teens and teenagers. Adults may have loved the movie because many of them were in HS in the 50s so could relate, but ultimately it was kids going to that movie.
If you're referring to little children, then yeah I agree, but most everything would go over their heads so it wouldn't matter.
Well, it was, I watched it at 11yrs old.....
It's so sad about Jeff Conaway. He had such a great career and it's too bad he got on drugs and harmed himself like that.
That whole age issue about the cast members comes as no surprise to me. Hollywood has since then used people ranging from their mid-20s to early 30s to portray high schoolers.
Hollywood has always used older actors to portray teen characters. It's nothing new.
@@PerrySkyePhoenix yep. even as far back as 1936 Juliet was played by a 36 year old Norma Schear and Romeo was a 43 year old Leslie Howard - saw it a while back and couldn't finish it. cringeworthy.
Right? If they hired actual teenagers, no real teen movies or shows would be done in time or under budget
@@vidhead85 Yeah, but then there's the issue with child labor laws and the unpleasant cycle Hollywood has pressuring minors in the acting business. Some change for the better, others descend into a downward spiral later in life.
I saw Grease when it originally came out in the movie theaters in 1978. I was 9 years old.
Saw it with my then best friend. We were a couple of fanatics about the movies. We talked, read, ate, drank, and slept the movies. And went to the movies together once a week for a lot of years from the 1970s-1980s. My friend chose the movie we would go see. I didnt mind. I loved the theatergoing experience in itself.
There was no particular reason we went to see Grease. We tried to see every new movie that just came out regardless of the reviews, storyline, genre (he loved horror films, I preferred comedy), who starred in it, etc., and Grease just happened to be one of the many new movies that just came out.
I fell in love with the movie from my very first viewing. Right away it became one of my most all time favorite movies. It remains that to this day. You wouldn't think a movie musical such as Grease would appeal to a 9 year old boy, but it did. Being raised in an abusive, dysfunctional home, I guess it hit me in the very right places at the very right time.
Watching fully grown adults play teenaged high school seniors didn't faze me in the least. Because to my 9 year old eyes, teenaged high school seniors looked all grown up, practically fully grown adults. As a result, I really couldn't tell the difference between a 17 year old teen and an adult in their 20s-30s.
After seeing Grease, later I would go on to buy the Grease movie soundtrack record album, the Grease bubble gum trading cards, and the Grease fotonovel (remember those fotonovels?)
Going to the movies every week in the 1970s-1980s is among my most fondest, happiest memories of my entire life.
I agree, as a child I also thought teenage high school seniors looked the same as adults I couldnt tell the difference. Neither could a lot of people, which was probably why when my Mum brought me to first day at high school they asked her why she wasnt wearing her school uniform (they thought she was a senior pupil).
These didn’t really ruin my childhood because I love this movie so much ! 🥺
Same 🥺
What about hearing that this movie was actually a dream all along?
I was 18years old at the time and I could tell that this cast was way way over the age of 17 .
My grandma was too.
Who couldnt tell? We were watching it just a while ago since I preformed it just a while ago, and we just looked and went “bro how old are they 30?
@@ashanimates1716 I'm fairly sure ONJ said she was close to 30?
I was 14 and I could tell, but I didn't care. I mean Beverly Hills 90210 had people much older playing teenagers too.
i remember a few 'hoods' and loose girls in high school looking a little 'rode hard and put away wet'. they didn't quite look
mid-thirties yet but they were well on their way
Wow I can’t believe Elvis died the same day that “Look at me I’m Sandra dee” song was filmed !
I know. That's crazy!
Elvis died on August 16th 1977 at the age of 42 from a heart attack
My childhood remained intact until Jeff Conway. Damn, Ms Mojo. Damn.
This didn’t ruin my childhood
Mine neither, I already knew half of these facts, but they're handy to know! 💯😍
@@trinaq For sure 💯
Exactly.
Definitely 1 of the all time great movies!! Never gets old ! I've lost count of how many times I've seen this movie!!!!
What about hearing that Sandy and Danny were dead meaning that the movie took place in heaven?
"Already knew cast members of the movie were older than High School age...if ya didn't you might not be old enough. 'Sandy' Olivia Newton- John was 30 when the movie came out,and she had already had several LP's,#1 hits,a Grammy,etc. Those not old enough thought it was the start of her career. As for 'Danny' John Travolta,(before Grease) let me just say, "Ba-ba-ba,ba- Babarino"😁👍
I've seen Grease 100 times and I never thought of the plastic wrap in that context.
Neither did anybody else.
the last one really hurt...I had no idea.. Poor Jeff.. that hit me hard 😢
You mean Rizzo wasn't really in High School?
Wait until you find out about the "teens" on the CW shows....😊
(Joke)
@@brentage5000 omg-
@@brentage5000 oh you mean Riverdale actually set about the same time period too I find it ironic none of them are in high school either
@@joydorsett1631 I wasn't thinking of any specific show, but you're not wrong. To pick one from my generation, Dawson's Creek, in season one when they're sophomores of 15-17, Joey was 19, Dawson and Pacey were 20, and Jen was 17 (that's at the time of the January 20, 1998 premiere)
Olivia Newton-John is the eternal Sandy to me! She'll be forever missed! May she rest in peace! 🙏🏻❤️
How quickly does your hair grow that it needs to be colored in every day?
My hair grows more than 1dm in less than six months, sooo....a
I quit dying my hair because I would have roots in around 2 weeks. Which at least isn't every day, but still annoying.
And black crayons work to touch up roots? Wtf lol.
@@tessadub crayons were (practically) straight wax back then. They probably blasted it with a hair dryer.
@@lbeard7661 wow good point! So crazy!! 😱
I NEVER even thought about their ages. It was so well done ,so much fun their ages didnt matter at all.
Excuse me, I'm 33 and still look like a kid, you got a problem with that??? 🤨
I’m 31 and I still look like a kid
Same I'm 32 and still get asked for i.d for everything lol
I'm 30 and still look like a kid
Same 36..
same for me.
When my mum/mom read some facts out about Greace I was so surprised Elvis Presley died on the same night of the film it was so sad. And they actually asked Elvis to be in the film as the guardian angel who sang "beauty school drop out" that was so surprised about that R.I.P Elvis ❤️
No one is listening to your suggested music watchmojo
I’ve heard the song they played at the beginning of the video on the radio. It Is pretty good.
Nothing could ruin this movie for me. I was in the summer between 4th and 5th grade and I vividly remember seeing it at the theater. One of the best memories of my childhood.
I've seen this movie 100's of times I know every song and all the lines. I was 11 when it came out. I still love it and my favorite part is when Olivia (she was sewn into those black pants) says to Travolta "Tell me about it stud..." then puts her cigarette out while wearing those spectacular candies heels. Love it!!!❤️
Nothing can ruin Grease for me I just love it to much
Me: *looks at the comments and sees a comment from 1 WEEK AGO*
Me: *surprised Pikachu face*
Paetron accounts, most likely! 😂😅
I’m seeing yours from an hour ago!
Yeah they most likely posted it a week ago and scheduled its release for today.
My friends and I got kicked out of a theater the summer this came out. We had seen Grease five or six times and we decided we were going to turn it into a sing along ala Rocky Horror Picture show.
It was going well ( because other than us there very few people there) until Greased Lightning. We got into a v formation and jumped up on the chairs to do the chorus. The manager of the theater stopped the film, brought up the lights and told us if we left quietly and didn’t come back to see Grease again, he wouldn’t call the police or our parents. We were scared poop less! We were 16 and 17 and didn’t want to get grounded.
Imagine if we did that with today’s teens?
That manager was a huge jerk! Imagine ruining somebody's fun!
That sounds like the most fun thing one could do in a movie theater. I might do this if I ever get the chance to see Grease in a movie theater.
Today you would probably get shot.
Thanks for explaining the plastic wrap. I always just thought the choreographer had run out of ideas !
Grezse as a horror film would be strangely entertaining, definitely can't unsee that now, but definitely don't want to, lol
When my stepdad grew up with John Travolta and actually saw the movie 13 times opening weekend to support his childhood friend and bc he loved it😊
Grease will always be a classic!!!
Yes
I still can't believe Olivia is gone😢I'm so sad😞this is heartbreaking💔Olivia aka Sandy was an amazing beautiful loving caring strong woman with a great big heart❤️She will forever be missed loved and remembered R.I.P Olivia you will always be in our hearts💕you are with God's angels now, so go fly with the angels 🕊🕊my prayers go's out to her friends family and fans. We love you🥰 Olivia Newton john aka Sandy because to all of us you will forever be Sandy. Your free to fly for eternity ✨️ 💕❤️♥️you will never be forgotten♥️❤️💖
I really enjoyed this movie back in the day. Never gave it a thought about the age of the actors. Kudos to all of them for pulling it off. Why can’t you just enjoy it for what it is??
It was obvious. Even watching at seven years old, it was obvious to me. 😑
Haters gone hate...
Well good for you quiet intuitive for a 7 year old 🥴
Not only were these actors and actresses much older than high school age, but, being in Hollywood, they were also buffed and beautied up to the point where they were not at all convincing as high school students. I remember most of the kids, including myself, in my senior class as being awkward, gangly, and with all sorts of typical maladies such as acne, skinniness, or baby fat.
I know every song from the Grease. I remember my nephew when he was 4. He watched Grease for the first time. He ended up memorizing every song and every line from Grease. He even had the dance routines memorized. I remember him watching Grease every day until he started kindergarten. I had never seen a kid who would act out almost every scene when he was watching the movie. He is 11 now. He still likes Grease.
I've known most of these facts since Grease came out but I still love it. Specially the ages of the stars since I'm the same age as John Travolta aka "Barbarino" 😂
I didn't love Grease as a kid. I wanted to, but I something felt off about it to me. Once I got old enough to understand everything, I thought, "This isn't a good movie." Although, I've always loved "Hopelessly Devoted" and the part where Sandy asks Frenchie to go to her place and she sings "Goodbye, to Sandra Dee." I didn't know what she meant at first, but I love the way her voices sounds and the conviction with which she sings. I just hated that she was the one who changed. Yeah, yeah, Danny was willing to change, but in the end he really didn't have to, because Sandy did.
I watched half last week for the first time and I was like,"???? This is it? That movie sucked and the characters are awful!!" I think the hype made it worse though.
*I love the movie! But I agree, she shouldn’t have been the one to change!*
_He_ was the one that wasn’t acting the same after they met, so I think _he_ should’ve been the one to drop his image.
@@jaypritchett6846 I totally agree. The older I got the more I realized that Danny was a jerk and didn't deserve Sandy.I think she should have chose Chisme(sp?)
Grease 2 the guy changes
@@Sarah-bj7el the message in Grease was in order to get the guy you had to look like a whore.
Surprised you didnt add in Travolta's tantrum about singing Greased Lightning, especially since he got tongue-tied with the lyrics🤣
I always hated how sad Jeff’s like was after this...he seemed super torn up about it on celebrity rehab but he didn’t wanna feel pain anymore...hopefully he’s dancing now in his new life
I love this movie, but, Stockard Channing is the same age as my Mom and I know that because my Mom declared, "Stockard Channing is the same age as me!" in the theater when we first saw it. We had to pretend that a 33 year old woman was a High School Senior, but she was great in the role, so my brothers and I let it pass.
Jeff and John starred in the Broadway production of Grease a few years before the film came out, with Jeff playing Danny and John playing Doody.
Grease! The feel good movie of the summer. Featuring....teen pregnancy, smoking, giving up on your dreams and changing yourself to snag a boyfriend! And what's up with guy asking "did she put up a fight?" Still have fond memories of watching it with my mom though
You don’t know how many times me and my friends have watched this movie😂 Sometimes we just start singing the songs out of nowhere
The casting of Grease is perfection regardless of age, the chemistry between the actors is faultless.
I saw this two years after I had graduated. I loved it then and I still do. It's not the age of the actors performing, it's how they performed their roles. Besides have you ever seen some high school photos of teens in the 50's? They don't look like teens of today. Some of them looked older, and they were dressed nicer.
I was thinking the same thing! My parents generaton as teens looked much older than my generation. Teens today look a lot more "mature" than teens of my generation also.
Well nowadays they put chemicals in everything so that probably stunts your growing,so you look younger than you really are,I’m in my 20s and get mistaken for a teenager all the time.
Even as a kid I thought the actors, except from Marty, were way too old to be playing teenagers.
I was so obsessed with this movie as a kid. Now my daughter loves it! Grease is just one of those movies that never gets old! ♥️
11. Olivia Newton John's death
She left us too soon. A big chunk of my childhood is now gone. I love you and i hope to see you in heaven💔💔
These facts haven't ruined my childhood, Grease has always been my favourite musical!
You say these facts will ruin my viewings of Grease. Girl, I’ve heard ‘em all. There’s nothing here in this list that I haven’t heard already.
Stockford Channing being older was no secret to me even at 8 years old I was like why is there a old lady in highschool?
I love Grease. I watched it one Summer over and over and over again. My parents made sure I knew that if I were like any of those characters.....it would def be Rizzo. I think that was their way of telling me I was a rebel with and without a cause. Grease ended up being my high school musical. I def had the acting chops to take on Riz but could not come to find any sort of singing voice AT ALL!! I ended up just a spectator. I will always remember when and where I saw this musical movie.
"just ask idina menzel" I LOST IT
What does she have to do with it? I dont get i
@@jgirl3107 me neither. 🤷♀️
I had such a crush on Jeff Conaway. I thought he was more talented and sexier than John Travolta in Grease. So sad he died young 💔
I Agree Jeff Conaway Was A Way Better Actor Than John Travolta! R.I.P. Jeff Conaway!
@@dianafab4096 just the way he moved.
@@dianaparker4807 Jeff Was So Gorgeous! 💘 Kenickie&Rizzo.
Don't we all love watching Grease at such a young age thinking they were teenagers but then seeing actual teenagers who look like 12 year olds?
Thanks for ruining my childhood fantasies for GREASE, WIZARD OF OZ, etc. Have a happy day.
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Haha Thanks 😏
Thank you so much 😘💖Stay safe ✨
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I saw Grease when it first came out!!! I was like 8 and got all the dances moves down! Never knew that I was ever going to play Sandy !!! I got the part in my high school musical!!! FABULOUS!! 💕💕💕😅😂😝😁
Still waiting on the one that's gonna ruin my childhood....
I was so sad to hear how Jeff Conaway got hooked on prescription drugs. Grease is a great movie still. Part of our life’s journey.
The plastic wrap was used in the on stage version to simulate wrapping oneself up while they were dancing. Yes, it was based upon the rumor you could use it for protection.
always had a crush on kenickie
Jeff Conaway would've been perfect for a live action Trevor Phillips
Now I know the facts of
Grease.
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Rest In Peace Kenickie, Cha Cha, Principle McGee, Blanche the secretary, Coach Calhoun, Shop teacher Mrs Murdock, Leo, Vi the waitress, and everyone else that have since passed that were involved in this CLASSIC.
And the male dancer in the green t shirt at the end who was in a lot of scenes throughout the film...apparently he stole everyone's thunder in the dance science at the fairground he was brill he died in 2015 aged 62
Something more positive: John Travolta’s a Pilot!
just knowing most of the cast members passed makes me sad there wont ever get to be a grease 2 with the same actors
Ooof.....that Elvis timing
Grease was one of my mum's fave movies. I want to show her this
#5 I feel for Patty Simcox’s actress Being bullied is no fun.
I was bullied all throughout grade school and high school, so I know how that feels. I was shy, awkward and nerdy. Over the years, I've made a lot of positive changes, but I still don't quite fit in, and probably never will. Being a loner is not fun!
OMG the Jeff Conway Rehab clip has me in tears 😢 😢
These all are just kinda facts. I didn’t know any of them, but they could never ruin the magic of grease. Grease is such a timeless musical because of the performances by the actors and songs. This is one movie that will always be timeless!!!
Here's a fun fact about Grease the hickey that Rizzo gets from Kenickie is a real hickey from Kenickie Jeff Conaway the actor who played Kenickie actually gave Stockard Channing the actress who played Rizzo the hickey
method actors yeah!
The movie was adapted from the Broadway show. And guess what, the Broadway actors were adults too.
Rizzo: Some people are so touchy.
Me: Oh look. It’s the Internet in general. Especially Twitter.
So 30 is "senior citizens" wow. Try harder, Ms Mojo. I highly doubt y'all are in your twenties.
trust me im 15 and I feel more like 51 😣 it sucks bad
well back in the 1800's people barely lived past 40 XD so technically 30 is kinda senior if you think about it.
@@BritishGamerPlays That’s a stupid reply. Gays were also institutionalized or thrown in prison. Women of color could not vote or marry white men. We’re in 2021 so we should judge things on our level where the age for women’s life expectancy is 80. So either join us in this era or find a way back to 1800 🤷🏼♀️
@@bridgettewhitney2615 The fuck? 🤨 I’m 32 and I feel fine but you’re generation is the one freaking out about age. I feel and look great and i just want everyone to stop being such whiney, shallow people.
Adults playing teenagers was nothing new. In Happy Days, the older characters weren't played by teens. Also, Richard Crenna was 26 when he played a teen in Our Miss Brooks which ironically starred Eve Arden. I should add that when Ron Howard filmed the pilot for Happy Days, he was a teen.
Loved Jeff Conaway, Stockard Channing and Eve Arden. Jeff Conaway suffered for his art. He was a wonderful comedic actor. Stockard Channing was, is, well, Stockard Channing. Eve Arden brings her life experiences as a radio and screen actor to a fun, campy role.
A hickey from Kenickie is like a hallmark card. That last one was definitely the worst.
Stokkard always reminded me of Liz Taylor
*Stockard
There was a film that was made a few years ago about Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor escaping from the twin towers areas on 911 which starred Stockard Channing as Elizabeth Taylor but it wasn't released due to the backlash of the casting of Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson. Probably just as well it wasn't released, it would've been a career killer for them.
I watched Grease many many years ago as a child and I always thought that not 1 of the characters looked high school age and many looked like they was in their 40’s
Why did I watch this!!!!!???? That last one made me so sad!!!!! 😭😭😭😭
People go on about how the cast looked older than the characters they were playing...anyone ever seen the American public information films of the time.......all the kids looked about age 40...SO this film gets it right in my opinion.