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Those who have passed away: Olivia Newton-John. Jeff Conway (Kenickie) injured his back during the Grease Lightning routine and became addicted to pain killers. He was an addict for decades and passed in 2011. He was briefly married to Olivia Newton-John’s sister, Rona, in the early 80’s. Annette Cardona (Cha Cha) also passed in 2011, from lung cancer. Dennis Cleveland Stewart (Craterface) died in 1994 from AIDS. Eve Arden (The Principle) died in 1990 from heart disease. Sid Caesar (Coach) died in 2014. Joan Blondell (The older waitress with Frenchie) died in 1979. Edd Byrnes (Vince Fontaine) died in 2020. Dody Goodman (Principal’s Assistant) died in 2008. Several of the teachers, dancers, and band members from the dance have also passed.
@StacyLym .. can’t believe all this.. I mean you forget how long ago it was made, so it makes sense considering how old a lot of the cast were while filming it. ( like obviously not teenagers) but Kenickie .. about him being injured and then being addicted to pain killers after .. so sad 😞
@@hannahoconnell7324 He was Taxi and in Babylon 5 for a few seasons, which was a great show. He ended up on Celebrity Rehab where he did not successfully give up the pills. But then who would? That show was about anything but rehab.
@@hannahoconnell7324Yes, it was really tragic seeing Kenickie decline. He was on celebrity rehab a few years before he died and it was heartbreaking. I think you there are some clips on here. Jeff Conaway Celebrity Rehab.
I believe she was in “Imitation of Life”, which if you three haven’t seen, it’s worth a watch. Definitely perfect for Black History Month. I’ll leave it at that.
“I don’t like the blonde guy…he was looking up skirts and called a girl fat.” Although this should be self evident I SO appreciate you voicing how not ok that is! Thanks Zach ❤
@@gv7217I don’t think that that changes the fact someone can appreciate men today knowing better than to sexually harass women… doesn’t mean it didn’t happen or wasn’t normal but it’s still not good
I heard she also didn’t have the dance/singing talent they wanted but she faked her way through auditions and got the part based on her charisma! I thought that was pretty cool when you add her age! And explains how she fades to the back during routines
Rob got a good singing voice. Fun to watch due to Rob's love for it. BTW, Frenchie's Breauty School drop out is played by Frankie Avalon who was one half of a 50s power couple Frankie and Annette who starred in the Beach Party movies. He was the teen heartthrob of his day. Most of the old actors in Greece were played by television, film and radio legends of the 40s and 50s. The coach was Sid Cesar, the king of Comedy. Eve Arden was the principal...she was a major radio and TV star. Dodie Goodman played her assistant. Joan Blondell was. huge TV and movie star (she plays the owner of the malt shop). And the guy that plays Vince Fontaine -- the host of the dance off - was another heartthrob.
Frankie and Annette were '60s. The beach party movies were '60s (like "Beach Blanket Bingo" from 1965). The era certainly continued well past 1959 though.
Frankie Avalon (who sang to Frenchy - Beauty School Dropout) did all the teenage beach party movies back in the 60's with Annette Funicello. He was the teen idol for the time period.
@@stevenandcarminabeedle9089 Yup. If you've seen Stand by Me, you'll remember that the boys in that movie also talked about Annette's chest. She was a kid on the Mickey Mouse Club and hit puberty, so everyone in America saw her boobs growing in real time.
Another addition to Rob’s list of green flags ✅ is knowing the words to all the songs from Grease plus some choice choreography! Also, may I say, that your John Travolta impression during Summer Nights was SPOT ON!
Rizzo dated Danny before. It's really glossed over and you have to catch it or be paying attention. Took me many times watching this to finally pick up on that. It's at the outdoor school lunch scene (summer nights song). The one pink lady Jan says to Rizzo something like "You seen Zuko yet? Looking pretty good hey Rizz". And Rizzo responds "Neah, that's acient history". Gives insight to their interaction when revealing Sandy to Danny at the school bon fire and after climbing down the rose-covered terrace. The break up obviously (now) not being super amicable, at least for Rizzo.
I feel like the guys would be the chill dudes that you go to college with, and they host dorm-room movie nights? Altogether just a great group of guys having fun! And honestly, that’s just what the world needs at this point ❤
At the time Grease came out in the theaters in 1978, I was 9 years old and being raised in an abusive, dysfunctional household. As a result, I turned towards watching LOTS of TV and went to the movies as a way of providing myself with escape and comfort from my misery. Back then I was going to the movies with my then best friend. We were a couple of fanatics about the movies. We talked, read, ate, drank, and slept the movies. And we went to the movies together once a week, every week for a lot of years from the 1970s-1980s. We saw literally hundreds upon hundreds of movies together over the years. We tried to see every new movie that came out regardless of plot, genre (he loved horror films, I preferred comedy), critics reviews, who was starring in it, etc. So there was no particular reason we went to see Grease. It just happened to be a new movie that was just released. As much as I loved the moviegoing experience in itself regardless of what I saw, as an abused, neglected child, there were a small handful of movies that stood out and managed to hit me in the very right places at the very right time. Grease was one of those movies. Right from my very first viewing, it quickly became one of my all time favorite movies and remains that to this day. In the following years, whenever Grease popped up on tv, I'd drop everything to watch it. Today I own the movie on DVD. So, I say to the entire cast and crew of Grease, from the bottom of the heart of an abused boy, thank you all so very, very much.
The waitress that points out Danny and Sandy (in the quick scene where the waitresses were watching the televised feed of the school dance off) is actually John Travolta’s mother.
Topp’s teamup with Hollywood back then gave us Star Wars trading cards and Grease trading cards (photography shots while filming, most iconic had highest value) with a free stick of gum. Many random packs ended up being the prize inside the cereal boxes or the toy in the happy meals. Grease is a 70’s parody of the 50’s stereotypical American Graffiti of NYC, in a big screen Musical.
Rob I LOVE that you love musicals! Have you seen Singin’ In the Rain or tick, tick… BOOM? If not I’d recommend them! My all time favorite is Meet Me In St Louis but it’s from the 40s which might not be your jam
Would love for y’all to do Chicago & Moulin Rouge! ❤ Also, the laugh Danny does in the diner after he says “Come on Sandy don’t make me laugh”, direct inspiration for Ryan Goslings laugh in Barbie 😆 Actually, this whole film itself direct inspiration for “I’m Just Ken”
Okay, as much as I love Grease, for some inexplicable reason, I actually love Grease 2 more. It would be awesome if you guys would react to it as well! Great reaction as always!
She’s not the mechanic that fixed their car; she’s the Auto-Shop teacher that let them use the bay and equipment to rebuild their hunk of junk for a passing grade. Shop classes were .5 of an elective credit; Wood, Metal, Home Ec., Archery, Auto, Gymnastics, Civics, Art, etc.
You were right about the guy who plays Knicky. John Travolta won the role of Danny in the movie because he was really popular at the time from being part of the cast of the TV sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter. Greased Lightning was originally supposed to be Knicky's song, but they thought John didn't have enough songs, so they gave it to him. Jeff Conaway (Knicky) was also on a hit TV series called Taxi. The girl you thought was the mom from That 70s Show wasn't actually on that show, but she was a part of another sitcom; she played one of the daughters on Empty Nest (a grown up Kristy McNichol was the other daughter). Yes, Olivia Newton John was really Australian. In the original Broadway musical, Sandy was American (though she went to a different school before transferring to Rydell High) and her last name was Dumbrowski, so they changed the character to Australian just for her. She was a major pop star in the 70s as well as through the 80s. Sandra Dee was a young movie star in the 50s known for playing innocent, naive, wholesome characters. So by comparing Sandy to Sandra Dee, Rizzo was making fun of her for being too much of a good girl. Rizzo climbed down the side of the house, because she didn't want the parents downstairs to know she was sneaking out. Sandy wasn't sneaking out, she was coming back inside after her song. You're right, the guy who played Frenchie's guardian angel was a big star; he's Frankie Avalon and he had a few hit songs and he starred in several teen beach movies with former Disney Mouseketeer, Annette Funicello. Personally, I think the guardian angel was all Frenchie's imagination, but you could interpret it that way or you can choose to believe it all really happened. It doesn't change the storyline either way; it still convinces Frenchie to go back to Rydell. When you asked if they were all still alive, I think the actors who played teachers have all passed, same with Vince Fontaine and the head waitress at the diner. I think Frankie Avalon is still alive. Jeff Conaway (Knicky) has passed. Other than him and Olivia, all the Rydell students are still with us (though I'm not sure about Eugene and Patty). I'm also not sure about Cha Cha and crater face. The woman who said, "Haul ass, kid" wasn't just a mechanic, she was the Rydell auto shop teacher. She was played by Alice Ghostly who is probably most famous for playing Esmerelda on the TV series Bewitched. She also played one of the parents of one of the other kids in the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie.
I always die laughing at the part where Kenickie and Craterface are fighting at the dance then Keneckie stops and grabs ChaCha and aggressively swings her back out to the dance floor 🤣🤣
I was 11 in 1978. I had just seen saturday night fever with my dad and he took me to see this in the movies. I loved john travolta from his early days. Boy in the plastic bubble when i was 9
Fun facts: 1. The waitress in the diner was the Joan Blondell. She was very famous in the 1930s and played in a lot of mobster movies. One of my favorite actresses from that era. 2. Another one of the waitresses was John Travolta’s real mom. 3. The school administrators were also played by actors/actresses who were famous in their hey-day. You guy, in the middle have a really good voice!
Grease 2, please! Sandy's cousin, Michael is the exchange students and has eyes for Michelle Phiefer (Stefanie). There's a few songs that are over the top hilarious.😂
The singer in Frenchies beauty school song is Frankie Avalon, a big teen film star from the 50s, lots of beach films with Annette Funicello, who the girls sang about in Sandra Dee. They were both in the Mickey Mouse club back in the day. Also, the Pink Ladies are the singers and dancers in that number too.
Did you guys happen to watch “Grease: Live”. It was an ABC broadcast of the play and it was great. Especially “Greased Lightning” which you could actually hear the audience going nuts.
Tim Conaway (Kenekie) is deceased, as are the principal, her secretary and the coach. I think the mechanics teacher may have died to . Travolta is alive but lost hos son Jett and his wife not too long ago.
Fun fact: Eddie Deezen, who played "Eugene," voiced one of the "Snap, Crackle and Pop" cereal characters. He also voiced the "know-it-all" in the Christmas movie "The Polar Express."
@@stephanieramirez15 I'm glad you appreciate the sequel and series, Stephanie! Last I heard the series was dropped after the first season... so, unless they find another streaming platform (or regular channel) to pick it up, we might not get anymore of that. But, I agree, the series had a lovely GLEE (2009) flair... in addition to adding more to the lore. I actually worked with the actor who played 'Assistant Principal McGee'. She's brilliant and hilarious. Jackie Hoffman. She also had a scene-stealing bit part in GLASS ONION (2022), which I hope to see Reel-Time react to eventually.
Rob throughout this movie is me when I watch it. This movie is a childhood favorite of mine even though I grew up in the 2000’s. I’d come home from school and watch it on vhs. Though idk why my parents let me watch it when I was little as it’s not a kids movie lol😂. It’s my favorite musical next to The sound of music.
I first saw Grease when I was five and had the album too, but it wasn't until years later that I actually heard how filthy some of the lyrics are. Clearly my parents didn't hear that either (they hadn't actually seen the movie, I watched it with my older cousins)
Sandra Dee was a movie star back in the 50s... Rizzo is played by Stockard Channing- an amazing- Oscar nominated actress, Emmy and Tony winner, best known for work on the West Wing.
Actually, John Travolta had 6 songs that charted on The Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The duets with Olivia Newton-John and cast on "Summer Nights" (peaked at #5) and his only #1 hit "You're The One That I Want." In 1976, he reached #10 with his hit "Let Her In." Olivia Newton-John was born in England but her family moved to Australia when she was a little girl and when she came over to the US after winning a singing contest in Australia, her first few hits would on both The Hot 100 Chart but on the Hot Country Singles Chart. She was scared to take on this role because she was 30 years old when they filmed it and it was when she auditioned with John,, he put her at ease and that's how their life-long friendship began. They would do another movie together in 1983 "Two Of A Kind." Other interesting fact, the day they filmed Stockard CHanning singing "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee" where some of the lyrics references Elvis is the day he actually died in real life.
I just absolutely love whenever Bryce sings it’s so funny and charming. Rob definitely got some pipes on him, giving very much I was in choir Wayment I can’t believe I forgot to mention Zuff, but that’s because he’s always singing like a fucking angel
I absolutely adored this movie as a child. We had the VHS and the vinyl record of the soundtrack, and I would watch and listen to it at least twice a week. All of the content went straight over my head, and even as an adult, there are things I'm just now picking up on. This solidified that high schoolers looked so much older than me when I was little.
Forever a classic ! My mum showed me this when I was like 6 and it was at night, she fell asleep and I remember I got up rewound the vhs to the start and immediately watched it again 🤣
Frankie Avalon played the angel in white in the dream sequence with the girl in the pink hair. He is famous for playing in several teen beach films with Annette Funicello in the mid 60s. Check out "Beach Blanket Bingo".
So, we have officially established that: 1) Rob can sing. 2) Rob's Travolta as Danny Zuko is a very good impression. 3) The crew needs to watch more musicals sonwe can get more Rob singing (I vote for Xanadu and Cabaret). This was a DELIGHT. Thank you for what y'all do here - liked and shared.
The older actors were all famous in their own right. From the Golden Age of Hollywood. From the two office ladies, the coach, the dance show announcer, of course Frankie Avalon, teen idol and beach party movies...Sandra Dee very famous also Troy Donahue in the photo. Lastly the band Sha Na Na in the show became famous from this. This soundtrack LP had alot of great songs including the dance show ones. Loved ur reactions as always 🔥
29:22 She performed as Rizzo in the live broadcast TV musical, a mere day after her father passed away. I remember thinking, "THAT'S true professionalism."
Sooooo many great times watching this with my friends in high school and college! Members of my senior class performed "We Go Together" for our high school talent show. And this was one of the movies played on the bus when our college choir went on tour, so yeah, full on 4-part harmonies to all the songs! Lol!
Grease was a huge comfort movie of mine when i was a kid. I couldn't possibly count the amount of times i watched it i was obsessed. It might have been partially because of the major crush i had on Rizzo even before i realized im a lesbian lmao. No but the music is so fun and its so enjoyable im glad you guys reacted to it!
I have a kinda unpopular opinion (at least I think it is) I love the first grease but I am IN LOVE with the second one! Michelle Pheiffer is just amazing! ❤
grease is ICONIC. what really makes me sad tho is that it was announced that they did like each other but john mentioned how it never happened because they were seeing different people at the time. that just makes me think about the phrase “right person, wrong time”. ugh i usually don’t like to ship actors who work together but it was something about them that was different and so obvious, even offscreen. i wish it could have been but some things aren’t meant to be. rest in peace olivia 🤍. thanks for the reaction guys
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Those who have passed away: Olivia Newton-John. Jeff Conway (Kenickie) injured his back during the Grease Lightning routine and became addicted to pain killers. He was an addict for decades and passed in 2011. He was briefly married to Olivia Newton-John’s sister, Rona, in the early 80’s. Annette Cardona (Cha Cha) also passed in 2011, from lung cancer. Dennis Cleveland Stewart (Craterface) died in 1994 from AIDS. Eve Arden (The Principle) died in 1990 from heart disease. Sid Caesar (Coach) died in 2014. Joan Blondell (The older waitress with Frenchie) died in 1979. Edd Byrnes (Vince Fontaine) died in 2020. Dody Goodman (Principal’s Assistant) died in 2008. Several of the teachers, dancers, and band members from the dance have also passed.
@StacyLym .. can’t believe all this.. I mean you forget how long ago it was made, so it makes sense considering how old a lot of the cast were while filming it. ( like obviously not teenagers) but Kenickie .. about him being injured and then being addicted to pain killers after .. so sad 😞
I think out of the older cast that the only one still alive might be Frankie Avalon.
@@hannahoconnell7324 He was Taxi and in Babylon 5 for a few seasons, which was a great show. He ended up on Celebrity Rehab where he did not successfully give up the pills. But then who would? That show was about anything but rehab.
@@hannahoconnell7324Yes, it was really tragic seeing Kenickie decline. He was on celebrity rehab a few years before he died and it was heartbreaking. I think you there are some clips on here. Jeff Conaway Celebrity Rehab.
@@toodlescaeYou know what’s funny is Frankie Avalon was 37 and Stockard Channing was 33 playing a high school girl. LOL
Dang Rob… has anyone ever told you, you got bars??
So we just gonna ignore Zuff’s beautiful original song “Dirty, Dirty Danca”…. got it
Right, I was like Dammmnn boy, you can sing 😂
Exactly!!!
*pipes
Sandra Dee was an actress from 1950s known for playing blonde haired good girl roles.
Was typing this then thought to see if some else got there first.
I believe she was in “Imitation of Life”, which if you three haven’t seen, it’s worth a watch. Definitely perfect for Black History Month. I’ll leave it at that.
Married Bobbie Darrin
“I don’t like the blonde guy…he was looking up skirts and called a girl fat.” Although this should be self evident I SO appreciate you voicing how not ok that is! Thanks Zach ❤
According to my late mother - this was normal
@@gv7217I don’t think that that changes the fact someone can appreciate men today knowing better than to sexually harass women… doesn’t mean it didn’t happen or wasn’t normal but it’s still not good
yeah these guys in this generation are good men.
@andreadeamon6419 There a lot of things that was normal thing. Doesn't make it okay...
I came to the comments looking for someone talking about this! I love these boys because they’re funny and also so respectful :)
the shoes Sandy wears at the end- Candies, became a HUGE 70s fashion statement!
And a resurgence in the 90s, I had them in 4 colors❤
I remember them.......I always wanted a pair but was too young at the time to wear heels.
Can confirm they did come back in the 90s lol... my feet still hurt but oh man they were adorable ❤
I loved mine - and my clogs
I’d watch a full musical of Rob performing all the parts. Kills it, every time.
I love how Zuff just makes up names. He's like my mom lmaoooo
14:14 Zuff: “your smart”
Bryce: “you are too”
Zuff: “thank you🙃”
😭😭😭i literally love yall..pure comedy unintentionally.
Marty was the only actual teen in the cast at 19. All the others were well into their 20s, and Rizzo in her 30s.
I heard she also didn’t have the dance/singing talent they wanted but she faked her way through auditions and got the part based on her charisma! I thought that was pretty cool when you add her age! And explains how she fades to the back during routines
Olivia was 30.😊
Rob got a good singing voice. Fun to watch due to Rob's love for it. BTW, Frenchie's Breauty School drop out is played by Frankie Avalon who was one half of a 50s power couple Frankie and Annette who starred in the Beach Party movies. He was the teen heartthrob of his day. Most of the old actors in Greece were played by television, film and radio legends of the 40s and 50s. The coach was Sid Cesar, the king of Comedy. Eve Arden was the principal...she was a major radio and TV star. Dodie Goodman played her assistant. Joan Blondell was. huge TV and movie star (she plays the owner of the malt shop). And the guy that plays Vince Fontaine -- the host of the dance off - was another heartthrob.
Frankie and Annette were '60s. The beach party movies were '60s (like "Beach Blanket Bingo" from 1965). The era certainly continued well past 1959 though.
Speaking of musicals, do check out 'Sister Act' 1 & 2 when you can, please. Ta. 🧡
This! Now those are good recs
Oh heck yes❤
Omg yessss!
Rest in peace Olivia🌺✨
A musical Queen
Rob, you’re killing me during this reaction with your enthusiasm for the musical numbers, LOVE it 👍🏻
The guy wearing the green shirt is the choreographer lol. That explains why he is enthusiastic about it lol.
Frankie Avalon (who sang to Frenchy - Beauty School Dropout) did all the teenage beach party movies back in the 60's with Annette Funicello. He was the teen idol for the time period.
Yeah. Pretty sure she was the Annette they were referring to when they were talking about how no one’s “juggs” were bigger than Annette’s 😒
@@stevenandcarminabeedle9089 yes true
@@stevenandcarminabeedle9089 Yup. If you've seen Stand by Me, you'll remember that the boys in that movie also talked about Annette's chest. She was a kid on the Mickey Mouse Club and hit puberty, so everyone in America saw her boobs growing in real time.
I'm one of the few that likes Grease 2 as well. Hope to see a reaction for that
I like it too
I love how goofy it is and prefer it over Grease
Me too! I made a similar comment, lol. Hopefully they see them!
@@AllysonAkridgeme too! ❤
OMG, I love it too, I would love to see them enjoying that! "Reproduction....REPRODUCTION! Where does the pollen go?"
You guys should also watch "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar" with Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and Jon Leguizamo.
I am drag queen
Ok we can talk about Rob’s voice, but why have I never seen anyone mention what a handsome cutie Bryce is? I love this movie. Thanks for the reaction!
You clearly didn't see the comments when Bryce wore a tank top in a reaction. The thirst was real. 😆😳
Rob can SING 🥰
Another addition to Rob’s list of green flags ✅ is knowing the words to all the songs from Grease plus some choice choreography! Also, may I say, that your John Travolta impression during Summer Nights was SPOT ON!
I know for a FACT that road trips would be so much fun with you guys
Zach: I’m not gonna say it but it begins with an “A” and ends with a “T”
Rob and Bryce: confused…
Bryce: Astronaut?
Za: Ancient
😂😂😂
Bryce and Rob singing is something I never knew I needed. Love it so much.
"Beauty School Drop-out" was sung by Frankie Avalon. Super famous for 60's music & TV/movies for his silver voice.
Rizzo dated Danny before. It's really glossed over and you have to catch it or be paying attention. Took me many times watching this to finally pick up on that. It's at the outdoor school lunch scene (summer nights song). The one pink lady Jan says to Rizzo something like "You seen Zuko yet? Looking pretty good hey Rizz". And Rizzo responds "Neah, that's acient history". Gives insight to their interaction when revealing Sandy to Danny at the school bon fire and after climbing down the rose-covered terrace. The break up obviously (now) not being super amicable, at least for Rizzo.
Rob was the star of this musical! I love it when you guys really get into what you're watching, especially musicals.
I feel like the guys would be the chill dudes that you go to college with, and they host dorm-room movie nights? Altogether just a great group of guys having fun! And honestly, that’s just what the world needs at this point ❤
At the time Grease came out in the theaters in 1978, I was 9 years old and being raised in an abusive, dysfunctional household. As a result, I turned towards watching LOTS of TV and went to the movies as a way of providing myself with escape and comfort from my misery.
Back then I was going to the movies with my then best friend. We were a couple of fanatics about the movies. We talked, read, ate, drank, and slept the movies. And we went to the movies together once a week, every week for a lot of years from the 1970s-1980s. We saw literally hundreds upon hundreds of movies together over the years.
We tried to see every new movie that came out regardless of plot, genre (he loved horror films, I preferred comedy), critics reviews, who was starring in it, etc. So there was no particular reason we went to see Grease. It just happened to be a new movie that was just released.
As much as I loved the moviegoing experience in itself regardless of what I saw, as an abused, neglected child, there were a small handful of movies that stood out and managed to hit me in the very right places at the very right time. Grease was one of those movies. Right from my very first viewing, it quickly became one of my all time favorite movies and remains that to this day. In the following years, whenever Grease popped up on tv, I'd drop everything to watch it. Today I own the movie on DVD.
So, I say to the entire cast and crew of Grease, from the bottom of the heart of an abused boy, thank you all so very, very much.
The waitress that points out Danny and Sandy (in the quick scene where the waitresses were watching the televised feed of the school dance off) is actually John Travolta’s mother.
I like how my guy in the middle just settles in for this treat of a movie, fist to cheek, ready to go.
Zuff's too polite to call Frankie Avalon "Ancient"lol It's hilariously sweet 😅❤
Topp’s teamup with Hollywood back then gave us Star Wars trading cards and Grease trading cards (photography shots while filming, most iconic had highest value) with a free stick of gum.
Many random packs ended up being the prize inside the cereal boxes or the toy in the happy meals.
Grease is a 70’s parody of the 50’s stereotypical American Graffiti of NYC, in a big screen Musical.
Rob I LOVE that you love musicals! Have you seen Singin’ In the Rain or tick, tick… BOOM? If not I’d recommend them! My all time favorite is Meet Me In St Louis but it’s from the 40s which might not be your jam
Would love for y’all to do Chicago & Moulin Rouge! ❤
Also, the laugh Danny does in the diner after he says “Come on Sandy don’t make me laugh”, direct inspiration for Ryan Goslings laugh in Barbie 😆
Actually, this whole film itself direct inspiration for “I’m Just Ken”
At 30:40 Vince flips onto the screen and grabs the mic, pretty impressive 🤣
Okay, as much as I love Grease, for some inexplicable reason, I actually love Grease 2 more. It would be awesome if you guys would react to it as well! Great reaction as always!
I love Grease 2 🧡🥰
Grease 2 is great! Michelle Phiffer alone is worth it ❤
Grease 2 is one of my favorite movies from my childhood.
She’s not the mechanic that fixed their car; she’s the Auto-Shop teacher that let them use the bay and equipment to rebuild their hunk of junk for a passing grade.
Shop classes were .5 of an elective credit; Wood, Metal, Home Ec., Archery, Auto, Gymnastics, Civics, Art, etc.
lmao okayyy, rob. pop off
You were right about the guy who plays Knicky. John Travolta won the role of Danny in the movie because he was really popular at the time from being part of the cast of the TV sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter. Greased Lightning was originally supposed to be Knicky's song, but they thought John didn't have enough songs, so they gave it to him.
Jeff Conaway (Knicky) was also on a hit TV series called Taxi.
The girl you thought was the mom from That 70s Show wasn't actually on that show, but she was a part of another sitcom; she played one of the daughters on Empty Nest (a grown up Kristy McNichol was the other daughter).
Yes, Olivia Newton John was really Australian. In the original Broadway musical, Sandy was American (though she went to a different school before transferring to Rydell High) and her last name was Dumbrowski, so they changed the character to Australian just for her. She was a major pop star in the 70s as well as through the 80s.
Sandra Dee was a young movie star in the 50s known for playing innocent, naive, wholesome characters. So by comparing Sandy to Sandra Dee, Rizzo was making fun of her for being too much of a good girl.
Rizzo climbed down the side of the house, because she didn't want the parents downstairs to know she was sneaking out. Sandy wasn't sneaking out, she was coming back inside after her song.
You're right, the guy who played Frenchie's guardian angel was a big star; he's Frankie Avalon and he had a few hit songs and he starred in several teen beach movies with former Disney Mouseketeer, Annette Funicello. Personally, I think the guardian angel was all Frenchie's imagination, but you could interpret it that way or you can choose to believe it all really happened. It doesn't change the storyline either way; it still convinces Frenchie to go back to Rydell.
When you asked if they were all still alive, I think the actors who played teachers have all passed, same with Vince Fontaine and the head waitress at the diner. I think Frankie Avalon is still alive. Jeff Conaway (Knicky) has passed. Other than him and Olivia, all the Rydell students are still with us (though I'm not sure about Eugene and Patty). I'm also not sure about Cha Cha and crater face.
The woman who said, "Haul ass, kid" wasn't just a mechanic, she was the Rydell auto shop teacher. She was played by Alice Ghostly who is probably most famous for playing Esmerelda on the TV series Bewitched. She also played one of the parents of one of the other kids in the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie.
I always die laughing at the part where Kenickie and Craterface are fighting at the dance then Keneckie stops and grabs ChaCha and aggressively swings her back out to the dance floor 🤣🤣
"It begins with an A and and ends with a T."
"🤨?"
".... astronaut?"
😂😂😂
I immediately thought asshat 😂
Ok, Rob you are now my fav lol Grease is one of my absolute fav movies. Also, you can sing bro!
I was 11 in 1978. I had just seen saturday night fever with my dad and he took me to see this in the movies. I loved john travolta from his early days. Boy in the plastic bubble when i was 9
Me too. My older sister took me to the movie. And I remember JT from welcome back kotter
Loved that Bryce came back with, 🤔"Astronaut?". Quick thinking!!! 👍
Fun facts:
1. The waitress in the diner was the Joan Blondell. She was very famous in the 1930s and played in a lot of mobster movies. One of my favorite actresses from that era.
2. Another one of the waitresses was John Travolta’s real mom.
3. The school administrators were also played by actors/actresses who were famous in their hey-day.
You guy, in the middle have a really good voice!
The waitress was actually John Travolta's sister, Ellen Travolta.
Oh, that’s right, his mom was in Saturday Night Fever.
Rob knowing the lyrics to every song (bonus love for the Grease Lightning choreo) made this my favorite Reel-Time video ever 🕺
Grease 2, please! Sandy's cousin, Michael is the exchange students and has eyes for Michelle Phiefer (Stefanie).
There's a few songs that are over the top hilarious.😂
More musicals I would love a reaction to, My Fair Lady, Singin in the Rain, Chicago, Moulin Rouge
Been absolutely waiting for this reaction!! You guys loved Hairspray, so I knew you’d love Grease!!
The singer in Frenchies beauty school song is Frankie Avalon, a big teen film star from the 50s, lots of beach films with Annette Funicello, who the girls sang about in Sandra Dee. They were both in the Mickey Mouse club back in the day. Also, the Pink Ladies are the singers and dancers in that number too.
I don’t know about anyone else but i absolutely enjoyed watching Rob sing his heart out!!! i love watching y’all’s reaction videos ❤❤
I was dying when y’all started singing the GYAT song😭😭
Did you guys happen to watch “Grease: Live”. It was an ABC broadcast of the play and it was great. Especially “Greased Lightning” which you could actually hear the audience going nuts.
I played Rizzo in high school. I was bummed that I didn't get Sandy but I ended up loving it! U guys definitely have to Watch Moulin Rouge, Chicago.
Just discovered this channel and it does my aging Gen-X heart good to see some earnest young gentlemen appreciating a 70's movie musical ❤
Tim Conaway (Kenekie) is deceased, as are the principal, her secretary and the coach. I think the mechanics teacher may have died to . Travolta is alive but lost hos son Jett and his wife not too long ago.
42:37 hearing yall do THIS was so wild😭😭
Right? I was like "god, please nooo💀🙅🏽♀️"
@@Laura-xh4yr LMFAO😭
Jeff Conway (Kenickie) was a replacement Danny Zuko on Broadway. Barry Bostwick was the original.
Fun fact: Eddie Deezen, who played "Eugene," voiced one of the "Snap, Crackle and Pop" cereal characters. He also voiced the "know-it-all" in the Christmas movie "The Polar Express."
Many thanks to Zuff, Rob and Bryce! 🏫 That was fun. I hope y'all watch GREASE 2 (1982) someday... and even GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES (2023)!
hell no Grease 2 was god awful, no one should suffer through that
@@Alivviegirl Not everyone agrees with you on that matter.
Cool Riders is so iconic 😩😂👏🏽 I love Grease 2! And the series was much better than I expected!! Can’t wait for a new season!
@@stephanieramirez15 I'm glad you appreciate the sequel and series, Stephanie! Last I heard the series was dropped after the first season... so, unless they find another streaming platform (or regular channel) to pick it up, we might not get anymore of that. But, I agree, the series had a lovely GLEE (2009) flair... in addition to adding more to the lore. I actually worked with the actor who played 'Assistant Principal McGee'. She's brilliant and hilarious. Jackie Hoffman. She also had a scene-stealing bit part in GLASS ONION (2022), which I hope to see Reel-Time react to eventually.
Idk about the series but Grease 2 is great! It’s smaller but still iconic. Cool Rider is a banger.
Rob throughout this movie is me when I watch it. This movie is a childhood favorite of mine even though I grew up in the 2000’s. I’d come home from school and watch it on vhs. Though idk why my parents let me watch it when I was little as it’s not a kids movie lol😂. It’s my favorite musical next to The sound of music.
I first saw Grease when I was five and had the album too, but it wasn't until years later that I actually heard how filthy some of the lyrics are. Clearly my parents didn't hear that either (they hadn't actually seen the movie, I watched it with my older cousins)
Sandra Dee was a movie star back in the 50s... Rizzo is played by Stockard Channing- an amazing- Oscar nominated actress, Emmy and Tony winner, best known for work on the West Wing.
Great reaction guys! It was fun being a girl named Sandy when it came out. We miss you ONJ ❤😢
I had a friend that thought in "You're the one that I want" the first lyric was "I got shoes, they're made of plywood" 🤣
LMAOOOOO
Never heard that one 😭
“You know how it is rockin and rollin and what not” 🤣
An absolute American classic. Top, iconic, no hyperbole
Actually, John Travolta had 6 songs that charted on The Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The duets with Olivia Newton-John and cast on "Summer Nights" (peaked at #5) and his only #1 hit "You're The One That I Want." In 1976, he reached #10 with his hit "Let Her In."
Olivia Newton-John was born in England but her family moved to Australia when she was a little girl and when she came over to the US after winning a singing contest in Australia, her first few hits would on both The Hot 100 Chart but on the Hot Country Singles Chart. She was scared to take on this role because she was 30 years old when they filmed it and it was when she auditioned with John,, he put her at ease and that's how their life-long friendship began. They would do another movie together in 1983 "Two Of A Kind."
Other interesting fact, the day they filmed Stockard CHanning singing "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee" where some of the lyrics references Elvis is the day he actually died in real life.
I just absolutely love whenever Bryce sings it’s so funny and charming. Rob definitely got some pipes on him, giving very much I was in choir
Wayment I can’t believe I forgot to mention Zuff, but that’s because he’s always singing like a fucking angel
As much as I love watching first time reactions, I do wish more people would do re-reactions of films. Singing along with you guys was great 😂
I recommend the movie Chicago, the Sister Act Movies, and Dreamgirls. Great reaction as always!❤
I love Dreamgirls 💃🏽🕺🏽
I absolutely adored this movie as a child. We had the VHS and the vinyl record of the soundtrack, and I would watch and listen to it at least twice a week. All of the content went straight over my head, and even as an adult, there are things I'm just now picking up on. This solidified that high schoolers looked so much older than me when I was little.
Forever a classic ! My mum showed me this when I was like 6 and it was at night, she fell asleep and I remember I got up rewound the vhs to the start and immediately watched it again 🤣
Frankie Avalon played the angel in white in the dream sequence with the girl in the pink hair. He is famous for playing in several teen beach films with Annette Funicello in the mid 60s. Check out "Beach Blanket Bingo".
So, we have officially established that:
1) Rob can sing.
2) Rob's Travolta as Danny Zuko is a very good impression.
3) The crew needs to watch more musicals sonwe can get more Rob singing (I vote for Xanadu and Cabaret).
This was a DELIGHT.
Thank you for what y'all do here - liked and shared.
Astronaut? 🤣🤣 … better than any guess I could think of
The older actors were all famous in their own right. From the Golden Age of Hollywood. From the two office ladies, the coach, the dance show announcer, of course Frankie Avalon, teen idol and beach party movies...Sandra Dee very famous also Troy Donahue in the photo. Lastly the band Sha Na Na in the show became famous from this. This soundtrack LP had alot of great songs including the dance show ones. Loved ur reactions as always 🔥
Iconic classic!! I highly recommend you guys to watch CHICAGO (2002) musical, it has such a good story and amazing performances
It’s amazing!!!! My favorite musical
You need to watch, " *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* "... one of the best movie soundtracks. I bet Robb knows...
rob has such a good voice hold on
rob was killing it🤭
Rizzo is in a ton of movies. Practical magic is something I think you saw.
I'm very impressed with Rob knowing the words to all the songs! ❤
29:22 She performed as Rizzo in the live broadcast TV musical, a mere day after her father passed away. I remember thinking, "THAT'S true professionalism."
I know this movie word for word start to finish. Glad you appreciated it as much as myself.
Sooooo many great times watching this with my friends in high school and college! Members of my senior class performed "We Go Together" for our high school talent show. And this was one of the movies played on the bus when our college choir went on tour, so yeah, full on 4-part harmonies to all the songs! Lol!
Can't beat a great musical. Now we need more musical reactions.
I looooove this movie sooooo much! The songs are just...legendary ! Can you make a video on Grease 2 ???
Now a Grease 2 reaction is a must
Grease was a huge comfort movie of mine when i was a kid. I couldn't possibly count the amount of times i watched it i was obsessed. It might have been partially because of the major crush i had on Rizzo even before i realized im a lesbian lmao. No but the music is so fun and its so enjoyable im glad you guys reacted to it!
Rob was way too good at doing the actors voices, especially John’s singing 😂
The car turned into Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang at the end. That's another musical to watch.
I had no business watching this as a child, but I love this movie
Petition for more reactions where Rob sings pls! Cos I’m already living💅🏼🫶🏼❤️
crazy how ive never felt more attracted to a human being than watching rob know all the words to grease im yearning so bad rn
Rob, you've got a lovely singing voice.
I have a kinda unpopular opinion (at least I think it is) I love the first grease but I am IN LOVE with the second one! Michelle Pheiffer is just amazing! ❤
18:27 - As a certified grease monkey I can confidently say 10,000 parts wouldn’t change his old car into that hot rod- It must’ve been the song.
Grease 2 next you guy will love it
grease is ICONIC. what really makes me sad tho is that it was announced that they did like each other but john mentioned how it never happened because they were seeing different people at the time. that just makes me think about the phrase “right person, wrong time”. ugh i usually don’t like to ship actors who work together but it was something about them that was different and so obvious, even offscreen. i wish it could have been but some things aren’t meant to be. rest in peace olivia 🤍. thanks for the reaction guys