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Well we were certainly two greasy boys for this reaction, temps over 30C in a UK house 🥵

Didn't stop us from having a blast with Danny and Sandy, so get betwixt!

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Janessa Adison

Eeeeeeeeeeeeek, so excited 😊😊😊😊💓

Megan Allabush

As a girl going to get a musical theatre degree I cant wait for this 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

kaykay

Came from a binge of your posts to an insane refresh pull

Michyblue74

It’s bad enough you don’t have air conditioning but is there even a window in that room?? Say the word and I’ll send you an air conditioner 😅😅

Cara

high school musical is now as old as grease was when we were all kids and our parents would talk about it :(

Micah Mann

This will be so fun! What a great movie. My girlfriends and I used to sing these songs in the car while in high school all the time.

Lauren

Ooh… getting hot, greasy & sweaty betwixt the boys has SO many potential jokes to it that I’m short circuiting 😅 Just gonna ignore the intrusive thoughts & side step that entirely - I’m SO excited for this one!! Watched it countless times growing up, had the special edition VHS with a pocket-sized script included which was the first screenplay I ever read & when the DVD came out my family got one that had an adorable fake leather T-Birds jacket cover. Did not get ANY of the innuendos as a kid & I still remember being shocked when I understood the lyrics to Greased Lightning! Always wanted a relationship like Danny & Sandy (minus the smoking… and the harassment in the car…and the being too cool for being honest about your feelings - and I’m sure some other stuff I’m forgetting - but the leather jackets are good! And the breaking out into song. Yes. The ultimate relationship standards 😄 I’ll take those & will just remain hopelessly devoted to my Danny showing up someday.) You best believe I’m gonna be singing along, 🕺🏻 “AWOP BAMMA LOOMBOP!-“

Jessica

I can’t wait to hear Allie sing all of these

StephMurph

Olivia Newton-John was such a good singer! I loved Stockard Channing (Rizzo) as the Fist Lady in the West Wing TV series ❤️

Brittney

Needed this today!

Katie Davis

"Grease is the word, is the word that you heard!" Olivia Newton John was 100% a real singer. Look up some of her songs!

Katie Davis

Yall would absolutely love Little Shop of Horrors from 1986. Musical/horror/comedy.

Priscila

You better put a mobile A/C unit betweex the boys because there’s another heatwave coming next week Friday 😂😭

Logan Craine

No better feeling than putting this on while doing morning chores and seeing time fly by. You guys are awesome

Kate

I’ve been crying for the past 4 hours, my life feels like it’s all falling apart and you guys chose today to upload one of my favorite movies. Feels like I was just meant to watch it, thanks for making me feel better for a little bit lads. Cheers from Oklahoma 🍻

Dani Phantom

right?! i’ll pitch in 😂😭 i can’t imagine a heatwave in the UK

Michyblue74

Exactly lol At the very least a fan, god forbid some ice cubes 😂

Dani Phantom

i am SHOOKETH that you asked what a twinkie is?! i thought that was the USAs most mythical food to outsiders 🤣

Kim Simpson

American Graffiti is a really good movie about that car culture era nostalgia with a great soundtrack and very young Harrison Ford. Thanks guys!

Kate

2020 American graduate here 🙋🏻‍♀️ I can confirm that all these types of movies do set incredibly unrealistic expectations of high school 🤣 I am from the south, I graduated from a big school, our graduating classes alone are usually 3,000+ students and we have multiple rival schools in the area with just about the same amount of students. Football is a HUGE sport here, you’ll see the common joke in movies like this that all the money goes towards football and not academic/artistic side of schooling which is usually true 🥲 we have big rivalry matches with schools nearby, lots of fighting, partying after, we have bands that play during the game and cheerleaders of course. I went to quite a few games, dressed up for multiple spirit days (different dress themes for the school day/football game like all pink, Hawaiian night, favorite team, etc.). Football games are actually some of my favorite memories from school! Dressing up with friends, feeling the excitement at school especially before a big rivalry, we take it all very seriously when we lose you would see students and teachers crying on the sidelines 😅 my school also had a big soccer and softball/baseball following so I went to those games as well. Not all schools are like this in America but the bigger ones usually have a big focus on sporting teams! There are also a lot of amazing college opportunities in America for athletes of all different sports so it is vital that they compete in high school as well to prepare for college!

EEK13

There's a drive-in theatre by my house...We try to see at least one movie a summer there. Very fun and nostalgic.

J H

It’s funny. Almost all of John Travolta’s roles at this stage were high school kids. It’s probably because at the time he was starring in a popular TV sitcom called Welcome Back Kotter which was set in high school. Then he did Carrie and Saturday Night Fever. When Grease came along he was already a huge star and had been nominated for an Oscar for SNF. He was the king at this point. Also the reason most people look too old is because a lot of them originated the role on Broadway and high school kids don’t act in Broadway shows. Same goes for movies really. Working with actual kid actors is a thousand times more difficult. The hours they’re allowed are strict and you need things like tutors on set. It’s not worth the trouble.

Andrés Espinoza

You guys need to watch Saturday night fever. John travolta really dances. Also Olivia newton john is a famous singer. Lots of hits. Look her up

ReyvinHill

I'm so here for this. I need this right now. I'm wondering how much of the actually really raunchy lyrics you'll catch.

meadow anderson

yayy!! such a childhood classic for me. i used to watch the tape on my grandads old tv over and over every few weeks from the ages of like 6-10 i was obsessed. i was so young when i watched it i did not understand the rizzo plotline at all until i watched as an adult. if you excuse all of the weird creepy men and the 40+ year olds playing teenagers it's a perfect movie!

Michelle Berry

The casting off the older actors as Senior's was on purpose, the film was parodying films at tge time & obviously the over the top Campness...yes this was the blueprint to future school movies

ReyvinHill

Oh I needed this today. This made me smile. Don't you love the 30yo high school students? Omg, you guys ... he's John Travolta. He's a dancer. Like for real. That's why he's doing so good.

Ashleep

I thought "it's bad enough you don't have air conditioning but" was going to end in "you don't even know Australian Superstar Olivia Newton-John from "Physical" but you had a much more charitable mindset :D

L

Yall dont have A/C?!

Karen Campbell

Grease came out in 1978, the year after Saturday Night Fever was released and John Travolta was a fantastic dancer. I was 10 in 1978 and my mum took me and a couple of friends to watch Grease. Naturally, all of the adult references went straight over our heads. It was definitely meant to be funny and a bit cringy. Everyone I knew was obsessed with it, a bit like people are with Heated Rivalry and Off Campus this year, I remember going out and buying the singles when the were released. Those were really great times. It's so nice remembering them 🙂 There is a sequel starring Michelle Pfeifer. I liked it as a child but it was truly awful lol Olivia Newton John was 29 when Grease was made. She was reluctant at first to accept the part because she felt shewas too old to pass as an 18 year old. She she had hits in the UK charts in the 70s with Take me home country road and The banks of the Ohio.

J H

Is Olivia Newton John an actual singer?? I almost vomited. Olivia was a huge success in the music industry. After this she actually had the most successful single of the 80’s “Physical”. It was number 1 in the US for 10 weeks and a hit all around the world. She was a singer more than an actress. This was her first big role and they did a screen test because they didn’t know if she could act. They already knew she was a phenomenal singer and were willing to hire her based on that. Lol is she a singer is CRAZY.

Ashleep

The intercom mentions were mostly to set up the "Vice President Richard Nixon" joke because Grease was set during the 50s/60s transition but filmed 20 years later. Any Eleanor Roosevelt mention is a good mention! IMO one of the most impactful and worthy Americans ever. Chaired the committee that drafted the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and held press conferences exclusively for female journalists. Fave quote reflecting on WWII: "When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?"

ReyvinHill

I have three window units I can't take on my cross country move that I'd send if shipping costs wouldn't kill me.

Ashleep

ANYWAY I remember watching Grease during middle school sleepovers and I knew it was a bit risqué but soooo much of it went over my head; "it'll make the girls cream" is WILD I must've thought they were saying "scream"

Ashleep

:/ Wishing you the best, Kate! <3

Arubafanatic

It's usually the popular kids and jocks who romanticize HS. It's usually the time of first love, so people get nostalgic. Remember hindsight is 20/20.

Arubafanatic

Don't forget Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees produced/wrote the soundtrack. This movie also was responsible for the resurgence of Frankie Valli's career who had been famous in the 60s. He had great hits in the late 70s thanks to Grease.

JB2472

I think there is a massive business opportunity to get AC into Britain and Europe. The summer heat isn't going to stop. Mind you, as an Aussie, I do have to say I find it a little bit funny that 30c is considered 'hot'.

William F Tulloch

One important thing to remember is that Grease is based on a stage show that was a satire of 50s teen movies, so having 30+ old actors playing high school students and the racy lyrics were part of the joke. Then they made the movie as a straight forward nostalgia piece about the 50s, but kept the casting and the songs. And it made a bazillion dollars (insert shoulder shrug). I was 11 when it came out, and of course we didn't understand the more "adult" lyrics, but how my parents didn't notice, as we blasted the soundtrack for the upteenth time, I'll never know.

Arubafanatic

The other blond photo on Rizzos wall was Tab Hunter, another studio's version of James Dean. He never rose to huge fame, but he was well known.

Arubafanatic

The guy who sings to Frenchie is Frankie Avalon who was a famous singer in the 50s/60s.

Lucinda Michel

Would you consider watching Practical Magic closer to Halloween? Especially since the sequel is coming out in November?

Sandra Mills

Thrilled to sit betwixt for this one, it was so popular when I was growing up - it had a bit of resurgence when it got a VHS release and seemed to cause a major 1950s craze in the mid 90s. The Grease megamix was a staple of any dance! I knew you guys would get a kick out of the 25 - 40 year old high schoolers, and be (rightfully) horrified by the pestiness of the fellas. It is based on a stage musical, and a lot of the songs were changed/updated for the movie. Hopelessly Devoted and Sandy were written for the movie to capitalize on Olivia Newton John's fame as a singer, and showcase John Travolta properly. Grease and You're the One That I Want were also written for the film. Most stage productions use these songs now so they don't disappoint audiences. If you can find it, NBC did a live version of the show in 2016 starring Aaron Tveit, Julianne Hough, and Vanessa Hudgens that I highly recommend.

HeyKitty5

I'm sorry, I cannot get past the Gandalf comparison LOL

Nick

Woohoo! Dan's legs are back!

Arubafanatic

John Travolta was a hugely popular teen idol before the landed Saturday night fever. He was the most popular cast member of Welcome Back Kotter and then was in a well received TV movie, "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble" co-starred with Glynnis O'Connor who was big on TV in the 70s. He landed the role in Carrie starring Sissy Spacek. His big breakout was Saturday Night Fever for which he earned an Oscar nomination. He went on to Grease and Urban Cowboy 🤠 which highlighted his dancing skills. He disappeared through the '80s but his career rebounded with Tarantino's Pulp Fiction in 1994 (excellent movie and would love you guys to react).

Arubafanatic

Is this a reference to Kevin, the dragon in TJ KLune's Tales from Verania series?

ScientificallyStupidJess

I'm THRILLED that I was here for the genesis of Jack's "Greaser Phase". RE: questions about Drive In Movies- in the past (I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark in a drive-in when I was very small) there were specific places to park, designated by poles with a speaker hanging on the pole. You were supposed to roll your window down partway and take the speaker off the pole and hang it off your window. It had a hook to attach it and a long wire so it could reach the car. Now, you use your radio, which is very cool. When you roll into the drive-in, they give you a specific radio station you can tune into and that's what the movie plays on. Sometimes if you're driving by, you can tune into the movie as you pass on the road. Or you can pick the movie up with a radio antenna! They're fun (and the fact of it usually being a double feature makes it really cool), but the enjoyment has worn off a lot for me because of the ridiculously large vehicles people use these days, at least in the US. They park anywhere they like and block the view of the screen for smaller vehicles. I don't even have a really small one (a Honda CR-V) but I've had my view blocked by things like a Ford Excursion or a lifted pickup truck.

ScientificallyStupidJess

Kate, sending you gentle hugs and I hope things are looking up for you. Maybe if you're ever in NY you can sit on my couch and my husband, dog and I can feed you ice cream and commiserate.

ScientificallyStupidJess

same, here in New York that's just an average July or Augut(or even the odd May or June) day.

WUStLBear82

They hire older actors to play teenagers because after the classic Hollywood era California made laws about how many hours actual teenagers could work per day, only at certain times of day when filming might have to take place at night, presence of a parent or chaperone during filming, on-set school attendance, etc. “Dingleberry” is actually slang for a bit of excrement that gets stuck in your anal hair. Yes, Olivia Newton-John was an actual pop star; think of her as my generation’s Kylie Minogue. Sandra Dee, Doris Day, and other people mentioned were movie stars of the 1950s. Frenchie’s angel was Frankie Avalon, who was a teen idol and star of many “beach movies” of the late 1950s and early 1960s such as Beach Blanket Bingo, Muscle Beach Party, Beach Party, Bikini Beach, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, and Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine.

Spot Allen

We need a second audio track which replaces all the music with Ally's version. Of course this will require her to sing the whole thing. ;)

Kate

You guys gotta do more musicals man - your reactions are the best lol. Fiddler On The Roof, Sound of Music, Hairspray (but the original from 1988 is better than the 2007 musical), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Cabaret.

Jack Reacts

Oh, you know i am 100% floating this idea over to her immediately 😂

Jack Reacts

Thanks for all the insight! Make so much sense now knowing about the laws surroundig the hours teenagers could work. Oh no, Dingleberry... i thought that was just his name! 😅 And you could just tell, she was incredible in this movie, a real standout performance from her!

Jack Reacts

I like to think Ian McKellen took some inspiration from that scene 😂

Clayton Bockman

Absolutely loved it boys! But dam. Its kinda devastating you didn't know anything about Olivia Newton-John. But hey we kinda like you so we'll forgive you ❤️

Tre

i really want to see you guys watch legally blonde the musical fr

Riley Martin

Fun fact about Sandy’s final outfit they had to SEW her into it

Desiree Slaten

Grease is always so much fun!! This made my day. I hope you guys end up watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 🤞🤞

Brooke Morgan

I was just getting ready to explain all of this, but I decided to read comments first and I’m glad I did.

Brooke Morgan

This was my suggestion and it was fun to sing along once again and I really enjoyed your reaction. I must have seen this movie at least 100 times and I’ve never once considered how inappropriate it is in today’s times. I just sing along and laugh. As a Gen X’er, the things said and done were normal but now it is so outrageous to even think about saying and doing some of these things. I still love it but I can definitely see how this would be hard to understand for the generations after us.

Mallory

I too will chip in for AC for the boys

Rebecca Harrelson

I’ve been thinking about you guys in the AWFUL heat. It’s hot in Chicago too but certainly not as bad and we have window ac units. Let us know how we can help!!

Teej

During the summer, I direct youth theatre with high school and college age kids. We do a musical every summer. Our covid year, we couldn’t do a full show, so we decided to do a 50s revue with songs from musicals that take place in the 50s. It was a smaller group of kids and each one got a solo number. One girl got Hopelessly Devoted and I was working with her to stage it. I tend not to sing too much in front of my kids, but I was helping her with her belt and I just sang it, and she was like, “Oh my god! I was not prepared.” 🤣 She said, “I had no idea you could sing like that!” 🤣🤣

Neva Cervantez

lol here in Texas it just reached 40 degrees Celcius (103 Fahrenheit) and my car doesn't have air conditioning 💀also, Jack&Dan, I love how you are always backing up the women. Such gentlemen!!

Thomas Hanlon

Don't forget jack and Dan lol insidious is making a new movie out in October this year I think so u will be caught up on franchise after 2 more movies I think 🤔 also can u continue all of the scream reactions as I think u only done 2 of them

Kate

@Ashleep @ScientificallyStupidJess thank you guys so much, feeling better after the weekend and trying to stay positive! 🥲 my husband, my 1 yr old, and myself are having to move out of my in laws house sooner than expected after moving in to pay off debt and getting back on our feet. Trying to find childcare and a job and a place to live in the next few weeks 😵‍💫

Charlie

With new generations discovering Grease, I think a few things have gotten lost with the passage of time. Yes, there are definitely a lot of things that have aged very poorly (e.g. “did she put up a fight”) but not only was the movie a product of its time, it was also intentionally shining a glaring light on the era in the film (1950s). The movie was filmed in 1978 but the original stage show opened in 1971. And it was much much darker in tone than the film. Ultimately, Grease has always been a satire. It was meant to intentionally make fun of the popular teen romances of the 1950s, but also highlight the hypocrisy of how Hollywood uses nostalgia to romanticize and sanitize that period of time. The film is intentionally much more campy and exaggerated, which is why a lot of people have difficulty recognizing it as a satire. But it was brilliantly executed, imo. Once you know about its satirical intentions, it’s fun to go back and rewatch the film to catch all the jokes and jabs. People in the US especially have a tendency to romanticize the 1950s as this wholesome, clean-cut era, when the truth is much much darker. Grease perfectly highlights this hypocrisy, but does it in a fun way. It flips a lot of tropes on their head (e.g. good girl “fixing” the bad boy) and draws your attention to the realities of teenage life, which has always been full of identity crises, sexual exploration, resisting the status quo, etc. The campy, over-the-top production, casting older actors, etc., was all meant to draw attention to the absurdities of nostalgia. It’s all ironic now, of course, since today’s audiences (at least those of my generation) feel nostalgic about this movie and how we grew up watching it. If you want another great satirical movie that jabs at this time period, you should check out Cry-Baby. It came out in 1990 and was directed by John Waters, so it’s definitely campy, but it’s very well done.

MyDarkPassenger

I didnt even go to prom. High school sucked. 😅

marieleelee

Ya know growing up I thought the same thing about how Grease romanticized the High School experience. My High School did not go as big as Rydell did in terms of school spirit but it wasn’t too far off 😅 for our senior day we even had carnival rides and a photo booth and a mechanical bull. Our football games were huge too because we had a rivalry team in the town over. And we were a high school in the middle of CA where it was just fields of crops and farming communities. I imagine things were even bigger in other places. I think American movies romanticize High School because there is some truth to it.

Shannon Turner

John Travolta was a superb dancer. And Olivia Newton-John was a phenomenal singer.

Ashley Wilson

Unpopular opinion: I actually really enjoy Grease 2! If you think of it as a stand alone it’s actually great lol

Abbey ✌🏻

They need to watch Hairspray now 😂

Ashley Tobin

I don’t think I’ve seen this in well over a decade but I can still quote every word

Tiffany_Lauren

John Travolta is a natural dancer. Saturday Night Fever was his first big movie & when Discos became popular, Stayin Alive was the sequel to that movie. He dances some in Urban Cowboy as well.

Sophie C

obligatory personal lore drop - the blonde woman in the blue tied tank that did the penguin dance in the final number was a dance instructor of mine that lived about 8 houses from me and I went to high school with her kids lmao loved your reaction!

Mary K

I like how the subtitles just give up in the last song

Kris

I wish I hadn't read the comment about Dingleberry until after I watched the whole reaction 😂 too funny 🤣

Scribe31oz

You guys made my night, laughed my ass to your reactions. The guardian angel was Frankie Avalon who was a teen idol, his leading lady was the Annette they keep mentioning and the slaughter coach is Sid Caesar, a comedy legend in that period.

WV Productions UK

That was really fun to watch along with you guys. I have seen this film countless times, seen the musical in London twice, and I am even one of the few that like Grease 2. Please do more musicals :)

Kelly Harrison

Now yall HAVE to watch the OG West Side Story

Louisa

How dare you say that to us! I’m just 30 somethin’ teenager 😩

Cara

ISNT IT A TERRIBLY THOUGHT IM BARELY 17 MENTALLY😂😂

Scribe31oz

Grease 2 is excellent.

Lindsey R

Olivia NJ was actually reported as being insecure about how good of a dancer John travolta is! She was worried esp in the last song with how much his hips can move haha he’s famous for that move

G S

(30:23) I'm sorry, but...... DO YOU BOYS NOT KNOW WHAT TWINKIES ARE??? I am absolutely flabbergasted. This is an insane element of culture for you to be missing.

Kara DJ

I’ve seen this movie so many times in my 35 years of life lol. My favorite thing to do now is watch the background dancers and actors. They are KILLING IT and so underrated

Tyra

Yeah I had to subscribe on patreon bc I couldn’t wait for this to release on YouTube 🤣 this is one of my all time favorites!!

Claudia

YES I NEED THEM TO WATCH LITTLE SHOP

Tylerdurden97

Does anyone else think Dan look a bit like John Travolta? 🤣 Also Rizzo is the best character hands down 🩷🩷🩷

sereiiin

i need a hairspray reaction immediately

hails

“that’s the did she put up a fight guy” “fuck oh” i cannot stop laughing

JB2472

I saw this for the first time at around 10yrs old on VHS. It was huge. I went to high school in the 80s and our Musical Theatre class put on a production of it in 1986. My parents went to high school in the 50s so I understood a lot of the cultural references because it was set only 30 years before I was at school and it's now 40yrs since I was. A lot of the behaviour of the boys and girls you see wasn't very much different from my experience then. I agree through a modern lens some of it looks dreadful but it goes to show how much we've progressed.

Kathrine Bakke

Right! I was laughing the whole time, I couldn’t tell if they were just joking or if they actually believed his name was dingleberry 😂

Hazard Girl

I always felt that Sandy's transformation at the end was also about the friends she'd made, which were all the 'delinquents' including Danny, since she stares at them longingly when they celebrate the race.

Mister Beard

May be an unpopular opinion, but I like Grease 2 much better than Grease.

Pier Brown

I feel like Vince Fontaine comes off SO much worse in the UK. He’s essentially jimmy saville 😬

Sam

I’m in my late 30s and these people still look older than me I swear to God lmao

brittany

this is absolutely a completely normal question. I'm 33 and grew up watching this movie, but I also listened to a lot of older music, so I was aware of that. but on the other hand my 33 year old sister probably doesn't know that even though she's seen this a million times too. I have four, 25 year old cousins who saw this movie dozens of times too and I am positive none of them know she was a real singer. Jack and Dan are definitely younger than 33 and had never seen this... so not sure why they would know that!

J H

Olivia Newton John wasn’t just a singer, she was a massive star. I’m aware of plenty of singers who were before my time because their music lives on. Janis Joplin died well before I was born but I know she was a singer because you absorb info as you live on the planet. Karen Carpenter was before my time but I know who she is. Either way I’m not judging them, I was just really shocked because of how huge of a star she was for decades. To not know she was a singer seemed odd. Especially since she was British/Australian and very big in the UK as well as the US.

Sorina Radu

This movie is even wilder than I remember 😭😭 this was fun!

Amanda Montanez

As far as some of the themes and jokes, it doesn’t really “hold up,” but even so this musical is still so nostalgic for me! 💜

Jolene Cochran

I'd love to also see you guys react to Moulin Rouge!

KbearMcYumYum

omg so glad for global warming fr. jack and dan looking so good sheeesh 🥵

Adam G

seconded! <3

Danielle Bergmann

The plot truly isn't that great, but the vibes are (for the most part) so great that it never fails to uplift me. I pop this movie on when my mom is in a deep funk. When she left a bad situation as a teenager, I believe she saw this movie on her own and loved it. So it means a lot to her. The actress who plays Rizzo is really good. I love her in The West Wing I will say, the romanticized American High school is such a movie thing. High school is pretty normal here. Based on what I've heard from you Brits, it seems like the biggest difference IS probably sports?

Rhiannon

I really like Grease and am nostalgic in growing up with iconicness of it, but over the years rewatching as an adult its become a favourite every time I learn a bit more because of the nuance and parody of it. They mention so many things that just get ignored (like real life i guess) like the gang related stuff, Marty getting spiked by the TV guy, Jan talking about dieting (cause thats the TV version of being fat) all darker teen issues the original play probably highlighted Also Stockard Channing as Rizzo gets me everytime in the feels 🥲

kayla

Also from Oklahoma! i hope your life has been a little bit better, and things are going okay for you!🫶🏻

Mary Owens

Olivia Newton John was an actual singer before actress.

Mary Owens

John Travolta was a dancer before becoming a movie star.

Mary Owens

Just so y'all know, high schools here in America are not like this lol.