sandy’s outfit at the end is so iconic. the pants were so tight they had to be sewn onto her and she wasn’t even able to use the bathroom all day. but she looked incredible.
They didn’t tell the actress who plays Frenchie the guardian angel in Beauty School Drop Out was going to be played by Frankie Avalon to get her legitimate reaction and awe. He was a huge teen heart throb of the 60’s.
@@RedRoseSeptember22 She was first diagnosed in 1992, and then it returned in 2013, and again in 2017, when it metastasized to her bones. She died on August 8, 2022, at the age of 73.
Fun fact: Hopelessly Devoted was filmed after the movie had wrapped! They brought Olivia Newton John in to give her a solo because it was in her contract and it’s my absolute favorite!! The only song in the movie to be nominated for an Oscar!
" The door wouldn't of knocked him out " Hell yeah it would😳 The doors from the 50' s probably weighted a ton. Heck my neighbor's U-Haul truck ran into my 1990' s Bonneville & my car 🚗 wasn't damaged but the Uhaul fender was dented . Old cars were made out of heavy metal 😄
Olivia Newton-John was only in a handful of movies, and Grease is by far the one most associated with her. She was first and foremost an amazing and beloved singer, with four Grammy Awards and record sales of more than 100 million albums. She had 15 top-10 singles, and 14 of her albums have been certified as gold or platinum. To this day, the Grease soundtrack remains one of the world’s best-selling albums (and fifth best-selling movie soundtrack of all time). She fought breast cancer three times, the last of which took her life last year.
Sandra Dee was a famous blonde actress from the 50's and 60's. She was known for "good girl" roles. She was married to pop singer and actor Bobby Darrin. The song "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" is mocking Sandy's good girl image like Sandra Dee. You should watch some of her films, "If a Man Answers," 1962(co-starring her husband Bobby Darrin),"Imitation of Life" (1959), "That Funny Feeling," "Gidget," "Tammy and the Doctor," "A Summer Place."
Kinicki got knocked out by the door of car made in an age where those doors were super heavy steel, not fiberglass. It would most certainly knock him out. John and his family were pretty devastated by her passing. They remained friends all that time. ONJ was a pretty special human, a kind soul.
Love this one. I always thought it was funny watching Sweeney Todd's bonus features and hearing them talk about not knowing Johnny Depp could sing. Like did everyone even him black out during the entirety of Cry Baby?
Rizzo is played by Stockard Channing, who most people know for playing the First Lady on The West Wing. Olivia Newton-John was mostly a pop singer. She made another musical besides this, Xanadu, and a few rom-coms. They have a bunch of 1950s stars in cameos - comedian Sid Caesar was the coach, actress Eve Arden was the principal, teen idol Frankie Avalon sang Beauty School Dropout.
"Singing In The Rain" was a great musical, my favorite one is "Hello, Dolly!" 😉😉 starring Barbara Streisand, Walter Mathou, Michael Crawford, Danny Lockin, Tommy Tune, Fritz Feld, Marianne McAndrew, E.J. Peaker and Louis Armstrong…
Not sure if anyones mentioned yet, but if we're talking musicals you've got to check out Little Shop of Horrors. The main chorus lines are sang by a 3 girl group with Pam and Gina (from Martin) and another queen 🤎 the main characters are Rick Morani and Ellen Greene, a dynamic singing duo!
When you said you never heard of Olivia Newton-John she was mostly a singer back in the late 70s or 80s. One of her biggest hits was a song called Physical back then that she recorded. She did pass away from cancer. She was a very talented singer and occasional actress.
Musicals to watch: Chicago, Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Les Misérables, Stephen Speilberg's West Side Story, Mamma Mia, Rent, Oklahoma, Sound of Music, Dreamgirls, Fiddler on the Roof, and most definitely, Hamilton. I love musicals. If I weren't in a wheelchair, I would have tried to make it on Broadway. I've been lucky enough to see MANY shows on Broadway, including Jersey Boys, which I forgot to add to my list up there haha. There are a ton of musicals to watch, and I hope you get to most of them!!
My favorite one is "Hello, Dolly!" 😉😉 starring Barbara Streisand, Walter Mathou, Michael Crawford, Danny Lockin, Tommy Tune, Fritz Feld, Marianne McAndrew, E.J. Peaker and Louis Armstrong… but others I know about is the OG version of "A Star Is Born" starring Judy Garland(known for her role in "The Wizard Of Oz" as Dorothy)…
As an Aussie I want to spread the name of Olivia Newton John. A classy lady and awesome human. John Farnham and Anthony Warlow and Jon English are others to check out. So annoyed that most of our talent gets stolen by Britain or America cause no one takes Aussie attempts at art seriously.
To me.. this is THE BEST musical ever made! I really hope you give "Grease 2" a shot.. I actually love that one too! Great music and a very young Michelle Pfeiffer.. what more do ya need! lol
And the amazing songs of ELO as well. I had the double album on vinyl back in the day. And legwarmers to wear with my rollerskates. And barrettes with beads and ribbons hanging off them because of that movie.
@bridgethaines7127 me too!!! ❤🥰❤ I actually had an extended encyclopedia for kids that had a Greek mythology section in it that helped me figure out who the 9 muses were!!
Some of the greatest classic Broadway musicals that might be of interest to a young person today because they all focus on various socio-cultural groups, tensions and strife between groups, their struggles and challenges. These are also some of the most beautifully scripted, composed and choreographed musicals ever to be adapted to film, IMHO, and all with stellar casts: West Side Story (1961), My Fair Lady (1964), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Porgy and Bess (1959), The King and I (1956), Hair (1979) and South Pacific (1958). I think you would get a lot of views on all of these.
This is my favorite movie musical of all time. My father and I would watch this still to this day whenever it came on,I would dance with him when I was young and still to this day. He watched it recently and cried because he remembered me when I was little bit we sing the songs to this day. I was raised on 80’s and 50’s movies so it’s a special part in my heart.
Great reaction! And yes, Olivia Newton John was iconic in this movie. I own this movie and a few other great musicals---Annie (the original 1992 version) and The Sound of Music with Julie Andrews, both of which I think you might enjoy. The scene where Sandy and Danny drive off into the sunset as the car raises into the clouds, and she looks over her shoulder and waves goodbye 👋🏽 man that hit so different when I watched it after hearing of her passing. It still low-key makes me weepy---but in a "I'm so glad I was able to enjoy you and your wonderful gift of music while you were here" kind of way. Rest in peace to a beautiful woman with a beautiful voice.🙏🏽💕
Do you mean the 1982 version for Annie? Cause I was legit thinking about this movie. I used to watch it almost every other day growing up and Ill still randomly burst out into a song from it. Man what a throwback. 🖤
@@atmorb Hello, good morning 🌞 and YES, I absolutely DID mean 1982, I have no idea why it says 1992 🤔🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ because I'm definitely old enough to know when the original came out lol! And I agree, it's an amazing musical that I've caught myself giggling about or randomly singing as well. Carol Burnett was HILARIOUS!! (** sings in broken, off key tunes while sipping out of flask** "🎵 LiTtLe liTtLe LittLe liTTle 🎵" lmao 🤣)
Olivia was a country singer, grew up in Australia, born in the UK, her songs crossed over to pop. She thought she was too old for this movie, but John Travolta came in person to convince her. She was also in Xanadu. She had 4 fights with cancer, and raised a lot of money for a cancer hospital in aussie, and one in California.
Here's an interesting bit of trivia, the day that the bad Sandy scene was filmed was in the middle of summer in Los Angeles and the temperature was over 100 degrees. Olivia Newton John didn't drink anything the hole day because the zipper on those black leather pants was broken so she was literally sown into them. She was worried about having to use the restroom so she didn't drink anything.
The slap during the dance was a French Apache(said apachee I think) dance. Cha Cha was dress in a French cancan dress. That style of dancing trended in the 50's. The dance imitates 2 lovers fighting. The woman is hit, and sometimes she gets dragged away caveman style. Also, the hand jive was a real song and dance.
I was in high school when this came out and I loved it. I still do. It's just fun. I think a musical to watch is Burlesque with Cher and Christina Aguilera. It is super corny , but the music is amazing. They both have voices that are out of this world good..
The principal was played by Eve Arden who hadher own tv show in the 50s -- Our Miss Brooks. The guy singing Beauty School Dropout is Frankie Avalon from the beach party movies in the 60s.
I don’t know all your reactions but if you like this you would also like Dirty Dancing. Those were my top movies from those time period. I grew up watching these movies. Also if you want to watch a modern musical Pitch Perfect series are my favorite.
I was eight years old when my parents took me, my brother Danny and my cousin Sandy (living with us at the time) to the movie theater to see Grease when it came out in 1978. We went in blind; there were no advertisers or reviewers and no one screened the movies early to tell everyone about it back then. My dad decided we were going bowling and to the movies that weekend so that’s what we all did as a family. They let me, Sandy (8) and Danny (11) sit in the front row by ourselves for the first time; the rows of seating were nearly identical to baseball stadium seats except for the addition of a thin hiney cushion. Should have seen the looks I gave to my brother and cousin when I saw the characters names pop up on the ginormous screen. It was the most surreal moment of my young life. The movie was hilarious and I watched it many times when it was released on HBO, Showtime and the networks. John Travolta’s swag walk makes me laugh every single time.
This came out when I was a high school band, choir, theater geek. My friends and I would pop this album on during lunch in the band room and dance and sing along. Such good memories!
An interesting story but pure fiction. No school would let their students eat lunch in the band room. And they certainly wouldn't allow pop albums in the middle of lunch. I think it's time you told the truth.
@trhansen3244 LOL... guess you grew up in a different situation than me, because we were absolutely allowed to use the sound system in both the band and choir rooms both during lunch and after school while waiting for play or marching band rehearsals to start at 4pm. But this was back in the 70's and yeah, it probably wouldn't happen today.
Theory is that Sandy died at the beginning of the movie on the beach. The whole rest of the movie was Danny's dream. Hence the corny flying car at the end. HMMMM
Great reaction, as usual. If you're going to continue your musical journey, you definitely have to see " The Wiz ". It's a musical adaptation of the wizard of oz, with Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson. Definitely one of the best musicals ever made. You won't be disappointed.
I used to watch this movie with my mum everytime they showed up on tv and it's still my favourite memory together. Also, I think you should react to Dirty Dancing and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Both of them are like a peak in the musical movies history 👌🏻
Since you were asking about during the movie... "Mooning" was the practice of baring your behind and pressing it against a window of a car as you drive by people. And in this movie, they covered their heads during the dance so they couldn't be identified on TV.
You should check out the series as well. The series is set 4 years before the first Grease and tells how the Pink Ladies were formed. It's amazing! Shame it was canceled, but it an amazing production.
Olivia was a popular country artist in the 70s and released a pop album in the early 80s. The title track, Physical, is the biggest single of the 1980s. She was also given a State funeral in Australia when she died last year.
Great Reaction! RIP Olivia Newton John!!! #HOPELESSLYDEVOTED. You young people would never understand the ways we grew in the 70’s but still luv ya for trying ❤️
That says it nicely! Mr. Flicks appears to be a very nice young man, but how unfortunate not to know until now who Olivia Newton-John is!! Such an icon for nearly 50 years at this point! Have to give Mr. Flicks props for viewing it so openly and positively! August 8, 2022 = sad, sad day!! #RIPOLIVIANEWTONJOHN
My parents were in their early twenties when they had my oldest sister. My mom was 20, and my dad was 23. But, yeah, you're right not everyone is in their thirties and start to have kids at that age. It's perfectly okay to be younger and have kids.
Fun fact in the broadway musical Rizzo isn't making fun of sandy during look at me am Sandra dee she was pointing out the irony about people who are seen as a pure and innocent but are still over s*xualized and how Sanda dee (whos a real actress) was only putting on an act. Sandy assumes that Rizzo is talking about her. Also, the song "You're the one that I want " is meant to be an agreement between the two to have Danny respect sandy. She didn't change herself for Danny. She dressed that was to get his attention to be like, "Look at what you're missing out on." I love this movie
Grease is one of my top 5 favorite movies for sure, it’s absolutely iconic and so, so nostalgic to me 🥰 Rest in peace, miss Olivia ❤️ I hope you react to Grease 2, as well. it’s not very highly praised lol and it’s not a sequel by any means, it’s an entirely different cast, and it’s not nearly as good, but it’s almost a “so bad, it’s good/fun” type of movie.
The movie was filmed in 1978, but set in the 1950's...not sure if he caught that. So, this would have been school from 70 YEARS AGO...whoa, let that sink in!
@@mrflickswatches a lot of people on here kind of adopt a “TH-cam voice” that isn’t authentic. It’s like very over expressive lol. But you just seem like you’re being yourself and that’s refreshing lol
What he gave her is a class ring. it usually meant that they were going steady. Other ways of basically the same thing would be to give the girlfriend their varsity jacket. So to get a class ring would be a big deal as it was his way of saying, you are the one I want to go steady with. got to remember, this is the 50s. Way different time.
If you wanna go to a party like that, google swing dancing in your area, that’s what they’re doing. After most swing dancing classes there will be a “social” dance, meaning anyone is invited (for a small fee, around here it’s $5-15). There’s at least three every week where I live, at different spots too - and the classes here are usually free or cheap (and I’m in Denver, a moderately expensive city). Most people wear 1920s-1950s inspired aesthetics, it’s a grand ole time. I strongly suggest taking at least one class before going to a social, mostly for your own comfort and ability. Even if all you remember from class is the basic step, it’s so much fun to practice with and learn from others. Even just watching others dance is *so* inspiring. Swing dancing is where it’s at, and there’s a community in almost every city. Have fun
Rizzo is my favourite in this. She is in the epitome of hard shell gooey insides. Her song "There are Worse Things I Can Do" is also my favourite song in this. I love the vulnerability of it.
Olivia Newton-John was a HUGE singer. She was born in England, raised in Australia and originally came to the US & had hit songs on the Billboard Country Singles chart. Her "first" huge hit was "I Honestly Love You" that hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1974. There was a huge age difference in this movie as she was 30 years old (playing a high school senior) when this was released & became life-long friends with John Travolta (they would do another movie together in 1983 called "Two Of A Kind"). "Hopelessly Devoted To You" was specifically written for her to sing in this movie (it hit #3 on the Hot 100 Chart). "Summer Nights" peaked at #5 & "You're The One I Want" went to #1. Olivia had the biggest song of the entire decade for the 1980s, when the biggest hit of her career, "Physical" went to #1 and stayed there for 10 consecutive weeks at the end of 1981 to the beginning of 1982. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and originally defeated it with her going into remission but sadly it came back and it was what eventually took her life in 2022 just about a month and half shy of her 74th birthday.
I remember my mum showed me this when I was like 5/6 and it was on vhs. As soon as the movie ended I rewound it back to the start and watched it all over again 🤣
Hair gel? They're not wearing gel, they're wearing grease - thus the movie's name. And they didn't know cigarettes were bad for you back in the 1950s. The problem in the first place was not that Danny was ashamed of Sandy, the problem is that he was trying to act cool in front of his friends - being cool in the 1950s meant, you didn't get overly excited about things and, if you were a guy, you especially didn't get overly excited over a chick; and if you were a girl, you were the kind of girl who didn't say no (though that meant you had a bad reputation). The 50s were pretty misogynistic. why are you talking about 70s and 80s parties? The movie was made in the 70s but takes place in the 50s.
Enjoyed your reaction. Sandy (Olivia) died of cancer at age 73. Some of my favorite musicals are Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserable (Hugh Jackman), Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Depp), La La Land,
Musical suggestion agreement: Singin’ in the Rain. It’s SO much fun, and iconic for a reason. The dancing and performances and over the fucking top amazing, impressive, athletic, all the things. And the singing is so beautiful.
I love this movie musicals are one of my favorite genres and my favorite character is between Frenchie and Rizzo I sing there are worst things I could do a lot it’s one of my go to songs for karaoke night this was such a great reaction I just recently watched cry-baby it’s really good that’s one I’d like to see you and your lady watch together or Chicago if you haven’t seen it 🫶🏽🍿🔥
I was 9 years old when i saw grease when it originally came out in the movie theaters in 1978. Saw it with my then best friend, a fellow fanatic about the movies. We talked, read, ate, drank, and slept the movies. And we went to the movies together once a week for a lot of years from the 1970s-1980s. There was no particular reason we went to see Grease. We tried to see all the new movies coming out as much as we could regardless of the genre (he loved horror movies, i preferred comedies), plot, critics reviews, or who starred in it. And Grease just happened to be one of the new movies that just came out. I dont exactly recall my friends reaction (except that he was very much amused by the Greased Lightning number), but i loved it right from the very first viewing. It quickly became my number one favorite movie. The fact that actors in their 20s-30s were portraying teenaged high school seniors didnt faze me in the least. Because to my 9 year old eyes, in real life, teenaged high school seniors were grown up people. Practically adults. So, seeing adults in their 20s-30s portray teens in the movie, i really couldnt tell the difference at the time. You wouldn’t think that a movie such as Grease would appeal to a 9 year old boy, but it did. Being raised in an abusive, dysfunctional household, it managed to hit me in the very right places at the very right time. So, I say to the actors and the behind the camera crew of Grease, from the bottom of the heart of an abused boy, thank you all very, very much.
What a lovely reaction! I just found you, and you have a new subscriber. I saw Grease about seven times in the theater when I was 8 years old back in the day and it was just the biggest movie the world had ever seen. And, John Travolta was devastated as we all were when Olivia passed and he gave a special little tribute to her at the Oscars this year. She really didn't do many films but was a fantastic singer and this film was enough to make her a legend forever. ❤
I have to be honest, growing up, I knew there were innuendos, but I forgot how many there actually were. And when I was a kid, I had a thing for Frenchie and Marty Maraschino. They weren't Topanga, Kelly Kapowski, Brandy, Monica, Myra from Family Matters, Mya or the middle daughter from Step By Step, but it's hard to beat a 90s girl.
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sandy’s outfit at the end is so iconic. the pants were so tight they had to be sewn onto her and she wasn’t even able to use the bathroom all day. but she looked incredible.
Lol is this a true fact?
@@regulator9268 that’s what i read somewhere! if you look closely you can’t see a zipper on them anywhere
@@regulator9268it is a true fact, olivia newton john was sewed into her iconic leather pants
Lol that's wild
Fun fact: the pants for the carnival scene were vintage, actually FROM the 50’s. The zipper broke, so they sewed Sandy into the pants!
They didn’t tell the actress who plays Frenchie the guardian angel in Beauty School Drop Out was going to be played by Frankie Avalon to get her legitimate reaction and awe. He was a huge teen heart throb of the 60’s.
Olivia Newton John is the woman who passed away. She died of breast cancer. After 8 year long battle. She was diagnosed in 1992.
If she was diagnosed in '92 then that would be way more than 8 years.
She'd been fighting it for more than 8 years. This last battle was 8 years.
@@RedRoseSeptember22 She was first diagnosed in 1992, and then it returned in 2013, and again in 2017, when it metastasized to her bones. She died on August 8, 2022, at the age of 73.
@@IBGECKO😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭 she was really good actress for sure!!
Fun fact: Hopelessly Devoted was filmed after the movie had wrapped! They brought Olivia Newton John in to give her a solo because it was in her contract and it’s my absolute favorite!! The only song in the movie to be nominated for an Oscar!
" The door wouldn't of knocked him out " Hell yeah it would😳 The doors from the 50' s probably weighted a ton. Heck my neighbor's U-Haul truck ran into my 1990' s Bonneville & my car 🚗 wasn't damaged but the Uhaul fender was dented . Old cars were made out of heavy metal 😄
Olivia Newton-John was only in a handful of movies, and Grease is by far the one most associated with her. She was first and foremost an amazing and beloved singer, with four Grammy Awards and record sales of more than 100 million albums. She had 15 top-10 singles, and 14 of her albums have been certified as gold or platinum. To this day, the Grease soundtrack remains one of the world’s best-selling albums (and fifth best-selling movie soundtrack of all time). She fought breast cancer three times, the last of which took her life last year.
Sandra Dee was a famous blonde actress from the 50's and 60's. She was known for "good girl" roles. She was married to pop singer and actor Bobby Darrin. The song "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" is mocking Sandy's good girl image like Sandra Dee. You should watch some of her films, "If a Man Answers," 1962(co-starring her husband Bobby Darrin),"Imitation of Life" (1959), "That Funny Feeling," "Gidget," "Tammy and the Doctor," "A Summer Place."
And Come September the movie where she met and married her husband just ten days after filming ended
When Olivia Newton John passed away, John Travolta put out a very heart felt tweet
Kinicki got knocked out by the door of car made in an age where those doors were super heavy steel, not fiberglass. It would most certainly knock him out. John and his family were pretty devastated by her passing. They remained friends all that time. ONJ was a pretty special human, a kind soul.
Just the door of an old school car weighed more than an entire car does now!
Cry-Baby (1990) is another awesome musical you should check out. It stars Johnny Depp, Ricki Lake, Iggy Pop, and many more!😊
YESSSS
Love this one. I always thought it was funny watching Sweeney Todd's bonus features and hearing them talk about not knowing Johnny Depp could sing. Like did everyone even him black out during the entirety of Cry Baby?
Grease, probably the first musical I ever saw if not before Disney movies 😂 this is one of my favorite movies I love it so much!! RIP O.N.J!!
Rizzo is played by Stockard Channing, who most people know for playing the First Lady on The West Wing. Olivia Newton-John was mostly a pop singer. She made another musical besides this, Xanadu, and a few rom-coms. They have a bunch of 1950s stars in cameos - comedian Sid Caesar was the coach, actress Eve Arden was the principal, teen idol Frankie Avalon sang Beauty School Dropout.
Singin’ in the Rain-widely considered to be the best musical ever made.
Certainly would make my top five.
Guaranteed watch from me
My favorite!
I totally forgot to include that in my list!! That's a great one!!
"Singing In The Rain" was a great musical, my favorite one is "Hello, Dolly!" 😉😉 starring Barbara Streisand, Walter Mathou, Michael Crawford, Danny Lockin, Tommy Tune, Fritz Feld, Marianne McAndrew, E.J. Peaker and Louis Armstrong…
God bless you for being so respectful and interested in Olivia! She was an absolute gem!!
Indeed ✔️ God bless 🙏🏼
Another musical you should watch is Sweeney Todd. About half the cast is from the Wizarding World!
Yes!!!
Yes!!!!!! Such a great one!
I'd ask for a reaction to the Broadway cast from the 80s.
I loooove Sweeney Todd. Got others hooked on it too haha..
@@PandapoopI saw it in NYC in August. It was amazing!
Not sure if anyones mentioned yet, but if we're talking musicals you've got to check out Little Shop of Horrors. The main chorus lines are sang by a 3 girl group with Pam and Gina (from Martin) and another queen 🤎 the main characters are Rick Morani and Ellen Greene, a dynamic singing duo!
Yes, please!
YESSSSSS!!!! Little Shop is everything!!!! ❤
Such a good one.
When you said you never heard of Olivia Newton-John she was mostly a singer back in the late 70s or 80s. One of her biggest hits was a song called Physical back then that she recorded. She did pass away from cancer. She was a very talented singer and occasional actress.
John took her death hard he also lost his wife a couple of years before. Both died of breast cancer. He also lost his son in 2009.
Musicals to watch: Chicago, Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Les Misérables, Stephen Speilberg's West Side Story, Mamma Mia, Rent, Oklahoma, Sound of Music, Dreamgirls, Fiddler on the Roof, and most definitely, Hamilton. I love musicals. If I weren't in a wheelchair, I would have tried to make it on Broadway. I've been lucky enough to see MANY shows on Broadway, including Jersey Boys, which I forgot to add to my list up there haha. There are a ton of musicals to watch, and I hope you get to most of them!!
My favorite one is "Hello, Dolly!" 😉😉 starring Barbara Streisand, Walter Mathou, Michael Crawford, Danny Lockin, Tommy Tune, Fritz Feld, Marianne McAndrew, E.J. Peaker and Louis Armstrong… but others I know about is the OG version of "A Star Is Born" starring Judy Garland(known for her role in "The Wizard Of Oz" as Dorothy)…
As an Aussie I want to spread the name of Olivia Newton John. A classy lady and awesome human. John Farnham and Anthony Warlow and Jon English are others to check out.
So annoyed that most of our talent gets stolen by Britain or America cause no one takes Aussie attempts at art seriously.
I love the pure joy Grease brings people ❤
Getting hit in the head by a car door today probably wouldn't knock you out. But cars back then were solid steel and could easily concuss you!
To me.. this is THE BEST musical ever made! I really hope you give "Grease 2" a shot.. I actually love that one too! Great music and a very young Michelle Pfeiffer.. what more do ya need! lol
Xanadu is another Olivia movie musical. It really showcases her singing❤❤❤
And the amazing songs of ELO as well. I had the double album on vinyl back in the day. And legwarmers to wear with my rollerskates. And barrettes with beads and ribbons hanging off them because of that movie.
It’s so hard to watch. Just listen to the Xanadu soundtrack and you have the best part!
@bridgethaines7127 me too!!! ❤🥰❤
I actually had an extended encyclopedia for kids that had a Greek mythology section in it that helped me figure out who the 9 muses were!!
Rizzo plays on a lot of movies and TV shows. Her most notable is playing one of the aunties from Practical Magic.
I love some of the much older musicals like "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", "Oklahoma" & "The King and I".
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Hopelessly devoted to you is one of my alltime favourite songs. Olivia's voice is so beautiful and expressive. RIP
Many great musicals to watch, Singing in the Rain, Rent, The Sound of Music, West Side Story...rock operas, Jesus Christ Super Star , Hair
Some of the greatest classic Broadway musicals that might be of interest to a young person today because they all focus on various socio-cultural groups, tensions and strife between groups, their struggles and challenges. These are also some of the most beautifully scripted, composed and choreographed musicals ever to be adapted to film, IMHO, and all with stellar casts: West Side Story (1961), My Fair Lady (1964), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Porgy and Bess (1959), The King and I (1956), Hair (1979) and South Pacific (1958). I think you would get a lot of views on all of these.
p.s. Some of those hairdos are coming back in style. Give it a couple more years.
This is my favorite movie musical of all time. My father and I would watch this still to this day whenever it came on,I would dance with him when I was young and still to this day. He watched it recently and cried because he remembered me when I was little bit we sing the songs to this day. I was raised on 80’s and 50’s movies so it’s a special part in my heart.
Such a nice memory
Great reaction! And yes, Olivia Newton John was iconic in this movie. I own this movie and a few other great musicals---Annie (the original 1992 version) and The Sound of Music with Julie Andrews, both of which I think you might enjoy. The scene where Sandy and Danny drive off into the sunset as the car raises into the clouds, and she looks over her shoulder and waves goodbye 👋🏽 man that hit so different when I watched it after hearing of her passing. It still low-key makes me weepy---but in a "I'm so glad I was able to enjoy you and your wonderful gift of music while you were here" kind of way. Rest in peace to a beautiful woman with a beautiful voice.🙏🏽💕
Do you mean the 1982 version for Annie? Cause I was legit thinking about this movie. I used to watch it almost every other day growing up and Ill still randomly burst out into a song from it. Man what a throwback. 🖤
@@atmorb Hello, good morning 🌞 and YES, I absolutely DID mean 1982, I have no idea why it says 1992 🤔🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ because I'm definitely old enough to know when the original came out lol! And I agree, it's an amazing musical that I've caught myself giggling about or randomly singing as well. Carol Burnett was HILARIOUS!! (** sings in broken, off key tunes while sipping out of flask** "🎵 LiTtLe liTtLe LittLe liTTle 🎵" lmao 🤣)
Olivia was a country singer, grew up in Australia, born in the UK, her songs crossed over to pop. She thought she was too old for this movie, but John Travolta came in person to convince her. She was also in Xanadu. She had 4 fights with cancer, and raised a lot of money for a cancer hospital in aussie, and one in California.
Here's an interesting bit of trivia, the day that the bad Sandy scene was filmed was in the middle of summer in Los Angeles and the temperature was over 100 degrees. Olivia Newton John didn't drink anything the hole day because the zipper on those black leather pants was broken so she was literally sown into them. She was worried about having to use the restroom so she didn't drink anything.
Beauty School Dropout is my favorite song. It's just something about it being so serious and shady at the same time. Lol
Well, they couldn't teach you anything
You think you're such a looker
But no customer would go to you
Unless she was a hooker
🤣
I really love the second film as well
Michelle Pfeifer killed it
Also La La Land is completely rated, shit was talked about massively when it released
I actually like grease 2 better than grease. That and Xanadu are two of my guilty pleasures.
@@thomasbradley4505 yeah as much as i adore the original
Theres just something special in my heart for the 2nd as well
Just here making sure someone said this! Love Michelle Pfeiffer and Lorna Luft in that movie
Found my people. 😂 Somehow 2 was my favorite from the beginning and I still listen to the soundtrack.❤
The slap during the dance was a French Apache(said apachee I think) dance. Cha Cha was dress in a French cancan dress. That style of dancing trended in the 50's. The dance imitates 2 lovers fighting. The woman is hit, and sometimes she gets dragged away caveman style.
Also, the hand jive was a real song and dance.
Sound of Music older musical. Can't believe you noticed the "trainers" shoes they wore.
I was in high school when this came out and I loved it. I still do. It's just fun. I think a musical to watch is Burlesque with Cher and Christina Aguilera. It is super corny , but the music is amazing. They both have voices that are out of this world good..
The principal was played by Eve Arden who hadher own tv show in the 50s -- Our Miss Brooks. The guy singing Beauty School Dropout is Frankie Avalon from the beach party movies in the 60s.
I saw it in the theater for its 20th anniversary. It would have been #1 at the box office except for a little movie called The Titanic,
i'm almost 58, old school parties are my specialty.
I'm 46(almost 47), my father is 74 and I know what a sock hop is… at least that's better than most people, even from my gen…
I don’t know all your reactions but if you like this you would also like Dirty Dancing. Those were my top movies from those time period. I grew up watching these movies. Also if you want to watch a modern musical Pitch Perfect series are my favorite.
Pitch perfect movies are coming as well !
I was eight years old when my parents took me, my brother Danny and my cousin Sandy (living with us at the time) to the movie theater to see Grease when it came out in 1978.
We went in blind; there were no advertisers or reviewers and no one screened the movies early to tell everyone about it back then.
My dad decided we were going bowling and to the movies that weekend so that’s what we all did as a family.
They let me, Sandy (8) and Danny (11) sit in the front row by ourselves for the first time; the rows of seating were nearly identical to baseball stadium seats except for the addition of a thin hiney cushion.
Should have seen the looks I gave to my brother and cousin when I saw the characters names pop up on the ginormous screen.
It was the most surreal moment of my young life.
The movie was hilarious and I watched it many times when it was released on HBO, Showtime and the networks.
John Travolta’s swag walk makes me laugh every single time.
Kewl story
Love this movie and Olivia Newton-John so much that my cat is named after her!
I've seen Grease hundreds of times, but I've never laughed so hard! You have a new fan here, for life!
I first saw this movie as a young teenager and loved it. But omg, your commentary cracked me up. 😄 Very fun reaction!
Jesus Christ Superstar is a pretty insane one, preformance wise the original one naturally :)
Agree if I remember it came out in 1973 … god I feel so old !!!!!
Iconic! I was a 50's poodle skirt girl for like, 3 Halloween's, because of this movie.
Little Shop of Horror! Def a Halloween musical. Great reaction!
That song is called beauty school dropout is sung by Frankie Avalon
This came out when I was a high school band, choir, theater geek. My friends and I would pop this album on during lunch in the band room and dance and sing along. Such good memories!
An interesting story but pure fiction. No school would let their students eat lunch in the band room. And they certainly wouldn't allow pop albums in the middle of lunch. I think it's time you told the truth.
@trhansen3244 LOL... guess you grew up in a different situation than me, because we were absolutely allowed to use the sound system in both the band and choir rooms both during lunch and after school while waiting for play or marching band rehearsals to start at 4pm. But this was back in the 70's and yeah, it probably wouldn't happen today.
The Blob 1988 is definitely worth a reaction.
A special gesture (like a ring) at the right time can make a big difference.
Theory is that Sandy died at the beginning of the movie on the beach. The whole rest of the movie was Danny's dream. Hence the corny flying car at the end. HMMMM
Great reaction, as usual. If you're going to continue your musical journey, you definitely have to see " The Wiz ". It's a musical adaptation of the wizard of oz, with Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson. Definitely one of the best musicals ever made. You won't be disappointed.
Okay … that one I have seen ! And the wizard of oz lol
Good. Okay suggestion number two and three. Xanadu, also Olivia Newton John, and Greece 2. Just as good if not better than the first. Guaranteed.
Grease 2 isn't very good but that's just my opinion. @@kendonovin
I used to watch this movie with my mum everytime they showed up on tv and it's still my favourite memory together. Also, I think you should react to Dirty Dancing and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Both of them are like a peak in the musical movies history 👌🏻
Olivia's music catalog is quite impressive. Beautiful voice, RIP.
Since you were asking about during the movie... "Mooning" was the practice of baring your behind and pressing it against a window of a car as you drive by people. And in this movie, they covered their heads during the dance so they couldn't be identified on TV.
Burlesque is another musical you've gotta check out! Cher and Christina Aguilera were *ICONIC* !!!
If you want to see 2 great older musicals, My Fair Lady, and Little Shop of Horrors. They are 2 classics.
My favourite is "Oliver".
You should check out the series as well. The series is set 4 years before the first Grease and tells how the Pink Ladies were formed. It's amazing! Shame it was canceled, but it an amazing production.
I hope you watch the second one it doesn’t deserve the hate it gets
Yes it does but I will give it Cool Rider
@@dakert40cool rider saved that movie 😂 I only watch it for that
I absolutely hate Grease 2. Not a single memorable song or dance in the whole film. Lifeless sequel.
@@trhansen3244 I love Grease 2 and "Cool Rider" is AWESOME!
@@LittleBlueOwl318 You should be deported immediately!
Good fun watching this reaction. It' obvious you get it. Even though she's passed, you're carrying it on.
Olivia was a popular country artist in the 70s and released a pop album in the early 80s. The title track, Physical, is the biggest single of the 1980s. She was also given a State funeral in Australia when she died last year.
Great Reaction! RIP Olivia Newton John!!! #HOPELESSLYDEVOTED. You young people would never understand the ways we grew in the 70’s but still luv ya for trying ❤️
That says it nicely! Mr. Flicks appears to be a very nice young man, but how unfortunate not to know until now who Olivia Newton-John is!! Such an icon for nearly 50 years at this point! Have to give Mr. Flicks props for viewing it so openly and positively! August 8, 2022 = sad, sad day!! #RIPOLIVIANEWTONJOHN
My parents were in their early twenties when they had my oldest sister. My mom was 20, and my dad was 23. But, yeah, you're right not everyone is in their thirties and start to have kids at that age. It's perfectly okay to be younger and have kids.
Indeed ✔️🙏🏼
Fun fact in the broadway musical Rizzo isn't making fun of sandy during look at me am Sandra dee she was pointing out the irony about people who are seen as a pure and innocent but are still over s*xualized and how Sanda dee (whos a real actress) was only putting on an act. Sandy assumes that Rizzo is talking about her. Also, the song "You're the one that I want " is meant to be an agreement between the two to have Danny respect sandy. She didn't change herself for Danny. She dressed that was to get his attention to be like, "Look at what you're missing out on." I love this movie
Another musical with ONJ is Xanadu. She had such a beautiful voice. Great reaction!
This movie is very iconic! One of the best musicals of all time. 2 is a great movie too! ❤
Grease is one of my top 5 favorite movies for sure, it’s absolutely iconic and so, so nostalgic to me 🥰 Rest in peace, miss Olivia ❤️
I hope you react to Grease 2, as well. it’s not very highly praised lol and it’s not a sequel by any means, it’s an entirely different cast, and it’s not nearly as good, but it’s almost a “so bad, it’s good/fun” type of movie.
The movie was filmed in 1978, but set in the 1950's...not sure if he caught that. So, this would have been school from 70 YEARS AGO...whoa, let that sink in!
I really like that you speak naturally instead of using a “TH-cam” voice. Makes the reaction that much better lol
Explain what you mean by that exactly lol 👀
@@mrflickswatches a lot of people on here kind of adopt a “TH-cam voice” that isn’t authentic. It’s like very over expressive lol. But you just seem like you’re being yourself and that’s refreshing lol
@@hailmaary8616 ohhh I get you yeah I’m myself at all times! All my videos give the same energy! So thank you 🙏🏼
Grease 2 is underrated imo it has some amazing songs
What he gave her is a class ring. it usually meant that they were going steady. Other ways of basically the same thing would be to give the girlfriend their varsity jacket. So to get a class ring would be a big deal as it was his way of saying, you are the one I want to go steady with. got to remember, this is the 50s. Way different time.
If you wanna go to a party like that, google swing dancing in your area, that’s what they’re doing. After most swing dancing classes there will be a “social” dance, meaning anyone is invited (for a small fee, around here it’s $5-15). There’s at least three every week where I live, at different spots too - and the classes here are usually free or cheap (and I’m in Denver, a moderately expensive city). Most people wear 1920s-1950s inspired aesthetics, it’s a grand ole time. I strongly suggest taking at least one class before going to a social, mostly for your own comfort and ability. Even if all you remember from class is the basic step, it’s so much fun to practice with and learn from others. Even just watching others dance is *so* inspiring. Swing dancing is where it’s at, and there’s a community in almost every city. Have fun
Might have to check that out ! Thanks ! 🔥
You got to see Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta his dancing is fabulous the music song from The Bee Gees fabulous
So many musicals to see! I definitely recommend exploring Sondheim’s work, alongside Roger and Hammerstein’s musicals. So much fun! :)
The Sound of Music is classic.
Rizzo is my favourite in this. She is in the epitome of hard shell gooey insides. Her song "There are Worse Things I Can Do" is also my favourite song in this. I love the vulnerability of it.
I forget how young you are. When I was young, this movie, Saturday night fever and Star Wars were the shit. I love watching people react to them.
The football player that Sandy dates is actually played by Lorenzo Lamas.
Olivia Newton-John was a HUGE singer. She was born in England, raised in Australia and originally came to the US & had hit songs on the Billboard Country Singles chart. Her "first" huge hit was "I Honestly Love You" that hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1974. There was a huge age difference in this movie as she was 30 years old (playing a high school senior) when this was released & became life-long friends with John Travolta (they would do another movie together in 1983 called "Two Of A Kind").
"Hopelessly Devoted To You" was specifically written for her to sing in this movie (it hit #3 on the Hot 100 Chart). "Summer Nights" peaked at #5 & "You're The One I Want" went to #1.
Olivia had the biggest song of the entire decade for the 1980s, when the biggest hit of her career, "Physical" went to #1 and stayed there for 10 consecutive weeks at the end of 1981 to the beginning of 1982.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer and originally defeated it with her going into remission but sadly it came back and it was what eventually took her life in 2022 just about a month and half shy of her 74th birthday.
FYI, ONJ was 28 when the movie was filmed in 1977, at 29 when it was released in June of 1978, She didn't turned 30 until September 26, 1978.
I remember my mum showed me this when I was like 5/6 and it was on vhs. As soon as the movie ended I rewound it back to the start and watched it all over again 🤣
I feel you lol I used to do that with Men in Black 🤣
@@mrflickswatches that’s a great one too 😆
@@NikkieTwix my next musicals are Hamilton and The greatest showman
Idk if you’ve seen either but excited for those! 🔥
Hair gel? They're not wearing gel, they're wearing grease - thus the movie's name. And they didn't know cigarettes were bad for you back in the 1950s. The problem in the first place was not that Danny was ashamed of Sandy, the problem is that he was trying to act cool in front of his friends - being cool in the 1950s meant, you didn't get overly excited about things and, if you were a guy, you especially didn't get overly excited over a chick; and if you were a girl, you were the kind of girl who didn't say no (though that meant you had a bad reputation). The 50s were pretty misogynistic.
why are you talking about 70s and 80s parties? The movie was made in the 70s but takes place in the 50s.
They had sew Sandy into those pants. And the look started a fashion trend after this movie came out. The tops, the pants and the shoes.
Olivia was a singer first and then became an actress she was great at both
Enjoyed your reaction. Sandy (Olivia) died of cancer at age 73. Some of my favorite musicals are Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserable (Hugh Jackman), Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Depp), La La Land,
Fun fact: the leather pants Olivia Newton John wore at the end… they sewed them directly onto her legs each time they filmed this scene
As a theater kid, Grease was probably my favorite musical I was part of in school.
I don’t understand how people have so much energy in the mornings
Rizzo played one of the Aunts in Practical Magic
Musical suggestion agreement: Singin’ in the Rain. It’s SO much fun, and iconic for a reason. The dancing and performances and over the fucking top amazing, impressive, athletic, all the things. And the singing is so beautiful.
I love this movie musicals are one of my favorite genres and my favorite character is between Frenchie and Rizzo I sing there are worst things I could do a lot it’s one of my go to songs for karaoke night this was such a great reaction I just recently watched cry-baby it’s really good that’s one I’d like to see you and your lady watch together or Chicago if you haven’t seen it 🫶🏽🍿🔥
I was 9 years old when i saw grease when it originally came out in the movie theaters in 1978. Saw it with my then best friend, a fellow fanatic about the movies. We talked, read, ate, drank, and slept the movies. And we went to the movies together once a week for a lot of years from the 1970s-1980s.
There was no particular reason we went to see Grease. We tried to see all the new movies coming out as much as we could regardless of the genre (he loved horror movies, i preferred comedies), plot, critics reviews, or who starred in it. And Grease just happened to be one of the new movies that just came out.
I dont exactly recall my friends reaction (except that he was very much amused by the Greased Lightning number), but i loved it right from the very first viewing. It quickly became my number one favorite movie.
The fact that actors in their 20s-30s were portraying teenaged high school seniors didnt faze me in the least. Because to my 9 year old eyes, in real life, teenaged high school seniors were grown up people. Practically adults. So, seeing adults in their 20s-30s portray teens in the movie, i really couldnt tell the difference at the time.
You wouldn’t think that a movie such as Grease would appeal to a 9 year old boy, but it did. Being raised in an abusive, dysfunctional household, it managed to hit me in the very right places at the very right time.
So, I say to the actors and the behind the camera crew of Grease, from the bottom of the heart of an abused boy, thank you all very, very much.
31:58 among musical theatre students memorising and correctly reciting this song is considered a milestone
I have so much fun "watching" movies with you. You seem like a genuinely nice and fun guy.
“You’re cruising for a bruising”
My mom used to use that line on me when I was a kid 😅
What a lovely reaction! I just found you, and you have a new subscriber. I saw Grease about seven times in the theater when I was 8 years old back in the day and it was just the biggest movie the world had ever seen. And, John Travolta was devastated as we all were when Olivia passed and he gave a special little tribute to her at the Oscars this year. She really didn't do many films but was a fantastic singer and this film was enough to make her a legend forever. ❤
Welcome 🙏🏼
I have to be honest, growing up, I knew there were innuendos, but I forgot how many there actually were. And when I was a kid, I had a thing for Frenchie and Marty Maraschino. They weren't Topanga, Kelly Kapowski, Brandy, Monica, Myra from Family Matters, Mya or the middle daughter from Step By Step, but it's hard to beat a 90s girl.
Do not not miss out on the 1940s and 50s it was the heyday of musicals and there are far too many to mention … west side story in 61 was amazing too
I would add a few movies from the 30s, such as Born to Dance and Broadway Melody of 1936. And just about any Astaire & Rogers is going to entertain.