No low effort posts, including vague titles. Instead, post a comment in the weekly DAE megathread, or depending on what you are asking consider checking out /r/TipOfMyTongue. If your question follows the lines of 'does anyone else remember.', do NOT make a post. These type of posts are best suited for /r/GlitchInTheMatrix. For example, we don't know what color your neighbors car is - so don't post about it here if it changes color. No personal changes or 'DAE remember?' posts. Grease originally had a product placement deal with Coca-Cola, but when this fell through during post-production, shots of Coca-Cola products and advertisements had to be digitally removed or blurred out.The Mandela Effect is a group of people realizing they remember something differently than is generally known to be fact - the most famous example of this would be the Berenstain/Berenstein bears. The T-Birds were originally called the Burger Palace BoysĪs well as changing some of songs from the musical, the film producers also switched the name of the boys’ group from the Burger Palace Boys to the T-Birds. “And I only worked two days, maybe one day, with Joan Blondell and that group, and I had a lot of fun.' Relive Andy Gibb, ABBA and Olivia Newton-John's incredible 'jam session' from 1978 9. I get residuals every 13 weeks for 40 years. While she's a trained actress, her brother put in a good word for her with the Grease production team.Įllen later said: 'That's how loose it was, and never knowing the success it would become. John Travolta’s sister, Ellen, played the diner waitress who says 'Oh, there's Danny and Sandy,' while watching the High School Dance on the TV. John Travolta got his sister a small role in the film John Travolta and daughter recreate Grease dance in Super Bowl ad 8. We did this number, and everybody kind of looked at each other like, ‘Yeah, this is creepy.'” The film’s director, Randal Kleiser, said afterwards: “It was all over the news, so everyone knew. Rather eerily, this song was recorded on the same day that Elvis died. Elvis Presley was offered the role of Frenchy's guardian angelĮlvis Presley was offered the part of the Teen Angel, but he turned it down and Frankie Avalon later starred.įans of the film will also remember the Elvis reference in ‘Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee ’. And because I had clout, I could get the number.' When Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta reunited after 24 years to sing ‘You’re The One That I Want’ 7. He previously said: 'I have to be completely honest with you. Greased Lightning wasn’t originally sung by DannyĪccording to Vanity Fair, The Beach Boys were supposed to sing ‘Greased Lightnin’ as guest stars.Īnd Danny wasn’t even second in line, as it was originally meant to be Kenickie's song but John Travolta wanted the song for himself. Grease Lightening was supposed to be sung by Kenickie.Ħ. Well, this wasn’t a coincidence as it turns out actress Dinah Manoff can’t dance at all so was left out of the scenes.

You might have noticed that Marty didn’t have any dance numbers at the high school prom, instead standing alongside Vince Fontaine (Edd Byrnes).

Olivia Newton-John facts: Grease singer's age, husband, daughter, net worth and more revealed 5. He went on to say it was ‘one of the great decisions’ of his life because Travolta was so right for the film. Henry Winkler - aka Fonzie from Happy Days - said he was offered the role before Danny, but decided to pass because he was happy in the sitcom. Henry Winkler was offered the role of Danny Olivia Newton John almost didn't take the role of Sandy in Grease.Ĥ. She requested to do a screen test before accepting the part, and luckily she realised she was convincing enough and took the role. Olivia Newton-John almost didn’t take the role of Sandyīefore starring in Grease, Olivia was already a successful singer, and she wasn’t sure about playing a high school student at the age of 28. While producer Allan Carr won the rights and made it a live-action film, he decided to keep the opening credits as an animation to give a nod towards the idea. The film's co-creator, Jim Jacobs, said back in 2018 that director Ralph Bakshi pitched it as an X-rated cartoon, but it didn’t stick. Grease fans might not know that the film was originally planned to be an animation. Sandy and Danny finally get their movie-ending 'Grease' kiss 2.

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