Sing along to ‘Grease’

“Grease: Sing Along”

Musical/comedy

Rated: PG

8 Stars out of 10

You’re the one that they want, woo, woo, woo. 

This film is a hoot, and go see it with your friends who aren’t a stick in the mud. 

The lyrics to all the songs are on the screen in imaginative and fun ways, and everyone sings along É well, almost everybody. You really don’t want me singing if I’m next to you in a theater.

Revisiting “Grease” is like visiting an old friend. I’ve seen both stage versions many times since I’ve seen the film. 

Boy meets girl in the summer, and coincidentally end up at the same high school. She’s a clean-cut cheerleader type, and he’s the leader of the school’s greasers/slackers/sweathogs (see “Welcome Back Kotter”). 

Grease shares the screen with generations of stars. It was part of a marketing ploy at the time, but now it is fun seeing Joan Blondell, a blond bombshell of the ’40s, and Sid Caesar (“Show of Shows”) and Eve Arden (“Our Miss Brooks”) TV icons of the ’50s. 

Teen heartthrobs Frankie Avalon of Annette fame and Edd (Kookie) Burns from “77 Sunset Strip” (’50s TV Show) fame are in key character roles as well.  

It’s hard to remember how really good John Travolta was when he came on the scene. He is terrific as Danny Zuko who is a conflicted young guy. He is fighting his good and evil sides Ń something all boys go through when approaching young adulthood. He’s a hormonal mess. 

Olivia Newton-John as Sandy was at the hottest time in her career (1978), and she is at her Sandra Dee best. Travolta and John have great on-screen chemistry, and at times it threatens to jump off screen. 

“Grease” is a fun time at the movies. I can’t wait for this version to come out on DVD. I’ll be throwing “Grease: Sing Along” parties at my house once a year, and you’re invited. 

Ń Gil Whiteley reviews films and writes sports columns for the Denver Daily News. Listen to Whiteley every weekday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on “The Sports Nooner” on AM 1510 KCKK.

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