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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Grease - The Musical
Rump. 'I'm the mooning champ of Rydell High'.
Dumbrowski. In the movie it is Olson.
Leaves. They were hunting leaves for Biology.
Patty. For calling her a 'Floozie'.
Clarence. Miss Lynch calls him by his real name at the dance and embarrasses him.
She calls Sandy a drip. 'Even you have to admit she's a bit of a drip--isn't that why you broke up with her?'
A ring. She soon gives it back when she realizes he wants to 'go all the way.'
Ringtails. 'Hit 'em again Rydell Ringtails!'
Green and brown. In the movie they are red and white, so in a lot of modern productions, they are used. However, in the original script, the colors were green and brown.
As I go travelling down life's highway. The school song opens the show, followed rapidly by a parody of it as sung by Danny, Rizzo and co. (which is where the 'dead skunk' lyric comes from). The other lyrics are from the 'Rydell Fight Song' and the title song introduced for the film version.
1972. Although 'Grease' existed from 1970, it didn't reach Broadway until 1972, where it ran for many years, becoming the longest running Broadway show until 'A Chorus Line' (which opened in 1975) took over the crown. The movie version came out in 1978.
| The girls are called the "Pink Ladies". In the film, the boys are called the "T-Birds", but what is their group called in the original stage show? | Grease - the original stage version
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The Burger Palace Boys. The guys are known as the "Burger Palace Boys" because they spend so much time there. Their rivals are the "Flaming Dukes".
C, A minor, F and G seventh. The four chords which underscore the whole song are a reference to a common chord structure in late 1950s popular music. This song is one of several pastiches on various popular forms at the time, others including 'It's Raining on Prom Night', 'Mooning', 'Born to Hand Jive' and 'We Go Together'.
Jan. Jan tells him about a scientist who left a tooth in a glass of Coke, warning him that it dissolved within a week. This slightly odd conversation helps them along the way to realising that they are in love.
| In the movie version, Rizzo's song 'Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee' includes the lyric "Elvis, Elvis, let me be! Get that pelvis far from me!" which is a change from the original version. Which popular actor originally got a name check here? | Grease - the original stage version
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Sal Mineo. Sal Mineo, a popular, but now mostly forgotten, crooner of the time got a name check here. "No, no, no, no, Sal Mineo, I would never stoop so low!"
A car aerial. Roger's ineffectual weapon is soon outclassed by Kenickie's baseball bat. You can't help but wonder if he stole the aerial from Greased Lightning, Kenickie's prized car.
Freddy. Freddy Strulka is Marty's lover, and he sends her extravagant presents from around the world which she describes in her song 'Freddy, My Love'. Sonny Latierri is the Burger Palace Boy she ends up with, Vince Fontaine is the disc jockey who comes on to her at the high school dance, and Johnny Casino is the singer who performs 'Born to Hand Jive' in the same scene.
The radio. While sitting at home, dateless, Sandy hears this melancholy song on the radio and joins in. The voice on the radio is often sung by the actress who plays Cha Cha, the amazing dancer who wins the dance contest with Danny. Rizzo gets two solos of her own and joins in on various ensemble numbers. Poor old Miss Lynch is only scripted to sing in the 'Rydell Alma Mater'.
It has been known for a character in a musical to sing a duet with himself - in 'The Pajama Game', the leading man sings into a dictaphone and then joins in with himself as he plays the tape back.
Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Jacobs and Casey wrote the whole show, although various other writers contributed new songs for the film (including the Gibb brothers). Carol Hall wrote the successful musical 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas', and Rodgers and Hammerstein would be spinning in their graves at the notion of having written 'Grease'!
Chicago. Chicago saw the first performances of 'Grease', with an all-amateur cast, a greater emphasis on gang rivalry and interesting seating arrangements (the audience sat on sheets of newspaper).
Her record player. When asked why she came, she says "Because I was invited", and it transpires that this is only because she has a record player.
Mooning. 'Mooning' is Jan and Roger's ridiculous love duet, aping the numerous love songs of the period which featured moons by changing the focus from the heavenly body to the human rump. 'Those Magic Changes' is the pop song Doody is learning on his guitar, 'Alone at the Drive-In Movie' is Danny's lament at losing Sandy (replaced in the film by the song 'Sandy') and 'There Are Worse Things I Could Do' is Rizzo's searing solo.
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