Greetings Earthlings.
We come in peace. To watch Grease. Grease Two. Here you will hear recorded evidence of our experience.
That’s Jim, Maddy, and me.
Instead of the traditional narrative I’ve used to introduce podcasts, I thought I’d give you various [thoughts] and “quotes” from the experience.
- [Have you heard about the fan theory that Sandy was in a coma throughout the entirety of Grease and at the very end died? It’s a thing. The writer of the musical, Jim Jacobs, disputed it…here. So I suppose it’s untrue. But it’s still a compelling theory.]
- [Jim, a girl for all seasons, ah-ah-ahhh…ah-ah-ahh…ah-ah-ahh.]
- “In biker heaven, Cool Rider and Stephanie get to be together in matching jackets.”
- [There is a stage adaptation of Grease 2. I think I wanna see it.]
- [The song from the rock-a-hula luau, which I always sing as, “hock a loogie luau,” sounds, looks, and feels like one of those horrid Kidsongs videos from about 10 years ago. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you’re probably better off leaving well enough alone.]
- “Everything is better with twins.”
- “Who doesn’t want a pool of enchantment?”
- “How do we rhyme together? Oh good…feather.”
- “Does pause EVER work?”
- [Ultimately, I believe the entire thesis of Grease 2 is summed up in the diner scene with Michael and Stephanie talking about hamburgers and Hamlet. Stephanie says, “You know I figured out what Hamlet’s big problem is.” She then gets immediately side-tracked by the fact that the diner never puts ketchup on the hamburger. “How can you eat a hamburger with no ketchup?” She’s absolutely right. “Shoot that over here.” Having fixed the hamburger situation, she hits us with this spot-on, low-brow, assessment of Hamlet. And me, which is why I now love the movie. “You know what his problem is? No laughs. The guy’s gotta lighten up, right?”]
I mean, right!?
Anyway, today we present to you the thrilling and hilarious conclusion of our time spent with the T-Bones, Pink Ladies, et al, “Matching Jackets in Biker Heaven (Grease Two, pt 3).”
Oh…music. It’s all Beatles today. “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” and “Blackbird.” Two of my favorites, and appropriate for this anniversary which is certainly founded in anger, sadness, and tragedy but, as is always the case if we allow it, transformed into a vessel of healing, hope, and love.
God, or whatever it is you place your faith, bless you all.
-G
