TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Greetings Infomaniacs,

The smash-hit movie Grease was released June 16, 1978, starring John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing and Jeff Conaway as the coolest high schoolers in history.

The film was based on the 1972 Broadway musical and went on to become the highest-grossing movie musical ever. Isn't it the most, to say the least?

Check out these fun Grease facts!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order."

HINT: (1906-1989), was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet.

RANDOM TIDBITS
Originally, producers had the idea to make Grease an animated movie - they settled on a live-action film with animated opening credits instead.

Henry Winkler was considered for the part of Danny but he turned it down because he didn't want to be typecast after starring on Happy Days.

Dinah Manoff, who played Marty, couldn't dance, so she was conveniently missing from most of the dance scenes.

"You're the One that I Want" was filmed at a traveling carnival that was only in town for the day. Portions of the carnival had to be re-created later for close-up shots.

The producers had hoped for a product placement deal with Coke, but it fell through. There are several shots of Coca-Cola products and signs in the scenes taking place in the Frosty Palace that have been blurred out or digitally removed.

The song "Greased Lighting" was originally supposed to be sung by Jeff Conaway, but John Travolta convinced producers to let him sing it instead.

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order."

ANSWER: Samuel Beckett.

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