John Travolta actually got his start in the TV sitcom 'Welcome Back Kotter'. Olivia Newton-John was a singer first and foremost. She won 4 Grammy Awards.

@kennethsonia5350

4 ай бұрын

He was in the Movie "Boy in the Plastic Bubble" before.

@ghstdnsr

4 ай бұрын

@@kennethsonia5350 Kotter was before Boy in the plastic bubble though.

@Erfedwe

4 ай бұрын

@@kennethsonia5350 The boy in the Plastic Bubble was a made for TV movie that came out a year after Welcome Back Kotter started airing. Travolta had a very busy run at the end of the 70's, 75 - debuted on Welcome Back Kotter, 76 - The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, his first serious role and first movie role, 77 - Saturday Night Fever, 78 - Grease.

@kennethsonia5350

4 ай бұрын

Very True

@msfoodiediva

4 ай бұрын

Vinny.... his dance on Kotter

I'd urge you to explore Olivia Newton-John's songs. R.I.P.

@sassypatty2666

4 ай бұрын

Great suggestion! She has quite the catalogue. RIP ONJ ❤❤😢😢

@petercaughlan962

4 ай бұрын

It's also worth watching her singing to open the Sydney Olympics. It showed how highly she was thought of in Australia.

@theodoreritola7641

3 ай бұрын

This movie was HUGE IN THE 70s I was their

Olivia Newton-John has sold more than 100 million album, won 4 Grammys and 9 AMA, 5 CMA and other awards, died on the 8th of August 2022, how could you not know her? You need to check her out.

Australian Olivia Newton John was a national icon. She is quite a recording star. With many great songs.

@chrischar9428

4 ай бұрын

Brit

@SapphireZucchini-xb3vr

4 ай бұрын

@@chrischar9428 thx for reminding us. So easy to forget that, considering she has an Australian accent.

@petercaughlan962

4 ай бұрын

Came as a five year old and did her schooling, musical training, and early performances here before seeking a bigger audience in the US. Much loved here and played a big part in setting up a very advanced cancer hospital in Melbourne.

@louisestevenson5102

4 ай бұрын

Peter Allen gave her her greatest hit they lived next door to each other

Olivia was the total package! RIP

Travolta's breakthrough role was as high school student Vinnie Barbarino in the TV show Welcome Back Kotter.

@glennelfmann3143

4 ай бұрын

"Up your nose with a rubber hose"

@GirlWithAnOpinion

4 ай бұрын

"What?..."😂

@glennelfmann3143

4 ай бұрын

@@GirlWithAnOpinion that was Vinnie Barbarino's favorite saying on "Welcome Back Kotter"

@67tajmahal

4 ай бұрын

@@glennelfmann3143 he did a plural once “up all your noses with rubber hoses” when he was mad at the whole group 😅

@cathysmith2941

4 ай бұрын

Boy do I remember that show welcome back kotter up your nose with a rubber hose that was an awesome tv show back in the day

Olivia Newton-John was Travolta's co-star in Grease. She is most known for her singing career. Unfortunately, she died a couple of years ago from cancer.

@Lewis_The_Motivator_Dabangg

4 ай бұрын

She passed away in late 2022.

@Lewis_The_Motivator_Dabangg

4 ай бұрын

She passed away in late 2022.

@Lewis_The_Motivator_Dabangg

4 ай бұрын

She passed away in late 2022.

Those black pants ONJ had on from wardrobe were genuine 1950's pants and they had to sew ONJ up in them because the zip was busted every day. She laughed and said "You can imagine I didn't eat and drink much on those days of filming". She retained the pants and decades later when she built her Cancer and Wellness Centre in Melbourne, Australia she auctioned them off to help with the fonds and a billionaire bought them for $160,000 and eventually gave them back as a present to ONJ, which was nice of him.

Olivia Newton-John was 29 years old when she played this role! Her music career was well established before the film. And I think she was one of the most beautiful women ever, all the way until she passed.💔RIP Ms. Olivia

Rip Olivia john

Travolta had sn amazing 1978. Saturday night fever and grease in the same year and the soundtracks dominated the charts for the whole year . Same producers .

@petercaughlan962

4 ай бұрын

Music by the Bee Gees.

@shanenolan5625

4 ай бұрын

@@petercaughlan962 yes and thry wrote the song grease . Credit song

@user-qv2ur2bw3z

4 ай бұрын

Don't forget Urban Cowboy a few years later with Debra Winger

@salvatorerizzo8640

4 ай бұрын

Wasn't 72. Was 77. Couple years off. Was before grease

Travolta had three cultural hits. Saturday Night Fever, Grease, and Urban Cowboy. All three were huge hits everywhere!

@tupelohoney622

4 ай бұрын

My husband and I's first date was to go to the movie to Saturday Night Live. We are celebrating our 43rd wedding anniversary this summer! Here's a toast to riding around on Spring evenings in my black Trans Am, with a gold screaming chicken, t-tops off and music blaring. Life was sweet!

@wildbill7081

4 ай бұрын

You bring back memories for me when I had my brand new all gold 1978 Trans Am and yes those were the fun times for sure@@tupelohoney622

@jamesway

4 ай бұрын

Probably add Pulp Fiction in the 90's. That was big culturally too.

In 1985 John attended a formal dinner at the White House, held in honor of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. Nancy Reagan told John that Diana’s fantasy was to dance with him so, at the First Lady’s prompting, he invited Diana to join him on the dance floor. He was wearing a tuxedo and she had on a stunning dress. There doesn’t seem to be an actual video of them dancing but there are some iconic pictures of the event.

@jennhurl

4 ай бұрын

Yes, it was Diana's big wish - to dance with John RIP my Princess

love this song. Olivia forever in my heart

Travolta got his start playing a sitcom called Welcome back, Kotter. In the beginning of that show, he was just one of the sweathogs, but like Fonzi on Happy Days, his popularity grew. Then he started in Saturday Night Fever, and he took off.

@petercaughlan962

4 ай бұрын

I enjoyed that show, him and his comb.

@davidkessinger1581

4 ай бұрын

Travolta also had a smaller (but unforgetable) key role in the cult classic horror movie, Carrie (1976).

Olivia Newton John ... "Xanadu", "Hopelessly Devoted To You", "Physical", "Have You Never Been Mellow".

@shf4592

4 ай бұрын

Sam

@jackgilchrist

4 ай бұрын

Magic.

@vastolive8

4 ай бұрын

Twist of fate

@Bob-fk8vd

4 ай бұрын

They had to sew Olivia into those leather pants. She was stunning. One of the best movies of all time.

@wildboy365

4 ай бұрын

“I Honestly Love You” to me is her biggest song. How anybody above me didn’t name this song astonishes me!!!

Olivia Newton John terrific singer…..John Travolta really upset when she passed as were many..

As a bass player of 45yrs, the bass line throughout this tune is Phenomenal!!

John Travolta wanted to be a dancer..he actually had a condition that he have at least one dance scene in all of his movies back then...which is why you notice that in a lot of his older movies.

You need to watch the duet of Olivia and John Farnham ,"Please don't ask me" . They were great friends for decades. So much emotion and chemistry.

It’s still mind blowing that even younger folks have never seen grease.

That 'Grease" poster with Olivia and John is a blueprint of a whole era.Olivia was also a fabulous live performer.She was flawless in her live performances (without autotune-of course) being impactful and kicked a@@! Many of todays self centered autotuned singers should look back and learn from such talents that could really sing without being ''wired".Respect.

ONJ was, primarily, a huge pop star in the 70's and 80's. She did a little acting. She has a large and very popular catalog that y'all might want to dive into. Let's Get Physical was a bit of a cultural phenomenon in the 80's.

@theodoreritola7641

3 ай бұрын

Ya but this was filed in1977 Released in summer of 1978

@stuckinarkansas1

3 ай бұрын

@@theodoreritola7641 Sorry, I am not sure what you point is. She was already internationally known for singing long before Grease. Probably why she got the role of Sandy. Grease definitely was huge for her career. The Physical video in the 80's launched workout fashion trends very popular in the decade and some lasting to this day. Also the Physical video and Jane Fonds workouts launched the popularity of aerobic excercise in the 80's and much of that lasts until today in some form. My main point to the reactors is she is huge and her music might be of interest to them since reacting to music is what they do.

Growing up in the mid 1970s, one of many great T.V. sitcoms on the air was, "Welcome Back Kotter" starring Gabe Kaplan. This is where John Travolta got his start to stardom at the age of 21 playing the role of Vinnie Barbarino, the high school class cut up . His character was known for saying to his classmates as a put down, "Up your nose with a rubber hose!". Shortly after, he would go on to star in "Saturday Night Fever" and "Grease".. Olivia Newton-John would become a music superstar in her own right with many hits in the U.S.

@iancremmins4727

4 ай бұрын

Olivia was born in England

@petercaughlan962

4 ай бұрын

@@iancremmins4727 came to Australia at 4 or 5 years old.

@iancremmins4727

4 ай бұрын

@@petercaughlan962 yes mate, i am aware, i once did a large list of all the famous Australians that weren't born here hehe it was a big list

@spydude38

4 ай бұрын

@iancremmins4727 I stand corrected. She was born in Cambridge I see but held dual citizenship. Thanks for the correction.

@theodoreritola7641

3 ай бұрын

I remember very well The sweeet 70dz

Both John and Olivia had great chemistry together in the movie. Though they tried to recreate the magic with other films,and those didnt get the praise of Grease, they remained great friends until her passing. If you want to see more of earlier Travolta, watch both Saturday Night Fever and Welcome Back Kotter. He just turned 70 recently. Fun fact: they were not the original choices for the lead roles. Henry Winkler aka The Fonz from happy days and Marie Ormond were the original choices, but they turned those roles down because they didn't want to be typecast.

John has a song called Let Her In, 1976 which was a huge hit before Grease, and during the Welcome Back Kotter time

The T-Birds were supposed to be greasers. Before John Travolta was in the iconic movies "Grease" and "Saturday Night Fever", he had already become a star in the hit TV sit com, "Welcome Back Kotter". Olivia Newton John was also a star in her own right... she was already a very famous, Australian pop singer. A side note to that last scene in the movie... While Sandy tried to become more like one of the "Pink ladies", in secret, and as a surprise for Sandy, Danny Zuko had taken up a sport to impress her. At the end of their Senior year in high school, Danny had earned his "Letterman" sweater to give to Sandy. Both Sandy and Danny loved each other so much, they had each tried tried to change a little, to make the other one happy.

I had the album John Travolta made. He had a hit called Let her in. Everyone of us in high school had to buy Candies shoes like she wore.

@jstmez

4 ай бұрын

I had the album too. Might still have it.

RIP Olivia Newton John. She was a great singer. John Travolta and I are about the same age and I have watched him progress from the TV series Welcome Back Kotter to where he is today.

I started college in the fall of 1978. The soundtrack for Grease is all I heard coming out of dorm rooms. Whenever I hear of song from Grease, I am back as a freshman at college at the girl's dorm.

This movie was released just after my high school graduation in 1978. I saw it in the theater because OLIVIA was in it. She was my crush from my freshman year all the way through until she passed away in August 2022. Her voice is incredible. Her first American hits were in the country music genre in 1973. Her first #1 came in 1974 with "I Honestly Love You". From that point on, she held a very special place in my heart. Truth be told, it was likewise for many guys back then. We all had Farrah Fawcett's poster on our walls; Stevie Nicks haunting certain kinds of dreams of teen year. But, Olivia was the one everybody wanted for a girlfriend. Grease was a watershed moment for her career too. Just like her character, her music changed right after that movie. Her songs became pop rock and had edgier subjects. "Physical" being a prime example. She had multiple hit albums and song for years after. The farewell scene is Grease became bittersweet when she passed. Any of her songs would be worth your reactions. Oh, and one of her songs, "Xanadu" is from a movie in which her co-star was Gene Kelly.

Her acting in that specific final 'Grease" scene is amazing.Perfect.So is her singing performance.Just take a closer look at her facial expressions and her body movements.So seductive.

Just a few months before Olivia Newton John passed, she recorded a duet with Dolly Parton of Dolly's song "Jolene." Excellent video to check out .

Olivia Newton - John was in a movie Called Xanadu

Great STARS, Olivia was SO beautiful.

I saw this in 1978 at the movies when I was 10 and it was awesome. My favorite song in it is the Grease theme song performed by Frankie Valli and written by Barry Gibb. In fact The Bee Gees often performed it in concert since Barry wrote it.

Olivia ...my first chidldhood crush. =)

Olivia was/is an angel with an angelic voice, she is missed. But good job again guys, I love this movie and your reaction to this classic musical with it's great sound track.

Travolta was in a very popular sitcom in the 70s. Welcome Back Kotter. He played Vinnie Barbarino.

@beachbumsailordude

4 ай бұрын

I always thought that was his best role LOL!

@mellenbecker56

4 ай бұрын

@@beachbumsailordude haha!

2 words about this scene.LEGENDARY/ICONIC

Olivia Newton John is Australian and known primarily as a great singer who sometimes acted. She had a great voice. Sadly, she just passed a year or so ago. RIP

You 2 are young. Olivia Newton John I Honestly Love You and so many more. Love watching you guys!

The nostalgia is all mine. This was a huge hit when I was in high school in the 70s. The soundtrack was all over the radio, John and Olivia were superstars and there was a big 50s thing going on in high school at the time because of this and the TV show Happy Days;

The thing is, most of the cast of GREASE were in their 20s and 30s trying to play high school students. Of course as a kid, I really didn't pay attention to it, but I did think that they did look older. But years later, I do like the movie and feel nostalgic watching you two react to the song! Thanks!

John Travolta, Olivia Newton John and the original cast performed a couple songs live on stage several years ago. A must see performance.

I saw this at the drive in when I was in 6th grade,,, way back in the late 70's. So many great songs...

She got sewn into those trousers, they were so tight x

@petercaughlan962

4 ай бұрын

As someone already said, they were auctioned off much later to help fund the cancer centre here in Aus that is named after her.

Travolta played teen heartthrob, Vinnie Barbarino, in the mid 70's TV show Welcome Back Kotter. His 1st movie hit was in Steven King's and Brian DePalma's horror classic "Carrie" in 1976. 1977's Saturday Night Fever shot him to fame with his white suit, disco dancing and his iconic movie opening, "Strut" to the Bee Gees, Disco Anthem, "Staying Alive". Disco was so fun. Olivia Newton John was the "Australian Neutron Bomb". She was most famous for her singing and music videos. You should react to her "Let's Get Physical", one of MTV's most popular vids ever. She dated singer, Andy Gibb, the Bee Gee's younger brother before he died young from cocaine use. Sadly, Andy was poised to join his brothers group when he succumbed to his demons.

John Travolta started on a television comedy "Welcome Back Kotter".

Such a great movie!!!❤ I hate musicals, but this is one of the exceptions. 🔥🔥 yes please do grease lightning. ❤

My favorite memory of this movie/song was back when it first came out in the 1970's. I was in the US Navy and my ship made a port visit to Athens, Greece. While I was out on liberty I stumbled across a movie theater that played American first run movies, Grease was playing. Given it was a musical, it was subtitled, so I was able to enjoy it. The shock I got was when the movie got to this scene/song. The entire audience sang with Olivia and John, in Greek accented English of course. It was the ONLY song the audience jumped in on. What a treat to experience that. Olivia was touring a few years back, before her death, and John came onstage and sang this song with her. They both still sounded great.

John Travolta was in the touring company of Grease before he got on TV and in movies. In 1975 he was on TV with Welcome Back, Kotter, and had a small part in the horror film Carrie. Within a few years he was nominated for an Oscar for the disco classic Saturday Night Fever, then Grease and Urban Cowboy had him in a trifecta of hits that influenced popular culture. Aussie national treasure Olivia Newton-John may look familiar because she died about a year and a half ago after a decades-long fight with cancer, so there were many retrospectives on her.

Thanks a lot. Olivia was such an icon. She did several huge duets with Barry Gibb, Andy Gibb, Cliff Richard, Dolly Parton, Richard Marx, etc. Olivia was both British and Australian. Her maternal grandfather was German Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Born.

And we that grew up in the 70s started up watching John dance. And then he progressed into Pulp Fiction and Face Off and stuff. Fun times 🤗🇧🇻

Olivia Newton-John was sooo good!

Olivia Newton-John was one of Australia’s greatest female voices…..Olivia was also in Xanadu…..and she had a lengthy solo career from the 60’s until the 2010’s…. Her and John Travolta were dear friends right up until her passing.

You should see Olivia duet with John Farnham “Please Don’t Ask Me” from the Main Event tour. ONJ & John were friends from the 60’s coming up in Melbourne

Sam you always express what us men would not share. Thank you

A lot of great songs from this musical.

John and Olivia did this song at one of her concerts and It it here on KZread. They were much older but just as good. ;)

Grease is the word

Vinnie Barboreno and the Warthogs!!! I LOVED WELCOME BACK KOTTER! Grease was the first movie I ever saw in theaters and I was 4 years old in '78. My Uncle Jeff took me to see it. I was already singing a lot, but Olivia Newton- John was my hero. Not only was she in my first movie but she was the first person I ever saw in concert. I was in music classes and eventually vocal ensemble and A Cappella groups because of her. She was in 3 movies, well unless you count the last Sharknado movie. Two with John, Grease and Two of a Kind, and Xanadu. Grease is the only one most remember though. She was a huge music artist though who sang country and pop and had #1's on both. I cried when she passed. She and Prince were huge musical influences on me.

I remember watching Grease on Betamax in the late 70s at my uncle's house.

@theodoreritola7641

3 ай бұрын

Part of me Wish i could relive the 70s Then die and go to go to heaven to be with my Lord Jesus Christ forever what a way to go out

Hi Phil & Sam, First RIP Olivia Newton John 🙏, good movie and I like every 1950s type movies or shows

I am NOT a fan of musicals, but I've always loved 'Grease'. If I'm channel surfing and it's on, I'll always watch it from that point. Great movie and soundtrack.

"First time hearing You're the one that I want"... sure sure... super believable...

I think John Travolta‘s first movie might have been Carrie. But as someone said, his breakthrough role was Vinny Barbarino on welcome back Kotter.

ONJ was in Xanadu as well. A few songs in that movie are worth reviewing.

@jim_gates

4 ай бұрын

ELO had great songs in this. All Over the World and I'm Alive. There's also a great song/video (Dancin) with the Tubes.

Great Memories for me. First Love., we bought the 8track tape and sang, sang, sang. Most specifically, “You’re the One That I Want” together. I can’t hear this song and not think of him. He still reaches out to me every now and then. Fond memories, but wish it would’ve worked out between us. He still has big piece of my heart ❤️

This song actually played A LOT on the radio after the movie came out. Also, the movie song tracks were published and sold in many stores. While John Travolta had started off in tv, this was his first big movie. Olivia Newton-John was primarily a singer, but did star in a couple of other movies. Xanadu comes to mind. And there's a soundtrack from that as well. Fred Astaire co-starred in that one.

R.I.P. Olivia Newton John!!😪💔

Olivia was a very popular country singer in the 70's, one of my favorite female vocalist. I fell in love with John Travolta when I was in high school, first saw him in "Welcome Back Kotter", I told my girlfriend's he was going to be BIG and I was right. Love them both and this is a great musical. The T-Birds aren't joques, they're the rebellious troublemakers.

@theodoreritola7641

3 ай бұрын

Grease was filmed in 1977 Released in 1978 i was 17. the 70s were sooo good lol

R.I.P. Olivia Newton John....she was fabulous!

It’s the bass you should pay attention to in this one. Amazing playing and harmony

@letsgomets002

4 ай бұрын

Simple bass line nothing special 😊

This song is so iconic !

Ahhh. Remembering back to when we were all 30.... and in high school.

@visaman

4 ай бұрын

How old were the teachers? 😂

Delta Goodrem played Olivia in her life story. She is another incredible Aussie singer you should check out. RIP Olivia.

What a fun movie!

My favourite film when I was young and I remember the long ques around the block. Very popular movie in 1978! Amazing movie and soundtrack which I still love today!

I remember when John travolta got his start on the tv sitcom welcome back kotter, and this movie brings it all back i remember when this first came on i think i watched it over and over, i still remember all the words and songs in this movie.. oliva newton john and him were so great in this movie...rip oliva newton john you will be missed

Phil you were wondering what other films you may have seen Olivia Newton John in. She wasn't really in films that much but rather she was one of the biggest pop music artists throughout the 1970s and into the 80s. The music industry is where she made her mark, and a huge mark it was! Tons of albums and two volumes of greatest hits. You need to check out some of her songs. Olivia died last year from her previous breast cancer spreading after courageously battling remissions and recurrences for decades.

I SAW OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN IN ONE OF HER LAST CONCERTS. SHE DIDN'T MISS A BEAT. R.I.P. 😊😊😊

Travolta had a supporting role in Grease on Broadway, before he hit his fame. His part on TV series Welcome Back Kotter shot him to fame.

John trained in song, dance and acting and he did pretty good in all aspects. Olivia Newton John's fame was as a singer. They were a good match-up. Haha, listening to a TV ad playing the chorus from this song right now. It's for a flea collar, where a kid picks out a shelter dog to adopt. Never noticed it before.

John Travolta is known for his dance moves in his angle flight disco pants back in the day! That was after Welcome Back Kotter TV show!

John Travolta was Hollywoods best dancer, & maybe still is....

Watched this at our local drive in movie theater when it first came out as a teenager, so awesome then so awesome now

Oh man I am back in the movie theater in 1978 as 11 old watching this movie we stayed for two showings we hid in the bathroom and went back in and watched it again ahhh good times and great memories of my childhood.

I had such a crush on her as a teen back then!!!!! Now at 64. I can see why!!!!

The Movie and the Sound Track were monster hits.

They used to play this song on top 40 radio back then, so you might have heard it there. They also did a live performance of Grease on broadcast TV around the holidays just a few years ago and this song was part of it, so you could have seen it there.

Urban Cowboy was the last movie John danced in, except for the scene in Pulp Fiction. UC helped put country music on the map. It has a great soundtrack.

I remember seeing a bandaid commercial that Travolta was in. They sang, I am stuck on bandaid and bandaids stuck on me! That’ll bring back some memories.

I heard this song on the radio before I saw the film. I thought they were singing “ you’re the Wizard of Oz” then when I saw the film I realised my mistake! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

We Go Together is the finale song before it loops back into the Grease theme in the credits. I saw GREASE five times in the movie theater and many times on tv/video. In the clip where she plays a cheerleader, the woman with the dark hair who looks 30 who plays a high school student Rizzo(Stockard Channing) of Broadway, TV, and Film is a Harvard graduate. The woman in yellow Pink Lady Marty at the carnival in Dinah Manoff from Child's Play movie and her mom is Oscar winner Lee Grant. Early Travolta is also Urban Cowboy. Sadly the actor who played Kenikie(Jeff Conway, Taxi tv series) while dancing during Greased Lightening, injured himself and later became addicted to painkillers. Great reaction!

LOVE this film. Was sooo in love with John Travolta at the time. RIP dear Olivia. One of the most gorgeous women inside & out, to have graced the earth 😢😢💔💔

This film came out in the 70s and in the UK you had to be 15 to watch it or accompanied by an adult. My daughter was 14 and annoyed I wouldn't let her see this film with friends of the same age - so begrudgingly I took her . . . and LOVED the film! At the time it was iconic.

Grease is still my favorite and I'm 50!

She recently passed away…..she was of course mostly famous for her great vocal cords…..famous country/pop singer started around 1974…..Travolta first main stream movie was the Stephen King classic ……Carrie….wasn’t a big role but important to the movie….

Man. I was 16 when this came out. Olivia Newton John was it then. So pretty and a great singer. Was worked on her once her song "Have You Never Been Mellow" that came out 4-5 years before this movie. RIP.