Dissect DJs - John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John - You're the One that I Want (Grease theme)

Episode Date: April 20, 2020

We take a trip to our all-time favorite musical and break down the legendary climactic performance by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (aka Danny and Sandy) from Grease. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We're going back to the Greece days. Oh, man. So right off the bat, I will disclose that me and Justin both have a soft spot for the movie Greece. And I don't really do musicals, be honest. Classic movie from the 70s, supposed to be the 50s, I think. And this is basically the culmination of the whole movie right now. So we got John Travolta and Olivia Newton John, aka Danny and Sandy, showing up to the school year-ending fair, which my school never had anything this cool.

But that's okay. And they're about to put it down for the climactic. of the movie. Chivalta shows up and he's got his letterman's sweater on because for some reason he was able to make it. Lettered in track. He kind of he just, I feel like he just like dirted his way through because I remember when I was like, you know, we both did high school sports? I remember there were certain kids that you saw and you're like, you just join the team just so you can get a letter like you know. And he's like yes. That was totally him. And he's just showing it off now like and he throws it away immediately just so he can go back to his grease or black shirt. You don't care because

Sandy came in looking spicy with her leather owl. I gotta know her friend is still sitting back here behind her with their like colorful outfits and she comes in leather outfited out red it comes in right now like and now let's talk about the lyrics john travolto is he's got chills and they're multiplying that's a good line and he's losing control because the power she's supplying it's electrifying it's electrifying and then he falls on the ground and like oh man great he acts it out perfectly i mean i think that's a great opener you know how many times I've wanted to be able to portray exactly that. I wish as many times as I'd like to think. If I ever saw a girl who I was into show up looking like Sandy does in this scene, that's pretty much the best way you can portray it.

So props to Danny Zuka right there. Nail-Zucco. John Travolta. Yeah. Props to Scientology, you know? Now, right here real quick, as you're listening to the music game, you're just listening to the track, sorry. But her friend tell her to take out the six.

I'm a cigarette. Press it down and step on it. Which, honestly, thank you. Get that cigarette out of her mouth, man. That's not. I don't want cigarettes in the head. I'm glad that she thinks that that's making her hot. But, like, yeah, there's step on it.

I can't believe guys actually thought that was sexy in the 60s. Like, oh, she got a cigarette. That's sexy. I would have been like, ew. No, can you lose that shit? El! Please, I can. But the fact that she does draw attention to her hot red heels right there,

little stems, like stepping on them, that's sexy too, though. And John's just ready to like, you know what is. Right there at the feet with her long legs or the leather pants. Oh man, no. Not only does she have red heels, but she stopped smoking. I love this girl. Yes. Caviar.

Sandy is like incredible. Sandy is Firefox right now. She went from being so-no. No, she wasn't a so-no. She was cute. So- hello. No, she was always cute the whole movie. But that's one of the things that makes this moment of this movie possibly the most.

Like, there's so many movies that tried to re-capture what, this movie did. Like, you know, like, you think it like, she's all that. And they'll be like, oh, no, she's a nerd the whole movie. But like, oh, wait, we take off her glasses and we put her a nice dress. And look, wait, she's actually beautiful. Like, it's so easy to see through. The patience this movie had with Sandy and the fact that, like, she was always supposed to be looked at as cute. She weren't trying to, like, make her look all nerdy and, like, unattractive. She was cute, but, like, now you're about to drop dead for Sandy. They went to the last three minutes of the movie. And she just,

comes in hot with it. She's got her shoulders out. She's just vibing with it. This is also the first scene that she really shows off how she can like kind of dance with her singing. We all know if she could sing. Are you kidding? She's vibed. She was getting down before the Latina woman took her man from her in the middle of the dance contest. She was breaking it down and doing the whole.

Oh, in the hand jive scene? The hand jive scene. She was getting down. She was showing us up. What was a little bit of that? What was her name? No, no. What was her name? Chacha? Chach.

Nah, chacha came in, stole this man from the American band. Like, you know what, he's the band dancer. I'm going to dance with him. And won the show. Got to give Chacha some credit in this fucking scene. And Zuka didn't even blink. He just kept rolling. Like, I was a new girl.

He's like, oh, this one girl now? All right. Wait, I got to win this dance contest. She's probably better for me to win. Shoot a competitor. Yeah, he was right. Because before that, they were doing the little, like, the, what do you call this? What does this move?

The guns? The little shoot them up guns. like the little radio move. Then they started riding each other's horses that around it in a circle. And Chacha was like, that's a stupid move. I'm coming in and Chacha came in. I love that move.

I don't know. By the way, Chachau's Puerto Rican, straight from Puerto Rico, Sen Juan. I don't know if you guys didn't know that. All right. All right, let's not make this too much about Greece. Let's get back to the song, though.

Right. To be honest, for the last 30 seconds, Danny Zuko just laid down. I'm the stair... I'm the stair... I'm the stair... All right, so, like, I know we usually are breaking down the lyrics.

but like as we're going over the video here I feel like everybody has seen this scene from Greece before so like it's okay that we're mostly targeting the video on this one because they're saying the same words over to get that's the one that I want okay so that's the one that they want so like that we've described that part of it although I never realized Danny stays on the stairs he's staring up at her

he's laying down down to up which is not what Sandy's making this whole scene work yeah she's really bringing all the again and he's just singing from the ground. While he's staring up at her like. He's staring down on the steps. Now he's trying to crawl up. And he's about to go into a fun house.

If we're thinking about this as like a high schooler, though. He's basically just doing this looking up at her like, oh, she's fucking hot, dude. That's all he's doing right now. For about 15 seconds straight. Zucos usually way smoother than that. It wasn't smooth. However, as we're going to the next scene, they go into a fun house. My entire life, ever since I've gone to the O.C.

Fair. Any fun house I ever get to. I'm always like, I want this moment right here that he has to have a one that I want moment. When they're on the earthquakes, with the earthquake steps part? Yeah, I've always wanted,

I've always wanted that moment. I sing it every time, hoo, hoo, hoo, every time I'm in any fun house. Yeah, it's happening. All right, let's get Danny, he's finally standing up. He's getting up.

He's getting up. Into the fun house. Let's see what they got. Here we go. I'll read the lyrics on this one. Yeah, let's read the lyrics. This is the first time let's come over the scene

of the fact that they go through the center of the hole. and it's all one scene. They don't switch scenes. No, it's all one shot. It's a one shot scene. Okay, so she says, you're filled with affection,

you're too shy to convey, meditate my direction. First of all, Danny Zuko, definitely not too shy to meditate any direction. The whole movie has been, like, portrayed as like,

yo, I do whatever I want to do. If I'm into this, I'm going to pull this that way. If I'm into that, I'm going to pull it this, that. So the fact that she's trying to say that you're too shy

to convey. anything. Here's my thing on this situation. She's talking way too big of words for Danny Zuku to ever... There's no way he's understanding. Affection. Convey. Direction.

Meditate. This man has no idea what she's talking about. He's still laying on the staircase looking, trying to like look up her leather pants. Your leather outfit is hot. That's all he's thinking about. She's doing way too big awards. She's ready to graduate high school. He is not.

Ready to continue another year. Danny Zook would love another year as a T-bird in high school. Yeah, absolutely. After she says, meditate in my direction, feel you way. He goes, wow. And it's just a classic like, everybody remembers him going,

wow, which, by the way, if you do that on karaoke, that part's not on karaoke. It's a little frustrating. You got to edit. That's when you know you're doing extra credit. But he's also once again embodying her hotness. Like, all I got to say to all that shit you just said with the meditation and the affection and the convey

and direction. Is what? Danny comes in, letting her know. He needs to shape up. He better shape up. Because she needs a man to keep her satisfied. And then she's like, make sure she lets him know, to keep him satisfied. Like she's like, he's already saying that.

Which I already, this used to irritate me. He's letting you know already, Sandy. I better shape up and you just have to add. You just have to add to it. That can't be satisfied. I know. That's what I'm saying. I better shape up. Shut up. Shut up. The song, though. The song sounds better because she adds that. It irritates me that

shit. I'm already letting you know you're not to I don't have to... It would irritate me if it didn't make the song sound so damn beautiful. True. They go up the stairs and the fun house had the exact beat of them going back and forth.

Are you a show? Yes, I'm show down deep and stuff. You gotta give credit to the okay, whoever knew this fun house to realize that the BPMs of the actual move that they're going to do on this scene would go back and forth at the exact scene time to play it perfectly.

Your editing abilities have to understand that that's amazing. No? That's just kind of how musicals worked out. Like, every step is on beat, and they probably shot that a bunch of times to where they waited until it actually worked. I feel like you're giving the mechanics of the actual fun house too much credit here. But you're right. It probably falls more on the editor, I think, but...

And them. Of course, you would give the editor credit. Well, and them performing, too. like they were singing it and they were probably moving their bodies with it. So I would give it to John and Olivia. But no, that's actually like my favorite part right there of the whole dance number. It's like when they're dancing on the little earthquake stairs, I don't know.

It just always makes me feel like when you're feeling at your highest point with your significant others, at whatever point you're at, who does not want to have a nice dance and sing off on the earthquake stairs of a fun house? And the beats working perfectly? that is even more perfect than flying off in a car in the distance, which we will get to. Yes. The friends are completely cock-blocking at this point. What are they doing?

They're standing on the side, all three of them, all watching, on top of each other, like, while they're in the shake shack. Like, leave them alone, dude. First of all, let's just say the shake-shack is the best place for them to be, like... Working it. What else are you supposed to do in the shake-shack? By the way, is that why we call the shake-shack now and a shake-shack? No, there's a restaurant decided to name. I think this is the kind of couple at this moment that wants everybody else to be looking at them.

So I don't think they're cock-blocking by stuff. I think they're giving them what they want. Leave them alone, dude. Go get your old girl. What are you doing all three of you guys? I can like big hands. That was their style. No, but look at them, dude.

That kind of everybody leave. Like, big hands like woo-hoo, woo-hoo! Like take your asses and go on another ride, dude. What do you guys do? Look at the whole time. This is what everybody needs to be looking at. All three of them the entire time. Look at them.

look at them the entire time or just standing next to them watching them be on the Shake Shack while all three of them had different girls they were with just before this at prom doing the hand jive this is what everybody in that group needs to be watching right now

this is the moment of the fair they have been waiting to see what the deal with Danny and Sandy is imagining that this is actually the way this high school in the 50s worked everybody kind of professes the big moments through musical numbers. So the fact that this is that

moment when now Danny and Sandy are both dancing around the fun house. Their part is to stand her on the side all kind of hanging on each other's shoulder looking and sort of nodding back and forth like this man does a double hand fist while on his stomach in Shamu Pose.

That's how happy he's going to be for somebody else. It looks like he's about to do the worm. He's doing a yeah, double hand fist on his stomach I mean that's a bit excessive can we be honest it's a bit excessive for somebody else dancing

you know what it's not because you're still noticing it you actually pause the movie to look at it and that's your kind of shit right there so yeah I guess not working in the shake shop work in the shake shit

I do see her say like if this was a real scene these guys all being on the left just stared at them yeah they're weird but let's be honest They're Shake Shack. They actually killed that shake.

It made it seem like they weren't even shaking in the Shake. No, they were shaking way to shake shack. And they were like in perfect rhythm on the shake. Good job. I actually almost want to like amend the last thing I just said when I said the Earl Earthquake Stubbs. I think that one is actually my favorite right there. He's kind of like got his hands on her hips. And they're in perfect rhythm.

Sandy just still looks fire is all hell. Sandy's working in the scene. And here's the part that always amazed me as a kid is like, wait, how do all these high school? students know the exact same dance routine. This is just what happens in musical. Oh no, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Do you know how many times I go down steps and put my fingers in my pockets and start to go...

What do you call that move? Down, I don't know what I call it. The little right, left, right, left. That little like side sort of like... Yeah. I call out the other one that I want. What a great way to go down some stairs. And the only way that I go from that to anything.

else is by going back up the steps with the Ferris Bueller everybody stepped together one, two, three and then step back up the steps. You know what I'm talking about? We're going to watch Ferris Bueller and figure that out and you're going to love that scene. I go grease down, Ferris Bueller up.

Never realize that. Write that down. Wait a minute, dude. These will end getting off the fun house with a very 1990s move. I mean, that's... Saccharming part where she freaks up on him.

And she jumps off, gets her legs around him. She then wraps her legs around him, and they go in circles with him holding her in the air. Very 1992. Could we be honest about that? Like, that's a little ahead of its time. Why do you lend on 92? I don't know. It'd be 2000 to 2022.

I don't know. All I'm saying is that was ahead of its time. It was. I guarantee when people saw that movie, we're like, oh, it probably stopped some hearts for sure. But you know what? Sandy was fire And if she wants to jump around you and put her legs around you, you catch her

And you continue to... Yeah, 1972, though. Even if you are, John Travolta, maybe. And what about this next scene, though? This thing always made me cringe a little bit Because we got... Oh, when everybody's got the... Watch it.

Your heads on top of things. Gorillas. And then for some reason, the last dude decides to have a little dog, which nobody explains this dog. This dog... Where did this dog? come from from from. This dog came out of nowhere. Even if he was in one scene, you're like,

oh, it's Marty's dog. It's funny. It's Marty's dog. Nothing. There's just a random dog. It's Chacha's dog. Chachas dog. And then the guy's like, oh, I'm with a dog, of which the dog isn't explained before, after, anywhere. Does he turn and say honey? Like every other does? And then he's like, weirded out, and he's weirded out by it. Watch. What does his head? He doesn't say, honey. He just weirded out. He just weirded out by it. Like, did he die? Like, did he not notice that a dog was there the whole time? He didn't notice until the end.

Why is there a dog? Everybody else gets a girl. Why is there a dog in that scene? Better question. Why is the guy that's head is there like 48 years old and it's supposed to be a high school or in this movie? That's true. I mean, that's the entire high school movie of this.

But why is there a dog in that sea? I've never understood that. Has anybody else questioned this? They do you have a little comic relief in the end there. To put a random bug in that? Yeah, it's fine. Frenchie dog? I guess it's Frenchie's dog, huh?

No. Frenchie? That was a French. Yeah, yeah, Frenchie was a French. So he thought it was Frenchy, but it was actually a French bulldog? Do you think they actually put that much thought in there? So that's somebody in 2020 would piece it together in a podcast? I think so, dude.

We uncovered the mystery that is. The dog. You're the one that I want. Don't. That's there randomly. French bulldog. It's because it's a French bulldog. It's supposed to be Frenchie.

But it's not Frenchie, I get it now. It's, and it's a, you know. and Ellie figured out, it's an okay joke, I guess. It's really, here's my reaction. Here's my reaction to us figured that shit out like 50 years later. Are you ready for it? It's this.

Oh. That was about it. That was all I get it. Let's finish this song. I know, yeah. Don't tell my sister about that. And she's going to be amazed. Just let's finish the song.

And I guarantee nobody's going to realize that that that dog is, a French bulldog and it was in the place of Frenchie. All right. And with that, they end up getting in Kenicki's. They get in Kanicki's car and fly off.

Leaving high schoolers with a mistaken idea that everything is going to be exactly the same as it is on graduation day for the rest of life, which is not exactly the best. It changes real quick.

That's not the best. Yeah, you got maybe that summer and then after that, like literally everything is going to be It changes quick. And then it doesn't... Depending on how your college is, it kind of stays similar.

Then after college, ladies and gentlemen, it's just nothing similar to life. Just learn that. Just know this. If your life remains, as much as life is great at a certain point when you're graduating high school, it's not meant to stay that point.

Unless you win the lotto. And congratulations on that. Or you pulled Sandy and you have a flying car and you hit the jackpot. I didn't even realize it's Kincky's. car. It's Connecticut's car. Why are they even in

Connecticut's car? They redid the car. They redid it like grease lightning. Now Danny gets to fly off in somebody else's car. I never realized that. Yeah. Why? We got to do a whole episode on Greece.

We got to do Greece. We're going to do Greece. We're going to do Greece. Keep that. You're the one that I want. We figured out actually because of myths. We figured out some things that we liked. And you know what?

Go watch that music video. We just dissected the fuck out of this song. Go watch the music video right now. Because you know what? It puts you in a good mood, though, doesn't it? How does it now? I'll tell you right now. How do you not feel good after watching?

You're the one that I want in Greece. I'm elated. Yeah. It just makes you feel like, you know what? Things are good. Things are the way that I want, even if it's not. For that moment, as you're watching it, it's like, yeah, you know what? Maybe I could find a Sandy dance in a fun house with her and then fly off in my friend's car,

who I don't actually have to own or paint or do anything to. And then just... Any window of a random dog to... And convince my friends that everything's always going to be the same as it is right now. So as long... And sometimes that's all you need is the feeling. That's all you need. That's exactly what I need to feel.

So, now that we got done this classic B-shirt. You're the one that I want, Greece, Sandy, Danny. How many slaps we give in it, Justin? I got to give this one a three slaps and a snap. Three and a half. Good song. I mean, whatever. That's it?

It's an old song. I don't want to tell you. I don't know. I'm with you on that one, actually. I wanted to give it more, but like, am I going to play this song? I want to hear a jam right now? Probably not. It's very much like a period piece song.

I have such great memories of it. I was in the Greece play. And I have excellent memories of Greece. But I'm not probably going to just play it when I'm like, I just need a jam right now. So, yeah, you know what? I'm going to stick with you on the. There it is.

Three claps and a snap. That's what we give. You're the one that I want. Thank you, Danny, Sandy, and all the Greece crew. We're going to do a movie segment on that. Get ready for that. Come out. In the meantime, right now.

I think we get another jam that we got. to get to. It's time. You ready? Next!