Grease (1978)

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No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Jessica Bendinger: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Grease ⇒ Jessica Bendinger (the host's read). Bendinger names Grease, Risky Business and Fast Times as the teen classics she grew up on.
    “But before that, it was Greece was probably the biggest, you know, cultural phenomenon, then Risky Business and Fast Times, of course.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:11:13 · Jessica Bendinger (0.85 sure it was them)

Connected to

Saturday Night Fever: 2 lines career ×1 contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Saturday Night Fever → Grease. Merchant says people think of Saturday Night Fever as a Grease-like musical, but it is a much tougher, grittier film.
    “like a companion piece to Greece, but it's actually a much tougher, grittier film”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:47:32 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)

Jessica Bendinger: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Jessica Bendinger → Grease. Bendinger names Grease, Risky Business and Fast Times as the teen classics she grew up on.
    “But before that, it was Greece was probably the biggest, you know, cultural phenomenon, then Risky Business and Fast Times, of course.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:11:13 · Jessica Bendinger (0.85 sure it was them)

John Travolta: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): John Travolta → Grease. Simmons names Grease, not Saturday Night Fever, as Travolta's apex mountain.
    “I would actually say Greece was probably his apex mountain because Greece follows Saturday Fever.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:09:21 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)

Robert Stigwood: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Robert Stigwood → Grease. Stigwood also produced Grease.
    “Stigwood also produced grease.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:11:07 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

The Big Chill: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Big Chill → Grease. Van's list continues through Grease, Good Will Hunting, and Jackass.
    “Number three, Grease.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:20:44 · Van Lathan (0.80 sure it was them)

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career (2)

  1. career (career): John Travolta → Grease. Simmons names Grease, not Saturday Night Fever, as Travolta's apex mountain.
    “I would actually say Greece was probably his apex mountain because Greece follows Saturday Fever.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:09:21 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Saturday Night Fever → Grease. Grease follows this film and Travolta filmed the two back to back; Simmons argues Grease was his apex.
    “He's in 2 of them back to back.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:09:59 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Saturday Night Fever → Grease. Merchant says people think of Saturday Night Fever as a Grease-like musical, but it is a much tougher, grittier film.
    “like a companion piece to Greece, but it's actually a much tougher, grittier film”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:47:32 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Jessica Bendinger → Grease. Bendinger names Grease, Risky Business and Fast Times as the teen classics she grew up on.
    “But before that, it was Greece was probably the biggest, you know, cultural phenomenon, then Risky Business and Fast Times, of course.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:11:13 · Jessica Bendinger (0.85 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Robert Stigwood → Grease. Stigwood also produced Grease.
    “Stigwood also produced grease.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:11:07 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): The Big Chill → Grease. Van's list continues through Grease, Good Will Hunting, and Jackass.
    “Number three, Grease.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:20:44 · Van Lathan (0.80 sure it was them)

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