Who doesn’t hear “Summer Nights” and immediately start singing? It doesn’t matter what generation you’re from; everyone knows Grease. It’s one of the films that helped take John Travolta out of the classroom in sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter and into stardom. Even though the film first came out in 1978, I love that we can still watch it with a Paramount+ subscription.
Travolta has gotten a lot of attention for dipping into nostalgia. I was one of the many who loved seeing him dress up as Danny Zuko to attend a sing-along screening at the Hollywood Bowl. However, he’s not the only Grease actor who has been reminiscing lately. Barry Pearl, who played the youngest of the T-Birds Doody, shares a delightful flubbed line that actually made it into the beloved musical. He talks about the moment in an interview with ReMind. He recalls:
