History Trivia / Grease

* HeyItsThatGuy: By the boatload. Basically, our leading couple now consists of [[Film/LesMiserables Enjolras]] and a former pro/current judge of ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', the T-Birds now include a member of Series/BigTimeRush as well as [[Film/TeenBeachMovie Seacat]]/[[Series/LivAndMaddie Holden]], the Pink Ladies include [[Film/HighSchoolMusical Gabriella Montez]], [[Series/ScreamQueens Zayday Williams]] and Music/CarlyRaeJepsen, Johnny Casino is a former [[JonasBrothers Jonas Brother]] and there are now three Teen Angels portrayed by the Boyz II Men, coach Calhoun is [[TheWire Bunk Moreland]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: The 2016 version, by the boatload. Basically, our leading couple now consists of [[Film/LesMiserables Enjolras]] and a former pro/current judge of ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', the T-Birds now include a member of Series/BigTimeRush as well as [[Film/TeenBeachMovie Seacat]]/[[Series/LivAndMaddie Holden]], the Pink Ladies include [[Film/HighSchoolMusical Gabriella Montez]], [[Series/ScreamQueens Zayday Williams]] and Music/CarlyRaeJepsen, Johnny Casino is a former [[JonasBrothers Jonas Brother]] and there are now three Teen Angels portrayed by the Boyz II Men, coach Calhoun is [[TheWire Bunk Moreland]].

* ActorAllusion: The line "Who wants to watch a bunch of amateurs in a dance contest on live TV?" regarding the National Bandstand is one to Julianne Hough and ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', which is built on this premise.* {{Blooper}}: In the 2016 version, "We Go Together" was, as it always is, the show's closing number. The carnival took place inside the school's gym, but "We Go Together" was to finish at the town square on the Warner Bros. studio lot. The entirety of the cast ran out of the gym, and hopped on to separate carts that are used to take people on tours of the lot. The main cast, with Aaron Tveit driving, hopped into the first cart. The carts had to navigate around a tight right-hand turn on their way to the square. Tveit successfully navigated the turn with no issue. The cart behind him however, with Wendell Pierce and Eve Plumb (yes, [[TheBradyBunch Jan Brady]] herself) on board, took the turn too tightly. The right rear wheel clipped the curb, and for a millisecond, the right side tires were off the ground. Luckily, the cart landed on all four wheels with no issue. If an accident had occurred, it would've greatly overshadowed a production that got great reviews and ratings.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The 2016 version, by the boatload. Basically, our leading couple now consists of [[Film/LesMiserables Enjolras]] and a former pro/current judge of ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', the T-Birds now include a member of Series/BigTimeRush as well as [[Film/TeenBeachMovie Seacat]]/[[Series/LivAndMaddie Holden]], the Pink Ladies include [[Film/HighSchoolMusical Gabriella Montez]], [[Series/ScreamQueens Zayday Williams]] and Music/CarlyRaeJepsen, Johnny Casino is a former [[JonasBrothers Jonas Brother]] and there are now three Teen Angels portrayed by the Boyz II Men.

* {{Blooper}}: In the 2016 version, "We Go Together" was, as it always is, the show's closing number. The carnival took place inside the school's gym, but "We Go Together" was to finish at the town square on the Warner Bros. studio lot. The entirety of the cast ran out of the gym, and hopped on to separate carts that are used to take people on tours of the lot. The main cast, with Aaron Tveit driving, hopped into the first cart. The carts had to navigate around a tight right-hand turn on their way to the square. Tveit successfully navigated the turn with no issue. The cart behind him however, with Wendell Pierce and Eve Plumb (yes, [[TheBradyBunch Jan Brady]] herself) on board, took the turn too tightly. The right rear wheel clipped the curb, and for a millisecond, the right side tires were off the ground. Luckily, the cart landed on all four wheels with no issue. If an accident had occurred, it would've greatly overshadowed a production that got great reviews and ratings.
* CastingGag: In the 2016 version, Johnny Casino's band is portrayed by DNCE, [[JonasBrothers Joe Jonas]]' currrent act. It may be hard to notice at first due to the characters talking over it, but the song the band performs during the slow dance part of the prom, before "Born to Hand Jive", is a doo-wop version of their SignatureSong, "Cake By The Ocean".

* DawsonCasting:
** From the film: Most blatantly with Olivia Newton-John and Stockard Channing. By the time the film came out, Channing was 34 (and actually old enough to have been in high school in 1959) and Newton-John was pushing 30. At least those two have fairly youthful faces -- Annette Charles (Cha-Cha), with her chiselled facial features, looks to be in her ''late'' thirties (or even early forties), and is in no way credible as a high school student.
** Applies to the 2016 version as well -- the youngest major character is Jordan Fisher (then 21) as Doody. Most egregiously, 32-year-old Aaron Tveit was cast as 18-year-old Danny Zuko and 30-year-old Kether Donohue was cast as Jan.
* HeyItsThatGuy: The 2016 version, by the boatload. Basically, our leading couple now consists of [[Film/LesMiserables Enjolras]] and a former pro/current judge of ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', the T-Birds now include a member of Series/BigTimeRush as well as [[Film/TeenBeachMovie Seacat]]/[[Series/LivAndMaddie Holden]], the Pink Ladies include [[Film/HighSchoolMusical Gabriella Montez]], [[Series/ScreamQueens Zayday Williams]] and Music/CarlyRaeJepsen, Johnny Casino is a former [[JonasBrothers Jonas Brother]] and there are now three Teen Angels portrayed by the Boyz II Men.
* InMemoriam: The 2016 live performance was dedicated to Vanessa Hudgens's father, Greg, who died of cancer the day before.

** Harry Reems was originally considered for Couch Calhoun, but didn't get the part as Paramount executives feared controversy from casting a porn star in the film.

* DawsonCasting: Most blatantly with Olivia Newton-John and Stockard Channing. By the time the film came out, Channing was 34 (and actually old enough to have been in high school in 1959) and Newton-John was pushing 30. At least those two have fairly youthful faces -- Annette Charles (Cha-Cha), with her chiselled facial features, looks to be in her ''late'' thirties (or even early forties), and is in no way credible as a high school student.

* {{Blooper}}: In the 2016 version, "We Go Together" was, as it always is, the show's closing number. The carnival took place inside the school's gym, but "We Go Together" was to finish at the town square on the Warner Bros. studio lot. The entirety of the cast ran out of the gym, and hopped on to separate carts that are used to take people on tours of the lot. The main cast, with Aaron Tveit driving, hopped into the first cart. The carts had to navigate around a tight right-hand turn on their way to the square. Tviet successfully navigated the turn with no issue. The cart behind him however, with Wendell Pierce and Eve Plumb (yes, [[TheBradyBunch Jan Brady]] herself) on board, took the turn too tightly. The right rear wheel clipped the curb, and for a millisecond, the right side tires were off the ground. Luckily, the cart landed on all four wheels with no issue. If an accident had occurred, it would've greatly overshadowed a production that got great reviews and ratings.

* CastingGag: In the 2016 version, Johnny Casino's band is portrayed by DNCE. The song they perform during the slow dance part of the prom, before "Born to Hand Jive", is a doo-wop version of their SignatureSong, "Cake By The Ocean".

* CastingGag: In the 2016 version, Johnny Casino's band is portrayed by DNCE. The song they perform during the slow dance part of the prom, before "Born to Hand Jive", is a slow, 50's-style version of their SignatureSong, "Cake By The Ocean".

* HeyItsThatGuy: The 2016 version, by the boatload. Basically, our leading couple now consists of [[Film/LesMiserables Enjolras]] and a former pro/current judge of ''Series/DancingWithTheStars''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The 2016 version, by the boatload.

* [[DyeingForYourArt Canoodling For Your Art]]: Jeff Conway really did give those hickeys to Stockard Channing.

* DawsonCasting: Most blatantly with Olivia Newton-John and Stockard Channing. By the time the film came out, Channing was 34 (and actually old enough to have been in high school in 1959) and Newton-John was pushing 30.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Steven Krantz and Ralph Bakshi originally had the rights to the film adaptation to Grease, and had wanted to do it as an animated musical. When Krantz and Bakshi's partnership fell through, Allan Carr acquired the film rights.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The original, theatrical edition of ''Grease'' has never received an official home video release. Early VHS and laserdisc releases boasted PanAndScan picture, while widescreen VHS/laserdisc/DVD/Blu-Ray/digital copy versions boast updated Paramount logos and a remixed soundtrack (sourced from the 20th anniversary theatrical re-release).