Episode 74 - Grease

<p>You can't walk out of a drive-in.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia as we're heading back to high school in the 1950s to get our faces on American Bandstand. We're racing for pinks in our 74th episode as we discuss:</p> <ul><li>Who turned down Danny Zuko and which actor played the part in the stage show</li> <li>Who are two actresses rumoured to have turned down Sandy before Olivia Newton-John got the role</li> <li>How does the film look with 2021 sensibilities and should that matter? </li> <li>Why does the film look so wonderful in some of these numbers?</li> <li>Is Olivia Newton John a bad actress or is it just bad writing</li> <li>There's a great story about Stockard Channing's name</li> <li>Whether Sandy is the good person she presents herself as</li> <li>We share some anecdotes about our personal histories with the film and stage show</li> <li>Which song was supposed to be sung by a different character until a bigger star played the diva card</li> <li>Which fact about the film frustrates Liam because he's heard it so much</li> <li>Which BFE alum appears in Grease in an uncredited role and blows Liam's mind</li> <li>Whether or not Grease is the Best Film Ever</li> </ul> <p>Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at <a href='https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor'>https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor</a></p> <p>Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at <a href='https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/'>https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/</a></p>