Reproduction, reproduction!
Put your pollen tube to work.
Reproduction, reproduction!
Make my stamen go berserk.
Reproduction!
I don’t think they even know what a pistil is!
I got your pistil right here…
Where does the pollen go?
Grease 2 was released on this day 36 years ago – June 11, 1982
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Who’s That Guy?
All: Whoooh ooooh who’s that guy?
Whoooh ooooh who’s that guy?
Davey: He came out of the darkness in the middle of the night,
Blazing like a mother with a fist of dynamite.
The T-Birds: He ain’t foolin’ no one on that pile of chrome and steel,
Burnin’ up the pavement like he was some kind of wheel.
The Scorpions: He’s lookin’ for a rumble and some heads are gonna bust,
He’s gonna take a tumble with one solitary thrust!
Pink Ladies: The only thing you guys are gonna do is eat his dust!
Who’s that guy?
Where did he come from?
Who’s that guy?
The T-Birds: Please tell me someone.
Pink Ladies: I never knew anyone could be so cool.
All: Whoa oh oh
Who’s that guy?
He’s just amazin’!
From headlight to tailpipe, his burners are blazin’.
Pink Ladies: Looks to me like he could really fly!
Happy 57th Birthday to “Cool Rider” Maxwell Caulfield!!!
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Michael Carrington: Hello?
Stephanie Zinone: Hi.
Michael Carrington: I wanted to ask you if you’re free after school today.
Stephanie Zinone: Yeah. I’m free every day. It’s in the Constitution.
Happy 58th Birthday to Michelle Pfeiffer!!!
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Happy 57th Birthday to Michelle Pfeiffer!!!
Here is the whole “Cool Rider” song from the movie:
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Grease 2 starred Maxwell Caulfield and an unknown Michelle Pfeiffer, as well as T.J. Hooker‘s Adrian Zmed. This sequel takes place in 1961, 2 years after the original Grease took place. This movie was not very successful, as it only made $15 million on a $13.2 million budget. There are several reasons for this, such as that it came out around the same time as the smash hits E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial and Tootsie. There were also other musicals that came out that year, such as The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and Annie.
It didn’t help that much of the main cast did not come back for this movie, with the exception of Didi Conn (Frenchy).
Due to the failure of Grease 2, Maxwell Caulfield’s career was damaged. He said, “Before Grease 2 came out, I was being hailed as the next Richard Gere or John Travolta. However, when Grease 2 flopped, nobody would touch me. It felt like a bucket of cold water had been thrown in my face. It took me 10 years to get over Grease 2”.
On the other hand, Michelle Pfeiffer’s career took off after this movie. Her next movie was Scarface, and she went on to star in many more movies.
Here is the plot of the movie that I got from Wikipedia:
It is 1961, two years after the original Grease gang were Rydell High seniors in the first movie and a new academic year is just beginning at Rydell High School:
The Pink Ladies are now led by the beautiful Stephanie Zinone (Michelle Pfeiffer), who feels she has “outgrown” her relationship with the arrogant leader of the The T-Birds, Johnny Nogerelli (Adrian Zmed) during summer break. A new arrival comes in the form of clean-cut English student Michael Carrington (Maxwell Caulfield), who quickly becomes smitten with Stephanie.
At the local bowling alley, a game turns sour due to the animosity between Johnny and Stephanie.
Stephanie retaliates by kissing the next man who walks in the door, which happens to be Michael. Bemused by this unexpected kiss, Michael attempts to ask her out but discovers that she has a very specific vision of her ideal man.
As he realizes that he will only win her affection if he turns himself into a cool rider, Michael buys a motorcycle.
Following an unusual, biology lesson (Reproduction) given by Mr. Stuart (Tab Hunter),
a gang of rival motorcyclists called the Cycle Lords surprise the T-Birds at the bowling alley. Before the fight starts, a lone anonymous biker appears, defeats the enemy gang, and disappears into the night.
Stephanie is instantly fascinated with the stranger. In a short comic scene, one of the T-Birds, Louis DiMucci (Peter Frechette), attempts to trick his sweetheart Sharon (Maureen Teefy) into losing her virginity to him by taking her to a fallout shelter and faking a nuclear attack.
Stephanie is surprised again by the Cool Rider and they enjoy a romantic twilight motorcycle ride. Just as Michael is about to reveal his identity, they are interrupted by the arrival of the whole gang; before Michael disappears again, he tells Stephanie that he will see her at the talent show, in which the Pink Ladies and T-Birds are performing. Johnny, enraged by Stephanie’s new romance, threatens to fight the “Cool Rider” if he sees him with her again. The Pink Ladies exit haughtily, although this has little effect on the T-Birds’ self-confidence.
At school, Stephanie’s poor grades in English lead her to accept Michael’s offer of help. She slowly begins to discover that she has similar feelings for him, and starts to reciprocate his crush. Johnny, upon seeing them together in a discussion, demands that Stephanie quit the Pink Ladies for his “rep” and subtly threatens that the T-Birds will beat up Michael if she refuses. Stephanie is visibly upset by this but refuses to quit the Pink Ladies. Although still head over heels for the Cool Rider, interactions with Michael reveal that she has become smitten with him as well, as Michael ponders over his continuing charade he puts out to Stephanie.
At the talent show, Stephanie and the Cool Rider meet outside the school, but are ambushed by the T-Birds who pursue Michael with Stephanie and the Pink Ladies following in a car. They chase him to a construction site which conceals a deadly drop, and the biker’s absence suggests that he has perished below, leaving Stephanie inconsolable. During the Pink Ladies’ number at the talent show
Stephanie enters a dreamlike fantasy world where she is reunited with her mystery biker.
She is named winner of the contest and crowned the queen of the upcoming luau, with Johnny hailed as king.
The school year ends with the graduation luau, during which the Cycle Lords suddenly appear and begin to destroy the celebration.
After the Cool Rider appears and defeats the Cycle Lords, he finally reveals himself to be Michael. After his initial shock, Johnny offers him a T-Bird jacket and welcomes him into the gang, and Stephanie finally accepts that she can be with him. All of the couples pair off happily at graduation as the graduating class sings.
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