Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 27, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba 36 Winnipeg free press saturday. May 27.1978 Sears the value store preventive maintenance for Kenmore window air conditioners Here s what we will do for you 1. Clean unit for better efficiency. 2. Oil and clean fan motor. 3. Check thermostat. 4. Check wiring in unit. 5. Check compressor with Ammeter 6. Clean filter. Customer carry in 19 95 parts extra in Home 34 95 parts extra above prices for Kenmore air conditioners also inquire about our maintenance agreements for portable air conditioners. Call 633-5740 Inkster service Centre 1725 Inkster blvd. Simpsons Sears phony Singer gives up Vancouver up Vancouver Singer Terry jacks says a Man who has been impersonating him for two years leaving a Trail of bad cheques unpaid hotel Bills and Bro Ken hearts across the United states has called it quits. The Guy just phoned me and said the game was jacks said. He said he had been running from town to town and just could t take it any jacks became aware of the impostor when he began receiving phone Calls from people who said they had seen him on a local television station or caught his act in a Small town. But jacks said he Only rarely appears on Canadian to and not for years in con Cert. Jacks has not been a highly visible performer prefer ring to live on Royal ties from his hit sin Gle seasons in the Sun one of the 10 Best Sellers in rec Ord history. Recording already Gold grease As 1950-ish As hot rods 273vi Hairdresser unlimited opportunities for prestige creative expression income personal satisfaction next classes aug. 8, sept. 5, oct. 2 for free brochure write or phone hairdressing school 3vt Portage ave. Mpg. Man. R3b 2a8 pm. 942-7740 branches in Toronto Hamilton Ottawa. London. Kingston. Sat Hatoon. By David Sheehan what was it like growing up in the rough and Raunchy 1950s? John Travolta and Olivia Newton John were born too late to know he s 24 she s but they la probably be considered experts by the time their new movie musical is released in june. The film is of course grease the million movie version of one of the longest running shows in Broadway history. Grease is As 1950s As hot rods and ponytails and twice As risque As anything you re Likely to see on to s Happy Days. Travolta plays Danny Zucko Leader of the to Birds a gang of High school delinquents who flaunt their Macho Cool in leather Jack ets and Crotch killing jeans. They re the kind of Guys who stand up in their hot rods pull Down their pants and Moon right at you. Zucko with his Black hair polished to a High gloss has a stud image to uphold and will lose face with his gang if he hangs around with Sandy the Goody Goody Gir played by Newton John. But Don t worry there s a Happy ending both Travolta and new ton John can relate much of the grease plot line to their own growing up years but will the Public be Able to that s the Gamble producer Allan Carr is taking As he gears up for the movie s pre Miere. Six years ago when Carr purchased the film rights to grease the experts told him he was making a mistake on what they consid ered an out of Date property. Besides they said How do you cast a song and dance Romance about a squeaky clean girl and a leather Jack eted Greaser one couple Carr eyed for the leads Early on was Elvis Presley and Ann Margret. Later he settled on Henry Winkler and Susan Dey until the Fonz decided not to do any More 50s material. But thank you in Peg for helping make the Manitoba kidney foundation s such a tremendous Success with special thanks to seniours Tundra sweaters Lavatts i Mcdonalds i we do it a for you Certoma club of Winnipeg Chimo lumber mayor Robert Steen our friends at crw o Brien world travel Salisbury House Wes Finnon Bill Anderson River East sport land and Many Many others for their enthusiastic support cyclists Olivia Newton John ctr photo Paramount pictures photo John Travolta that was Long ago before the night in 1975 when Carr saw an actor named John Travolta in to s Welcome Back hotter. Carr phoned Robert Stig Wood the music Mogul who had become his partner in grease. Shortly after Ward Stig Wood signed tra Volta to a three picture Deal. First came saturday night fever and Box office history. Now there s grease which also shows Stig Wood s Midas touch with movie music tie ins. The sound track from fever is the Best Selling up of All time and grease is moving up the charts even before the movie s release. Travolta and Newton John s single you re the one that i want is already certified Gold. Although grease will not make or break Travolta s Ca reer at this Point it does have special significance for him i went almost directly from saturday night fever to Travolta explains so making grease was a wonderful change of Pace. Also since fever was t out yet no one recognized me As a big Star. I Felt Good because people obviously thought i had the ability to do the heavier drama stuff and the Light comedy singing and dancing too. It was exciting to assert myself in both styles especially at a time when i was known Only As one of the sweat hogs on Kotter. An added kick comes from the fact that before Kotter Travolta had a Small role in grease on tour and later on Broadway. He played Doody who is worlds apart from his current sizzling sex Symbol image. Doody was Tongue tied and Clumsy and he dressed like a Hick. His hair stuck out and he wore mis matched sneakers. Hard to believe but that was t far from Travolta s real life image As a kid. I was a Clown in Travolta admits. I did t like High school in general. I had other interests mostly to go into show which is what he did at age 16 when he dropped out of school. Back then no one would have dreamed of casting him As grease s super stud hero. I was t Tough like tra Volta says. As for girls maybe i d have one girl Friend never a lot. I would t have known How to handle after the critical acclaim he won for fever Travolta worried abut the Bubble gum lightness of grease. Then he decided the Lack of social statement in grease is in it self a social statement be cause the 50s did t have a lot of great causes. Every thing was More Dull Bland and complacent. And in a lot of ways that s How things Are today in the 70s. Which is something audiences can relate to i think. When everything is so surface a and self centred the adolescent experience becomes All the More important and dra Travolta has a Point and that Point just might make grease what he Calls the Star wars of musical movies in terms of entertainment for Young then again from rough scenes i be seen grease might be just insipid formula stuff that has nothing More to do with the 50s teen age experience than father knows Best or our miss Brooks. Travolta will fight me on that one though and be cause i can t judge a whole movie by a few scenes i must listen when he talks about his behaviour models in grease when you watch it he Points out you la see How my character is tender with the girl he really likes and Slick when he s around the Guys. So he s really a Nice Guy putting All this smart ass stuff on. I think kids will understand Eaton s rates Are the same As and your fur coat gets the . 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Polo Park and Garden City drop offs taken in the fur Are open . Monday to Friday . Saturday. For Eguh floor downtown Polo cd Tom City. l that. After All his two sided Way of behaving is really the romantic conflict of the to get All this across in grease if indeed he Travolta has sharpened his sense of humor while work ing out the rough spots in a singing voice that blends nicely with that of his co Star. Carr s Talent scouting Abil Ity was As Sharp in spotting Newton John As it was in picking Travolta out of a crowd of sweat hogs. Carr saw the pretty blonde Singer with the australian accent at a Hollywood party. At first she was her usual Carr remembers almost a Waxen figurine. But then All of a sudden she started Tell ing a joke screwing up that perfect face in some cute but hilarious Carr told her she ought to be in pictures and arranged a screen test. I had no train ing Newton John shrugs and As much As i loved the idea All i could do on such Short notice was Hope that some natural ability would come by the time the test was Over Carr knew she was just what he wanted for grease. He d already tested dozens of actresses for the role of Sandy but Only two others Marie Osmond and Deborah Raffin came close. Yet neither of them clicked so Well on screen with Travolta As did Newton John. Carr altered the grease Story line to make Sandy a Transfer student whose family had just moved Here from Australia thereby justifying the co Star s accent and inadvertently echoing the tale of Newton John s own adolescence. Well i m playing a says the Singer so All i had to do really was think Back to 12 years ago when i was suddenly plunked into a strange coun try not knowing Many people and just begin Ning really to discover boys falling in love with a Guy and being rejected. It s some thing everyone goes through one Way or another but there s definitely a bit of my self in Sandy is described in one of the film s songs As being Lousy with she s a Beauty but far too proper to suit her new school chums. She worries that my Patent leather shoes Are too shiny the boys might be Able to see up my now there s a genuine example of 50s Par Anoia. Some of that Prim image fits the offstage Newton John. At times i feel like the 1978 equivalent to Doris she laughs. There Are those who think i can t be As straight As i look. That s Why there s always someone trying to dig up dirt on me yet i can t become some thing that i m not however that s exactly what happens to her charac ter in grease in the movie Travolta forfeits his love for Newton John to maintain his Macho facade. But she saves the Day by adapting to Bis life style. She takes on a Trascy took that her friends swoon Over. A cigarette dances Tram her ftps Tat we Ufi Sapse of Sandy As she awkwardly tries to Grid it wife her Heel. Sci ;