Grease for peace

I can’t quite remember what spurred it but Robert said to me last night, “Sha Na Na was the f*cking SH*T!” I agreed with him and together we lamented that their variety show is not on DVD. I LOVED their show. My family watched it every week back in the late 70’s. Searching Youtube, we found that Sha Na Na is not forgotten. You can watch tons of clips from their show and old concert footage. I was obviously very young when I watched that show because I never noticed how tight Santini wore his gold pants! WOWZERS! My favorites were Bowser, Santini, Screamin’ Scott (with the piano keys on his sleeve!), Johnny Contardo who I always thought was Billy Crystal and Jocko. Here’s some youtube videos of their work….



SOME TRIVIA
Sha Na Na performed at Woodstock!
Santini’s real name is Scott Powell and after the show ended he went to medical school and he’s now an Orthopedic Surgeon! Here’s his official site.
Denny Greene is a Professor of Law at The University of Dayton School of Law.
Alan Cooper is the Elaine Ravich Professor of Jewish Studies and provost of The Jewish Theological Seminary

7 thoughts on “Grease for peace”

  1. Audra

    Oh wow, yeah, I don’t even remember the tight gold suits. Granted, I was like 5 years old when I watched this. I just remember them wearling leather jackets and short pants with Chucks. And I always thought they all had dirty hair. I didn’t get the “greaser” thing.

    Remember them doing the Hello Mudder, Hello Fadder song, and they were all dressed like little boy scouts?

  4. Donna Post author

    Definitely– Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah was indeed an Allan Sherman song. Sha Na Na just covered it. I think it’s from Sherman’s My Son, The Nut album.

    Imagine, Sha Na Na- Ivy Leaguers! Hard to believe but true!

  5. AWTM

    I also remember the gold lame outfits, but did not recall the tightness…

    I also do not recall it looking so theatrical.

    But I was little and I suppose everything was theatrical!

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