Saturday Night Fever

[Jeff Wrangler]

BTW, I'm so old I remember when John Travolta was Vinnie Barbarino on "Welcome Back, Kotter"!

HA! I can do better than that! I saw him as a chorus boy on Broadway even before that!

It was a school trip to a matinee. All the girls in my class noticed him and went ga-ga.

Tell you what, though I've never sat through all of Saturday Night Fever, somehow I have seen the shot of him in those black bikini briefs. ...

[Shakesthecoffecan]

Then you must have really loved him in "Hairspray"! 

BTW, I'm so old I remember when John Travolta was Vinnie Barbarino on "Welcome Back, Kotter"!

Oh yeah I did! I thought he was great, convincing too.

[southendmd]

Then there was the ill-advised sequel "Staying Alive":

[Shakesthecoffecan]

I went with a group to see that one, we all we disapointed. 

[Meryl]

Gawd, thirty years! 

I loved "Saturday Night Fever" to bits.  The music is the best thing, but the characters really stuck with me afterward, too.  I must have seen it a number of times, because even now when actors from that film pop up, I instantly associate them with it.  Earlier this year I was blown away when I recognized Karen Lynn Gorney (his dance contest partner) at a Weight Watchers meeting!  She looks pretty much the same (not really overweight), just a little longer in the tooth. 

[Jeff Wrangler]

I recognized Karen Lynn Gorney (his dance contest partner) at a Weight Watchers meeting!

 

She looks pretty much the same ... , just a little longer in the tooth. 

Arent' we all?   

No, we don't want to hear from anyone who wasn't even born when the movie came out! 

[MaineWriter]

Gene Siskel bought John Travolta's white suit at auction, paid something like $4000 for it. He had a special "John" mannequin made for it (in the iconic pose) and had it on display in his living room. I believe John Travolta even signed it on the lapel. I wonder where it is now?

And we all think buying BBM memorabilia is a new concept! LOL

L

[Jeff Wrangler]

Gene Siskel bought John Travolta's white suit at auction, paid something like $4000 for it. He had a special "John" mannequin made for it (in the iconic pose) and had it on display in his living room. I believe John Travolta even signed it on the lapel. I wonder where it is now?

And we all think buying BBM memorabilia is a new concept! LOL

L

It's in the Smithsonian. That bit of information was in the New Yorker supplement article that provoked me to start this thread. He outbid Jane Fonda for it. ...

[Scott6373]

It's in the Smithsonian. That bit of information was in the New Yorker supplement article that provoked me to start this thread. He outbid Jane Fonda for it. ...

What the suit or Gene Siskel?

[Jeff Wrangler]

What the suit or Gene Siskel?

She asked about the suit, Smarty.