{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#309 - Grease is the Word","description":"Have you ever heard a dude say that he would still bed Mary Anne from Gilligan\u2019s Island, even if she\u2019s currently 110 years old? Well, the same goes for Sandy in Grease. In fact, if those rambunctious teenaged gearheads hadn\u2019t soiled her white blouse, she might have remained a virgin. In my mind, she always will be. Youth is eternal in film. Because while Kenickie\u2019s Roman hands and Russian fingers were exploring the back seat of the 1939 Packard with Rizzo, Danny was tuning up Greased Lightnin\u2019 with nothing but a pink slip in mind. That\u2019s the terminology for reigning victorious in a good old fashioned drag race on the streets where the result is transferal of ownership by way of a pink DMV form. And it\u2019s also a term for underwear that\u2019s never been slipped past the knees. Which sweeps me back to glowing memories of Sandy. But why did they call the movie \u201cGrease\u201d instead of \u201cMotor Oil\u201d? Because grease is to be eaten, not poured into your engine. In fact, grease is one of the tastiest items to have ever pleasured the human palette. It slathers your frying pan. It butters your bread. It styles your hair. Or at least it did in the 1950\u2019s. Grease showed us a glimpse into that period\u2019s youth movement where sexual repression graduated from soda fountain sips to gyrating hips. It\u2019s a musical look into the often-painful process of teen self-discovery against centuries old religious indoctrination. And like all curious yungins, these rambunctious punks were ready to define their own style and music that counteracted the strict boredom their grandparents embodied. It was also an example of the prevailing winds of love as Sandy was hopefully devoted to Danny. I\u2019m hopelessly devoted to this blunt before I watch Grease for the 14th time.   ","author_name":"Stoney Baloney | A Narrated Cannabis Column","author_url":"https:\/\/leafmagazines.com\/podcasts\/stoney-baloney\/","html":"