G2 - Edited for TV?
On February 9, 1997, G2 aired on TNT
(Turner Network Television, a cable TV station in the United States).
Now, there's nothing special about this, since TNT and TBS show G2
several times a year. This time, however, we issued a challenge to
the members of the Son of Grease fan club: identify what's been edited
out for the television version.
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What they found was truly shocking.
The following moments were cut:
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The entire sequence between "Back To School" and Ms.
McGee's opening announcements.
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Ms. McGee saying, "It's better to play with a group than with
yourself." in the opening announcements.
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Johnny's comment about treating Paulette's "nymphoidmania"
at the Bowl-A-Rama.
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Mr. Stuart's (Tab Hunter's) arrival at Rydell: the scene in which
the Pink Ladies' car almost hits him and his first meeting with
Miss Mason. The former scene contains Paulette's comment about
"dying a virgin."
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The entire "Reproduction" number, including
the scene afterwards outside Ms. McGee's office, which includes
the "period" play on words in her discussion with a possibly pregnant
student.
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Michael's essay deliveries to the T-Birds, including DiMucci's
first visit to Michael's uncle's bomb shelter.
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The sequence at the Bowl-A-Rama in which Dolores sees Balmudo
outside alone, tells the T-Birds, and they run outside, only to
beat a hasty retreat when they find that all the Scorpions have
arrived.
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On the football field, the Pink Ladies' cruel jibe at the cheerleading
twins: "Virgin alert! Virgin alert! All male periscopes down!"
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Dolores' "pisses me off" lines to Michael outside the
Bowl-A-Rama.
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Miss Mason chastising Stephanie for her "shoddy" Shakespeare
essay.
The Son of Grease TV Watchdog Brigade:
Starr E. McClure (10 sightings)
jim futrell (6 sightings)
damir linic (5 sightings)
R. Sandlin (2 sightings)
Wyatt Phillips (1 sighting)
Rizzo (1 sighting)
Anna-Rebecca Morris (1 sighting)
Way to go, team!
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