Reality Check: Hopelessly devoted to 'Grease' - A reality TV blog by The Baltimore Sun's Sarah Kelber

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January 10, 2007

Hopelessly devoted to 'Grease'

I didn't love the new reality series Grease: You're the One That I Want, but it's renewed some interest in the classic story, for sure. Amazon.com reports that two versions of the DVD of the film skyrocketed in sales after Sunday's broadcast on NBC. Now, the Associated Press reports that the Broadway-bound production (for which the reality show is casting leads Danny and Sandy) sold $1.3 million in tickets the first two days they were on sale.

On Monday, the "Rockin' Rydell Edition" of the DVD went from No. 931 to No. 240 on Amazon's "Top Sellers of the Past 24 Hours" list, and the widescreen edition went from No. 601 to No. 167, according to a press release.

I guess we're all pretty suggestible. I know I am -- I've had songs from Grease stuck in my head for three whole days now.

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About Sarah Kelber

Sarah Kickler Kelber, an editor in the features department since 1999, got sucked into reality TV with the first episode of MTV's The Real World in 1992. Then came Survivor and American Idol, and suddenly, the genre was everywhere. She started blogging about it for The Baltimore Sun in January 2006 and has logged more hours watching and writing about such shows as Dancing With the Stars, Big Brother and, of course, Idol, than she'd like to admit.

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