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Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 9:19 am
David mouthed "Wow"...but I wouldn't say he looked disappointed...if I remember correctly, the show before this, his selection for the leads was Max (and Laura by just a hair over Ashley "on passion alone".) I think maybe he was just impressed that America saw the value/potential in Max. Anyone know of any interviews anywhere?
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Scooterrific
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07-08-2005
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 9:25 am
I concur with Beth
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Fiat
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10-07-2004
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 9:51 am
I agree about the cast seeming to not quite match. They seemed older and bigger, and maybe stronger??? I don't know. I'm no broadway producer/director. Austin seemed devastated. I hope something good happens for him because of this. I didn't like him at first, but I really grew to like him over the course of the show. I liked this whole show. I'd love it if they did it again, casting a different show of course.
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Cricket
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08-05-2002
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 10:45 am
Beth, no they didn't repeat the Grease Academy I don't think. It started with a 2-hour show and there were 5 episodes after that. I just don't see what everyone sees in Max. I see absolutely NO..ZERO...ZILCH chemistry between him and Laura; whereas there was chemistry between her and Austin. I still think she and Chad should be Danny/Sandy. They look good together. Max is a clown type of guy..not a romantic one. I just don't get it. He'd be better as one of the other guys. I think Max's voice is twangy; not pure. I also thought Kevin had a very nice voice. If anyone else was up against Max, they might have had a chance of winning. People just didn't like Austin. I would like to have seen a Derek/Kevin/Chad F3...or even Chad/Max. I think Chad would have won. What does everyone else think? ETA: Beth, those are prob. the same episodes. DARN, I'm so mad, because I didn't know they were on today. I would have copied the one I missed. When the DVR when out and had to be reset, it also wipes out the guide for few days. They really need to work on their so-called software problems at Direct TV.
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Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 11:31 am
Yes, they were the same...minus the 2-hr opening and the finale, which kind of threw me! I had it on in the background. I found my listings through Zap2it.com tv listings, just by the way. I LOVE MAX!!!! And actually I LOVE Austin, too, just in a different way, and not for this role. And the reason I would love to see Grease Academy again is because I wasn't a Max or Laura fan from the start. I actually was way disappointed when Max was chosen over Matt...boy, was I wrong and the producers were right. From the first time Max stepped on stage in the actual performances, he lit up the stage for me and I totally believed him IN CHARACTER. That's what kept selling it for me. My biggest disappointment is the supporting cast for the Broadway show. I think it probably comes across differently in the theater, but they did leave a "bad taste" in my mouth, and was yearning to see the runners up cast in the supporting roles instead, as someone else said above.
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Cricket
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08-05-2002
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 11:52 am
Beth, I got the one I missed! I'm so happy! Yesterday, I hit Record Series just in case they played the shows again and I just checked and it picked up the one I missed...the one where Chad had the majority of the judges' votes to be Danny. The guest host (John Secada?) said Chad/Allie. I'd love to see them do a touring Grease. You know, I can't help but wonder if the judges got rid of Chad over Austin because they knew Max would win over Austin. It's like he's this poor little kid. I thought his crying was overdone last week. I'm sorry he was ill, but I just didn't feel him. He seems a bit c*cky. He said at the beginning "Just wait until they hear me sing." He doesn't have that good a voice to be thinking like that. The judges really, really, pushed him to the point of unfairness to the other guys. Beth stated: My biggest disappointment is the supporting cast for the Broadway show. I think it probably comes across differently in the theater, but they did leave a "bad taste" in my mouth, and was yearning to see the runners up cast in the supporting roles instead, as someone else said above. Did you guys see the supporting roles for the play Max/Laura are going to be in this summer? I didn't see much of last night's show and hope Bravo repeats it Thursday @ 10:00 PM CT as they have been doing. I thought the current Broadway cast was on the show. I too, wish they would cast a lot of the guys in the new play. For that matter, the gals as well. They are all likable.
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Max
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08-12-2000
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 12:39 pm
MAX WINS!!!! And Laura, too! Sorry, just had to see my name in "lights"! 
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Scooterrific
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07-08-2005
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 12:43 pm
LMAO Max!!
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Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 1:16 pm
I can't wait until a ketchuplover wins something 
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Sharinia
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09-07-2002
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 2:58 pm
I thought most of the supporting cast looked like they were in their late 30s... in other words, almost like they could be Max & Laura's parents.
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Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 4:43 pm
Max and Laura perform on Access Hollywood tomorrow tuesday 3/27.
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Cricket
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08-05-2002
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 7:03 pm
ROFL @ Max! You got your wish. Big Red Lights!
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Alliet
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07-11-2005
| Tuesday, March 27, 2007 - 2:05 am
You're right, Sharinia. I don't know about being their parents but certainly too old to play high school kids.
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Danzdol
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04-21-2001
| Tuesday, March 27, 2007 - 7:26 am
Once I saw the cast I thought that Austin would have fit in for sure moreso than Max. He looks like a little boy next to that cast. Perhaps they should have revealed the cast earlier?
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Colordeagua
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10-25-2003
| Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 12:51 pm
From the IMDB: Not the One They Want? Although producers of the Broadway revival of Grease had boasted that advance ticket sales have totaled more than $9 million, largely due to the recently concluded reality contest Grease: You're the One that I Want, they may have spoken too soon. According to New York Post theater columnist Michael Riedel, the Ticketmaster switchboard in New York was flooded with phone calls following the final segment Sunday night with calls from ticket buyers wanting their money back. According to Riedel, callers were unhappy with the actors chosen to star in the revival, Max Crumm and Laura Osnes. "There was a bit of a frenzy because a lot of people wanted Austin and Ashley to win," a source told Riedel, referring to the runners-up, Austin Miller and Ashley Spencer. A spokesman for the TV show denied that there was a "substantial number of calls" for refunds.
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Jimmer
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08-30-2000
| Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 1:02 pm
I can't say that this surprises me. The same thing (possibly worse) would have happened if Austin and Ashley had won. These shows work by polarizing fans in favor of their favorite contestants. It's fine for American Idol because the fans of the second place contestant can usually satisfy themselves by buying their recordings anyway. In this situation it doesn't work.
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Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000
| Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 3:36 pm
They can't have two versions simultaneously?
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Cricket
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08-05-2002
| Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 4:07 pm
If they were going to have two versions, I like the second one to be Chad/Allie. I'd travel to see them in the leads.
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Taximomg
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07-17-2004
| Saturday, April 07, 2007 - 11:44 pm
If you missed any of the episodes, they may rerun them on Bravo, or CNBC. They were rerun there during the weeks of the show, so they may do it again, maybe as a marathon on Bravo.
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Jimmer
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08-30-2000
| Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 5:17 am
I think a good solution to the problem of people preferring other cast members would have been to cast the other contestants in lesser roles. That to me would have been a nice consolation prize and they would have been casting familiar faces to the TV viewers. I think that would have attracted more people to the Broadway show.
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Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003
| Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 10:06 am
I totally agree, Jimmer. We got so used to seeing the "runners up" as the backup group, it just added to the shock when they introduced the "real" supporting cast.
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Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000
| Monday, April 09, 2007 - 11:37 am
The rest of the cast belongs in Grease"The Next Generation" imo
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Colordeagua
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10-25-2003
| Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 8:26 pm
From MSNBC: Q: Why didn’t the “You're the One that I Want” show offer supporting roles in the Broadway show “Grease” to the runners-up? I thought Austin was great. I hated to see him go home with nothing. —Jo, Las Vegas A: We don't know why, but the reality series’ runners-up will not appear in the new Broadway production of “Grease,” which opens officially on August 19. Instead, they’re pursing different projects, and letting the winners, Max Crumm and Laura Osnes, take center stage on Broadway. Austin Miller, who only barely lost the competition to Max, isn’t really upset that he lost. In fact, he’s talking to people in Hollywood about television roles, and he tells the Houston Chronicle that “I think I could go the rest of my life without hearing ‘Born to Hand Jive’ and be really happy about it. ... I don’t know if doing Broadway or returning to the stage are on the horizon for me at this point.” As to Ashley Spencer, she told an Ohio NBC affiliate that she’s juggling different offers, but like Austin, said she’s considering TV. “Well my heart is set for Broadway. So hopefully someday soon I’ll be on that Broadway stage ... but I’d also like to get my hands wet in TV and film,” she said. Others didn’t take the news of Austin and Ashley’s loss as well as they did. Some people called and demanded refunds for the tickets they’d already purchased, New York Post theater columnist Michael Riedel reported. ABC told him that there were not a “substantial number of calls” for refunds, although that suggests there were some. —A.D.
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