Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 film which helped to popularize disco around the country with songs including "Stayin' Alive", and made its star, John Travolta, a household name.
The film has been spoofed a number of times with the Muppets.
References[]
- Grover spoofs John Travolta's famous Saturday Night Fever pose on the cover of the 1978 LP Sesame Street Fever. The inside of the jacket features Grover in more Travolta poses, spoofing the inside of the Saturday Night Fever album.
- Grover dons John Travolta's famous white suit again in the song "ABC Disco" on Sesame Street.
- In the Sesame Street Live show Elmo Makes Music, Bert takes the stage in John Travolta's white suit and dances to "The Hustle".
- The 1982 Miss Piggy Calendar parody "Saturday Night Greaser" is a spoof of two popular films, Grease and Saturday Night Fever.
- Animal appears dressed as Travolta on a licensed Muppet postcard that parodies the film as "Saturday Night Furball", and similar pictures were used for various merchandise, including magnets.
- Elmo strikes the famed pose on the cover of the book Shall We Dance?
Mentions[]
- Tony Manero waits at Maguire’s Candy Store for his friends to pick him up in their car. The candy store‘s window has a Sesame Street puzzle of Bert and a balloon with the Sesame Street Muppets on it.
Connections[]
- Fran Drescher played Connie
- Donna Pescow played Annette
- Robb Sapp played Bobby C. in a stage production of the musical
- John Travolta played Tony Manero