But like most people watching, we had questions about the show.
Here are a few thoughts that struck us while watching the east coast broadcast of this not-soon-forgotten moment in live TV musical history.
1. So Danny and Sandy met on the set of The Young and the Restless?
2. Is Jessie J. part of the Grease cannon?
3. Is this the most impressive golf cart choreography in the history of TV?
4. What are the odds that Droughtland, California would get intense storms the one day someone set a live production outside?
5. How many heads of normal hair are hiding inside Aaron Tveit’s Grease hair?
6. What is Patty Simcox on?
7. Is she willing to share?
8. Is Ana Gasteyer’s principal character giving anyone else SNL feels? #WemissyouAna
9. WHAT IS MARIO LOPEZ DOING HERE?
“Hello, I’m Mario Lopez, and I’m… hosting… this musical?”
— Richard Lawson (@rilaws) February 1, 2016
Mario Lopez just ruined #GreaseLive like Tori ruined “Saved By the Bell.”
— Tony Maglio (@TonyMaglio) February 1, 2016
10. No, SERIOUSLY. WHAT IS MARIO LOPEZ DOING HERE?
11. Why is the entire school watching cheerleading tryouts? — Neha Prakash, senior web culture reporter
12. Why did the audience refuse to go full ’50s? (Oh, this one has an answer?)
13. Where do I get a leather jacket with a scorpion on it? — Tricia Gilbride, web culture reporter
14. Why do none of these dudes think it’s weird to have a designated sex car? — Hillary Busis, deputy entertainment editor
15. Why does Kether Donohue not have 8000% more lines? — Yohana Desta, entertainment reporter
16. Did Patty paint this horse?
17. Where did the producers hide Mario Lopez?
18. What the hell would the ‘rocket club’ even do? — H.B.
19. There’s Mario Lopez! Can we put him away again?
20. Is anyone else’s new favorite character Crazy Talented Kid with the Guitar? (Ed note: That’s Jordan Fisher, a Teen Beach Movie alum.)
21. “Does this scene need another reference to this being a live musical?” — a producer, probably
22. Did Carly Rae Jepsen break into Katy Perry’s hair lair to find that pink wig?
23. Did Boys II Men just sing the word “hooker”?
24. Why is ’50s Mario Lopez still wearing his 2016 suit? — Y.D.
25. Why am I so invested in this Patty and Rocket Kid subplot?
26. WHY DID THE AUDIO HAVE TO CRASH WHEN JOE JONAS WAS SINGING?
27. Literally what is happening on this dance floor?
ALL THE OSCARS for @VanessaHudgens #GreaseLive pic.twitter.com/OYfk79UmR3
— Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan) February 1, 2016
28. How big of a Thank You muffin basket will Carlos PenaVega send to his former Dancing With the Stars partner Witney Carson?
29. Seriously, who is responsible for this? THANK YOU.
Fully screamed in my apartment at this particular piece of insane choreography #GreaseLive pic.twitter.com/bH0csAAV36
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) February 1, 2016
30. If this was on cable, we’d find out in the next act that Sandy left the dance because she has a dark past and is secretly cooking meth at her house. Would anyone else watch that?
31. So. Much. Static. Who will pay for this “Hopelessly Devoted” disrespect?
32. Is Sandy sad because her pool is empty?
33. Is the ring like those traveling pants? Because there’s no way that fits Julianna Hough.
34. How quickly can we get Aaron Tviet’s Sin Wagon to become a real-life theme park ride? #wouldride
35. Is it concerning that the character I relate to most is the boozy shop teacher? (Played by Jan Brady OG, Eve Plumb, FYI) #old
36. Was “unappealing” a sick burn in the ‘50s? — Y.D.
37. Who’s going to hire Vanessa Hudgens next? Because damn.
38. Is anyone else car sick?
39. Has anyone ever enjoyed playing the xylophone as much as Blanche?
40. Anyone feel bad for Eugene for missing that live pie throw?
41. Does anyone else think Kether Donohue’s pigtails look as tired as this poor cast probably is?
42. Is this golf cart action making anyone else ridiculously nervous?
43. Where was my invite to this party?
44. Can we get a little respect for the ladies who just did that dance scene in five inch heels?
45. When can we do this again?