GREASE Creator Jim Jacobs Debunks Bizarre Fan Conspiracy Theory

Yesterday, BWW shared a three-year old fan conspiracy theory regarding the ending of the 1978 film GREASE. According to the original Reddit thread, the user cites the lyrics to the film's opening number, "Summer Nights," in which Danny (John Travolta) boasts to his buddies that when he first met Sandy he "saved her life, she nearly drowned". According to the bizarre interpretation, Sandy did not actually survive on the beach the day of their initial encounter. The theory goes, "As she drowned, her brain deprived of oxygen, she had a vivid coma fantasy involving her summer fling Danny, where they shared a magical year of high school together."

In addition, the theory offers that the film's final scene, which sees Sandy and Danny defying the laws of gravity with their flying car, is really symbolic of Sandy making her ascent into heaven.

Today, Jim Jacobs, who wrote the original GREASE book and musical with Warren Casey, spoke to TMZ about the rumor and suggested that whomever thought up the idea "must have been on acid." Regarding the film's final scene, Jacobs confirms that "Sandy was very much alive." As explanations go, that's the one that we want!

Watch the film's final scene below: