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The real hero of the movie


The guy who sitting alone on the table during the song Summer Nights.
Not sure if he just pensive, daydreaming or depressed but the movie is not the same without him.

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I'm going to have to go back and find him.

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Eddie Deezen?

"'Grease' actor Eddie Deezen deemed mentally unfit for criminal trial"

https://www.yahoo.com/video/apos-grease-apos-actor-eddie-180709376.html

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No way, poor Eddie played the nerd.
My mysterious guy is only a extra, who look like Michael Imperioli.
I don't think anyone have any idea about his identity.

This dude:
https://external-preview.redd.it/gXVQ42OhV61KA1XX9iztFmJ2tE7g9vD33brd60TiC18.png?auto=webp&s=b3264dd8a73682f65bcc138b7fa0d884a2c69376

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Maybe it is the last entry in the credits as "Student (Uncredited)".

Jamie Zemarel-

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0954745/

I see a resemblance in an image search of that name.

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Is the guy at the end of Summer Nights a student? He looks like a cafeteria worker to me.

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He is cafeteria worker for sure, I just wonder if back days in USA students work at the cafeteria, as some kind of discipline thing. Anyway, I doubt if his name in the cast.

We still need to check which character Jamie Zemarel play to remove him from the list for sure.

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It is Imperioli! I always wondered what a bunch of Jersey guys were doing in at a high school in Southern California.

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The guy really look like our beloved Michael Imperioli, although he was only 12 at that time. But hear this information from Wikipedia: "He is the son of Dan Imperioli, a bus driver and amateur actor" - maybe it's the Michael father? 🤔

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doesn't dance along to Summer Nights and doesn't dance the drinks over to Tommy's table

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I say the real hero of the movie is the person who sewed Olivia Newton John's black pants back up while she was still wearing them after they split while doing the dance number.

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