I've seen some wonderfully disastrous Christmas music videos before (Heidi Klum's "Wonderland," anyone?), but I think Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson just gifted us with the cheapest, weirdest yuletide video in history. Prepare yourself for "I Think You Might Like It," the new Christmas duet between John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
The song is a rootin'-tootin' number about coming home for Christmas (I think?), and the video has all the glamor of a public access commercial for a Montecito lamp store.
This is what happens when you fly Greased Lightning too close to the sun.
OK, ten quick questions everyone is wondering:
1) Could the title "I Think You Might Like It" sound more half-assed? Answer: No.
2) Which is less believable: Olivia's romantic feelings for John, or in "Please Mr. Please" when she claims she grew up in Nashville?
3) Is John Travolta celebrating 20 years of dressing like a sixth-grader? Answer: Yes.
4) That beard? Answers: None.
5) Are we surprised that John Travolta can't pull off a convincing beard? Answer: No, though Kelly Preston is trying her hardest. And I'm sorry John forced me into that joke.
5) What could be more charming than that grandmother hugging her granddaughter at the airport? Answer: Maybe if it looked like they'd ever met before.
6) Who brings presents to the airport? Answer: Families full of strangers.
7) Does 64-year-old Olivia Newton-John look great? Answer: Yes. Too bad she's spending the holidays weeping to "It's a Wonderful Life" with John's boysenberry beard.
8) Is it possible to watch this without thinking of Rizzo scowling? Answer: No, but I think about Stockard Channing scowling most of the time anyway.
9) How many extra hours of do-si-do footage were shot for this video? Answer: Unknowable.
10) Is the song catchy? Answer: Y'know, a little! A little.
Merry Christmas to our stabbed souls! ONJ, please perform "Make a Move On Me" atop the Sydney Opera House and make this all better.
