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John Travolta's parody of 'Grease' song for Super Bowl ad is delightful earworm say fans

John Travolta was accompanied by two 'Scrubs' stars, Zach Braff and Donald Faison, for the Super Bowl commercial for T-Mobile

OCALA, FLORIDA: John Travolta paid a sweet tribute to Olivia Newton-John six months after her death and fans are loving it. The renowed 70's actor honored his 'Grease' co-star Olivia with a hialrious parady of their iconic 'Summer Nights' duet in new Super Bowl commercial for T-Mobile alongside the two 'Scrubs' co-stars, Zach Braff and Donald Faison.

In the advertisement, Travolta, who co-starred with Newton-John in the 1978 film 'Grease', has recently relocated into the area where Braff, 47, and Faison, 48, reside. The 'Saturday Night Fever' celebrity begins to complain about how difficult it is to set up home internet when Faison and Braff suddenly appear and start singing along with the star to the tune of the popular song. While singing the song, they persuade Travolta that setting up his internet with T-Mobile will be simple. He strikes a posture towards the end of the song that is reminiscent of one from his role in the film 'Saturday Night Fever'.

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'This is going to be stuck in my head all day now'

Fans applauded the re-creation of the iconic 'Summer Nights' duet in new Super Bowl commercial for T-Mobile. One user tweeted, "Yup, I'm going to be singing that song all day." Watching the ad, another netizen shared their wish to watch 'Grease' again "Hmmm, I want to go watch Grease for reason now for some reason.." Another tweet joked, "You know tmo should really put this on tv. Maybe the Superbowl?" to which TMo replied "Hey, that's not a bad idea"  Someone joyfully tweeted,"This is PRICELESS!!!! LOVE IT!!!! Certain generations won't get the reference, but I sure do! Grease was one of my favorite movies!!!" Another fan of the iconic movie wrote, "This is going to be stuck in my head all day now."

Homage to 'Grease'

In an interview with People, Braff and Faison discussed working with the two-time Academy Award nominee. "Listen, I have a really hard time meeting other actors or peers and stuff like that,' Faison admitted. "I get excited for anyone and everyone, but I will tell you this: If you are in my top five, top 10, I'm going to go crazy. Travolta's in my top five and I went crazy." Braff continued by saying that he had had a Welcome Back, Kotter lunchbox. The sitcom, which Travolta appeared in from 1975 to 1979, is regarded as his breakthrough performance. "We had a talk beforehand, I said, 'Donald, be chill. Don't start asking questions about the movies until we've settled this.' Ten seconds in, he starts asking questions about Face/Off I'm like, 'Bro, we had a discussion.'" 

Alongside Travolta, who they described as "generous" with his time and his experiences, the actors spent two days filming the advertisement. Even the choreography for the commercial's dancing routine was modified by him. "We have an amazing choreographer and stand-in dancers that are teaching us, but then John does it and you're like, 'Oh, how can I look like that?'" Braff explained. 'And it's particularly the moves that we're doing an homage to in Grease," he added. 

Olivia's long battle with breast cancer

After a 30-year long battle with breast cancer, Olivia died in August of last year. Despite the challenges of her illness, Olivia's husband John Easterling, 70, who married her in 2008, recently remarked that she spent the last few months of her life "in peace." "She was very clear and very alive and very conscious and not in pain. So there was a quality of life there at that time that I think is so critical," he said.

Travolta posted a heartfelt message on social media to honor his longtime friend. "My dearest Olivia, you made all of our lives so much better," Travolta wrote on Instagram. "Your impact was incredible. I love you so much. We will see you down the road and we will all be together again. Yours from the first moment I saw you and forever!"  Travolta co-starred with the late actor, 73-year-old Newton-John, as Rydell High School's bad boy, Danny Zuko.