People watch the Super Bowl for many reasons. The majority of viewers are fans of the game of football, but there are people out there that watch the Super Bowl just for its ads.
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00:00Grease is a movie that has always been and will always be relevant. The iconic soundtrack
00:06and outfits will live on in pop culture history forever. Not only that, but the film is still
00:12turning up controversy decades later.
00:15In January 2021, Olivia Newton-John defended the film against critics who said it was sexist.
00:21Then, Newton-John's co-star John Travolta and his daughter Ella Travolta paid homage
00:26to Grease in a Super Bowl commercial for Scott's Miracle-Gro, which aired in February
00:312021. Love it or loathe it, Grease's staying power is undeniable.
00:37In the Super Bowl ad, the father-daughter duo perform the same dance that John performed
00:41with Newton-John during the school dance scene in the movie. While the dancing is something
00:46that Grease fanatics can be excited about, the Scott's Miracle-Gro commercial has something
00:51that appeals to just about everybody.
00:53The Travoltas co-star in the commercial with lifestyle guru Martha Stewart, NASCAR driver
00:58Kyle Busch, The Office star Leslie David Baker, former football pro Carl Weathers, and Peloton
01:05instructor Emma Lovewell.
01:07The Travoltas first appear in the ad as the Saturday Night Fever alum struggles to set
01:11up a tripod camera, while his daughter watches on with amusement. Once he gets the camera
01:16in place, they start dancing, which prompts Baker to tell them,
01:20Hey, Travoltas, don't be tickety-tockin' on my grass."
01:24Though Baker seems annoyed by their dancing, Stewart seems amused by their performance,
01:29quipping,
01:30We still got it.
01:32Prior to the 2021 Super Bowl, John Travolta and his daughter Ella Travolta spoke to People
01:37about the ad. The Grease alum gushed, saying,
01:40"'Super Bowl' for me is a major yearly celebration. When Scott's Miracle-Gro asked me to do an
01:46ad for the Super Bowl with my daughter, I was thrilled, especially since we were asked
01:50to dance together."
01:51Ella shared similar sentiments about the Super Bowl commercial, telling the magazine,
01:55"'Each year, I always look forward to watching the Super Bowl and all of the great commercials.
02:01When Scott's Miracle-Gro offered my dad and I this opportunity, I was overjoyed to share
02:05this amazing experience, not to mention dance together.'"
02:09In August 2020, John shared a video dancing with Ella in honor of his wife, actress Kelly
02:15Preston, who died in July 2020, two years after getting her breast cancer diagnosis,
02:21which she initially kept private. Along with the video, the Pulp Fiction star wrote,
02:26"'My daughter Ella Travolta and I dancing in memory of Mama. One of Kelly's favorite
02:31things? Dancing with me.'"
02:33Neither John nor Ella mentioned Preston while promoting their commercial, but they did emphasize
02:37their family's love of dance. John posted,
02:40Here it is. Let's hear it for the daughters. It was fun dancing in the yard with Ella Travolta."
02:46Ella also shared a clip from the commercial with a similar caption, writing,
02:49"'Let's hear it for the dads who've still got it. It was fun dancing in the yard with
02:54John Travolta.'"
02:55The ad packed plenty of star power, and a surprising emotional punch, and the internet
03:00was quick to respond. One fan tweeted,
03:03"'Anyone else get weirdly emotional at seeing John Travolta in that Miracle-Gro commercial?'
03:08There were actually a lot of people who seemed to feel that way."
03:11Another viewer revealed,
03:12"'That commercial with John Travolta and his daughter makes me a little teary.'"
03:16Another tweeted,
03:17"'John Travolta and his daughter looking happy and healthy in that commercial after his wife
03:22passing this summer has me full-on crying.'"
03:25One fan eloquently shared,
03:27"'Between the general nostalgia of seeing him and the knowledge of how s---- 2020 was
03:32for his family with the loss of Kelly Preston, the sight of John Travolta disco dancing with
03:36his daughter isn't likely to be topped by any other Super Bowl LV commercial.'"
03:41One person wished there was more, tweeting,
03:44"'John Travolta dances and it's just like two seconds of a lawn commercial? Why isn't
03:48that the whole commercial or the halftime show? Just John Travolta dancing on a lawn?'
03:53It's tough to stand out among Super Bowl commercials, but the Travoltas managed to do just that
03:58and tug on people's heartstrings at the same time.