Caveat Cineaste: We’ll leave the debate over how Junior High School (released in 1978) could have influenced Grease (released in 1978) to others. Instead, we’ll state unequivocally that “Ira Kaplan (front man of Yo La Tengo)” has nothing to do with this movie (and has never seen it, so we’re not ruling out the possibility that he wishes he did). Maybe it’s the Ira Kaplan who somehow was on the same flight as Ira to Boston 2005.
(thanks to Robert for alerting us to this)