'Saturday Night Fever’ Icon Recreates Classic Disco Moment

Lucille BarillaThu, February 26, 2026 at 12:47 AM UTC

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A Saturday Night Fever Icon recreated a classic disco moment almost five decades after the film's release in theaters.

Fans quickly embraced the throwback performance, applauding the star’s ability to channel the same swagger that made the original film unforgettable. The recreation blended humor, nostalgia, and timeless style, showing that some moves truly never go out of fashion.

Fran Drescher played Connie, the woman who coerced John Travolta out on the dance floor by asking him a sultry question. She revisited the unforgettable scene alongside William DeMeo of the Amazon Video series, Gravesend.

In the original 1977 film, Drescher asks Travolta's Tony Manero, "Are you as good in bed as you are on that dance floor?" Then the two move to the center of the 2001 Odyssey dance floor, but not before Drescher grabs his behind.

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Drescher and DeMeo recreated the scene's key moment. In a clip posted to Instagram, she said, "I love this dance floor. It reminds me of Saturday Night Fever."

DeMeo repeated Drescher's iconic film line back to her, causing her to laugh. She responded, "That's my favorite line in the movie!"

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In the former Nanny star's 1996 autobiography, Enter Whining, she discussed filming the scene and the wild story that went along with it. Saturday Night Fever was Drescher's first speaking part in a movie, and her father, Morty Drescher, made the most of his celebrity connection.

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Drescher wrote, "My dad, who at the time, was working in Brooklyn, came by on his lunch break to see my scene. The security guard quickly told him it was a closed set. When my dad informed the guard that he was the star's father (mind you, I had five lines), the guard quickly opened the gate and said, 'Right this way, Mr. Travolta.'"

Drescher added that Travolta reportedly didn't want to film her scene that day, she wrote he was "down and depressed. I marched my way over to John to try and salvage what was fast becoming a disaster, MINE!"

She told the actor, "Ya know, John, maybe I shouldn't be saying this but you're a trouper. Whatever happened to 'let's go on with the show?' So what if you're tired? So what if you're run down? Maybe they will have to check you into a hospital for exhaustion in the end, but right now I expect you to act like the star that you are and finish the scene and then we can all go home!"

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Apparently, that tactic worked because Drescher and Travolta were able to complete the now-iconic scene, where she ad-libbed grabbing his "tushy."

Saturday Night Fever would gross over $237M worldwide per Box Office Mojo. The film helped ignite the disco boom, blending music, dance, and drama into a defining cinematic moment. The film’s influence stretched far beyond theaters and shaped both style and sound for years to come.

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