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 The Greasers -
Group of lower-class youths from Walker Ridge
High School in 1966 Tulsa, Oklahoma who occasionally had run-ins with
affluent kids called the "Socs" (short
for "Socials") on the short-lived hour-long teen
drama THE OUTSIDERS/FOX/1990.
The Greasers included Darrel Curtis (Boyd
Kestner), a 19-year-old carpenter saddled
with the responsibility of raising his younger
brothers after their parents death; Soda Pop
Curtis (Rodney Harvey) a short-tempered 17-year-old high school dropout
who was coming of age; and Ponyboy Curtis (Jay
R. Ferguson), an aspiring 15-year-old writer. Ponyboy Curtis provides the narration for
the series.
Other Greaser friends included Tim Shepherd
(Robert Rusler), Two-Bit Matthews (David
Arquette), and Steve Randle (Harold Pruett).
The Greasers hangout was a gas station/bar owned
by Buck Merrill (Billy Bob Thornton).
TRIVIA NOTE: The series
is based on the 1983
Francis Ford Coppola motion picture The Outsiders
which was inspired by the 1967 novel
by S.E. Hinton. The TV program continues the storyline of the movie
characters.
Cast of the 1983 film
The Outsiders
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