- At school, the National Bandstand folk are setting up cameras.
- Rizzo frets about not having a date, when what to her wandering eyes should appear, but the Scorpion stud muffin who offered to buy her and a car for three quarters.
- She hops in his hot rod and they speed away.
- In the gym, all the students are excited to meet Vince Fontaine, the host, and get on the show.
- The cameras roll and the students hit the dance floor.
- A man with a clipboard evaluates everyone's dance moves while they hoof it.
- Kenickie has brought a new date—a girl named Cha Cha. Can she dance her namesake?
- Meanwhile, Vince Fontaine, an adult, hits on Marty, a teenager. They talk about cherries.
- While that's happening, Sonny spikes the punch.
- Cha Cha and Danny appear to have a history, but when Sandy pushes him on it, he avoids the question. The guy can sidestep as good as he quicksteps.