Saturday Night Fever
Type: Media
As of November 2026, Saturday Night Fever has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Acquired (Nov 2025). Mentioned in passing during the podcast, no detailed discussion provided.
Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 American dance drama film directed by John Badham and produced by Robert Stigwood. It stars John Travolta as Tony Manero, a young Italian-American man who spends his weekends dancing and drinking at a local disco while dealing with social tensions and disillusionment in his working class ethnic neighborhood in Brooklyn. The story is based on "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night", a mostly fictional 1976 New York article by music writer Nik Cohn.
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Nov 2025 on Acquired |
| Format | 1977 film by John Badham |
| Creator | Nik Cohn |
| Released | 1976 |
Who talks about Saturday Night Fever on podcasts?
Ben Gilbert brought up Saturday Night Fever; the most recent mention was Nov 2025 on Acquired.
- Acquired Live at Radio City Music Hall (Presented by J.P. Morgan) on Acquired (Nov 2025) — Ben Gilbert