Before My Time with Gelsey Laurie

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We could not have given ourselves a more wide expanding and harder to narrow down top 5 if we tried. This week we are discussing our personal top 5 favorite black and white movies. Prepare for ALOT of honorable mentions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 60's before the amusement park ride The Haunted Mansion was opened at Disneyland; an album was released to promote the new attraction (as well as the catchy song Grim Grinning Ghosts) walking you through the ride. This week Producer Matt does a deep dive into the album's history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In celebration of the Barbie movie coming out this week Gelsey dives into the entire history of America's favorite doll! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week to celebrate 4th of July we celebrate one of the most American traditions... combining various cultures aesthetics into a novelty bar! This week Gelsey teaches us about the history of Tiki Bars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in honor of the 50 year anniversary of Battle of the Planet of the Apes; Producer Matt goes through the bizarre history of Planet of the Apes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the Tony Awards on the horizon Gelsey teaches us about the history of Broadway! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week to kick off the summer we are back with another Top 5 episode; this time counting down our top 5 favorite Beach Boys songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in honor of the new Little Mermaid movie coming out, Producer Matt breaks down the history of the character from the original Hans Christian Anderson novel all the way up to the 1989 Disney cartoon we know today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the final season of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel about to wrap up this week on the podcast Producer Matt runs down a few of the early female comics that inspired the creation of the hit Amazon Prime series! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The new season of The Great is out now so Gelsey is here to teach you about the show's main protagonist Catherine the Great! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gelsey is back with another History of a beverage tutorial. This time she is teaching us the coked up history of Coca-Cola! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gelsey and Matt are back with another Top 5 episode; this time counting down the top 5 Hair Metal Band songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gelsey is tackling a topic she's wanted to cover since the first day of the podcast, the history of Jump Blues! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Renfield coming out this week Producer Matt stepped up to tell us the history of Count Dracula. Starting with Bram Stoker's classic novel, into the controversial Nosferatu and the classic Bela Lugosi performance and well into the modern day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Easter this week we decided the time was right to discuss one of Gelsey's all time favorite films, 1948's Easter Parade starring Fred Astaire, Judy Garland and Ann Miller. It was also Producer Matt's first time watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for another classic Top 5 list from Gelsey and Producer Matt! This week in honor of the 50 Year Anniversary of House of the Holy we are counting down our Top 5 Favorite Led Zeppelin songs! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gelsey Laurie is a gal who loves a glass of wine which means this week's podcast is about the entire history of wine. If you dig this perhaps we can have more beverage based histories in the future! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gelsey and Producer Matt dive into the many songs you love but maybe DON'T realize the version you're listening to is actually a cover! We had a ton of fun with this episode and there will probably be more in the future like it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In honor of Hulu releasing the long awaited sequel series Gelsey and Producer Matt look back on the ORIGINAL History of the World Part 1. You know how it is when these two talk Brooks... Tangents GALORE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

35 years ago the film Hairspray was released in theaters, the movie captured the energy of the many dance crazes at the time! To celebrate one of his favorite movies Producer Matt did a deep dive into the history of various 60's novelty dances to see if Gelsey knows how to do some of the steps! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now that the Titanic is back in theaters, Gelsey decided she wanted to teach us all about the building of the unsinkable ship (as well as various other fun facts). Get ready for a wild one!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the Oscars just a month away instead of our usual episode Producer Matt tests Gelsey's knowledge of the Oscars by giving her a list of classic films and seeing if she can let us know if it won best picture or not! Have fun and play along! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we decided to focus on our Top 5 favorite SNL sketches by a specific performer, with the recent success of Netflix's "You People" it seemed like a great time to look at Eddie Murphy's career and pick our favorites! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In honor of the 50 Year Anniversary of Alice Cooper's biggest album "Billion Dollar Babies" Gelsey and Producer Matt dive into his career and all the things that makes him the God-Father of Shock Rock! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gelsey breaks down Howard Hughes life and the two films he directed (as well as his many many concussions). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Producer Matt is showing us the difference between the iconic film The Princess Bride and the novel it's based on (which was released 50 years ago!) What major and minor changes where made when taking this beloved book and turning it into an even more beloved movie! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gelsey reads us from the document of The CIA's official Guide on how to annoy people. It's intentions were for silent low-key rebellion but it seems like it may have indirectly created the modern business office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in order of 50 Years since its debut Producer Matt jumps on to teach you about the history of the Schoolhouse Rock TV series. We also remember our favorite Schoolhouse Rock songs and even try to write our own! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

50 Years ago next week Aerosmith's debut album was released the band has continued to be part of the pop culture discussion since. Gelsey and Producer Matt decided to pick their Top 5 favorite Aerosmith songs for another fun countdown episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode was recorded as part of the 3rd Annual Geekcape Holiday Livestream-Tacular. If you have any money this holiday season to donate the link for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Coastal and Northern New Jersey is below: https://support.mentornj.org/campaigns/20756-2022-geekscape-live-stream-for-big-brothers-big-sisters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the 30 year anniversary of Muppet Christmas Carol this week, Gelsey and Matt as die-hard Muppet nerds decided to use this as an excuse to discuss the history of Dickens infamous novella. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've almost discussed Mel Brooks' classic comedy Young Frankenstein many times before but today we finally do. Gelsey has loved this movie for most of her life and today we share the love of it with all of you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in honor of Michael Jackson's album Thriller turning 40 years old; Gelsey and Producer Matt breakdown their Top 5 favorite Michael Jackson songs. Was your favorite included? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To celebrate 80 years of Casablanca Gelsey and Producer Matt dive into the history of one of the greatest movies ever made .... 1942's Casablanca! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since Mickey Mouse's birthday is on the horizon (and Gelsey is under the employment of everyone's favorite Mouse) we decided it was time to tackle the history of his creation as well as why we love this jolly fellow! Hot Dog is it ever a good episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gelsey and Producer Matt try to do the impossible and rank their Top 5 favorite Beatles Songs. As I'm sure you can imagine there are ALOT of honorable mentions and even more singing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're releasing today's episode a day early in honor of Halloween because we're talking about the silent German adaptation Nosferatu that celebrated it's 100 year anniversary! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in honor of the upcoming Tim Burton adaptation Wednesday we decided to breakdown the history of America's favorite Creepy, Kooky, Mysterious and All Together Ookey misfits ... The Addams Family! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we decide to go back to our first love ... Disney Parks ... in order to talk about 999 Happy Haunts that full up the Haunted Mansion! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the recent controversial release of Rob Zombie's "The Munsters" Producer Matt sits down to discuss the history of the famous residents of 1313 Mockingbird Lane and why the new movie kinda fits into what Herman, Lily and Grandpa have been up to for the last few decades Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week to tie into Hocus Pocus 2 dropping on Disney+ Gelsey is going to teach us all about the infamous Salem Witch Trials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices