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The girls meet a ghost who saves a house of frat boys, discuss their love of screen print socks, and for the first time, poke holes in a ghost story. Special guest: Dawn Brodey (@dawn_brodey)Follow us on IG: @iwokeuplikethispod
Kalid and Joe are back after a bit of a break! We're coming back hot and finally taking the time to do a deep dive into the creature that started it all for us. Joined by comedian & historian, Dawn Brodey, the crew chat about Frankenstein's Monster! Specfically, we talk about Mary Shelley's novel, the 1931 Universal film, Frankenstein, directed by James Whale, and the 1994 adaptation, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, from Kenneth Branagh. *Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music here, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work here! *Shoutout to Jim Tandberg for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork! *Thank you to our Patreon Producer(s), Luke Johnson, Andy Groth & Joe Mischo! Support us on Patreon! Featured Guests: Dawn Brodey is a writer, historian and comedian. She previously worked as an expert on Mary Shelley at the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis. Now, she lives in Los Angles, where she writes for TV, does stand-up comedy, improvises for Universal Studios, and hosts the HILF (History I'd Like to F*ck) podcast References: Making Up Universal's Frankenstein - Monsters of Makeup Branagh: Playing It Big and Wide in 'Frankenstein' A Real Pain Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson Mirror Life discussion on Science Friday Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons by George Pendle Support those impacted by the California wildfires: World Central Kitchen MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources
Dawn Brodey has a big brain, and a big sense of humor! Comedian, Actress, History Channel SME, Houseboat Captain, and host of the hilarious historical podcast, HILF: History I'd Like to F*ck. Together, the 3 of us make the La Louisiane and yet another, Vieux Carre. This time Uncle Brad ACTUALLY get's into the history of the drink(s). Be sure to check out the history of... toasts on Daws show HILF 74 – The Toast with Jules and Uncle Brad A La Louisiane Glass: Coupe Glass Garnish: Fancy cherries (2) Directions & Ingredients In mixing glass add: 1.0 oz Rye Whiskey (100 proof best) 1.0 oz Sweet Vermouth 0.5 oz Benedictine D.O.M. liqueur 0.5 tsp of Absinthe 2 dash Peychaud's bitters 2 tsp of chilled water Stir for 20 seconds Strain and pour into your coupe glass Add garnish, 2 fancy cherries Vieux Carre Glass: Double rocks glass Garnish: none Directions & Ingredients In mixing glass add: 0.75 oz of Straight Rye Whiskey 0.75 oz of Cognac 0.75 oz of Sweet Vermouth 2 tsp of Benedictine DOM liqueur 2 dash Peychaud's bitters 1 dash Angostura bitters Ice Stir for 20 seconds Strain contents over ice in your rocks glass No garnish TIP: If you find yourself in Salem in 1718, stick to... mmmaybe just listen and find out HILF Podcast IG: @hilfpodcast Dawn Brody Website: www.dawnbrody.com IG: @dawnbrodey The Art of Drinking IG: @theartofdrinkingpodcast Jules IG: @join_jules TikTok: @join_jules Website: joinjules.com Brad IG: @favorite_uncle_brad This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From houseboats to Hollywood, Dawn Brodey has lived a life as diverse as her comedic style. Join Deadair Dennis and guest Dawn Brodey, comedian and host of the hilarious podcast, "HILF: History I'd Like to F**k", as they explore Dawn's colorful past, her passion for history, and the bright lights of Hollywood. Hit that subscribe button, show some love, and prepare to laugh with with the unfiltered wit of Deadair Dennis and his guest Dawn Brodey!KEEP UP WITH DAWNA comedian with a history degree. Dawn Brodey began performing in Minneapolis, Minnesota after graduating from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She studied and performed improv with the prestigious Dudley Riggs Brave New Workshop, was a company member of Tony n' Tina's Wedding, and wrote three historical plays. She started doing stand-up in LA and has performed everywhere (Comedy Store, Laugh Factory, Ice House). Dawn is also a freelance writer (Netflix, Paramount, City Pages) and actress (Pretty Little Liars, Days of our Lives, Cruel Hearts). She created and hosts the weekly HILF Podcast (History I'd Like to Fuck) and can been seen as street improvisor at Universal Studios Hollywood. She also has a husband, daughter, and itty-bitty dog named Yogurt.Website: https://www.dawnbrodey.com/HILF Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/hilfpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawn_brodey
Comic/Historian Dawn Brodey (HILF, The History Channel, "Cruel Hearts," The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory) lived on a houseboat in Minnesota for 9 years. One day, her dog started barking at something on the stern of the boat. It was a raccoon. A raccoon with half it's face torn off... Dawn was horrified, but found herself feeling empathy for the creature, so she called the Wildlife Animal Control. Each week Hollywood's most talented people in the entertainment industry share true, personal stories on the Story Worthy Podcast. Story Worthy celebrates 14 years of podcasting in July 2024 and has over 800 episodes recorded. Christine Blackburn is the creator, host and producer of Story Worthy, Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show, and My Life In 3 Songs exclusively on Spotify. Listen to the entire episode wherever you hear podcasts. If you get a chance, will you please give Story Worthy 5 stars and a good review on Apple Podcasts? It always helps, thank you! And join the mailing list! Follow Christine's new show, My Life In 3 Songs. Independent Podcast Producer Christine Blackburn talks to comedians about the 3 songs in their lives that have impacted them, not necessarily their favorite songs, but songs that paint a picture of the of the comedian and where they're from. Listen exclusively on Spotify Find My Life In 3 Songs on Insta and at the website ! PLUS! Watch Story Smash The Storytelling Game Show! Comedians spin a wheel and tell TRUE 1-3 minute stories on the topic they land. You can watch episodes from the pandemic and from summer 2023 right now on YouTube. See Story Smash LIVE at the Lyric/Hyperion Theater in Los Angeles now! Check the website for upcoming dates and tickets! And here's Christine everywhere. THANK YOU!
Dawn Brodey (@dawn_brodey) is back! Previously our Titanic expert, she now takes her knowledge from the water to the skies... and then back to the water. ADS: LECTRIC eBIKES: Visit LectricEbikes.com to learn more. And be sure to mention that I Don't Know About That With Jim Jefferies sent you in the post-checkout survey!
Sarah and Dave start the show with some super bowl winning news and a big pickle before they move into playing a fun Valentines day game with Dawn Brodey from the hit podcast HILF. Follow Dawn by going to https://linktr.ee/dawnbrodey?utm_sourceSupport the show by giving us a rate and review on Spotify, Apple itunes and wherever you get your favorite Podcasts.Follow the show on IG, twitter, and youtube by going to iapradio.comEmail the show at inapickpod247@gmail.com and we will read your question, comments, or rants on our show.For info about starting a podcast, email Mayday Media at beacon84mmn@gmail.comHead over to deluxeeditionnetwork.com and listen to all the great shows on the DEN network, including the Podcasts of the month.
We're not doing this today... But we are on the HILF Podcast hosted by our friend, Dawn Brodey! So go over there and we'll be back on Friday for your regularly scheduled programing... What's your bacon?Listen to HILF and pick your poison: https://tr.ee/ZZl3KKRVVxDawn Brodey website - https://www.dawnbrodey.com/Get some more helpings of BIMP at http://www.patreon.com/baconismypodcastFind everything else BIMP:Twitter: @BaconisMyPodInstagram: @BaconisMyPodFacebook: www.facebook.com/baconismypodAnd of course our website: www.baconismypodcast.comWant some visual Bacon is My Podcast?Check out this episode and all others on Strangerhood TV on YouTube.www.strangerhoodtv.com and make sure to check out all the other great content on the channel!We are a PROUD part of the DEN aka The Deluxe Edition Network! Check out other awesome podcasts at http://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com Get additional BIMP content at www.patreon.com/baconismypodcastWe're proudly sponsored by Manscaped and when you use the promo code BACONPOD at manscaped.com you'll get 20% your entire order!We'd like to introduce our new sponsor, Mythical Beards as well! Use the promo code BACON15 for 15% off at mythicalbeards.comDon't forget to use the promo code BACON at our sponsors NativeBlendClothing.com, DrinkWildBills.com, PodDecks.com and GrillYourAssOff.com the best deals on your order!#podcast #baconismypassion #strangerhoodtv #youtubechannel #youtubepodcast #cravingstrange #somethingheavy #betterthanradio #baconismypodcast #poweredbypoddecks #manscaped #drinkwildbills #grillyourassoff #mythicalbeards ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
This episode of BIMP, is the epic conclusion of Jimmy and Mike's hangout with Comedian, actress, fellow podcast and their foul-mouthed historian, the amazing Dawn Brodey! They talk about her theater background, her approach to comedy and heckling, living on a house-boat, her favorite things about it and nude bonfires with Richard!HILF on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2PNgNlDJcDYw3Pf2YyHeag?si=63209770e33b42d7Dawn Brodey website - https://www.dawnbrodey.com/Get some more helpings of BIMP at http://www.patreon.com/baconismypodcastFind everything else BIMP:Twitter: @BaconisMyPodInstagram: @BaconisMyPodFacebook: www.facebook.com/baconismypodAnd of course our website: www.baconismypodcast.comWant some "Bacon is My Podcast" for your commute?Follow usSpotify: https://tinyurl.com/BaconPODWe're on ALL Podcast Streaming PlatformsWe are a PROUD part of the DEN aka The Deluxe Edition Network! Check out other awesome podcasts at http://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com Get additional BIMP content at www.patreon.com/baconismypodcastWe're proudly sponsored by Manscaped and when you use the promo code BACONPOD at manscaped.com you'll get 20% your entire order!We'd like to introduce our new sponsor, Mythical Beards as well! Use the promo code BACON15 for 15% off at mythicalbeards.comDon't forget to use the promo code BACON at our sponsors NativeBlendClothing.com, DrinkWildBills.com, PodDecks.com and GrillYourAssOff.com the best deals on your order!#podcast #baconismypassion #strangerhoodtv #youtubechannel #youtubepodcast #cravingstrange #somethingheavy #betterthanradio #baconismypodcast #poweredbypoddecks #manscaped #drinkwildbills #grillyourassoff #mythicalbeards ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
This week, Jimmy and Mike welcome Comedian, actress, fellow podcast and their foul-mouthed historian, the amazing Dawn Brody! The host of the HILF Podcast (History I'd Like to F***) talks all about her voiceover work, giving Best Buy Trainees PTSD while shopping there, growing up in Wisconsin, legally suspect housing, George Washington, how young American is as a nation and so much more…It's an episode that cannot be contained into just ONE…This is just PART ONE! Come back next week for the conclusion of the fun chat!HILF on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2PNgNlDJcDYw3Pf2YyHeag?si=63209770e33b42d7Dawn Brodey website - https://www.dawnbrodey.com/Get some more helpings of BIMP at http://www.patreon.com/baconismypodcastFind everything else BIMP:Twitter: @BaconisMyPodInstagram: @BaconisMyPodFacebook: www.facebook.com/baconismypodAnd of course our website: www.baconismypodcast.comWant some visual Bacon is My Podcast?Check us out on StrangerhoodTV.com on YouTube!We are a PROUD part of the DEN aka The Deluxe Edition Network! Check out other awesome podcasts at http://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com Get additional BIMP content at www.patreon.com/baconismypodcastWe're proudly sponsored by Manscaped and when you use the promo code BACONPOD at manscaped.com you'll get 20% your entire order!We'd like to introduce our new sponsor, Mythical Beards as well! Use the promo code BACON15 for 15% off at mythicalbeards.comDon't forget to use the promo code BACON at our sponsors NativeBlendClothing.com, DrinkWildBills.com, PodDecks.com and GrillYourAssOff.com the best deals on your order!#podcast #baconismypassion #strangerhoodtv #youtubechannel #youtubepodcast #cravingstrange #somethingheavy #betterthanradio #baconismypodcast #poweredbypoddecks #manscaped #drinkwildbills #grillyourassoff #mythicalbeards ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
It's not your standard questionnaire! It's #whatsyourbacon in 7 Questions! Journalistic integrity at its finest brought to you by the boys of Bacon is My Podcast. Jimmy G and Mike get to know every nook and cranny of our show's guests with specially, hand-crafted questions formulated to find out about all the warm and gooey goodness of your favorite personalities exclusively on #strangerhoodtv ! This time is Monday's guest, Comedian, foul-mouthed historian, and host of the HILF (History I'd Like to F*CK) podcast Dawn Brodey is in the hot seat!HILF on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2PNgNlDJcDYw3Pf2YyHeag?si=63209770e33b42d7Dawn Brodey website - https://www.dawnbrodey.com/Get some more helpings of BIMP at http://www.patreon.com/baconismypodcastFind everything else BIMP:Twitter: @BaconisMyPodInstagram: @BaconisMyPodFacebook: www.facebook.com/baconismypodAnd of course our website: www.baconismypodcast.comWant some visual Bacon is My Podcast?Check out this episode and all others on Strangerhood TV on YouTube.www.strangerhoodtv.com and make sure to check out all the other great content on the channel!We are a PROUD part of the DEN aka The Deluxe Edition Network! Check out other awesome podcasts at http://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com Get additional BIMP content at www.patreon.com/baconismypodcastWe're proudly sponsored by Manscaped and when you use the promo code BACONPOD at manscaped.com you'll get 20% your entire order!We'd like to introduce our new sponsor, Mythical Beards as well! Use the promo code BACON15 for 15% off at mythicalbeards.comDon't forget to use the promo code BACON at our sponsors NativeBlendClothing.com, DrinkWildBills.com, PodDecks.com and GrillYourAssOff.com the best deals on your order!#podcast #baconismypassion #strangerhoodtv #youtubechannel #youtubepodcast #cravingstrange #somethingheavy #betterthanradio #baconismypodcast #poweredbypoddecks #manscaped #drinkwildbills #grillyourassoff #mythicalbeards ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Professor Aubrey and Tim the Nerd as they delve into an array of intriguing and amusing topics that range from academic adventures to feline frolics. Kicking off the show, Professor Aubrey shares her recent exhilarating experience of being invited to audition for the legendary quiz show, Jeopardy. As they reminisce about their shared admiration for the Jeopardy Pluto TV channel, the duo shares anecdotes and discusses some of their favorite moments from the iconic game show. On a more personal note, Tim the Nerd delves into his recent efforts to cultivate his writing skills in his private life. He enthusiastically discusses the strides he has made and how this endeavor has been documented on the show's website and Substack page, providing an intimate glimpse into his creative process and the evolution of his writing style. The episode takes an unexpected turn as Tim the Nerd unveils some behind-the-scenes insights regarding the podcast's recent transition to a temporary new podcast host. Sharing both the challenges and triumphs of this process, the hosts offer a candid glimpse into the intricate workings of their beloved show. Adding a touch of humor, Tim the Nerd recounts a comical encounter with a particularly vocal crow. Laughter ensues as he narrates the unforgettable tale of the feathered creature's amusing antics and the unexpected conversation that ensued. In a delightful shift of tone, Professor Aubrey and Tim the Nerd lighten the mood by sharing an update on the latest toys acquired for their beloved feline companions, Annie and Mimsy. With playful banter and endearing anecdotes, they reveal the cats' hilarious reactions to their new playthings, leaving listeners with a warm and fuzzy feeling. Wrapping up the episode, the hosts engage in a thought-provoking discussion, dissecting the merits and drawbacks of socialism based on insights from an article sourced from ProCon.org. Delving into the complexities of the socio-political landscape, they offer a balanced exploration that encourages listeners to reflect on the intricacies of this widely debated ideology. Tune in to this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy for a dynamic blend of intellectual discourse, heartfelt anecdotes, and lighthearted moments that are sure to leave you both enlightened and entertained. As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his website for information on how to purchase his EP, Here's To You, which is available on all digital platforms. Head to our Linktree for more information on where to find us online. Friends Talking Nerdy is a proud member of the Deluxe Edition Network. Head to their website to find out more information about all the shows available on the Network. This week, we showcase a commercial from the Deluxe Edition Network show "HILF: History I'd Like to F*ck with Dawn Brodey". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ftnerdy/message
Dawn Brodey (@dawnbrodey @hilfpodcast) returns, again, to save this sinking ship and teach us all about what actually went down on the Titanic. This special episode was recorded live at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, CA on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. ADS: SHIPSTATION: Go to ShipStation.com and use code JIM today and sign up for your FREE 60-day trial. LIQUID IV: Grab your Liquid I.V. in bulk nationwide at Costco or you can get 20% off when you go to liquidiv.com and use code IDKAT at checkout.
Dawn Brodey joins Casey & Ray for a mini HILFing of The First Lady of Parachuting, Tiny Broadwick. Georgia Ann "Tiny" Thompson Broadwick was born on April 8, 1893 in Oxford, North Carolina was an American pioneering parachutist and the inventor of the ripcord. She was the first woman to jump from an airplane, and the first person to jump from a seaplane.Check out the rest of her story on today's Deluxe Edition with Casey & Ray with Special Guest Dawn Brodey from HILF - History I'd Like To Fuck. https://www.dawnbrodey.com/https://www.instagram.com/hilfpodcast/https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/home/hilfhttps://www.deluxeedition.show/https://whatamaneuver.net/collections/deluxe-editionUSE CODE DELUXE20https://calderalab.comhttps://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.comJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcKR-qeXy1KyPj3w4cxgOYw/joinSupport the showCheck out all of our previous shows at https://www.deluxeedition.show
Grab your favorite munchies, pull up a beanbag, and join us and our guest, The Weedium. Shannon is a highly skilled medium who communicates with spirits and offers healing through her gift. Check out her podcast Convos with the Dead!Ever wondered how cannabis can influence one's psychic abilities? Shannon explains how these substances can tune out external distractions, encouraging a deeper presence and focus. With her intuition heightened, she's able to perceive signs more clearly. As we unravel the mysteries of our conversation, we wander into the haunted halls of Hotel Sorrento, Seattle's oldest hotel, and the alleged ghost of Alice B. Toklas. Who, among many amazing things, was a renowned marijuana activist and cookbook author.One of Alice's legacies, introducing “pot brownies” to America, impacts cannabis culture to this day. So, light up a joint with friends on a patio and get ready for an insightful episode that transcends boundaries as it explores the complex intersection of intuition, spirituality, and cannabis. Don't wait, get set to ignite your curiosity and elevate your senses with us.Today we shared a promo for HILF hosted by Dawn Brodey!Come see us at: True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival! If you're enjoying our podcast, please consider leaving a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It helps get us seen by more creepy people just like you! Stay connected with us for more creepy content. Visit our website! Find us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Patreon, & more! If you have any true crime, paranormal, or witchy stories you'd like to share with us & possibly have them read (out loud) on an episode, email us at pnwhauntsandhomicides@gmail.com or use this link. There are so many ways that you can support the show: BuyMeACoffee, Apple Podcasts or the Buzzsprout Subscription Feature, or by leaving a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. Pastebin: for sources.Support the show
The life of Coco Chanel is one of an extraordinary person living through extraordinary times. Born into poverty she rises not only to revolutionize the fashion industry, but to become so wealthy she can throw a giant diamond into the sea to piss off her boyfriend. Buckle up for the bad bitch, Coco Chanel. Dawn is joined in this HILF-ing by Amanda Michelle, a comedian, film-maker and fashion connoisseur. Hear why Amanda has always been fascinated by Coco Chanel and how she got the tattoo before she knew about the Nazi stuff...LILFS: (Links I'd Like to Follow)Dawn's SourcesBook - COCO CHANEL The Legend and The Life by Justine Picardie (2010)Book - Sleeping with the Enemy Coco Chanel's Secret War by Hal Vaughn (2011) Podcast - Behind the Bastards, hosted by Robert EvansVideo - See how fucking long it took to get dressed before Coco Chanel.Video - See Coco in action in a video shot in the 1960's. Do you think she was cool?See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (several coming next season)HILF is now on Patreon! YOU HEARD AN AD FOR - Tree Haus LA ---NEXT NEW EPISODE:August 16th - Anne Boleyn with artist, Enkrypt.HILF is part of The DEN - Deluxe Edition Network. Go there to find your NEXT favorite podcast!---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us hilfpodcast@gmail.comTheme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.
If you think five lil' ol' billionaires in a submarine caused a big reaction... wait til you hear what happened with the Original!Dawn and guest, Ashely Richards - That's So Fucked Up - return for the conclusion of the HILF-ing of Titanic. From the retrieval of the bodies by the intrepid crew of the MacKay Bennett, to the re-discovery of Titanic herself in 1985.LILFS: (Links I'd Like to Follow)1912 Book: Sinking of the Titanic: The Greatest Disaster at Sea by Logan Marshall.SINKABLE: Obsession, The Deep Sea, and The Shipwreck of The Titanic by Daniel StoneEncyclopedia Titanica - An unsinkable amount of information, photographs and video. Wear protection, go deep.UNSINKABLE - The Titanic Podcast hosted by L.A. BeedlesHILF is now on Patreon! Hear Dawn as a guest with Ashely on TSFU - Jonesin' for JonestownSee Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (several coming next season)---NEXT NEW EPISODE:August 2nd - Coco Chanel with comedian, Amanda Michelle.HILF is now part of The DEN - Deluxe Edition Network. Go there to find your NEXT favorite podcast!---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us hilfpodcast@gmail.comTheme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.
Our Frankenstein expert Dawn Brodey (@dawn_brodey) is back, but this time as our expert on vibrators! To learn about more fun historical facts, subscribe to Dawn's podcast History I'd Like to F*** (@hilfpodcast). Jim's new special "High & Dry" is now available on Netflix! Subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/IDKAT for ad free episodes, bonus episodes, and more exclusive perks! Tiers start at just $2! ADS: BETTERHELP: Visit BetterHelp.com/IDK today to get 10% off your first month.
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This month, TSFU Presents: Jonesin' for Jonestown! Ash and Dawn Brodey of the hilarious and insanely informative podcast HILF: History I'd Like to Fuck, take a hard look at how Jones' "church" began and the events that led up to its tragic end.In their first episode, Ash tells Dawn about the beginnings of The People's Temple (hint: it was originally called something much sillier), and how it looked really groovy and progressive at first! Ash talks about how she probably would have joined, and tries very hard, but unsuccessfully, to get Dawn to join the TSFU cult.Find Dawn from HILF: History I'd Like To Fck here:https://www.dawnbrodey.com/Follow HILF: History I'd Like To Fck on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/HILFpodcast/Dawn's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawn_brodey/-Join us for as little as $5 a month on Patreon!-We'd love to see you in our Discord, come hang out!-We have awesome new merch, go take a look!-Follow us on Instagram and Twitter!-Audio editing and research assistance by Fallon Morey.-Sources:Forty years after the Jonestown massacre, a new book chronicles the deep ties between the depraved cult leader Jim Jones and prominent Democratic politicians. | City Journal (city-journal.org)Jonestown - Wikipediahttps://www.hulu.com/series/truth-and-lies-jonestown-paradise-lost-fd3b83b5-35dc-4089-bd74-a11b1697ee86https://www.amazon.com/Undaunted-Surviving-Jonestown-Summoning-Fighting/dp/1503903605https://www.amazon.com/Road-Jonestown-Jones-Peoples-Temple/dp/1476763828https://www.lesliewagnerwilson.org/https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=28703https://time.com/6120017/jonestown-massacre-survivors/https://time.com/longform/jonestown-aftermath/
Hello everyone, Today I talk about the "Broadway" Joe Namath era of the New York Jets and how the team built around him to win Super Bowl 3 against the Baltimore Colts. After that, the Jets would go down a long stretch of losing seasons due to Namath's knees and the team being gutted after the Super Bowl 3 victory. The Jets would later cut Joe Namath in 1977 and he would then go to the Los Angeles Rams but would retire after the season. If you are new to my Channel please like, subscribe, comment, and hit the notification bell to stay up to date with the show. Also, it's free thank you, and hope you enjoy it. Also, were at 881 downloads on the podcast and were on the road to 1,000 downloads on the podcast on Buzzsprout. Plus if we reach either 1,000 downloads in the last 30 days or if we reach 1,000 downloads all time on the podcast I will then do a live-stream q and a session. With you, the fans asking the questions. Thank you for the amazing support and thank you for helping me reach my goal. Also, go check out the April podcasts of the month on the deluxe edition network.com those podcasts of the month are Barrel Aged Flicks and History I Like to F*uck or HILF by Dawn Brodey. Thank you and I hope you enjoy today's video.Support the show and hope you enjoy My social media links:Instagram:Steven Gervais (@steveng123456) • Instagram photos and videosTikTok:Steven Gervais (@sgandfriendspodcast) | TikTokFacebook group: Steven Gervais and Friends Podcast | FacebookYouTube Channel: Steven Gervais and Friends Podcast - YouTubeDeluxe Edition Network website: The Deluxe Edition NetworkGoodpods:Profile (goodpods.com)my website: Steven Gervais and Friend's Podcast (www.stevengervaisandfriendspodcast.com)Copper Johns beard: https://lddy.no/1gh13use SGANDFRIENDSPODCAST12 at check out for a 10 % discount on your purchase https://www.buzzsprout.com/1983118/support
Elle and Chris take a break from movies for this bonus episode, throwing some shade at the most annoying TV shows. The conversation went long, so this is part 1. The Deluxe Edition Network Podcasts of the Month for April 2023 are Barrel Aged Flicks (BAF) and History I'd Like To F*CK with Dawn Brodey (HILF). On BAF, Ron, Stew, Ragnar, Chase and Gute host a show about classic movies and review movie themed adult beverages. New movies are featured weekly, spiraling into hilarious discussions peppered with movie trivia. Punishment shots never stop in these episodes! A new Barrel Aged Flicks episode posts every Monday as well as a Bonus Episode every Wednesday! https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/home/baf for all their links. On HILF, Host, comedian Dawn Brodey, takes you through the annals of history with a special guest and history subject each episode. From Dillinger to Frankenstein, from The Crusades to Freak Shows - Dawn brings her history degree and unfiltered sense of humor to deliver well-researched deep-dives that strip history naked and serve it up raw. https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/home/hilf for all their links. Spoil My Movie is a proud member of the Deluxe Edition Network (The DEN). There is a podcast for everyone on The DEN across a wide variety of interests, including sports, entertainment, pop-culture, comedy, conspiracies, advice, news, and more. Check out https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/ for a full listing of all the great shows the network has to offer. If you enjoy any of the shows on The DEN, please share with a friend. The best way for our shows to get heard is by word of mouth. They'll thank you! Please vote in The DENNY'S, the first annual awards from The DEN at www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/thedennys - and be sure to vote for SPOIL MY MOVIE in the first category. Wouldn't it be crazy if we won?! Spoil My Movie is sponsored by Sunday Scaries CBD products. Visit www.sundayscaries.com and use our promo code SPOILMYMOVIE for 25% off your order. We have personally used their gummies and tinctures, and can attest to their efficacy in relieving the Sunday Scaries, on whatever day or time they might hit you. Spoil My Movie is also sponsored by Sweet ZZZ Mattress. Visit www.sweetzzzmattress.com and use our promo code SPOIL15 for 15% off your order. We've been sleeping on our bamboo sheets and LOVING them. There's a 50-day money-back guarantee, but we guarantee that no one is taking these sheets away from us! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spoilmymovie/message
I don't have enough great things to say about this episode. We welcomed our first female podcaster, a friend of the show, Dawn Brodey. Dawn is an actress, comedian, and historian and runs the fantastic HILF Podcast. Dawn was an absolute delight to talk to. She is funny, witty, smart, intelligent, and DOWN TO EARTH. Dawn is a wife and mother, but that doesn't stop her from chasing her dreams and taking her daughter along the ride. Dawn and Jey talk about the struggles of staying as your person through the transition to being married and becoming a parent and how you add that into your life and don't lose sight of yourself. There were more compliments and flattery, and Jey even got a little gushy over the woman who had all his attention. Friendly reminder that this is an independent podcast, and we put the Explicit on each show with strong language. We also strive to use our platform for good. Next week, we will take a one-week break to recharge our batteries and prepare to deliver season 3 of the Podcast. We have such amazing guests coming, and we are so excited to have quality conversations with them. We will be back with you on May 10th! Recently launched was the Young Dad Podcast- Facebook Page. We would love it if you followed and supported us as we grow and expand the Podcast. Spotify Listeners: Ask us ANYTHING, and we will answer it on our next show. Also, leave five stars if you would be so kind. YouTube Audience: Hit that subscribe button, like the video, comment, and share. Apple Podcasters: Leave a 5 Star Rating and a review for us to read on our next show. Other Platform: Rate, review, comment, and share the Podcast with a friend. Follow us @youngdadpod on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter You can find us on our website at ballboymedia.com Remember to hit our linktree for all our deals: https://linktr.ee/BallBoyBlog. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/youngdadpod0/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/youngdadpod0/support
Elle and Chris take a deep dive into Knock at the Cabin (2023), an M. Night Shyamalan movie where strangers forcibly impose an impossible decision upon a vacationing family: one of you dies, or everyone else on earth dies. Or maybe four crazy people have broken into the house, and there is actually no apocalypse happening. The Deluxe Edition Network Podcasts of the Month for April 2023 are Barrel Aged Flicks (BAF) and History I'd Like To F*CK with Dawn Brodey (HILF). On BAF, Ron, Stew, Ragnar, Chase and Gute host a show about classic movies and review movie themed adult beverages. New movies are featured weekly, spiraling into hilarious discussions peppered with movie trivia. Punishment shots never stop in these episodes! A new Barrel Aged Flicks episode posts every Monday as well as a Bonus Episode every Wednesday! https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/home/baf for all their links. On HILF, Host, comedian Dawn Brodey, takes you through the annals of history with a special guest and history subject each episode. From Dillinger to Frankenstein, from The Crusades to Freak Shows - Dawn brings her history degree and unfiltered sense of humor to deliver well-researched deep-dives that strip history naked and serve it up raw. https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/home/hilf for all their links. Spoil My Movie is a proud member of the Deluxe Edition Network (The DEN). There is a podcast for everyone on The DEN across a wide variety of interests, including sports, entertainment, pop-culture, comedy, conspiracies, advice, news, and more. Check out https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/ for a full listing of all the great shows the network has to offer. If you enjoy any of the shows on The DEN, please share with a friend. The best way for our shows to get heard is by word of mouth. They'll thank you! Please vote in The DENNY'S, the first annual awards from The DEN at www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/thedennys - and be sure to vote for SPOIL MY MOVIE in the first category. Wouldn't it be crazy if we won?! Spoil My Movie is sponsored by Sunday Scaries CBD products. Visit www.sundayscaries.com and use our promo code SPOILMYMOVIE for 25% off your order. We have personally used their gummies and tinctures, and can attest to their efficacy in relieving the Sunday Scaries, on whatever day or time they might hit you. Spoil My Movie is also sponsored by Sweet ZZZ Mattress. Visit www.sweetzzzmattress.com and use our promo code SPOIL15 for 15% off your order. We've been sleeping on our bamboo sheets and LOVING them. There's a 50-day money-back guarantee, but we guarantee that no one is taking these sheets away from us! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spoilmymovie/message
Elle and Chris take a deep dive into the last pair of jeans you'll ever need - because they'll murder you - in the movie Slaxx (2020). It leaves so many questions about division of the soul open, perhaps hoping existing Potteresque horcrux rules will fill the gap. Or perhaps the notion of murderous jeans was too much fun to bother plugging pesky logical holes. The Deluxe Edition Network Podcasts of the Month for April 2023 are Barrel Aged Flicks (BAF) and History I'd Like To F*CK with Dawn Brodey (HILF). On BAF, Ron, Stew, Ragnar, Chase and Lenny host a show about classic movies and review movie themed adult beverages. New movies are featured weekly, spiraling into hilarious discussions peppered with movie trivia. Punishment shots never stop in these episodes! A new Barrel Aged Flicks episode posts every Monday as well as a Bonus Episode every Wednesday! https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/home/baf for all their links. On HILF, Host, comedian Dawn Brodey, takes you through the annals of history with a special guest and history subject each episode. From Dillinger to Frankenstein, from The Crusades to Freak Shows - Dawn brings her history degree and unfiltered sense of humor to deliver well-researched deep-dives that strip history naked and serve it up raw. https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/home/hilf for all their links. Spoil My Movie is a proud member of the Deluxe Edition Network (The DEN). There is a podcast for everyone on The DEN across a wide variety of interests, including sports, entertainment, pop-culture, comedy, conspiracies, advice, news, and more. Check out https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/ for a full listing of all the great shows the network has to offer. If you enjoy any of the shows on The DEN, please share with a friend. The best way for our shows to get heard is by word of mouth. They'll thank you! Please vote in The DENNY'S, the first annual awards from The DEN at www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/thedennys - and be sure to vote for SPOIL MY MOVIE in the first category. Wouldn't it be crazy if we won?! Spoil My Movie is sponsored by Sunday Scaries CBD products. Visit www.sundayscaries.com and use our promo code SPOILMYMOVIE for 25% off your order. We have personally used their gummies and tinctures, and can attest to their efficacy in relieving the Sunday Scaries, on whatever day or time they might hit you. Spoil My Movie is also sponsored by Sweet ZZZ Mattress. Visit www.sweetzzzmattress.com and use our promo code SPOIL15 for 15% off your order. We've been sleeping on our bamboo sheets and LOVING them. There's a 50-day money-back guarantee, but we guarantee that no one is taking these sheets away from us! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spoilmymovie/message
Elle and Chris welcome guest Ron from Barrel Aged Flicks podcast for this bonus episode. Ron joins in a discussion that starts with the trailer for Evil Dead Rise (2023), then follows a winding path through horror movies, remakes, other trailers, and more! The Deluxe Edition Network Podcasts of the Month for April 2023 are Barrel Aged Flicks (BAF) and History I'd Like To F*CK with Dawn Brodey (HILF). On BAF, Ron, Stew, Ragnar, Chase and Lenny host a show about classic movies and review movie themed adult beverages. New movies are featured weekly, spiraling into hilarious discussions peppered with movie trivia. Punishment shots never stop in these episodes! A new Barrel Aged Flicks episode posts every Monday as well as a Bonus Episode every Wednesday! https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/home/baf for all their links. On HILF, Host, comedian Dawn Brodey, takes you through the annals of history with a special guest and history subject each episode. From Dillinger to Frankenstein, from The Crusades to Freak Shows - Dawn brings her history degree and unfiltered sense of humor to deliver well-researched deep-dives that strip history naked and serve it up raw. https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/home/hilf for all their links. Spoil My Movie is a proud member of the Deluxe Edition Network (The DEN). There is a podcast for everyone on The DEN across a wide variety of interests, including sports, entertainment, pop-culture, comedy, conspiracies, advice, news, and more. Check out https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/ for a full listing of all the great shows the network has to offer. If you enjoy any of the shows on The DEN, please share with a friend. The best way for our shows to get heard is by word of mouth. They'll thank you! Please vote in The DENNY'S, the first annual awards from The DEN at www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/thedennys - and be sure to vote for SPOIL MY MOVIE in the first category. Wouldn't it be crazy if we won?! Spoil My Movie is sponsored by Sunday Scaries CBD products. Visit www.sundayscaries.com and use our promo code SPOILMYMOVIE for 25% off your order. We have personally used their gummies and tinctures, and can attest to their efficacy in relieving the Sunday Scaries, on whatever day or time they might hit you. Spoil My Movie is also sponsored by Sweet ZZZ Mattress. Visit www.sweetzzzmattress.com and use our promo code SPOIL15 for 15% off your order. We've been sleeping on our bamboo sheets and LOVING them. There's a 50-day money-back guarantee, but we guarantee that no one is taking these sheets away from us! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spoilmymovie/message
Elle and Chris take a deep dive into Smile (2022), a movie that turns a friendly expression into a harbinger of death. The Deluxe Edition Network Podcasts of the Month for April 2023 are Barrel Aged Flicks (BAF) and History I'd Like To F*CK with Dawn Brodey (HILF). On BAF, Ron, Stew, Ragnar, Chase and Lenny host a show about classic movies and review movie themed adult beverages. New movies are featured weekly, spiraling into hilarious discussions peppered with movie trivia. Punishment shots never stop in these episodes! A new Barrel Aged Flicks episode posts every Monday as well as a Bonus Episode every Wednesday! https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/home/baf for all their links. On HILF, Host, comedian Dawn Brodey, takes you through the annals of history with a special guest and history subject each episode. From Dillinger to Frankenstein, from The Crusades to Freak Shows - Dawn brings her history degree and unfiltered sense of humor to deliver well-researched deep-dives that strip history naked and serve it up raw. https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/home/hilf for all their links. Spoil My Movie is a proud member of the Deluxe Edition Network (The DEN). There is a podcast for everyone on The DEN across a wide variety of interests, including sports, entertainment, pop-culture, comedy, conspiracies, advice, news, and more. Check out https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/ for a full listing of all the great shows the network has to offer. If you enjoy any of the shows on The DEN, please share with a friend. The best way for our shows to get heard is by word of mouth. They'll thank you! Please vote in The DENNY'S, the first annual awards from The DEN at www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/thedennys - and be sure to vote for SPOIL MY MOVIE in the first category. Wouldn't it be crazy if we won?! Spoil My Movie is sponsored by Sunday Scaries CBD products. Visit www.sundayscaries.com and use our promo code SPOILMYMOVIE for 25% off your order. We have personally used their gummies and tinctures, and can attest to their efficacy in relieving the Sunday Scaries, on whatever day or time they might hit you. Spoil My Movie is also sponsored by Sweet ZZZ Mattress. Visit www.sweetzzzmattress.com and use our promo code SPOIL15 for 15% off your order. We've been sleeping on our bamboo sheets and LOVING them. There's a 50-day money-back guarantee, but we guarantee that no one is taking these sheets away from us! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spoilmymovie/message
Elle and Chris take a trip to "camp" in this bonus episode, watching the sci-fi/horror/comedy Psycho Goreman (2020). The title character may be a galactic overlord, but the little girl is the really scary one. Special thanks to Tony for the recommendation. The Deluxe Edition Network Podcasts of the Month for April 2023 are Barrel Aged Flicks (BAF) and History I'd Like To F*CK with Dawn Brodey (HILF). On BAF, Ron, Stew, Ragnar, Chase and Lenny host a show about classic movies and review movie themed adult beverages. New movies are featured weekly, spiraling into hilarious discussions peppered with movie trivia. Punishment shots never stop in these episodes! A new Barrel Aged Flicks episode posts every Monday as well as a Bonus Episode every Wednesday! https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/home/baf for all their links. On HILF, Host, comedian Dawn Brodey, takes you through the annals of history with a special guest and history subject each episode. From Dillinger to Frankenstein, from The Crusades to Freak Shows - Dawn brings her history degree and unfiltered sense of humor to deliver well-researched deep-dives that strip history naked and serve it up raw. https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/home/hilf for all their links. Spoil My Movie is a proud member of the Deluxe Edition Network (The DEN). There is a podcast for everyone on The DEN across a wide variety of interests, including sports, entertainment, pop-culture, comedy, conspiracies, advice, news, and more. Check out https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/ for a full listing of all the great shows the network has to offer. If you enjoy any of the shows on The DEN, please share with a friend. The best way for our shows to get heard is by word of mouth. They'll thank you! Please vote in The DENNY'S, the first annual awards from The DEN at www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/thedennys - and be sure to vote for SPOIL MY MOVIE in the first category. Wouldn't it be crazy if we won?! Spoil My Movie is sponsored by Sunday Scaries CBD products. Visit www.sundayscaries.com and use our promo code SPOILMYMOVIE for 25% off your order. We have personally used their gummies and tinctures, and can attest to their efficacy in relieving the Sunday Scaries, on whatever day or time they might hit you. Spoil My Movie is also sponsored by Sweet ZZZ Mattress. Visit www.sweetzzzmattress.com and use out promo code SPOIL15 for 15% off your order. We've been sleeping on our bamboo sheets and LOVING them. There's a 50-day money-back guarantee, but we guarantee that no one is taking these sheets away from us. A Sweet ZZZ Mattress live read ad should start airing next week. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spoilmymovie/message
If we've learned anything from our friend Dawn Brodey from the HILF (History I'd Like to F**k) podcast is that history is always down for a good time! So we drafted the historical characters in films that get our juices flowing and let Dawn decide which seductive icons come out on top! Tune in to find out which steamy historical heartthrobs make our draft board!
Elle and Chris take a deep dive into M3gan (2022), a movie about an out of control AI doll that seems like a conceptual marriage of the Child's Play and Terminator franchises. Elle and Chris also look at the trailer for The Little Mermaid, a live action remake of the Disney animated classic, coming to theaters on May 26, 2023. The Deluxe Edition Network Podcasts of the Month for April 2023 are Barrel Aged Flicks (BAF) and History I'd Like To F*CK with Dawn Brodey (HILF). On BAF, Ron, Stew, Ragnar, Chase and Lenny host a show about classic movies and review movie themed adult beverages. New movies are featured weekly, spiraling into hilarious discussions peppered with movie trivia. Punishment shots never stop in these episodes! A new Barrel Aged Flicks episode posts every Monday as well as a Bonus Episode every Wednesday! https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/home/baf for all their links. On HILF, Host, comedian Dawn Brodey, takes you through the annals of history with a special guest and history subject each episode. From Dillinger to Frankenstein, from The Crusades to Freak Shows - Dawn brings her history degree and unfiltered sense of humor to deliver well-researched deep-dives that strip history naked and serve it up raw. https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/home/hilf for all their links. Spoil My Movie is a proud member of the Deluxe Edition Network (The DEN). There is a podcast for everyone on The DEN across a wide variety of interests, including sports, entertainment, pop-culture, comedy, conspiracies, advice, news, and more. Check out https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/ for a full listing of all the great shows the network has to offer. If you enjoy any of the shows on The DEN, please share with a friend. The best way for our shows to get heard is by word of mouth. They'll thank you! Please vote in The DENNY'S, the first annual awards from The DEN at www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/thedennys - and be sure to vote for SPOIL MY MOVIE in the first category. Wouldn't it be crazy if we won?! Spoil My Movie is sponsored by Sunday Scaries CBD products. Visit www.sundayscaries.com and use our promo code SPOILMYMOVIE for 25% off your order. We have personally used their gummies and tinctures, and can attest to their efficacy in relieving the Sunday Scaries, on whatever day or time they might hit you. Spoil My Movie is also sponsored by Sweet ZZZ Mattress. Visit www.sweetzzzmattress.com and use out promo code SPOIL15 for 15% off your order. We're hearing good things from other podcasts in The DEN, so we're very excited for our package to arrive! A Sweet ZZZ Mattress live read ad should start airing next week. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spoilmymovie/message
Our expert Dawn Brodey (@dawn_brodey / @hilfpodcast) revives the IDKAT gang's knowledge on Frankenstein. Jim's new special "High & Dry" is now available on Netflix! Subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/IDKAT for ad free episodes, bonus episodes, and more exclusive perks! Tiers start at just $2!
Considering BVK has never done a Tom Hanks movie, and we're about to have a run of them over the next few episodes, we had to start with Forrest Gump! And considering this is one of the most historically accurate films of all-time, we had to bring on our super-smart and funny friend Dawn Brodey from the HILF podcast (History I'd Like to Fuck) to fact the check the shit out of our incoherent ramblings. BVK AND HILF ARE PART OF THE DELUXE EDITION NETWORK!
In the previous episode [The Donner Party Part 1] Dawn and her guest, Andy Kraft climbed aboard with The Donner Party wagon-train as they begin their ill-fated journey West. We met some of the most prominent individuals including George Donner - after whom the sad collective is named. Also James Reed, who tragically murdered his friend, John Snyder and was subsequently banished. He left, promising his wife and children he would do everything he could to be reunited and save them.00:05:30 - When we left off, The Donner Party had just reunited with the hero, C.T. Stanton - a single, childless man who had ridden ahead of the party months earlier to get help and supplies. His return provided much needed food and comfort, but it proved to be yet another nail in the coffin as it delayed their attempt to cross the summit before a huge snow storm. 00:11:07 - After several attempts to cross the summit with the mules, the Party realizes that they simply cannot make the passing the snow. Instead, they will be slaughtered in the morning, the meat prepared - and then they're all going out on foot before the snow comes... but that very night a snow storm begins that lasts 8 days. The animals are dead and lost beneath the snow and everyone is suddenly oh-so-much more desperate. They're divided into two camps about seven miles apart from one another. Sixty are at Truckee Lake - nine men over eighteen, twelve women, and twenty-nine were children, six of whom were toddlers or younger. The other camp, at Alder Creek, has twenty-one people: six men, three women, and twelve children in all. 00:17:38 - Realizing that the situation was going to lead to inevitable starvation, they decided that the strongest individuals among them would make snowshoes, and attempt to walk to Sutter's Fort in California. If they could make it, they would raise the alarm and return with help. Some call them "The Snowshoe Party", others "The Forlorn Hope". There were fifteen of them: five women, nine men and one twelve-year old boy. 00:29:52 - It has been mutually determined among the members of The Forlorn Hope that starvation was imminent and that 'should one of them die, the others might live.' They were the first among The Donner Party to resort to cannibalism when: "“The men finally mustered up the courage to approach the dead”.00:37:07 - BREAK - Check out the podcast Story Worthy by Christine Blackburn. 00:38:20 - The First Relief Party arrives at Donner Lake on February 1847. It's bad. Of the sixty-five people who were left there when The Forlorn Hope left (two months prior), thirteen people have died, leaving about thirty survivors. They have not *apparently* started eating each other yet. Twenty-one leave with the rescuers: six adults, six children under ten-years-old, nine children who are ten-fourteen-years-old.They have a hell of a trek to safety and three die on the way back. One adult (John Denton), Ada Keseberg (3), William Hook (12, fatally gorges himself when they finally get to food.0042:30 - Incredibly James Reed meets the First Relief Party as they're returning and not only reunites with his wife, but provides them much-needed supplies after their caches were destroyed. He then continues back down to Donner Lake only to discover a scene significantly more disastrous than when last they were contacted. The Second Relief takes with them seventeen people: three adults, two teenagers, and twelve children between nine and one-year-olds. On the way back, three people die, two five-year-old children and a forty-year-old woman. Most of the children are carried out by one guy - John Stark. 01:02:14 -After two more relief parties, the last group to go to Donner lake, are less of a relief, than a 'retrieve'. They arrive on April 10th - It had been a month since the 3rd Relief had left.The first thing they see - there are bodies and body parts EVERYWHERE: Skulls, legs, fragments. Mrs. Murphy is lying there with a leg sawed off and the saw still lying next to her. Mrs. Donner is dead and partly devoured in Keseberg's Cabin, but he is gone and they see a fresh set of tracks leading to the Donner Cabin. Soon, Keseberg is found walking back carrying much of the Donner's money. 01:06:06 - Here is the final head-count (so to speak) of the survivors and victims of the Party: Of the 87 who took the notorious Cut-off, about 42 died. What do you think of those odds?---HAPPY NEW YEAR! Next new episode: February 1st, 2023**We are moving. It's just across town - not as harrowing as The Donner Party move - but a big ol' time-sucking pain in the ass so we're taking January off. ---Instagram/Facebook - @hilfpodcastEmail - hilfpodcast@gmail.comWe thank you for your shares, rates, reviews and foul-mouth appreciation.
Dawn's guest is actor and writer, Andy Kraft. He is a longtime friend and colleague - together they've done everything from romantic comedies on screen, to portraying water droplets on stage. Andy can be seen in countless commercials, episodes of television (including the final episode of Brooklyn nine-nine) and is the hand up the bum of some of your favorite puppets!00:07:44 - Andy explains why he chose the subject of The Donner Party.His total ignorance of the subject (is it NOT the Dahmer Party?) ultimately made it the HILF of the day and, of course, Dawn loves a History Virgin. 00:13:36 - The Donner Party began, as almost all wagon trains going West did at the time - on the Oregon Trail. This infamous trail inspired a similarly infamous game that was very popular in the mid 80's... if you didn't die, you won! But you probably died... There is a new version of the game for Switch, if you can believe it.00:18:53 - The Who-is-who of The Donner Party: We are introduced to the people who begin with the wagon train in Missouri, what brought them there, and what there expectations were going forward. Everything starts out fairly well with Mrs. Donner even writing a letter home that says, "“Indeed, if I do not experience something far worse than I have yet done, I shall say the trouble is all in getting started.” 00:23:50 - Because things are going so well as they set out, the Donner Party begins to take interest in a rumor of a shortcut. The so-called Hastings Cut-off, purported by legendary frontiersman, Lansford Hastings, proves a tempting option. Ultimately they take a vote and about 90 of the party take the road oh-so-much less traveled.BREAK 00:32:07 - In October of 1846, The Donner Party finds themselves weeks behind schedule and with an increasingly hazardous route unfolding before them. After cutting paths through thick brush and hard terrain, they then face the crossing of The Great Salt Dessert - and they already are running out of food and water. See the map!00:37:04 - In light of how FUCKING BAD things are going, the group selects two individuals, Stanton and McCutchen, to ride ahead to California to alert them to their plight and possibly bring back help and supplies. Shortly after they leave, things progressively get worse for everybody - and then there is the first murder. 00:39:39 - Dawn gives the details of the murder of John Snyder and the resulting exile of James Reed.00:53:38 - There is the first death by starvation/exposure (Hardcoop) and one disappearance and suspected murder (Wolfinger). Just as the party is beginning to really accept the possibility that all is lost, Stanton returns! Not only does he have much-needed supplies, but he is also in the company of two Indian guides to lead them the rest of the way. The Donner Party takes a sigh of relief - but it turns out the worst had only just begun...---Come back for the thrilling conclusion the HILF of the The Donner Party - it will be an episode you can really sink your teeth into. ---Instagram/Facebook - @hilfpodcastEmail - hilfpodcast@gmail.comWe thank you for your shares, rates, reviews and foul-mouth appreciation.
Dawn usually records around her kitchen table, but as guest, Kristal Adams, recently had her cars stolen, she instead packed up the recording equipment and headed to Kristal's place near downtown Los Angeles. As it turns out, the quietest and most comfortable place to record was smack in the middle of Kristals bed. Tres bien. 00:03:55 - Dawn goes through Kristal's most exciting credits including as a writer on Legomasters, and The Circle on Netflix, and she promotes her hilarious comedy album Aint I A Wombat. 00:05:12 - Kristal explains to Dawn that her lack of car has been part of the decision to move to New York City - where you don't need one! Dawn likes the idea but gives her some food for thought as she heads into living in her first 'winter climate' state. 00:09:42 - We learn a little bit more about Kristal's French husband, Fabrice, and how he has spurred both her interest in French Literature and her desire to ask ANYONE BUT HIM to tell her about it. Voila! Moi! Dawn explains that since 'French Literature' is such a huge subject, she focused her attention on The Three Musketeers and it's author Alexander Dumas... but of course it all begins with The French Revolution. 00:12:46 - The French Revolution has to precede any in-depth conversation about French Literature because for so much of our most-loved figures it was a central event. From Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, through the Reign of Terror and past the execution of Robespierre - we give Kristal a lot to chew on around the ol' Fromage Tray. 00:22:52 - Lots of sources generally say the French Revolution ended with the execution of Robespierre in 1794 but in fact there were several more revolutions and, of course, the Emperor Napoleon. 00:30:00 - With some general French History and some specific French Revolution History in our back pocket, we move on to the author of The Three Musketeers, Alexander Dumas... well, we begin with his grandparents actually: A rich white nobleman living in Haiti and an enslaved woman, named Marie-Cesette. Alexander Duma's half-black father has a incredible story of his own - one that led him to glory fighting for France aboard during the Revolution, and earned the ire of none other than Napoleon.00:37:04 - Always feeling in the shadow of his father's greatness, and enduring the rampant racism in Paris himself, Alexander Dumas strived always to be remembered and be loved. Perhaps this is why he had no less than 4 illegitimate children and an estimated 40 mistresses. He attained some fame and wealth -experimented with drugs in a very interesting club with Victor Hugo among others - but ultimately died rather poor in the care of his son. --BREAK--Listen to HIGHTAILING THROUGH HISTORY hosted by Laurel and KT00:41:56 - After the break, we welcome into bed with us The Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan and you, of course - with a quick summary of the swashbuckling tale that has stood the test of time and had some good (and bad) movie versions over the years. 00:55:24 - As the original subject that Kristal assigned Dawn was 'French Literature' they wrap up the conversation with a couple of quick booty calls - one on Victor Hugo, author of Les Miserables. It turns out that the musical had a rather outsized impact on both Kristal and Dawn's youth. 00:59:25 - Dawn wraps up with a tip of the hat to The Marquis de Sade, the man from whom we get the phrase 'sadist' and oh so much more. 01:03:22 - Before extracting herself from Kristal's marital sheets, Dawn leaves her with one last story from the French Revolution - that of the assassination of the bathtub-bound invalid, Jean-Paul Marat at the hands of Charlotte Corday. Not only is it a bloody and interesting story, but it is the inspiration for a play written in the 1970's called: The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade. I know, right?---Our themesong was composed and performed by (legendary) Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic. If you want to reach out to HILF, please do! We are on social media @HILFPODCAST, or @DAWN_BRODEY or you can email us hilfpodcast@gmail.com.
This week on the blog, a podcast interview with Dawn Brodey and Brian Forrest, talking about the various film versions of “Frankenstein” and “Dracula.”Dawn gave me 4.5 films to revisit: The 1931 version of Frankenstein, Frankenweenie (the feature and the short), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Young Frankenstein.Meanwhile, Brian assigned me the original Nosferatu, the 1931 Dracula, Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, Horror of Dracula, Dracula in Istanbul and Bram Stoker's Dracula. LINKSDawn's podcast (HILF): http://dawnbrodey.com/ - showsBrian's Blog and Vlog, Toothpickings: https://toothpickings.medium.com/ A Free Film Book for You: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/cq23xyyt12Another Free Film Book: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/x3jn3emga6Frankenstein (1931) Trailer: https://youtu.be/BN8K-4osNb0Frankenweenie Trailer: https://youtu.be/29vIJQohUWEMary Shelley's Frankenstein (Trailer): https://youtu.be/GFaY7r73BIsYoung Frankenstein (Trailer): https://youtu.be/mOPTriLG5cUNosferatu (Complete Film): https://youtu.be/dCT1YUtNOA8Dracula (1931) Trailer: https://youtu.be/VoaMw91MC9kAbbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (Trailer): https://youtu.be/j6l8auIACycHorror of Dracula (Trailer): https://youtu.be/ZTbY0BgIRMkBram Stoker's Dracula (Trailer): https://youtu.be/fgFPIh5mvNcDracula In Istanbul: https://youtu.be/G7tAWcm3EX0Fast, Cheap Film Website: https://www.fastcheapfilm.com/Eli Marks Website: https://www.elimarksmysteries.com/Albert's Bridge Books Website: https://www.albertsbridgebooks.com/YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BehindthePageTheEliMarksPodcastDawn and Brian TRANSCRIPT John: [00:00:00] Before we dive into the assignment you gave me—which was to watch stuff I hadn't seen and also rewatch stuff I had seen to get a better idea of who's done a good job of adapting these books—let's just jump in and talk a little bit about your area of expertise and why you have it. So, I'm going to start with you, Brian. I was very surprised after working with you a while to find out that you had a whole vampire subset in your life. Brian: A problem, you can call it a problem. It's fine. John: Okay. What is the problem and where did it come from? Brian: I was just vaguely interested in vampires for a while. When I was in my screenwriting days, someone had encouraged me to do a feature length comedy about vampires, and that led me to do a lot of reading. And then I just kind of put it aside for a while. And then I was, I had just finished a documentary for Committee Films and they said, do you have any other pitches? And I thought, and I said, you know, there's still people who believe in vampires even today, that could be really interesting. And I put together a pitch package. Then, the guy in charge of development said, [00:01:00]this is what we need to be doing. And then it stalled out. Nothing ever happened with it. And I said, what the hell. I could do this on my own. I could fly around and interview these people. And I did, I spent a couple years interviewing academics and some writers. And along the way, I started finding all these very intriguing moments in the history of either vampire lore or fiction or even just people who consider themselves vampires today. And all these things would connect to each other. It was a lattice work of vampires going back hundreds of years. It didn't fit the documentary, unfortunately, but I found it way too interesting. And I said, I need some kind of outlet for this. And so I started writing about it on Tooth Pickings. And that eventually put me in touch with people who were more scholarly, and it opened up a lot more conversations. And now I can't get out. I'm trapped. John: Well, the first sign is recognizing there's a problem. [00:02:00] Okay. Now, Dawn, you had a different entryway into Frankenstein. Dawn: Yeah, well, I was a theater major and a history minor at the University of Minnesota. Go Gophers. And, this was in the late nineties, early two thousands, when there were still a lot of jobs for people who had degrees and things like this. Or at least there was a theory that this was a reasonable thing to get educated in. And then I graduated in 2001, which was months after 9/11, when all those jobs went away. And so, I had this education so specific and what was I gonna do? And gratefully the Twin Cities is a great place for finding that kind of stuff. And one of my very first jobs out of college was at the Bakkan museum. So, the Bakkan museum was founded by Earl Bakkan, who is the inventor of the battery-operated pacemaker. And he has always, since childhood, been obsessed with the Frankenstein movie that came out in 1931. And he attributes [00:03:00]his great scientific invention and many others to a science fiction in general. And to the spark of the idea that comes from sources like this. So, when he opened the museum, he insisted that there'd be a grand Frankenstein exhibit. And that means going back to the book, and that meant going back to the author, Mary Shelley, who wrote the novel Frankenstein, she started writing it when she was 16.And so, I was hired because—boom, look at me—my degree is suddenly colliding, right? So, I was hired by the Bakkan museum to create a one-woman show about the life of Mary Shelley, where I would play Mary Shelley and would perform it within the museum and elsewhere. And through the course of that research, I read the novel for the second time, but then I read it for my third, fourth, fifth onwards and upwards. Because the show was about 45 minutes long, I referenced, you know, the novel, the books, the popular culture, the science behind it. And the deep dive just never stopped. And so long after I was required to do the research and the show was done and up, I just kept reading. [00:04:00] And it gave me the opportunity to meet experts in this field and the peripheral field, as I would sort of travel with this show and be an ambassador for the museum and stuff like that. And, yeah, it still curls my toes. John: All right, so with that background. I'm going to just be honest right here and say, I've read Dracula once, I've read Frankenstein once. So that's where I'm coming from, and both a while ago. I remember Frankenstein was a little tougher to get through. Dracula had a bit more of an adventure feel to it, but something I don't think has really been captured particularly well in all the movies. But they both have lasted and lasted and lasted.Why do you think those books are still, those ideas are still as popular today? Dawn: I will say that I think Frankenstein, it depends on what you mean by the idea. Because on the surface, just the idea of bringing the dead to life, is, I mean, the Walking Dead franchise is right now one of the most popular franchises. I mean, I think we are really pivot on this idea. And I remember saying to a friend once that the part in [00:05:00]Revelation where the dead rise is like the only part of the Bible that I don't question. It's like, oh, the dead will get up. You know, we always just seem to be real sure that at some damned point, they're getting up. And so I think that that is part of why that it sticks in our brains. But then the story around Frankenstein—especially as it was written in 1818—has so many universal and timeless themes, like ambition and what is right and wrong. And the question that Jurassic Park posed in 1995 and continues to—1993 around there—and continues to pose, which is: just because science is capable of doing something, should it do something? And how do we define progress? Surely the very idea of being able to beat death and not die seems to be kind of the ultimate goal. And here is someone saying, okay, so let's just say, yeah. We beat death and everyone goes, oh shit, that'd be terrible. [00:06:00] You know? And then also, I always love the idea of the creature, the monster, Frankenstein's creature himself, who has a lot of characteristics with which people have identified throughout history. Some people say, for example, that Mary Shelley's whole purpose for writing Frankenstein was a question of: didn't God do this to us, make us these ugly creatures that are imperfect and bumbling around and horrifying? And then once he realized that we weren't perfect, he fled from us in fear or fled. He just keeps going and every generation has a new media that tells the story a little bit better, a little bit different, and yeah, there we are. John: I will say that for me, the most memorable part of the book was the section where the monster is the narrator and is learning. And I think with the exception of Kenneth Branagh's film, it it's something that isn't really touched on that much. There's a little bit in Bride of Frankenstein, of him going around and learning stuff. But the sort of moral questions that he [00:07:00] raises as he's learning—what it is to be human—are very interesting in the book. And I wish they were in more of the movies, but they're not. So, Brian on Dracula, again, we have dead coming to life. Why do we love that so much? Brian: Well, it's one of the questions that made me want to make a film about it myself: why has the vampire been so fascinating for hundreds of years? Why does it keep coming back? You know, it ebbs and flows in popularity, but it never leaves. And it keeps seeming to have Renaissance after Renaissance. Dracula specifically, I think one of the interesting things about that novel is how many different lenses you can look at it through and not be wrong.People have looked at it through the lens of, is this thing an imperialist story? Is it an anti-imperialist story? Is it a feminist story? Is it an anti-feminist story? And you can find support for any of those views reading Dracula. And I think that some of it might be accidental; there's times where Dracula is catching up to whatever the cultural zeitgeist [00:08:00] is right now. And we look at Dracula and we say, oh, he was thinking about this back then. Or maybe Bram Stoker was just very confused and he had a lot of different ideas. John: All right, let's explore that a little deeper. You each gave me an assignment of some movies to watch or to re-watch that you felt were worth talking about, in relation to your subject of Frankenstein or Dracula. I'm going to start with Frankenweenie, just because I had not seen it. And in going through it, I was reminded—of course, as one would be—of watching Frankenweenie, I was reminded of Love, Actually. Because I came to the realization after years of Love, Actually being around that it—Love, Actually—is not a romantic comedy. It is all romantic comedies, all put into one movie. And Frankenweenie is all horror films. Condensed, beautifully and cleverly into one very tasty souffle. [Frankenweenie Soundbite] John: I stopped at a certain point making note of the references to other horror films. Just because there are so many of them. But the idea that it references everything from Bride of Frankenstein to Gremlins. They do a rat transformation that's right out of American Werewolf in London. The fact that they have a science teacher played by Martin Landau doing the voice he did as Bela [00:10:00] Lugosi in Ed Wood. I mean, it's a really good story that they just layered and layered and layered and layered. What was it about that movie that so captivated you? Dawn: Well, so much of what you just said. And also it seems to me the epitome of the accessibility of the story of Frankenstein. The idea that if anyone can think of any moment in which if I could bring someone back to life. But what I love about it too, is that the novel Frankenstein that is not Victor Frankenstein's motivation. It generally tends to be the motivation of almost every character, including the Kenneth Branagh character--at some point, he, when Elizabeth dies, his wife dies for the second time, he says, yes, I'm going to try to bring her back. But it is so not the motivation of the scientist in the book. It is just ambition. He just wants to do something no one else has done. And lots of people die around him and he really never, ever says to himself at any point in the novel, I wish I could bring them back, I'm going to bring them back. That's never, that's never part of it. He just wants to be impressive. And so, I love [00:11:00] that it starts with that pure motivation of wanting to bring the dead to life; just wanting to bring your dog back, so that it's so accessible for everyone watching it. Who wouldn't wanna try this? But then, even in that scene with the teacher, when he shows the frog. And he's demonstrating that if you touch a dead frog with electricity, its legs shoot up, which give the kid the first idea of bringing his dog back. Which is like a deep cut in, in the sense that that's nothing -- Mary Shelley herself and her friends were watching experiments exactly like that before she wrote the book: galvanism and animal magnetism were these really popular public demonstrations happening in London and elsewhere where they would do just that. But because electricity itself was so new, I mean, it blew people's hair back you know, that these dead frogs were flopping around. It was the craziest thing. And a lot of them were thinking to themselves, surely it is only a matter of time before we can, we're gonna have our dead walking around all the time. So, it was so circulating and so forward. [00:12:00] So it's not just movie references and it's not just Frankenstein references. That movie really includes source deep source references for how Frankenstein came to be. And I just love it. John: Which brings me to Frankenstein, the 1931 version, in which Colin Clive has a similar point of view to what you were talking about from the book. He just wants, you know, he wants to be God. [Frankenstein soundbite] John: What I was most impressed with about that movie or a couple things was: it starts, it's like, boom. We're in it. First scene. There there's no preamble. There's no going to college. There's no talking about it, right? It's like, they're starting in the middle of act two. And I think a lot of what we think of when it comes to Frankenstein comes from that movie, [00:13:00] that the stuff that James Whale and his cinematographer came up with and the way they made things look, and that's sort of what people think of when they think of Frankenstein. Now, as you look back on that movie, what are your thoughts on the, what we'll call the original Frankenstein? Dawn: Yeah. Well, I love it. You'll find with me and Frankenstein that I'm not a purist. Like I love everything. Like I have no boundaries. I think this is great. One of the things that 1931 movie did was answer—because it had to, anytime you take a novel and make it a movie, you take a literary medium and make it a visual medium, there's obviously going to be things that you just have to interpret that the author left for you to make for yourself individual. And in this instance, that individual is the cinematographer. So, we're gonna get their take on this. And one of the real ambiguous things that Mary Shelley leaves for you in the novel is the spark of life. What is the spark of life? She does not in any [00:14:00]detail describe lightning or static or any of the recognizable or, or future developments of how electricity would've been. Brian: I was shocked when I first read that book and saw how little space was devoted to that, that lab scene. It's blink of an eye and it's over. Dawn: “I gathered the instruments of life around me that I may infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my.” Period. I just, what I love is what I love about film in general is that they went, oh, spark being all right, girl, it's a dark and stormy night and you know, and there's chains and there's bubblers and there's a thing. And the sky opens. I mean, God bless you, like way to just take that thought. Make it vivid, make it, build a set, make us believe it. And it's so, so pervasive that in Frankenweinie, you know, which of course is about Frankensein. [00:15:00] Like that is one that they do: he's got the white robe that ties in the back and the gloves. And in Young Frankenstein, it's the, you know, that lab scene. And so I love that. And the other thing that they had to do was describe the look of the creature, make the creature—Frankenstein's monster himself—look so like something. Because she, similarly in the novel, says that he is taller than a regular man, has dark hair and yellow watery eyes. That's all we know about what the Frankenstein looks like. And so, in 1931, Boris Karloff with the bolts. And it's black and white, remember, we don't think his skin is green. That he turned green at some point is kind of exciting, but of course he was just gray, but just dead flesh, you know, rotten, dead walking flesh is what's frightening. And, I just thought that the movie did that so well, John: I think the makeup was kind of a green/gray, and that when color photos came out of it, that's why someone went, oh, [00:16:00] it's green, but it wasn't green. Brian: I thought I saw a museum piece of, you know, an actual makeup bit that Jack Pierce did and I thought it was greenish. Dawn: Yeah. Greenish/gray. I think, yeah, the rots, just kind of trying to capture the sort of rotten flesh. Brian: It's just like the bride's hair was red. Dawn: That's right. That's right. My day job here in Los Angeles is as a street improviser at Universal Studios, Hollywood. And two of their most treasured characters of course are Frankenstein and Dracula. So, while most people might separate them, John, they are usually arm and arm where I work every day. And the bride has recently come back to the theme park as a walking character, and they gave her red hair. We don't mess around. John: That's excellent. But you mentioned Dracula, let's jump into the 1931 Dracula. There's a connection point between the two that I want to mention, which is the amazing Dwight Frye, who is Fritz, I believe in Frankenstein. And I'm not the first one to mention his naturalistic [00:17:00] acting kind of putting him above everybody else in that movie. Famously, when he's running up the stairs, stopping to pull his socks up at one point. He's just really, really good in that. And then you see him in Dracula as the, essentially the Harker character. I think he was called Harker -- Brian: Yeah. Well, he's Renfield in Dracula. They merged those two characters. I thought it was a smart move for a first attempt at the film. Yeah. And Dwight Frye, he's in a lot of other Universal horrors, too. Dwight Frye often doesn't get the credit. He somehow was not the leading man he should have been. John: I don't know why that is. He turns up again as an assistant in Bride of Frankenstein. He's a towns person in Frankenstein meets the Wolfman. And then he tragically died on a bus ride to an auto parts job that he took because he wasn't getting any acting work, which was too bad. A really, really good actor. Brian: There is another intersection besides the fact that they were both produced by Junior. Lugosi was put into the [00:18:00] short, the trial film they shot for Frankenstein. I can't call it a short film, because it was never intended for release. But they shot a cinematic test reel and they had Lugosi play the monster, but he was under a sheet the whole time. I think he may have been able to pull the sheet off. It's a lost film. We don't know for sure. We just have kind of the recollections of a few crew people. John: I've never heard of that. I would love to see that. Brian: I would too. I think a lot of people would really love to see it, but it was as much a kind of a testing ground for Lugosi— whether they wanted him to be the monster—as it was for some of the techniques, the things they wanted to try in the film. And what I understand is the producer saw the test reel and they said, yes, we love this look, this is the look we want you to give us. And then it's whatever version of Lugosi not getting that part you want to believe: whether Lugosi turned it down or the producers didn't like him or something. But he ended up not taking that part. John: But he is of course always known as Dracula. So, what are your thoughts on their adaptation? Which [00:19:00]again is not the first adaptation but is the kind of first official? Brian: Yeah. The first to bear the name Dracula, although, well, I'll back up a second. Because some releases of Nosferatu called it Dracula. He would be named as Dracula in the subtitles, you know, because that's an easy thing to do in silent film, you can just swap that out however you want to. But yes, it's the first authorized official film adaptation. John: Well, let's back up to Nosferatu, just for a second. Am I wrong in remembering that the Bram Stoker estate—Mrs. Stoker—sued Nosferatu and asked that all prints be destroyed? And they were except one print remained somewhere? Brian: Close. That is the popular story that she sued Prana Films. She won the lawsuit. All films were set to be destroyed. Now there's a guy named Locke Heiss and a few others who've been doing some research on this. And they will tell you that there's no proof that a single print was ever destroyed. It's a more fun story to say that, you know, this one was snuck away and now we have the film. But there was no real enforcement mechanism for having all the theaters [00:20:00]destroy the film. Who was going to go around and check and see if they actually destroyed this film or not? Nobody, right? So maybe some people destroyed it. Maybe Prana Films destroyed their remaining copies. But the exhibitors kept all of theirs and there's different versions and different cuts that have been found. So, we know that some of these reels went out in different formats or with different subtitles or even different edits. And some of them have made their way back to us. John: There's some really iconic striking imagery in that movie. That haunts me still. Brian: What I always tell people is see the film with a good live accompaniment, because that still makes it hold up as a scary film. If you see a good orchestra playing something really intense when Orlok comes through that door. It feels scary. You can feel yourself being teleported back to 1922 and being one of those audience people seeing that and being struck by it. John: What do you think it would be like to have [00:21:00] seen that or Dawn to have seen the original Frankenstein? I can't really imagine, given all that we've seen in our lives. If you put yourself back into 1931, and Boris Karloff walks backwards into the lab. I would just love to know what that felt like the first time. Dawn: You know, what is so great is I was fortunate enough to know Earl Bakkan who saw the movie in the theater in Columbia Heights, Minnesota when he was 10 years old.And he went, he had to sneak in. People would run outta this, out of the theater, screaming. I mean, when they would do the close up of Frankenstein's Monster's face, you know, women would faint. And of course that was publicized and much circulated, but it was also true. People were freaking out. And for Earl Bakkan—this young kid—the fear was overwhelming, as you said. And also in this theater, I was lucky enough, I did my show in that theater for Earl and his friends on his 81st birthday. So, I got to hear a [00:22:00] lot of these stories. And they played the organ in the front of the curtain. Brian: Is this the Heights theater? Dawn: Yes, the Heights. Brian: Oh, that's an amazing space. Dawn: So, they played the organ in there and it was like, oh my God. And it was so overwhelming. So, I'm glad you asked that question because I was really fortunate to have a moment to be able to sort of immerse myself in that question: What would it have been like to be in this theater? And it was moving and it was scary, man. And yeah, to your point, Brian, the music and the score. I mean, it was overwhelming. Also, I think there's something that we still benefit from today, which is when people tell you going in this might be way too much for you, this might scare you to death. So just be super, super careful. And your heart's already, you know… John: And it does have that warning right at the beginning. Dawn: Yeah. Versus now when people sit you down, they're like, I'm not gonna be scared by this black and white movie from 1931. And then you find yourself shuffling out of the bathroom at top speed in the middle of the night. And you're like, well, look at that. It got me. Brian: That reminds me, there [00:23:00] was a deleted scene from the 1931 Dracula that was a holdover from the stage play. Van Helsing comes out and he breaks the fourth wall and he speaks directly to the audience. And he says something to the effect of—I'm very much paraphrasing—about how we hope you haven't been too frightened by what you've seen tonight, but just remember these things are real. And then black out. And they cut that because they were afraid that they were really going to freak out their audience. Dawn: It's like a war of the world's thing, man. It's oh, that's so great. I love that. [Dracula Soundbite] John: So, Brian, what is your assessment of the 1931 version? As a movie itself and as an adaptation of Stoker's work? Brian: The things they had to do to try to adapt it to film, which they borrowed a lot of that from the stage play. They used the stage play as their guide point, and I think they made the best choices they could have been expected to make. You know, there's a lot of things that get lost and that's unfortunate, but I think they did a decent job. I don't find the 1931 version scary. I like Bela Lugosi. I think he's a great Dracula. I think he set the standard. With the possible [00:25:00]exception of the scene where the brides are stalking Harker slash Renfield, I don't think the imagery is particularly frightening. The Spanish version, I think does a little bit better job. And you know the story with the Spanish version and the English version? Dawn: We actually talk about it on the back lot tour of Universal Studios. Because they shot on the same sets in some cases. Brian: Yeah. My understanding is that Dracula shot during the day, Spanish Dracula would shoot at night. So, they got to benefit maybe a little bit by seeing, okay, how is this gonna be shot? How did Todd Browning do it? Okay. We're gonna do it a little bit differently. It's a little bit of a cheat to say they move the camera. They do move the camera a lot more in the Spanish version, but the performances are a little bit different. I'm going to, I can't get her name out. The actress who plays the ingenue in the Spanish Dracula, I'm not going to try it, but you can see her kind of getting more and more crazed as time goes on and her head is more infected by Dracula. You see these push-ins that you don't see in the English version. There's blocking [00:26:00] that's different. I put together a short course where I was just talking about how they blocked the staircases scene. The welcome to my house, the walking through spider web. And how it's blocked very differently in the two versions. And what does that say? What are these two directors communicating differently to us? In one, Harker slash Renfield is next to Dracula. In one, he's trailing behind him. In one, we cut away from the spider web before he goes through. And in the other one, we see him wrestle with it. That's not really what you asked, John. Sorry, I got off on a tear there. John: I agree with you on all points on the differences between the two films. Although I do think that all the Transylvania stuff in the English version is terrific: With the coach and the brides. The Spanish version, the biggest problem I have is that their Dracula looks ridiculous. Brian: He's not Bela Lugosi. You're right. John: He looks like Steve Carell doing Dracula and there is no moment, literally no moment [00:27:00] where he is scary, whereas Lugosi is able to pull that off. Brian: There's a lot of people who have observed that the Spanish Dracula would be a superior film were it not for Bela Lugosi being such an amazing Dracula in the English version. John: He really, really nailed it. Brian: And since he learned his lines phonetically, he could have done the Spanish Dracula. Just write it out for him phonetically, because he didn't speak English very well. John: If we could just go back, you know, cause a lot of things in history we could change, but if we could just be at that meeting and go, Hey, why not have Bela do it? Okay. So then let's jump ahead, still in Dracula form, to Horror of Dracula. From 1958. With Christopher Lee as Dracula and Peter Cushing as Van Helsing. [Soundbite from Horror of Dracula] Brian: For some people, Lee is the ultimate Dracula, and I think that's a generational thing. I think he's great. He's got the stage presence and I love Peter Cushing as Van Helsing. I don't like the film as a whole. It feels like I'm watching a play with a camera set back. It doesn't work for me the way it works for other people. That is personal taste. Don't come after me. John: It does, however, have one of the greatest, ‘Hey, we're gonna kill Dracula' scenes ever, with Peter Cushing running down the table and jumping up and pulling down the drapes and the sun. Brian: Oh, right. Interesting. Because in Dracula, the book, the sun is not deadly, remotely really. But that's [00:29:00]the influence of Nosferatu being pasted onto the Dracula cannon, that the sunlight is deadly to Dracula. Dawn: I remember having this fight very enthusiastically in the nineties when Bram Stoker's/Winona Ryder's Dracula came out and I was already sort of a literary nerd. And they were like, hey, they have a scene with him walking around during the day. And I was like, yeah, nerds. That's right. That's cuz vampires can walk around during the day.I was very already, like, you don't know anything, go back to history. Brian: And there's a seventies version where he's out on a cloudy day, but he is not hurt either. There suggestions in the book that he's more powerful at night. Dawn: He's a creature of the night. I always understood he had to wear sunglasses. He was sort of like a wolf. Like they show him as a wolf during the day; it can happen, but it's not great. Brian: I like the way they did it in the Gary Oldman version. He's suited up. He's got the sunglasses on. There's not a whole lot of skin exposed. But he's not [00:30:00] going to turn into smoke. John: Well, okay. Let's talk about that version and Kenneth Branagh's version of Frankenstein. Dawn: Ug. John: I'm not going to spoil anything here, when I say it doesn't sound like Dawn cared it. Dawn: You open this, you opened this can of worms. John, sit down for a second. Listen. He calls it: Mary Shelly's fucking Frankenstein. I inserted the fucking. I'm sorry, I wasn't supposed to say that. He calls it. He calls it. How dare you, Kenneth, Brannagh, call this Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. So that was A-number one. But I went into it all excited: It's Kenneth Brannagh. Love him. He calls it Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and he starts with the ship captain out at sea, just like the book. And so I pull up my little, you know, security blanket and I'm like, oh, Kenneth Brannagh, do this to me, buddy. Do it to me buddy. Show me Mary Shelley Frankenstein as a movie. [00:31:00] And then he just fucks it up, John. And he doesn't actually do that at all. It's a total lie. He screws up every monologue. He makes up motivations and then heightens them. And it's dad. The acting is capital B, capital A, capital D across the board. Everybody sucks in this movie. It looks bad. The direction is bad, and it has nothing to do. He tries to bring Elizabeth back to life. This is a huge departure from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Thank you very much, Mr. Brannagh, that's all I have to say for now. John: All right, I was fooled by the fact that he started at, at the north pole. Dawn: That's because he's tricking us, John. That's because it's the whole movie is a lie. John: Okay with that same mindset, what do we think of Bram Stoker's Dracula by Francis Ford Coppola? Dawn: I love that one. Brian: I'm afraid that I don't have, I can't match Dawn's intensity in either respect. Um, except I thought Robert DeNiro [00:32:00] was really good in Frankenstein. Dawn: But that's no, he's not. you're wrong. Your opinion is valid and wrong. Yeah, I'm kidding for listeners who don't know me. I am, I am kidding. Of course. Everybody's opinion is valid except for that one. Yeah. The movie, everything about that movie is bad. John: He is, I think, miscast. Dawn: And Helen Bonan Carter is one of the finest actresses of not just our generation, but of all time. And she sucks in this movie. John: Right. So. Bram Stoker's Dracula. Brian: Bram Stoker's Dracula. [Soundbite: Bram Stoker's Dracula] Brian: Also produced by Branagh. And I assume that is the connection, why they both start with the author's name. I always call it Coppola's Dracula because it gets too confusing to make that distinction. I thought it was a decent movie, but it didn't feel like Dracula. It felt like someone who had heard of Dracula and wrote a good script based on what they had heard. So many divergences that bothered me, although I think it's aged better than it felt the first time. I remember seeing it when it first came out in the nineties and not thinking much of it. And I think audiences agreed with me and it seems like it's been kinder, that audiences have been kinder to it as it's gotten older. John: Okay. Dawn, you love it. Dawn: I loved it. I loved it. It, you know what though? That was one of [00:34:00] those movies that unlike, unlike Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, I can't look at with like an adult critical eye because I, what year did it come out? Was it like 90, 92? I'm like middle school getting into high school and like Winona Ryder was everything. Vampires are everything. I mean, Gary Oldman is the, is a great actor and it's so sexy, very sexy. The sex is Primo. And so I remember loving it, very moving. I don't remember comparing it as certainly not as viciously to the novel because I read Dracula after I had seen the movie. And so there's always that inherent casting where Nina is always going to be Winona Ryder. But I do remember really loving the Gothic convention of the letter and that the movie did seem to utilize and to great effect how letter writing can build suspense and give us different perspectives in a, in a unique cinematic way. Brian: [00:35:00] The two or three biggest stakes that film puts in the ground are not to be found in the book. So there's no love story in the book. There's no Vlad in the book. John: Can I interject there? Isn't that basically, didn't they just rip that off of Dark Shadows, The idea of my long lost love is reincarnated in this woman. I must connect with her. Brian: That is a good question, John. I'm glad you asked that because I call it the doppelganger love interest. Right? We first see that, the first time I know of it happening, I'm sure there's an earlier precedent, is in The Mummy, but then Dark Shadows does it. But that's not where Stoker, I mean, that's not where Coppola and a screenwriter claimed to have gotten the idea. They claimed to have gotten it from Dan Curtis's Dracula in 74. John: Dan Curtis, who produced Dark Shadows, with Barnabas Collins, falling in love with his reincarnated love. Brian: But Dan Curtis's Dracula comes out two years after Blacula. That has a reincarnated love interest. John: Not only does the Blaclua [00:36:00] have a reincarnated love interest, but if I'm remembering movie correctly at the end, when she says I don't want to go with you. He goes, okay. And he's ready to go home. It's like, sorry to bother you. Brian: No, uh, in Blacula, he commits suicide John: Oh, that's it? Yeah. He walks out into the sun. Brian: He goes home in a different way. John: Yes. He's one of my favorite Draculas, the very stately William Marshall. Brian: Yeah, absolutely. That is a favorite of mine. John: Anyway, you were saying stakes in the ground from Coppola's Dracula. Brian: Well, the, the love story, the equating Dracula with Vlad the Impaler. And I felt like they did Lucy really bad in that movie. They had her turn into a wanton harlot, which is not in keeping with the book. Some things are okay, but they really said these are the building blocks of our story and that bugged me. But Anthony Hopkins I liked, so, all right. Dawn: Alright, but see, this [00:37:00] the itch that still that still makes me wanna scratch though: why say Bram Stoker's Dracula? Why say Mary Shelley's Frankenstein? I mean, because I think you heard the venom, obviously. If they took Mary Shelley's name off that thing, you can make Frankenweenie. And I will love, like, I love Frankenweenie. Do your Frankenstein homage all day, all the time. But when you call, when you say it's Bram Stoker's, I think that this is what has been frustrating historians like me and getting high school students Ds in English class ever since. Because it just creates the false perception that you've basically read the book. Right. Or that you, if you know the thing you know the book and it's just a cheap ploy. And I don't like it. Brian: I think, somebody correct me on this, that there, there had been a plan to do a reboot of the Universal monster franchise, and these two movies were supposed to be the reboot of it. [00:38:00] And then they would've then done HG Wells' Invisible Man. John: The Mummy killed it. They've tried to reboot it several times. And that was the first attempt. Brian: Yeah, I've heard that called the dark universe. They were trying to do their own MCU. Dawn: Yeah. Well, at Universal Studios, there is of course in, in LA, in general, there's the property wars, you know? What what's, who has what? And sometimes those get really blurred. Like why does Universal Studios have Harry Potter? When we can see Warner Brothers from the top of our wall/ And that's obviously, you know, those things happen. But when it comes to like the IP or intellectual property, those original monsters are so valuable and they always are at Halloween. And then it's like, sort of, how can we capitalize on this? And yeah. And it's cross generational. Brian: All they really own right now is the look right? They own Jack Pierce's makeup job from Frankenstein. Dawn: But I think that that's exactly the point; [00:39:00] the delusion of what is it that you own if you own, you know, Frankenstein, whatever. But yes, there was definitely an interest to sort of revamp all of the original Universal Monsters they call them and it's the Mummy, Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Invisible Man. John: It's everybody who shows up in Mad Monster Party. Dawn: Exactly. [Soundbite: Mad Monster Party] Dawn: But yeah, The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise, was a tremendous flop. And I think that sort of took the wind out of everybody's sails. John: Let me ask you this, Dawn. If Mel Brooks had titled his movie, Mary Shelley's Young Frankenstein, instead of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein, would you have a problem with that? Dawn: Yeah, no, but no, I would not have had a problem, because that would've been irony and juxtaposition. Not just a straight lie. John: So that brings us to some comedies. Young Frankenstein and Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein, which I was very surprised and a little unnerved to [00:40:00] realize a few years back, Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein was made a mere 10 years before I was born. And I had always assumed it was way back then. And it's like, no, it wasn't all that way back then. It was pretty, pretty recently. Brian: That happened to me when I realized that Woodstock was only six years before my birth. And it always seemed like ancient history. John: Is that the common thing, Madame Historian? That people kind of forget how recent things were? Dawn: Oh yeah. Remember Roe V. Wade. Sorry, too soon. Brian: We're recording this on that day. Dawn: Yeah, absolutely. I think that it happens to everybody so much faster than you think it's going to. I remember looking around in the nineties feeling, well, surely the seventies was ancient history, you know, because they had That Seventies Show, which debuted as like a period piece. I am still very young and hip and happening and [00:41:00] they are in production for That Nineties Show right now. And I said to my husband, That Nineties Show. I was like, Jesus, I guess that's 20 years because I was in the nineties they did That Seventies Show. And he goes, no baby that's 30 years. And I was like, I'm sorry. I said, I'm sorry, what? He goes, the nineties was 30 years ago. And I just had to sit down and put my bunion corrector back on because these feet are killing me. John: All right. Well, let's just talk about these two comedies and then there's a couple other things I wanna quickly hit on. What are our thoughts on, let's start with Young Frankenstein? [Soundbite: Young Frankenstein] Dawn: I told you I'm not an idealist and we're not a purist about Frankenstein, but I am an enthusiast. So that is why I told you to watch Kenneth Branagh's movie, even though I hate it so much. And that is also why I love Young Frankenstein, because I think that it is often what brings people into the story. For many, many people, it introduces them to the creature. They may know literally nothing about Frankenstein except for Young Frankenstein. And that's actually fine with me because I'm a comedian myself. And I believe that parody is high honor. And often when you parody and satirize something, especially when you do it well, it's because you went to the heart of it. Because you got right in there into the nuggets and the creases of it. And there is something about Young [00:43:00] Frankenstein as ridiculous as it is that has some of that wildness and the hilarity and The Putting on the Ritz. I did find out from my Universal Studios movie history stuff, that that scene was very nearly cut out. Mel Brooks did not like it. And he just didn't like that they were doing it. And of course it's the one, I feel like I'm not the only one who still has to make sure that my beverage is not only out of my esophagus, but like aside, when they start doing it. [Soundbite: Young Frankenstein] Brian: And I understand they were about to throw away the sets from the 1931 Frankenstein when Mel Brooks or his production designer came up and said, Stop stop. We want to use these and they were able to get the original sets or at least the set pieces. John: I believe what it [00:44:00] was, was they got Kenneth Strickfaden's original machines. Ken Strickfaden created all that stuff for the 1931 version and had been used on and off, you know, through all the Frankenstein films. And it was all sitting in his garage and the production designer, Dale Hennessy went out to look at it because they were thinking they had to recreate it. And he said, I think it still works. And they plugged them in and they all still worked. Brian: Oh, wow. Dawn: Oh man. It's alive. John: Those are the original machines. Dawn: I didn't know that. That's fantastic. John: At the time when I was a young kid, I was one of the few kids in my neighborhood who knew the name Kenneth Strickfaden, which opened doors for me. Let me tell you when people find out, oh, you know of the guy who designed and built all those? Oh, yes. Oh, yes. I know all that. One of my favorite stories from Young Frankenstein is when they sold the script. I forget which studio had said yes. And as they were walking out of the meeting, Mel Brooks turned back and said, oh, by the way, it's gonna be in black and white, and kept going. And they followed him down the hall and said, no, it can't be in black and white. And he said, no, it's not gonna work unless it's in [00:45:00] black and white. And they said, well, we're not gonna do it. And they had a deal, they were ready to go. And he said, no, it's gonna stay black and white. And he called up Alan Ladd Jr. that night, who was a friend of his, and said, they won't do it. And he said, I'll do it. And so it ended up going, I think, to Fox, who was more than happy to, to spend the money on that. And even though Mel didn't like Putting on the Ritz, it's weird, because he has almost always had musical numbers in his films. Virtually every movie he's done, he's either written a song for it, or there's a song in it. So, it's weird to me. I've heard Gene Wilder on YouTube talk about no, no, he didn't want that scene at all, which is so odd because it seems so-- Brian: I never thought about that, but you're right. I'm going in my head through all the Mel Brooks films I can remember. And there is at least a short musical interlude in all of them that I can think of. John: But let's talk then about what's considered one of the best mixes of horror and comedy, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein [00:46:00] [Soundbite: Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein] Brian: As with comedies of that age, it, it starts off slow, but then it starts to get very funny as time goes on. And all the comedy is because of Abbot and Costello. They are the, [00:47:00] the chemistry they have on screen. I don't know how much of that was actually scripted and how much of it was just how they rolled with each other. But it works really well. Not much of the comedy is provided by the monsters or the supporting cast or even there's maybe a cute, a few sight gags. But wouldn't you say most of the comedy is just the dynamics between them? John: It is. The scary stuff is scary and it's balanced beautifully at the end where they're being chased through the castle. The monsters stayed pretty focused on being monsters and Abbot and Costello's reactions are what's funny. Dawn: If I may, as someone who has already admitted I haven't seen much of the movie, it's feels to me like it may be something like Shaun of the Dead, in the sense that you get genuinely scared if zombie movies scare, then you'll have that same adrenaline rush and the monsters stay scary. They don't have to get silly. Or be a part of the comedy for your two very opposing one's skinny, one's fat, you know, and the way that their friendship is both aligning and [00:48:00]coinciding is the humor. Brian: I believe there is one brief shot in there where you get to see Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and the Wolfman all in the same shot. And I think that might be the only time that ever happens in the Universal Franchise. During the lab scene, does that sound right John? John: I think you really only have Dracula and the Wolfman. I'll have to look it up because the monster is over on another table-- Brian: Isn't he underneath the blanket? John: Nope, that's Lou Costello, because it's his brain that they want. And so they're fighting over that table. And then just a little, I have nothing but stupid fun facts. There's a point in it, in that scene where the monster gets off the table and picks up someone and throws them through a window. And Glenn Strange, who was playing the monster at that point -- and who is one of my favorite portrayers of the monster, oddly enough -- had broken his ankle, I believe. And so Lon, Chaney, Jr. put the makeup on and did that one stunt for him, cuz he was there. Brian: He did that as Frankenstein's monster? John: Yes. Frankenstein. Brian: I didn't know that. Yes, I [00:49:00] did not know that. So he plays both of those roles in that movie? John: Yes. Let me just take a moment to defend Glenn Strange, who played the monster three times: House of Dracula, House of Frankenstein, and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. In House of Frankenstein, he is following up the film before that, which was Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, in which, in this very convoluted universe, Lugosi is playing the monster, even though he didn't wanna do it in 31. Because his brain in Ghost of Frankenstein had been put into the Monster's body. So, in Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, it is Lugosi as the Frankenstein monster. It is Lon Chaney Jr., who had played the monster in Ghost of Frankenstein, now back to playing Larry Talbot. So, it is Wolfman versus Frankenstein. And the premise of the script was he's got Ygor's brain and it's not connecting properly. He's gone blind. They shot that. They had tons of dialogue between the two characters of Larry Talbot pre-wolfman, and the monster, Bela Lugosi. And the executives thought it sounded silly. So they went in and they cut [00:50:00] out all of Lugosi's dialogue out of the movie. So now you have a blind monster stumbling around with his arms in front of him, but he doesn't talk. And if you look at the movie, you can see where he's supposed to be talking and they cut away quickly. And it's really convoluted. Glenn Strange who then has to play the monster next, looks at that and goes well, all right, I guess I'm still blind. I guess I'm still stumbling around with my arms in front of him. Which is the image most people have of the Frankenstein monster, which was never done by Boris in his three turns as the monster. So with, in that regard, I just think Glenn Strange did a great job of picking up what had come before him and making it work moving forward. Anyway, a couple other ones I wanna just hit on very quickly. Brian asked me to watch Dracula in Istanbul. Under the circumstances, a fairly straightforward retelling of the Dracula story. I would recommend it--it is on YouTube--for a couple of reasons. One, I believe it's the first time that Dracula has actual canine teeth. Brian: Yes. John: Which is important. But the other is there's the scene where he's talking to Harker about, I want [00:51:00] you to write three letters. And I want you to post date the letters. It's so convoluted, because he goes into explaining how the Turkish post office system works in such a way that the letters aren't gonna get there. It's just this long scene of explaining why he needs to write these three letters, and poor Harker's doing his best to keep up with that. That was the only reason I recommend it. Brian: That movie is based on a book called Kazıklı Voyvoda, which means The Warrior Prince and it was written in, I wanna say the 1920s or thirties, I wanna say thirties. It's the first book to equate Dracula and Vlad the Impaler, which I've come back to a couple times now, but that's significant because it was a Turkish book and the Turks got that right away. They immediately saw the name Dracula like, oh, we know who we're talking about. We're talking about that a-hole. It was not until the seventies, both the [00:52:00] fifties and the seventies, that Western critics and scholars started to equate the two. And then later when other scholars said, no, there, there's not really a connection there, but it's a fun story. And it's part of cannon now, so we can all play around with it. John: But that wasn't what Bram Stoker was thinking of? Is that what you're saying? Brian: No. No, he, he wasn't, he wasn't making Dracula into Vlad the Impaler. He got the name from Vlad the Impaler surely, but not the deeds. He wasn't supposed to be Vlad the Impaler brought back to life. John: All right. I'm going to ask you both to do one final thing and then we'll wrap it up for today. Although I could talk to you about monsters all day long, and the fact that I'd forgotten Dawn, that you were back on the Universal lot makes this even more perfect. If listeners are going to watch one Dracula movie and one Frankenstein movie, what do you recommend? Dawn, you go first. Dawn: They're only watching one, then it's gotta be the 1931 Frankenstein, with Boris. Karloff, of course. I think it has captured [00:53:00] the story of Frankenstein that keeps one toe sort of beautifully over the novel and the kind of original source material that I am so in love with, but also keeps the other foot firmly in a great film tradition. It is genuinely spooky and it holds so much of the imagery of any of the subsequent movies that you're only watching one, so that's the one you get. But if you do watch any more, you've got this fantastic foundation for what is this story and who is this creature? John: Got it. And Brian, for Dracula? Brian: I was tossing around in my head here, whether to recommend Nosferatu or the 1931 Dracula. And I think I'm going to have to agree with Dawn and say the 1931 for both of them, because it would help a viewer who was new to the monsters, understand where we got the archetypes we have. Now, why, when you type an emoji into your phone for Vampire, you get someone with a tuxedo in the slick back hair or, I think, is there a Frankenstein emoji? Dawn: There is, and he's green with bolts in his neck. [00:54:00] Brian: Yeah, it would. It will help you understand why we have that image permanently implanted in our heads, even though maybe that's not the source material. We now understand the origins of it. Dawn: And if I may too, there's, there's something about having the lore as founded in these movies is necessary, frankly, to almost understand what happens later. I mean, I get very frustrated in 2022, if there is a movie about vampires that takes any time at all to explain to me what a vampire is, unless you're breaking the rules of the vampire. For example, you know, like in Twilight the vampire sparkles, like a diamond when it's out in the sunshine and is the hottest thing ever. That's really great to know. I didn't know that about vampires. That wasn't necessarily true before, you know, but you don't need to take a lot of time. In fact, when you do read Dracula, one of the things for me that I found very frustrating was the suspense of what is it with this guy? They were like: He said we couldn't bring [00:55:00] garlic and they take all this time. And you're kind of as a modern reader being like, cuz he is a fucking vampire. Move on. Like we know this, we got this one. It's shorthand Brian: That's one snide thing I could say about the book is that there are times where Dracula's powers seem to be whatever his powers need to be to make this next scene creepy and move on to the next chapter. John: He was making it up as he went along. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
In the first episode of season two, Helen is joined by comedian, historian and actor, Dawn Brodey. In this hilarious and inspiring conversation, Dawn shares stories of big auditions and near misses in Hollywood. She tells us about an overly touchy feely celebrity encounter, a call back with an A-list celebrity, and surviving cancer. She also explains why it's so important to love what you do!Find Dawn on Instagram: @dawn_brodey @hilfpodcastHilf Podcast: hilf-history-id-like-to-f-k.simplecast.com
HELLO SEXI LOVERS,Full video episode and bonus content HEREI chatted with Dawn Brodey (@dawn_brodey host of @hilfpodcast) and this episode is everything I like. We talk about being a happy chubby child, first kiss betrayals, living on a boat, soulmates, and so much more. I DID cry during this episode because I was so inspired and full of love from Dawn. Buckle up for one of my favorite love stories.Enjoy and send in YOUR love letters, advice, and topics to ILYRSpod@gmail.comI love you,Ray
Lauren Prichard is a renowned actress and improviser whose credits include Disney, Upright Citizens Brigade and MADtv. She and Dawn work together as street improvisors in the New York Window element at Universal Studios, Hollywood - and they're mutual fans of one another. Lauren's knowledge of the life of Joan of Arc is limited to her appearance in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - and as the namesake of canned beans. Dawn delights in delivering not only the amazing story of this 15th C. heroine, but some of the top-shelf drama that precipitated her appearance in our history books.---00:03:52 - After some initial jib-jab and mutual adoration, Lauren tells the story of how she got the job on MADtv. An incredible rats-to-(comparative) riches story. 00:10:28 - Dawn discusses her lack of prior knowledge about Joan and - as usual - sharing her primary source of research: Joan of Arc, A History by Helen Castor. Among the reasons Dawn chose this book is because it gives a great foundation for the lay of the land before Joan's incredible appearance. 00:13:37 - The HILF of Joan of Arc officially begins in the 92nd year of the 100-Year War, and everyone is fucking exhausted. The fight between the French and the English is further complicated by a Civil War within France between the Burgundies and the Armagnacs. Fractured and on their heels, it appears to many that the English may finally prove victorious and sieze the French throne. 00:23:28 - It is from this depth of despair that the would-be king of France gets news that a girl is there to see him. A girl dressed as a boy who says she is there to do three things at God's command: 1) She is to personally lead his Army, 2) She will get him coronated as the rightful King, 3) She will expel the English from all French lands. Individually, these are preposterous ideas - taken together they are virtually impossible without a miracle... Which Joan assures will materialize. 00:34:50 - After incredibly accomplishing the first two items on her list, Joan begins to suffer defeats and set-backs and loses the confidence of the King. She is soon captured by the Burgundies who instead of turning her over to the Armagnacs as a military prisoner, they hand her over to the English to be tried for heresy. After two escape attempts, her trial begins in 1431 when she is 19. --BREAK--00:38:52 - We pick up with Joan at the beginning of her trial for heresy. The English can not abide the idea that the God they share with France would have told anyone they would lose... Her conviction was a foregone conclusion, but more than that the court wanted Joan to break. Apologize and capitulate and admit she was mad, wrong or full of sin. 00:42:55 - Joan is alone, a teenager, and the only woman present from the guards, to judges to witnesses. She's illiterate and facing some of the most 'learned men' of the age. The trial is led by Bishop Cauchon (not pronounced 'cock-on', unfortunately) a Frenchmen, but a Burgundy Frenchman who has it in for Joan and assembles a stupendous amount of bureaucracy and committees and tedium in order to burn her. She holds her own. Big time.00:50:00 - Joan withstands the trial, refuses to be intimidated by the promise of torture, and ultimately is tied to a stake at the center of town and given ONE MORE CHANCE to sign a confession and save her life... WHICH SHE DOES. In turn, they cut her down and take her back to jail to live another day. Dawn stops on this point because it came as such a surprise. It doesn't last long, however. Joan misunderstood what was expected of her in exchange for whatever it was she signed (she couldn't read it) and so she returns to the stake 7 days later.00:54:25 - Joan asks for someone to hold a cross in front of her as the pyre is lit. They do and she watches it as she burns to death. Her ashes are unceremoniously thrown into the Seine. 01:00:16 - Eventually the Burgundies and the Armagnacs make peace and again stand unified against the English. King Charles, now realizing that Joan would forever be tied to his name, appeals to the Pope to reverse her heresy conviction. A second trial begins. This one too has a foregone conclusion, but tells us more about Joan as human being - with family, friends and an identity that predates the shining armor. 01:04:00 - In 1920, she becomes - not just a person who has been acquitted of heresy - but she is canonized as a Saint. It is highly unusual for someone to be canonized by the same Church who martyred them. History, am I right?Dawn concludes with a movie suggestion: The Messenger, starring Milla Jovovich as Joan of Arc. ---THANK YOU so much for listening. Please subscribe, share, rate & review us!NEXT EPISODE drops June 22nd: The Iranian Revolution with (my neighbor, and Iranian immigrant) Zari Faripour.
Dawn Brodey of the H.I.L.F (History I'd Like to F**k) Podcast returns to discuss a formative moment when a van going off the road forced some theatrical ingenuity.
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and fellow podcaster, comedian, actor and historian Dawn Brodey of the H.I.L.F. (History I'd Like to F**k) Podcast discuss the most famous and most scandalous play by beloved French playwright, Moliere.
Comic/Writer/Historian Dawn Brodey (HILF Podcast) loves history, especially if it involves whiskey and her boyfriend George Washington. Listen and raise a glass of whiskey to toast this episode of Story Worthy! Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show is back at the Hollywood Improv every month! With your host Christine Blackburn and comedians like Blaine Capatch, writer Danny Zuker, Kira Soltanovich, MaryLynn Rajskub, Melissa Peterman, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Greg Proops! Four comedians spin the Story Worthy Wheel of Truth and tell a true 1 or 2 minute story on the topic they land. The "expert judges" comment and everyone laughs their ass off. Come! It's a blast! Check out the Story Smash website here- https://www.storysmashshow.com Plus, you can watch Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show on YouTube anytime! https://bit.ly/39OoTdw Please follow for free, rate, and review Story Worthy on Apple Podcasts here- http://apple.co/1MceZ2Q It really helps. Follow Christine and Story Worthy on Social Media- Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/storyworthy/ Twitter-https://twitter.com/StoryWorthy Facebook- https://facebook.com/StoryWorthy/ and at ChristineBlackburn.com. Thanks guys! Christine
00:01:56 - Actor, Shelby Young, a fun and funny FORCE to be reckoned with. Leia - Star Wars Forces of DestinyRayna - Baby Shark's Big Show00:03:15 - Also, Shelby is a babe. Top shelf mega babe. What else on camera?Everybody Hates ChrisCriminal MindsAmerican Horror StoryWild Child00:04:15 - Stay-Puft Marshmallow man, ‘uncredited'. What is this?00:05:14 - They discuss where Shelby grew up, why and when she came to LA and why she and Dawn both hate earthquakes and love Palm Springs. The Big One Podcast that Dawn mentions - it is a great resource for folks living in LA. 00:08:30 - Dawn is very excited about this episode. It's not just a book... it's a stack of books!00:08:47 - But first a Pirate Story: The Trial of Calico Jack Rackham, Mary Read and Anne Bonny.00:14:49 - Dawn's sources: The General History of The Pirates by Captain Johnson (aka: Daniel Defoe)Under the Black Flag by David CordinglyWomen Pirates by Ulrike Klausmann (Author), Marion Meinzerin (Author)00:16:57 - LETS FUCK - What is a Pirate? What is a Corsair, Buccaneeer, Privateer?00:18:20 - The Golden Age of Piracy: 1650-1725: A great and terrible time to be afloat. 00:18:36 - The Triangle of Trade: What it was and why it spurred the pirate age. 00:20:08 - The Slave Trade and how it related to piracy. 00:21:30 - Global War and how it made pirates.Honorable people do it for ‘their country.'Always have an eager buyer.Sailors in short supply.00:22:10 - How a unique and terrible 'recruiting' technique contributed to piracy. 00:22:45 - What is 'The Cat O' Nine Tails' and why was it an invention of HMS Navy.00:23:14 - Imagine you're aboard a Navy ship, badly mistreated, and you see the Skull and Crossbones flag on an approaching ship. Is this good news or bad news for you? It depends on who you are and what you have to offer. 00:24:30 - The Pirate Constitution, Their Code. The Articles of the Gentlemen of Fortune. What it was, why it was necessary - and why most of us would have signed it in a heartbeat. 00:27:17 - Fact or Fiction: Did pirates really wear a Big Gold Earring? 00:28:35 - Why are women considered bad luck on ships... and why is it true?00:30:30 - The overwhelming femininity of seafaring and the sea herself. 00:31:47 - …but some women DID come aboard, such as Mary Read and Anne Bonny. We learn more about them after the break.BREAK00:34:03 - Dawn discusses more about her time living aboard houseboats, her nautical tattoos - and why her pirate obsession is real.00:38:23 - Shelby asks: Where did the myth of mermaids come from?00:39:28 - Fact/Fiction: Walking the Plank? Keelhauling, Marooning and why pirates were reluctant to punish each other.00:42:10 - The Story of Mary Read00:46:02 - The Story of Anne Bonny00:53:39 - Shelby tells us (at last) why Pirates wear eyepatches!COMING NEXT:EPISODE 10 - Pirates, PART 2 with Shelby Young will come out in 2 weeks. We'll see you there ---Thanks, as ever, for listening!We are enjoying an ever-increasing listenership and are so grateful for your ears... But I have NO IDEA who reads these things so if that is you - please introduce yourself. There are lots of ways to do it - Instagram, Facebook or Email [hilfpodcast@gmail.com]. Also on our Instagram, you can see daily posts about the current episode - featuring photos, links and additional tid-bits about the people and places I talk about.
Dawn Brodey is a comedian, actress, historican, and host of the HILD (History I'd Like To F**K) Podcast! She joins us for a roll in the sleeping back to give an exclusive on her all time most f*ckable choice in history, why elephants should fear Thomas Edison, and share one of the biggest sht show historical moments.
Dawn and Ryan continue their conversation (and open another bottle of wine) as they jump right back into the history of profanity, beginning with Ryan's favorite swear word, 'shit.'PART 100:03:30 - Dawn begins with the fun (but likely false) theory that the word 'shit' originated with the shipping of manure - and the necessity for it to be stamped with the instructions to Ship High In Transit.00:06:50 - More likely the root of the english word 'shit' is from German/Ukranian roots: Scheisse and skei. Could it be the word comes from 'to cut off' - as in 'to pinch a loaf'. 00:10:48 - Dawn discusses the journey from being an adult, accustomed to being very far removed from your own excrement and the excrement of others, to being a parent suddenly thrust tits-first back into shitsville. 00:12:28 - The word 'shit' was considered so forbidden, it wasn't included in the dictionary until 1970. Up until (and after) that time, however, it was liberally written on toilet stalls in what has been coined 'Latrine Poetry'. 00:13:46 - Dawn covers the 4 metaphorical uses of the word 'shit' as outlined by John McWhorter in the book Nine Nasty Words. 00:21:34 - Dawn and Ryan discuss, with care and respect, the third tier of cursing: Slurs against groups of people. Dawn discusses the N-word (without saying it) and how it's modern use has changed and sharpened since the 1990's. PART II00:32:05 - The next slur we discuss is the other F-Word (derogatory term for a gay man). How did it go from being used casually in PG-rated 80's teen movies to being so hot it got Isiah Washington fired from Grey's Anatomy? 00:37:57 - What does the other F-word mean? How did a 'bundle of sticks' and 'a cigarette' come to share the word? How are they related? 00:41:00 - Most derogatory terms for gay men begin as belittling words for women or women's genitalia. The exception, is 'cocksucker' which from its inception has been leveraged almost exclusively against men. 00:44:03 - Why does it sound strange when people don't swear? Adamant non-cursers like Ned Flanders and Mitt Romney also catch our ear's attention. 00:46:48 - Speaking of women's genitalia: we discuss the nuanced difference in the use of Pussy and Cunt and how a one-syllable word that ends in a consonant will ultimately always win the profanity game. 00:50:07 - We bid farewell to special guest Ryan Ripple and he also gives us his review of this fucking amazing journey.---HILF Podcast on Instagram -Go here to see lots of photos and updates on guests and research. HILF Podcast on FacebookHILF Podcast on Youtube**We are a new podcast and still growing and learning. More resources and links will be available... as we get better at this. Thanks for listening and please reach out to let us know where you are and what you want us to F next.
John Dillinger's career was short. The time between his first bank robbery and his killing by the FBI on the streets of Chicago, was just under 21 months. His impact on American culture, however, is immeasurable. He was especially handsome, conspicuously charming and ever-bold in his actions. As the Great Depression worsened - as far as the general American was concerned - a polite gun-slinger who was always kind to ladies, just didn't look that bad compared to the banks he was robbing.Guest, Kat Perkins, is a prolific singer-songwriter out of the Twin Cities and also a top-five finalist on The Voice. Kat chose Dillinger because as a Midwest girl born-and-bred she has always heard stories of the various outlaws that roamed her familiar streets. Together, old friends Dawn and Kat, enjoy a sexy jaunt into some of the sexiest episodes surrounding his life and death… and have a few beers doin' it.PART 1 - Wherein we travel from a Speak Easy to a sad little BOI00:00:00 - Greetings and introductions.00:02:08 - The History of Kat Perkins! From her time on The Voice, to her the summer camp for kids she started, to her many tours with the USO.00:07:03 - Introduction to our HILF subject, John H. Dillinger.00:07:55 - Dawn lays out her research and sources. [See below for links.]00:11:40 - Let's Fuck John Dillinger!00:13:03 - Who were the gangsters of the 1930's? Prohibition, Speak-easies, Cars, Guns and a little ol' government agency called BOI.00:19:00 - Of all the fascinating characters of this time, why do we remain so obsessed with Dillinger, specifically?00:21:20 - John Dillinger's Childhood antics lead him to a stiff prison sentence and a whole new career.00:25:51 - Dillinger helps break his friends out of Indiana, just in time for them to break him out of Lima, Ohio.00:30:00 - John Dillinger is taken to prison in Crown Point, Indiana - from which he daringly escapes within two months.00:37:38 - The BOI becomes the FBI and Dillinger's girlfriend, Billie Frechette, gets arrested.PART 2 - Public Enemy Number One... is the Loneliest Number. 00:41:50 - The Dillinger Gang goes to a resort in Little Bohemia, Wisconsin - and the FBI fucks up big time.00:50:17 - John Dillinger's crime land friend and member of the gang, Red Hamilton dies an agonizing death after begin shot in the back. Hope is erased…00:52:04 - While in Chicago living under an alias, Dillinger falls for Polly Hamilton and makes the acquaintance of Ana Sage - the Woman in Red.O0:53:33 - John Dillinger goes to the Movies and takes a bow.01:01:48 - The FBI grows up and cleans up… while getting dirty.01:04:30 - A footnote by little-known Dillinger contemporary, Alvin ‘Creepy' Karpis.01:08:50 - A post-sign off extra where Kat gives us some insight into how she conceived of our theme music!LINKS:Kat PerkinsPubic Enemies by Bryan Burrough The Wabasha Street Caves - St. Paul, MinnesotaVIDEOS/DOCUMENTARIES:Newsreel Footage of Dillinger's Crown Point Escape, 1934BBC Documentary with a lot of rare, original footageAppointment with Destiny: The Last Days of John Dillinger (By Rod Serling) Trailer for 1934 film, Manhattan Melodrama - the film John Dillinger saw, moments before his death. HILF Podcast on Instagram -Go here to see lots of photos and updates on guests and research. HILF Podcast on FacebookHILF Podcast on Youtube**We are a new podcast and still growing and learning. More resources and links will be available... as we get better at this. Thanks for listening and please reach out to let us know where you are and what you want us to F next.
This is a brief introduction, a way for host, Dawn Brodey, to say hello and give you a little taste of what HILF is all about. Glad to have you aboard!Dawn Brodey on InstagramHILF on Instagram
Dawn Brodey is a Wisconsin Rapids native who now lives in LA. She joins Nikki to talk about the movie Cruel Hearts. Here is her IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2372333 Here is her Website: www.dawnbrodey.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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