Before My Time with Gelsey Laurie

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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