Before My Time with Gelsey Laurie

Since the B-52s recently announced their final tour we figured it made sense for Gelsey to talk about one of her absolute favorite bands. Some people will incorrectly call the group a one hit wonder but beyond countless hits like Private Idaho, Roam and Rock Lobster their unique style and influence is far stretching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On July 2nd, 1997 Jimmy Stewart passed away. This week Producer Matt breaks down some of his favorite Stewart roles to explain why he was the original "America's favorite every man" and to convince Gelsey to watch more of his films Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In honor of the new Baz Luhrmann Elvis biopic we decided to breakdown our Top 5 favorite Elvis Presley songs! Did we list one of your favorites?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We will be back next week but until then enjoy this episode of Horror Movie Night that Gelsey was a guest on! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Due to scheduling issues we were not able to record for the next two weeks so we will be releasing some of Gelsey's guest appearances on other shows. Enjoy this episode of One Hit Thunder (also produced by Matt) where Gelsey talks about her love of The Archie's song "Sugar Sugar" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The second season of "Only Murders in the Building" is out now and to celebrate we are looking back on the early part of Steve Martin's career specifically the 1970's and into the early 80s! Beyond trailblazing a unique anti-comedy aesthetic, he also juggled between slapstick comedy and heartfelt drama throughout his career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On June 26th, 1987 Mel Brooks' send up to Star Wars was released in theaters. Now that we're about to celebrate the 35 year anniversary of this classic comedy Matt and Gelsey breakdown their histories with Spaceballs and what makes them love it so much! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gelsey gives us a history lesson of the exciting and unique life lived by Cleopatra. Did you know that she supposedly trojan horsed her way into meeting Julius Caesar and one could argue that she's the influence on two different Shakespeare plays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by Punchline Bassist and One Hit Thunder host Chris Fafalios to discuss his love of the Gene Wilder masterpiece Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the podcast we breakdown the music that helped men get through the 2nd World War. Since yesterday was Memorial Day this felt like an extra special episode for us to drop out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by Philly Drag Queen Biddy Bee who has us breakdown the lyrics of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" to explain the historical significance of every lyric!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gelsey follows through on her promise to make Matt like The Rolling Stones more by having him listen to their classic album Exile on Main Street in honor of it's 50 year anniversary! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by Femme Regard co-host Carolina Alvarez joins us to discuss her never-ending love of the opera Carmen! Even if you've never seen the show you definitely know the songs (even if you don't realize it). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we kick off what ended up being Music May! We got deep into talking about Creedence Clearwater Revival while recording our Vietnam episode but today we dive DEEP into the entire career of Creedence Clearwater Revival and how much of an impact they made in their very short career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Producer Matt is in the hot seat to discuss the 1967 Mini-Series The Prisoner which he discovered through a random TV special in the 90s. After watching it in College it's become one of his favorite shows and he truly believes it's one of the most influential shows of all time. Can he convince Gelsey to watch it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the podcast Gelsey teaches us everything about her namesake the infamous ballerina Gelsey Kirland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To tie into his new podcast Weird Al-Gorithm all about Weird Al Yankovic Matt breaks down the artists from the 30's that his grandfather introduced him to that he believes influenced Weird Al's sound. This is the first episode of what we will call our "Show & Tell" segments!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not familiar with Zelda Fitzgerald? No worries neither was Producer Matt but this week Gelsey taught us all about this famous party girl and why Gelsey may have been her in a past life! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by actress Katie Lohmann who discusses why she passionately loves the history of Egypt and collecting artifacts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been 50 years since John Waters released his infamous gross out film Pink Flamingos. To Celebrate Matt talks all about the history of John Waters and why he remains one of Matt's all time favorite filmmakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the many things that bonded Matt and Gelsey as friends was a mutual love of the Busch Gardens' ride Escape from Pompeii. While Matt was a fan of the ride it was Gelsey that became a die-hard Pompeii Geek and studied about it. This week Gelsey teaches us all about the ill-fated city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As two musical nerds it should be zero shock that we decided to discuss Singing in the Rain... the only shocking thing is that it took us 20 episodes to do it! We geek out on all our favorite numbers, our attraction to Debbie Reynolds and do whatever we can to make 'em laugh!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the show we get a little dark and discuss The Beatles infamous White album through Charles Manson's crazy interruptions. We do our best to avoid discussing the crimes of Manson and instead only focus on how he twisted the lyrics of songs like Helter Skelter, Blackbird and Rocky Raccoon to make his cult do many awful crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

The Geekscape Podcast founder Jonathan London joined us as an extension to the Pre-Code Hollywood conversation to discuss one of his favorite films Double Indemnity. Arguably the best film noir movie of all time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the podcast we are breaking down the history of Pre-Code Hollywood. Gelsey and Matt discuss what caused the code to be created and what some of the films were that came around the weakened the code's stronghold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices