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Who would have thought that a boy born in Dorking, Surrey would become Mr. Shakespeare himself? In this intermission episode, we take a deep dive into the life (and love) of Laurence Olivier, who has three honorary doctorates and Audrey and Corey collectively have zero. Did you know Larry wanted to be a comedian at one point? We all have our skeletons.

In this episode, we go back to the fifties, in the midst of old Hollywood charm. Betty Davis Eyes, Marlene Dietrich Legs, the Hollywood Blacklist and the big winners and nominees, which include ALL ABOUT EVE and SUNSET BOULEVARD. Joseph McCarthy was most definitely a Mean Girl, by the way.

Who was swoon-worthy back in the Golden Age of Hollywood? There were a LOT. In this Intermission episode, Audrey and Corey gawk over pinup-worthy men and women of the 40s and 50s in cinema and how the idea of “celebrity” has changed (or not.) Audrey talks a lot about Marlon Brando’s arms. Did Corey have a pinup poster in his bedroom? The world will never know. (He did not.)

It’s the 80s, baby! 1986 brought some heavy hitters like Platoon, The Mission and Top Gun. Tom Cruise STILL hasn’t won an Academy Award and Audrey is happy about it. Corey discusses Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters and we talk about how great Platoon (and Willem Dafoe) is.

This week's intermission is all about war films! A genre of its own, Audrey and Corey discuss their favorites. As usual, Audrey breaks the rules and chooses war-adjacent films. But at least we both have good taste.

Travel with us to the wild year that was 2007, considered one of the greatest years for 21st Century film. Audrey and Corey would agree! With films like THERE WILL BE BLOOD, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MAN, and MICHAEL CLAYTON as contenders and other films that flew under the Oscar radar like ZODIAC, HAIRSPRAY, and SUPERBAD. With such a stacked year, there’s bound to be some snubs.

In anticipation of talking about the 80th Academy Awards, Corey and Audrey talk about their favorite coming of age films. 2007 gave us some gems like Juno and Superbad, but there’s so much more to explore, including everyone’s favorite, Napoleon Dynamite!

For this episode, Corey and Audrey take it WAY back (like, way back) and talk about the very first academy awards, when all of the contenders were silent films. We talk about how the Academy was founded, why Charlie Chaplin is so awesome and what they ate at the very first award ceremony (boiled chicken on toast?) Hopefully there was a lot of booze.

Professors Audrey and Corey (not actual professors) give you a history lesson on the beginnings of film. But don’t worry--it’s by no means stale! Corey has some hot gossip from the Roaring 20s to divulge too!

Audrey said, "why not Breakfast at Tiffany’s?" Well, that’s because WEST SIDE STORY dominated the 34th Academy Awards, celebrating films of the year 1960. It’s sexy, it’s snappy, it’s...very musical. On a more dour note we talk about JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG, which featured some of the best performances of this year.