Ganjasaurus Rex to the Rescue!

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In 1987, real life outlaw growers in Humboldt County, CA made a low budget monster movie called Ganjasaurus Rex, a cult classic that we explore in this episode with special guest Jon Gabrus (Staying Alive, 101 Places to Party Before You Die). Attention anyone currently in Humboldt County, where the film was made and the story was set, Bean from GMIWH will be hosting a Ganjasaurus Rex screening + Harvest Celebration at the Mateel Center in Redway, CA on Saturday, November 8th. PATREON Please ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Supporters get exclusive access to video versions of this podcast and private seshes, plus cool rewards like a signed book. And it truly helps us make the best show possible. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 150+ episodes of Great Moments in Weed History, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every Weednesday.

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0:00.0	I'm looking for everything.
0:05.0	I'm going to, welcome to an-new great moments in weed history. Right at the top,
0:26.4	let me say a quick thank you to everyone who reached out about the last episode, which featured my
0:33.5	rather contentious interview with that D-bag from Medmen.
0:39.2	Okay.
0:40.2	Maybe things went a little bit past contentious.
0:43.9	I guess it's like this.
0:45.4	You gathered all the money you could at the...
0:48.3	It's a zero-sum game, so it didn't go to the people who have skin in the game and care about this plant.
0:54.6	It went to you and your cronies and your investors.
0:57.4	You fucking blew it.
0:59.3	You lost everything.
1:01.3	All of your businesses went under.
1:03.8	You need to understand that you fucking blew it and have some humility about it
1:09.3	and maybe self-examine the effect that had on other people
1:14.2	and maybe write a book called, next time I'll do better, or sorry, I grabbed the bag and fucking
1:24.1	blew it while all the farmers and all the mom and pops struggled and went under.
1:31.6	There's a title for your next book.
1:34.2	Now, clearly, in that clip, I was no longer fulfilling the role of interviewer, journalist, or even historian for that matter.
1:42.0	Instead, I guess I let slip just a little bit of 20 years
1:46.4	worth of frustration at the inshittifying way of the world when it comes to corporate cannabis.
1:53.5	I actually felt a little conflicted about putting that interview out there, but a lot of
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