With this morning's montage, we pay tribute to the California Gold Rush, which began on this day 168 years ago.
- Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
- Boris brags about his mad hacking skills (for the early '90s) in GoldenEye
- Fleetwood Mac - Gold Dust Woman
- Charlie finds the last golden ticket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- Dan Fogelberg - Sutter's Mill
- Clint Eastwood hears why California is so great in Paint Your Wagon
- William Jennings Bryan delivers a version of his famous Cross of Gold Speech on a 1926 phonograph recording
- Michael Caine and company find themselves in a teetering situation involving a pile of gold at the end of The Italian Job
- Mike Meyers as Austin Powers learns why Mike Meyers as Goldmember is infatuated with the precious metal.
- 10,000 Maniacs - Gold Rush Brides
