01-06-26 - Entertainment Drill - TUE - List Of TV Shows That Turn 50 This Year

Summary

Podcast Summary: Holmberg’s Morning Sickness - Entertainment Drill: TV Shows That Turn 50

Date: January 6, 2026
Hosts: John Holmberg (primary unidentified male voice), Brady Bogen, Brett Vesely
Segment: Entertainment Drill

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Episode Overview

This segment of Holmberg’s Morning Sickness dives into pop culture nostalgia, focusing on a list of iconic TV shows turning 50 in 2026. The hosts banter about recent entertainment news, provide tongue-in-cheek commentary on TV, music, and sports, and reminisce about the shows that shaped American TV in the mid-1970s. The conversation is lively and irreverent, filled with playful jabs, personal anecdotes, and classic radio morning show energy.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Stranger Things Discussion (01:55 - 04:16)

• Brady reports on fan rumors and upcoming content:
  • "Overeager fans think that there's another episode of Stranger Things coming out tomorrow?... there is a documentary coming out Monday about the making of season two." (01:55)
• John Holmberg launches into a comedic rant about the show’s characters and narrative disbelief:
  • He admits to not keeping up with season discussions because the characters “all have intensely punchable faces.” (02:06)
  • Criticizes the show’s logic: “These kids have been stuck in hell… for the last 10 years. Right? And then they all graduated from high school… When did they go to school?” (03:13)
• Holmberg’s Opinion on Series Finales:
  • “Did you like the ending? The ending sucked. It’s very Mad Men. Are you satisfied that you spent ten years following the story for that ending? You’re lying to yourself. That’s called sunk cost.” (04:02)

2. NFL Playoff Prospects (04:16 - 05:22)

• Brady brings up SB Nation’s Super Bowl probabilities—Seattle Seahawks are favorites per their ranking system.
• Holmberg and Brett share thoughts about their teams (Bears and others), poking fun at the unpredictability of the playoffs:
  • “My team's the drunk uncle. My team shows up and everybody’s like, what are you doing here?” (04:50)
  • “You could be terrible and stumble through to this new tournament and just turn it on. We’ll see.” (05:13)

3. TV Shows Turning 50 in 2026 (05:22 - 07:05)

• Brady introduces the segment’s main list:
  • “Here’s a list of TV shows turning 50 this year: Family Feud, Three’s Company, The Muppet Show, Charlie’s Angels, Laverne and Shirley...” (05:28)
• The group reminisces about the era, variety shows, and their impact:
  • On Quincy, M.E.: “Quincy was 76. I still watch old Quincy episodes.” (05:43)
  • On the “Bionic” craze: “Man, we were obsessed with Bionics for a minute, weren’t we?” (05:50)
  • Variety Shows: “Captain and Tenille Show… Donny & Marie… Battle of the Network Stars.”
  • Holmberg jokes about lost possibilities: “They don’t have network stars anymore. It’d be great to bring Battle of the Streaming Stars back.” (06:06)
• Oddities:
  • The Brady Bunch Hour and “Fake Jan,” musical and variety formats, random recasting: “They replaced Jan for some reason with some girl and pretended everybody… acted normal about it.” (06:30)
  • “Then you found out how gay the dad actually was. I think he was behind the variety show because there was a lot of gay.” (06:49)
• The new Dick Van Dyke Show was notably filmed locally with a studio in Cave Creek, Arizona (06:18).

4. Music News: Morrissey and Bruno Mars (07:05 - 07:39)

• Brady brings up Morrissey’s reputation for canceled shows:
  • “Morrissey has canceled or postponed more than 200 concerts since 2012.” (07:05)
  • “According to the data, he's played about 70% of his scheduled concerts…” (07:14)
  • Holmberg: “30% of concert goers should consider themselves lucky.” (07:20)
• Brady notes: “Bruno Mars says there’s a new album in the can. Nice. But he hasn’t put a release on it.” (07:25)
• Brett: wishes for more Silk Sonic content, hosts reminisce that “real” music is wanted over AI tracks. (07:33-07:39)

5. NFL Locker Room Reactions and “The Joy of Hate” (07:40 - 09:11)

• Holmberg and crew riff on post-game NFL moods, focusing on the Baltimore Ravens' heartbreak and their personal joy at the misfortune of rivals.
  • “The joy in my heart leaps through the microphone… It’s based on the hate I have festered for years for Lamar Jackson and the Ravens franchise, and they bring me more happiness than anything could ever…” (08:38)
• Holmberg’s tongue-in-cheek life advice:
  • “Find something to hate in your heart and do it well and hate it hard. And when that thing has a bad day, you’ll experience joy like you can’t imagine. Hate breeds love. Without one, you cannot have the other.” (09:11)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Stranger Things:
  • "I watched the first two episodes… and I wanted to punch every character directly in the face just based on their faces..." – Holmberg (02:06)
  • “You guys have been in the upside down for 10 years... When did you study? Never. Once they go, 'Oh geez, I’ll get back to Vecna. I’ve got homework.’” – Holmberg (03:19)
• On fandom and finales:
  • “You’re lying to yourself. That’s called sunk cost. You’re in a sunk cost relationship.” – Holmberg (04:02)
• Nostalgia for 70s TV Variety:
  • “They don’t have network stars anymore. It’d be great to bring Battle of the Streaming Stars back.” – Holmberg (06:06)
  • “Then you found out how gay the dad actually was. I think he was behind the variety show because there was a lot of gay.” – Holmberg (06:49)
• On Joy and Hate in Sports:
  • “Find something to hate in your heart and do it well and hate it hard. And when that thing has a bad day, you’ll experience joy like you can’t imagine.” – Holmberg (09:11)

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Timestamps for Significant Segments

• Stranger Things Critique: 01:55 – 04:16
• NFL Playoff Talk: 04:16 – 05:22
• TV Shows Turning 50 List & Discussion: 05:22 – 07:05
• Music News (Morrissey & Bruno Mars): 07:05 – 07:39
• NFL Locker Room Talk & The Joy of Hate: 07:40 – 09:11

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Tone & Atmosphere

The episode maintains the irreverent, sarcastic, and self-aware banter characteristic of Holmberg’s Morning Sickness. The hosts bounce effortlessly from pop culture nostalgia to sports banter, dropping in casual zingers and engaging in affectionate mockery of beloved (and hated) public figures, shows, and sports teams. The mood is light, tongue-in-cheek, and highly relatable for longtime fans and new listeners alike.

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[E]

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[A]

Come on.

[D]

No, no, he's not.

[E]

He's not evil. He's just a bit rude. Yeah, there you go. All right, let's get the heck out of here, shall we?

[A]

Everybody else is.

[E]

No kidding. Everybody else. All the other shows already left. We don't even know how that happened, but they're gone. We watched them walk out the window.

[A]

And we start before all them. I know this is crazy.

[E]

Doing it wrong. We're shaving hours off. That's all it says. I mean, to tell me Stern gets summers off and these guys get an hour a day less than us, man. Sons of. Anyway, it's 1003. It's time for the entertainment drill. Brady, Entertain me.

[B]

Overeager fans think that there's another episode of Stranger Things coming out tomorrow? It's not likely, but there is a documentary coming out Monday about the making of season two.

[E]

Well, that's what happens every time you're not satisfied. You want something more. I watched the very last episode of that first off, the reason I didn't watch Stranger Things, I watched the first two episodes when it came out, and I wanted to punch every character directly in the face just based on their faces. Like there isn't a person on there that doesn't have an intensely punchable face. And the one kid that has something wrong with his mouth looks like my sister used to look when she was little. So I really wanted to punch him hard. And then the other one that I.

[B]

Know, the one you're talking about.

[E]

Oh, yeah, everybody knows. But yeah, he's got a dopey, weird. He looked like my sister when she was young and had a perm. And then the weird skinny one, it's got creepier and creepier as he went. The kid who came out gay.

[B]

It's kind of like the Alex of the. Of the commercials. The. But Alex from Alec Stroz.

[E]

Oh, from the.

[B]

From the Shriners commercial. Kind of that.

[E]

Well, he's got a little bit of smoothest. The first kid I'm talking about the one you say looks like my sister a little bit. Yeah. No, not. Yeah, Alec. Yeah, Alec. Alec the Shriner. Yeah, he's got that mushed up head. Very punchable face, very punchable character. And then all the other. And even the girl, I'm like, oh, I just shove her. I didn't like anybody. So then I ended up missing all the middle. And then watch the last episode and it's hysterically bad. I don't know how anybody liked it at the end. These kids have been stuck in hell, as far as I understand, for the last 10 years. Right? And then they all graduated from high school. Like, when did they go to school? One's a valedictorian. They didn't have time to go to school. Like one of them is. Got graduated and became like an engineer in college. Like, you guys have been in the upside down for 10 years. You haven't. When did you study? They didn't have one episode where they had a break from that and nobody even talked about it. John, you watched it. They didn't go to school. It was like secondary. We'll get to that later. Like, we got to save the planet. Never. Once they go, oh, geez, I'll get back to Vecna. I've got homework.

[B]

You're in on it, right? You. You like the strange.

[E]

Did you like the ending? The ending sucked. It's very Mad Men. Are you satisfied that you spent 10 years following the story for that ending? You're lying to yourself. That's called sunk Cost. You're in a sunk cost relationship.

[B]

SP Nation thinks the Seattle Seahawks have the best chance of winning the Super Bowl.

[E]

Who does? Scott Van Pelt.

[B]

SB Nation.

[E]

Oh. Oh, okay.

[B]

The. Let's see. Our team's. Mine's obviously not there. Chicago Bears, number nine.

[E]

Out of the.

[B]

Out of the. They did the top.

[E]

She was after the last.

[B]

Or Carolina 13.

[E]

Carolina.

[B]

Carolina's 14.

[A]

Look, we've said it, and I've said it, too, that the Bears are a.

[E]

Year ahead of where they should be. So I'm happy.

[A]

I'm good with where they're at, to be honest.

[E]

They're on a great trajectory. They could make some noise, maybe even accidentally stumble into this thing. Everybody's. Oh, and. Oh, my team's the drunk uncle. My team shows up and everybody's like, what are you doing here? And the next thing you know, they've knocked over about four other teams accidentally. Like, oh, yes. Drunk uncle standing there in the AFC Championship game. Accidentally. Probably not, but they're in it.

[A]

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[E]

When you play him. And. And. Yep. And it's how you're playing at the time. You could be terrible and stumble through to this new tournament and just turn it on. We'll see.

[B]

Here's a list of TV shows turning 50 this year.

[A]

Oh, no.

[B]

Family Feud, Three's Company, the Muppet Show, Charlie's Angels, Laverne and Shirley.

[E]

Morning Angels, Alice.

[B]

What's Happening. The Gong Show.

[A]

It.

[E]

Good stuff.

[B]

Quincy. Me.

[E]

Quincy was 76. I still watch old Quincy episodes.

[B]

Bionic Woman.

[E]

Man, we were obsessed with Bionics for a minute, weren't we?

[B]

A couple of. They had a couple of variety shows back then, which makes sense. The Captain and Tenille Show. I remember that one.

[E]

Donny Marie that debuted.

[B]

Battle of the Network Stars.

[E]

I wish that. Well, they don't have network stars anymore. It'd be great to bring Battle of the Streaming Stars back.

[B]

I think it was either filled in Cave Creek or Carefree or Tucson. The Van Dyke.

[E]

The new. No, that was a different one. The new Dick Van Dyke Show. Fanny Flagg. And Dick Van Dyke was in Cave Creek. He had a studio out there, and they did that. That was in the early 70s.

[B]

The B. Witch spin off Tabitha. 76.

[E]

And then the Brady Bunch hour with Fake Jan. They replaced Jan for some reason with some girl and pretended they. Everybody acted normal about it.

[A]

So it was still the same type of show?

[E]

No, they sang and dance.

[A]

Oh, it was like a variety show.

[E]

And they'd sing, like, modern hits.

[A]

Well, it's because you know Greg. I mean, he.

[E]

Well, Greg wanted to sing. But then you found out how gay the dad actually was. I think he was behind the variety show because there was a lot of gay.

[A]

Is he like Jim Jay Bullock out there?

[E]

Jim Jay Bullock was like Mr. Brady, super guy. He liked him a lot.

[B]

Morrissey has canceled or Postponed more than 200 concerts since 2012.

[E]

Well, sorry, that's.

[A]

Yeah, that's a. For Morrissey.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

According to the data, he's played about 70% of his scheduled concerts. 30% of decade.

[E]

30% of concert goers should consider themselves lucky.

[A]

Yeah. Jealous.

[B]

And evidently, Bruno Mars says there's a new album in the can. Nice. But he hasn't put a release on it.

[A]

I want a Silk Sonic album.

[E]

Yeah, me too. I still listen to the other one a lot now that I listen to all that. AI.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

Give me some real stuff. Put it in the mix. Forget it. All right, that's it. I'm starting to get a bunch of clips of the Ravens going into the locker room after the game, and Lamar Jackson throws his. He's got gloves. He's got gloves and a. And a stupid balaclava thing he won't take off. And he balls it up and chucks it into the Ravens logo. It's awesome. And then I'm out of here. And then Harbaugh's walking the kicker in, and he's got his arm around him while he cries. I'm telling you, I can't find joy like this anywhere else on the planet. Oh. Tears well up in the middle.

[B]

His arm around him, he's like, just get your locker.

[E]

Yeah. We're going to get you out of here.

[B]

Get it up.

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[B]

Oh, you know how many teams are going to be recruiting at the World cup this year for a kicker for.

[E]

Tyler Loop ain't gonna be playing that.

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[E]

Oh, it's amazing.

[B]

They're starting to tap.

[E]

Yeah. You start. Watch those soccer kids come in. Anything's better than the guy who missed that. Oh, the joy in my heart leaps through the microphone and into your car. And keep in mind, it's based on the hate I have festered for years for Lamar Jackson and the Ravens franchise, and they bring me more happiness than anything could ever. You can feel it, right?

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[E]

Anyway, can you feel the love tonight? Where it comes from?

[B]

Hate.

[E]

It's my message to all of you as advice. Find something to hate in your heart and do it well and hate it hard. And when that thing has a bad day, you will experience joy like you can't imagine. Hate breeds love. Without one, you cannot have the other. It's 10 11. That's it. Larry's coming up next. We all love Larry. He's gonna get you all sorts of stuff and get you through your Tuesday. So be nice to Larry and he'll be nice back. We'll see you guys tomorrow right here in the morning sickness solo. Hey, it's not Weir. It's pretty cool, actually.

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