01-07-26 - Entertainment Drill - WED - Mickey Rourke Is Insulted By GoFundMe Set Up To Help Him

Summary

Episode Overview

This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness focuses on the latest entertainment news and pop culture happenings. The main highlight is actor Mickey Rourke’s colorful rejection of a GoFundMe campaign set up to help him financially, which sparks a lively debate among the hosts. The team also discusses nostalgia in music, the enduring allure of ZZ Top’s iconic beards, character voice continuity in the Muppets, and extravagant Golden Globe gift bags. The tone is irreverent, bantering, and peppered throughout with comedic jabs.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Rock Nostalgia and Music Milestones

(Starts ~01:16)

• The hosts reminisce about great rock albums from 1991, marking the era as a golden age of rock:
  • Pearl Jam's Ten, Nirvana, Metallica, Pantera, Guns N' Roses, and Skid Row's Slave to the Grind.
  • John notes, “Slave to the Grind was the first rock album ever to debut at number one. How about that?”
  • The team revels in nostalgia, briefly mentioning in-house politics with a joke about a former team member, John Gordon.

2. Mickey Rourke Rejects GoFundMe Help

(02:18 – 03:16)

• Brady: “Mickey Rourke says he’d rather stick a gun up his butt than accept money from a GoFundMe.” (02:18)
• The hosts react, criticizing Rourke’s prideful stance after news that he had been evicted due to financial hardship:
  • John: “Get over your pride and take the money… Don’t make it public that you just got evicted for having no cash, because that’s a nice thing to do. People do that when you’re like, ‘Oh, he’s in trouble. Let’s help him out.’ And now you’re saying, ‘I’d rather shoot myself in the anus than accept help.’ Well, then, fine, we won’t help you.” (02:29)
• John suggests Rourke enjoys being a martyr and points to his ruined relationships.

3. Celebrity Deaths and Muppet Voices

(03:16 – 04:39)

• The last living “Little Rascal,” Sidney Kybrick, has died, sparking a brief fond reminiscence.
• Emma Stone confirms she will not play Miss Piggy in a new Muppets movie she’s producing:
  • Brady: “Emma Stone will not play Miss Piggy in the new movie she’s producing. She says Miss Piggy is playing Miss Piggy.” (03:34)
  • Discussion follows on Muppet voice casting, especially the difference in Kermit’s voice since Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s era.
  • John: “Frank Caliendo, of all people, sent me a clip of the new Kermit and Frank wrote, ‘what the—this garbage.’ …this guy’s voice for Kermit is terrible.” (03:44–04:22)
  • The hosts realize Frank Oz is still alive, clarifying the continuity in Miss Piggy’s character.

4. Golden Globes’ Lavish Gift Bags

(04:22 – 04:39)

• Brady: “The Golden Globes gift bags going out this weekend are worth close to a million bucks… offered to only winners and presenters.” (04:22)
• John: “When you celebrate yourself, you have to give yourself prizes as well.” (04:32)

5. ZZ Top Refuses Gillette Super Bowl Ad

(04:49 – 06:16)

• Recount of ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill having turned down a $1 million offer from Gillette for a Super Bowl commercial if they shaved their beards.
• John: “You don’t spit on Superman's cape… you don't mess around with Jim or ZZ Top's beards… People go to see our beards. That's our look.” (05:10-05:36)
• They discuss why ZZ Top’s look is crucial and touch on Kiss’s infamous unmasking.
• Speculation ensues about what they might truly look like under the beards, punctuated with:
  • John: “I don’t wanna shave it off and find out [people say] ‘Ew, I don’t even like your songs anymore!’” (06:16)

6. Closing Banter

(06:16 – 06:38)

• John closes with, “I'm up 20 bucks. I'm feeling pretty good about today. I’m gonna get myself some lunch,” before throwing to the next DJ and wrapping up.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Mickey Rourke on GoFundMe:
  “Mickey Rourke says he’d rather stick a gun up his butt than accept money from a GoFundMe.”
  — Brady, (02:18)

• John’s Reaction:
  “Don’t make it public that you just got evicted for having no cash... now you’re saying, ‘I’d rather shoot myself in the anus than accept help.’ Well, then, fine, we won’t help you … That’s dumb. And that’s why he looks like he does, acts like he does and is in the situation he’s in. He’s an idiot.”
  — John, (02:29)

• On Kermit’s New Voice:
  “Frank Caliendo, of all people, sent me a clip of the new Kermit and Frank wrote, ‘what the—this garbage.’ … It hurt our childhoods. This guy’s voice for Kermit is terrible.”
  — John, (04:22)

• ZZ Top’s Brand Protection:
  “You don't spit on Superman's cape... you don't mess around with Jim or ZZ Top's beards.”
  — John, (05:10)

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Important Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|--------------------------------------------| | 01:16 | Music nostalgia discussion | | 02:18 | Mickey Rourke and GoFundMe controversy | | 03:34 | Emma Stone & Miss Piggy casting | | 04:22 | Golden Globes gift bag extravagance | | 04:49 | ZZ Top Gillette ad story | | 06:16 | End banter and show wrap-up |

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Tone & Style

The episode maintains its hallmark irreverence, bro-focused banter, and pop culture skepticism. The hosts frequently mock Hollywood’s vanity and celebrities’ quirks while drawing humor from nostalgia and the absurdities of showbiz.

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In summary:
This installment of Holmberg's Morning Sickness skewers celebrity pride, pokes fun at nostalgic icons, and provides lively debate over the sometimes-ridiculous headlines of the entertainment industry, all while keeping the energy high and the roasts potent. Listeners get both laughter and news with a local Arizona radio sensibility.

Transcript

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[A]

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[B]

No, no, he's not.

[C]

He's not evil. He's just a bit rude. 98. Oh, God, that thing's awesome. It's Slave to the Grind's best song. And that's a good album. We were just talking about it. 1991. That was when we got Pearl Jam. 10. We got Nirvana. We got Metallica, Pantera, Guns N Roses. Was vulgar display was 91. Was that right? And John Gordon, who's not allowed to be here anymore at all because Brady hates him, said that that album, Slave to the Grind, was the first rock album ever debut at number one. How about that?

[D]

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[C]

Okay. Yeah, we had to skip.

[D]

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[C]

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[D]

Mickey Rourke says he'd rather stick a gun up his butt than accept money from a GoFundMe.

[C]

Well, that's why he's living in a hotel.

[D]

Started one. He says everyone's gonna send their money back.

[C]

Get over your pride and take the money and. Okay, then. Here's the other thing. Don't make it public that you just got evicted for having no cash, because that's a nice thing to do. People do that when you're like, oh, he's in trouble. Let's help him out. And now you're saying, I'd rather shoot myself in the anus than accept help. Well, then, fine, we won't help you. That's dumb. And that's why he looks like he does, acts like he does and is in the situation he's in. He's an idiot. Read the Stick a gun in my face.

[D]

Burned all his bridges with all the people that he, you know, would help him out.

[C]

Maybe not. Maybe he just won't take their money and he'd rather suffer out loud because he likes being a martyr than. Than actually fixing it. Somebody will give him a job. He's good at what he does when he wants to do something good.

[D]

Sidney Kybrick is the last. Was the last living member of our.

[C]

Gang, the Little Rascals.

[D]

He was warm, but his assistant, they called him Warme.

[C]

97 years old, New York, you are warme.

[D]

Emma Stone will not play Miss Piggy in the new movie she's producing. She says Miss Piggy is playing Miss Piggy. Should be storming out right now.

[C]

The mere suggestion and she'd leave Frank Oz still alive. Or is he dead? Is he gone? I don't think I've noticed a difference in Miss Piggy's voice since he's changed out. And you notice that Miss Piggy and Yoda are the exact same thing. One's just a girl. Frank Oz didn't have a ton of range, but the guy who took over Miss Piggy was great. The guy who took over Kermit, I don't know. Frank Caliendo, of all people, sent me a clip of the new Kermit and Frank wrote what the this garbage. And I'm like, it hurt our childhoods. This guy's voice for Kermit is terrible.

[D]

Evidently, the Golden Go Golden Globe gift bags going out this weekend are worth close to a million bucks.

[C]

Of course, when you celebrate.

[D]

Are offered to only winners and presenters.

[C]

Yeah. When you celebrate yourself, you have to give yourself prizes as well.

[D]

They listed it.

[C]

What? Frank Oz is alive. Oh, miss. That's why I haven't noticed the difference in the voice. How about that?

[D]

And this was on Jay Moore's podcast. More stories.

[C]

Yep.

[D]

He had the Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill from ZZ Top on. And they both admit one time there, gillette offered him $1 million to shave.

[C]

Their legs, their beards. Oh.

[D]

For a Super bowl ad. They turned it down.

[C]

They were doing better than a million dollars at the time, I would imagine. And that's their iconic look. You don't. You don't take off. What is the thing? You don't spit on Superman's cape. You don't spit in the wind. Whatever. Yeah, pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger. And you don't mess around with Jim or ZZ Top spirits or Billy. You don't touch ZZ Top Spears. That's dumb of them.

[A]

Yeah, but like, you're saying they were making more than that touring and stuff with those beards at that time.

[C]

Why would we do that?

[A]

I mean, nowadays, now they're playing casinos.

[C]

Maybe it's only one of them.

[A]

I think Frank came back and he's.

[C]

Oh, did he? Was he playing now?

[A]

I think.

[C]

But he's named Frank Beard. He's the only one without a beard.

[D]

They did think about it, but.

[C]

Sure, you'd think about it. But then you're like, ah, we're making more without it. Let's just keep it alive. People go to see our beards. That's our look. Kiss took the makeup off.

[D]

Now look what happened on your Super Bowl. Super Bowl. The Chicago Bears super bowl win in 85.

[C]

Was that the 80s? The 85? Oh, it was the middle 80s.

[A]

Well, they were huge.

[C]

Yeah. They were making more off of every day than that. That's dumb. And maybe they're really horrendously ugly under those beards.

[A]

I think Billy did say that, too.

[C]

Like, we don't know what we look.

[A]

Like under these things.

[C]

I don't want to shave it off and find out. People go, ew, I don't even like your songs anymore. That's it for us. We're all done. I'm up 20 bucks. I'm feeling pretty good about today. I'm gonna get myself some lunch. Thanks, boys. It's 10:10 Larry's coming up next. You guys have yourselves a fantastic day. We'll see you tomorrow in the morning. Signa Salah.

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