01-08-26 - Entertainment Drill - THU - w/Dale Hellestrae - John Knows Too Much About Teen Soap Swan's Crossing

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Entertainment Drill (01-08-26)

Episode Theme:
The crew dives into their daily Entertainment Drill, blending wild hypotheticals, celebrity news, and a nostalgic tangent about '90s teen soaps. Special guest Dale Hellestrae joins the banter and the gang pokes fun at each other's pop culture blind spots.

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Main Discussion Points

1. Pushing Boundaries with Hypotheticals

• Topic: Taboo "what if" scenarios, led by listener questions.

• The discussion kicks off with Dale responding to a bizarre scenario involving his sister and pop star Dua Lipa.

  • Dale, referencing the escalating absurdity, jokes:

    "If your sister was lessen up with Dua Lipa, would you join in if asked? … I think they may have found the line." (01:04, Dale)

  • A lively back-and-forth ensues, with the group riffing on where everyone draws the line in hypothetical situations.
  • Memorable Quote:

    "Everybody has a line." (00:56, John)
    "Don't ask the question if you don't want me to answer it." (01:35, Dale)

• The humor continues with ribald jokes about glory holes and family, all delivered in the classic, irreverent HMS style.

  • Dale:

    "If Dua's on the other side, whatever comes through that hole, you have to manually stimulate..." (01:51, Dale)

2. Celebrity Gossip and Entertainment News

• Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson:
  • McConaughey says he can't keep up with Harrelson's weed anymore.
    • "It's just… not to the next level. Human. It's not a thing." (03:21, Dale quoting Adam Ray)
• Matt Damon's Weight Loss for a Role:
  • Damon dropped to his high school wrestling weight by giving up gluten.
    • "I found gluten beer. It’s been so long since I had gluten, I can’t tell you if it’s good or not." (03:51, Brady)
  • The team shares high school weight stories and pokes fun at gluten-free diet trends:
    • "In underdeveloped countries, there's no gluten allergies… they're just hungry." (04:11, John)

3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Nostalgia & Teen Soap Opera Trivia

• Buffy News:
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar’s new Buffy project is not a reboot, but a "continuation." Cue confusion.
    • "I have no idea what you’re talking [about]. I’ve never seen it." (05:43, John)
• Who’s Who?
  • John confesses zero knowledge of Sarah Michelle Gellar, while Dale reveals he first discovered her on the little-remembered teen soap Swan’s Crossing.
    • “She started her career in a children’s soap opera called Swan’s Crossing.” (06:02, Dale)
    • “Swans Crossing was where I first met Sarah Michelle Geller and said, ‘This little angel’s going places.’ Every day at 2:30 on channel 45.” (07:25, Dale)
• Generational Gaps:
  • Dale and Brady rattle off old teen shows and explain the Buffy lineage to a bemused John.
    • "Christy Swanson was the Buffy in the movie. Sarah Michelle Geller was Buffy in the show." (06:47, Dale)

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Standout Moments & Quotes

• Dale on TMI Hypotheticals:

  “I told you the thing about the glory hole with my dad. If Dua’s on the other side, whatever comes through that hole, you have to manually stimulate…” (01:51, Dale)

• Entertainment Drill Derails:

  “It’s time for Brady to entertain us. We're very late. Brady, this is your fault. Entertain me.” (03:07, Dale)

• Nostalgic Soap Opera Confession:

  “Never enough Swan’s Crossing. Big fan… Swans Crossing was where I first met Sarah Michelle Geller and said, ‘this little angel's going places.’” (07:25, Dale)

• Brady on Old Wrestling Days:

  “I wrestled at 148… Basically from sophomore year to senior year (I’d lose) 30 to 35 pounds a year.” (04:27, Brady)

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Notable Segments & Timestamps

• Pushing Boundaries: Hypotheticals & Listener Questions (00:41–03:07)
• Entertainment Drill: Celebrity Pot, Matt Damon's Gluten Diet (03:12–04:44)
• Buffy Talk & Swan’s Crossing Memories (05:17–07:37)

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Atmosphere and Tone

The episode is characterized by its trademark blend of playful insults, offbeat hypotheticals, and pop culture confusion. Dale Hellestrae brings old-school TV knowledge and an unfiltered approach, making for a loose, laugh-heavy segment.

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For the Uninitiated

Expect outrageous “what ifs,” plenty of jokes at each others’ expense, unexpectedly deep cuts into ’90s soap operas, and a good-hearted roast of anyone who doesn’t know their Buffys from their Swansons.

Skip this one if you’re not ready for some rowdy, adult banter—but for fans of uncensored, pop culture-fueled morning radio, this is classic HMS.

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Transcript

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[John]

Morning sickness.

[Dale]

You've been deceived by an agent of Satan himself.

[John]

He's evil sitting right here.

[Dale]

Come on. No, no, he's not. He's not evil. He's just a bit rude. It's a thing. There are a lie. Don't. Don't you start scenarioing it.

[John]

Everybody has a line.

[Dale]

There's a line. Everybody starts in with the but what ifs.

[John]

Yeah.

[Dale]

And someone said, what if your sister was lessen up with Dua Lipa? Would you join in if asked? And I said, I don't think. I think they may have found the line. And then Dale added five days to my time with Dua, which means it's cream pies for the family. I'm Little Debbie.

[John]

All righty, then.

[Dale]

All right, well, don't ask the question, people always.

[John]

You might as well put cameras in here, John.

[Dale]

But don't ask the question if you don't want me to answer it.

[John]

Yeah, I did. Off the air.

[Dale]

Oh, well, I'm sorry, but you weren't there. But Henry isn't. He's a listener. He's the one who posed the initial query.

[John]

And you said absolutely no. That perked your interest a little bit. Oh, yeah.

[Dale]

Well, I was like, ooh, maybe. And then I couldn't possibly. Yeah. I told you the thing about the glory hole with my dad. If Dua's on the other side, whatever comes through that hole, you have to manually stimulate and then you'll be with me.

[John]

Okay.

[Dale]

And then at the. On the other side, like, I just hear my dad through that wall going, I knew he was gay. And he'd be like, hey, Dan, how are you? I was like, yeah, that was not bad. I'm like, yeah, been doing it for years.

[John]

John, you have such soft hands.

[Dale]

Yeah, I do. I do, actually. I make sure of that. Anyway, don't ask if you don't want answers. And certainly when I answer, you don't do the.

[Brady]

Just curious about finding the limit.

[John]

What.

[Brady]

What is the line?

[John]

Yeah.

[Brady]

What is the threshold?

[John]

Because you acted so disgusting.

[Dale]

Mother and daughter combinations are disgusting.

[John]

Sister and do are not disgusting.

[Brady]

And.

[Dale]

Yeah, and it is disgusting unless you give me a full fortnight with Dua Lipa and I'm. Well, he gave you a week with her, right?

[John]

I know.

[Dale]

I got half of them. I got seven days.

[John]

Five days.

[Dale]

Oh, but after five days, she's gonna.

[John]

Yeah, I mean, you're gonna be all exhausted anyway.

[Dale]

Plus, by then, she's gonna have a hard time getting out of the. Well, I've dug.

[Brady]

It. Tough. What's the notion?

[John]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Dale]

That'd be a full on jame gum going there. It's time for Brady to entertain us. We're very late. Brady, this is your fault. Entertain me.

[Brady]

Matthew McConaughey says he can't smoke pot with Woody Harrelson anymore.

[Dale]

It's too much.

[Brady]

Says the stuff. Yeah. Doesn't agree with his constitution and mental makeup.

[Dale]

Adam Ray said he smoked with Woody Harrelson when he was here on New Year's Eve. And he said, it's just not. It's not to the next level. Human. It's not a thing.

[John]

Yeah.

[Brady]

Matt Damon achieved what a lot of people would dream of. He did the. His most recent movie at his high school, weight of 167 pounds. He said he trolled around 185 and 200 normally. And they said the biggest thing that he credits to success was giving up gluten.

[Dale]

I'm not doing that.

[Brady]

He goes, I found gluten beer. It's been so long since I've had gluten, I can't tell you if it's good or not.

[Dale]

I don't know what it is, but I know I like it. I'm positive about it.

[John]

Does gluten have a taste?

[Brady]

Was the movie that he.

[Dale]

It's too Hard to Go. No gluten. Yeah, there's gluten and everything. Then you become one of those weirdos that's, like, at restaurants going, and you like the gluten?

[John]

Well, you know, Nash should tell you that they. In. In underdeveloped countries, there's no gluten.

[Dale]

There's no gluten allergies. There's dairy allergies. They just. They're hungry.

[John]

Yeah. What was your high school way.

[Brady]

Brady, 167, graduated 75 in the summer. I wrestled at 48.

[John]

148.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Dale]

And I'd go, what year?

[Brady]

Basically from sophomore year to senior year. 30. I do 30 to 35 pounds a year.

[Dale]

Wow. Oh, you'd lose it. Oh, so you were not naturally doing it. That is not your. That was not your high school weight. That was your wrestling weight.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Dale]

Your high school weight was like 180.

[Brady]

Yeah. 175.

[Dale]

Yeah. Okay.

[John]

And what are you right now?

[Brady]

2, 3, 5.

[John]

Okay.

[Dale]

Do you want to wrestle him?

[John]

Do I want to wrestle him? Yeah.

[Dale]

I don't know what you're asking.

[John]

No, he's got. He's. No, he's. He's missing a kidney.

[Dale]

I mean.

[John]

I don't want to take advantage of that.

[Dale]

So you're missing. You're missing plenty of stuff. Cognitive resources. And you guys would be an even match.

[Brady]

Dale picked out his story.

[John]

Yeah. Go ahead.

[Dale]

Make it snappy, Dale.

[John]

Where do we got to go?

[Dale]

We're late. Larry's up. Now we're running way long. I want to go home.

[John]

Sarah Michelle Geller would like to know what the new Buffy show, which is called Buffy, New Sunnydale, is not a sequel or reboot. It's a continuation.

[Dale]

Of what?

[John]

What's the difference? That's why the name was even important to me. Buffy the New Son. And Dale. It's Buffy, but it's also something else.

[Dale]

You have no idea what you're talking.

[John]

I have no idea.

[Dale]

I've. The Vampire Slayer.

[John]

I've never seen it.

[Dale]

You don't know who Sarah Michelle Geller is?

[Brady]

I.

[John]

If you show me a picture, maybe, but I don't. I. Come on. Tell me you have not seen one of these movies.

[Dale]

Oh, I've seen Buffy the Vampire. She was in the TV show Buffy.

[John]

Why would you watch the TV show?

[Dale]

Michelle Geller was pretty good looking at the time. She started her career in a children's soap opera called Swan's Crossing. I used to be.

[John]

There you go.

[Brady]

That's Buffy.

[Dale]

Swan's Crossing was in the 80s.

[John]

Oh, okay.

[Dale]

Yeah, she's pretty. Swan's Crossing was in the late 80s, early 90s. And I used to watch Swans Crossing because the girls on that were really hot. And I was about the same age, a little younger.

[John]

You were doing that just to try and prove to your dad you weren't gay? My dad.

[Dale]

My dad would have thought I was gay for watching a sofa.

[Brady]

She's married to Freddie Prinze Jr. Yeah.

[John]

Okay.

[Dale]

No idea who that is. No, that test.

[John]

I. I live a real life, Johnny. I don't know Buffy the Vampire.

[Dale]

Vampire Slayer. You don't.

[Larry McFeely]

Huge.

[Dale]

You're familiar with it, though.

[John]

I've heard of vampire. So, yeah. Yeah.

[Dale]

Christy Swanson was the. Was Buffy in the movie. Sarah Michelle Geller was Buffy in the show.

[John]

Good old Christie.

[Dale]

Christy Swanson's beautiful.

[John]

You don't know her? No.

[Dale]

Oh, Dale, you had like. What was the name of that. The football movie she was in, man. James Kahn was Coach and the Coach. Yeah.

[John]

It wasn't Brian's Song.

[Dale]

No, no, that was. That's the one you remember. Damn it. But she was in. Christy Swanson was gorgeous.

[John]

Oh, yeah. She looks pretty. Wow. Anyway. Anyway. Way too much time.

[Dale]

Never enough Swans Crossing. I'll give you, if we started to go down that road. Big fan of Swans Crossing. Swans Crossing was where I first met Sarah Michelle Geller and said, this little angel's going place every day at 2:30 on channel 45.

[John]

Oh, pause.

[Dale]

Nah, I probably tried it, but there wasn't enough. There's too many other things to pause and toss to her teenage. So, anyway, that's enough of you. Dale. Dale Hellister is leaving. We're done with him and we're out. Larry's coming up next. You guys have yourselves a glorious Thursday, and we'll see you tomorrow right here in the morning. Sickness solo.

[Brady]

It's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fees.

[Dale]

I have heard enough of this.

[Larry McFeely]

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[Dale]

Com.

[Larry McFeely]

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