01-09-25 - News Media Sure Seems To Be Loving The LA Fires As Reports Show So Much Loss And Devestation

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona
Episode Summary: January 9, 2025

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Introduction

In the January 9, 2025 episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness on Arizona’s #1 Morning Radio Show, host John Holmberg, alongside co-hosts Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and guest Dick Toledo, delves into the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. The discussion explores the media’s portrayal of the fires, the community's response, and the broader implications for the region.

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Media's Portrayal of the LA Fires

The episode opens with the hosts expressing concern over the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires in Los Angeles. They critique the news media for seemingly sensationalizing the disasters while probing underlying causes.

John Holmberg reflects on the relatively safe conditions in Phoenix compared to LA, stating:

"We live in paradise here. That's not a nice reason to say it, but my God, no earthquakes. The city's not going to burn down anytime soon."
[01:16]

Brett adds a sardonic prediction about Payson’s future:

"Payson's eventually going to burn itself down. It's an irresponsible group of, you know, fentanyl addicts that eventually they're going to burn themselves down."
[02:00]

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Blame on Homosexuals and Public Perception

A significant portion of the discussion centers around a controversial news clip where a passerby attributes the fires to homosexuals. The hosts dissect this narrative, highlighting the problematic nature of such claims.

When analyzing the clip, Brett sarcastically remarks:

"Live on the news interviewing a passerby who blames the homosexuals fires live on channel 11 in Fox 11 down there."
[09:28]

Brady echoes the sentiment with frustration:

"My heart goes out to all the innocent lives that will be lost in the forest and to the good people that will lose everything and don't deserve this. Though some karma may be at play."
[08:42]

The hosts use humor and sarcasm to critique the passerby’s misguided blame, emphasizing the irrationality of attributing such disasters to a specific group.

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Fire Management and Mismanagement Issues

The conversation shifts to the structural and managerial factors contributing to the fires. The hosts debate the effectiveness of fire prevention measures and resource allocation.

Brett points out:

"You never know until it burns down what should have done differently to keep it from burning down."
[19:12]

Brady adds:

"We're just not ready for this, we nobody's ready for this because it's not. Because it's their fault, because they don't have the resources, they weren't given the money or whatever."
[16:18]

The hosts criticize both the immediate response and long-term planning, suggesting that lack of preparedness and funding exacerbate the wildfire crises.

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Impact on Community and Evacuations

The hosts discuss the human toll of the fires, including evacuations and property loss. Personal anecdotes highlight the emotional and logistical challenges faced by residents.

Brett shares a personal story:

"Larry's like, I don't think it can jump over there. It's pretty far. But he goes, she's, you know, last night she got evacuated. That fire didn't exist when Larry and I were talking about it at noon, and then they were packing her up."
[16:00]

This highlights the suddenness and unpredictability of wildfires, underscoring the urgent need for effective evacuation strategies and community support systems.

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Implications for Sports Events in LA

Shifting focus, the hosts explore how the ongoing fires are impacting local sports events, particularly the NFL playoff games.

Brett criticizes the decision to host games in Phoenix:

"The Vikings and Rams here is just that doesn't make any sense to me."
[23:42]

He humorously suggests alternative locations:

"Maybe San Diego should get the game because, well, it's close."
[24:03]

The discussion reflects frustration with logistical challenges and the broader disruption caused by the fires, affecting not just residents but also major events and the local economy.

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Conclusion

The episode wraps up with the hosts reflecting on the severity of the LA fires and the media’s role in shaping public perception. They emphasize the need for better fire management, community preparedness, and responsible journalism.

Brett concludes:

"It's a tragedy that draws your eye and it moves. That's the crazy part. Like, it'll sit still for a second and then start dancing around, and you just don't know."
[26:48]

John Holmberg reinforces the resilience of Phoenix:

"We're not. We're living in paradise. We get to watch from afar because this place rules."
[29:16]

The hosts end on a hopeful note, advocating for lessons to be learned and improved strategies to prevent future devastations.

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Notable Quotes

• John Holmberg: "We live in paradise here. That's not a nice reason to say it, but my God, no earthquakes."
  [01:16]

• Brett: "Payson's eventually going to burn itself down. It's an irresponsible group of, you know, fentanyl addicts that eventually they're going to burn themselves down."
  [02:00]

• Brady: "My heart goes out to all the innocent lives that will be lost in the forest and to the good people that will lose everything and don't deserve this. Though some karma may be at play."
  [08:42]

• Brett: "You never know until it burns down what should have done differently to keep it from burning down."
  [19:12]

• John Holmberg: "We're not. We're living in paradise. We get to watch from afar because this place rules."
  [29:16]

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This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness provides a critical look at the Los Angeles wildfires, dissecting media narratives, community responses, and the broader societal implications. Through engaging dialogue and sharp commentary, the hosts shed light on the complexities of disaster management and media influence.

Transcript

[John Holmberg]

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[Big Dick Toledo]

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

[Brett]

He's evil. Sitting right here. Come on. No, no, he's not. He's not evil. He's just a bit rude.

[John Holmberg]

98 to you.

[Brett]

PT Good morning everybody. Hello there. Welcome to Thursday. It is 5:45. My name's John Holmberg. There's Brady. There's Brett. There's Big Dick Toledo. There's as the morning sickness and free of fire. And that's all I've been watching for the last 24 hours. I know. That's again, another reason to just say we live in paradise here. That's not a nice reason to say it, but my God, no earthquakes. The city's not going to burn down anytime soon. Sure, the forests up north will. Phoenix isn't going to burn down anytime soon. It would have to be like a massive gas explosion. We don't have the hillsides and the. The weird stuff. That's just going to burn it up. We'll get a little thing here or there.

[Brady]

Just don't take out the Beeline Cafe.

[Brett]

We may lose pacing, but you know What?

I'm going to make a prediction here that probably in my lifetime, Payson's going to lose itself. It's going to be the fault of Pacinites. Payson's eventually going to burn itself down. It's an irresponsible group of, you know, fentanyl addicts that eventually they're going to burn themselves down. But outside of that, paradise just makes you, makes you look around Phoenix and go, you know what? Pretty damn good.

Funny, I saw pictures of Carolla doing his podcast in a hotel room yesterday. Yeah, he was posting.

He hasn't moved yet. Got no house. Yeah, I got nowhere to go. And it is deep down, though, watching all this stuff. There is the, the sadness from the newscasters. There's the, you know, the empathy that they're trying to. But they are really kind of liking this. This is a can't help high profile celebrities. They get, you know, big houses, gigantic neighborhoods. They've got political arguments. This is, this is a news dream for the national. I mean, you're burning down Billy Crystal's house. They're happy about that. Deep down, for their own benefits. They're like, oh, Billy Crystal's house went down. That's a headliner. Screw. You know, who's.

Forget Gutenberg. I mean, we don't even know who he is anymore.

Who's Adrian Brody? Like, I evidently just won a Golden Globe. All right, fine. He's got some streaming show. People remember Billy Crystal. Like, Billy Crystal's house burned out. It is, it is terribly sad. Oh, Paris Hilton lost her beach home and Malibu. Malibu. She doesn't live there all the time, but it's a beautiful house right there on the water that she lost that.

[Brady]

It's Ben got out of his. Ben Affleck, Steve Brady.

[Brett]

Look at both of us. It's become a TMZ event.

[Brady]

I just saw it this morning, like.

[Brett]

A movie premiere, and they are loving every second of it. And now it's moved over into the iconic Hollywood Hills and is threatening the Hollywood sign. I don't even know. And the Hollywood bowl is just, it's crazy. And then Pasadena, where I used to live over in that area. So I kind of know that area fairly well. Altadena's got fires and it's crazy. And that's Spencer Pratt and Heidi. They were the first house. They were the first still alive. Yeah. And I'm like, how in the hell did they have a house in the Palisades? Didn't they spend all their money?

Did the Hollywood Hills sign or the Hollywood Hills Fired. Is that a separate thing? Is that.

Oh, yeah. Is this all, man, I don't even know. But when it gets that dry and that many hills and that much brush and stuff, that place is just waiting to go. Where I lived in, when I lived there, I lived in Pasadena and I lived in Glendale. And the house I had in Glendale was on a hillside, and it was really cool. Like, the whole thing was, like, in this little tiny canyon. And it was kind of a dumpy house, but it was a neat spot. And behind the. Like, my neighbors, when I met them, they're like, come in. Welcome to the area. I'm like, thanks. And I go in, and I see behind their couch, on their main wall of their family room, was a massive picture of what looked like their backyard. And behind it was a humongous fire. And I'm like, what's this? And they go, oh, that was. That was the. The hillside was on fire two years ago. And I'm like, you'd have never known. Like, it looks lush and glorious. Like, oh, it's. It grew back fast because, you know, it's, you know, wet and juicy there, so it's really quick to grow stuff. And it grew itself back. But the fire was within, like, 7 or 8ft of their backyard. When he took that picture, and he bailed out, and I'm like, how far did this fire go? He was whole hillside, didn't lose a house. It was amazing. The whole thing was on fire. Didn't lose a single house. He goes up the hill, a few of them went. And this is, like, right on the border of La Canada and Glendale, for anybody who knows that spot. So it's hilly and grassy, and I'm like, is this a. I'm immediately, like, first day. This is a normal thing. And the guy's like, trim your palm trees. I'm like, really? And he goes, yeah. You know, anything can spark this stuff if we. We've had a dry. A dry spell in the winter. Trim your palm trees. First things first. And then it started to explain to me, like, yeah, it's a fear we live in, because it was when within feet of their yard, they evacuated the area. And I guess it was, like, in the 90s sometime. And I was flipping out, and I just. Then you started to see, like. Like where it had charred the earth underneath, where the overgrowth had come back. I'm like, this is underneath. There's just ash. Like, it's just. They've just been burned down.

[Brady]

I mean, imagine, you know, the wind we got yesterday and the night before. But over there with a fire going.

[Brett]

Yeah. And the embers floating around, it's terrible. But deep down, let's be honest, the news is enjoying this to a certain degree. When they got nothing going on, they're like, let's go back to LA and see who's. What celebrities do. We have a big list. Like, these are a lot of B listers.

[Brady]

Anderson get on a plane.

[Brett]

And Anderson is standing there and raining embers on Anderson Cooper. They're trying to kill that guy.

[Brady]

Corey Feldman or his take. His statement.

[Brett]

Feldman's got us.

[Brady]

Oh, my heart.

[Brett]

Everybody called on Brady. Everybody listens. Corey Feldman's take on the fires.

[Brady]

My heart goes out to all the innocent lives that will be lost in the forest and to the good people that will lose everything and don't deserve this. Though some karma may be at play.

[Brett]

Yeah, that's a lot of people saying that. I do have a hilarious clip. I should play it for Toledo and maybe I'll send it to you, Brett, and you can put it up there because this is. This is worth every second of the news coverage. People blame stuff all the time. You know, I remember golfing with a person a long time ago, and they were talking about the hurricane that had happened in New Orleans, Katrina. And I remember them talking about, you know, blessings from the Lord a lot, things like that. I sent it to you so we'll get it up.

[Brady]

The levee breaking.

[Brett]

Well, beyond that, the hurricane had come and gone. And prior to that, the person I was talking to was talking about Jesus a lot and how people, you know, this is good. And then in the next breath, a lot of those people deserved God's punishment, though, for all that, you know, ass play. And basically what she was saying was, if you dabble with the bottom, God's probably gonna flood you.

[Brady]

But you gotta come around.

[Brett]

You gotta move to a hurricane zone. If you live in an area that doesn't have him, he doesn't know how to kill you. But it was. It was, you know, let's get them all in a bunch. There's a lot of gay going on, a lot of debauchery down there in New Orleans. And she was seemingly somewhat pleased. There had been cleansing and she was blaming some of that was coming gays, right? And I'm like, what about all the people who weren't gay that died? And she goes too accepting. I'm like, well, God bless. That's a beautiful. What a beautiful statement. It's lovely too accepting of other people's decisions in life. And she was kind of happy that, you know, he had stepped up. And then she started to talk about the year before when Indonesia had 200,000 people die on that Christmas Day tsunami. And she goes, well, when we were there, it was. It was mostly gays. Then you saw this live on the news last night. What do we got on.

I got to kill something here.

Oh, okay. I see. Is that the right. Did I say the right.

[Brady]

Yeah, you got it?

[Brett]

I don't know. Is that the right one?

It's. I don't know. It should be. Yeah, let's. This is. I think this is it. It's a lady recording.

[Unknown]

Yes, I can hear you. So the family with the. With the poor little girl who was.

Fire happening right now.

Say that again.

Why is there a fire happening right now?

There are multiple fires that are taking place. Serious. Yeah, yeah.

There's a news, though, you're supposed to know.

Well, I don't know how it started. We don't know how it started there, you know, all the.

[Brett]

All the.

[Unknown]

All the gay people in la.

[Brett]

Okay, there we go. We got the. Live on the news interviewing a passerby who blames the homosexuals fires live on channel 11 in Fox 11 down there. And he just, you know, of course, the lady.

[Unknown]

Happening right now.

There are multiple fires that are taking place. Yeah, yeah.

The news, though, you're supposed to know.

Well, I don't know how it started. We don't know how it started there.

You know, all the gay people in la.

[Brett]

Okay, that's it. You know, though, just stupid. Try to find an area where there weren't gays where that fire was, and I'll tell you right now, they're around it. It's a flaming situation in Los Angeles.

[John Holmberg]

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[John Holmberg]

Holmberg's morning sickness.

[Brett]

They walk amongst us.

But I just like. Yeah, exactly. I just love that the news lady's trying to do her job and the guy asks her a question. Why are there these fires? Well, let me get to this passerby real quick. And then you just don't want to. This is why we don't answer the phones anymore. As you guys are. Okay, that's that. That's it. But that was that dude's way of saying, you know, too many homosexuals. Of course we're being punished. They're everywhere. And then the fire leapt from the Palisades to just north of West Hollywood. And if you've ever been to West Hollywood in your lifetime, you're gonna get some on you. It's just, it's just shooting all over the place over there. It's a, it's the gayest. Awesome.

[Brady]

It'll just add gas to those flames.

[Brett]

Oh, yeah, I'll tell you that. Oh, it's flammable. West Hollywood's flam. I'll tell you. It's the most fun you've ever had, though. And if you've ever looked at homes, because I looked at houses when I was there, I'm like, maybe in West Hollywood, you go in there and like, this is a, you know, an alternative lifestyle neighborhood. I've never seen nicer homes in my life. Even the cruddy spots were like, this is the most beautiful area and those houses are natural. But yeah, so you can blame the gays for this, I suppose, if you'd like. I'm not so sure I want to believe in any sort of higher power, that that's his incredibly odd way of handling homosexuals rather than just wiping it out. And technically, if that's what you believe. Didn't. Didn't God kind of give you that? Isn't that part of his plan is to make you. I don't understand any of what you people are talking about, but it is the gay's fault to a certain degree. For just being so damn hot and letting that undergrowth just get. They're too busy dancing and blowing each other to ever cut down all the dry growth. That's for the Mexicans. We're dancers. Yeah. So I, I found that to be quite hysterical when you're watching the news. And, and I think the funny thing is, is when the news lady just assumed, oh, this guy's just. He's escaping the fire. He just wants to vent. Let's let him go. It's a great TV moment.

[Brady]

It is the stumper for the news and everyone.

[Brett]

How did it start? It could be anything. It could be a cigarette. It could be a spark. It could be man made. It could have been a. I don't think lightning strikes, but it could have been anything. But it is a lot. But yeah, I'm. And again, I'm guilty of. Resonates more when celebrities are having their houses burned down. Of course then the Internet's as mean as it could ever be by saying rich people losing their homes. Boo hoo. And I'm like, anybody losing their house is sad. I mean, I don't care. They're rich. It'll be easy for them to rebuild. Okay, maybe so on what though?

Tell it to Heidi and Spencer, for God's sakes.

Exactly. Tell that to people who had, you know, I don't care that it's. I'm sad that 12, $20 million houses burned down. I think that's terrible. You don't want. I don't care if you're broke or if, you know, to me, somebody with $20 million had a lot more nice stuff that burned up. That's not good. They can't replace a lot of those things. For God's sakes. Billy Crystal lost his People's Choice Awards. You can't just, you know, Billy Crystal's a big name. That's. He's a little B list now. But I mean, it's, it's hitting. Adrian Brody was probably the most modern, like the most. That's a good one, right?

[Brady]

A long time.

[Brett]

Who Billy could be. I don't know.

[Brady]

John Goodman.

[Brett]

Yeah. John, yeah. John Goodman.

[Brady]

Miles Teller.

[Brett]

You got some names on this thing.

[Brady]

Anthony Hopkins, man, that's.

[Brett]

It's. And so when they prayed that. And James woods was on all the news last night crying on everything. And everybody thinks he's crazy, but you know, again, his house burned down. It's not. It's weird. It's just weird. But to have them find these celebrities and love every second of it gets a little it's almost sickening. Yeah.

Billy lived there 46 years.

It says, no kidding, man. Yeah. So it's ugly. And now it's jumping around. So. And when you see it, like, from an aerial view, and they had the helicopters up last night, and Hollywood's on fire, and then, you know, 15 miles to the east, Pasadena's got fires and Palisade test fires. It's a lot. So those people are going through it. And we here in Arizona have a lot of. In Phoenix, especially a lot of people that come from there and probably have family back home. Larry McFeely's sister that lives in Hollywood. And we were talking yesterday, and Larry's like, I don't think it can jump over there. It's pretty far. But he goes, she's, you know, last night she got evacuated. That fire didn't exist when Larry and I were talking about it at noon, and then they were packing her up. Well, she didn't get evacuated yet. They told her, pack up. It's coming. Like, you're close. And the picture that she sent Larry, that Larry sent to me out of. Out of her window is, look at this. It's right. Right around the corner. Here it comes. And it wasn't there.

Oh, man.

At noon. And now it's just a whole hillside by her home that's gone. It's crazy.

[Brady]

The report on whether, you know, you hear that the fire hydrants empty, if that in fact, I don't know, you.

[Brett]

Know, which is a pressure issue, evidently, that they had water, but. And they drained some tanks, and then they make it political and everything else.

[Brady]

Yes.

[Brett]

And, you know, that's the funny thing, too, though.

Obviously, the homosexual.

The homosexuals were the problem. It's stuff we can't really talk about. But it's the homosexuals that drained all those fire hydrants. They suck out all the moisture.

[Brady]

And they're in charge of the fire department.

[Brett]

Of course they are. Well, yeah. Have you seen the Village People that, you know, those guys get going and they're the ones buying all the calendars from firemen. Of course, it's the gays. But, you know, last night I'm watching, and the news is sitting there. CNN's doing it, Fox is doing it, News Nation's doing it, where it's like, who's to blame? Who's to blame? You know, years and years of regulations of a liberal Democratic government in California has caused this. And the Republicans are making a political interview. Can't all things be true? Can't Mismanagement over the years have caused something like this for a long time. And also it be a tragedy that we don't have to blame everybody. We can sit back and go, yeah, there's some stuff we could have done different. Doesn't matter now. So maybe in the future we learn from it. Right now it's the big problem is that the whole city's on fire. It's crazy.

[Brady]

Even the interview I was telling you about this morning, they interviewed Shazam. Zachary Levi. But he said basically the history of the way Hollywood and LA is run sure has been this way a long time.

[Brett]

You can, the hindsight of management of anything has always been is bad. You're never going to look back in a tragedy and go how did this happen? We did everything right. Because it probably wouldn't happen if you did everything right. You don't look back while you're in the middle of a house fire and go we didn't do anything to cause this. But you always have a blame. But why do it? Like at this point it's like man, we've been telling you about this and now look, we'll get to that after the fires are over. We don't need. There's plenty of time to start chucking rocks at each other after you put the fires out. And it is, it is somebody's fault.

[Brady]

Because it's not good. When you hear the fire chief say we're just not ready for this, we nobody's ready for this because it's not. Because it's their fault, because it's, they don't have the resources, they weren't given the money or whatever. But to hear it from that person.

[Brett]

It'S like man, but it depends on which. Maybe it's a wake up call because if you're watching a network where that fire chief hates all the things that that network hates, you're going to hear that. It was because I watched a guy, I watched a fire guy on CNN yesterday saying it has nothing to do with budget cuts. Budget cuts were so minor. It's a water pressure issue because you're trying to get water up a hill. And he goes, and that's a problem there too. So we had that. Yes, there are problems, but all things can be true. There were screw ups. There are certain things that aren't working properly. You find out what works in tragedy and what doesn't during the tragedy. You'll never know what it's like to fight a 20,000 acre fire. If you've not tested all the stuff for 20,000 acre fires, it's stupid to sit there and say it's somebody's fault. In hindsight, later you'll be like, you guys should have done something about this.

[Brady]

We told you, if you know water, you know there's trouble having water pressure.

[Brett]

Run uphill if you've not had. If Camelback Mountain lit on fire today and we couldn't put it out, it would be because we never put fire hydrants. It's never burned before. What were we thinking? This thing's never burned. Billy Crystal lived in his house for 46 years. It's never burned down. So you don't know until it burns down what should have done differently to keep it from burning down. When you leave the stove on and it blows up, you don't scream at your wife for months and months about the stuff. She made a mistake. There were things that you didn't see coming and probably should have that caused the thing. And then later you can yell at everybody for all the problems. Yes, there's mismanagement, but it's not the time for that. It doesn't matter now.

You're right. There isn't the time for that. But on the flip side of it, they're always having fires every year like crazy, just not in those kind of areas.

And that's the thing has been very rare and very, you know, in fairness to them, they've been knocking them down.

[Brady]

One house fire, they put it out.

[Brett]

Well, there was a canyon fire in Malibu a little bit ago, and they knocked that thing out fast. They did a great job. And it's not anybody's fault. Like, we're just. We can't do it. It's just there's a lot of stuff that you're like, well, we didn't know that didn't work until it was too late.

[John Holmberg]

Holmberg's morning sickness. Holmberg's morning sickness. Holmberg's morning sickness.

[Brett]

And then. And then it's easy for everybody to hindsight it to death. Yeah, it sucks that you find out that it's crap to begin with.

[Brady]

And then you hear stuff like the insurance that they're canceled that they did three months ago. We'll see no fire coverage.

[Brett]

I got canceled when I had a house in show low. Because they're like, risk is a little high for me. I'm like, but that's what I pay you for.

[Brady]

That's brutal.

[Brett]

The risk is high for me. It's not you that wanna, we're getting out of this business. I'm like, you're not gonna insure not. Not where you're living. I'm like, all right. So I had a very bad insurance company that was the only one that would cover where I was at the time. And then they pulled out because they weren't gonna do any more fire areas. And it was a heavily wooded area. So I had to have, like, you know, Pacific insurance from Jeff and Dan. And it was like, what they. They were working out of their house. I'm like, you guys will insure. It's like, I guess we only do two or three houses. I'm like, that's enough for me. Just.

[Brady]

And that works. But you got people there like, look, this is a Tinder box. I'd get out of there right now.

[Brett]

And I'll be honest.

[Brady]

Stop the policies.

[Brett]

When I had it, it could get expensive. That show low house was within about a quarter mile of one of the fires that started to go. At one point, I was praying for that to burn down. I was so like, oh, God, get me out of this mess. Let's say it was a. It was a. There's a great house, but nothing but trouble. So I was actually rooting for the fire to sweep right over. And my fingers crossed. Whenever they kept saying Penrod Road, I'm like, ah, it's like a mile away. Come on, wind. Yeah. But it was. It didn't happen, and it's still standing. And the people who live in it now have done a very nice job of making all the problems hopefully go away for them, but man, oh, man. Anyway, no fun. And it's affecting us here in Phoenix because the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings might be playing their playoff game in Glendale now. So that's weird.

[Brady]

And the Cotton bowl might be postponed, but that's not because of the fire for the snow.

[Brett]

Oh, yeah, Because I got that. I don't care about that.

[Brady]

That's huge.

[Brett]

Never, ever cancel. Never cancel college football.

Who cares?

Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Well, why don't they just pick a winner like they do instead of playing the games? Just draw out of a hat.

Got a quarter. Let's just flip.

Yeah. Yeah. College football doesn't matter. Ask asu. They'll just. I don't even understand why they go through the rigmarole of the actual game. Play a video game.

[Brady]

Four inches.

[Brett]

Come on, silly. But if the Vikings and Rams play here at that. That, to me, is. That's kind of garbage. I think San Diego should get the game because, well, it's close. Or at least St. Louis. There's probably some fans still in St. Louis of the Rams. You got they worked hard to have a home game all year and then you move over here and you put them in a division rival stadium. If anybody from Phoenix goes, it would be to boo the Rams. It's garbage. And I know LA fans aren't known for their, you know, fever pitch and loud sounds during a game, but that's why you have home games. So the NFL said, and we'll put it in Arizona. And Minnesota's doing backflips over this. They're gonna be thrilled. They're probably gonna beat him anyway. But now without any home field advantage at all, and now everybody's gotta travel. It's ridiculous. I wouldn't ever want to go to that. Would you?

What's that?

I mean, I guess if I was a Cardinal fan, I'd be excited. Cause I don't know what playoff football is. And it's like, oh, there's still football. Yeah, yeah. So all the people who don't have a team here in town that goes, hop on over there and. And, you know, just celebrate the playoffs, I guess it's a playoff game.

[Brady]

When's you ever been to one?

[Brett]

I don't even know. I didn't. I thought they were fake. I thought that was AI.

I've heard of those.

They're real, they happen. And they're gonna put one here, maybe, but I think it should be in San Diego. Even though that's a tough one because the travel through LA down close, they just don't want people from LA driving around. And they say it's kind of, you know, it's an exhausting resources to have, you know, 70,000 people pop into SOFI Stadium, even though it's not really even close to Englewood. It's pretty far down, you still smell it. But if it causes delays, well, it's even that. It's just the look on TV doesn't look too good. And like, welcome to downtown Los Angeles in the background, you know, fires are torching major metropolitan areas. It's not going to be time to. Well, the Rams in their home game really bring it home. LA is on fire. You don't want to have those moments. Stuff it over here, have a moment of silence because that's what the NFL does, and then start selling beer to people and everybody will be just fine. Yeah, I have the. The Rams and Vikings here is just. That doesn't make any sense to me.

[Brady]

Was it between us and Vegas, Vegas.

[Brett]

Would be a good one too. Yeah, I think we have the first one. The first option was here. Yeah, I don't know, maybe Vegas has some events that they're like, well, they get that. What is that big electronic show? They don't need that crap rolling over. Look, we don't want to see the Rams and Vikings here last minute. We've got our own. They could do it though. Anybody could pull it together. Yeah, they're. They're pretty much shutting down football up there. Cardinals are better than the Raiders. Yeah, yeah. But I would, you know, drop it down and let San Diego have one back. Here you go. Remember us like NFL, you sons of. Really? And you go back, it's like banging an old girlfriend that you ditched. It's like, hey, can we use you again? You want to use my stadium for you sons of bitches. We don't want you to have a team permanent, but we'd like to use you for a day.

Another kick in the nuts.

Yeah. We've had some trouble in our house. We're like to. Can we spend the night with you? Yeah, all right. Don't call me though. Oh, don't worry about it. We won't once we're done here. And by the way you mop up, we've got. Shouldn't you feel sorry for us? Like our whole place is on fire? But I wouldn't go to that silly girl. That sounds stupid.

Maybe. Maybe Keim brokered the deal for him. He's got nothing else going on.

You know, I'm still working deals to get stuff. Maybe they did talk to Steve. Keim like he's. He thinks he's still got a. He's still got his. I thought you got fired. Oh, no, no, no. I'm still in charge of like events planning. I got event planning. Come on down, I'll pick you up. We'll bring the bus over. Pick up the seam. In fact my kids football team isn't playing as we can use their stadium.

[Brady]

That's why they interviewed who's in charge of the pre game.

[Brett]

I'll do it. Yeah, Steve Kime's out there in his underwear with his shirt over his head. Look at me, I'm fiance. I don't think Steve Kime's involved in much anymore other than, you know, destroying a Liverpool more than likely that's his job right now anyway. So if you got family over there in la, it's rough, it's no fun so. But I can't keep my eyes away from fire isn't. Fire is an attractive thing on television when it's not affecting you. It's good tv. It sounds terrible to say that. But it's good TV because it is unpredictable. It's. It's loud. It looks like a thing is like, it's. It's magnificent. At the same time, it's. It's a tragedy that draws your eye and it moves. That's the crazy part. Like, it'll sit still for a second and then start dancing around, and you just don't know. So horrible. And hopefully everybody gets out. The good thing is it's just houses right now. Only, like, four or five people have died. That sounds bad to say, but it's. When you're burning down that much of a populated area. Hey, tell me. You know, everybody can be mad at local officials. They've done a hell of a job of getting people out of there. From what it sounds like, you evacuate. It's like evacuating most of Tempe and saying, let's get 90,000 people somewhere else today. Done a nice job of that.

Is the Rose bowl actually in danger? Because I know that's right there in Pasadena.

Altadena is close. It's north of that. It's not. I can't imagine it is, but, I mean, I didn't think that. That, you know, I don't know how dry it is. You got to take a look. But that's in a big arroyo. Like, that's in a big wash. And.

[Brady]

I think it's, you know, all on the way. The wind's flowing, too, is the big depends.

[Brett]

Altadena is right next to Pasadena. It's a little bit north of it. So that's the new fire that just showed up again. And it's crazy. It's just. If you look at the map of where they just popped up, they're everywhere. Anyway, we're not. We're living in paradise. We get to watch from afar because this place rules. It's awesome. That's it. Worst case scenario around here is, you know, we get stabbed in the leg by a guy with a needle at the circle K because they pop up out of nowhere. So outside of that, we're doing all right. I like it here. Look at that. That's. It's everywhere. And the Altadena is that. That's the new map for the Altadena fire. That got huge. Yeah, that was a dot yesterday. Wow. You're not messing around with that.

15,000 acres of Palisades.

Yeah, it's. It's ridiculous. So hopefully those people are doing all right. It's not fun. And here's the other thing. As a true Arizonan, let me say this. Hopefully they don't move here. Hopefully. This is because a lot of the times an earthquake, lands, mudslides, stuff like that, a bunch of Los Angeles start moving those your property values through the roof. Yeah, you're not gonna be able to afford a thing ever again. And then they bring all their dumb ideas here too. Oh, hopefully they find a nice new place. Let's get State Farm. I'll kick in and help State Farm ensure these people to rebuild their houses again. Because otherwise they'll come here. And you know why they come here? Tired of mudslides, earthquakes, you know we don't have them.

One of those houses of car PCH just burned.

Yep, gone. Ugh, it's awful. Let's get a wake up song, shall we? A good one. 585-9800 and we'll scream it together. It's 98 KUPD.

[Brady]

Wake up.

[Brett]

Hey, it's not weird. It's pretty cool actually.

[Brady]

No membership fee.

[Brett]

I have heard enough of this for you pd.