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John Holmberg
All right, HMS Podcast, time again to let you know where to go for some great comedy in the Valley this week. Get out to the Tempe Improv on the east side to see Paul Versey on Thursday and Beth Stelling Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Desert Ridge Improv up north features Sarah Weinschenk this Thursday and Joe Derosa on Friday and Saturday. And downtown at Stand Up Live, check out the very funny Lil Rel performing Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the complete lineups. And for tickets, go to standuplive.com desertridgeimprov.com and tempeimprov.com it's John Holberg here.
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Brady
Morning sickness. The cock's on his own. He's going crazy. The music won't play. It is actually kind of like him all by himself, though. Something very strange about that being almost soothing. And I don't think so. I don't think anybody else is going to agree with me. There we go. We'll start over anyway. Hello there, Everybody. Good morning. It's 5:45. That cock went rogue. You can't have that on a Monday morning. A just running wild through your house. Crazy. Crazy. It's 5:45. My name's John. There's Brady. There's Brett. There's Big Dick Toledo. We're ready to go. It is Monday. It is playoff. You know, we have playoffs in town here. We got to be serious about this right now. This is a big deal. The. The NFL playoffs are here, and I'm not sure anybody knows really what to do about that, but they're here.
Brett
We were looking at tickets last night.
Brady
For what? What? What?
Brett
Just to see what. What they're running and through the. I mean, you could get them for 115 bucks.
Brady
Yeah, those of you want to go. I have a friend who named Jeremy. His wife is a Vikings fan, and he's a Packers fan. So it's almost like you, Brett, when you got the Bears in the Packer thing at the house. Yeah. And she said. She said. I said, are you going to the game? You're a huge bike fan. She goes, oh, yeah, we're going. And I looked at him. I'm like. He goes, I would never take her to a Vikings game if you can't even think about it. And I'm like, really? And then she goes, 50 PL jobs. He'll go. And he looked at me, and I'm like, that's negotiation tactics. She's using it as currency. Don't allow that. That's a bunch of bull. She starts that, he's gone. And that's what I said. You got to get him up front. You pay for that up front. You don't promise it. If she'll never pay up on that.
Big Dick Toledo
That's prepay.
Brady
That's right. You prepay that. If you're thinking half delivered, no 100% payment up front. Because if you start that crap, half delivered would turn into like, okay, four, five. You get 50 of say, 50 ladies, we need to start holding them to that stuff. I'll blow you 50 times. And I'm like, you've got two days. Why do it over time? You're gonna quit that the minute you get your. You know, it's the same thing as a wedding ring. And they put on the show for the longest time, you give them wedding ring, and then it's all like, I thought this was gonna be a pretty regular deal, and it turns out it just goes away. So, yeah, don't play that game. The none of that. But, yeah, if you have a wife who's a fan, I guess you could. I wouldn't choke that down. There's no way, man. If the Ravens. Oh, she'll be choking it down. But the Ravens had a playoff game here, and because of some sort of a natural, natural, natural disaster, they had to play it here. I ain't going to that. There's no possible way I would do that. That's disgusting. So anyway, they're in town. You can do that, see them, and enjoy the game, blah, blah, blah. With your playoffs in Phoenix, it's not a thing.
Big Dick Toledo
I just don't want to fight that traffic for a team I don't care about.
Brady
Well, yeah. And there were people saying, you want to go to that? I'm like, no, it's A playoff for teams I don't care about. Absolutely not. But it's here. So what are you going to do? My team, of course, everybody's read my emails, bounced out on Saturday night. Highly expected by everybody. We had our hopes, we had our dreams dashed.
Big Dick Toledo
I blame Dale.
Brady
Taken away. I blame Dale. The best part about Dale was he mushed it when he said on Thursday that the Steelers had a chance they were going to win. And I'm like, I've been trying to manifest this the entire time by saying Steelers are going to win. When he picked them, they were doomed. Dale came to the house on Saturday to watch the game and it was a probably a crowd of like 25. Dale walks in. He played for the Ravens for three games when he was 40. Was his last stint in the NFL, and they still give him some pretty nice merchandise, brand new stuff. So we had a sweatshirt on. It was a raven shirt. He came in and everybody saw him because he was there. When he brought a Super bowl, trophies. When we played the Cowboys and was roundly hated that day. He comes wandering in and I've never seen a house party boo a guy. But the whole place started booing Dale. What in the world's going on here? Boo the whole place. Boo. And we were dying. First play. Dale's in the house. First play. Touchdown Ravens. Like you've been here for a second at seven. Everybody get out of here. But it. There's nothing you can do. They weren't gonna win that thing. My team is in what is called NFL purgatory. Good enough to be in the playoffs, not good enough to do anything in them, which means your draft pick is always low, which means your mediocrity will continue until you can splash down with something huge. And it's just going to keep going and going and going until something changes.
Big Dick Toledo
But I understand what's the.
Brady
Well, you don't understand. Mine's playoffs. I said playoffs. What you don't understand Bears fan, is that word.
Big Dick Toledo
Now you're talking about the picks.
Brady
I was like, oh, you love picks. Yeah. Yeah. It's a strange thing to have constantly a competitive team who can't get to that next step. But it was hard to watch.
Brett
I didn't realize that. What it was six, huh? That since a playoff win.
Brady
Yeah. It's been 2016 since they've won one. They've had. They've lost their last six.
Brett
So what happens on that? What's the. What's the vibe on Tomlin coming from HQ, Steelers fans?
Brady
Look at that. It's 50. 50. The racist ones I. I think are mostly racist. Will scream, tomorrow, it's time. And I'm like, all right, what's the plan then? Yeah, who do you get in his place? That's better because Tomlin gets out and you think he wouldn't get scooped up immediately by anybody. They're talking about trading them to the Bears.
Big Dick Toledo
We'll take him.
Brady
An odd thing, but could happen. So there's chatter. I don't know. I think he gets another year. I think the coordinators have to go. And I think it's just that, you know, it's almost. It's almost as bad as being the Bears or the Cardinals because you're not a serious contender, but you're a regular season player, and then, you know, you fade and it kind of goes away.
Big Dick Toledo
I like coming out of training camp with no expectations.
Brady
Boy, it's got, like. You know what? It almost feels good.
Big Dick Toledo
It's easy.
Brady
I've been a Cubs fan.
Big Dick Toledo
See, you understand.
Brady
I understand what it's like to enjoy spring training for the hot dogs and beer and expect nothing from the team that you watch. And the worst thing they can do is be good, right? Because then you're like, oh, I got to start caring. Just when I get out, they pull me back. So Cardinal fans, Bears fans, and now Steelers fans, we can all kind of get in the same boat and sit back and go, what are we breaking our necks for here? We already know the outcome of this. It's okay. It sucks. Difference between Cardinal fans and Bear fans, it's Steeler fans. Steeler fans have. Well, we're used to multiple super bowl runs or at least AFC championships and stuff, so we'll see. I don't know. Ravens team look pretty strong, but beatable. And I still think when the Chiefs and Bills run into them, Lamar will. That's my hope is Lamar gets bounced. I think that's. I'm only cheering against things now.
Big Dick Toledo
I went against my own, you know, you. Cheers to the packers yesterday. No, no, no, no, no, no. I. I always bet against Dale, but this time I bet for Dale and lost money and fandom.
Brady
You can't do it.
Big Dick Toledo
It's. It's a mush thing.
Brady
It's tempting to go with him. He's terrible. It's. He's never right.
Big Dick Toledo
I was like, well, this. The point spread looks pretty good. I'm jumping in on that 10 points.
Brady
Nope. No, sir. Nope. I went to. Well, and then Saturday, you know, we had. Trip came by, and obviously, you know, everybody who knows what's going on with Tripp. Hearts going out to that guy in a big way. It's just to feel, you know, he losing a house in Los Angeles, that he's, you know, all he's got. He's been there. He was in that house for almost 30 years, I think, and some memories in there. And you don't think about it. I've heard, you know, just. You just want to throw up when people start saying they're rich. Everything will be fine. It's just like, man, it's just disgusting. And then when I was talking with him on Friday, and he started to tell me little things in here and there. So he came by Saturday, and, you know, he brings the cheese to the playoff parties, and he was there. And then I realized how insensitive I was because I've got two solo stoves with fire coming out of them. I got my. You know, the whole place looks like an inferno because we're trying to stay warm and. And just, you know, little jokes here and there about, I can turn those off if you want me to. And I said, no, we're fine. But he snuck out early because you can tell he's still going through, like, I just. I can't. I gotta go. My brain's on something else. So I went crazy with the fire and reached down into the bag of wood to reload. To reload the flames. And I had. I've never had this before. I almost want to cry talking about it. When I reached in one of the. There was a. Like, a splinter off the edge of the wood that I got bamboo. It went under my thumbnail all the way to the knuckle. It blew through the skin all the way under my thumbnail. And when I touched my thumbnail, I. Can I. I go back to it, and then I start. You know, you start looking it up. I looked it up after the game. You know, what was the torture? The bamboo under the fingernails. Because this is brutal. And it was just.
Brett
That's close, isn't it?
Brady
It was. Well, no, I didn't realize what they were doing was taking full bamboo, like, the size of your fingernail, and they drive it down in there and then stop, and then wait, and then go a little further. And that stuff's thicker and worse. This was. I have a new fear was born there. It's like, that is horrible having something that big. And it wasn't a little piece of wood. It wasn't like a tiny splinter. It's a shard of wood dug down in. So I had to Trim my fingernail way down and then pull this thing back out, which hurt worse. Yeah, like coming back. Oh, it's the worst feeling in the world. So visit home birds morning sickness online@98kupd.com.
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Brady
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Larry McFeely
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Brady
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Brett
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Brady
I know why.
Larry McFeely
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Brady
We work for you, not the insurance companies.
Big Dick Toledo
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Brady
Orlandoautobody.com sickness say I had that pulling out.
Brett
Bogan Villa. Oh, it went through thumb underneath the thumbnail. That thorn went in there. And like you said that the pulling out is so.
Brady
Yeah, I think if I could go through it. It's like a stick.
Brett
It was like a syringe almost.
Brady
No, it was awful. If I could go through the thumbnail, it would be easy, but underneath. And it didn't lift it or. Oh, hurt. It was horrible.
Big Dick Toledo
Should have videoed it. We would have had it for all these videos.
Brady
It was that. It was exactly one of those. If we had that on video and you saw me that out and the way it just in one little area of circle just. Just globbed out under the thumbnail. Blood. Horrible. So right when I thought I was having, like, you know, the worst time, I went to a son's game with Fitz last night. And I don't know if you guys know this, but Fitz is new. He's been off for high tide. He's back. What is he cheering?
Brett
The proper.
Brady
Oh, no, no. I see. You just. You can't do that.
Brett
Yeah, I was gonna explain.
Brady
That's the point. Don't you. If you have to explain it. No, you kind of did, but you scared us. You can't go screaming that right off. What Brady's talking about in the Bob and Tom moment is that there's a commercial with a guy who pretends to cheer for things. Anyway, I went to the Sunscape. Fitz's new thing was off putting last night. I did not know this was happening. But it is his. It's his new thing. He's wearing boiler jumpers as regular clothes.
Big Dick Toledo
I've seen that. I thought it was just on the motorcycle. No, he's doing that in regular life, everyday life.
Brady
So last night when I met. Met him, you know, he texts me, says, hey, I'm down. I'm down in the lobby. I'm like, I'll be down a second. I'll let you up. And I go down the elevator, and he's sitting in the lobby, and it looks like he's just in a regular kind of striped shirt there. And then he stood up, and I realized it's a whole onesie. It's a Big baby onesie. But it's a, it's a romper, I guess, for better if it's a jump.
Big Dick Toledo
Pretty much, yeah, it's a onesie.
Brady
Farmer Ted over there and it rolls up and it does look like he's, he looks like he should be sitting on an I beam eating a sandwich 25, 20 floors up over Manhattan. And so I'm like, this is interesting. And he goes, the best thing in the world. So it is almost like sweatpants. But he's not quite quitting yet.
Big Dick Toledo
No, he's given up. That's given up.
Brady
I'll tell you this, as goofy as I thought he looked, and I did, and we were teasing him a little bit about, you know, plumbing. He needed to go do some plumbing. Went to the rah rah room. It was like he was a rapper. Like this, this was. So he's in pajamas. I mean, it's just a big one.
Big Dick Toledo
Nobody else would dress like that. Nobody would dress like, oh yeah, he's a rapper.
Brady
He's in a pair. Yeah, he's in a thing of onesie pajamas like a baby would wear. And he's like, young people think this is the coolest thing in the world. We must have passed like eight or nine people to go, cool looks good. And I'm like, I don't know how many are making fun of. And then no one girl came up and said, I love this. This is outstanding. Where did you get it? And I'm like, he got it at the plumbing supply warehouse. Like, this is not a, It's Dickey's.
Big Dick Toledo
Got it at Walmar.
Brady
They're selling these things to human beings for everyday use and he's using them. So there I am walking around thinking he looks like a giant baby Huey. It's just this huge man in a onesie. It was weird. And then after a few seconds you realize nobody's, nobody's laughing. Like this is the thing that we might, it's the industrial. It's all those sci fi movies where in the future we're all in this weird utilitarian singlet.
Brett
I, I, I think on the Enterprise Start, everyone's in the, that's uniform.
Brady
But I guess, I mean, this is what he had on. It's a plumber's onesie.
Big Dick Toledo
Oh yeah, I've seen it.
Brady
And it's not like not laughed at.
Big Dick Toledo
Watch out for Michael Myers over there.
Brady
That's what he looks like. He's in Michael Myers. Yes, that's exactly it. He's a dude from Halloween. It was a boiler Jumper turning that corner. Yeah. This guy says you're hanging out with a closeted Jason Voorhees. That's what Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees wore. Boiler jumpers. I wouldn't even know where to start buying that. And he said, it's kind of like when you did Summer of cabana clothes. And I'm like, not really, because it was summer. Cabana clothes are exclusively cabana. Like. Like yours is exclusive for plumbing issues and like, fixing pipes. It's not for fun poolside activities. It's just strange and. But I. He was right. The waitress.
Brett
Almost like a denim one.
Brady
Yeah, it's thick, isn't it? It was pretty thick. And yeah, our waitress down there at the Raha rooms names Julissa. And she was like, I love this. Like, I think this is great. And I'm like, you seem to be kind of a normal young human being. What about this works? And she goes, I don't know. It just looks comfortable. It's cool. It was. He was like, he's a rapper. Like, rappers wear vests and like straight. Like an eagle's head on their hat. And like, it's like they look like they left Flintstones Pooba Room. And people like that Buffalo home. That's. Yeah, that's cool, man. People. If you're a rapper, it's cool. Fitz pulled it off. He looked like a member of Weezer. But I don't know what was going on. And I don't think. I hope that doesn't become a. I'm not gonna ever do it. I can't do a onesie. And then I told him, like, when you pee, you have to take the whole top off. You think about on the ones. You just peel it off.
Big Dick Toledo
Zippers where you can zip.
Brady
He's got an extra. Yeah, he showed me. He's got like this little unicorn zipper that everything comes out of that. Otherwise, it's a full on off. It was. I was taken back by it. And then it's weird when you're like, you know, it's like dating an ugly chick. You know, you're walking around and stuff and you just don't want everybody to look at you and say, what's that guy like? It's you that gets made fun of, not the romper one. Take a big mentally challenged or head wound guy that you took out and he's just doing his thing and I don't know, it was strange. But if you're in a romper today and it's not for work and you're trying to impress people. It works. People seem to enjoy it.
Brett
He seems. I remember when he bought that NASA jumper, the first one.
Brady
He likes jumpsuits.
Brett
Yeah.
Brady
He's a grown man who enjoys the jumpsuit. Like Evel Knievel. My outfit. I would never wear the Evel Knievel gear out to a son's game unless it was Halloween or something and it felt like a Halloween costume. Then we discovered something else. Fitz and I went to the Rah Rah room, which I've got a little problem there. I'm going a little too often. But kudos to Fitz because he kicked it. He kicked in and footed the bill. Most people did.
Big Dick Toledo
Hopkins.
Brady
Yeah. He did not Hopkins. Me. He didn't. He didn't Irish goodbye to Bill like Doug Hopkins did. So we're with Kevin Ray's son, Zach, and we discovered that Zach, who's in his mid to late 20s. I'm not sure exactly how old Zach is, very fun, cool guy. And I've hung out with Zach at Suns game several times. So he's there with us, and we're talking, and he said something about a woman's weight who had walked past the table and said, she's not bad. She's a little bit big for me. I'm like, she's the most narrow woman I've ever like. She's super. And he goes, her. I'm like, what do you think she weighs? And he goes, I don't know. 175. Like, okay, I'm gonna throw out there that maybe she's 120. What are you seeing? And I thought he was messing with me. And he's got a picture of his girlfriend on the phone.
Big Dick Toledo
Was it Karen Carpenter?
Brady
Very pretty girl. And he's like. She's like, I don't know. I don't know how much. My girlfriend was like, 180, 170. Something like Zach, the girl on that phone might. And I don't know how tall she is. If she's like 5 9, 5 10, might weigh 140 pounds. And I'm feeling rude saying that. Oh, no, no. I'm pretty sure she's about 180. And I'm like, you. He's like, when Rain man didn't know what a dollar or a hundred dollars were. So the waitress that walked by us that he thought was 175 and I said, might be 120, I kind of fooled her into a conversation about weight where she revealed her own weight, and she said, I'm120.3 pounds. And I looked at Zach. I'm like, see? And he's just shaking. It just didn't register. This dude thinks that most hot. Like, what is a big one? So I'm pointing out big ladies. I'm like, what's she wearing? She goes, 190. Like, you don't know. Like, you can't work at the store. You don't know what weight is. Like, you're a grown adult who can't eyeball someone, and it's like being colorblind.
Big Dick Toledo
Bring Dr. J. Schwartz. Yeah.
Brady
This is dangerous. You're gonna end up with a. You're gonna end up with a hog and not know. You can't tell that. Like, he's the opposite of shallow. Hal. He sees everybody about £190. 180. Like, the picture of his girlfriend on the phone. I'm like, she's very pretty, Zach. Yeah. Yeah. What do you think she weighs? Because we couldn't. And Fitz, we could not. And I thought, okay, Zach's messing with us. Dead serious. Even in front of his dad. Told Kevin Ray last time, your son doesn't know how weight works. Like, he's looking at women, and he thinks they're 190 pounders. Maybe 120. Yeah. The one he said as. She's a little big. And I'm like, It's like Brady. You know, Brady sees ash. She's a little thick.
Brett
I'm gonna hang around him.
Brady
Yeah.
Brett
180, 190.
Brady
I don't know if it works that way. I think if you surpass it to a certain degree. He knows. He knows. What if he thinks 120 looks like 180? He's gonna. I'm wondering what he's thinking, like, you might be a Volvo. Just a weird night all the way around. Everything was like, I got this dude in a jumper. I got a kid who has no idea how weights and measures work.
Big Dick Toledo
David Vasquez said, can you pass on a word for fits for me? Sub.
Brady
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Brady
Holmberg's morning sickness. But that was the other thing. Like normally when you see a guy in like a outfit, it's gay, you know, with a, he's made an effort to have an outfit too much. So yeah, it's a little gay. This wasn't. It was.
Big Dick Toledo
If he wasn't your friend and you were hanging out with him.
Brady
If he wasn't my friend and I saw him, yeah, just some dude in the crowd. I'd be asking everybody, what's the deal with the plumber? Right, right, right. But then I would see how everybody was reacting positively to it. And then I'd be like, is it me?
Brett
Next time it'll be a utila Kilt, man.
Brady
You can't. If you wore a kilt, it would be a little less, it would be a little less weird in a kilt. But it worked. And he's not wrong. Dickies is selling these things. I went online last night, like there's something going on. Are we gonna start, is that a thing we're gonna start seeing more of?
Brett
Did you put it in the Basket.
Brady
No.
Brett
Oh, should I.
Big Dick Toledo
That's cabana. Where he's gonna have 30 of them.
Brady
I don't. But cabana. Where was that? I don't want to wear onesie. Cabana where it was an accident. And then I'm like, well, if I'm gonna make these accents. If I did accidentally order 40 jumpers. 40 days of jumpers just to punish myself.
Big Dick Toledo
You're gonna do it.
Brady
No, I'm not. Oops. No, I don't. I just looked and I'm like, there they are. Like, you don't even have to search. They're, like, on the front page of the website, you can get men's onesies, and men's onesies are not. It's a weird thing, but it worked.
Brett
The hunting ones, the Carhartt, that.
Brady
What's that?
Brett
They're. They call them overalls. I mean, but not.
Big Dick Toledo
Oh, yeah. When you go out hunting and stuff.
Brady
Yeah, they're just big old. Like the coat. The kid in the Christmas pockets all.
Big Dick Toledo
Over it and everything.
Brady
Yeah. This just looked like PJs. You looked wildly comfortable. It's almost your sweatpants, then. Thing which you have. I gotta give it to you. Yeah, well, Matthias stopping it, but you graduating into sweatpants and letting the silver grow on the sides.
Big Dick Toledo
Oh, that's happening. That's happening.
Brady
She says it's not. So far, she don't know. Okay. So far, I've not seen you in those. Unless it's Halloween. Like, I don't see you in sweatpants. Like, she said, no sweatpants. Like that means you quit. No. Could you wear the jumper?
Big Dick Toledo
No. Tracksuit's one thing. Jumper's a completely different thing.
Brady
Jumper's a thing. It was a. It was a thing. This is working. Men call those coveralls, John. You know, men that can change their windshield wipers type of guys. Yeah. You know, he looked like a guy you would. Yeah, well, that was the best part, was when we left the rah rah room. Zach. Zach. Ray, who can't tell weights, turned to Fitz, and he goes. Because he saw him get up and he looked at him. He realized what he was wearing. He goes, we're gonna go change my oil. What's going on here? You know, that's probably what it looks like you should have. Jiffy Lube. Definitely a name tag missing. But it was intriguing to see people's reaction, and it was fairly positive. Or they were laughing. But, you know, if you're with a girl and you're. You ever. You ever been with someone who isn't like your date, but it's a girl you're walking with and she's horrendous. And you run into somebody and you make quick sure to tell the person. It's like, hey, I haven't seen you forever. How you doing, John? I'm like, yeah, hi. This is Brunhilda. She's a co worker, and we're here on business. Like, you make it real clear. Like, don't worry about it. I haven't lost my mind yet. Because they'll, you know, you have to.
Big Dick Toledo
So what you did yesterday, kind of.
Brady
I'm like, I work with this guy where the Jiffy Loop. No, we paint houses. No, he. Yeah.
Big Dick Toledo
Contract didn't quite come up. So we're Jiffy Lube now.
Brady
And was waiting for people to, like, tease him. Like, I'm with you on this. When I'm not sure about it either. But everybody was very. It was very. It was praised heavily. The strange jumper. Not so sure what's going on with the youth, because it was younger people that seemed to like it. I.
Big Dick Toledo
They're idiots.
Brady
And nobody was like, laugh. Like, hey, nice jumper, douche. They were actually complimentary. Touchy feely. It's strange. Fitz doesn't know anything about basketball, by the way, at all.
Big Dick Toledo
Is it like taking Larry to a sports event?
Brady
It would probably be a little better than.
Larry McFeely
I think he's seen it before.
Brady
Okay. I don't know that Larry's ever seen basketball. I don't know. I think Larry would just stand up and scream that they're running. Like he's excited. Like they're racing instead of the basket. Like, yeah. Fitz kind of had some questions about how things worked or. Or what was going on. He was just blown away at how fast everything was. I'm like, you've never been. He's never seen a professional game in my life. Like, it was.
Big Dick Toledo
It's different in person, though, than tv. As far as the speed of the game.
Brady
Sure, sure.
Big Dick Toledo
But especially hockey size.
Brady
And then, yeah, he started to talk about the size of the guys, and I'm like, this is like having a dude land from another planet and sit next to you for a little while. He wasn't, like, annoying with questions or anything. It was just like. But then the jumper, and then we took him to the rah rah room in the jumper, which I almost had reservations about that. I don't know if I can drag in there, but you look a little bit like, maybe you're a rap mogul and that's why you're Wearing something so extraordinarily strange that it'll work the other way and not make you look poor. It'll make you look eccentric.
Big Dick Toledo
You're getting one.
Brady
I am not getting. No. I am not getting one. That's just a thing. Anyway, football happened yesterday. You got the. The Broncos fans get to go sit home. Steelers fans get to go home. Buccaneers fans got stolen last night. Didn't watch them and see that the packers are going home. It's a lot of. A lot of unique things happen. Brady's team on Friday was finally just said, hey, ceremonial games are over. Ohio State gets to play Notre Dame. Imagine that in college. Two of the biggest schools in the history of college get to play each other in the national. What?
Big Dick Toledo
Who would have seen this?
Brady
I don't know, but they got, you know, the dream has come true once again in the NCAA for the championship game. Good for them. That's a great. You know, I. I would put my money on Hulk Hogan coming out in the middle of that thing and stealing the belt. But, brother, if anybody doesn't see it that way, they're crazy, because that's how it is. But I hope your team demolishes Notre Dame. I hope that's the script for. What is it? Monday.
Brett
It's Monday. Yeah.
Brady
Inauguration.
Big Dick Toledo
Monday night Raw.
Brady
It's Monday night.
Big Dick Toledo
I'm telling you, Vince McMahon's gonna be out there.
Brett
Inauguration Day.
Brady
My goodness.
Brett
Championship.
Brady
How about that? Yeah. And I don't think the championship game is fixed. I don't think they care who wins this because they got their two big stars, but pretty sure getting them. Getting them in there was. Yeah, they were pretty happy with how that worked out. Bounce here, call here, flag here. I'm pretty sure everybody can sit back and say, yeah, these are the two biggest traveling teams, probably the two biggest ratings teams. It's nice to see. Hopefully you get it all. Does it matter to you, though, since Michigan beat Ohio State? It does.
Brett
Yeah.
Brady
Even though Michigan fans will always be like, yeah, because.
Brett
Yeah, well, they can.
Brady
Do you guys still want to fire your coach? That's been on a back and forth.
Brett
Some changes at first, but.
Brady
But now he wins a national championship. Suddenly every fan was wrong. All the knee jerk fans. That's why.
Brett
I don't know. I think there's still more. Well, it'll rekindle probably. If they. If they lose.
Brady
Well, if they lose it for sure. The Steelers fans, I always tell them, like, you knee jerk idiots, like, everybody's got to fire everybody. You turn into the Bears, you turn into the Cardinals. You have new coaches every couple years. It's dumb, but I. I always like how bark, bark, bark about coaches and gotta fire this guy, gotta fire that guy. And then they win a couple games, like, goes kind of a genius. And then they just want him to stay forever and he becomes legends. It's that poor dude in Ohio. It's just getting his ass kicked left and right. Yeah.
Brett
There's a guy that is. Dude from Sports Illustrated, said what he should do is if they win the whole thing, hold a press conference, says, hey, thank you. We won the whole thing. I'm. I'm moving on.
Brady
I quit.
Brett
Yeah.
Brady
Yeah. Screw you guys. This is dumb. You ungrateful pricks. I'm taking my trophy and I'm going home anyway. Football's the order of the day right now. It is. It dominated the weekend. Everything about it at 6:13. And we needed that distraction because, man, Frank Caliando's agent's house burned down. Pete Lee's house burned down. Tripp had his place go. There was someone else told me that they lost a house. Doug Hopkins, I didn't know that had a house he'd purchased right there. And it was going to close it. Like you don't realize. Thousands and thousands of homes burned down. So as a. We needed this distraction. Like, this was a big. So having football this weekend was at least something. So having them here tonight, Rams and Vikings, there's going to be a lot of talk about the LA fires tonight, and it's just weird to have that, like, you just. Just sitting here for whatever reason. So, yeah, we needed a distraction. We got it. We'll keep that going this morning. You give us a wake up song and we'll scream it together. It's 98 KUPD.
Larry McFeely
Wake up.
Brady
It's out of control now. PD.
Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona Episode: January 13, 2025 Title: Playoff Football In Town Tonight w/Rams Vikings Game - Splinter Went Under John's Thumbnail - Fitz Has Taken To Wearing Boiler Mechanic Style Jumpsuits And Wore One When John Took Him To Suns Game
The episode kicks off with the hosts delving into the excitement surrounding the NFL playoffs making their way to Arizona. John Holmberg emphasizes the significance of the playoffs, highlighting the uncertainty and enthusiasm among fans.
John Holmberg (01:56): “The NFL playoffs are here, and I'm not sure anybody knows really what to do about that, but they're here.”
Brady (02:00): “Those who want to go, I have a friend who named Jeremy. His wife is a Vikings fan, and he's a Packers fan...”
The discussion shifts to the challenges fans face when supporting teams with divergent loyalties, using Jeremy’s predicament between supporting the Vikings and Packers as an example. Brady advises fans to secure their playoff tickets upfront to avoid negotiation hassles, comparing it to the commitment needed for significant personal symbols like a wedding ring.
Brady (02:52): “You got to get him up front. You pay for that up front. You don't promise it...”
Big Dick Toledo (02:53): “That's prepay.”
The conversation also touches on the frustration with teams that consistently make the playoffs but fail to advance, leading to what Brady describes as "NFL purgatory." They express their disdain for the Ravens playing a playoff game in Phoenix due to natural disasters, with Toledo adding his reluctance to attend.
Big Dick Toledo (04:03): “I just don't want to fight that traffic for a team I don't care about.”
The hosts lament the state of certain teams, discussing coaching strategies and the cyclical nature of mediocrity without significant changes or star players to elevate the team’s performance.
A more personal and humorous segment unfolds when John Holmberg shares his unfortunate experience of getting a splinter under his thumbnail while managing his fireplace.
Brady (08:27): “It was a splinter off the edge of the wood that I got bamboo. It went under my thumbnail all the way to the knuckle...”
John recounts the painful ordeal of a large bamboo splinter penetrating his nail bed, describing the intense discomfort and the meticulous process required to remove it. The hosts humorously exaggerate the severity of the injury, painting a vivid picture of John's predicament.
Brady (10:23): “It was exactly one of those... a splinter under the thumbnail... horrible having something that big.”
The incident serves as a relatable anecdote, showcasing the hosts' camaraderie and ability to turn personal mishaps into entertaining discussions for their audience.
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to Fitz’s newfound affinity for boiler mechanic-style jumpsuits, which he donned while attending a Suns game with John. The hosts express their mixed reactions, balancing amusement with genuine curiosity about Fitz’s fashion choice.
Brady (14:06): “...Fitz is new. He's been off for high tide. He's back. What is he cheering?”
Brett (14:07): “The proper.”
The group describes Fitz's attire in detail, likening the jumpsuit to a baby onesie or a romper, which initially perplexes them but later garners surprising approval from bystanders.
Brady (15:08): “It was like a Big baby onesie... for better if it's a jump.”
Big Dick Toledo (15:46): “He's in Michael Myers. That's exactly it.”
Despite initial skepticism, the hosts observe that the jumpsuit received positive reactions, highlighting a waitress who admired the comfort and style of Fitz’s outfit. This segment underscores the theme of individuality and the varying perceptions of fashion choices.
Brady (17:47): “...the waitress that walked by us that he thought was 175 and I said, might be 120, I kind of fooled her into a conversation about weight where she revealed her own weight, and she said, I'm120.3 pounds.”
The discussion extends to the practicality and acceptance of such attire, with Fitz demonstrating functional features like a unicorn zipper, which intrigues the hosts and their listeners.
Brady (18:43): “He's got like this little unicorn zipper that everything comes out of that.”
The hosts contemplate whether this trend might catch on, balancing humor with genuine interest in the potential shift in casual or functional fashion among the youth.
Brady (25:34): “Men call those coveralls, John. You know, men that can change their windshield wipers type of guys.”
Fitz’s jumpsuit becomes a metaphor for embracing unique personal styles and challenging conventional norms, encouraging listeners to consider their own fashion choices and expressions.
Towards the latter part of the episode, the conversation briefly touches on various topics, including a college basketball game experience, with Fitz expressing his awe at the sport's pace.
Brady (28:55): “He's never seen a professional game in my life. Like, it was...”
The hosts also reflect on the broader context of recent events, such as house fires affecting listeners and acquaintances, emphasizing the need for distractions like football during challenging times.
Brady (32:07): “Football's the order of the day right now. It is. It dominated the weekend. Everything about it...”
The episode concludes with a mix of light-hearted banter and reflections on the intersection of sports, personal experiences, and community events, encapsulating the show's blend of humor, personal stories, and engagement with current happenings.
This episode of "Holmberg's Morning Sickness" masterfully intertwines the excitement of local playoff football with personal anecdotes, creating a rich tapestry of discussions that engage and entertain Arizona's #1 morning radio audience. From the frustration of perennial playoff teams to the humorous mishaps of splinters and unconventional fashion choices, the hosts deliver a relatable and lively conversation that resonates with both sports enthusiasts and everyday listeners. Notable quotes and timestamps throughout the episode highlight the authenticity and camaraderie of the hosts, making it a compelling listen for those looking to catch up on the latest from 98 KUPD without tuning in.