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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.
Brady
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Dick Toledo
Is it out? I thought it was out next week.
Brady
Came out a couple days ago. The first episodes out. And she's. She's got Tourette syndrome. And she's funny. Like really funny. And she does things so to wind it up where she. It's constant. Her ticks are consistent. Yeah. And she's got like 10 million followers on Instagram. And she's doing.
E
But she's.
Brady
Her, her show is now on TLC and it just kind of follows her around and you know, some of the stuff she. I like it when she sees a lot. Well, that's Tourette's. It's a lot of that. Tourette's. Yeah. But she's got a thing where if she sees a bald person, she goes, yep, you're bald. Like every time. It's hilarious. And then she goes, I'm sorry you're bald. I'm sorry I'm your bald. And then it goes into the thing. Well, it's not easy to be this. I've watched this for a while. Like, she's been at it for a little bit. So people will send me clips of Balin Dupree and if you haven't watched, very entertaining. So I haven't seen the show yet, but I want to watch it. And it is now out. I did watch a girl who has Tourette's who is not Balin Dupree and she's got a very similar situation, but she's overweight and she has dark hair and what she does is go on social media and find people claiming to have Tourette's and says, whether or not they're real, right? These are fake. They're faking it. They're. They're, you know, exploiting this for their own gains and trying to be funny. And I can tell when a tic is fake and when it's real. A lot of times it's. When it's the exact same thing. Wind it up like that kind of thing. She does it all the time, and it's out of nowhere. There's no reason for it. And a few things she. Baby, baby weenie.
E
She says all the time, little baby weenie.
Brady
And she'll do it in the middle of a sentence. She's got a boyfriend, all this stuff. But this one girl that has had it, she's like, I felt so sorry for her. She's on TikTok and she's like, I've been doing this for about eight or nine years now, and I've been online. And then she goes crazy with her tics, goes back to what she's saying. And I've been trying to tell people, like, expose what Tourette's is and let people know what it is. And now Balin Dupree is doing it. And I've analyzed it, and it's all real. And you can see that it disappointed her because Balin Dupree is also pretty.
Dick Toledo
And this one.
Brady
And that's why she got the show. The other girl has the same ticks, has the same agenda, which is bringing light to the Tourette's world to say.
Dick Toledo
Look, are they same age?
Brady
About.
Dick Toledo
Yeah.
Brady
But this one looks like she ate Wednesday Adams. And the other one is Balin Dupree.
Dick Toledo
I can't tell is she in high school or College.
Brady
She's 22.
Dick Toledo
Okay.
Brady
So the thing about her is, is that if she and I say if she didn't have beautiful hair, would we be annoyed by her? But because she's pretty, Tourette's is funny. Now, it's not a weird.
Dick Toledo
Or if I hear. See those tics out in public because there's a couple people that went to Alex's school at it. I giggle.
Brady
Oh, it's hilarious. But that's the thing. The point being, if you say the exact same thing, Big Wednesday Addams comes in and starts going, rip, rip. You're like. And you feel bad. Balin does it, and it's like, yeah, but you're pretty. It's okay.
F
Little baby weenie.
E
Yeah, little baby weenie.
Brady
And you're like, she's adorable. It just goes to show you that we would wouldn't care about your disease as much if you were also like, blessed with amazing hair. She's got great hair like Shelly Boggs. Super Nintendo Shelly Boggs. Incredible hair. If she started just having tics and being crazy, you'd still be like, that's Jodi Arias. I just got the picture of her. If she sat at a bar dressed as good as she looked in the picture that was sent and told you what she did and then at the end said, do you want to get a room? There isn't a guy on the planet. Would be like, you know what? Yes, that sounds great. Like pretty wins. Is it fair? No. But would Balin Dupree have a TV show and be the spokesperson for Tourette's? If it was about the Tourette's. It is not. Because that fat girl that's been doing this online for years never got any attention because we watch her have tics and we're like, well, if I laughed her, I'd feel bad. Balin's boyfriend's there. He's handsome. She's just as cute as can be. Yip yip, mother.
E
No baby weenie.
Brady
It's like there's something really wrong with her. But she's so cute. I don't care. The fat girl does. It's like you're bald. Like, hey, you.
Dick Toledo
I'm sorry.
Brady
I have Tourette's. I don't give a ugly. And just kind of more it like she wants to expose Tourette's to the people and say, understand me. But we wouldn't if she wasn't pretty. And that's. It's casting a light more on society and how we view things rather than it is our interest in like, wow, I really want to be more accepting. No, we're not. If she had bad hair and was out of shape and like didn't.
E
Wasn't pretty enough.
Brady
Her boyfriend was a pig. And they'd just be a. Maybe you get a documentary out of. You're not getting a TV show.
F
So the show will be.
Brady
Well, there's. That's the extreme to the other side.
F
And how many seasons they.
Brady
Yeah, but I mean. I mean you're talking about apples and landmines. Totally different. You're not gonna find beautiful Thousand pound Girls. The whole. They called it Thousand Pound Sisters. Watch that. That's P.T. barnum stuff. Pretty girl with Tourette's.
E
That's Springer type. Yeah.
Brady
Pretty girl with Tourette's. You pay attention to Ugly girl with Tourette's. You're like, eh, freak. And you just ignore sad. It takes a beautiful person to make us go, I'm interested in Tourette's. But it is funny when she does it. The other girl can shut up and, you know, she's tried so hard. But when you watch her video of, like, I've done the exact same thing for a decade. I've got 154 followers. Balin has 9 million. You're bald. Yeah, the fat one calls me names. I might take a swing at her. Balin does it, and I'm like, you're cute, freak. You can't be serious. You can't just scream you're bald at someone. You, sorry, I have a disease. Well, take it somewhere else. Balin's like, you're bald. Like, yup. But it's on now if you want to watch. She's very funny. I don't know if she means to be. Her family's funny. I don't hang out with her. I'd be just laughing. Oh, I'd be down. Well, that's what her boyfriend does, which makes you comfortable with it. These incredibly attractive people are dealing with something really weird. And, you know, if they were ugly, we wouldn't care. It's stupid. But if you want to watch, it's on there. The other thing I've been watching is the final installment, the last episodes of the Curious Case of Natalia. Grace.
F
I don't know.
Brady
It's time we put her.
F
Fine. It's the last.
Brady
Oh, maybe not. It's time we put her down. By the way, she's with a new family, and she's destroyed their lives. So there's a group of little people that took her in. They kidnapped her because she begged them to please come get me. My parents are abusive. I have to get out of here. And they're like, you. You were my last hope. And they drive all the way to Tennessee, have a meeting point, stuff her in a van and get her out. And now she's like, I don't really want to be here. I love my family a lot. And they're like. And now. And they're all Midge.
F
Is that the. Okay, so away from the pastor family.
Brady
The pastor's gone. That's who's. That's who she escapes from. Okay, so she goes to this Midge family that she knew when she was real little, and they have a baby that's like her, and they're little, and the whole house is, like, retrofitted to where she can reach the sink. It's perfect for. And she's living with them, but she's not giving them a penny. And now the. Now the husband, 34 years with the midwife. And they're, like, special, too. They're not normal midge. They've got extra midge. He's leaving her. He's like, I told you not to do this. And so Natalia Grace is because of Natalia. Yeah, because she came in and just so she masturbates too loud and they can hear her. Stop it. They had to text her to say stop. Wow. Come on. It's pretty good stuff. It's a pretty good show. But we keep examining, like, why these people like this last. If you followed the Curious case of Natalia Grace, the first couple shows, you felt sorry for her because she was like, eight with pubes and came in and the family adopted her, saw the pubes and, like, bought her an apartment and made her live by herself because they thought she was 20. But it turned out she was, like 8. So she lived on her own for a while. Then some other family said, this is wrong, and they stuffed her in an attic and then moved away. And then she couldn't work the stairs, so she was in there for a while. Then this pastor comes along. He's not a real pastor, He's a bishop. Not a real bishop. He started his own church, calls himself Bishop, and all he does is collect checks of orphans. So he does it. He legally kind of takes custody of these kids and then gets 700 bucks a month for each one he's got eight. It doesn't seem to be enough, like, seven kids for. That's too much. Like, I better be making a million bucks a year if I've got seven kids I didn't want in the first place. But. So she leaves them, and this new Midge family takes her in, and they're, like, sweet and wonderful and nice. And then she starts rubbing her being too loud to this guy she knows in England named Neil. And Neil and her are in love.
F
That's what she said next.
Brady
Oh, no, that's what I said. If there is one. But they've made it. So you're not going to follow her anymore where she goes. She burns the place down. So the crazy part is that I think Neil, her boyfriend in uk, told his friends at a pub, you know, I've been doing.
E
I've been texting back and forth. Let Natalia Grace. You pig. Neil, you're not really doing that, are you? I'll show you. Watch this, mate. Hey, love, what's up? Why don't you show me that hooey?
Brady
And then she'll take a picture of her Natalia, her weird crippled Huey and then fire it over to him. And he's so he's like the catalyst for why the bishop didn't want her there anymore is because her and Neil were having an improper report relationship and he was turning, he was putting Satan in her head and making her hate the family. And so whenever anything goes wrong with the family that the the bishop starts screaming, sir, you a liar. Like he loses. He's nuts too. But then they had to text her and go, hey, you're a 22 year old girl, you're adult, you're allowed to do what you want. But if you could rub your being a little quieter, we're trying to sleep, that'd be nice. And she's like, oh, sorry, I didn't know you could hear me. And you're moaning with Neil. Visit Home Birds morning sickness online at.
F
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Brady
Neil's off in the UK but there's no way Neil's gonna meet her. So I because there was one point where they're like Neil. They tried to show a picture Neil and it was blurry and then it said on the screen. Neil has asked to remain anonymous throughout the first anonymity for safety reasons. And I'm like, no. Neil does not want people to know back in England that he's doing this, because this has been a joke with Neil and his friends at the pub for a while. See if you can get Natalia to send pictures of her cans.
Dick Toledo
Oh, my God, she did it.
Brady
All right, guys, up now. Points on me.
E
I got the shots we've been begging for. I have in my hands Natalia, Grace, naked and masturbating. I told you. Ten quid each.
Brady
I told you.
E
Oh, my God, he's done it.
Brady
Asia Quid, mate.
E
Nice work. Let's see those things. Good Christ, they're worse than I thought.
Brady
Now you.
E
You have her with her club foot out, right? Yeah, I talked her into that. Into using her foot, like, trying to suck on that, since her face is so close to it. The first place they've asked me to be in the documentary. I gotta go. Stay anonymous, Neil. People, you can't be the guy. They'll find us out.
F
That'll be the third version of the Gentleman.
Brady
There's something. There's a pub in England right now.
E
With a bunch of dudes going, neil's getting too close. They gotta find us. Right? I love you, too.
Brady
Like, that's the fun part is they'll.
E
Have him on the phone and the.
Brady
Whole documentary all the time. They love you.
E
What? Love you. He's like, all right, you're right. I love you, too. Okay, I'll talk later. Close call, mates. She's certain that she's coming out here, but nobody will buy her ticket. She's asking me for money. Don't do it, Neil. 10,000 quid, Neil, if you bang her at the bar.
Dick Toledo
Show me the 10.
E
All right. Yeah.
Brady
Break out.
E
Give me five up front. Five up front. You pay the airfare. We'll get Natalia Grace here. I'll pick her up the airport, Heathrow, and I'll badger right here at the bar.
F
That's where it's going.
Brady
Well, that's not a show, Brady. That's not a show. No producers putting that on tv. That is violence. That's not right. If you found out that this was a bar bet, you can't have it on tv. But I'm the one speculating that the bar bet is actually happening. That's why Neil remains blurry on the show and everybody else isn't.
E
I'd rather not show my face in this.
Brady
But I thought you loved her, right?
E
I still don't want people to know that.
Brady
But you've overcome so much. You met online. She had a relationship with a guy from the Middle east as well, right before she met Neil online. And she was rubbing her bean a.
Dick Toledo
Lot for the Middle Eastern guy. Yeah.
Brady
And sending him shots. Well, that's what they're worried about. So the bishop's like Satan alive. He gonna have. Is this Neil gonna traffic her? And he thinks that Neil wants her to fly to the UK So we can sell her to sheets and stuff. Nobody's trafficking that I didn't get in traffic. Traffic something that's a little bit more valuable. There's. You're not getting top dollar for Natalia Grace in the trafficking market. I'll tell you right now. Dying. That's something that Larry and I would do, I bet.
E
Yeah.
Brady
$100,000. You can't get Natalia Grace to masturbate to you on the phone by Friday. And then you start doing the text, what's up, love? And he's doing it. So I am fascinated. There's one more episode left, but she has just scorched earth right behind her. Right through this new family's house to where this one guy who found a match 34 years ago with another lady with the same little person's disease he has. And it's not just Midge. They've got something special. Like you can't hit them too hard or their spinal collapse. They're Caleb's sort of this particular type of little person syndrome. Like if you bump them too hard, their spines break and then they're paralyzed. And they're always talking about that like, ah, you could have paralyzed me. Like they're worried about it constantly. Which you would be if you were like, yeah, if you're walking bumped. If you're walking that spinal tightrope every.
Dick Toledo
Day, you're a little tense about that stuff.
Brady
Ah, careful. But he told his wife. He told his wife, look, I'm going to go out on the market. If you keep her in our house, I'm just going to try to find something else. And it is a short person. His options are limited. He's a middle aged, tiny man. Him wandering out as a single guy. He's got the match. He's got the love of a lifetime firehouse in his hands. He can't let her go. But Natalia is such a horrible human being. And it's no longer do I feel sorry for Natalia Grace. She is an awful mother who has ruined lives across the nation and now jumps the pond to Neil. Will there be another show with Neil? If Neil's smart and takes the Check. He will do it. But Neil is the funniest part. If you watch this and because women will buy it. Oh, my God, she found love. I'm like, no, there's a dude in a pub getting naked pictures of a freak.
Dick Toledo
You only understood the male brain when.
Brady
You'Re around your body. I'm watching that. I'm like, oh, boy, Neil, I know what you're doing the second he blurred up.
E
Rather not be seen, if you know.
Brady
What I'm talking about. Yeah, but you're on the phone.
E
I'll be in the documentary. Just don't show me on Facebook and stuff. Don't. That's illegal. I'll sue you. I want to get a little tight, mates. I've got a lot of heat on me to show my face on Natalia. Gray cell. But then they'll know, Neil, right, I'm.
Brady
Not gonna do it.
F
My wife wouldn't appreciate it.
Brady
Hundred quid.
E
Neil says that you can't get her to put a wooden spoon in there.
Brady
Holder quid. Let me see it.
E
Morning, love. What's going on?
Dick Toledo
All right, Nigel, you hold the hundred quid.
E
How close?
Brady
You're right back. How close you to the kitchen?
E
I'm going to bed because there's a time difference. I'm going to bed early and, like, see a picture of you. Maybe like a wooden spoon in there. I know, freaky, right? All right, mates.
Brady
100 quid. Here it is.
E
That's a plastic spoon. She didn't have access.
F
That's why it was so loud in the house.
Brady
He's clanking around through kitchen drawers trying to find Neil's last request. Do we have egg beaters? Yeah, we're right here. I'll be right back. Don't put those in you, Natalia.
F
But, Neil, she did. She didn't wash them either.
E
Holy Christ, mate.
F
Put them right back in the drawer.
E
Ever take off one of them Frankenstein boots she wears? Shove that in there.
Brady
Hundred quid. Neil's making out like a bandit over there, getting all these pictures of this crippled girl. But I do not feel sorry for Natalia Grace at all anymore. And it's easy. Like, the mom keeps going. I just don't know what to do. Give her back to the bishop. That may or may not have hit her. He might have been onto something. This chick's horrible. Just because she's got a disease doesn't mean she's not an asshole.
E
She's horrible.
Brady
What she makes on that trail, I don't know. They said 300 grand for the Dr. Phil episodes and they're just Dr. Phil.
E
Yeah, and the Bishop took it.
Brady
And then so they're out of money and they bought a trailer.
Dick Toledo
So she didn't get it. You're saying the Bishop took her, stole her money?
Brady
Oh, she's got no money at all. Oh, wow. So then the new family gives her a. Shoots her over a cash app payment, like a hundred bucks, and she fires it right over the Bishop immediately. It's like, we just rescued you from there. She's like, yeah, but they needed some money. You bitch. You just took the new family that rescued you. Us midges. And we gave you 100 bucks to go get some pizza or something. And she fires it over to the Bishop and his wife. And now they're in a constant battle on who the payee is on the Social Security. Cause Natalia still lets the Bishop have her checks. 700 bucks a month.
Dick Toledo
John, if there's any ladies out there who doubt your take on Neil, just remember Anthony Michael hall in Sixteen Candles did the same ploy, and we thought it was funny.
Brady
It used to be hilarious when Farmer Ted went in the bathroom. 100 books if they couldn't get your panties. And he did it. She gave them to him. Trust me, Neil's up to something. I don't want Natalia in the next one. I want a documentary of Neil, the pub master joke teller.
E
All right, what's next? What we got here, all right, mate, is a girl in India who's got no eyes and no legs. Let's see if we can get her torso to do any nudie photos.
Brady
They should be funny.
E
She can't see what she's sending.
F
That would be the fascinating one. You find out that Neil has been.
Brady
Doing this for years, internationally, getting all these freaks to send him nudes. So the dudes at the pub hand over drinks.
E
I haven't paid for a drink for 15 years, mate. Since the invention of Facebook. I find a crip, she sends me nudes. Boys buy me pints.
F
Cyclops for two years, right?
E
It was a girl with one eye right in the middle. No nose, just an eye. What I'd like to see is maybe you go out, get yourself a man, and lay a male penis across that.
Brady
Eye and send a shot.
E
That's 20. That's 20 quid from everybody in the pub. Have you seen what Neil's been doing? He's got a lady who's just the head and a bag of bones, calls herself Kenny Loggins. He's got her masturbating on the.
Brady
On the.
E
On the telly.
Brady
So anyway, Watch the new Natalia Grace and tell me what you think of Neil, because I'm telling you right now, he's up to something, and he may be my idol.
Dick Toledo
I don't know if this guy watches the show, John, but Natalia, Grace's new sister, is cute af.
Brady
I know he's not wrong. That's so hard to watch and think the same thing. He's got a mid.
E
She's. She move.
Brady
Moved into the Midge family, and they've got a little one, too, and she's like 18, and they were friends when she was like 5, and Natalia was either 11 or 38, and so they were tooling around on bikes together when they were young. And now she's kind of grown up into this. She's. She's hot. But then they show her body. Like, they'll show a shot of her face, like, what a beautiful, cute girl. And then her whole body pops out and it's like 1ft, 3 inches tall and wide, like. Like muffins out of a tin.
E
But she's cute.
Brady
That dude's right.
E
She's kind of.
Brady
Especially comping next to Natalia. She's hot. Anyway, it's on Max, if you're interested. Just a little review there for you. The new seasons.
F
I've gone over it twi.
Brady
It's a little slow at first.
F
All of the other one kind of slow, too, A little bit.
Brady
It gets a little slow. Neil's worth it. The whole first family that started this thing, they're not even in it. The guy's in it for like two minutes, and he wants to be an.
F
Actor now and didn't get in trouble for anything, right?
Brady
Well, the one lady went to jail.
F
Okay?
Brady
Italian Grace is the history. Is she. Where she goes, you know, scorched earth, rubble. Yeah, it's pretty good. Watch that thing. You'll enjoy it. So bailing out loud, fun, cute girl with a disease. We'll tolerate that. Natalia Grace, horrendous girl with a disease. But if you watch the way I'm watching, Neil makes it fun.
Dick Toledo
John, if you like the Tourette scales, there's another one on Instagram called Sweet Anita.
E
Is she cute?
Brady
She's cute. We only care if they're cute. Brady and I played golf with a guy with physical Tourette's once, and he shot a 66 or something like that at the hardest course we've ever played in our lives. What?
Dick Toledo
He calms down during a swing.
Brady
It's amazing.
F
Smooth.
Brady
He's dancing around like he's a chicken on a hot plate. Until he swings. Oh, Balan's got her all day. That one's fine.
Dick Toledo
She's got, like, almost a million followers. But she does twitch, though.
Brady
I mean, well, she does twitch.
Dick Toledo
All right, I should have clarified the.
Brady
She's all right. She's not as good as Balin. Her hair's not good. She's like. She looks like somebody tried to do a drawing of Billie Eilish and didn't do a very good job. Nice cans, though. All right, I'll give you that. It is a nice set of cans. That's a good picture of her there. But Balin's got better hair.
E
Whoa, whoa.
Brady
Did you read this? What's it say? Family heirloom self defense dildo story time. What? She tells dirty stories, apparently. I don't know.
John Holmberg
I just.
Brady
Heirloom dildos. All right, I'm. I might be interested in what you just found. Anyway, that's enough of that. We got the hot releases coming up in just moments. It's 98. It's out of control now. 98, KPD.
Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona Episode Summary: January 14, 2025
Host: John Holmberg
Co-hosts: Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo
Release Date: January 14, 2025
The episode kicks off with John Holmberg providing a comprehensive rundown of the local comedy scene in Arizona. He highlights various venues and upcoming performances:
John invites listeners to secure tickets via the respective websites, setting an energetic tone for the morning show.
Main Discussion:
The conversation rapidly shifts to the portrayal of Tourette's Syndrome in media, focusing on two prominent figures: Balin Dupree and another, lesser-known individual.
Balin Dupree's Show on TLC:
Brady Bogen expresses excitement about Balin Dupree's new show, Balain Dupree: Bailin Out Loud, which airs on TLC. He praises Balin's authenticity and humor despite her Tourette's:
"She's funny. Like really funny. And she does things so to wind it up where she... it's constant. Her ticks are consistent." ([02:52])
Brady highlights Balin's large Instagram following of 10 million, emphasizing her genuine representation of Tourette's:
"She's got 10 million followers on Instagram. And she's doing... her show is now on TLC and it just kind of follows her around." ([03:06])
Critique of Another Tourette's Representation:
"Whether or not they're real, right? These are fake. They're, they're, you know, exploiting this for their own gains and trying to be funny." ([04:08])
Impact of Appearance on Perception:
A significant portion of the discussion revolves around how attractiveness influences public perception of individuals with Tourette's. Brady argues that society is more accepting and entertained by Balin due to her appearance:
"But Balin Dupree would have a TV show and be the spokesperson for Tourette's? If it was about the Tourette's. It is not. Because that fat girl that's been doing this online for years never got any attention because we watch her have tics and we're like, well, if I laughed her, I'd feel bad." ([05:08])
He further elaborates that beauty can overshadow the seriousness of the condition, leading to different receptions:
"It just goes to show you that we would wouldn't care about your disease as much if you were also like, blessed with amazing hair." ([05:20])
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Overview of the Show:
Character Analysis:
Natalia Grace: Portrayed as a complex character whose actions are increasingly antagonistic. Brady criticizes her behavior, describing her as an "awful mother" who ruins lives:
"She is an awful mother who has ruined lives across the nation and now jumps the pond to Neil." ([21:11])
The Bishop: A dubious character who claims to care for orphans but is suspected of exploiting them financially:
"He calls himself Bishop, and all he does is collect checks of orphans. So he does it. He legally kind of takes custody of these kids and then gets 700 bucks a month for each one." ([09:29])
Neil: A mysterious figure in the UK involved with Natalia. The hosts express suspicion about his intentions, suggesting he might be exploiting Natalia:
"Neil's making out like a bandit over there, getting all these pictures of this crippled girl. But I do not feel sorry for Natalia Grace at all anymore." ([21:11])
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Social Commentary:
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Sweet Anita and Other Representations:
"She's cute. We only care if they're cute." ([25:44])
Conclusion:
Final Quotes:
In this episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona, the hosts engage in a critical discussion about the portrayal of Tourette's Syndrome in media. They laud Balin Dupree's authentic and humorous representation while condemning others who exploit the condition for personal gain. The conversation extends to a detailed analysis of The Curious Case of Natalia Grace, highlighting themes of manipulation, societal perceptions of disabilities, and the impact of appearance on public reception. Through sharp commentary and notable quotes, the hosts provide insightful perspectives on how media shapes our understanding and empathy towards individuals with Tourette's and other disabilities.
Disclaimer: This summary is based on the provided transcript and aims to encapsulate the key points and discussions from the episode. For a complete experience, tuning into the actual podcast is recommended.