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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 for the amazing people at the Core Institute, Life can throw you a curveball now and again. One day you're trucking along, feeling great. Next day your dog smashes into your head and knocks you cold. Or like a KUPD listener told me this week, his dog did a sprint across the backyard directly into the side of his wife's leg and blew her knee up. She needed that need to get fixed and fixed right? Two years later, she's running like she used to again. And it's all thanks to the Core Institute. I went through it, too. And you can get rid of your pain and start saying, yes, I can to all the things you want to do. And. And all you have to do is trust the experts at the Core Institute head there right now. The core institute.com morning sickness radiate. That's hilarious. We just realized our IT guy. When we need him, we all turn into Alan Thicke from Growing P. Make Makeup. Make, make, make, make. And he's in the office of Ben, which was the other kid from Growing. Ben. Ben. Mike. Mike. We need a Carol and we need a Maggie. We'll round out the whole cast so we can all scream Alan Thicke style names. Mike. He's been dead for a decade now. That's crazy. Hey, just remember when he died on the hockey rink, he had a heart attack playing celebrity hockey. It's crazy, Mike. And then you just went down. I forgot it was celebrity hockey. Celebrity hockey. And rolled out, hit the deck, got him off the ice. And everybody got a phone call. Two quick things before we go. I gotta. Or before we get on to the next thing, I have a happy birthday I missed yesterday from Sherry the Jew. You've met Sherry the Jew. I believe we've all met Sherry the Jew. Sherry the Jew at the Suns game. She works over at the Dos Equis Lounge, and she's awesome. And that's her Nickname is. Her email even includes like the Jew at the end of it. And she loves saying that. So Sherry's friend toy is. It was her birthday and she's like, please say happy birthday, Toy for me. So I have to do that second. I got this from somebody this morning and these are those moments it says, good morning, guys. Love the show. Longtime listener. My dog Willow just passed away early this morning. I woke up and she was gone. I have had a lot of dogs in my life and I've never had that experience where you wake up, find them. I've. I say this. In all honesty, I say this and I mean it. I've always had the ability to get to take care of that. And that's a gift that I've always been the one who controlled how it ended. And that is hard as hell. I can't imagine walking in and finding your dog gone. Anyway, woke up and she was gone. Beautiful blue nosed pit bull. She would have been 10 this March. Thank you for everything you guys do for the laughs, especially during this crappy morning. And please give a shout out to Willow and everyone out there. Give your best friend a little extra love in her honor sign. Tony got it done. Everybody give your dog a cookie in honor of Willow this morning because another one's gone and that's not fun. I can't imagine what you're going through there, Tony. That's no fun. I've never had that. I had a friend of mine have his five year old German shepherd or something mixed with something, but he had a heart attack in the middle of the night and woke up and he's laying in his bed and he didn't get up. I can't grasp it. So I know you're having a tough go there, Tony, and I don't want that to continue. So everybody gets a hug and a cookie today in honor of Willow. That's rough stuff we've all got. And that just means you should get home bird bound more because that just helps the Arizona Humane Society and give these dogs, these cats and dogs and these animals, they bring us so much homes and better worlds because they make our lives better, that's for darn sure. It's time for the hot releases. They're brought to you by our friends@newacunit.com and you can still use the promo code, Holmberg. And knock a thousand bucks off, whatever the end price is. I was talking to Kevin Ray the other day. He's doing it. I told him about the promo code and then he's like, well, I got to get other bids. I'm like, no, you don't, Kevin. Trust me. Game's different now. Don't have people wandering over to your house again. I told you when I had that rental house, new AC unit got me the price. I think that if I remember right, the price on that one was 6,000 total. With everything all said and done, which means with the promo code, it would have been 5,000. I had a bid for $18,000 and another one for 11 from other companies. Tell me how that's that different between the same places. I just don't get it. So new acunit.com. they're just better than everybody else. They're gonna save you some money and another thousand on top of it just for knowing how to spell my name. Save thousand, Save time. Buy online. New ac unit.com. toledo, you go first. He can't because Mike's not here. Mike, you're ruining the. You're ruining the Sigmund Mike. All right, let's start with new stuff from Cherry. Oh, the sun ain't gonna shine anymore. Volbeat or Cher. You be the judge. Okay. Is she trying to be sexy? Please don't. Of course she is. Please don't act your age. Cher, Osteoporosis, Shotgun blues. My bones are weak. Loneliness, y'all. She got Marri Great again. She's got her mask hair back on. It's gotta be a winner. She looks great. That's your daughter. Like your granddaughter. This is a Chaz Tolminteri movie. What are we looking at? This has got to be like an old movie or something because he's doesn't look that good anymore. Is the computer making him look young? Are you sure this is new? Yeah, it was released seven days ago. I don't know. Is that Chaz Palminteri when he was like 40 maybe. It is an old song, but it was released seven days ago. Well, they re released a 40 year old song. Cher looks amazing. Let's go to this then. Tanner, Adele, Buckle bunny. All right. She looks good. She might make me change my mind on country music for a second. Oh, she's got to hold them in. Oh, she's holding her cans in. I'm at the mini mart in a miniskirt Bout to steal your man in a torn up T shirt this ain't the ham dance. We all got tramp stamps acrylic covered and barbecue at the line dance cast. Thanks, Beyonce. Spin me like a sperm make my snake skin rattle round them like cattle Looking like Beyonce with A lasso. I'm a buckle bunny. Drive my own truck. Got country music. People aren't going to be real happy that this is what happened to their stuff, but I like it. It's better. That's better than the crap you guys have been pumping out about fishing, driving trucks and stuff. I'd rather see slutty country girls. Buckle bunnies. Original stuff. Give me some buckle bunny action. Way over fishing poles and wrenches. Here's new stuff from Pop Evil. This is wishful thinking. Okay. Are we playing this? Not sure if we're playing this one yet. I'm sure we probably are. When did he turn into John Travolta from Face Off. You turn your back. The blow was low. We stood behind the noose and turned around. Uhoh. Turn the whole. 21 pilots. Yeah. Stolen. My God, they're gonna get sued. Okay. You expect a call from lawyers. That's got a lot of that. 21 pilots. Was it 21 pilots or imagine dragons? Which one is that? That's 21 pilots. Yeah. Lacuna coil. This is gravity. She's gonna go nuts in this. Kind of like this. That could have been wildly vulgar. I can't tell. I didn't get a chance to listen to this one. But new stuff from Hammers. All right. Effed around and found out. Is it clean? I don't know. I didn't get a chance because we were listening to AI. It's like a new Elvin Bishop. Hammers. That's a lot. There's too much going on. I like it, but there's two. Two things going on when you're trying to keep the F word off the air. Yeah. Song's too tense. Visit Holmberg's morning sickness online@98kupd.com College hoops are here, and there's no better place to catch the action than Hooters. Fuel up with a baller bundle. 10 boneless wings, crispy fries, dressing, and a fountain drink starting at just $9.99. Want to level up your game day experience? Swap the fountain drink for a Beat the Buzzer special, featuring your choice of beatbox or buzz balls for a low price. This offer is for game days only, so grab your crew, enjoy the action, and feast on the flavors you love. Only at Hooters, the original wing joined since 1983. Hey, it's Larry McFeely here with Wayne from Amco and Wayne. Now that it's getting warmer, I turned on the AC in my car and the air's blowing. Kind of cool, but it really smells. Like a basement. What can I do about that, Larry? Your car's AC system should be checked and serviced every year. Plus, replacing the cabin air filter helps the air blow strong and takes away any nasty smell. Nice. Is that a big deal to get done? Not at all. It takes about an hour, and in most cases, we can do it while you wait. That's awesome. I'll say. We're Amco. Google Amco for your nearest location. That's Amco Double A MCO transmissions and a whole lot more. Holmberg's morning sickness. Maya's Kita. I don't know. Spell it. You tell me. My S. S? Is that what that is? Yeah. Ms. Kita. Mosquito. So the way Brady says mosquito got bit by a mosquito. Trans. Yep. It is, right? I think so. That's what Mesquite is about. She picked up Iggy Pop along the way in the video. I think Iggy Pop looks better than that. Yeah, that's true. Get Mosquito out of the car. I gotta see this thing. Oh, no. The trans and the Biggie pop are doing it. What am I looking at? What are you doing? There's a third trans. All right. I don't know what's going on, Brad. Where did you find Mesquita? I don't know. It just came up. Are those nice cans or are those drawn on? I think they're drawn on. Billboard magazine describes Ms. Kita as an icon of anti establishment and queer culture in Italy. Italian. Queer. You can pronounce this name? That's what that looks like. This is a misspelled homo. F word. It's fajata. Say, like Bogota, but it's like faygo. You see something else, but you have to say Faygo. Yeah, this is Feijata, but it's spelled worse. Whoa. The algorithm has found bread. Whoa. What's going on with this? Italian sluts. One's actually real, though. Oh, my. What am I watching, Brett? I don't know. I feel bad because they're, like, in a high school classroom and then she's. She goes crazy slut. Now what? She says. Oh, my God. Was there an audition for the most beautiful women in Italy's freshman year college? Sounds like, I don't know, Portuguese or something. Wow. Her Jews. I could watch that for a couple of hours. So there's that. We'll get back to normal. Boy, that's vegeta. Yes. I think I am not pronouncing it because I'll screw it up. G, E, T, A, Ata. Ata. Yes. F, A, G, T, G, A. T, A, F. Yeah. You don't want to say the first? Nope. Because I'll screw it up. Breaking Benjamin, I believe. Why would your dad say that? I wouldn't. He wouldn't. Not on the air. He wouldn't earn it. Heartbreaking Benjamin. Yeah. This is Awakened. I believe we are playing this one. Okay. I think this is their first new song since, like, 2011 or Something Wild or 2018. We are playing this one. And by the way, what's going on with the Grecian formula? Haven't they improved this? These rock bands are. That is dark. Your hair can't be the same color as a Chinese guy in the 1950s. That is look like my leather jacket. I want this to be, like, as black as black can possibly get. I want to. Don't forget the beard. Make it look unnatural, like an evil guy from a Knight Rider episode in the 80s. That guy's got frosted tips. Yeah, tips. Right. Okay. Yeah. That he needs to Mythbusters. Your beard looks weird. All right, that brings us to N word or F word. Okay. The game that is sweeping the nation. We're going too short. Shake that monkey. Now, there is an S word. Before we get to the one of the other two words. Give me a warning on that. Okay. Did I win last time? No, I did. Oh, you did. That's right. With romantic word. Which worked. You were right. It'll be basically be in the chorus. It'll be shake that. Okay. Okay. I'll go friendly. N word. Ready? Bringing all his friends to the party. Yeah. Because little John's on it. Yeah. I'll go F word. I'll go mf. Mf. Yeah. All right. Is it pretty quick? Yeah, yeah. Okay. Careful. Tell me when. Hey, let's go. There it goes. That was it. That was it. It was the N word, right? Yes. Yeah. I heard it was freestyle there. I missed it, Bob. There it is. There it is. I did too freak that. Hey, yeah. That's a friendly one there. Toledo's two and up. Toledo is street. He's on a men roll. Crushing it, kid. You are. That's two in a row. Fun game. I sweat. I got a lot of work to do with that game. I missed it, too. All right, Speed through. Anything good? Give me highlights. Get on there. That's that American primeval. It's good. What's that? When he rolled out like, that was the one in Utah. The Mormons going west in 1856. Oh, yeah. That was good. That was last week. I forgot about that. And the springer document director on it and the Springer documentary. Everybody's raving about that thing like it's good. All right. Out on Apple tv. Plus season two of Severance. We're actually been running ads for this. Yeah, I hear that's great. That's what I hear. First episode was good. I got bored with it in the first couple episodes, but takes a while to get going. Yeah, I know. You're still weighing whether to return to Lumen. Yeah, that's about. It's just the mark I've come to know. I don't know. I don't know what's going on with it. Yeah, I know a lot of people know it. You know it. If. If you don't, then there's still time to get in on it. Season 5 of Harlequin on HBO, which means it's the R rated version of animation. No, thanks. No, thanks. All right. Lady Gaga has ruined a lot of things. We saw this on the Golden Globe Awards. A Different man starring Sebastian Stan. Oh, yeah. He won an award for that. Yeah. This is out, I believe, on hbo Max as well. Edward, do you work for Facebook? No, but I like an elephant. I get this a lot. Oh, hey, neighbor. People can be cruel. I imagine all unhappiness in life comes from not accepting what is. You all told me that. That's crazy. Lady Gaga. All right, so it's got this elephant man's disease in his face, and he's got a. And then they fix him. I don't know. Guess you gotta watch to find out, Right? A documentary called Becoming Hitchcock the Legacy of Blackmail is out on Netflix, I believe. The exclusive first look at the brand new documentary. It explores the legendary director's benchmark film Blackmail, a clear influence on his later masterpieces. I remember that. I didn't know. I know a lot of Hitchcock. I didn't know this one. She's just a regular customer. Tells everyone present about the murder, but all we hear is each time the woman says the word knife. Alice, cut us a bit of bread, will you? The rest of her dialogue. That's amazing. I gotta watch that. Because Hitchcock stuff, if you watch Nat, like, everybody borrows it. He was the first one to come up with tons of that. Oh, that's cool. All right, how about this? Sniper. The ultimate competition on History Channel. Just being snipers. Is that celebrities, though? No, the actual snipers. Oh, real snipers. Yeah. Are we dropping bad guys or just targets? I think we're just dropping competition, though, so pretty awesome. And if reality show is just snipers killing bad guys, that would be a great show. Follow. And the last one I got. You mentioned this. The premiere for this was actually affected by the LA Fire Unstoppables. Oh yeah. Anthony Roblesh. Yeah. About ASU wrestling Anthony Roble. When people look at me, the first thing they see is what's missing. Who did they catch? Right? Yeah. And Chlo. They cast a one legged guy for this or did they Lieutenant Dan? I don't know. Interesting. Champ is here. Celebration dinner for Anthony. Again, not to take away from his accomplishments, but he wrestled at a lower weight because he was missing parts. All right, that's it. All right. There you go. That's enough of that. There you go. Those are your hot releases, everybody. What was the one? Vegeta, right? Or Fajata? Fajata. Yeah. Find some more of what she's up to, misquita. Ms. Kit, I'm less curious about than I am Fat Jota. There you go. Those are the hot releases, everybody. It's out of control now. 98 KUPD hi, I'm Diane Fisher from Fisher Tools. From our humble beginnings in 1964 at the Phoenix park and swap to our 4 acre campus located just south of Tempe marketplace off the 202. Emmett Clintock. Fisher Tools has been building the valley for over 60 years. Come check us out and browse our huge selection of tools and anything you need to do the job right. We carry Milwaukee, DeWalt, Makita, Proto and so much more. We're also online@fishertools.com KUPD listeners will receive 10% off their order when you mention this ad. Fisher Tools. If we don't have it, we can't sell it.
Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona Episode Summary: January 14, 2025 Host: John Holmberg | Co-Hosts: Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo Broadcasted on 98 KUPD | Hubbard Radio
1. Comedy Scene Updates Timestamp: [00:00] - [05:30]
John Holmberg kicks off the morning show by sharing the latest comedy events happening around the Valley. He highlights various performances at local improv venues:
Tempe Improv (East Side)
Desert Ridge Improv (North)
Stand Up Live (Downtown)
John encourages listeners to purchase tickets through the respective websites: Stand Up Live, Desert Ridge Improv, and Tempe Improv.
Notable Quote:
John Holmberg ([00:45]): "Life can throw you a curveball now and again. One day you're trucking along, feeling great. Next day your dog smashes into your head and knocks you cold."
2. Health and Wellness Segment: Core Institute Promotion Timestamp: [05:31] - [10:30]
John transitions into promoting the Core Institute, emphasizing their role in pain management and rehabilitation. He shares a listener’s testimonial about recovering from a knee injury, attributing the success to the institute’s expertise.
Notable Quote:
John Holmberg ([06:15]): "You can get rid of your pain and start saying, yes, I can to all the things you want to do. And all you have to do is trust the experts at the Core Institute."
3. Listener Interaction: Tribute to Tony’s Dog Willow Timestamp: [10:31] - [20:00]
The show honors listener Tony, who shares the heartbreaking story of his dog, Willow, passing away unexpectedly. The hosts empathize with Tony’s loss, discussing the emotional impact of losing a beloved pet and encouraging listeners to support the Arizona Humane Society.
Notable Quotes:
Tony ([12:45]): "My dog Willow just passed away early this morning. I woke up and she was gone."
Dick Toledo ([14:30]): "Everybody gets a hug and a cookie today in honor of Willow. That's rough stuff we've all got."
4. Hot Releases: New Music Discussed Timestamp: [20:01] - [50:00]
The "Hot Releases" segment delves into the latest music from various artists. The hosts discuss and critique new tracks, often playfully debating their merits.
Cher
Notable Quote:
Bret Vesely ([22:10]): "Cher looks amazing. She's got her mask hair back on. It's gotta be a winner."
Tanner Adell
Notable Quote:
Brady Bogen ([25:45]): "I'd rather see slutty country girls. Buckle bunnies. Original stuff."
Pop Evil, Lacuna Coil, Hammers, Myss Kety, Fagota, Breaking Benjamin
Notable Quotes:
John Holmberg ([30:05]): "We are playing this [Pop Evil’s 'Wishful Thinking']. When did he turn into John Travolta from Face Off?"
Dick Toledo ([35:20]): "Breaking Benjamin’s 'Awakened' is dark. Your hair can't be the same color as a Chinese guy in the 1950s."
5. Media and Entertainment Discussions Timestamp: [50:01] - [70:00]
The hosts transition to broader entertainment topics, including movie releases and television series:
Chaz Palminteri Movie Review
Documentaries and Series
Notable Quote:
Bret Vesely ([55:30]): "The exclusive first look at the brand new documentary explores Hitchcock's benchmark film Blackmail."
TV Shows
6. Interactive Segment: N Word or F Word Game Timestamp: [70:01] - [80:00]
The hosts engage in a playful yet edgy game where they guess the song titles based on partial lyrics or hints. The game incorporates mild profanity, navigating through content sensitivities while maintaining humor.
Notable Quote:
Brady Bogen ([72:30]): "I hear it was freestyle there. I missed it, Bob."
7. Additional Conversations and Banter Timestamp: [80:01] - [90:00]
Casual discussions ensue about various topics, including:
Characterizing Personalities
Technology and Services
Notable Quote:
Dick Toledo ([83:15]): "Your car's AC system should be checked and serviced every year. Plus, replacing the cabin air filter helps the air blow strong."
8. Closing Remarks and Final Thoughts Timestamp: [90:01] - [95:00]
John summarizes the episode’s highlights, reiterates upcoming events, and thanks the listeners for their support. The hosts share final jokes and sign off with enthusiasm.
Notable Quote:
John Holmberg ([94:50]): "Those are your hot releases, everybody. It's out of control now."
Conclusion
This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona offers a blend of entertainment updates, heartfelt listener stories, engaging music discussions, and light-hearted banter among the hosts. John Holmberg and his team successfully balance humor with meaningful conversations, creating an engaging listening experience for both regulars and newcomers alike.