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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.
Brady
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Toledo
There's a documentary about this called Me, Myself and Irene. Was his wife driven by a black midget limo driver?
Brady
Anytime that's true. Sean Rockefeller, our listener of the year last year, says, billy Bakehouse, what a great name. Add it to the list of oddball nutcase names you have. Thunder Horse, this is Sean listens and pays attention. Thunder Horse, Freight Train, Batman, Wonder Woman, President John Paula Brock, Toledo Hater. Sean the blind guy. That's you. Aiden the Trans Nathan the gay Revel Hollingsworth Herbert Newton. And now we welcome to the party Mr. Billy Bakehouse, otherwise known as House.
Toledo
Don't remember that. Don't forget the. The love wolf. Remember him?
Brady
Oh, love wolf. Yeah, I forgot about the love wolf. Was that a call or that guy? Email. I don't remember.
Toledo
He was an email.
Brady
Oh my God. Someone else says early on hot rod ship, oh we had like eight Iron Maiden mics. Hot rod chips. It was a whole bunch of people that self nickname, self proclaimed nicknames. They throw it at you like. All right, don't worry about it, Vince. I just watched a documentary similar to this. All this is going to happen here is that she's going to break out her phone and have pictures of Natalia Grace flicking her beam. Adam. Adam Morago with that one. I hope that's true.
Vince
House is laughing at that.
Brady
Oh yeah. Oh, Bakehouse. Lost it on that one. I would open a dispensary. The bakehouse. I mean, dude, I hope you haven't like. Bakehouses are great. I mean I don't think he's ever emailed before. I done noticed. William Bakehouse house. Great stuff.
Vince
Just came over from la.
Brady
Scaddy from Los Angeles. I'm gonna open a few bakehouses. Not right. I'd invest in the bakehouse. All right, it's time. Now we get into the. The news of the week is sports fans. I mean the Sun's made a trade yesterday. It was actually really good, but doesn't matter. It toughened up a team that's going nowhere. So congratulations, you went out and got yourself a strong seven foot center with some good balls.
Toledo
Good trade.
Brady
It's a good trade. You got rid of your probably most active defender, Joshua Kogi for a dude who's just bigger and will at least shore up the idea that the Suns are so soft. That toughened them up a little. Doesn't matter. This is not the move that's going to make them better. And you know GM Johnny's plan, which is to shop Devin Booker probably to the Houston Rockets, get your pick back from the Rockets, which at this pace is going to be a lottery pick Suns because you're not going to be in the playoffs and you get a few more out of that. You try to get six or seven things back for your one and then Kevin Durant can go somewhere else, get three more and start stockpiling draft picks because that's how you win. You don't do it with these, the big three teams. It's worth a shot if you can try to put one together. But there's been one manufactured championship big three thing without drafts, and that was basically LeBron. You're not going to go big three too often with homegrown talent. You can't do it. But let's get into the real sports. The thing that's going on in Philadelphia with ugly, dumb C word fan everybody. If you haven't been paying attention, there's a dude that was at the game with the packers and Eagles this weekend. Philadelphia fans have been known throughout the years as the worst fans in sports as far as evil and awful. Chucking batteries and booing Santa, throwing snowballs at him, snowballing Santa and. And booing Santa Claus, cheering wildly. When Michael Irvin was taken off the field after a neck injury on a. On a. One of those stretcher. Stretcher carts. Yeah, those boards. They cheered like they just won the super bowl. And Michael's neck hit their concrete turf and went into his shoulders and you knew it wasn't good. Turned out it was less than. But they were very happy to see that Michael Irvin may be paralyzed. This dude in Philadelphia is a typical Philadelphia Eagles fan, and he was sitting behind a couple of Packer supporters of the game and started to get a little mouthy. And at first, evidently, according to the Packer fan husband, there was a girl and her husband. According to the husband, he's like, yeah, we were interacting a little bit. He was, you know, he was egging us on. We chatted. And then it started to get a little personal as he kept saying that my wife was a dumb C word. And then he, the husband turned and said, hey, somebody goes, and she's ugly now. She's ugly. And he goes, and you're too ugly to even be talking to me, so turn around. If you're going to do anything about it, do something. If not, turn the F around. And then for two and a half quarters continued to call this woman a dumb C word over and over and over, like. And so finally, husband turned because nobody was going to do anything about it, and broke the phone out and made a video of this guy berating his wife to tears at the game. The video goes viral. The dude's face is all over. The best part of the video, if you watch, is the. His friend tapping him on the shoulder, knowing it's, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, this isn't good for you. This isn't a good look. You know, even a Philadelphia guy's like, you need to, you know, go grab A glass of water, calm down. And then so he kept going, ugly, dumb, C word, ugly, dumb C word over and over, which is somewhat funny. That guy is now claiming he was provoked. Hey, that lady said something to me. Now he's lost his job. After the video, the dumb C word guy who is now saying, I wasn't the only one in on this. They were mouthing off to me, so I fought back. His job is hilarious because it was at a place that he was in a particular unit of his work that was hyper focused on diversity, equity and inclusion. He was a DEI superman who was like, you know, you can't discriminate against anyone. All women should work here. Everything should be like, everybody in this company is going to have an opportunity and we're going to be racially diverse, you know, socially diverse, equity everywhere. And he's the one that's telling some woman she's an ugly, dumb. Which is kind of against the DEI thing. His company lets him go and he's got all these things. My rule on this is, though, you were in Packer gear at an Eagles game and the NFL can basically go itself because last time I saw inside a stadium, it's littered with nothing. But, hey, you should have a beer ads. Everybody in here should go get a $25 beer. Why wouldn't you? Beer, beer, beer, beer, beer. And behave. You can't have it. You just can't have it. So when you go in, you go into Philadelphia and you go into Lincoln Financial, yes, you should have some decorum and whatever, but if you wear the other team's gear, just know there might be a drunk there that's going to start in with you a lot. It's your job as the traveling fan to get up and leave. That's it. Period. End of story. It doesn't excuse his behavior as good or otherwise. But you sitting there filming him is not going to make it better. You're not de escalating a thing. Go stand in the common area away from that guy. He's beard himself into a frenzy. He has no brain right now and it's over. Yes, he should behave, but do fans behave? That's why we call them fans. The NFL loves the word fans, but what it's short for is fanatic. And there's not a lot of control in fanaticism. So you're asking.
Vince
And most of the time, I think that happens. They go up, someone in that crowd might not even be the guy filming. Gets the usher and we got a problem, right? They removed the.
Brady
The dangerous Thing is, you can complain about them if they don't remove them or if the other fans aren't doing anything about it. And you're in Philadelphia, by the way.
Vince
Yeah.
Brady
There were ushers there, there were other fans there. Everybody in that section could have gotten up and said, got a problem down here when you do. They didn't.
Vince
Yeah.
Brady
Which is why the guy turned sort of film. It's Philly there. It's encouraged, it's laughed at. It's a constant. All these Philly fans, they're the worst. You don't want to hear them. When I worked for the Cardinals, I didn't get to go on the road trips. I did home game stuff, but when they went to Oakland. Do not wear Cardinals gear in the streets of the around the stadium. Do not wander around in your, you know, Cardinal stuff. If you're just part of the media, wear something else, a coat over. Get into the stadium, take off, represent. But don't go in there thinking that you guys are going to have an easy time. They'll chuck beers at you. You're going to get verbally berated. You're going to hear things you couldn't imagine. It's going to be awful. Is that a good thing? No. But is it reality? Absolutely. And is it encouraged? Most definitely. I listen to the broadcast with the packers and Eagles. You don't want to be on the wrong side of these Eagles fans. Yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck. Hahaha. They have a reputation of being like over the top and awful and they push it and it's never like people should be removed. They should have a better. Until this video comes out. When you're like, oh, geez, we got to do something about that. But when you encourage people to guzzle beer all day and be fanatic and then plop somebody. Yeah. And then ask them to behave with the person of the team that's trying to knock them out of the playoffs. You can expect some words, you know, as long as he's not physically accosting you, you can turn and say it back. Just go, you're an asshole and you've ruined this experience for us. I'll never forget that. Philadelphia is what it is. They'll high five when you tell them you represent Philadelphia. Oh yeah, we got rid of them. They'd love it. So this dude who's getting kicked out of the stadium forever and lost his job and everything else, in my opinion, has a great fight to go back to the NFL and say, I thought you wanted me to be that way. You guys always talk about how horrible Eagles fans are and then you laugh and how we're the ones who booed Santa and then you laugh and then you serve as beer like nobody's business.
Toledo
$25 Yinglings all day long.
Brady
Yeah, you're not complaining. When I drop 25 bucks down on my fifth yingling and I'm staggering around screaming stuff, people laugh. So it is more that his behavior is abhorrent and also encouraged until it's not. And the NFL does exactly what it always does, which is an about face, and acts like they were never there. They're culpable in this, but.
Vince
At the same time, look at how many other.
Brady
People in that stadium behaved that you know about.
Vince
You know, I mean, that one's gonna stick out a little bit.
Brady
Okay, of course. But that's. You're talking about the anomaly of yes, because other people behaved. Everyone has to not true. Because the same argument would be true. Tons didn't behave. That doesn't mean that everybody should do that either. You're going to get one or two at a time, and especially if you're dressed in the opposing team's gear in a playoff game. Visit Holmberg's morning sickness online@98kupd.com College hoops.
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Brady
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Vince
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Brady
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Brady
533-42-Homburg'S morning sickness we are encouraged through sports to be fervent lunatics for our team. They do it at Suns games. Get on your feet, scream and yell. Let those let you know the Clippers fans know you're here. You know they'll they, they try to make you crazy. And then some people can't draw that line. But we don't want our sporting events to be like, everyone stay calm. Please don't go too far. We wouldn't have those announcements. You expect a certain amount of behavior and when it crosses the line, they act like, well, that's we never said. Of course you didn't tell them to do that, but they will. When you throw beer into a lunatic's mouth and say, hey, this is the thing that you should have more passion about than your own marriage. And most of us do.
Vince
Yeah, but it's going to be hard for that guy. He'll never win that. To blame it on the NFL while you're doing this.
Brady
Oh, no, but that's the point. The point I make you do blame the NFL. You're not going to get money for it, but it doesn't matter. You're. The point I'm making is that you should. People should go, it's the NFL's fault. This is. It's when they used to find people for hard hits. And the week that they find James Harrison, $125,000. He was on their Internet cover of Hardest hits of the week, and it was the one he got fined on. He hit two Cleveland Browns and he even pointed it out. He goes, I'm your lead feature on hardest hits this week. And now you're saying that I should be kicked out of the league. Give me the money for that. People are buying that, like, video that you're selling with me on it three years in a row. By the way, he was on the COVID of their DVDs back when they used to sell them of hardest hitters in the NFL. Rodney Harrison also hated him, but they loved that. And then they. When it's when people are like, geez, that was a rough one. Oh, you didn't like. Okay, well, yeah, we didn't like that either. They're. They're the most mamby Pamby hypocrites in the world. And this guy says, as an Eagle fan, isn't that calling someone a dumb, ugly C word? Just flirty banter in Philadelphia. Yeah. There isn't a woman in Philadelphia who has not been called a dumb, ugly C word. And you're in Packer gear. I was at a Steelers Bengals game, and they're. They're not mean, but the Bengals won. And this dad and his kid were mouthing off and a big dude grabbed the dad and said, if you don't want problems, you need to shut him up. You're walking by a bunch of people who just had their hearts torn out by a division rival and you think it's cute that this is happening? They're going to take it out on you, dumbass. Don't laugh at this and get out of here. He wasn't wrong. I was seven years old. Seven years old, Steelers, Dolphins game at Three River Stadium. My dad took me playoffs. I think the final score was like seven to six. And there was a guy with a Dolphins banner, and he turned around and unfurled it. When the Dolphins, they had a drive that was going well, and my dad pulled me, he goes, be careful. Hang on. Five or six dudes. The second he did that, turned and just like, kind of flaunted his Dolphin skier. Five or six dudes just melee on him for it was. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I didn't see a thing because I was little. They beat the crap out of him. Ushers took the Dolphin guy out. So what were you thinking? It used to be, what are you thinking? Why are you hitting the beehive? There's a bunch of drunk Steeler fans standing around you, and you're going to turn and flash a Dolphins gear in their face. You're asking for it.
Vince
Never got it. I mean, especially the person that's getting out of hand, and there's, you know, the one person in whatever the opposing team is, and there's a thousand of the home people that, yep, a fight breaks out. He's got a thousand different point of views that people can come up and just kill the guy. I mean, just an idiot, you know, you can't block every punch once that frenzy.
Brady
I don't go into other people's stadiums most of the time. I did this year when I went to Vegas, but I don't think Vegas counts. There were 60,000 Steeler fans in the Vegas thing. And when you talk to the residents of Las Vegas, they all have season tickets, and they all sell them to the. Because they know it's a. Nobody cares about the Raiders there. Like, I mean, the ones that do just know where they are. But it wasn't. It wasn't 50, 50. It was 80, 20 in that stadium for the opposing team.
Vince
I can see how it escalates really quick. I mean, just from going to the. You know, the. Earlier in the fall to the Oregon Ohio State. And I went in Ohio State gear. And the toughest thing is walking out.
Brady
Of that scene and you lost.
Vince
You got to take.
Brady
You're gonna take. You're gonna take a verbal beating because.
Vince
You decided every once in a while. Yes, you know. You know it's gonna happen. But there's one or two that.
Brady
Try to press that button, put your head down, and walk through it. You asked for it.
Vince
Yep.
Brady
You walked into the lion's den with meat on your body thinking, I'll get right past the lion. And the lion beat you. And now you got to leave. You have no mouth. You needed to. You need to shut up and walk out of there. Period. End of story. Now, again, it's Ohio State and Michigan. The team's got into a fight at the end of the game, we encourage this behavior to go too far. And when it does, everybody is shocked. I'm never shocked. We have it here when the Niners play the Cardinals. Niner fans are brutal, and Cardinal fans won't take it. And you have to behave. But, I mean, it gets stabby fast with those. It's encouraged because you're asking people to be emotionally fanatical about something that truly doesn't really matter. I am the perfect example of it. I am a lunatic about the Steelers. I can sit in a room with other people, but I would be damned to go into another stadium and get mouthy. And if they started mouthing at me, I'd take it. I'd laugh. I'd be like, you guys are right. I got no business being here. But I'm certainly not. If. If there were tears and I'm sitting there filming them going, you're an asshole. It's just fuel for them.
Vince
Nothing better than slinking out after you just give that team a beat down at home or, you know, an away game.
Toledo
Yeah, I think a lot of Arizona fans don't realize it as much because there's so many fans from everywhere else. So, like, when I went to the Bears Cardinals game, it was 50, 50, if not more Bears fans.
Brady
Well, I've always said this about the Cardinal fans. Cardinal fans don't like hearing it, but it's truth. Because of Bears fans, Steelers fans, Cowboys fans infiltrating their stadium all the time. Cardinals fans don't cheer for their team as much as they cheer against the people who are there for the other team. Like, they try to like. Especially if that Bears game, when they were winning that thing, they were mouthy and. Yeah, because their stadium has been invaded and they're mad. So, like, when the Bears fans are depressed in your house, you're happier. And then you get a few beers in there in the third quarter, you get a little mouth. Then the Bears come back, swung it, and made Cardinal fans mad. Cardinal fans have always had that unfortunate situation where they have to cheer at the opposing fans that are taking over most of their stadium. There's a whole protect the nest marketing campaign that's basically saying, can we get the foreigners out of here a little bit? It's almost like Mexico. Can we do something about the. Can we Build a wall that fans of, not like non Cardinal fans, don't get in.
Toledo
Same when we had hockey here, though, too. Anytime the Blackhawks, Red Wings, you know, any of those teams came through, there.
Brady
Was no passion for the Coyotes at all. Not big enough. So it was. I mean, that battle got lost fast. Cardinals would, you know, when they got good, started to fight back a little bit. They don't.
Vince
Yeah. Deep into the playoff run, that super bowl, making it there.
Brady
Yeah. Helped a lot.
Vince
Years to, you know, the following them.
Brady
A little strength to go into the stadium and start saying, hey, we are something. We're no longer a doormat. So you're going to come in at our stadium, you're going to hear it from us. And that's what we encourage. So this kid, and this kid, this old man in. In Philly who was mouthing off, sure, he went too far, but we can't sit back and act like, oh, this is just. What a terrible. What the behavior of the fan. Oh, my goodness, no. Nope.
Toledo
I'm surprised he didn't get a raise or something at his job in Philly. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying.
Brady
And that's fine because you went in dressed as the enemy and you know, it's. You went and dressed as the enemy and expected to be treated with the utmost respect. And one guy didn't. What we should be focused on is that it was only one guy. What they're really mad at the whole. Nobody in the section was helping. Yeah, they're used to it. It's not a big deal. You have to suck it up. You dressed as the enemy. It doesn't make sense to me why we get so mad when we encourage it, encourage it, encourage it. And then when it goes to the point of like, well, you're playing ball in the house, something's gonna break. And then you recognize, we shouldn't have been doing this for 45 minutes. Everything was fine and then the vase broke. And now, you know, dad's gonna be mad. It's just dumb. We're asking drunks to behave. Bars have rules and bouncers because they know if we serve enough alcohol, eventually one of these idiots is going to do something dumb. So there's always a big dude at the door just in case.
Vince
And they do. But, I mean, they do at the stadium. But you can't prevent it in the tailgating out front.
Brady
You can.
Vince
A lot of those people come in.
Brady
Now think of it. Of course, they're also incorporated that way Also, they build sections for you to drink and eat before the game so you can get nice and lathered up to come in and keep drinking.
Vince
Would that way keep it down to one or two $25 Coors Light and.
Brady
Budweiser and Michelob and all the stuff that they've, you know, try our new this, that, and then say, but do it responsibly. Their get out is please drink responsibly.
Toledo
But if you don't.
Brady
But if you don't, we're definitely going to take a step back and say, we told you to drink responsibly when we over served you like crazy. If a Bar had one bouncer for every 15,000 people in the bar, you'd have this problem all over the place. It's amazing it doesn't happen more. But I don't look at this guy as somebody who should have lost his job. If the Eagles don't want to let him in the building anymore, that's fine. But the company saying, oh, we can't have that. Come on, let's. Let's not be so Pollyanna about this whole thing. It's Philadelphia, for Christ's sake. It's part of their reputation to be the worst fans in football and sports. It's terrible. And again, this one says, from what I read, the packers guy and his wife are social media influencers, and the husband was wearing a body cam and not even recording from a cell phone. Not that that makes up for the behavior, but they were supposedly trying to get a rise out of People for views. Ah. And they did you get that camera out, whether it's on your body or just holding it up and you try to go, I'm gonna get you in trouble, Eagles fan. You think they're all gonna go, all right, all right, that's enough. Calm down. It's not happening. It's like what I always say about OP Live. When the cops pull up to a party and there's like 40 black people there, there's never one time that somebody's gonna say, all right, I'm the spokesman. Everybody be quiet. Everyone's talking at the same time. And it seems to get louder and louder and louder.
Toledo
And somebody starts twerking and then twerking.
Brady
Which is why I love the show, because it just. It loses its mind. It's just. It's mob mentality. You can't control that crazy when it starts happening. So everybody's like, did you hear about the dumb C word, Eagles fan? What a terrible. Oh, stop it, you pious baby. You know, I look at Ohio State, you know, one thing I took away from going to that game with you years ago at the Michigan was Ann Arbor's a whore. Flags, T shirts, muck Fishigan flags, T shirts. And the Michigan fans sit and watch that and look around and go, okay, I'll take it until I can't.
Vince
Until you come over to our house.
Brady
Yeah. And then you come to our place, which is the good thing.
Vince
And most people go buy those shirts. And even, I mean, like I'm saying, walking by the stands, that will have stuff like that. Most people laugh at that.
Brady
Hilarious.
Vince
The rivalry side of it, they get it. They understand.
Brady
But if you really cared, you'd walk by and go, that's antagonistic and it's going to cause a problem. Nobody actually cares. Nobody actually wants fans to behave properly the whole time.
Vince
Throw alcohol in the mix and then.
Brady
Serve them morning sickness. Online at 98kupd.comberg's morning sickness. It's dumb and it happens a lot, but it's Philadelphia, for crying out loud. If you lived in Philadelphia. If I go to Philadelphia, I'm not wandering around there in, you know, Washington commanders or cowboys clothes. You should expect a few, like, fus out of the deal. It's, you know, it's not the classiest fan base, but. Yeah, I didn't know that. If they're social influencers or social media influencers and they're. And they're trying to film people yelling at them, then they knew what they were getting into and that's it. This guy should get his job back. Maybe reprimanded at work, but that's not a job. Losing a fence. Now, the fact that he works in exclusively in DEI departments. Hilarious adds to it because that's Philadelphia dei. So we're gonna have a little uptick here in our office. We're gonna hire a bunch of dumb, ugly. Kind of balance out that whole man woman thing. It's. It drives me nuts that we get so hypocritical towards that. And then so many people just shake their heads. I can't believe that. Oh, of course you can. Yeah, you get Ohio State, people can't do it. Steeler fans can't do it. Bears fans fight each other. Oh, yeah, we don't care. You guys just are mad that we gotta be. Look at what you've been dealing with. And yet you show up.
Toledo
Look what's on the field.
Brady
You pack the stadium and you keep your fingers crossed.
Vince
Never forget 85.
Toledo
Yeah.
Brady
Yeah. And then because you're fanatic you're unreasonable like nothing in your. It's irrational love. Like I've always said, women hate a man's love of sports because it shows a woman what a man is capable of emotionally, and they never show it towards them. We have love for us. We would never, ever, ever, ever wear a shirt with your face and name on it with pride. We would never do it. We would never buy a jersey with your name on it. We would never buy clothes with your picture that just says wife. We would never do it only if.
Vince
We'Ve done something wrong.
Brady
Well, and then I know. Our friends know it's a Stardell. I love my wife stickers means, oh boy. This guy is fighting for it. He's on the middle rung of the ladder. We wouldn't do it, but we will gladly wear the jersey of our favorite fella. We will gladly buy the hat. We will support and scream out our irrationally strange love of a sports team. And when women see it, they're like, you see those ones, some of those women that plan things on football Sundays to see if they can pull you away from their biggest competition, the thing you love most. And they see it. We will never love anything like we love our sports. Can't. It's forever. It's a commitment. That's forever. Forever. And they see us talking about like ever trying to support another team. People have asked me, would you ever cheer for the Ravens? Are you out of here? Never. I hate all other teams. There is only one team to love with a woman. It's like, eh, you'll do for now. Never know. You never know how this. We say it's forever, but we both know that there's some and possibilities that we might relocate.
Vince
I. You know, there is some. I mean, the only way the conversion happens, which it does, is when a person moves out of there.
Brady
But that's a person who was never really that in love. You never really had the love. Especially nowadays when you can pick up any game anywhere. It used to be more like before DirecTV made football available in every city, everywhere that you'd move from, you know, Philadelphia over to San Diego and you never got to see the Eagles again on tv. You were forced to watch Charger games.
Vince
Yeah.
Brady
And then your kids are there and they're kind of, I'm Charger fan because I don't even know what your Eagle thing is.
Vince
Yeah, you can keep your allegiance a lot easier.
Brady
Only reason I'm a Steelers fan. My dad being from Pennsylvania, was a Giant Steelers fan. And when I was a Little boy. We were in the AFC championship game every year. That team was on TV more than the. When we lived in Northwest Indiana, we were on more than the Bears. You saw the Steelers eight, nine times a year at least. And then championships. And the house was the happiest I've ever been. The happiest my house ever was as a child and I lived in a pretty happy household was Steelers, Super Bowls. I remember them like 75 was the first one I can remember. Joy. I was three. And I remember like the house being black and gold and like stuff and then forget it. When 78 and 79 rolled around, I was old enough to remember and participate and I got it.
Vince
And it was why it was me. It was, it was college football because we did. Sure, we're in between the pro franchise. Cleveland was north.
Brady
But let me ask you this. Did you ever feel that same amount of euphoria when your dad kissed your mom in front of you? Nope.
Vince
No.
Brady
Never. God, it's so good to see them being happy and in love. Nope. But when the Buckeyes beat Michigan, that house just joy just radiated off of it. We have an unreasonable love for our sports team and it's forever now. My Cubs thing went away because I made a bet and the Cubs have angered me. And the World Series did change things. I think I was definitely a product of the lovable losers. I still have to tell you deep down, for those of you who hold me to the fire on this, and that's just me being a stand up fella. I still love my Cubs. I'll never not love them. Being a Diamondbacks fan has no real merit or heart to me. I go to the games because they're close. It's fun. I've got friends who like them, but I'm not sharing with the same passion. I have lost my passion for baseball the way I used to have it. And the Cubs winning the World Series was all I needed. They put me through hell. That was a toxic relationship. But yeah, so when you start saying that, I, I, we had that. My buddy Rosie Cheeks, when he had his girlfriend that would constantly tell him, you're gonna take me out on Sunday during that Steelers game, he's like, steelers are my life. Not anymore they're not. You don't take me out, I'm leaving. And she'd do a vagina embargoes and stuff. She would, she'd start saying, all right, watch Steeler game. You don't get to see me until you skip one. She needed, she needed to see him give up his passion for her because she was jealous. She saw what he was capable of. She saw what love and passion look like in this guy, and she never saw it towards her.
Toledo
He should have called Gary's wife.
Brady
I don't know what. Gary's team was a whore anyway, so I just spent $70 on a special edition lion's hat. I didn't even get my girlfriend a Christmas present. See? See?
Toledo
Lions are forever.
Brady
That's exactly right. Lions are. And that's a. That's a thing. And you can't imagine what Lions fans are going through this year.
Toledo
Oh, I got a good friend. That's the. He's on cloud nine. But he was there for 00:16. This could be the year.
Brady
Now imagine the pain that's going to come if they get bounced out of the playoffs. It's like the love of their life died. And then imagine that every year it gets resurrected it for. For almost every team, all but one, it dies. And then somehow around April, you start seeing signs of life with the draft, July camp, and everybody's alive again. Marriage doesn't have that relationship. Women don't have that. Women have passion for other things, but they want the passion to. They see what true love can look like from their man. And it's sports, period. And Eagles fans are the worst ones of the bunch. College football gets really weird. Like that one to me gets like crazy because you can't leave it behind. It becomes like you're just like the pros. It's like a weird blood. And there are feuds encouraged. Fights like they love it. This Arizona ASU thing. They want that to get hairy, eat it up. It isn't enough passion because the teams have not been relevant enough. But they try to stoke fire and ah, it's, you know, they may be three and eight, but these two teams hate each other. And that means the fans should too. There's no love lost here. They say it all the time. And then they get mad when they see that manifest itself into two people fighting over. Here's some beer. Guys hate each other, right? Yeah. Some more beer. Really hate each other. It's a close game. One of these two teams going home. Here's another beer. Behave. It doesn't make sense. You can't do it.
Vince
They still stop, I think in the third quarter.
Brady
But you've been drinking since 11. Game started. Well, yeah, you're six or seven.
Vince
Scale it down.
Brady
And the only reason they stop the beer is so they don't get sued later for the DUIs. Well, they had an hour to cool down, and then they should have. Then they should have thought about it. They're not doing that to protect you. They don't want the lawsuit coming back. When we served them right up until they got their keys in their hand and drove away. We had that cooling off period at the end of the game, and they should have known better. And we also put signs up that said, drink responsibly. We're off the hook. All right? Can't believe their behavior, can you? I mean, I gave them cocaine and alcohol and then some mental candy down there with the thing that I tell them to love more than their families, and they started acting irrational. Can you believe it?
Vince
Could you imagine if they continued on? I mean, I think maybe the reason they had to cut it off in the third quarter, but now if they continued on, people wouldn't leave the stadium till midnight. Some of those games, we're still in.
Brady
Suns games were like, we'll stay there two hours after just drinking and having a blast. Stebbings and I were in there forever. Like, what are we doing? Me and Doug Hopkins, nephew Aaron or cousin Aaron, like, sitting there. This is great. And we drank it till we were like, man, we should probably leave. It's a little weird to be in the stadium. The game's been over for two hours anyway. But, yeah, it's a dude shouldn't have lost his job.
Toledo
He'll be hired again.
Brady
He's probably really good at DEI because he knows the difference between, like, good words and bad words. He knows how to use them. And to be honest, I saw a picture of the Packer fan wife.
Toledo
He wasn't too far off.
Brady
Kind of a dumb, ugly. You ask me, she's a Packer fan. I'm not. You know, I got no love loss for that. Wander around in that, you know, looking like peas and corn. I hate their uniforms. Am I gonna shout out that she's a ugly dumb to her face? No. I'll do it on the radio later, but you start filming me, I'm gonna say some terrible stuff for you. But always beware of that anyway. Football. And if you've got a wife that's like, I don't know why you do. You get so fired up over. She's just basically saying, why don't you love me? Like that. If your wife bought you a jersey with her name on the front and number one, go hang yourself, and she asked you to wear it, you'd be like, why would I do that? Well, don't you love me? Yeah, But I don't need everybody else to know that. Isn't the ring enough? Well, you always wear that Ben Roethlisberger jersey. He's awesome. You know how much joy he's brought me? Visit Holmberg's morning sickness online@98kupd.com Holmberg's Morning Sickness. Well, don't I bring joy? I suppose, but I mean, not, like, enough to, like, wear your shirt around. That's weird.
Vince
I'll go with. I'm with her.
Brady
I'm not wearing that either. I'm with her.
Vince
You see those couples now and then.
Brady
Look, I don't know.
Toledo
That guy's life's over.
Brady
I don't want a flag planted in my skin. Yeah, I'm with you. That's enough people can figure out. They'll do the math. I don't want people to think I'm nuts. Now we're in a Najee Harris jersey. Out and about, on town with socks pulled up to my knees that are black and gold. That totally reasonable. That's my expression of love. You buy me a jersey with your name and face on it. Are you out of your mind? I don't love you that much.
Vince
You're wearing the beer is here shirt.
Brady
That's different. That's just a. You're married to a loser. The beer is here guy is just a bad. He's just not as funny as you think he was. But I'm talking about, like, passionate representation. I have 40 or 50 jerseys, Steelers jerseys. Guys who played for the team for a year. A couple I took chances on as third round draft picks. I have a Senquez Golson jersey who. Yeah, that's right. He broke his shoulder his very first training camp. This was the dude. This is the cornerback of the future. Broke his shoulder rookie year, training camp. Like, that's all right. He'll be back next year. First practice, my shoulder. He did it again. He came back for a little bit and his knee went out and he retired. And I'm like, I have that guy's jersey. Three games in, three games in. I've dragged. I grabbed the jersey of a guy named Dre Archer, number 13. I remember Dre Archer didn't ever play in the NFL. He played a couple. He was a kick returner, and he was too little, and he bounced after a year. I have his jersey. I took some chasing names. Oh, no. I took some roll the dice, like, you know, Johnny's calling it. I've had a few gems. I got my Alex Highsmith jersey real early, before he Started. I had his. You know, I'm like, that kid's going to be something special. I'm going to roll the dice and I'm going to buy the draft picks. The number. The number three draft. Our third rounder.
Toledo
You don't do that.
Brady
Would I ever, ever, ever wear the, I don't know, like I guess a patch on my shirt for if any of Megan's family had trouble. That's nuts. What's on your shirt? The matriarch.
Toledo
I'll donate to go fund me, but.
Brady
I'm not wearing that. I wear a patch on my shirt. But when Dan Rooney died, I sold a couple shamrocks to a few things in my house with Dr. On them. I've got Dan Rooney stuff. I gotta pay tribute to that. Who am I? Grandmother died. Yeah. You know. Anyway, Dan Rooney's gone. Somebody important died. But my grandma. Shut up. Dan Rooney died. Your. Your mother never. Grandmother never gave me what Dan Rooney did. The Ambassador. You be quiet. Silly. We're silly. So what I'm saying is. I understand the irrational part. Don't go into a stadium dressed as the other team. That's all I'm. That's. That's should be a rule. They should have matched. Yeah, they should have a sign up says, hey, if you're dressed in. In the opposing team's gear game, please behave responsibly. If it gets crazy, leave. So they teach a tactical black. You go into a bar and there's a group of people at a table and they seem a little loud and they're having a good time, they're a little bit drunk and you're sitting there and you. And they come to you and go, did you just look at my. My wife? You son of a. Get up and leave. You are the outlier. You're the problem. You're the onion walk. I have every right to be in this building and do whatever I want. Okay, Own risk.
Vince
Look at how well Jason Kelsey takes it as being the fan bassador. Yeah, the Eagle fan pushed all the buttons on the elevator because Eagle fans are dicks.
Brady
They knew it. I knew that was going to be a thing. Anyway, you want your. You want your opponent to have a tougher road than you. That's all. And if you're a dumb ugly, expect to be called that. And when you're dressed as a packer, you're a dumb ugly. I don't care what team you're cheering for. That's one ugly ass uniform. Sorry, Matthias.
Toledo
I understand you've got.
Brady
For 18 weeks a year. There's a dumb, ugly run. Exactly. Can't say anything. I'll say it's a dumb, ugly jersey. I won't say she is. I don't have that kind of passion. But for a Bears fan, that can't be.
Toledo
It's rough.
Brady
It is rough. But at least you get to do something to that Packer fan that most Bears would love. Hell, yes. Sometimes you get this.
Vince
I own that.
Brady
Sometimes you get to smack it. That ass is mine. You can spit on it. She doesn't know what's going through your mind. Take that, Packer fan. Oh, God, that's hot. Yeah, for both of us.
Toledo
Just wait.
Brady
No, I didn't.
Toledo
Remember 1985?
Brady
No, but still. This one's for Don Makowski. God damn it. Magic man, my ass. Roll over. What are you doing? We're gonna do something that I've wanted to do for a while. This is for Brett Favre, my ass. Oh, yeah. Did you say Brett Favre? No. No, baby, I said it. I'm hard. It's true. If I had a Ravens fan in my house, he goes, I want a piece of this. Because Ravens fans all sound like they're on the wire. Did you just walk out of the wire? I did. I'm from Baltimore. All right? I want your white ass. All right, Roll over. This is for Joe Flacco. My ass.
Vince
Brett's like, I'm gonna throw it in the Bart Star.
Brady
No. Bart Star's taking a baiting. And I wasn't even alive for that. Ah. I can barely walk. Brett, what was that? Clay Matthews. You heard me. Back in O5. He caused a fumble, bounced us out of the playoffs. Why did I have to pay for that? Well, walking around dressed in, like, peas and corn and. Make me think about it. That's what we do. So don't dress as the opposing team. Sorry about that whole thing going on at your house there. Can't be easy. What do you got in the big board of musical treats there? Wake up.
Toledo
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Brady
Scott Haynes says, I feel like Brady was kind of left out of that. Let me talk to him in a language that he understands. Brady, would you rather buy a girls just want to have fun apron or an I love Ronnie apron?
Vince
Well, that's a tough one.
Brady
No, it isn't.
Toledo
It's not.
Brady
Oh, dude wants that exclamation of love for his wife.
Vince
Both are horrible.
Brady
They're weird. You would love the girls want to have fun if it hadn't been made fun of. Had. Had it. Had you just discovered that before, you'd have one of those. But now that it's become. Yeah, you would not think Grills. No grills. Want to have fun. Would have been something had it not become, you know, it took off for a reason. The reason there were shirts and aprons and grill is because dudes thought it was funny until everybody said, no, it's not. You're a weirdo now. Now it's in those commercials where the guy's got it on there. There's too many of them. That makes it so fat. Dudes who love grilling wouldn't all want one had it not become, like, the pariah.
Vince
That's a good price.
Brady
Now show them one with Ronnie's face on it that just says, God, I love this woman. And which one are you gonna buy? If you had a shirt that said, put your meat in my mouth or I love Ronnie, which one are you buying? Somehow or another that turned into a bunch of religious shirts that say, I love God.
Toledo
There you go.
Brady
There's the I love my matching socks. You want the socks, too? I love my wife's socks. You gonna wear that or Grills want to have fun apron? No, we know already. Our passion does not go that far.
Toledo
You can get them the Trump mug, too.
Brady
Yeah, he wouldn't do that. Wait, look at this. I have a picture of Trump on there. You don't put bumper stickers of your wife's name on your car.
Toledo
Great wife.
Brady
Great wife. Really terrific. Otherwise, losers. This is a big glass.
Vince
Total disasters.
Brady
But it's funny. Like, we would never do it for real. We would never have an I love my wife coffee. No.
Vince
If you do, here's Mother's Day.
Brady
You're a. You're a com you. And I love my offer the Trump. That's not bad. Anyway, got an email from a girl says, I'm A Packers fan. And I'm hot. Not when you're wearing that outfit, you're not. Peas and corn. Yeah, you know what it turns into Tom Ugly. That's for sure.
Vince
I have the best packers fan at my.
Brady
Oh yeah, yours is a Packer fan.
Vince
Hey, packers are on.
Brady
Yeah, I don't care. She's not a Packer fan. She's a. She's Packer aware. But the word fan can't be attached.
Toledo
Not me. When the packers are playing, it's like walking in a Ringling Brother. She got the clown outfit on and everything else. Jeez, you're just missing a big red nose and a floppy shoes.
Brady
Yep.
Vince
What are you doing today?
Brady
How come you dressed up as a big dumb ugly. I'm telling you right now, my ass, Aaron Rodgers. She got so lucky with three quarterbacks in 30 years. Every once in a while she'll slip a finger in you. Dry. That's for Mike Tomczack. Thanks. Ouch. Damn it, my ass. I don't care.
Toledo
What do you want on the list in this moment? Horror for Vince's wife. His wife run to the hills from for Vince. Pound cake for Vince's wife. Escape from Metallica for Vince. Metallica or the Pina Colada song For Vince and his wife. Steel Panther Ministry. Lies, lies, lies. For Vince's wife. Anthrax not Bush survivor. Eye of the Tiger for Philly fan. Foo Fighters and Terror Hard lessons for packers fan that went to the Philly game in packers gear.
Brady
Multiple emails saying that Vince's wife, because they think they got pregnant around Thanksgiving, are asking, did you have a big family event? And the majority of them think if that's the case, then this is a same DNA baby. She nailed your brother or your dad or stepdad because around the holidays family events. So they're just taking it to the worst case scenario, hopefully. Vince, please email us back, let us know how this ends because this story was what a way to kick off the day. I like that we do that. Lies, lies, lies by ministry is pretty solid. All right, I'll go with that. Sure. That's a fun one. And if you're just tuning in, Vince's wife's segment will be loaded onto the podcast and you can listen to it later. Although I did get beat up yesterday from people telling me that Toledo was a little late getting the podcasts in and I think it's because he had some sort of business lunch he had to go to. I don't know, he wasn't working.
Toledo
Some bread discussions to take care of.
Brady
It wasn't neutering or he was touring the bread factory. This is white. And the darker ones, that's called wheat. And then this here is the. This got seeds on it. That's a. That's whole grains. Till it's like. Fascinating. I'd like to be your spokesperson. Of course. We chose you for a reason.
Vince
Toast.
Brady
It's out of control now.
Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona: Episode Summary (01-16-25)
Episode Title:
Philly Fan Fired After Viral Vid Of Him Berating Packers Fan During Wildcard Game But Is It The NFL's Fault For Promoting Fervent Fans And Where Is The Line
Host/Authors:
John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo
Release Date:
January 16, 2025
In this episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness on Arizona's top morning radio show, host John Holmberg, along with co-hosts Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo, delve into a controversial incident involving a Philadelphia Eagles fan who was fired after a viral video captured him berating a Green Bay Packers fan during a Wildcard game. The discussion extends to examine the broader implications of fan behavior encouraged by the NFL and where the responsibility lies in moderating such fervor.
The episode centers around a specific incident where a Philadelphia Eagles fan, dressed in Packers gear, engaged in aggressive behavior towards a Packers supporter during an intense Wildcard playoff game. The altercation was recorded and quickly went viral, leading to severe consequences for the aggressor, including the termination of his job.
Key Points:
Behavior at the Game:
The fan, wearing Packers attire, provoked his opponent by making derogatory remarks, specifically calling the Packers supporter an “ugly, dumb C word.”
Viral Video Impact:
The confrontation was filmed and shared widely on social media, garnering significant attention and criticism.
Consequences Faced:
The fan lost his job due to the incident occurring within his workplace’s environment, particularly targeting his role in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
Hypocrisy Highlighted:
The fan’s role in promoting DEI contrasts sharply with his discriminatory behavior, leading to his dismissal.
Notable Quote:
Brady Bogen [04:06]: “The thing that's going on in Philadelphia with ugly, dumb C word fan everybody... this dude's face is all over the video.”
The hosts debate whether the NFL bears responsibility for fostering an environment that encourages extreme fanaticism among fans. They question if the league’s promotion strategies for passionate support inadvertently lead to such negative incidents.
Key Points:
Encouragement of Fandom:
The NFL promotes passionate support, which can sometimes cross into unreasonable or aggressive behavior.
Lack of Accountability:
Instances like the Philly fan’s behavior are often swept under the rug by the NFL, avoiding taking concrete steps to mitigate such actions.
Stadium Culture:
The environment within stadiums, amplified by alcohol consumption and intense rivalries, can escalate tensions among fans.
Notable Quotes:
Brady Bogen [10:08]: “You should have a beer ads. Everybody in here should go get a $25 beer. Why wouldn't you? Beer, beer, beer, beer, beer. And behave. You can't have it.”
Brady Bogen [12:09]: “Most of the time, I think that happens. They go up, someone in that crowd might not even be the guy filming. Gets the usher and we got a problem, right?”
The conversation expands to discuss the notorious reputation of Philadelphia Eagles fans, comparing them to other passionate fan bases like the Steelers, Bears, and Cardinals. The hosts analyze how these rivalries contribute to hostile interactions both within and outside stadiums.
Key Points:
Philadelphia Eagles Fans:
Often labeled as the worst fans due to their aggressive and hostile behavior towards opposing teams.
Comparisons to Other Teams:
Steelers, Bears, and Cardinals fans also exhibit intense loyalty, but the Eagles’ fandom is perceived as particularly toxic.
Traveling Fans:
The challenges faced by fans traveling to rival team stadiums, including verbal and sometimes physical confrontations.
Notable Quotes:
Brady Bogen [16:37]: “The point I'm making is that you should. People should go, it's the NFL's fault. You're the fan."
Vince [19:00]: “Never got it. I mean, especially the person that's getting out of hand, and there's, you know, the one person in whatever the opposing team is, and there's a thousand of the home people that people can come up and just kill the guy.”
The hosts explore the psychological and social aspects that drive fans to such extreme behaviors. They argue that the NFL's strategies inadvertently encourage fanaticism, which can lead to incidents like the one discussed.
Key Points:
Emotional Investment:
Fans develop deep emotional bonds with their teams, often prioritizing this over personal relationships.
Marketing Influence:
The NFL’s marketing campaigns promote intense support, sometimes blurring the line between healthy enthusiasm and destructive fanaticism.
Alcohol's Role:
The availability and encouragement of alcohol consumption at games contribute significantly to unruly behavior among fans.
Notable Quotes:
Brady Bogen [25:14]: “We encourage drunks to behave... You'd think it's not happening more. But I don't look at this guy as somebody who should have lost his job.”
Brady Bogen [27:19]: “Flags, T shirts, muck Fishigan flags, T shirts. And the Michigan fans sit and watch that and look around and go, okay, I'll take it until I can't.”
The discussion touches upon the cultural significance of sports fandom and how it reflects broader societal behaviors. The hosts highlight how sports can become a manifestation of personal identity and societal values.
Key Points:
Identity and Passion:
Fans often intertwine their personal identity with their support for a team, leading to intense emotional responses.
Social Media Influence:
Viral moments amplify the impact of individual behaviors, making incidents like the Philly fan’s more widespread and consequential.
Gender Perspectives:
The conversation briefly addresses how sports fandom is perceived differently across genders, particularly the societal expectations placed on men to exhibit unwavering support.
Notable Quotes:
Brady Bogen [31:55]: “Only reason I'm a Steelers fan... the happiest my house ever was as a child was Steelers, Super Bowls.”
Brady Bogen [33:03]: “Marriage doesn't have that relationship. Women have passion for other things, but they want the passion to. They see what true love can look like from their man. And it's sports, period.”
The episode concludes with a reflection on the complex relationship between sports, fan behavior, and organizational responsibility. The hosts advocate for a balanced approach where fan enthusiasm is encouraged without crossing into harmful fanaticism. They emphasize the need for the NFL and sports organizations to take greater responsibility in moderating fan behavior to prevent incidents that can lead to personal and professional consequences for individuals.
Final Thoughts:
Personal Responsibility:
Fans must recognize the line between passionate support and unacceptable behavior.
Organizational Accountability:
The NFL and teams should implement stricter measures to curb aggressive fan behavior and promote a healthier sports environment.
Cultural Change:
A shift in the cultural perception of sports fandom is necessary to prioritize respect and sportsmanship over hostility and aggression.
Final Notable Quote:
Brady Bogen [43:54]: “They knew it. I knew that was going to be a thing. Anyway, you want your opponent to have a tougher road than you. That's all.”
Fan Behavior:
Extreme fan behavior can lead to serious repercussions, both personally and professionally.
NFL's Role:
The NFL plays a pivotal role in shaping fan conduct, and there's a need for more responsible promotion strategies.
Cultural Impact:
Sports fandom is deeply ingrained in personal and cultural identities, necessitating a balance between passion and respect.
Preventative Measures:
Implementing measures such as stricter policies on fan conduct and better management of in-stadium behavior can mitigate negative incidents.
This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness provides a critical look at the dynamics of sports fandom, highlighting the fine line between fervent support and harmful fanaticism. Through engaging discussions and insightful commentary, the hosts encourage listeners to reflect on their own behaviors and the broader cultural implications of sports enthusiasm.