01-16-26 - Entertainment Drill - FRI - New Baywatch Reboot Is Casting And We Think It Should Be First AI TV Show - List Of Most Traumatic Disney Moments

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Entertainment Drill (Fri, Jan 16, 2026)

Main Theme

The Entertainment Drill delivers a fast-paced, irreverent breakdown of trending entertainment news with the trademark banter between host John Holmberg and his crew (Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo). This episode’s highlights include speculation on a new Baywatch reboot (with a wild AI twist), a reality show for “canceled” celebrities, the most traumatic Disney movie moments, and chat about major music events—delivered with the group's classic no-filter humor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Baywatch Reboot: The AI Proposal

• Baywatch TV reboot open casting call announced.

  • Brady: “Applicants are encouraged to avoid overly revealing styles and costumes. Have you seen Baywatch?” (04:10)
  • Holmberg's Take: Holmberg immediately pivots, proposing that Baywatch should skip human casting altogether and become “the first AI TV show.”
    • “If you’re gonna do Baywatch again, let’s make it the first-ever AI television show…have AI awesome Baywatch. And people would be like, ‘Have you seen AI Baywatch?’ Because it would be everything Baywatch was times 10.” — John Holmberg (05:39)

• Discussion about “Gracie Higgins,” an AI-generated Instagram ‘model.’

  • “I sent it to you, like, is this real?” — Brady (04:58)
  • “That’s just not human. If you’re going to do Baywatch again, let’s make it the first ever AI television show.” — John (05:39)
  • Jokes about AI replacing diverse casting mandates, and how AIs would “perfect” unrealistic standards.
  • Notable tangent on how AI models are already commonplace as clickbait ads on adult websites:
    • “It’s always the fourth one down. And I’ve learned…the click on it is blue. If it’s blue, it’s AI.” — John Holmberg (07:33)

2. "Becoming Uncanceled": Celebrity Redemption Reality Show

• E! Network to launch a reality series where canceled celebrities attempt redemption.
  • “It’s called Becoming Uncanceled.” — Brady (08:27)
• The team brainstorms which celebrities should be on the show:
  • “Evan Spacey, Feldman, Roseanne, Miller...” — John (08:29)
  • “Amber Heard. Juicy Smollet...Army Hammer...CeeLo Green, Bill Cosby, Roseanne Barr...” — Crew (08:37–08:47)
  • Hilarious lines about Michael Richards (“He’s old.”), and J.K. Rowling (“I forgot she got canceled.”).
  • “Harvey Weinstein.” “Ye (Kanye).” “He kind of canceled himself though. He didn’t do very well with that whole Jew thing...” — John & Brady (09:12–09:16)
  • Discussion about the difference between being “canceled” and merely being “unliked.”

3. Jackass Movie Update

• Bam Margera will only appear in archival footage for the upcoming Jackass film.
  • “He says, yes, even if asked to film something new, he’s not interested.” — Brady (09:41)
  • Holmberg and crew reflect on Bam’s issues and fondly recall Steve-O and Chris Pontius as favorite guests.

4. Most Traumatic Disney Movie Moments

• Group reviews a new list of the most traumatizing Disney scenes:
  • “Bambi” (mother’s death) at #3.
  • “Old Yeller” (#6), “Up” (the miscarriage scene) at #5.
  • “Number one was Mufasa’s death in [The Lion King].” — Brady (11:55)
  • Noted scenes: “Big Hero 6” (older brother dies), “Snow White” (Queen’s transformation), “Toy Story 3” (toy monkey scene), “Pinocchio” (kids turning into donkeys).
  • Pinocchio’s “Pleasure Island” arc gets a detailed, funny revisit with a cameo by Dick Toledo ("Thriller").
    • “I gotta watch Pinocchio...Epstein got his ideas. Totally forgot about. That’s how it happened.” — John (13:12–13:15)

5. Music News and Festivals

• Bruno Mars sold 2.1 million tickets on Ticketmaster in a day; discussion about his Phoenix shows, Vegas residencies, and Silk Sonic project.
  • “Think I’d rather not go with three dudes to Bruno Mars.” — John’s friend, via John (15:05)
• “Incarceration Festival” announced at Ohio’s Shawshank Redemption prison.
  • “You think I’d fly to Ohio for this?” — John (16:04)
  • Jokes about only going if all attendees had to dress as prisoners.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [04:19] John: “Baywatch reboot needs to be the first AI TV show.”
• [05:39] John: “If you’re going to do Baywatch again, let’s make it the first ever AI television show...AI Baywatch is the future.”
• [07:33] John: “It’s always the fourth one down. And I’ve learned…the click on it is blue. If it’s blue, it’s AI.”
• [08:45] Brady: “Roseanne Barr.”
• [09:16] John: “Kanye. He kind of canceled himself though. He didn’t do very well with that whole Jew thing. I’ll be honest with you.”
• [10:47] Brady: “Ready to go through… the most traumatizing moments in Disney movies?”
• [13:12–13:15] John: “Epstein got his ideas. Totally forgot about. That’s how it happened.”

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• [04:01] – Baywatch reboot news & AI casting proposal
• [08:17] – “Becoming Uncanceled” reality show
• [09:41] – Jackass movie archival footage/Bam Margera
• [10:47] – Most traumatic Disney movie moments
• [14:15] – Bruno Mars ticket record
• [15:20] – Incarceration Festival at Shawshank prison

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Additional Flavor

• Classic “morning zoo” camaraderie: the team riffs on each other and their guests, never missing a chance to needle one another or slip in a pop culture dig.
• Humor is irreverent and sometimes biting—audience is assumed to be in on the joke.

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Summary

This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness delivers a rapid-fire, lightly controversial, and frequently hilarious take on entertainment news and pop culture. The group’s proposal to make the new Baywatch an AI parody perfectly encapsulates their mixture of satire and prescience. Add in playful dissection of “cancel culture,” childhood trauma via Disney, and big-ticket music event banter, and listeners get a colorful, offbeat, and highly unfiltered window into what’s hot—and what’s totally ridiculous—in entertainment this week.

Transcript

[A]

You're listening to the HMS Podcast, brought to you by MMP Guns.com, your most trusted online marketplace for firearms, ammunition, and accessories. Morning sickness. Our friend Sanjay just brought burritos to us this morning. What a lovely thing. And he smells like fresh baked cookies.

[B]

He's a sugar cookie.

[A]

He smells like a sugar cookie. Is that what you were expecting or what he said? Well, no, I know it's wrong for me to say that a man of his. His descent smells good because that's. I acted shocked. You actually smell good, were my words. I'm like, oh, geez. That came across.

[B]

He's a good one.

[A]

Yeah, I know. I heard that, too. And Brady swiped 50 bucks off of him. Anyway. Yeah. Thanks, Sanjay. Reckless Eden is the band. You want to pay attention to that. He's the guitar player for. We should play them. We'll give him a little one before we get out of here. It's a great band. Great band. And he's. The smell is still here. And it's good. Smells fantastic. All right, now, I'm shocked, too. I was at Tactical Black on Wednesday, and one of the trainers, Tony, is there, and we're going through a couple drills, and Tony kept walking by me, and I'm sweating. I smell like sort of fish and dog hair. I don't know what the hell's coming out of me. Working hard and Josh is going. I didn't really get a whiff off of him. Tony goes by, and I'm like, sandalwood and oranges. That's nice. And I actually said while I'm hitting him, I'm like, you smell great. And he just starts laughing. He smelled good, but I think Sanjay just topped it. That man smells like cookies. You know what? Go see the band Reckless Eden just to smell them. Yeah, absolutely. It's still in here. Imagine how good Copper Blues would have smelled that. God, had they made it. Damn it. Well, they would have.

[B]

But Kirby wears that perfume.

[A]

He mixes it.

[B]

Mix it with his. Yeah.

[A]

Kirby wears Fresh Baked Cookies perfume, kind of. I bet you bought that for her. I want my daughter to smell like this. Anyway, it's time for the entertainment drill. It's brought to you by our friends at the Schwartz Laser Eye center, the team doc for the Arizona or. Yeah, the Diamondbacks. Almost said Phoenix. Diamondbacks, Arizona Diamondbacks, and your Phoenix Suns. They are trusted by the professionals in sports, and those are some expensive eyes. So if the teams are expecting the eyes to be treated properly, they're going to put them in the right spot and they give them to Dr. Jay Schwartz. I went there and again, I got an email from a guy yesterday. I was like, I had Lasik a few years ago, and it's batting a lot of times. The old Lasik surgery went away. And it starts to go. I highly recommend, highly recommend. Looking into the lens exchange. It is unbelievable. And here's the thing. When you get it done, you can never get cataracts. It's like an organic thing that goes. And it adapts with your eye over time. You can't. It's impervious to cataracts. Incredible. And the vivid colors and brightness of the world. You will see a difference the second you open your eyes after the procedure is over. I can tell you from experience, I couldn't believe the difference. I had Lasik, God, 15 years ago. And I remember opening my eyes after Lasik and like, oh, my God, I could see the details of a leaf on a plant next to my bed. I remember looking at that going, have I. And then multiply that by 10. After I had the lens exchange. It was incredible. So if you're squinting and dealing with glasses, you want to get rid of them, there are options. Plenty. And Dr. Jay Schwartz will walk you right through them with your complimentary consultation. See what's right for you. There's plenty of options. You do not need to squint. And you can start seeing the world a lot clearer. My left eye didn't get the lens exchange. My right. I did. And I always say my right eyes like an LED light. My left eyes like a standard old bulb. That's the difference in lighting. It's incredible. Check them out. Teamidoc.com As a Schwartz laser Eye Center. Brady, Entertain me.

[B]

This is kind of baffling. Open casting call has been announced for the Baywatch reboot.

[A]

TV or movie?

[B]

Tv.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And the applicants are encouraged to avoid overly revealing styles and costumes. Have you seen Baywatch?

[A]

Baywatch reboot needs to be the first AI TV show.

[B]

I guess.

[A]

And you get that girl we've been looking at? Brady sent us. Yeah. Yeah. What was the name of that girl? This. Everybody go look at this. We're going to do you a favor and kind of wreck your day.

[B]

Higgins.

[A]

Yeah. Something. Higgins. Something with a G. Higgins. Higgins. Higgins. I'll find her. Here she is. Gracie Higgins. She's AI Based off of a. And she does, like, things with her mom, too, which is not necessarily so. You can go to. I think it's Instagram. Is Grayson Higgs. It's just not human, man. Literally.

[B]

That's why I said I'm like, I sent it to you. Like, is this real?

[A]

Yeah. And it's in her face is kind of. As far as I'm understanding, it's kind of real. But she does these. This will be the. If you're a woman and you hear this in the bathroom a lot, she plays Paging doctor Beats on all of her dances. She needs to be the AI Baywatch girl. She does all the basketball teams too. Oh, she does a lot. Yeah.

[B]

Trust me, it's got to be AI because after the wardrobe that's going on there, those outfits. Yeah, but I'm sure they're sending them to her now. If that were.

[A]

No, that's just not human. A couple of me, like, that's not a human being. But that's the thing. If you're going to do Baywatch again, let's make it the first ever AI television show. And let's. Let's see how it goes. Because you want to make AI your friend fast. If I'm Elon Musk, I'm calling immediately the Schwartz family, who were the owners of Baywatch and say, let's do this my way. And then you have AI awesome Baywatch. And people be like, have you seen AI Baywatch? Because it would be everything Baywatch was times 10. They got one with her, with Leo. Yeah, I saw that word. But none of those are real. They wind up in bed together at the end. Yep. And he bangs her. Yeah. AI Baywatch is the future. I don't want to see. I don't want to see modern day social issues dealt with by real people on Baywatch. Because what they'll do is have a fat one and a flat chested one and a gay one. And like, they'll, they'll go down that thing you have to do to make sure AI doesn't have to do that. And the dudes would be great too, for all the ladies are upset and you could still have a lesbian one. Or do imagine that to make the lesbians happy, a couple of the Baywatch lifeguards that look like Gracie Higgins are lesbians. Oh, the lesbians would be like, this one's okay. We're good here. We don't mind the. The beauty standard. The beauty standard that every woman.

[B]

You'll have the Hoff, you know, and then you'll have the.

[A]

Yeah, and put classy Hoff back in there. AI him back in. That whole thing when women are like, it's not fair. Magazine covers and all this other stuff. It's just the beauty standards too high. She's you weren't wrong, but you needed to pretend like it was plenty good enough. Because what men did was invent something that now no one can attain at all. You go through pornhub and see the fourth. It's always the fourth one down. When you're looking at your videos, you're like, no, no, no.

[B]

Whoa.

[A]

And you click it, and then you're like, oh, it's an AI Ad. It's the most perfect human being you've ever seen. That. That looks like she can't find the right mouth hole for milk. She's coated. And you're like, I'll show you later, Brady. But when you go to pornhub, it's the fourth one down. And I've learned that the. The click on it is blue. If it's blue, it's AI. Oh, really? A little lesson for all. Yeah. If it's blue, it's AI but she's perfect. Like the girl. Like, oh, my God. I can't believe I'm even looking at that. The future is bad. Baywatch A. I'm excited for my idea. That won't happen. 98. What? 98. No way. Holmberg's morning sickness.

[B]

There's another new series. E is creating a new series where canceled celebrities will live together in a house and seek redemption. It's called Becoming Uncanceled.

[A]

Great idea.

[B]

Who? What celebrity?

[A]

Evan Spacey Feldman. Roseanne Miller.

[B]

Amber Heard. Juicy Smollet.

[A]

Oh, they're all in. Or just wish lists. Army hammers in there.

[B]

CeeLo Green.

[A]

Bill Cosby.

[B]

Roseanne Barr.

[A]

Yeah, I mentioned Michael Richards. Michael. He's old.

[B]

J.K. rowling.

[A]

I forgot she got canceled. Yeah.

[B]

Oh, Gina Carano.

[A]

For no reason. Canceled.

[B]

Blake Lively.

[A]

All good. Has she canceled or just people get tired of her? I don't think she did anything.

[B]

She went through a period of time. People.

[A]

Yeah, but that's just people not liking it. Being canceled and being unliked are different.

[B]

She's on the bubble because she kind of won it back.

[A]

Harvey Weinstein.

[B]

Ye.

[A]

He's in jail. Kanye. He kind of canceled himself, though. He didn't do very well with that whole Jew thing. I'll be honest with you.

[B]

Did he when he gets out?

[A]

Tom Brennaman. Talk about a guy that would win the redemption levels. Yeah. Oh, he can narrate it. He can voice the thing. Jesus, we are perfect. We're starting a network. I'm telling you. I won't say anything about a British cigarette again.

[B]

More info came out on the Jackass movie. Bam Margera says He'll only appear in older, unused footage in the new Jackass movie. So basically, they're going through all the footage. There's a lot of extra footage that never was put in these movies. And he'll be in that. He says yes. Even if he was asked to film something new, he's not interested.

[A]

I don't like Bam Margera. He's got so much going on. Totally. Yeah. I'm totally fine with him not being around. He just. I don't care for bamboo. All the rest of them ended up loving Steve O. Like, when he's here, he's one of my favorite visits when he comes by. And then actually really like Pontius too, even though I think he may be brain dead. I'm not sure Pontius has, I don't.

[B]

Know, survive some of the stuff that they're doing.

[A]

Chris Pontius is one of the blankest guests we've ever had in a fun way. Like, he's the reason they picked him to do the things he did is because he's a puppy. But he was. He was fun. They were great dudes. I liked hanging out with them.

[B]

Okay, you ready to go through this one? The most traumatizing moments in Disney movies.

[A]

Bambi.

[B]

I was in at number three.

[A]

Old Yeller's Terrifying the Abortion and Up. Or the miscarriage.

[B]

There you go. That was old. Yellow is six. Up was fifth.

[A]

There's a bunch of deaths in Up.

[B]

Yeah. Ellie passing away is the one they didn't have. They don't touch.

[A]

Miscarriage. Yeah, there's a miscarriage and up. It's bad.

[B]

Let's see.

[A]

There's tears. Pixar tears at the obstetrician's office in that cartoon. Watch it again. And you're like, oh, my God, she glopped out a baby. She had a stillborn.

[B]

Number 10 was when the older brother dies in Big Hero 6.

[A]

Didn't see it.

[B]

Number 9, see Evil Queen's transformation in Snow White.

[A]

How is Bambi's mother getting killed in the first three minutes of Bambi not the most traumatizing thing?

[B]

It's dated. That's why. What's fresher in their mind is one. Above it is Miguel singing to Mama Coco in the Coco. And number one was Mufasa's death in the last.

[A]

Yeah, that's pretty bad. Yeah, but it. But it was necessary for the movie. That's very Bambi ish. The idea of Mufasa dying early in the Stampede and Lion King comes from Bambi. It's the same storyline.

[B]

The Toy Monkey scene in Toy Story 3.

[A]

Oh, yeah, that's creepy. That's pretty good.

[B]

And this one I forgot about. But it is when all the kids turned into donkeys in Pinocchio.

[A]

I forgot about that. Pinocchio's got some stuff.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You get a Thriller, just came in nodding like that he's been raped by Pinocchio or something. He was. You were way too adamant about that. But don't they go to, like. Doesn't Pinocchio have the two evil guys kind of following around a little bit? And you go ahead and tell me. Come over here. Thriller. Take your time. All day. Thriller. All day. Make the walk.

[B]

There we go.

[A]

All the way across the room. Trying to climb into the chair with that one good side. Eventually full of chicken today.

[B]

He kept his chicken today.

[A]

All right, Thrillers at the mic.

[C]

Sorry. No, too much about Pinocchio.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[C]

You have John and his other little buddy, and that's before he goes to Pleasure Island. Yeah.

[A]

Oh, I forgot about Pleasure Island. Yeah, I forgot about that.

[C]

Or they smoke with the billiards and the cigars and it turns into the donkey.

[B]

I gotta watch Pinocchio.

[A]

Epstein got his ideas. Totally forgot about. That's how it happened.

[C]

Yeah, I, a year or two ago, went through and did like, one Disney movie a week each week into the whole discography or whatever you want to call it.

[A]

Jesus.

[C]

Took a while.

[B]

What was your favorite?

[C]

This is me showing my age. Newer stuff. Emperor's New Groove or Atlantis.

[A]

Emperor's New group is very funny.

[C]

Very funny.

[A]

Very funny. Atlantis.

[C]

I think it's got a good cast.

[A]

I don't even remember Atlantis.

[C]

No one does.

[A]

What's that?

[C]

That was, I think, 2002. That was them like, oh, we have a secret book that helps you find Atlantis. And they go into, like, underwater again at all. It's not one of Disney's best, but I like it a lot.

[A]

You like that one? Okay. Toy Story is the best. There's no question.

[C]

Oh, for sure.

[A]

That's amazing.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Thriller. Will you be excited for Dunes Day later this year? You got Dune three. Oh. Also with premiering at the same time as Avengers. Doomsday. Calling it Doomsday.

[A]

Oh, no. All right, that's enough.

[B]

Bruno Mars set a Ticketmaster record for the most tickets sold in a single day.

[A]

Across the nation.

[B]

Just 2.1 million tickets.

[A]

Hadn't shows in Phoenix already. Second show. That is a cheap either. What happened? That's a great show.

[C]

Do you have a residency, though? What happened to that?

[A]

We had that little one at the park. But it was then it was more in and out kind of. Yeah. And he put no effort into that. We've. I've seen it. You've seen it. The Bruno Marshall at the park was just him singing. It's great. But he didn't try.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

And then they did Silk Sonic, which was spectacular for sure. But he's got Anderson Paak with him, so they're going to do some Silk Sonic stuff. I told my. My buddies wanted to go to Vegas in April. Anthony and Stebbings and Brink and like, let's go to plan. I'm like, hey, April. That I made the gayest remark to dude planning a we could get tickets to Bruno Mars.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

And they're like, think I'd rather not go with three dudes to Bruno Mars. I'm like, yeah, you might. You've done that, I think. Yeah. You and me and Billy went once. I think we'll. I think we'll go anyway. But it's at Allegiant Stadium. It's awesome.

[B]

This was just announced a music festival. This might be a reason for you to go to Ohio.

[A]

Nope. Oh, God.

[B]

The Incarceration festival.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

It's July 17th to the 19th. It's happening at the Ohio State Reformatory, which is the Shawshank. Shawshank Redemption.

[A]

Oh, is that the one on tv, right?

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Yeah, the one they filmed. Not Shawshanks, where they filmed. Right.

[B]

Yeah. Three day festival. You got Limp Bizkit, Disturbed, Bad Omens. Friday Disturbed kicks it off with Papa Roach, Cypress Hill, Hollywood Undead.

[A]

You think I'd fly to Ohio for this Saturday?

[B]

Bad Omens, Gojira, Sleeping With Sirens.

[A]

It's a good show.

[B]

Lacuna Coil, Sleep Theory. And then Sunday is Limp Bizkit with a Day to Remember. Motionless and White. Ice nine Kills.

[A]

Okay, I've seen them all here. Yeah, I was gonna say. They'll come by. Yeah. We're not gonna fly to Ohio and stand in a prison yard for that.

[B]

Go there and rock with Andy Dufresne and the boys.

[A]

Yeah, that would be fun to have Morgan and Andy host it. And now Here comes Ice 9 kills. The sisters will be there. You've been waiting for Ice nine Kills all night. But your wait is over.

[B]

Waiting for you in the Port of Jones.

[A]

I would do it if everybody had to wear the Shawshank uniform. If we all had to dress as prisoners, it would be great. And I think it would be apropos as well. All right, there you go. Nice work. All right, there's your entertainment draw. We got a Guadalupe squares coming up. We didn't do one last week because Marlon Wayans was in here drinking away. Yeah, we had a blast drinking, says Rack and going nuts. We'll do a squares next. We get a girl, we'll get a guy. That's how we do it. 585 9, 800. Do you know what we're playing for, Brett? I don't either. Something good. I'm sure we'll have tickets to something. We'll let you know what's coming up. The Guadalupe squares are next. It's 98. It's out of control. You can't solve every case for your kids. But with greenlight, they'll have the instincts and the money skills to stay out of trouble. With a Greenlight debit card and money app, parents can monitor spending and teach financial responsibility. It's an easy way to guide kids as they grow from earning allowance and tracking chores to learning how to save and even invest. Start your risk free Greenlight trial [e-mail] wondery that's greenlight.com wondery.