01-28-26 - Entertainment Drill - WED - Potsie From Happy Days Is Related To Dr Heimlich - Questioning If Brady's Driver Assistance Feature Is Called Blues Cruise

Summary

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Holmberg’s Morning Sickness – Entertainment Drill – 01-28-26

Main Theme:
This episode of the Entertainment Drill blends signature irreverent banter with oddball news, entertainment stories, and offbeat facts. The crew—John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo—riff on unexpected music gestures, a macabre film remake, Super Bowl memorabilia, surprising celebrity connections, and the quirks of modern automotive technology.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Neil Young’s Unlikely Gift to Greenland (02:21)

• The show begins with a tongue-in-cheek take on Neil Young making his music catalog accessible to everyone in Greenland as a “gift” to alleviate their “stress” from US President Trump.
• Memorable Quotes:
  • Brady (02:42): “Greenland, we’re so sorry. This is the worst thing that could happen.”
  • Co-host (02:50): “It’s a Trojan horse. Neil Young songs at the ready, screaming at you—‘calm you down, she’s a cinnamon girl’—just attacked.”
• The hosts riff on how this could be a punishment rather than a gift, conflating Greenlanders, the Dutch, and poor renditions of Neil Young’s singing.

2. “Faces of Death” Gets a Modern Remake (03:30)

• Talk turns to the new trailer for the Faces of Death remake, starring Dacre Montgomery, Barbie Ferreira, and Charlie XCX.
• Hosts reminisce about the original’s infamous scenes (notably the monkey brain sequence) and its underground, hard-to-find reputation as teens.
• Notable Exchange:
  • Brady (04:36): “I was 17 and I’m crying because that monkey scene disturbed me. I was upset.”

3. Super Bowl XX Memorabilia: Mike Ditka’s Sweater Vest Up for Auction (04:42)

• On the 40th anniversary of Super Bowl XX, Ditka’s original game-worn vest is up for auction, sitting at $82,000.
• The show discusses its authenticity, including Ditka’s personal letter of authenticity.
• Co-host (05:00): “The vest comes with a signed letter from Ditka... current bid’s $82,000. Little rich, Brett.”
• Bret Vesely (05:18): “Yeah, I was like, I’m out.”

4. “Happy Days” Connection to the Heimlich Maneuver (05:37)

• Anson Williams (Potsie from Happy Days) is revealed to be second cousins with Dr. Henry Heimlich.
• Potsie apparently used his Hollywood contacts to get Dr. Heimlich and his maneuver on the Merv Griffin Show, educating millions.
• Brady (06:07): “If it weren’t for Potsie, it would have taken longer for people to learn it.”
• Co-host (06:11): “The creators and cast of Happy Days have helped save more lives than any other program in history.”
• Also, Anson Williams invented ‘alert drops’ for driver drowsiness in 2018, but it’s discontinued.

5. Driver Assistance Features: Is It Called Blues Cruise or Blue Cruise? (06:43)

• The group debates the name and features of Ford/Lincoln driver assistance technology.
• Co-host (07:02): “On the Ford and Lincoln, they got a thing called Blues Cruise... lane departure.”
• Brady (07:10): “And it’s called Blues Cruise?”
• Co-host (07:12): “Yeah.”
• Banter ensues about whether “Blues Cruise” is the real name—with Brady doubting the authenticity and suggesting it sounds made up.
• Ultimate discovery: It’s actually called “Blue Cruise,” and is Ford’s hands-free highway driving system, not “Blues” Cruise.
• Memorable Exchange:
  • Brady (08:15): “Believe that. Just don’t think it’s called Blues Cruise. I think you’ve come up with that.”
  • Co-host (10:16): “No, s just Blue Cruise.”
  • Brady (10:17): “Blue Cruise is hands-free highway driving…”

6. BTS Comeback Tour Sold Out (08:45)

• North American and European dates for BTS’s comeback tour are sold out.
• Humorous confusion follows about the meaning of “comeback” for the K-pop group, now returning from mandatory Korean military service.
• Bret Vesely (08:54): “I didn’t know they were gone.”
• Brady (09:02): “They got forced into the military for a couple years... I still struggle thinking there’s a lot of American girls into Korean boys. Things have changed.”

7. NFL, Super Bowl, and the 49ers’ Training Facility (09:41)

• The Seahawks and Patriots are both avoiding the 49ers’ facility due to a weird substation near the facility, believed to be causing tendon tears.

8. Wrapping the “Blue Cruise” Debate (10:16–11:19)

• The team confirms “Blue Cruise” is the correct name for Ford’s driver-assist, not “Blues Cruise.”
• There’s good-natured teasing about the co-host’s confusion and why Ford chose “Blue.”
• Brady (10:56): “I just expected that dog to help me solve crimes. Is there an Asian version of Blue’s Clues?”
• Sarcastic aside about “lazy” drivers relying too much on automation.
• Brady (11:17): “How lazy are you? These hands of mine need to be on my lap. I wish this car did it itself. But if it makes you stare out the window, just drive.”

9. Listener Email on Media Integrity (11:32)

• Holmberg reads an email accusing him of being “controlled.”
• He responds with a brief reflection on media bias and encourages listeners to question what they’re told and not jump to conclusions.
• Brady (11:59): “Just because you believe one side doesn’t mean the other is wrong and vice versa. So I choose to be the giant panda I’ve become.”

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Brady (02:42): “Greenland, we’re so sorry. This is the worst thing that could happen.”
• Brady (04:36): “I was 17 and I’m crying because that monkey scene disturbed me. I was upset.”
• Co-host (06:11): “The creators and cast of Happy Days have helped save more lives than any other program in history.”
• Brady (08:15): "Believe that. Just don’t think it’s called Blues Cruise. I think you’ve come up with that.”
• Brady (09:02): “I still struggle thinking there’s a lot of American girls into Korean boys... Things have changed.”
• Brady (11:17): "How lazy are you? These hands of mine need to be on my lap. I wish this car did it itself."
• Brady (11:59): “Just because you believe one side doesn’t mean the other is wrong and vice versa. So I choose to be the giant panda I’ve become.”

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Key Timestamps

• 02:21 – Neil Young’s gift to Greenland and riff on his musical style.
• 03:30 – Faces of Death remake and macabre nostalgia.
• 04:42 – Mike Ditka’s Super Bowl XX vest up for auction.
• 05:37 – Anson Williams’ family link to Dr. Heimlich and Happy Days lifeguarding America.
• 06:43 – The “Blue Cruise”/“Blues Cruise” naming confusion and features of driver assist.
• 08:45 – BTS comeback tour and shifting cultural tastes.
• 09:41 – NFL training facility superstitions and injuries.
• 10:16 – Resolving the “Blue Cruise” debate; jokes about automation and laziness.
• 11:32 – Host’s response to listener critique on media integrity.

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Tone & Style

• Fast-paced, sarcastic, and irreverent.
• Banter between co-hosts adds to the comic, skeptical, and occasionally absurd tone.
• Entertaining blend of pop-culture news, local color, and trenchant skepticism.

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This episode offers a smorgasbord of strange facts, sports nostalgia, and comedic group dynamics—all in the signature irreverent style that defines Holmberg’s Morning Sickness. Perfect for listeners who like their morning show with a side of skepticism and a lot of laughs.

Transcript

[Brett Vesli]

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[Brady]

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[Co-host]

Well, it looks like the. Looks like Greenland is going to be part of the USA sooner than we thought.

[Brady]

Oh, yeah.

[Co-host]

They're getting a gift. And this gift is meant to ease some of the unwarranted stress and threats you're experiencing from U.S. president Trump. Neil Young is giving everyone in Greenland free access to his full music catalog.

[Brady]

Oh, my God. Greenland. We're so sorry. This is the worst thing that could happen.

[Co-host]

They will be asking for our help.

[Brady]

It's a Trojan horse. Neil Young Songs at the ready screaming at you, calm you down She's a cinnamon girl. Every state of Just attacked. Why did they put us through Dish Misery. That's the Dutch. But they're close. They are.

[Brett Vesli]

He almost sounds like Michael Caine.

[Brady]

No, that's the Dutch guy.

[Brett Vesli]

No, the. The Neil Young there.

[Brady]

What? She's a Santa Mango. That's just the Dutch guys. Mole. No, that's a Dutchman.

[Brett Vesli]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Brady]

Because they own them and I don't know how they sound up and nobody knows what Greenland is. Yeah, Michael Caine is a Dutchman. If you just add a little bit more X.

[Co-host]

The teaser is out for the Faces of Death remake. Came out yesterday. It will hit the theaters in April. Stars Daiquiri Montgomery from Stranger Things, Barbie Ferreira from euphoria and Charlie XCX.

[Brady]

Oh, yeah, she's.

[Co-host]

If you remember that 80s gem, Faces of Death. Oh, yeah. Weren't there a couple of them?

[Brady]

There were. There were several. We couldn't tell if they were real or not. But we watch it every day on the Internet now.

[Co-host]

Yeah.

[Brady]

Why do you need to do it?

[Brett Vesli]

What's the point of it?

[Brady]

Well, the monkey scene is people believe. I think that's a real one.

[Co-host]

I think. No, that monkey one is real.

[Brady]

It looks like they eat the monkey brains right on the bottom of the table.

[Co-host]

We've got a reservation for six, remember?

[Brady]

What? Yeah, and that's the thing that we're like, why did they allow them to film the whole night?

[Co-host]

It.

[Brady]

It seems. Yeah, it doesn't. I remember it was hard to get a copy of that in high school and stuff. And Chris Wellock got it.

[Co-host]

I got Faces of Death.

[Brady]

Like eight of us went over to his house and all of us. I Was like crying Box video was.

[Co-host]

Always out of it.

[Brady]

I was like, 17, and I'm crying because that monkey scene disturbed me. I was upset.

[Co-host]

Monday was the 40th anniversary of Super Bowl 20.

[Brady]

That's right, Bears.

[Co-host]

And up for auction right now at Golden Dot Co. Is Ditka's original sweater.

[Brady]

Vest from what he wore from the game.

[Co-host]

From the game.

[Brady]

Authentic?

[Co-host]

Are we sure it's authentic? It. The vest comes with a signed letter from Ditka himself confirming that this was a game. Warm, worn vest from January 26, 1986. Right now, the current bid's $82,000. Little rich Brett.

[Brett Vesli]

Yeah, I was like, I'm out.

[Co-host]

The auction house says this wasn't Nike or Reebok or. Or some. Someone telling a coach what to wear. This was his uniform.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Co-host]

He was going to wear it every time.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Co-host]

Didn't know this fun fact about Happy Days. Anson Williams. Potsy, who played Potsy? Yeah, his. He was second cousins to the guy that invented the Heimlich maneuver.

[Brady]

Is that a thing?

[Co-host]

Dr. Henry Heimlich?

[Brady]

No, I know that's a thing, but I'm like, does it matter that second.

[Co-host]

Well, after Heimlich was invented in 1974, yeah. Williams used the Hollywood connections to get Dr. Heimlich onto the Merv Griffin show, where he demonstrated for millions of people.

[Brady]

If it weren't for Potsy, it would have taken longer for people to learn it.

[Co-host]

And that's what Potts. He says. He said the. The creators and the cast of Happy Days have helped save more lives than any other program in history.

[Brett Vesli]

Just thinks, first time we've had Potsy news.

[Co-host]

Yeah.

[Brady]

And positive news. If you'd have placed a bet, I'd have said, next time we have Potsy news, it'll be the passing of Anson Williams. But no way off.

[Co-host]

Potsy did Invent something in 2018 called alert drops for drowsy drivers, but it doesn't seem to be for sale anymore.

[Brady]

Oh, wait a minute. What's that? The keep you alert.

[Co-host]

Yeah.

[Brady]

Oh, do they still have that thing in cars? When you look down, the car all, like, flip out?

[Co-host]

They do on. Well, it's. It's some. On the Ford and Lincoln, they got a thing called Blues Cruise. Well, if you turn it on, lane departure.

[Brady]

Oh, I have that. On mine.

[Co-host]

It'll let you know. If your eyes are looking down, it'll automatically steer for you, but if you're not looking straight ahead.

[Brady]

And it's called Blues Cruise.

[Co-host]

Yeah.

[Brady]

Really?

[Co-host]

Yeah.

[Brady]

Are you just making that up?

[Co-host]

No.

[Brady]

Okay. Why is it called Blues Cruise.

[Co-host]

It's what they call it.

[Brady]

Or is it what you call it?

[Co-host]

No, I'm gonna look that up.

[Brady]

I don't think you're wrong, but it doesn't seem right either. And your face is telling me you're kind of making it up.

[Brett Vesli]

He didn't get the ceiling tiles in.

[Brady]

So nobody did. That dumb guy kind of thousand yard gaze. Like was that. Because it doesn't make any sense if you're looking down. Why they would call it Blues Cruise. But. Maybe. But it seems like a name that doesn't match.

[Co-host]

Google says it's just heads up display.

[Brady]

Yeah. I think you call it Blues Cruise.

[Announcer]

Heads up, eyes out.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Co-host]

Yeah. No, if I set the cruise control on, it has a technology basically that will steer. Keep the car in the lane.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Co-host]

Do turns.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Co-host]

But you have the minute. If you look away for 10 or 15 seconds straight ahead.

[Brady]

Believe that. Just don't think it's called Blues Cruise. I think you've come up with that. You've convinced.

[Co-host]

No, I haven't.

[Brady]

Where did you hear that?

[Co-host]

At the Lincoln dealership.

[Brady]

I'm kidding. I think he's crazy again.

[Co-host]

Maybe they sent me away with that. Did you Google Blues know who you are.

[Brady]

And they bet you he'll start calling A good thing Brady's not the second cousin to Heimlich or we'd have never figured it out. We'd just be ramming each other in the ass trying not to choke.

[Co-host]

Brett. I'm sorry. You're gonna have to pay a premium. But the BTS comeback tour is completely sold out in North America. Damn it. And Europe.

[Brett Vesli]

I didn't know they were gone.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Brett Vesli]

Even have a comeback Tour.

[Co-host]

There's only 12 cities in North America.

[Brady]

Yeah. They went to the military.

[Co-host]

Oh, really? Yeah. They got.

[Brady]

They got forced into the military for a couple years. So then they had to come back. And I still struggled thinking that there is a lot of American girls that are into Korean boys. I've never seen it in my life. It just throws me off. I've never gone to a. When I was a kid, I never went into anybody's. Like a girl's bedroom and seen a poster of Pat Morita. I just didn't ever think that the young American girls were into the Asians. But things have changed.

[Brett Vesli]

To me, it's like the Chris Valenzuelas. They all look alike.

[Brady]

Okay. That's. The Chris Valenzuelas all looked wildly different. Oh, did they? Yes.

[Co-host]

Both teams for the Super Bowl Seahawks. And the Patriots are avoiding the 49ers training facility because there's an ongoing investigation on that substation that's near there. That's throwing off.

[Brady]

Yeah, they've been blaming that thing next to the facility for the 49ers on why they have so many tendon tears on the team. They've got some weird thing next to where they practice. Yeah, strange. Okay. You found Blues Cruise. Blues Cruise is hand free.

[Co-host]

No, s just Blue Cruise.

[Brady]

Blue Cruise is hands free highway driving.

[Brett Vesli]

She's on her way to a BTS concert. Look at that.

[Brady]

You got an Asian lady. Yeah. Agent. Asian lady driving. Which they're basically using her to say, look, don't be afraid. The car's got it. Their. Their model is an Asian woman. Like, don't worry. The car's driving 2020.

[Co-host]

Sorry, I threw an.

[Brady]

Well, yeah, but it isn't about dropping your head.

[Co-host]

No, it is.

[Brady]

Oh, it has that feature too. If you don't. If you're not looking for it.

[Co-host]

Monitors your head position. I have it on my car.

[Brady]

No, no. But I never like why they call it. It's Bluetooth something.

[Brett Vesli]

Blue Cruise.

[Brady]

No, I know. That's what I'm saying. Why the blue? I don't understand.

[Co-host]

Ford.

[Brady]

Oh, it's Ford. Okay, now we're seeing it.

[Co-host]

Oh, is that why.

[Brady]

That's all I'm asking.

[Co-host]

I had no idea Blues Cruise.

[Brady]

I just expected that dog to help me solve crimes. There an Asian version of Blues Clues.

[Co-host]

That's not a good feature to show.

[Brady]

Yeah, they're just suck coffee and not steering. Well, if you're gonna watch out the window. Grab the wheel, I guess. So how lazy are you? These hands of mine need to be on my lap. I wish this car did it itself. But if it makes you stare out the window, just drive.

[Co-host]

Yeah, I'm trying to get that. I'm seeing if I can cut that part out of it. You know, detach it. Just like a. You can turn your screen into a tv.

[Brady]

Don't do that.

[Co-host]

I'm just kidding. I did it.

[Brady]

There's a guy named James who I want to. I will answer your email later. He thinks that I'm. He says somebody is controlling you. He thinks I'm being controlled. He says, I love these. Someone is pulling your strings, John. This is not advertising. This is not about a radio station. This is about integrity as a US citizen. Saying that I witnessed a murder in Minnesota and I won't condemn it. I condemn it. I don't know what happened. But neither do you.

[Co-host]

Right?

[Brady]

You think you know what happened. I want to know what happened before I start losing my mind. I think it was terrible. I'll start there. But I'm not going off the clips and what I heard because I can look, you can tell me what you know and I can turn the channel and somebody will tell me the exact opposite. And just because you believe one side doesn't mean the other is wrong and vice versa. So I choose to be the giant panda I've become.

[Co-host]

Enjoy your checks.

[Brady]

Which is be aware but don't care because I'm not gonna change. I hate it. Nothing to do. It's 10:14. Larry's coming up next. He's being puppeted by someone today, that's for sure. Sponsored by Ford Blue Cruise. When Larry looks down, the radio shuts off. We're done. You guys have yourselves a great one. We'll see you tomorrow on the morning sickness.

[Co-host]

It's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fees.

[Brady]

I heard enough of this.

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