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John Holberg
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Co-host or Friend
Homberg's morning sickness, the old method of treatment for a person in this condition was to throw him in jail.
John Holberg
It's just about time for that entertainment drill. But sports is going.
Co-host or Friend
Why can't the Cardinals be something, John?
John Holberg
I don't know. It's never going to happen. I got all these emails from people who are like, I'm finally done with it and I'm happy. First year he took off from being a Cardinal fan and he's like, I enjoyed Sundays again. Doug Hopkins.
Co-host or Friend
Watch other stuff.
John Holberg
Hopkins texts me and he goes, jets and Cardinals, my two teams. Because he's from New York. And he goes, I got the one, two punch with that. Yeah, he's got that one. Goes, that's fun.
Co-host or Friend
Well, at least he's got the house going.
John Holberg
Yeah, you know what? You're good at something, dad. Stick with it. Don't talk about football anymore, though. But yeah, the. Maybe it's Doug Hopkins. Jets, Cardinals, Suns fan.
Co-host or Friend
Interesting trend.
John Holberg
Maybe you're.
Co-host or Friend
I will tell you this. I. I'm very happy. Sunday football is over.
John Holberg
Why?
Co-host or Friend
Because I don't have to see your commercial anymore. And I saw you. And I saw you. I only saw you once or twice.
John Holberg
And I'm like, no, it's not.
Co-host or Friend
John thinks that he looks good.
John Holberg
I do. Next to Doug. Come on.
Co-host or Friend
Wow.
Doug Hopkins
Miss America.
Co-host or Friend
See, I'm. I don't know Doug, so I'm not gonna diss.
John Holberg
Well, you were dissing him a little bit by saying that John thinks he looks good, and I appreciate that. Well, I say that I agree with you. It looked good. I look good in that spot. It was really well lit.
Doug Hopkins
It's a good father son combo.
John Holberg
They think Doug's my dad.
Co-host or Friend
Where?
John Holberg
Some guy. I told him, he said, it's so great. 25 plus years of doing this job and you've been a staple in the Valley. And now your son's involved in the business. And he melted. The guy wasn't kidding. And he goes, what? He goes, the guy in the commercials? Like, I assume that's your. And I start dying. Like, when Doug tells me. I'm like, ah, we're one year apart.
Co-host or Friend
So this time, I thought that Doug was your dad.
John Holberg
And I told Doug, I said, that's not because I look good. No, that's not on me. You know, going in there with a fountain of youth. Yes, it's because of you, brother.
Co-host or Friend
Poor Doug.
John Holberg
Yeah, poor Doug.
Co-host or Friend
Yeah.
John Holberg
But he's doing fine.
Co-host or Friend
Yeah, Doug's doing fine.
John Holberg
He's a Jets fan. He's a Cardinals fan. That'll gray your hair a little faster.
Co-host or Friend
He's got better seats than you at the Sun's game.
John Holberg
He's got great seats. Yeah. Well, actually, no, he doesn't. They're good seats, but they're behind the visitor's bench. And unless you're 7 4, you're not seeing anything.
Co-host or Friend
Really?
John Holberg
Okay, yeah. Doug yells at me about that, but I'm like, I'm gonna.
Co-host or Friend
It's like I understood the Cowboys stadium. They have the field suites.
John Holberg
Yeah.
Co-host or Friend
You're looking at butts.
John Holberg
Yeah, it's.
Co-host or Friend
Well, no, not cheerleaders, but you're looking at players.
John Holberg
But that's what you're looking at. I'm looking at the cheerleader.
Co-host or Friend
I'm talking about, hey, 50 yard line.
John Holberg
Yeah.
Co-host or Friend
Field suite.
John Holberg
Can't see a thing.
Co-host or Friend
Expensive. You see nothing. Yeah, you're watching it on tv.
John Holberg
Football. I'm gonna miss it. It's our first weekend without it in a long time. I'll do some spots with Doug here. Coming up. So you can get him in the summer for baseball. That'll be good. And maybe the suns.
Co-host or Friend
Doug.
John Holberg
I'll talk to Doug.
Co-host or Friend
Doug.
John Holberg
Oh, I was on his spots, and the phone rang off the.
Co-host or Friend
Ouch. Get him off.
John Holberg
No, no, no. Yeah, get him off. I can't control my wife. Please. I'll buy a house. You can buy my house. Just get that. Get that sexy beast off those TVs.
Co-host or Friend
Do you not ever speak up?
John Holberg
You know what's crazy about this? This is the thing that Doug told me that and it's true, is that he said he was going to houses that called because they saw me on the commercials with them. They're like, oh, wow, homework. I listen to him and they called up and Doug's like, it was amazing. Like a hundred percent of the people that referenced the commercial I was in. Yeah, Doug went in. Well, no, Doug went in. No, there's no qualifying Doug buys your house as is. But one of the as is things was they had to replace the carpet because of all the squirting from my commercial. The ladies were so moist.
Co-host or Friend
About you, John. It's the one thing you have been very honest about is how ugly you are. And it's a redeeming quality.
John Holberg
Yes.
Co-host or Friend
And. But you are. So when you act like this is.
John Holberg
Is. Hey, look, I'm not acting nausea. I can't help it when the ladies. When it starts gushing and wrecking, you know, the fibers of your carpet and get a tile house, for God's sakes, if you're going to sit through that. But yeah, they tried to sell the house. And Doug's like, I gotta. I gotta replace all the carpet in your house as is. And so what happened?
Doug Hopkins
Policy.
John Holberg
Oh, my wife just turned into Vesuvius. Whenever your commercials with that kid came.
Co-host or Friend
On, does he keep track of how many teeth some of these people have when they, you know, they say, listen.
John Holberg
Yeah, well, a lot of that's true, too. A lot of ladies were knocking their teeth out. He'll like me better.
Co-host or Friend
You're right.
John Holberg
That is true. Like, if I'm just gummy.
Co-host or Friend
Yeah.
John Holberg
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Doug Hopkins
Bruce Willis. His wife says he doesn't know he has dementia, which she's really happy about.
John Holberg
Isn't that dementia point, isn't it?
Co-host or Friend
Yeah.
Doug Hopkins
Dale doesn't still very much present in his body.
John Holberg
Dale's totally unaware of it and it makes him happier, I think. Yeah. Why would you keep telling somebody with dementia they got dementia?
Doug Hopkins
She's being a wife, if I remember it anyway.
John Holberg
By the way, you've got dementia. I do. You don't remember anything from yesterday? No, but I thought today's still a good day.
Co-host or Friend
Well, we went through that with my mom and my brother would correct her like, she's like, how did you find me? I'm out here on this cruise. Well, mom, you're not. Yeah, okay.
John Holberg
How's the cruise going?
Co-host or Friend
I said, let her be on the cruise.
John Holberg
Just start screwing around, put a little hat on. I'm the admiral.
Co-host or Friend
I flew ahead. Helicopter out here to see you, Mom.
John Holberg
Yeah, just start playing, cruise, take her on an excursion, mountain biking, whatever you want to do.
Doug Hopkins
I guess. Two more people have dropped out of Kid Rock's Rock the Country festival because of the comments he's made in the past. Just him.
John Holberg
Oh, if you, if you signed up for Kid Rocks festival in the first place, you should have known you're doing it for attention. If you're pulling out, nobody. Who pulled out?
Co-host or Friend
What's he doing and who pulled out? Yeah.
Doug Hopkins
Morgan Wade and Carter Faith. Ludacris dropped out.
John Holberg
Ludacris was part of the Kid Rock.
Doug Hopkins
Showed the original booking a mix up. But I think Ludacris will be here for the waste management for the open.
John Holberg
Either way. If you agreed to do the Kid Rock show in the beginning and then later said, oh, clutch my pearls, I can't believe what he sent you. You were doing it to get attention like Charlie Sheen's girlfriend. Exactly what I was getting into. The Matt Lauer lady.
Doug Hopkins
Come on.
John Holberg
He raped me. And then after the fifth time we had sex, I said, I've got to stop this.
Doug Hopkins
Bruce Springsteen dropped a song called Streets of Minneapolis.
John Holberg
Oh, Jesus.
Co-host or Friend
I got.
Doug Hopkins
That's just got a couple of things in there. He refers to the ice agents as federal thugs. King Trump's private army. He accuses Steve Miller and Kristi Gnome of telling dirty lies.
John Holberg
Steve Miller. Not that.
Doug Hopkins
Deaths of Steven. Stephen Miller. What?
John Holberg
Yeah, not that. Joking in the singer the joker. Yeah.
Doug Hopkins
And Tom Murillo will headline a concert on solidary and resistance to defend Minnesota.
John Holberg
Yeah, that's what we need. More crowds in Minnesota. I think that's a good idea happening.
Doug Hopkins
At the first Avenue venue in Minneapolis.
John Holberg
Yeah, great idea.
Co-host or Friend
Are they gonna pray to couple of the. The pedos up there too and say this who are supporting.
John Holberg
Oh my God. Yeah. That was a wild turn. The pedophiles are going up too. Dale showing his colors. I just don't think we should. I just don't think we should have big crowds in Minnesota for a couple of weeks. Yeah, let's calm down a little bit. Calm it down. No reason to escalate.
Doug Hopkins
Ice tea. Change the cop killer lyrics to ice killer.
John Holberg
Make some money off.
Doug Hopkins
I said it worked at Los Angeles. But he said, you know, basically if something goes down, he says, I think it. We're heading in some ugly terrain.
John Holberg
Sure.
Doug Hopkins
Black people really ain't got nothing to do with it. It's bad. I think the moment somebody shoots an ice agent, it's gonna be bad.
John Holberg
Oh, it's gonna be. That's why I say de escalate.
Doug Hopkins
He goes, I just. That's how I protested.
John Holberg
Yeah.
Doug Hopkins
Knock it off.
John Holberg
Just please stop. That's enough. Cooler heads will prevail later. We'll find out who was right and wrong in the end. Hopefully the whole point of the justice thing will happen. If it doesn't, whatever. But calm down.
Doug Hopkins
Dale's got a hard hitting story opportunity.
Co-host or Friend
I'm just curious. So you print all these out when.
John Holberg
Like they'll do your story. Pick them out or just had the.
Co-host or Friend
Stack just have the staff.
Doug Hopkins
Because hand picked.
Co-host or Friend
Because he looks at him is like, oh, this first time I've seen it.
John Holberg
Probably.
Co-host or Friend
Yeah.
John Holberg
It's your. It's your job to Siphon.
Co-host or Friend
All right, January 30th, new film Melania is coming to your theaters. And limited edition popcorn bucket available.
John Holberg
Jesus Christ.
Co-host or Friend
She's. She's beautiful.
John Holberg
She is. But I hate the words unlimited food. What's wrong with limited? Limited edition.
Doug Hopkins
Yeah.
John Holberg
And you get never ending popcorn.
Doug Hopkins
You get the large bucket with Melania forever.
John Holberg
Yeah. Because that's what you want. Just reach into her bucket.
Co-host or Friend
Pull up.
John Holberg
I wouldn't mind that. I'm not seeing a problem. I wouldn't mind that.
Co-host or Friend
Yeah. I don't know what the problem is there, but it'll be 12.99 at theaters that are showing the film. The novelty items are already shown up on ebay.
John Holberg
Yeah.
Co-host or Friend
John. So you can go there and get one.
John Holberg
Get one of your big popcorn buckets.
Doug Hopkins
Starts tomorrow.
John Holberg
Here's the thing. I think that's wrong with the world. Okay. And it starts with.
Co-host or Friend
Is this from your Jewish perspective?
John Holberg
Yeah, it's from all of them. I'm putting it as that. Australia. All of it. Yeah. The day we lost focus is the day that men stopped wanting to have sex with women because of their political views. If you don't think Melania Trump would be a good role because she. Because she's. Yeah. And you're like, I would never have sex with somebody who thinks that way. You didn't live the proper life.
Co-host or Friend
Johnny. Because that might be the smartest thing you've ever.
John Holberg
If there was a hot girl working at Tony Roma's when I was there and she. She's like, I am Muslim and I hate it here and I hate capitalism. Me too. But I'd like to bone you. Yeah, but she wants to have sex. I would have pretended to be everything. She liked to do it. I'd have simped my way right through. Doesn't mean we're getting married. Just means I banged the socialist and I can tell my friends about it later. You nailed her. None of my friends would have said. But her political views. They'd have all given me a high five. Nowadays, hot girls differ from you and you hate them. It doesn't make sense.
Co-host or Friend
Or is it the hot girls don't like you because you're political?
John Holberg
Well, that's always something. They're always looking for a reason not to have sex with you. We're always looking. We used to always be looking for a reason to have sex with them.
Doug Hopkins
If you found out with a girl that loves country music.
John Holberg
If Dua Lipa came to me, goes, I'll have sex with guys with one foot. The next noise you'd hear is a Dremel. It wouldn't even be like, okay, I'll be right back. You just hear. Yeah, yeah. Put some fire and tar on this. I gotta go talk to Dua.
Doug Hopkins
I was choking.
Co-host or Friend
Yeah.
John Holberg
I like. I like people with two feet. Okay, I'll be right back. Tape. Just masking tape. Right back on. Yeah, yeah. I'd Frankenstein a foot back on there. I'm back to her. You'll do anything for me.
Co-host or Friend
Yup.
John Holberg
What about her political views? I don't care. You seen the snooch on that thing? She might talk me into liberal stuff. She might talk me into Republican stuff. I'm getting what I need to. That is where we lost our. Our youth.
Doug Hopkins
So after this protest, we're getting it on.
John Holberg
Yeah. I remember getting mad at a guy once because a hot girl said something and he was gonna boner. And he goes, I couldn't have sex with her. She was too dumb. Like, isn't that the whole point? That makes it easier, doesn't it? But I did eventually end up talking to that girl. And he was right. She was too dumb after. Yeah. Chuck was too dumb to have sex with was an actual real thing.
Co-host or Friend
Really?
John Holberg
Yeah. Yeah. Not like I was rolling in the opportunity.
Co-host or Friend
I was gonna say, you.
John Holberg
You can't be spending four or five minutes with her. You're like, he's right. This is maybe the dumbest person I've ever sat in a room with. Yeah. Like, mentally retarded people were like, no, this one's not very bright.
Co-host or Friend
Wow. Yeah.
John Holberg
So there you go, Larry. It's the way we lost it. Train your kids better. That's what I say. I should have been a dad. I'd have raised a good one. I raised a good one. That would have been phoning one of them socialists and giggling with me. High five, daddy. Did you nail that socialist? I did. Good stuff. Did you get her out of her turban? Anyway, Larry's coming up next. You guys have yourselves a fantastic Thursday. We'll see you tomorrow. The morning sickness. Hello. It's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually.
Doug Hopkins
No membership fees.
John Holberg
I have heard enough of this. It's John Holberg here and it's time to talk about TVs Doug Hopkins of my home group and doughins.com 2026. Brand new year. That usually means every one of us says something like, this is the year I blank. And then we insert some strange goal. Let me tell you this. Most of the time, you're not going to do it. This year, I'm going to call TV's Doug Hawkins. He will buy your home as is. You can start eyeballing houses that are already upgraded. So fresh starts for 20 are waiting for you at your keyboard. Start the process right now online, doughkins.com or sing Hopkins 1-800-sale now.
Date: January 29, 2026
Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo, Dale Hellestrae (guest), Doug Hopkins (guest)
Theme: Entertainment news, personal banter, and pop-culture commentary with comedic edge
This lively episode of Holmberg’s Morning Sickness focuses on pop culture headlines, celebrity news, and tongue-in-cheek social commentary. Regular hosts John Holmberg, joined by Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo, are joined by guest Dale Hellestrae and recurring presence Doug Hopkins. The group riffs on current events, football woes, Bruce Willis’s dementia diagnosis, fallout from Kid Rock’s controversial festival, and quirky takes on celebrity-driven popcorn memorabilia—all filtered through the show’s irreverent, quick-witted banter.
Cardinals Fan Fatigue:
Commercial Banter:
On commercials and perceived attractiveness
On Bruce Willis’s dementia
On Kid Rock festival fallout
On limited-edition popcorn memorabilia
On sex and politics
On generational shifts
This episode is a typical slice of HMS—blunt, quick-witted, and unafraid to poke fun at celebrities, current affairs, or themselves. While the insults and crude jokes are tongue-in-cheek, the crew’s banter often sneaks in genuine observations about life and media. If you appreciate bawdy, unapologetic comedy with a sharp edge, this episode delivers top-tier entertainment news in classic HMS fashion.