02-06-23 - Super Bowl Week Starts And We're Prepping For Annoying Philly Fans - Cool Grammys Tribute To 50 Years Of Hip Hop Kim Petras First Trans Grammy Winner Smokey Robinson Still Slays

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness Podcast - Episode Summary Date: February 6, 2023
Title: Super Bowl Week Starts And We're Prepping For Annoying Philly Fans - Cool Grammys Tribute To 50 Years Of Hip Hop Kim Petras First Trans Grammy Winner Smokey Robinson Still Slays
Host: John Holmberg with Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo
Platform: 98 KUPD | Hubbard Radio

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1. Super Bowl Week Preparations in Phoenix

Timestamp: [01:23] - [08:27]

John Holmberg opens the discussion by addressing the upcoming Super Bowl week in Phoenix, Arizona. He emphasizes the city's excitement and the inevitable influx of visitors, particularly fans from Philadelphia. Holmberg expresses both anticipation and apprehension about how Phoenix residents will handle the large number of incoming fans.

Notable Quotes:

• Holmberg: “This week is going to be unfortunately, absolutely perfect here all week long.”
• Holmberg: “Philadelphians always think they're tougher than You. They're never going to concede to Phoenix toughness.”

The conversation highlights potential tensions between locals and visiting Philly fans, with Holmberg humorously predicting that Philadelphians might overstay their welcome due to their strong-willed nature. The hosts discuss the logistics of managing the crowd, including concerns about resources like water and the impact on local infrastructure.

Key Points:

• Anticipated arrival of about 30 new Sylvester Stallone statues as a humorous exaggeration of Philly fan presence.
• Discussions about the NFL Experience mishap where $100,000 worth of production equipment was stolen.
• Encouragement for locals to visit the NFL Experience early before it becomes overcrowded.
• Predictions about the week's weather being favorable, which will be showcased on television.

2. Grammy Awards Review and Critique

Timestamp: [13:02] - [35:03]

The hosts transition to discussing the recent Grammy Awards, focusing on both the celebrations and the controversies surrounding the event. They commend the 50th-anniversary tribute to hip hop, praising performances by The Roots and Busta Rhymes for their electrifying stage presence.

Notable Quotes:

• Holmberg: “The 50 years of hip hop thing was ridiculously cool.”
• Holmberg: “Harry Styles won the night with the big win at the end. And everybody's crying that it's, you know, a conspiracy against Beyonce.”

While acknowledging the high points, Holmberg criticizes the Grammys for favoring certain artists over others. He points out that iconic artists like Beyoncé have amassed numerous awards, sometimes overshadowing deserving talents. The hosts express surprise over notable artists who have never won a Grammy, such as Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg, questioning the awards' credibility.

Key Points:

• Appreciation for the hip hop tribute and performances by legendary artists.
• Critique of the Grammys' favoritism towards specific artists, questioning the merit behind the number of awards won.
• Discussion about Lizzo and Sam Smith's acceptance speeches, with Holmberg finding them repetitive and detracting from the musical achievements.
• Commentary on the lack of representation for rock music, labeling it as "dead" within the mainstream awards.
• Mention of Dr. Dre receiving a special award, acknowledging his impact on the music industry.
• Holmberg's skepticism about the Grammys' ability to recognize true musical talent amidst an ever-expanding list of categories.

3. Pro Bowl and Sports Entertainment Opinions

Timestamp: [34:12] - [35:03]

Shifting gears, the hosts touch upon the Pro Bowl, expressing minimal interest and disappointment in its execution. They criticize the participation of celebrities like Snoop Dogg and Pete Davidson as coaches, viewing it as a gimmick rather than a legitimate sporting event.

Notable Quotes:

• Holmberg: “If I wanted to watch kids play football, that was terrible.”
• Holmberg: “Snoop Dogg and Pete Davidson are the coaches. I mean, that's the first.”

The discussion highlights the lack of competitiveness and genuine effort in the Pro Bowl, with Holmberg questioning the event's value to fans who crave serious sports action.

Key Points:

• Criticism of the Pro Bowl's appeal due to celebrity involvement.
• Lack of effort and professionalism observed during the games.
• Comparison to other sports shows, emphasizing a desire for more authentic and engaging sports entertainment.

4. Concluding Thoughts and Community Sentiments

Timestamp: [35:14] - End

In wrapping up the episode, Holmberg reiterates his concerns about the commercialization and superficial aspects of major sporting and entertainment events. He underscores the importance of maintaining local culture and resisting the pressures of widespread commercialization that might dilute the unique character of Phoenix.

Notable Quotes:

• Holmberg: “We need to stop being on TV so much.”
• Holmberg: “It's rock's own fault for breaking itself down into 77 categories.”

The hosts encourage listeners to appreciate and support local events and cultural expressions, advocating for a balance between embracing large-scale events and preserving the community's distinctiveness.

Key Points:

• Emphasis on Phoenix maintaining its cultural integrity amidst large events.
• Critique of the fragmentation within music genres, particularly rock.
• Final encouragement for listeners to engage with local culture and resist the homogenizing effects of mainstream entertainment.

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Overall Summary: In this episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness, the hosts navigate through a mix of local events and national entertainment critiques. From preparing for Super Bowl week and managing fan dynamics to dissecting the merits and shortcomings of the Grammy Awards and Pro Bowl, the discussion is both spirited and candid. Holmberg and his co-hosts blend humor with critical analysis, offering listeners insightful perspectives on how large-scale events impact local communities and the broader entertainment landscape.

Transcript

[John Holmberg]

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[John Holmberg]

Hello there. Welcome to Monday. It's going to get weird around here for a few days. This is the morning sickness. It's 5. 45. My name's John. There's Brady, there's Brett. Big dick Toledo. When we're ready to go for the Super Bowl, Phoenix open week. And it's just going to be unfortunately, absolutely perfect here all week long. So turn the root on everybody. This is the last chance. Today's the day they, they all start kind of slow trickling in. Thursday will be the day we see the planes land. And they're coming in though. They're on their way restrictions. Yeah, everything that you do do with a chip on your shoulder as a Phoenician, just don't, don't welcome them. Careful though.

[Brett]

Then, then, then those Philadelphians are going to feel like right at home.

[John Holmberg]

Philadelphia. Philadelphians always think they're tougher than You. They're never going to. They're never going to concede to Phoenix toughness. So they'll. They'll turn into bigger dicks and then no one will get along and they'll just go home. They're not staying. We can't. We can't even let them think to stay. They're the. The ones that come here, the Philadelphians, with money. And that's a scary proposition, old money. Oh, scary to think of it. Awful. Philadelphians holding cash, wanting to buy winter condo. No, no. Tell them we're out of water. They'll lose their minds. And we're running out of water. Gotta have water. Yeah. They're coming to Kansas City. You're coming. You're going. You people don't understand. Like, you just. You'll fumble around looking at big buildings and stuff.

[Brady]

There will be about 30 more. 30 new Sylvester Stallone statues.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, yeah, that's what will. That's what it. And look, to be honest, Philadelphians, your. Your hero, Rocky, so didn't want to be part of Philadelphia as a native. He developed a Brooklyn accent. So you go figure out what. What, What Philly really means. Your hero talks like he's from somewhere else. And you guys didn't pick nobody from Philly Picked up on that. He's one of ours from Philly. You know, he loves our water. Nope, he's not from Philly. He talks. Oh, you know, I'm really. I'm from Philadelphia. Nobody sounds like that in Philadelphia. Because you know why the tougher city is Brooklyn. You guys just play tough. The only thing you're remembered for, Philly, is giving Tom Hanks aids. That's it. And maybe the Flex Seal guy's starting to get a little. But, yeah, ask most people. Like, well, Rocky was clearly born and raised in Brooklyn, ended up in Philadelphia.

[Brady]

No, Always mess up his. Mess up. His first name. Is it Vince Papelli or whatever?

[John Holmberg]

No. Vince. No, that's. No, that's not Flex Seal guy. Phil.

[Brady]

I know.

[John Holmberg]

Vince Papali or whatever. I don't know who the. Yeah. Oh, you're talking about Miracle. Yeah, we're talking about that Miracle, the Philadelphia native that played street football. Yeah. Nobody for, you know, we don't have. As Phoenicians, we don't wander around saying, well, I'm talking to this guy, and he tells me, you know, busboy comes over, got his thumb in the water, and I'm from Phoenix, so I ain't dealing with. We don't have that I'm from Phoenix thing. But Philadelphia people Will say that, you know, the Uber driver turns to me, says, where you guys want to go? I'm from Philly. I don't need people talking to me like that. Like, what does that have to do with anything? Like, you're just. You're intolerant of all words. We need something. I'm from Phoenix. I tip really big, and I walked away and everybody was happy. I'm casual and nice. We got to kill that vibe.

[Brett]

Most of those back east cities, though.

[Brady]

I mean, if they find out you're from Phoenix, you're probably not used to this weather.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, they'll weather us to death. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. Most of those cities back east are garbage.

[Brett]

And Boston and just Philly screams out.

[John Holmberg]

I'm from Philly at every turn. Guy had my two dads on his tv. I'm from Philly. I putting up with that. Like, what does that have to do. You just didn't like a TV show. It has nothing to do with where you were brought up. I'm from Philly. Well, get used to it for a week. Then they'll be gone. Hopefully all of them will be gone. Hopefully.

[Brett]

Tweakers unite. Start getting the sawzalls ready.

[John Holmberg]

Let's get those catalytic converters as well.

[Brett]

As rental cars and everything and screw.

[John Holmberg]

Up their entire trip. Oh, I went outside, my catalytic converter was going, I'm from Philly. I had to look at this and wonder, what's being from Philly have to do with anything other than that I scream it at every turn.

[Brady]

This wouldn't happen in Philly.

[John Holmberg]

This guy's driving the speed limit. He's obeying all the rules. He's stopping at stops. And I'm from Philly. I say, hey, Uber driver. I'm from Philly. So what? So what? I follow the street laws, you idiot. Sit down. So the Philly people will be here, and then the golfers are gonna start rolling in, and that's gonna be quite a show. So we've got ourselves a week on our hands, and already downtown, somebody made a mockery and a mess of the NFL experience and stole $100,000 worth of production equipment. Like the first day. So two people wandered up and got a bunch of equipment. It might be from our neighbors here at Video West. It was a third party group. So they just went and grabbed probably just a couple of cameras at this point. Those things are so expensive, it's ridiculous. So they're trying to figure that out, but they already messed up the super bowl experience. I have locals enjoyed that yesterday I had a bunch of friends go over to the NFL Experience, and if you haven't been today and tomorrow are the last real good days to go where you can actually get in there and not wait in line. It turns into Disneyland so fast. But I've been there a couple of times. Luckily. Well, I've had Super bowl tickets. So when you have the super bowl ticket, you get to go in on Sunday with just super bowl ticket holders. They don't let anybody else in. So it goes from 200,000 people, no joke, to down to the 70 that'll be at the game. And they're not all the things. It feels huge with 50,000 people in it. And I was there when it was in town here I went on a Monday or Tuesday and it was empty, and I got to run through the whole thing. And it is an. They do an amazing job putting that. Just making it fun and museumy. And you get to see all the cool stuff and the Lombardi trophies and all the super bowl rings are there. And then all the camera on your way out. Yeah, you grab $100,000 camera, you walk out the door from west. They just leave them laying around. But, yeah, it's. It's worth going. If you can take today and do it, it's worth doing it tomorrow. Wednesday, Thursday, forget it. It's going to be. It's going to be an ass show downtown in a huge way, but it will. You know what? We'll deal with it. I had dinner with our boss man Trip on Saturday, and he goes, it's just one week. It's going to be a pain in the ass, but it's just one boy. He's absolutely right.

[Brett]

So we won't see him all week then, right? He's probably out of town.

[John Holmberg]

No, he's got stuff to do. Yeah, he's definitely.

[Brady]

He's a lot of app.

[John Holmberg]

He's in Seattle today. Yeah, he's. He's. He's bouncing around. He's. He's being the corporate butterfly, you guys. Deal with it. You guys, it's one week. I'm not going to be part of it. But it's only one week. And he's not wrong. So we'll just tolerate. And I feel most sorry for people who work up in North Scottsdale because it's going to be all week for you guys. Nuts. But it's beautiful. And the weather. Good lord. Looking at the west, 75, 76, 75. Saturday, Friday and Saturday and Sunday. It's going to be perfect.

[Brady]

Yep.

[John Holmberg]

Chamber of Commerce. The worst part is it's all going to be televised. If you don't like football, you probably like golf. If you don't like golf, you probably like football or both. And it is. We are going to look beautiful on tv. And I can only imagine that the people who live in New Hampshire this weekend, who faced Mount Washington 108 degrees below zero with windchill, watching this on TV one week after that, thinking, you know, we should leave. We should go there. And then they drag their ideas over here. I'm so against all out. Yeah. People are against Mexican immigration. I'm against interstate immigrant. You stay where you are. Just. Just leave us be. We grew, we're done. The smart people figured it out first. People. So you are from here. Yep. But that's the way we are now. So we all kind of made this happen. And that's enough. We got to stop being on TV so much.

[Brady]

Check out the resorts and then go back.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Show up for a couple of weeks. No new residents. That's the deal. We don't want you moving in here because you'll bring your stupid ideas and your nonsense and your. I'm from Philly and. And then you'll just come here and complain. There's no, like, you know, diversity. Where's the Philly cheese? Where's Philly town? We don't want a Philly town. We didn't build one in. You got no Chinatown, right? You ever seen one of those? In one of the major cities, it's dump. There's not one nice Chinatown. There's laundry hanging from building to building. They do it like China. I don't want. I don't want anything about China here. The balloons and stuff, that's fine. Float over us. China, we don't care about that.

[Brady]

But don't land gate is beautiful.

[John Holmberg]

Usually. Usually that. Wow, that's kind of neat architecture. And you wander in like, God, everything smells like weird corn chips and some type of fish.

[Brett]

Just go to lilies. That's where it's at. You're fine.

[John Holmberg]

There's Chinese restaurants. We don't eat a whole gaggle of it. Where you look up and you see actual China in action. Nothing about China is appealing to me. We don't want to rebuild it here. They don't bring the best parts. It's not like, you know, wall replica. It's the cruddy, you know, gigantic, messy bazaars that they put together. The wet markets. No, I don't want to. Chinatown. I was in Chinatown in New York. I was In Chinatown in Los Angeles. And I was in Chinatown in Chicag. All of them are horrible. The best Mexican food I've ever had. Chinatown in Los Angeles, ever. Yeah, I know, because they put it on outside. And these Mexicans weren't stupid. No. It stinks in there, doesn't it? Holes. This is some good stuff. Have a burrito. And I did, and it was amazing.

[Brady]

It's the same thing when you go to the Chinatown in San Francisco.

[John Holmberg]

Once you go through the gate, it's a dump. It's gross. Yeah, we're always getting blamed. You guys don't have any culture. We got Indians. Go down to the Herd Museum and experience our culture. That's rude. It's racist that you say we don't have culture because the whole place is Indian based. Not that culture. You know, real stuff like Billy has. Oh, God. Go give Tom Hanks AIDS again. Get out of here.

[Brett]

We got turquoise and kachina dolls. We have our.

[John Holmberg]

You guys are so tough. The first thing that. The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Philadelphia is hauling oats. How tough can that city be? Really? Philly soul and it's two white guys. That's how your badass city is.

[Brett]

I'll keep them, though. I like that.

[John Holmberg]

I love hauling oats, but that's not a city. I'm sitting there flexing behind you guys. Watch it. We're from Philly. We'll throw hauling oats at you. All right? I'm not afraid of you.

[Brady]

I can't go for that.

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[John Holmberg]

Anyway, did you guys watch the Grammys last night?

[Brady]

I saw one category, the best rap album. And then I went back and forth between. I checked out the Jimmy Fallon's password.

[John Holmberg]

Jimmy Fallon's password is anxiety on television. Actually, the Grammys were pretty good. Last night. They did a 50th anniversary of hip hop celebration with the Roots. It was.

[Brett]

Was Fallon there? I mean, the Roots were there.

[John Holmberg]

Well, they probably had them tied to something like, I gotta get out there. I gotta be part of this. I'm 50 years of hip hop as me.

[Brady]

He's trying to run off the password.

[John Holmberg]

The. The 50 years of hip hop thing was ridiculously cool. And they had like. I kept going, who's that? Who's that? And it was like, I think Sugar Hill Gang, the remaining members of that. And all these people just kept popping up. And then Busta Rhymes came out and just devastated the stage and run dmc, what's left of them. And boom, boom, boom, boom. And they put. It was one long song. And it was unreal how good it was. And it was all Quest love from the Roots put this whole thing together. And it was like, get up and dancing. Remember last year at the super bowl halftime show? Like, holy crap, is this good? Yeah, it was that. It was that good. It was pretty amazing. My favorite part of the Grammys last night was right before Harry Styles performed. He was introduced by his producer and longtime friend. Good, like a best friend and the guy who produces him. And he told the story about how he doesn't call Harry Styles Harry anymore. He calls him Gary. And the reason he calls him Gary is because he wants him to remember who he is. Everybody else knows him as Harry. He knows him as who he really is. So he's changed his name to kind of make him like, you're Garrett. Deep down, I know who you are. So let's not blow up the ego and the. Let's not lose ourselves in this, you know, tempest of fame. I'm gonna call you Gary to bring you back down to Earth. The man's name is Kid Harpoon. Who said that? And I laughed for half hour. And they're like, kid Harpoon wants to keep Harry Styles ego in check.

[Brady]

That comes from Kid Harpoon.

[John Holmberg]

I'm Kid Harpoon. You think that's probably how the conversation. Hey, you know, I'm feeling pretty gray about myself right now. I don't know, maybe Olivia Wilde and I are gonna do something nutty. Hey, look, I have to tell you something, Ari. I'm gonna start calling you Gary because you're getting a little big for your britches, don't you think? You think so, Kid Harpoon? Do you think I'm the one getting big for me britches? Kid Harpoon names are important, aren't they? Kid Harpoon. He wants. He had to tell. People call me Kid Harpoon. That's my. But your name's Trevor. No, it's Kid Harpoon. Now I'm feeling pretty. I'm feeling pretty good about this. I want people to know me as Kid Harpoon. But he keeps other people down, you know, like that's not grounded. Look, Harry Styles, the stage name of yours, that is your actual name. I'm not gonna go with that name. I'm gonna call you Gary. Meanwhile, you call me Kid Harpoon and we're gonna keep each other in check. Kid Harpoon. Harry Styles won the night with the big win at the end. And everybody's crying that it's, you know, a conspiracy against Beyonce, that weird white people from England will beat her every year for album of the year.

[Brady]

Because even though she Adele beat record.

[John Holmberg]

Holder, she's got Adele beater a few years ago, Beck beater, Taylor Swift beater, and now Harry Styles. Wow. So you know Jay Z and her gotta be pills. Well, they win all the other awards. She's got 32 total Grammys. And Queen Bay didn't leave early enough to make it to the performance. She missed the first award.

[Brady]

She was late off this Hungarian British conductor, Sir George Salty. Yeah, he had 31.

[John Holmberg]

He was pretty good. That guy had it together. People remember him. It's a record you break and you just. You know, it's like DiMaggio Streak is everybody knew about it, but Beyonce has more Grammys than anyone else.

[Brady]

But how about going into it, she's like, I'm gonna get it this year. I just need four to pass him.

[John Holmberg]

She got him.

[Brady]

Got him.

[John Holmberg]

Well, she got three earlier in the day and then one during the broadcast and.

[Brady]

And the one that she got earlier said, oh, she's not able to make it. She's stuck in trash.

[John Holmberg]

She wasn't there. She didn't even show up for the first one.

[Brady]

Just say she's not coming till later.

[John Holmberg]

Well, no, she. They had a table and everything. They thought she'd be there. And there she was. She was trapped in traffic. She's one of the few. But it's. That record that she's got is kind of misleading to me because, like, say, the Beatles, for instance, or Whitney Houston, even they didn't have. They weren't nominated 30 times a year with Best Electric Dance, Best Pop, Best this. Like the cat, there's a hundred more categories than there used to be. So it's easier to win, like, multiple Grammys in a night. If you have an album that did well, it's going to be nominated in several different categories. And, you know, it's got Best R B, Best Pop, Best Vocal, Best Pop Duo, Best this. And all you have to do is have a couple of hits on it, and you're gonna walk away with some amazing stuff. So she's. It's a little misleading to me that Taylor Swift and Beyonce are the greatest musicians of all time according to Grammys, because of how many they've won. Mary J. Blige has 16, and she's. You know, she hasn't done anything since the early 90s, but she keeps collecting them, too.

[Brady]

And someone made a list of artists that have never won a Grammy. Nickelback.

[John Holmberg]

Wow.

[Brady]

Beach Boys.

[John Holmberg]

That's amazing.

[Brett]

Surprise there.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Elvis only won three, and they were all for gospel songs.

[Brady]

Journey.

[John Holmberg]

Trying to think of Journey never got a Grammy. Wow. That is. Wow. Those are some big.

[Brady]

Katy Perry nominated 13 times.

[John Holmberg]

That is actually shocking.

[Brett]

I'm surprised.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brett]

Because she's Taylor and everybody else has gotten them.

[John Holmberg]

She's in the world of population, everything. So again, she gets the dance. The. I mean, they have a dance category. It's the exact same thing. It just eliminates some of the R B and folksy rock stuff.

[Brady]

He's been nominated. She was up there with. She said 13 nominations, 15 nominations. Never got one. Joe Satriani.

[Brett]

Wow.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady]

14 nominations for Dirk. Dirk's Bentley. 16 nominations for Snoop Dogg.

[John Holmberg]

Never got one. Well, Dr. Dre got a. They named an award after him last night. He got a. The first annual Dr. Dre's Awesome Award.

[Brett]

He deserves it.

[John Holmberg]

Absolutely. He changed the game completely. It was an interesting show, though. They did a lot of neat stuff. The one thing I did kind of think of, though, every time Lizzo got to talk, she talks about being fat. And you Know, just because I look different, just because I'm body positive, just because I'm this. She goes up and talks about how fat she is all the time, and everybody's like, yay.

[Brett]

Positive with a broad.

[John Holmberg]

She is.

[Brett]

That's.

[John Holmberg]

But you know what Sam Smith didn't do when he won? Talked about how fatty was DJ Khaled never does. Goes up there and tells, well, I'm fat, y'all. You know that, right? That's the reason you have to like me because I'm fat. Like, it's weird thing when the. When it's a fat woman that it's. You know, you have to make it, like, a bigger deal than it is. And it's a fat guy, and he's just. I mean, all I thought was, Sam Smith's fat. He looks really fat. He's got huge boobs, which maybe he's growing on purpose.

[Brady]

Like, Kim did the song with him.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brett]

Well, was that. Did you watch the performance?

[John Holmberg]

And that was winners. And they won, and that was awesome. And Kim Petrus accepted the award as the first trans everything. And everybody clapped like crazy. And. And then, you know, they always talk about, like, they're. Liz is not the first fat woman to win a Grammy. It's not like she's breaking ground being fat. And then, you know the lesbians that go up and say, you know, my life. Katie Musgrave. And that kind of. They always. Casey Musgrave. They talk about, like, being lesbians, and it's a big deal. And my. I found you not the first lesbian to win a Grammy just because you're out more. Plenty of les. Plenty of rug munchers have won Grammys in the past, and never once did they went up and made it about the music, not about where they stick their tongue. You know, it's not like Harry Styles went up there and go, I have. I have literally eaten some of the best in Hollywood. This is pretty amazing. And also, by the way, I have a good album. You guys gave me think. But I mean, think of the. I'm gonna eat now that I've got these Grammys for album of the year. I am a eating machine. And you guys should all stand up and clap for heterosexuality. Nobody ever would do it. It's weird. It's just a weird thing that they.

[Brady]

Act like they're first think. Okay, but thanks, queer Nation, for your support, like Beyonce did, right?

[John Holmberg]

Thank the queer community for inventing the category of pop dance electric music. And they all went nuts. That's us. Nice job, queers. I didn't know we could call you that.

[Brett]

Did all the fatties get exc. When Lizzo's up there talking about yes, okay.

[John Holmberg]

And everybody. But it's like they act like they're.

[Brady]

The first bunch of Pringles cans pop.

[John Holmberg]

I mean, didn't Mama Cass win?

[Brady]

I thought she awards.

[John Holmberg]

I mean, she's. She was big and fat. Look what happened to her. Died eating a ham sandwich. Nobody was surprised. If. If the news came down Lizzo choked on a ham sandwich today, we'd be like, well, let's see. Did she Maybe. Probably. I would assume that the mamas and papas got California.

[Brett]

She was nominated four times. One. Once.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, she could sing the. She could sing the Lights out for Monday.

[Brett]

Monday.

[John Holmberg]

Big fat people have been winning awards all the time. And Lizzo acts like she's the first fat person to ever walk on a stage. The DJ Khaled went up there right after and I went, he's fatter than she is. And he never mentions. I got to go. He doesn't do anything but another one, which is what he does at the buffet. That guy's huge. But fat dudes never get credit for being body positive women. First things first just go, ugh. And then Lizzo had to sit next to Adele all night long and see what's possible because Adele looks amazing now. Remember when Adele was fat and positive and then lost all her weight and all those same people that were on her side hated her for bettering herself? They got all mad and Lizzo had to sit next to her and Adele had to be like, no, that's all right. You can eat it. Are you sure, Adele? Yeah. That you can have my half? I don't eat like I used to. That's not. It's not for me. You're not gonna eat the dessert? Two for me then. That's right, Lizzo. We should talk about future diabetes. You could lose your teeth. You can lose your feet. You gonna eat that? No. You can have it. It's about damn time.

[Brady]

I've been staring at it for half hour. Did they wheel Ozzy up or.

[John Holmberg]

No, he's not. He's not participating anymore. It was a good show though. All in all. It was pretty entertaining. It was a little bit boring. And boy, I tell you what, that Taylor Swift, she's human Ambien to me. Every time she stands up, I look at her, I'm like, I'm getting sleepy. Get her off the teeth. She's boring. Her boring face and her boring hair and her boring music. She's just boring.

[Brett]

Is it me or did it used to seem like the Grammys were one of those things you would like make sure you watch. I forgot it was on last night Appointment. I was watching Password with Fallon. I mean that's how bad it was.

[John Holmberg]

And how about that show? Oh, is that like the most anxiety riddled nightmare ever? He gets so amped up when somebody gets a password. Right. And then if you go back and watch the old Password with Alan Ludden, Betty White's ex husband, and it is a casual like, you know, tick tock. Correct. That's it. That's the thing. Jimmy does it. Okay. Tick tock. These balloons and confetti every time someone does anything. And I can see why I get.

[Brady]

So excited though sometimes because it's on the fifth or sixth clue where they finally get cornhole or tennis.

[Brett]

Oh, I watched that.

[John Holmberg]

They're idiots.

[Brady]

Love.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Facts. Oh, it's crazy. And when they miss one, he just, he throws his head into the counter. Say words, you asshole. You're driving me insane. Yeah, you just, you need like you know, some sort of a psychiatrist and a pill to watch that show. It's so crazy. And the celebrities start falling into it like normal celebrities start bouncing off the walls. Fallon's cocaine ham, John cocaine ham was a little bit.

[Brett]

He was still trying to be cool, but he was starting to fall for it a little bit.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Oh yeah. He'll get into it. He starts cool and initially and then you can't help but just like.

[Brady]

Those are the best clues ever. Yeah, I got nothing.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, it is the weirdest. I don't know.

[Brady]

We have a someone a new member of egot.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, I know some Viola Davis, she got herself a Grammy yesterday and now she's an ego. 18, right? 18 EGOTs now. People think so. Yeah. That's pretty impressive.

[Brett]

What's an ego?

[John Holmberg]

Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony.

[Brett]

Oh, wow.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. There's only 18 people who have one. It's a pretty amazing list. And she got one yesterday for reading her book. They give you an award for that now. Best performance. Reading your own book.

[Brady]

Chappelle, go up and accept his honor and thank the, thank the lgbtq, thank.

[John Holmberg]

The queers for inventing all that stuff. Yeah, it's a, it's a weird thing, but no, they do all that, all this stuff for four hours. They start that show at noon. I, I went to the Grammys once and I had to do a pre interviews for everybody and it was nine in the morning and we're do. They're doing all the Sound checks and stuff. And you're listening to. Literally listening to Elton John and, and you two. And all these people performing in the background while you're interviewing stuff. And then, then people start showing up. You're like, what's going on? Like, oh, they got the pre show for like three hours. They're handing out awards before the show starts. It's crazy. And it's, you know, all the long executive stuff. It's the, you know, behind the scenes, really boring things.

[Brett]

Best engineer, producer of soundtrack.

[John Holmberg]

Exactly, yeah. Best soundtrack production. Best this, Best composers, all that boring stuff. And then they managed to whittle it down to like 80 awards for the broadcast. And it's a long day, but yeah, just keep it. Brady, Kid Harpoon wants you to know, to keep it in check. You know, your name's important. Let's not get too full of ourselves there. I'm gonna start calling you Brody, just, you know, so you know that I'm. You're not as. You're not as big a deal as you think. And by the way, you call me the Magic Man. I'll be Magic man, and you're just gonna be Brody, the guy who's a little bit full of himself. Meanwhile, Magic Man's gonna go on TV for a second. I'll be right back. Yeah. The day they cut off Lizzo's feet from the diabetes won't be sad. There'll be an I told you so moment from everybody else going, lizzo, I understand you're positive. It's good for you, but. And I don't buy into that. You know, magazines make girls. I don't buy that argument. It's like the pressure. The pressure, it's all you. Because every boy growing up watched a specimen of an athlete and knew, well, not many of these guys in the world and probably not going to be me. We all knew deep down as we admired me and my youth. You know, very misguidedly, watching Dave Kingman hit 460 foot home runs and Wrigley Field thinking, that guy is everything I want to be. Well, I'm not 6, 6, 2, 15. You know, swinging this giant stick and crushing baseballs. I couldn't do it. And it didn't. It wasn't unfair. I never once said it's not fair. These pro athletes are so gifted genetically and they look so great. We don't do it. And it's that. That artificial pressure is put on by.

[Brady]

You alone for a man. You know, it took years to finally complete. But David, the statue. Yeah, people see that. I Want to be that chisel.

[John Holmberg]

I watch Hard Knocks and there's nothing that makes me feel worse as a human being than when those dudes walk around with their shirts half up and they look like the mannequins at Dick's Sporting Goods, which are also kind of intimidating. But it never once make it all. I look at that and go, I gotta work a little harder, even be close to that. And I don't have that build. I'm just not physically gifted that way. And because you talk about it and well, that's what men want. Women. Since when do you fight for what men want? Every time we tell our wives what we like, they do the exact opposite. Those pants look great. I hate these pants. The next thing you know, they got their bare pants on like, what just happened. You're just saying that. All right, never mind. I think your hair looks beautiful.

[Brady]

Ugh.

[John Holmberg]

Changing it tomorrow. All right. It has nothing to do with us and what we want. It doesn't. You think the Kardashians were doing what men wanted or what the NBA wanted? And then it became what women are like. I guess that's what everybody wants. It's pressure you put on yourself. I just don't buy it. If somebody just told you you're, you're. If you look at magazines and feel pressure, you're doing that. The magazines aren't doing it. Men's Health. Intimidating. If you wanted to stare at it all day and go, jesus, I'm a slob. But we don't dudes go buy that and go, that's a handsome bet. He probably works real hard. Anyway, here's my Pringles and I'm going to grab a thing. Oreos. We don't get mad at society for putting out great looking dudes on everybody I watch on tv. As far as the that I idolize is a specimen of a man. So much more than I'll ever be. So much more than I'll ever be. And you know what I do? Tip the cap. Great work, kid. Man, did you try harder than me in that department. You look great. And here I am. I look like eat ET when they found him in the field. Nothing I can do about it. I mean, there's something I could do about it. I'm not gonna though. Anyway, you have a good glow. I'll develop a personality. Oh, oh, ladies. Did you hear that? That's a thing. That's why bad girls always get laid. They're usually pretty fun. I gotta be nothing else, right? They develop a personality. They recognize. Well I'm not trying as hard as these, so I'm gonna tell jokes and stories and play video games. I'm gonna be fun. Yeah, I'm not gonna tell anybody I'm with her, but she's a blast. She's eating me out of house and home, though. Yeah, the Grammys were fun last night, though. It was. It's not one of the better, like, Grammy nights because you're like, man, everybody's kind of average. Harry Styles, one of that. I have that album. I had it for two weeks. I was pretty on it, and I'm like a couple of great little pop songs, but the rest of it's a drag. And rock, once again, not at all close to being represented because it's dead. And we. We keep it alive here as best you can because it's still got an audience. But as far as mass appeal goes, you know, I'll get. I'll get emails from us. We watch the Grimace. It's all pop crap. Where's the rock?

[Brett]

You tell us.

[John Holmberg]

You tell me, because. Tell me where great rock albums were this year that you know. And don't say it's impossible, because if it were bigger, there'd be radio stations and XM and. And your Spotify would push it. There aren't any rock bands doing anything new. Back in the early 90s, when grunge hit it took over the Grammys, I mean, you saw a lot of, like, holy crap moments where the Grammys were like, we better embrace this. Rock can still do it. It's just. There's a few decent things, but nothing major and nothing mass appeal to where they want to put it on tv. So it's rock. So it's the same thing as women looking at magazines. It's rock's own fault for breaking itself down into 77 categories of grindcore, hardcore, metal core. And you're a. For not like. And rock fights with itself more than anything else and then wonders why it's not represented at all every year.

[Brady]

Best country album. Willie Nelson.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, I know. Well, they know he's dying. He's 90 something. Then Smokey Robinson came out and did some stuff.

[Brady]

And he's got an album.

[John Holmberg]

No, he won a. He won, like, a Vanguard Award or something. He's 82 years old.

[Brady]

I know he is.

[John Holmberg]

A smile on my face. I'm like, he still hits the high notes. He's 82.

[Brady]

That's why he's rolling out his. His next album. I think he's. It's almost done. It's called Gasms is it?

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, he's still shooting them piercing blue eyes. I look, I'm like, He's 82. He's. He looks better than me now. He looks better than I have ever looked at age 82. I've never looked as good. Like if you stood any version of me in my first 50 years next to Smokey Robinson. 82 years old. Smokey wins every time. If there's a smile on my face, what 82 year old can hit that note trying to fool the public. I'm gonna bang your wife today. And he can pops the blue pill. He gets that weird 82 year old boner. And you're staring at some surgery and some blue eyes. He looks great. And Stevie doesn't age. Stevie Wonder's 72. He was on stage look great. He finally embraced that. He's bald. He just lets the braids go. He has a hat on which. It's time.

[Brady]

And what went viral was Ben Affleck's expression.

[John Holmberg]

No, he was bored. He was bored beyond belief. He did not want to be there.

[Brady]

I saw a couple of pictures like.

[John Holmberg]

Wow, Ben doesn't want to be there. Well, he's not allowed to drink anymore in public.

[Brady]

That's true.

[John Holmberg]

And so that's a long five hour night of him like getting ready and.

[Brady]

He'S like, thank God we got or it's miserable. You're stuck in traffic. Still gotta.

[John Holmberg]

And you're surrounded by alcohol and drugs. You know, Smokey did a couple bumps backstage. That's what he's known for. Let's do this. It's crazy how good he was, but yeah, it was, it was entertaining enough. Better. And it was my first Sunday without football in 20 weeks.

[Brady]

So you didn't watch any Pro Bowl?

[John Holmberg]

No, if I wanted to watch kids.

[Brett]

Play football, that was terrible. We were at a restaurant and it was on and I was like, why? Why am I watching? They're not even wearing helmets.

[John Holmberg]

They're not trying.

[Brett]

Running around.

[John Holmberg]

They're not even trying. And Snoop Dogg and Pete Davidson are the coaches. I mean, that's the first. First or I guess Eli, at least.

[Brady]

Pete's like, what am I doing here?

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Yeah. He had no business there. It was dumb. And they filled the stadium packed. Vegas stadium was packed full for six bad flag football games.

[Brady]

And in between, they had, you know, they tried to do it like the dunk contest, but the best pass catch.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady]

Between Stefan Diggs and.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Trying to set up great catches. Saint Brown in a couple years. Yeah.

[Brett]

Playing tic tac toe with the. With the kickers and stuff like that.

[John Holmberg]

Think it's kind of neat cuz they do that in hockey where they're shoot for the edges and then the middle. I was just bored, but I don't want to watch. No.

[Brady]

I can't imagine being in that stadium.

[John Holmberg]

It just. Yeah, yeah. The skills competition from the second deck had to be like, well, we could be gambling we're in Las Vegas is the worst thing we could be doing in Vegas. But for the experience, there's so much.

[Brett]

To do in Vegas and you're over.

[John Holmberg]

At that and you got the worst seats in the house staring down at, you know, Robbie Gould banging one off the. The upright. Yeah. Nobody watches football for the skills contest. Anyway, let's get a wake up song, shall we? For a weird week here in Phoenix. Gonna get strange, but we got your back. Don't worry about it. Just remember, chip on your shoulder, a little bit rude. If a 5 foot 5 inch dude with a great big beard and a green shirt gets in your car. Uber driver, the first words out of your mouth are where the you want to go? Oh, I'm from Philly. I know, I could smell it. That's it. Somebody gets in an orange shirt, they'll probably be kind of polite and just in awe of the size of things. Can't get over how sprawling this town is. Oh, you're from Kansas City. These buildings. Yeah, we've got buildings. Kansas City has buildings too, but not this far apart. Okay. They're gonna welcome Dorothy from Oz. We'll get you in here. Yeah, let's get a Wake up song. 585-9800. A good one and we'll scream it together. It's 98 KUPD. Wake Up. It's out of control now. You've been listening to Holmberg's Morning Sickness podcast, brought to you by our friends at Eric's family barbecue in Avondale. Meet mesquite Repeat Eric's familybbq.com.