02-16-26 - Entertainment Drill - MIX - OJ's Bible Up For Auction Signed By Robert Kardashian - BO

Summary

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Episode Overview

Podcast: Holmberg's Morning Sickness (98KUPD)
Date: February 16, 2026
Segment: Entertainment Drill
Main Theme: The crew dives into entertainment news and pop culture, focusing on a high-profile OJ Simpson memorabilia auction—highlighting a bible gifted by Robert Kardashian—while riffing on celebrity, morality, and comedy’s greatest films. They also cover notorious lip sync fails, upcoming concerts, and ticket dilemmas, capturing the show’s trademark irreverent, conversational humor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

OJ Simpson Bible Auction & Celebrity Memorabilia

• Item Up for Auction:
  The group discusses the upcoming auction of a bible belonging to OJ Simpson, notable for being given to him by Robert Kardashian after the infamous white Bronco chase. The bible contains an inscription from Kardashian urging Simpson to turn to God and believe in a greater plan.

  • Kardashian's Inscription (02:52):

    "Read this book every day. God has a definite plan for your life. You are his child and he will use you again. I love you and God loves you."

• Legal Drama:
  OJ’s children have the ability to file a legal objection, possibly delaying the auction proceedings (02:32).

• Moral & Religious Satire:
  The hosts lampoon the notion of “God’s plan” being referenced in relation to both Simpson and other controversial celebrities:

  • Quote – John Holmberg (03:23):

    "I hate when somebody tells someone who's murdered...God's plan for me would put me in that spot because he had greater things planned for me. What about the two dudes you killed? No plan?"

  • Continues questioning the morality of attributing criminal outcomes to a divine plan, referencing both Simpson and Ray Lewis (03:46).

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Funniest Comedies from Start to Finish

• MovieWeb.com List:
  The group reacts to a newly published top 10 list of comedies considered funny throughout, debating inclusions and omissions:

  • Surprises:
    • Hangover missing from the list caused groans.
    • Anchorman makes the cut at #4.
  • Full List:
    1. Airplane (06:29)
    2. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
    3. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
    4. Anchorman
    5. Superbad
    6. Caddyshack
    7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
    8. Black Dynamite (2009)
    9. Blazing Saddles
    10. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

• Commentary:

  • The hosts nitpick certain choices (Caddyshack's "weird little pregnancy in the middle" – 05:31).
  • Holmberg on Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (05:46):

    "You have to be a super fan of Al Yankovic. It's not great otherwise."

  • General agreement that some classics (Old School, The Hangover) deserved placement.

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Memorable Lip Sync Incidents

• Famous Fails List:

  • Ashlee Simpson – SNL 2004 (06:44)
  • Milli Vanilli at a concert where the backing track skipped (07:08)
    • Brady & Holmberg debate how they were caught, crediting a skipping tape at a live show.
  • Mariah Carey – New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2016 (07:33)
  • Beyoncé – Obama Inauguration 2013 (07:55)
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – Super Bowl XLVIII (08:22)
    • Holmberg jokes about analyzing which Super Bowl it was, dismisses as irrelevant.
  • The Mamas and the Papas – Ed Sullivan Show (08:59)

• Notable Quote – Show Satire, Holmberg on Milli Vanilli (07:19):

  "The CD was skipping or something ... How about that?"

• Surprising Trivia:
  Michelle Phillips protested forced lip syncing by eating a banana during the Mamas and the Papas' 1967 Ed Sullivan performance (09:22).

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Concert Announcements & Parental Ticket Dilemmas

• Wu-Tang Clan Farewell Tour:
  Coming to Phoenix, June 18 at Footprint Center (09:40).

• Parental Grievances—the Ticket Saga:

  • Ongoing banter about buying concert tickets for kids (Tyler, The Creator, Chance the Rapper, etc.) and the social dilemma of parents being expected to go as chaperones (10:28-13:44).
  • Quote – John (11:42):

    "Thank Christ for that dumbass dip, Brady Bogan, the neighborhood dip. That's me."

• The group teases Brady for feeling obliged to supervise, implying he’s gotten stuck so other parents avoid going. Debate ensues over paying for extra tickets, parenting strategies, and alternative solutions (12:05-14:12).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On “God’s Plan” for OJ (03:23):
  John Holmberg:

  "I hate when somebody tells someone who's murdered, they...What about the two dudes you killed? No plan?"

• On Comedy Rankings (05:31):
  John Holmberg:

  "Although [Caddyshack] got kind of serious. Weird little pregnancy in the middle. Changes the stripe."

• On Concert Chaperones (11:42):
  John Holmberg:

  "Thank Christ for that dumbass dip, Brady Bogan, the neighborhood dip. That's me."

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Segment Timestamps

• OJ Simpson Bible Auction and Satire: 02:21–04:42
• Top 10 Funniest Comedies Discussion: 04:42–06:38
• Top Lip Sync Disasters: 06:44–09:22
• Wu-Tang Farewell Tour & Tickets Dilemma: 09:22–13:44

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Tone and Takeaways

True to their style, the crew of Holmberg’s Morning Sickness blends irreverence, sarcasm, and playful jabs at one another as they tackle celebrity news and cultural oddities. They frequently leap from pop culture commentary to deep (if comic) moral questioning, most notably around the OJ Simpson auction and the absurdity of invoking divine intention following notorious crimes.

Film banter and music trivia are punctuated by good-natured teasing (especially at Brady’s expense regarding concert parenting duties). If you enjoy entertainment news with sharp quips and unsparing humor, this lively segment is quintessential HMS.

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Transcript

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[E]

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[D]

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[E]

We talked about it a little bit last week. There's another celebrity auction potentially compared to OJ Simpson.

[D]

Oh, OJ. Yeah.

[E]

It's supposed to go down sometime in March.

[D]

OJ's.

[E]

OJ's kids can file legal objection which would tie this up in court again.

[D]

Fine, so long as my bids in. But I've waited this long.

[E]

Here's an item that you might want to get. It's his bible. It was given to him.

[D]

Oh, one with Robert Kardashian's note in it. Yep.

[E]

Robert Kardashian gave it to him after the chase happened in the Bronco and things were gonna start going down. And it says, you open it up on the COVID says, read this book every day. God has a definite plan for your life. You are his child and he will use you again. I love you and God loves you.

[D]

What's God's plan for Nicole's life?

[E]

Kardashian.

[D]

What was God's plans for Nicole's life? Oh, right.

[E]

That's another chapter.

[A]

He's got a copy of Dianetta's.

[D]

I hate when somebody tells someone who's murdered, they. When Ray Lewis said that God's plan for me. God's plan for me would put me in that spot because he had greater things planned for me. What about the two dudes you killed? No plan. No plan at all. You didn't have a plan for them? The plan. Let me get this straight. The plan was for God's. God's plan for those guys was for you to kill them so you had a better chance. What?

[E]

God's plan was also to stroke a couple of checks.

[D]

I got to. The plan was for you to take a lesser charge for obstruction of justice so you get out so you could fulfill that plan. Meanwhile, the plan for the other two is to live underground for a while? I mean, ever. I hate that. God's plan for you. O.J. if you ever said, hey, O.J. god's got a plan for you. Well, that would ensue that would assume that God's plan was all right. On June 14th in 94, you're going to cut somebody's head off. This is all part of the plan.

[E]

Because his plan of making that white suit disappear.

[D]

Oh, for Ray, Flawless. No, he was an accomplice. Talk about obstruction of justice. The Lord Jesus. Give me the suit, Ray. I've got plans for you. Anybody telling OJ God has a plan for you? Even God's like, knock it off. Stop writing that letter right now, Kardashian. I'll show you. Your daughters are gonna be.

[E]

MovieWeb.com ranked the comedies top 10 comedies that are funny from start to finish.

[D]

The original Hangover.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

Not even in the top. What? Yeah.

[A]

This is Anchorman crap on there.

[D]

Anchorman.

[E]

Anchorman's in there. Number four. I'll give you the start. Number ten, pop star. Never stop. Never Stopping.

[D]

Okay.

[A]

Never seen it.

[D]

Andy Samberg thing.

[E]

Yeah. Number nine, Blazing Saddles.

[A]

Oh, okay.

[D]

Okay. There's a good one.

[E]

Number eight, Black Dynamite 2009.

[D]

Pretty funny.

[A]

Never seen it.

[E]

Number seven, Monty Python. The Holy Grail.

[A]

Pretty solid.

[E]

Number six, Caddyshack.

[A]

Solid.

[D]

Yep. Although start to finish got kind of serious. Weird little pregnancy in the middle. Changes the stripe.

[A]

Should be in there, too.

[E]

Number five, super bad. Number four was Anchorman. Number three, Weird. The Al Yankovic.

[D]

I loved that. But you have to be a super fan of Al Yankovic. It's not great. Otherwise.

[E]

Number two, Eurovision Song Contest.

[D]

It's funny, but it's not the Story of Fire saga. Will Ferrell's in it and Kristen Bell. I don't remember who else, but yeah, it's basically making. It's a. It's a parody of that giant European show. Oh, no, it's. Well, the Europeans have that huge. It's the biggest thing they do that. We're not involved in it. But it's. The nations of Europe send a singing group in. It's like Olympics of singing. And they have this huge Eurovision show that just gangbusters and they. And they make.

[A]

So it's like American Idol type thing.

[D]

Only as a world.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

Except for the United States, isn't it?

[E]

Then it's Airplane was number one.

[A]

All right.

[E]

But I thought, you know, you mentioned hangover.

[D]

Hangover. Well, maybe the. The sequels ruined.

[E]

Old school was pretty solid.

[A]

Well, the hangover seque were pretty much ruined at least three. Especially three.

[E]

Someone put a list together of six unforgettable lip sync incidents. First one was Ashley Simpson on Saturday Live.

[D]

She screwed that.

[E]

2004. Got to be number one, Millie was. Millie Vanilli was number three, 1990. Well, I don't think it's ranked.

[D]

They didn't have. But they didn't have a live lip syncing thing. Yeah, they just faked their song. Ashley Simpson went on.

[A]

Well, no, that's how they got caught at a concert. Oh, was it? Yeah, it. The tape started skipping. There's a video of it out there.

[D]

I do remember that a little bit. That's how they got caught. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Oh, I thought that was just people now.

[A]

The CD was skipping or something.

[D]

How about that?

[E]

You know? And not only are they, you know, lip syncing, but it's never been them. It's not even them. Mariah Carey on Dick Clark's New year's Rocket Eve 2016.

[A]

That was terrible.

[E]

And she said she planned, you know, her rep said she planned to sing along to a back. Back track. So Beyonce at Barack Obama's inauguration in 2013, she never fully admitted to lip syncing the national anthem. Beyonce later noted that bad weather and lack of rehearsal time or proper sound check.

[A]

Brady fault, son.

[D]

You know what I remember about my 2013 inauguration with Beyonce? How hard Big Mike got watching her sing. It was unbelievable. That dress popped right up. Rumor has it those two might be on the outs saying that cuz she's not showing up to stuff with him. And then she didn't mention him on a couple of Instagrams. And he's. He said something about her and she didn't say and same kind of thing. It was like, oh, trouble at Big Mike's house.

[E]

The Red Hop Chili Peppers at Super bowl in 2014. Was that Super Bowl?

[D]

It's not gonna matter. Don't do the math.

[A]

You can't do it.

[D]

48. You're gonna do it. Why? Why are you doing it? Who cares? Irrelevant.

[E]

After their performance, people noticed the guys and their instruments weren't even plugged in.

[D]

Yeah, but you could Bluetooth, please.

[E]

Said it was the NFL's call to have them fake the music. While Anthony Key to sing live. The last one. The Mamas and the Papas on the Ed Sullivan Show.

[D]

Oh yeah, everybody remembers.

[E]

I thought everyone did that one.

[A]

But everybody was on American Bandstand. I know that. Those were all.

[D]

Well, they were all. Yeah, but Ed Sullivan was live. That was the whole point of that theater. So all those, all those accident. They didn't lip sync much on Ed Sullivan. They started the lip syncing thing in the 70s so TV wasn't ever. It didn't have bad sounds.

[E]

The cool thing that in 1967, the Ed Sullivan Show. Michelle Phillips protested having to lip sync by eating a banana during the performance. Oh, California Dreaming. Wu Tang Clan have announced their final tour. It'll be stopping in Phoenix and on June 18, Footprint Center.

[A]

Did you get your tickets yet? Curb.

[D]

Can't call it.

[E]

That's how they have it listed.

[A]

Kirby, getting your tickets yet?

[D]

Daddy, Daddy, the Wu Tang's coming. Wu Tang. Busy bones.

[E]

She's a big fan of Young Dirty Bastard.

[D]

She likes Young Dirty Bastard. Isn't Old Dirty Bastard dead?

[E]

Yeah, he passed away. But YDB replaced.

[D]

That's right. The Young Dirty Dude. We're going to go to then Chance the Rapper this weekend. Daddy, are you going this weekend? Is that. When is it next week? It's soon.

[E]

The ninth. Tyler the Creator. Or is it Tyler? Tyler the.

[D]

You gotta go see that? And you still haven't just given up and said, give these tickets someone else. I'll wait in the car.

[E]

You're not.

[D]

I don't understand that.

[B]

Too much coin.

[D]

Why he doesn't. Yeah, but it's so nobody.

[E]

I'm really enjoying his numbers right now.

[D]

You're gonna go just so some kid doesn't go for free? That's basically why you're going in, right? So Kirby doesn't give it to a friend like you. Because these tickets weren't cheap.

[E]

Right.

[D]

So, like, handed 500 bucks to a kid.

[A]

No.

[D]

So you're gonna eat.

[E]

You just want a parent to go. So they're.

[A]

Why'd you get nominated?

[D]

Because none of them wanted to go. And he doesn't say no.

[E]

I have a prediction.

[D]

You offered. Oh, yeah.

[E]

For sure.

[B]

You offer.

[A]

No, because then he had to buy five tickets, right?

[F]

Or four.

[D]

I think he had to get four anyway. Yeah, it was through. My guy said I can. You have to do four. I have to give it to you in a pack of four.

[E]

Yep.

[D]

So he had to buy four.

[A]

I'd have made one of the other.

[D]

Parents do that, right? Have the other. Yeah.

[E]

No.

[B]

They were more than happy to take.

[D]

You up on your offer. You know what happened?

[E]

Logan's gonna take. Oh, let him go.

[D]

That Kirby girl down the street's father got four more tickets to the game. To the Tyler the Creator show. Should we send our daughter? Yeah, but I think we should have a parent go along. Oh, yeah? Well, that dip down there said he'd go in. Yeah. That is an idiot. He'll go.

[A]

Thank Christ.

[D]

Thank Christ for that dumbass dip. Brady Bogan, the neighborhood dip. That's me.

[E]

I'm in.

[D]

So Understand? You need a parent to go along. None of us are gonna do it. Ask the dip. You talking about me?

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

You should have just said no and just sleep in the car. But I understand you in two ways. A, yeah, you think you're doing the right thing by parenting. B, you're not giving 500 to some strange kid if his parents aren't gonna kick in. Nobody gets that ticket.

[E]

One at least paid, right? One of them.

[D]

But if someone offered you six from one so far.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

Oh, and three are going.

[E]

We have a. We have three going right now. One ticket available.

[D]

Oh, you don't have. You have a fourth.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

Why didn't that Ronnie go with you?

[A]

Yeah, make her go. If you got a suffer so she and you do.

[E]

But I think. I think if Kirby doesn't have a friend to step up.

[D]

Yeah, I will.

[E]

I will make her go.

[A]

Yeah. Okay. Anybody buying this one?

[E]

Put my foot down.

[D]

Here we go. Here we go. Honey, I'm home. Did you hear the dip on the radio this morning? Acting like he's put his foot down.

[E]

She's going to get the business.

[D]

This is great stuff.

[E]

What a dip.

[D]

I know. It's what we always say. Kirby will have a third friend go, and then the second one's going to be mad because she failed for free. Right, that's what I'm saying. But you're willing to eat those tickets. You could sell both of them, make all your money back, and then just sit in the car.

[A]

Or you could go to the H H Ranch, hang out with John.

[D]

Right? I'll go down there with him, go get dinner. I'll go to the Rah Rah room with you.

[E]

Yeah, we could do that.

[D]

Sell your stupid tickets. You never jump on anything. Yeah, we'll do that.

[E]

Yeah, I would never do that.

[D]

I'm not allowed. Yeah, don't shake your head neck like you're pulling a fast one on us. We know you too well.

[E]

Look, someone, a parent is going to be with them.

[D]

Why? What are you gonna do?

[A]

How old are they in the Rah Rah?

[E]

That parent?

[A]

What's the problem?

[D]

Right? In a suite?

[E]

Yeah, I might do that.

[B]

We know you.

[D]

What an idea. It's like I always told you.

[E]

It's.

[D]

Out of control now.

[F]

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[D]

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