02-18-26 - Entertainment Drill - BEST - 5x - Ass Hobgoblins - Jackee - Bells Palsy - Muppet Shootout - Little Richard - BO

Summary

Podcast Summary: Holmberg's Morning Sickness — "Entertainment Drill - BEST - 5x - Ass Hobgoblins - Jackee - Bells Palsy - Muppet Shootout - Little Richard - BO" (02-18-26)

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Overview

In this lively “best of” segment from Arizona’s #1 morning radio show, John Holmberg and his co-hosts dive into a no-holds-barred whirlwind of pop culture riffing, off-color humor, and unscripted banter. They discuss an eclectic mix—ranging from TV personalities and medical oddities to rapper altercations, reflections on Little Richard, and what a violent Muppet movie might look like. Nothing is off-limits as they riff on Hollywood headlines, poke fun at celebrity mishaps, and push each other's buttons with outrageous impressions and running jokes.

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Key Discussion Points & Highlights

1. Tim Gunn’s Celibacy & the “Ass Hobgoblins” Bit

• Discussion: Tim Gunn (Project Runway) revealed he hasn’t been sexually active in 29 years.

• The hosts explore what it means to be gay without activity, joking about “cobwebs” and one’s anatomy getting “dusty.”

• Running Joke: "Ass hobgoblins"—a made-up condition linked to inactivity, leading to more innuendo-laden humor.

  Notable Quotes:

  • “His butthole gets cobwebs. It still do. Still functions.” — John Holmberg (01:45)
  • “I want a doctor to tell me... ‘Oh, no, you've got a horrible case of the hobgoblin.’” — John Holmberg (03:59)

• Memorable moment: Extended riff about feather dusters and the process of "cleaning" neglected areas.

• Segment Timestamps: 01:16 – 04:07

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2. Jackée Harry Impression & Sitcom Recap

• Discussion: Jackée Harry had a recent on-set fall—it’s used as a springboard for impressions and ‘80s sitcom banter.

• Holmberg mimics Jackée’s iconic voice and style, riffing on the potential for a white guy replacing her in a reboot, comparing it to "the Darrens" change on Bewitched.

  Notable Quotes:

  • “Maybe I'm coming Upstairs. How you doing?” — John Holmberg as Jackée (04:15)
  • “They paint you black and give you a long fingernail. Still bald though. Oh, man, the chemo is working.” — John Holmberg (05:44)

• Memorable moment: Joking about being cast as Jackée in a 227 reunion—classic example of the show's absurd persona swaps.

• Segment Timestamps: 04:07 – 05:51

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3. Medical News: Carney Wilson’s Bell’s Palsy

• Discussion: Carney Wilson of Wilson Phillips diagnosed with Bell’s palsy.

• Hosts riff on possible causes and treatments, poking dark fun at her weight and medical history.

  Notable Quotes:

  • “Is it fatitis?” — John Holmberg (06:07)
  • “Doctors thought it was excessive face weight. Turns out it’s an actual illness.” — John Holmberg (06:26)

• Memorable moment: Host jokes about “half her belly ripped out… and that didn’t take,” lampooning her struggle with weight loss surgery.

• Segment Timestamps: 06:04 – 07:01

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4. Rapper News: Waka Flocka Flame’s Bus Shooting

• Discussion: Reports of six arrests in the Waka Flocka Flame bus shooting.

• Commentary on why the crime was solved quickly when Tupac’s murder never was, segue into Muppet-related gags based on Waka Flocka’s name.

  Notable Quotes:

  • “So they can get the people who shot up Waka Flocka Flame’s bus, but still nobody for Tupac's murder on the strip of Vegas.” — John Holmberg (07:07)
  • “He was in that great Muppet caper…He was fantastic. He was the guy who found the diamonds!” — John Holmberg, mixing up the rapper and Muppet character (07:39)

• Memorable moment: Imagining Waka Flocka as part of the Muppets, defending a tour bus "like the gauntlet."

• Segment Timestamps: 07:01 – 08:55

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5. Little Richard: Rumors, Legacy, and Sexuality

• Discussion: At 81, Little Richard is retiring. The hosts muse over his flamboyance, sexuality, and survival as a black gay entertainer through turbulent decades.

• Extended, candid banter about his “blood being a cure for something,” debating whether he truly tried to present as straight, and researching his brief marriage.

  Notable Quotes:

  • “How did Little Richard survive the 60s and 70s and 80s being as gay as he was…? Gotta hand it to him.” — John Holmberg (09:25)
  • “Oh, yeah, no, that guy’s gay. He got caught wearing his mother’s makeup as a child…that had to be a rough time.” — John Holmberg (10:36)
  • “That’s gotta be rough to be gay, flamboyant and black in the 40s. That's a movie in itself. I'm not gonna go to it. Tyler Perry get on that.” — John Holmberg (12:51)

• Memorable moment: Delving into his Wikipedia page live, the hosts reconstruct Little Richard’s tumultuous personal life with irreverence and odd admiration.

• Segment Timestamps: 08:55 – 12:51

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6. Muppet Mayhem & “Sesame Street Shootout”

• Discussion: Imagining a violent, adult version of Sesame Street starring a gun-toting Snuffleupagus in the midst of a “shooting.”

• Classic absurdist banter about turning children’s programming into gritty action flicks.

  Notable Quotes:

  • “There’s a big ol’ weapon in that hose…He’s the baddest mother—oh, in town. They should make that into a movie. Snuffy. Snuffy. He's had enoughy.” — John Holmberg (13:23)

• Memorable moment: “Muppet shootout” idea—hosts egg each other on about puppet gunplay.

• Segment Timestamps: 13:10 – 13:40

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Feather duster/cobwebs riff: "I'm a feather duster. You've got cobbies wrong with you? Stop it." — John Holmberg (02:20)
• Waka Flocka as a Muppet: "I thought he was New Kermit’s partner for years…He was in that great Muppet caper." — John Holmberg (07:39)
• On Little Richard’s upbringing: "Why is my boy in makeup and a dress? You just gonna make it harder on your daddy." — John Holmberg (12:03)

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Segment Timestamps Overview

• Tim Gunn/Ass Hobgoblins: 01:16 – 04:07
• Jackée Harry Impression: 04:07 – 05:51
• Carney Wilson’s Bell’s Palsy: 06:04 – 07:01
• Waka Flocka/Muppet Gags: 07:01 – 08:55
• Little Richard Deep Dive: 08:55 – 12:51
• Sesame Street Shootout: 13:10 – 13:40

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Conclusion

This episode is a rapid-fire blend of roast-style comedy, nostalgia, and irreverent takes on pop culture news and personalities. Holmberg and his crew’s style is unapologetically brash and offbeat, making for an unpredictable—if not always politically correct—roundup of entertainment headlines and off-the-wall tangents.

Perfect for: Fans of edgy morning radio, ‘80s/‘90s TV nostalgia, and anyone who enjoys unscripted banter that walks the line between clever and chaotic.

Transcript

[John Holmberg]

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[John Holmberg]

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[Podcast Co-host]

Tim Gunn is the guy from Project Runway. He's openly gay. He was on the daytime show yesterday, ABC's daytime show the Revolution. And he admitted that he hasn't leapfrogged with another man in 29 years. Hasn't seen a sausage for almost three decades.

[John Holmberg]

And is he gay still? Yeah. I don't know. Can you be gay if you haven't cobwebs. A lot of cobwebs. Trying to jump over a dude and you can't do it.

[Podcast Co-host]

Just says he's. He was scared back when the whole thing.

[John Holmberg]

His butthole gets cobwebs. It still do. Still functions.

[Podcast Co-host]

Might be dusty.

[John Holmberg]

Mine doesn't have cobwebs. And I'm not gay. I haven't leapfrogged with a man.

[Podcast Co-host]

Yeah, he cleans it.

[John Holmberg]

Maybe in the taint area. That webs up. Yeah. Get wet. Is that what your partner's supposed to do to maintain that area?

[Podcast Co-host]

Clean that.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Oh, Timmy's. You've got some cobies. Don't ever make that noise again. Got em. Stop. Check me for cobbies.

[Podcast Co-host]

Look who's the feather duster.

[John Holmberg]

I'm a feather duster. You've got cobbies wrong with you? Stop it.

[Podcast Co-host]

All right, all right, all right. Good enough. Moving on.

[John Holmberg]

So dirty. Been like 30 years down here. That is a lot of cowboys. It's coffee all the way down your thighs.

[Podcast Co-host]

You're like Spiderman.

[John Holmberg]

I haven't been with a man for 29 years. Oh, my God. I'm like a Hoover down there. Watch this. Copies.

[Podcast Co-host]

You'll be excited for this, John, because.

[John Holmberg]

We'Re so mature to assume that cobwebs grow in a man's age. Go ahead. I said explaining for the people. Like, what's he doing that? Sorry. Go ahead.

[Podcast Co-host]

It'd be more like a safety net for trapeze artists.

[John Holmberg]

Cobwebs don't have the same structure as a very strong. They're not as strong as spider webs. Cobwebs dust bundles.

[Podcast Co-host]

They're hobgoblins.

[John Holmberg]

No, they're not. Don't teach the kids that there's no such thing as a hobgoblin.

[Podcast Co-host]

They get in your pipe.

[John Holmberg]

They're cobwebs.

[Podcast Co-host]

Heard some guy talking about hobgoblins getting in your pipes.

[John Holmberg]

So another 30 years, if they stay like that, he'll have hobgoblins growing out of him.

[Podcast Co-host]

Yeah. They can get in your pipes.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Hobgoblin. He eats the hobgoblin. He has to eat the hobgoblins. You can't just discard a hobgoblin, have that running around your house. We are hobgoblins in pipes.

[Podcast Co-host]

Yeah. It causes a backup.

[John Holmberg]

And his pipes. And Tim Gun's pipes.

[Podcast Co-host]

Sure.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Have hobgoblins down there. I want a doctor to tell me that. I think I've got hemorrhoid stocking. They're like, oh, no, you've got a horrible case of the hobgoblin.

[Podcast Co-host]

Jack fell and hurt her back on a TV set. I don't know where it happened. She's okay.

[John Holmberg]

What year did that happen?

[Podcast Co-host]

Yesterday. Oh.

[John Holmberg]

Why? She on a TV impression? Of course. I. Jack, it's easy. You can do it. Try it at home. Ooh. Maybe I'm coming upstairs. How you doing?

[Podcast Co-host]

See?

[John Holmberg]

It's pretty close. Oh, Eric's trying. It's like a black Jewish girl kind of. Kind of? It's. It's almost like the nerd kid on that Family Guy. Urkel. No, I can't remember one which one it is. I think it's Family Guy. Yeah, it's kind of. Only you just gotta start every sentence.

[Podcast Co-host]

Maybe.

[John Holmberg]

Maybe I'm coming Upstairs. You're going places.

[Podcast Co-host]

Follow me.

[John Holmberg]

I hope she gets famous again. I've been working on that one for years. Maybe she made a whole career out of that. I just picture some guy in Hollywood listening to your Jackie impression back in Phoenix. He does Jack. Hey, we don't even need her anymore. I don't care what he looks like. Lock him up. Get him for the 227 reunion. Smarlingham still alive.

[Podcast Co-host]

John, the guys from Colt 45 would like you all.

[John Holmberg]

It would be like if Jack. 15 minutes of comedy if Jackie Harry left 227 and they replaced her with me. But they kept it the same act like. You know, it's like the Darrens on Bewitched. They act like it never changed. I'm just. Jack. Hey. Oh, Mary. Oh, Jack. Hey, you crazy? I'm coming upstairs. They paint you black and give you a long figure now?

[Podcast Co-host]

Yep.

[John Holmberg]

Still bald though. Oh, man, the chemo is working.

[Podcast Co-host]

Please. Welcome to the Apollo.

[John Holmberg]

I'm coming upstairs. Rub the log. Oh, maybe. Don't even see.

[Podcast Co-host]

Carney Wilson has a medical condition. Ah.

[John Holmberg]

Is it. Is it fatitis?

[Podcast Co-host]

I know you think that.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking it is. Diabetes.

[Podcast Co-host]

Bell's palsy.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, geez. Shaped like a bell's palsy, that's where. It's a new form where your body is shaped exactly like a bell.

[Podcast Co-host]

She's treating with some acupuncture.

[John Holmberg]

That'll work. Wait, she just got screwed over. Oh. Not only are you fat, but here, let me define your face when you try to talk. Your sister's smoking, so you've got all the bad genes. So are you feeling all right? Yeah. Still hot? Skinny. Everything's good. How about you? Oh, my face is sliding off now. Doctors thought it was excessive face weight. Turns out it's an actual illness. Man, poor her.

[Podcast Co-host]

I'm okay.

[John Holmberg]

Had half her belly ripped out too to get skinny and that didn't take.

[Podcast Co-host]

And Eric, you'll be happy to know that six people have been arrested in the shooting up of Waka Flocka Flames bus.

[John Holmberg]

Oh good. So they can get the people who shot up walk a flock of Flames bus. But still nobody for Tupac's murder on the sun on the strip of Vegas.

[Podcast Co-host]

And they figured out the men were all going after Waka Flocka's bling. Evidently Waka Flocka walks around with a 1.2 million dollar.

[John Holmberg]

Please, we need to know our Walka Flocka news.

[Podcast Co-host]

Necklace. And that's what they wanted.

[John Holmberg]

Makes enough money to already have a necklace worth that Much Flock has been around since the 70s, man. Really? Yes. I thought he was New Kermit's partner for years. And Waka Flocka has made a lot of money. He's been in a lot of movies. He was in that great Muppet caper. He was fantastic. He was the guy who found the diamonds. I forgot about all that. He was a comedian. Also. A stand up comic, man. Walk A Flocka Flock of Flames Tour.

[Podcast Co-host]

Bus has 2010 rounds in the bus.

[John Holmberg]

Street cred. Yeah, you leave that. You leave the bullet holes in your wrapping. If you're a rapper and you're struggling to make it, go fire a couple of rounds into your car.

[Podcast Co-host]

Well, you'll start. You'll get a great deal. Be ready to receive. Lead back. Because they fired back.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, that's like the bus and the gauntlet. Did they really? Oh, yeah. No. Walker Flocker defended the fort. The windows open. There's like cannonball. We're under attack. Waka Flocka. Fire back. Waka Flaka Flocka. Hey, you guys. Just all wacky characters. It's the Muppets. I believe he has a man in his sight.

[Podcast Co-host]

Hello, bird. Little Richard says he's done.

[John Holmberg]

I thought he died.

[Podcast Co-host]

81 years old. Now he's still alive, but scream like a white woman. Yeah, he just says, I'm. I'm tired.

[John Holmberg]

Well, you get that way when you're 81. You're 81 and you've been throwing your ass into every wiener you've seen for the past 55 years. Pretty good stuff.

[Podcast Co-host]

David from Crosby Stills.

[John Holmberg]

Tired, too.

[Podcast Co-host]

No. He's got a new album coming out and he says the government won't be happy with it.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, God, man. Because they're paying attention to David Crosby. How did Little Richard survive the 60s and 70s and 80s being as gay as he was and as flamboyant and just. Just his ass was on everything. How did he make it through that without unscathed? Gotta give it to him. Gotta hand it to him. He's gotta test his blood and see if there's a cure in there. Did he pull, like, the Liberace and try to pretend he was straight? I don't know. He did for a while.

[Podcast Co-host]

Did he?

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Did he get married ever?

[Podcast Co-host]

I don't know if there was really much pretending.

[John Holmberg]

No, he pretended he sang songs about chicks. I think he might have had a wife.

[Podcast Co-host]

Tutti Frutti. That's.

[John Holmberg]

That's just our interpretation. Yeah, but I don't know. Tutti Frutti on Rudy. Yeah, I'm pretty Sure. He wasn't talking about Huxtable. Little Richard. And his name's Little Dick, so maybe that saved the day. Little Richard. I'm gonna Wikipedia. See his ex wife's name. That poor woman who fell for it.

[Podcast Co-host]

Hey, she got any offspring? He says he's now spending most of his time designing clothes and praying. Not sure which one he spends more time.

[John Holmberg]

A lot of orgies in the 60s and claimed he would invite other men in to hide his. You know. Well, he'd get a woman in there and he'd start pounding her and then he'd have men come in and then he'd start working around because it was just anything goes. He had a religious conversion in 1957. They tried to get. Oh, no. She did. His girlfriend did and she left. So he wasn't ever married?

[Podcast Co-host]

No. Oh.

[John Holmberg]

Met his apparent Metazone. That's him. Penniman is his name. Met his only wife, Ernestine Campbell, at a rally, an evangelical rally. They enjoyed a happy marriage with normal sexual relations at first. But she claimed when the marriage ended in divorce, 1963, it was because of a celebrity status. It made life difficult for her because. Because of the people. They adopt a little boy. That poor guy.

[Podcast Co-host]

Maybe he was just flamboyant.

[John Holmberg]

His sexual orientation has long been a topic of debate. Has it, Wikipedia? I don't think it's a very long debate. Oh, yeah, no, that guy's gay. He got caught wearing his mother's makeup as a child. Was brutally punished by his father. Often talked of his sexual encounters. That had to be a rough time.

[Podcast Co-host]

That doesn't send you to Gay Alley.

[John Holmberg]

Had to be a rough time for that, dad. Gotta imagine being black in the 40s in America. Just trying to get through the day all tooty fruity. All right, that's a song. I ran home as fast as I could and didn't get whooped by nobody. This was a great day. Why is my boy in makeup and a dress? You just gonna make it harder on your daddy. It's just gonna get tougher and tougher on me. Little bastard.

[Podcast Co-host]

That's where it goes, man. Look at you, all tooty fruity.

[John Holmberg]

Hey, Rudy, get out of here. I have got to beat that out of him. He does not realize outside they already hate him. If you go out there in that dress, it's a double whammy. You're just making it rubber on me. Oh, my daddy beat me merciless.

[Podcast Co-host]

He's shaking it all over. That's another song.

[John Holmberg]

Stop it. We're making that noise in there. Boy. Oh, that's gotta be rough to be gay, flamboyant and black in the 40s. That's a movie in itself. I'm not gonna go to it. Tyler Perry, get on that. Oh, Jeremy, kill for me.

[Podcast Co-host]

I don't know. He found.

[John Holmberg]

He's a. He's a big bus. He's a Sesame Street. He's not an office. Oh, and up until kids became huge pusscakes, he was just imaginary.

[Podcast Co-host]

When there's a shooting going on, he might show up.

[John Holmberg]

He's the real deal when they're shooting. Hello, bird. Eat lead. He is bad as hell. There's a big old weapon in that hose. He's like the wolf you just met. The baddest mother. Oh, in town. They should make that into a ruby. Snuffy. Snuffy. He's had enoughy. Thank you. Thank you very much. I'm a marketing genius. Get the hell out of here before more puppets start killing people. Although I'd watch that Muppet movie if there was a lot more blood. Revenge me. It's out of control now. 98. It's John Holberg here. Time to talk about TVs Doug Hopkins of my home group and dough hopkins.com. i got an email from someone who told me that he wants to sell his house because he has to move for work. Got a new job and it starts in February so he needs to vacate quickly. And in this particular case, this guy can leave Arizona with cash from his home and be free and clear to start anew in his next location. That is peace of mind no matter what the situation. Doug makes selling your house so easy it's hard to imagine going anywhere else. And he backs it up with a $5,000 guarantee. Start the process at Doug Hopkins.com or grab that phone and sing. It's John Holmberg here from the morning Cygnus and I'm absolutely thrilled to tell you about my [e-mail] youm've heard me mention Kevin Costner, Trey McBride, other countless celebrities and pro athletes and how they chose lifted trucks. But that doesn't mean it's only for actors and pro athletes. It's for all of everybody who loves a cool adventure. So if you're a huge celebrity like me or just an average Joe who wants the best truck available, head on over to lifted trucks. They live up to being the number one custom truck dealer for over 30 years. 10,000 five star reviews can't be wrong. Lifted trucks.com work hard, play hard, drive harder.