02-27-26 - Entertainment Drill - FRI - w/Bret - Modern Mishaps Caught In Period Piece TV Shows

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Entertainment Drill (Feb 27, 2026)

Modern Mishaps Caught In Period Piece TV Shows

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Episode Overview

This episode, part of Holmberg’s Morning Sickness on 98 KUPD, is the Friday "Entertainment Drill" segment, featuring John Holmberg, producer Dick Toledo, and co-host Bret Vesely. With regular Brady Bogen out for a family wedding, Bret takes center stage on celebrity entertainment news. The gang covers funny errors in TV period pieces, celebrity birthdays, humorous takes on breast feeding, pop culture news, and a heartfelt listener moment—all in the show’s signature irreverent, quick-witted banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Celebrity Birthdays and Milestone Moments

• Jenny "JWoww" Farley – 41, Chelsea Clinton – 46, Tony Gonzalez – 50, Chilli (TLC) – 55, James Worthy – 65, Neal Schon – 72

  • Holmberg laments getting older alongside celebrities.
  • (04:02) John: “Myself in the face. Wait a minute. I'm only eight years older than Chelsea Clinton.”
  • (04:15) “Oh, I've always been better… I was covered in my mother's gelatinous goo after birth, and I still look better than she's ever looked.”

• Leonard Nimoy’s Passing

  • Remembrance of Mr. Spock, died 11 years ago (2015).
  • (05:13) John shares a poignant (if darkly humorous) story about William Shatner’s emotional regrets.

2. Pop Culture & Entertainment News

• Breastfeeding and Celebrity Parenting

  • Pete Davidson’s partner not breastfeeding; discussion shifts into trademark show banter around “wrecked nipples” and porn observations.
  • (06:07) John: “If you're trying to tell a guy you never had a kid, your belly button tells the story, and your nipples tell the story… Belly buttons tell no lies. You know, that old chestnut.”

• Jennifer Garner’s Beauty Hack

  • Gets bangs instead of Botox to cover forehead wrinkles.
  • Panel jokes that she’s “pretty, but not that big a deal.”
  • (07:04) John: “You wouldn't kick her out of bed, but I probably wouldn't go out of my way to go to bed. No, she’d have to get in with me.”

• Scream 7 Gets Low Rotten Tomatoes Score

  • Franchise fatigue compared to Fast & Furious.
  • (07:32) “They’re gonna try to get a billion dollars out of Scream.”

• Macaulay Culkin's Fiancee Uses "Home Alone" for ‘Stranger Danger’ Talks

  • The panel riffs on the movie’s hijinks versus any actual life lessons for kids.

3. Modern Mishaps in TV Period Pieces

*(Main Theme at ~08:12 – 09:47)*  

• Top Goofs Noted:
  • “Bridgerton” with visible yellow parking lines for horse carriages.
    • John jokes about “black people with rights” being a bigger historical stretch.
    • (08:29) John: “Well, there are black people with rights in Bridgerton. That’s where I draw…”
  • “Mad Men” incorrectly calls the 1968 NFL Championship the Super Bowl (it wasn’t named that until '69).
  • “MAS*H” has Radar reading Avengers comics (ten years too early).
    • John points out MAS*H outlasted the actual Korean War.
  • “The Mandalorian” – crew member in blue jeans in background; Disney later digitally erases him.
    • (09:27) John: “They can have blue jeans in space, can’t they?… Han Solo off to TJ Maxx on Tatooine?”

4. New Music Releases

• Bruno Mars: New album ‘The Romantic’ out.
• Gorillaz, Iron & Wine, Rob Zombie: Zombie’s ‘The Great Satan’ also highlighted.
  • (10:13) Bret: “To me, he’s almost like the Pearl Jam thing. Amazing first album and then constantly just a little less every time... occasionally a good single.”
  • John agrees on general album decline.

5. Listener Moment: "T-Bone" Tribute

• (10:28) John reads an email from a listener who lost his 14-year-old dog, “T-Bone.”
  • Heartfelt, brief tribute, encouraging listeners to treat their own pets with love in memory.
  • (10:41) “All the dogs and cats and all the pets get a little extra for 14-year-old T Bone. That’s a hell of a race T Bone ran…”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On aging:
  • John (about Chelsea Clinton): “I was covered in my mother's gelatinous goo after birth, and I still look better than she's ever looked.” (04:18)
• On ‘Bridgerton’ anachronisms:
  • John: “Well, there are black people with rights in Bridgerton, and that’s where I drew… this is, I shouldn’t be watching this. This is bad.” (08:29)
• On MAS*H:
  • John: “The war in Korea, I think, only lasted like what, five years. MASH was on for 11.” (09:06)
• On The Mandalorian jeans mishap:
  • John: “They can have blue jeans in space, can’t they?... Han Solo off to TJ Maxx on Tatooine…” (09:27)
• Listener tribute:
  • John: “All the pets get a little extra for 14-year-old T Bone. That’s a hell of a race. T Bone ran so nice job kid.” (10:41)

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Timestamps of Important Segments

• Celebrity Birthdays: 03:52 – 05:01
• Leonard Nimoy remembrance: 05:07 – 05:46
• Breastfeeding/Parenting banter: 05:46 – 06:38
• Jennifer Garner/Botox segment: 06:38 – 07:10
• Scream 7 Flop: 07:10 – 07:42
• Home Alone and Stranger Danger: 07:45 – 08:08
• Period Piece Mishaps: 08:12 – 09:47
• Music Releases: 09:47 – 10:27
• Listener “T-Bone” Tribute: 10:28 – 11:48

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Tone & Style

The show maintains its edgy, unfiltered, and irreverent approach throughout, with John Holmberg’s sarcasm and riffs steering the tone. The hosts blend pop culture takes, local color, and running in-jokes for a mix of genuine banter and caustic wit.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode of the Entertainment Drill offers a comedic but affectionate look at the foibles of pop culture, celebrity, and even TV writers, while sneaking in relatable moments about age, parenting, and saying goodbye to beloved pets. Rich in references, sharp in jokes, and punctuated by memorable, quotable moments, it’s a slice of the HMS crew at their best.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

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[C]

You thought that was funny? You were laughing like a hyena when he said it.

[D]

What the hell is wrong with you? I have been derelict in my duties. Nine o' clock word is Electra. E L E K T R A. So it's a record company that Metallica is part of. And that is the word for Metallica's disappear to the sphere. We're putting you up at the sphere. Vegas, October 1st and 3rd, you get two tickets to two shows. Metallica's doing two nights. Different shows each night, 1st and 3rd. And then they got a little residency. You get to go to the first two. You're welcome in advance. Winner. All the rest of you lost. Nothing I can do about it. But you can all play. And you can do it right now. Electra is the nine o' clock word. Easy peasy. Brian Callan's awesome. He's one of my favorites. And I got an email from somebody that says, man, reading off that list of Jews confirms everything. Yeah, but he said it confirms everything I've always said about Brian Callan. He's the Schindler of comedy. So true. So damn true. Yeah, go see if you haven't. We got it. What a weekend. Just go to both. Go see Callan and Josh Blue. You're gonna be happy. Great weekend here, boys. At the we are a comedy town. And again, I'll say you're welcome. It's no Brady today. He's at his nephew's wedding. Which you might as well. I'd rather get chemo for no reason and go to some nephew's wedding in Ohio. But that means Brett's gonna take care of the entertainment drill. So, Brett, the entertainment drill is brought to you by our friends at the Schwartz Laser Eye Center. You've heard about me crying and whining about my eye all week long. Because that's all I'm thinking about for those of you who are asking. The gas bubble in my right eye has dissipated down into a weird teardrop that affects my eyesight and won't go away. It's the strangest thing. If you have floaters in your eye.

[A]

If.

[D]

And I mean that is a huge sign. If you have long, stringy floaters strands, it's a good sign. Your eyes trying to tell you something. Dr. J. Schwartz will take care of that before you end up in my position, which was face down for way too long. Yeah, face down, ass up. But it was brutal. Dr. J. Schwartz gives you that complimentary consultation. So just in case you can catch something way before it gets silly. Like minded, I had no idea there were no warning signs outside of little floaters. Some light flashes that I just dismissed because I'm an idiot. Otherwise known as man. So I want to let you guys know that I am your Christ. Because I took the slings and arrows. Yeah, that's right. That's exactly right, Brett. I am. I am the one who sacrificed so you didn't have to. And now I'm telling you how to fix it. So get on over there. Dr. J. Schwartz will take care of it. He'll make sure everything is kosher with those things. And also, you know, probably not gonna have a problem like I had, but you can start thinking about LASIK or lens replacement. You might have a cataract. Then I get a surgery, he takes care of everything. And you just check it out. Teamidoc.com the Schwartz laser eye Center. Diamondbacks and Sons Official eye center for them. Can't be wrong there, Brad. Entertain me.

[A]

Excuse me. I just got done eating.

[D]

I know. Oh, and Ranch House Grill dropped off a load of breakfast for us, so thank you. Ranch House Grill.

[A]

All right, we'll kick things off with some celebrity birthdays. Jenny J. Wow. Farley is 41 years old. Chelsea Clinton, 46.

[D]

That is my daughter. She's 46. Oh, my God. Myself in the face. Wait a minute. I'm only eight years older than Chelsea Clinton.

[A]

Yeah, and you look better than Chelsea.

[D]

Oh, I've always been better.

[A]

I know it's not a stretch, but,

[D]

you know, I was covered in my mother's gelatinous goo after birth, and I still look better than she's ever looked. But her dad's gonna send her mother up the river today, and that's gonna be pretty great. She killed a lot of people. We can talk about abstinent but she killed a lot of people.

[A]

Tony Gonzalez, 50 years old. I thought he was older than that.

[D]

No, that makes sense to me, Chelsea. The Chelsea Clinton screwed me up.

[A]

Chili from TLC turning 55 today. Wow.

[D]

It's just. None of this is making sense anymore.

[A]

James Worthy, 65. Neil, Sean, 72.

[D]

Speaking of which, James Worthy is 65. Just. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not taking it anymore.

[B]

I'm not taking it well.

[D]

I want it to be different. I'm just. It's passing me by.

[A]

11 years ago on this date, Mr. Spock passed away. Leonard Nimoy passed away.

[D]

No kidding.

[A]

2015. Yeah.

[D]

When I did the. The Q A with Shatner, and we were in front of the audience and stuff, and he started going down the Leonard Nimoy route about how he was drowning in his own bodily fluids at the end because he smoked. I guess it's not. The crowd isn't enjoying this at all. There he was, drowning his own bodily fluids, and I told him, leonard, you shouldn't have smoked. And you know what he said to me? Brett. That's all I heard. I wasn't a good friend at the end. I just wanted him to get better.

[A]

In honor of Brady, that's a little breastfeeding news here for you. So, moms, don't be ashamed if you don't want to breastfeed. Pete Davidson's baby mama has your back.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Apparently, Elise Hewitt isn't breastfeeding. And while there's a little guilt, she says formula is safe and healthy and it's been good for her mental and emotional health.

[D]

Inner nipples.

[A]

Yeah, exactly. That's.

[D]

That's the bigger thing.

[A]

That's what Pete's saying.

[D]

Kids wreck mom nipples. You can be identified by two things, ladies. If you're trying to tell a guy you never had a kid, your belly button tells the story, and your nipples tell the story, and those stretchies and they. Yeah, because I've seen it in porn, where I'm like, oh, mother of two. And she's trying to act like she's not even in good shape. Her belly button? Yeah, Belly buttons tell no lies. You know, that old chestnut. I always say that. I'm always off there saying that one.

[A]

All right, Jennifer Gardner has an affordable hack. Instead of getting Botox, she's been, you know, dealing with the wrinkles on her forehead for a while. Instead of getting Botox, she's got bangs now.

[D]

Who?

[A]

Jennifer Gardner. Benzold.

[D]

Yeah. Thanks.

[A]

Never did much for me anyway.

[D]

She's pretty.

[A]

She's okay.

[D]

She's pretty. She's got the Taylor Swift thing where you're like, yeah, you're pretty, but you're not that big a deal. Yeah.

[A]

You wouldn't kick her out of bed, but it's like, all right, I probably

[D]

wouldn't go out of my way to go to bed. No, she'd have to get in with me.

[A]

Yeah, we talked about it last week. During this week, during the hot releases. Scream 7 has been released and it has the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of the franchise so far. Which means. So far. Which means. Christ, there's gonna be another one.

[D]

Well, no, they're saying so far.

[A]

Like, I know, but that means. Well, look at. We got 10 fast and furious.

[D]

Yeah, they're gonna try to get a billion dollars out of the screen.

[A]

38%, which is better than a lot of Sandler movies. Well, that's not saying much.

[D]

That's true.

[A]

Macaulay Culkin's fiance used Home Alone to teach their kids about Stranger Danger.

[D]

All right.

[A]

Brenda Song says that she taught her two sons about Stranger Danger by showing them Home Alone, but they're only three and four, so they were more interested in the hijinks that was going on.

[D]

We all. There's nothing to watch that movie, nothing entertaining about Stranger Danger. Human trafficking movies aren't funny. But mashing Joe Pesci in the head with a can of paint's always going to make no matter what age are. It's.

[A]

That's four to 400 modern mishaps caught in period TV shows like Bridgerton, you know, kind of going back in time.

[D]

We all know the big one in Bridgerton.

[A]

Well, yeah, there is. Bridgerton is here in season one. There are yellow parking lines visible for horse drawn carriages.

[D]

Well, there are black people with rights in Bridgerton, and that's where I drew. I know.

[A]

That's why I was like. I was reading through it. I'm like, well, where is that at?

[D]

Yeah, I. I watched Bridgerton and I'm like, this is. I think I shouldn't be watching this. This is like. This is bad.

[A]

Mad Men, an episode set in 1968 referred to the NFL championship as the Super Bowl. Oh, but it wasn't called that until 69.

[D]

Yeah, it's in the jets game.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

How about that mash?

[A]

The character Radar was shown reading an Avengers comic, but the show is set in the early 50s during the Korean War. The Avengers didn't exist until a decade later. I don't know that.

[D]

I don't either. Also, the war in Korea, I think, only lasted like what, five years. And MASH was on for 11.

[A]

The Mandalorian during a shootout featuring Carl Weathers and Pedro Pascal and Gina Carano. A random guy in blue jeans can be seen in the background. Disney has since digitally erased the guy.

[D]

They can have blue jeans in space, can they? Sure.

[A]

Did you see Han Solo wearing a pair of Levi's, a pair of 501s

[D]

or when he's not moving product, he's just, he's in his cash clothes going to the TJ Maxx on Tatooine, grab some jeans. You can have jeans in space. That one they didn't have to.

[A]

All right. And then we talked about this during Tuesday. The new releases. The big one that everybody's waiting on today was Bruno Mars. The new album the Romantic is in stores.

[D]

That's out now.

[A]

New Gorillas, Iron and Wine and Rob Zombie's latest one, the Great Satan hit stores today as well.

[D]

And that one sounds pretty good. The two or three things I've heard off the Zombie thing, the little. Oh, that's for sure.

[A]

For sure. He to me he's almost like. And some people are going to hate this, but it's almost like the Pearl Jam thing. Like amazing first album and then constantly

[D]

just a little less every time, little less. And then occasionally a pop up good single.

[A]

But yeah, albums. But album wise.

[D]

Yeah, I agree.

[A]

That's about it.

[D]

All right. I got a guy who just emailed me and I want to get it out there. Any email that has the subject T Bone I'm going to check out. Unfortunately this one's not great. It says John, extra treats for everybody's pets today. Had to say Goodbye to my 14 year old dog, T Bone. Thanks for all the love and support you have for animals. Hope your eye recovery is going well. Let's get your cupd shelter beer collaboration going again. Yeah, we're getting something together. Don't worry about that, Tony. We ran into a couple of hiccups with that, but we'll get back on that. And sorry about T Bone. So all the dogs and cats and all the pets get a little extra for 14 year old T Bone. That's a hell of a race. T Bone ran so nice job kid. We're proud of you. I'm sorry for your loss, Tony. I've been, I've dealt with two of them in the last three weeks. Not fun. The word for Metallica giving this thing away. Electra is the nine o' clock word for the podcast being taped right now so you can listen live to our podcast get taped on the FM radio but but none of you people listening later on the podcast are gonna be able to play. So just ignore this part. Electra is the nine o' clock word. We do one every hour cause we're send you to Vegas to go see an extremely exclusive show. Tickets are gonna be so hard to get. We got the Guadalupe Squares coming up next. It's 98 Arizona's most powerful, powerful rock radio station.

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