03-06-26 - Entertainment Drill - FRI - Hollywood Treasures Stored In Underground Salt Mine In Kansas - Hole Reuniting For New Music w/Brady's Hole Joke Groaner

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Entertainment Drill Summary

Episode: Entertainment Drill – FRI – Hollywood Treasures Stored In Underground Salt Mine In Kansas – Hole Reuniting For New Music w/ Brady’s Hole Joke Groaner
Date: March 6, 2026
Host & Panel: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo

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Episode Overview

This segment of Holmberg's Morning Sickness delivers the team’s signature blend of irreverent humor and entertainment news. The “Entertainment Drill” covers the latest showbiz stories, including celebrity updates, a bizarre revelation about Hollywood memorabilia storage, and a bit on the reunion of the band Hole—complete with joke groaners from the crew.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Savannah Guthrie Checks In with the Today Show

• Savannah stopped by her old team at the Today Show to thank them for their ongoing support, signaling eventual plans for her return but withholding a specific date.
• The team performed a live prayer on air, which the hosts mock as “awkward.”
  • Quote: “I’m still standing and I’m... I still have hope and I’m still me.”
  • [04:22] John Holmberg: “Drum up interest in that case again because we've stopped paying attention.”

2. Nostalgia & Side Conversations on the Today Show Cast

• Lighthearted exchange on meteorologists, confusing Dylan Dreyer with Al Roker and Willard Scott, and joking about Wilford Brimley’s “diabetes” commercials.
  • [04:59] Holmberg: “Diabetes. That’s all he says—it’s going to be 80 degrees. With diabetes.”

3. Britney Spears DUI Update

• Britney’s latest DUI incident includes discovery of an “unknown substance” in her car; pending toxicology results are anticipated.
• The hosts express mock shock and riff about possible substances, referencing grocery store buzz ball drinks.
  • [05:34] Brady: “The latest on the Britney Spears DUI...”
  • [05:48] Holmberg: “This is shocking news. It's going to take the war off the headlines. Britney did drugs.”
  • [06:02] Holmberg: “Nothing would shock me. She’s doing cocktails or whatever.”

4. Christina Applegate’s Anchorman Story

• Christina turned down Anchorman due to (insultingly) low pay; Will Ferrell and Adam McKay increased her salary out of their own pockets so she could join the cast, which she valued as a great experience.
  • [06:50] Brady: “She said she’s glad because it was one of the best experiences she ever had.”
  • [07:14] Holmberg: “It’s because the check cashed. Well, it was also ended up being great.”

5. Hollywood Treasures in a Kansas Salt Mine

• A Kansas salt mine, 600 feet below ground, is revealed as the storage site for countless Hollywood artifacts thanks to its stable environment.
• Contents: original negatives of Wizard of Oz, Star Wars, Ben Hur, George Clooney’s infamous “nipples” Batsuit, silent films, every episode of MASH*, and more—including secret government documents.
  • [07:20] Brady: “Some of Hollywood’s greatest treasures are being stored in a Hutchinson, Kansas, 600ft underground salt mine.”
  • [08:02] Holmberg: “So they’re telling everybody where this... an unbelievable amount of money.”
  • Discussion turns to Cold War nuclear shelters and newspaper reports about Lincoln’s assassination also being stored.
  • Banter mocks the preservation desirability of the Clooney/Batsuit and old newspapers:
    • [08:46] Holmberg: “No, those... They’re no good anymore. We already know those newspapers are. Boy, the newspaper—they are behind.”
    • [08:56] Holmberg: “Why would you save that one? The Batsuit? ...That’s the Dollar Tree one.”
    • [09:05] Holmberg: “It’s to keep the nipples.”

6. Reality Show Couple Sues Over Portrayal

• Amazing Race couple Jonathan and Anna Towns suing CBS for $8M over depiction as “morally depraved” and claims of spousal abuse.
• Claim that Jonathan, after an on-show meltdown, is on the autism spectrum—leading to cynical banter about portrayals and stereotypes.
  • [09:44] Holmberg: “We’re all autistic if we’re mad at women. Take accountability, ladies. Sometimes we’re gonna shout at you. Doesn’t make us... Like Gina said, we’re not all narcissists. Just because we’re mad at you...”
  • [09:57] Holmberg: “It would. It would calm him down. He probably wouldn’t hit her as much if he had $8 million. The bills come due—he’s not angry anymore.”

7. Hole Band Reunion and 'Groaner' Jokes

• Courtney Love and Melissa Auf der Maur are reportedly working on new music.
• Multiple puns and comedic misstatements about “Courtney Hole,” groan-worthy even by the hosts’ own standards, followed by joking concern about which “parts” of Hole the audience will actually see.
  • [10:17] Brady: “Courtney hall and Courtney Love.”
  • [10:19] Holmberg: “Courtney Hole.”
  • [10:22] Brady: “Courtney Love and Melissa...”
  • [10:41] Holmberg: “You’re not gonna get to see the entire Hole.”

8. Buzz Balls and In-Joke Callbacks

• Multiple asides about “buzz balls” (alcoholic drinks), tied back to Kirby (Brady’s daughter), and audience reactions.
  • [11:11] Holmberg: “Buzz balls. Kirb’s gonna love this. We should just start calling it the Kirby Entertainment Drill.”

9. Show Announcements & Upcoming Segments

• Teasing future bits, including the Guadalupe Squares.
• Additional banter about show birthdays, guests, and in-studio appearances.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• John Holmberg, on Today show nostalgia:
  “Diabetes. That's all he says—it’s going to be 80 degrees. With diabetes.” [04:59]

• On Britney Spears’ legal troubles:
  “This is shocking news. It's going to take the war off the headlines. Britney did drugs.” [05:48]

• On Clooney’s Batman suit in the salt mine:
  “Why would you save that one? The Batsuit? ...That’s the Dollar Tree one.” [08:56]

• On the Hole reunion joke:
  “You’re not gonna get to see the entire Hole.” [10:41]

• On the lawsuit from the Amazing Race couple:
  “We’re all autistic if we’re mad at women. Take accountability, ladies. Sometimes we’re gonna shout at you. Doesn’t make us... Like Gina said, we’re not all narcissists. Just because we’re mad at you...” [09:44]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [04:14] Savannah Guthrie’s Today Show visit
• [05:31] Britney Spears DUI update
• [06:50] Christina Applegate’s lowball Anchorman offer
• [07:20] Hollywood treasures in Kansas salt mine
• [09:30] Amazing Race couple sues CBS
• [10:10] Hole band reunion & name jokes
• [11:11] Buzz balls in-joke, Kirby Entertainment Drill mention

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Tone and Language

Staying true to the show, the hosts interweave news bits with sarcasm, affectionate ribbing, and playful banter involving inside jokes and groan-worthy puns. The style is rapid-fire, loose, and intentionally boundary-pushing—intended as “entertain, question, and disturb.”

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Summary Takeaway

This Entertainment Drill showcases Holmberg’s Morning Sickness at its best: quick-witted, a little irreverent, and thoroughly plugged into pop culture oddities.
Listeners get a whirlwind of Hollywood headlines filtered through jokes and digressions, making even routine news anything but boring.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[C]

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[D]

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[C]

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[D]

Holmberg's morning sickness. The old method of treatment for a person in this condition was to throw him in jail. It's spicy Latina day here on the morning sickness it is. Nice job. Warning is. That's good. That was good. I like that. It's called kerosene. It's streamable now. You can grab it by the warning. Thanks. Lair Bear. Welcome. John Bear. Gary dropped that off for us this morning. Said, hey, I just got the new warning. You want to play it? Like hell yeah. Good stuff, man. The video is really cool too. Brett had it playing in the background. Beautiful ladies singing about burning up an old Camaro or something. That's cool song. Catchy. And I'm trying to place in my head the song it sounds like because it's in there. Somebody's like, play it again. Jesse wants it again. Maybe we will. My play before we get out here. That was great. I liked. I like when new music is like, oh, this is what I've been waiting for. That was fun. We've been waiting for them to pop for five years and they're gotta just jump out. I don't know how they're not being promoted through the moon. But yeah, good stuff. The warning the 9 o' clock word once again is Harvester. Get on that, on the app and at the website 98kupd.com while you're on the website, go to the pick of the litter page and take a look at what we had to play with yesterday. Larry went with me yesterday, and there are two little Chihuahua mix puppies named Win. Well, I called him Win Win because that's what I wanted Larry to do. They were called Winston and Winifred. And Winifred is, you know, the sister of Winston. And I was holding Winston, and Winifred came in the room and he just relaxed. He's like, oh, there's my. There's my sis. It was adorable. I'm trying so hard to get Larry to at least foster these two because they loved him. They need to get into a home right away. Watch the video of these two adorable little dogs. If you're a person who just wants a couple little pups, you got an apartment or you got a little kids, and you want them to love dogs, but you don't want them to get knocked over by big dogs all the time, these two are ready to go. They were awesome. So go to our website to the pick of the litter page. Lost our Home Pet Rescue Turf Monsters. AZ helps us out with that all the time. It's other than there's one third of that video that's ugly as sin, and it isn't Win and Winifred, it's me. Just ignore the ugly part. Move on with the cute puppies because they're great. Hop on that. It's time for the entertainment drill. It's brought to bear friends at the Schwartz Laser Eye Center. You know about my eye issues, and you probably have a couple of your own. If you're not seeing great or you're seeing floaties or you're seeing something weird, no harm. And just checking it out. TMIDoc.com and going over to Dr. Jay Schwartz for that complimentary consultation. I got a lot of people emailing me saying, you know what? You talked me into it. I gotta go get looked at. Odds are they're not gonna find anything. Most people's eyes are okay, just have vision issues. So get you in a system, maybe some lasik. You qualify for that, maybe a lens replacement, Whatever you want to do. In the end, you'll find out where you stand, and he'll have a plan for you with the rest of the Schwartz Laser Eye Team crew. So they'll get you taken care of. They take care of the Diamondbacks. They Take care of the suns. That's why they're the official eye center of both of those teams. And you can check them out. Teamidoc.com take care of your eyes. Trust me on that one. You don't want to recover from anything eye related. It sucks. Schwartz Laser Eye Center Brady Entertainment.

[A]

Savannah Guthrie visited the Today show yesterday to thank her colleagues for their support.

[D]

Drum up interest in that case again because we've stopped paying attention.

[A]

She told him, I'm still standing and I'm. I still have hope and I'm still me. She didn't give a time. And she. She's not back. She just popped in to say, hey, I am coming back. But we haven't announced the date yet, man. Yes. And then the group got together and did a prayer on the air, I guess.

[D]

That's going to be so awkward. Meteorologist Al Roker.

[A]

No. What's his name? Dylan Dreyer.

[D]

I haven't watched it. Today's show since Al Roker was on it. So I don't even know. Wilford. What was the last guy? The old man? Wilford Brimley. Same thing.

[A]

It's his birthday today.

[D]

Diabetes. That's all he says it's going to be 80 degrees. With diabetes.

[A]

Willard would have been 92.

[D]

Guy said ops. I got an email. It says the warning sucks. Those clams can suck it. Old man Artigue style. Our music's way better. Signed, Katie and the Hobbs. All right. All right. You people like that a lot. It's over here in the Midwest. Going to be snowy and diabetes.

[A]

The latest on the Britney Spears dui.

[D]

Oh, boy.

[A]

Is they found an unknown substance in her car and they think she was under the influence of drugs and alcohol. No, they're waiting for. They're waiting for the test to come back.

[D]

This is shocking news. It's going to take the war off the headlines. Brittany did drugs. Dylan Brooks got his DUI too, son.

[A]

How many you think will will be in the mix?

[D]

What do you mean drugs? Yeah.

[A]

Multiple.

[D]

Nothing would shock me. She's doing cocktails or whatever.

[A]

A couple of scripts and. Oh, yeah, and maybe some buzz balls.

[D]

I don't know if those are drugs, Brady. I think those are illegal. I know. I think you can get those. I don't think that's anything. But I do think that if she's on.

[A]

That's all I see now when I would go into the grocery store. Oh, there's the buzz ball. Yeah.

[D]

You know, you can avoid that. Don't go to the grocery store right door. Dash those Groceries.

[A]

They're not going to keep me out of there.

[D]

You love it in there, don't you?

[A]

Yeah, I do.

[D]

God, how? Why? That's the worst. And get new friends. People talk to there. That's right. There's others in there. The others all have something in common. The best. We're all there for the same glorious purpose. Eating.

[A]

Christina Applegate says the money she was offered to do anchorman was so low she passed on it. But Will Ferrell Farrell and Adam McKay took money out of their own deal and stepped up, paid her. She said she's glad because it was one of the best experiences she ever had. It was fun doing it.

[D]

It's because the check cashed. Well, it was also ended up being great.

[A]

Some of Hollywood's greatest treasures are being stored in a Hutchinson, Kansas, 600ft underground salt mine. They've got it because It's a constant 68 degree temperature, 45% humidity. Ideal storage for paper and film. So they have everything from George Clooney's. George Clooney's Batman suit. The one with the nipples.

[D]

Yep. Cloney is the scary version of George Clooney because he's not human.

[A]

They've got the movies like Ben Hur, Star wars, some of the old silent films, every episode of mash.

[D]

Wow.

[A]

The original negative of wizard of Oz.

[D]

So they're telling everybody where this an unbelievable amount of money.

[A]

You can come down there and visit the. It's called the Strataka museum. There's about 50 acres worth of stuff that are still off limits. They also have some secret documents, government documents stored there.

[D]

Where is it?

[A]

It's in Kansas.

[D]

Yeah, there's that thing in Kansas. I think it's Kansas also where the President would fly and hide. That might be the same place in case of some sort of a. An attack that they've got. Is it Iowa or Kansas? They got a spot.

[A]

Well, this one in Kansas also has newspapers announcing the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Still preserved in there.

[D]

No, those. They're no good anymore. We already know those newspapers are. Boy, the newspaper they are behind.

[A]

Don't forget about the Batsuit with the nipples. Yeah, that's there too.

[D]

Why would you save that one? The Batsuit? Yeah. Or the Lincoln thing. No, the Batsuit.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

I don't know.

[C]

That's the.

[D]

Of all the bad suits.

[A]

Yeah, right.

[D]

I don't want that. That's the dollar tree one.

[A]

It's to keep the nipples.

[D]

Sure. I guess they got to stay hard.

[A]

There's a couple from the Amazing Race that's suing CBS for 8 million. Jonathan and Anna Towns said they are unfairly portrayed as morally depraved. And he was abusive. He was an abusive spouse.

[D]

Did he hit her on the show or something? I think I know which ones they're talking about. It's a great show.

[A]

They had one particular meltdown during the shooting. And Jonathan was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum because he yelled at his wife.

[D]

We're all autistic if we're mad at women. Take accountability, ladies. Sometimes we're going to shout at you. Doesn't make us. Like Gina said, we're not all narcissists. Just because we're mad at you, it'll

[A]

go away for 8 million.

[D]

Well, it would help a lot. It would. It would calm him down. He probably wouldn't hit her as much if he had $8 million. The bills come due. He's not angry anymore. Most people argue over money and sex. So you're getting rid of one of the problems.

[A]

Looks like part of Hole is getting together to play some music. Courtney hall and Courtney Love.

[D]

Courtney Hole.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

No, start over.

[A]

That's not our last name.

[D]

No, keep going.

[A]

Courtney Love and Melissa.

[D]

You can't do it. It's a good name, though. Do it. Come on.

[A]

After Muir.

[D]

It's not bad. It's not terrible. Yeah. Expected it to be a lot better than Mike would have done, so I'm good.

[A]

They're gonna do new music as well.

[D]

Those are the two girls in Hole. And then there's two dudes and they're not.

[A]

You're not gonna get to see the entire Hole.

[D]

They hate them. Yeah. Okay, you're going. Is Kirby listening to this? You have the day off or something?

[A]

Just letting you know.

[D]

No, you're not. You're letting Kirby know something. They're coding with your daughter. Wacky fun weekend jokes.

[A]

Good one.

[D]

Pop Pop. Yeah, that's exactly right. Don't listen to man. They were dying down here at the dispensary. Dad mentioned those buzz, buzz balls, man.

[A]

Let's grab a few of those.

[D]

I hit them all.

[A]

The Entertainment drill.

[D]

Buzz balls. Kirb's gonna love this. We should just start calling it the Kirby Entertainment Drill. There's you, Kirby Derbs. It's 9:31. We got the Guadalupe Squares coming up. But Thriller's sick. We're supposed to have Thriller's mom in today because this is his. This is his two term birthday. Had he not tumbled out two months early, this is the day he would have been born. Or expected at least. And it would have come out Normal, but she shot him out two months early. So we were gonna have her come in and apologize to her son live on the air, but he's sick and she didn't want to come without him.

[A]

I don't blame Toledo hosting or.

[D]

Yeah, Toledo. Yeah. No, Larry. We got Sam the Metallic Larry's that new morning show.

[A]

That hot new morning.

[D]

You know what? We should have him do it. He said, bragging about his new morning show. I'll just head home. That's perfect. The Guadalupe squares are coming up. 585-9800. The word for nine o' clock is harvester. Get on that right now and then give us a call. We need a girl, we need a boy. We'll close out with the Guadalupe squares next. It's 98.

[A]

It's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fees.

[D]

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