03-06-26 - Gina Brillon - Stand Up Live - In Studio

Summary

Podcast Summary: Holmberg's Morning Sickness – “Gina Brillon – Stand Up Live – In Studio”

Date: March 6, 2026
Host: John Holmberg, with Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo
Guest: Gina Brillon – Stand-up comedian, performing at Stand Up Live

---

Main Theme

This episode is an energetic, playful in-studio interview with comedian Gina Brillon on the eve of her Stand Up Live shows in Phoenix. The conversation is a comedic volley between Gina and the hosts, focusing on her Puerto Rican-New York roots, her approach to comedy, wild relationship stories, motherhood, and the art of resilience—with lots of teasing, self-deprecation, and quick-witted banter from everyone.

---

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Studio Arrival & Microphone Antics

• Gina immediately sets the playful tone, refusing to adjust her own microphone, relying on “simping” from the studio team.
• Quote:
  • Gina Brillon: “That’s not my job. The mic should have been ready for me.” (02:31)

2. Puerto Rican Heritage & Toughness

• John jokes about Puerto Rican women’s reputations for toughness—and Gina doesn’t deny it, revealing stories of her fiery side.
• Hilarity ensues about height stereotypes, headsets, and proper studio protocol, leading to light jabs about hair and production.
• Quote:
  • John Holmberg: “You’re a Puerto Rican woman. And they're not known for their height.” (03:06)
  • Gina Brillon (deadpan): “But stole the nerves.” (03:09)

3. Wild Relationship Story – Kicking Down the Door

• Gina shares a story about a toxic ex who locked her out of the bedroom after an argument about naked photos in his email (“The girls in his email”).
• She straight-up kicked the door down:
  • Gina Brillon: “Not stabbed, but I did break his door down...I kicked the door down. We were having—it was a really toxic relationship.” (04:34–05:00)
• Explains her trauma with locked doors and how narcissists amplify drama. John keeps prodding for comedic effect.
• Notable Moment:
  • Gina: “No, he was a narcissist, so he knew if he locked the door, I would...press the button. Because this is what narcissists do. They press the button and then they go, ‘You're crazy.’ No, you press the crazy button.” (06:46)
• The ex’s insult—“Where are you gonna go? Nobody’s gonna want you.”—leads to everyone in the studio play-acting revenge.
  • Gina Brillon (joking): “And then I stabbed him 37 times. I’m just kidding...But I should have!” (08:23)

4. Marriage & Meeting Her Husband

• Gina is now married to “this wonderful human being”—they met working on cruise ships (she, doing comedy; he, as a dueling piano player).
  • “I got on the cruise ship...and then, boom, met the guy that ended up being my husband.” (09:17)
• John is gleefully amused the husband is white ("He's one of us!") and asks how her family responded; Gina says her father came around once he saw her happy.
• Quote:
  • John Holmberg: “That is a really white name, too.” (Jeremy Oren)
  • Gina Brillon: “Yeah.” (12:56)

5. Parenting & the Realities of Little Kids

• Gina has a five-year-old son and, unlike John, enjoys the chaos and freedom of early childhood, even with the "gross" parts.
  • Gina: “Even with the difficulties, I love it...Watching a little human being form, he’s free and he forms thoughts and he says the most outlandish things.” (10:49)
• John rails against kids’ germiness; Gina acknowledges but celebrates it:
  • “I go in guns a blazing. What do you want, a hug? You stinky, sticky, disgusting human being—I love you.” (11:49)

6. Comedy, Race, and Line-Crossing Jokes

• The group jokes about “colored underwear” and how outdated or awkward phrases land differently, riffing on social change and language taboos.
• Memorable Back-and-Forth:
  • John: “When I said colored underwear, I’m like, that’s not good.” (13:31)
  • Gina: “Why would you use that terminology?” (13:36)

7. Media, War, and Desensitization

• John brings up watching war coverage on TV, noticing how heat imaging and explosions are normalized.
• Gina reflects on how entertainment has prepared society to accept violence, recognizing desensitization even as some brutality still “hurts” to watch.
  • Gina: “We’re mentally trained to be okay with that, for sure. That’s what the training is...Let’s desensitize everybody so when it happens in real life, you’re like, yeah, I’ve seen this in every Michael Bay film.” (14:16)
  • “But it doesn’t mean that, on some level, on a moral level, you don’t go, ‘Jesus, where are we at right now?’” (15:11)

8. Headphone Stubbornness & Bald Guy Banter

• As the appearance winds down, John can’t help but be bothered by Gina’s rebellious headphone technique.
• They riff on “bald guy” humor and being on the receiving end of patronizing remarks.

9. Final Thoughts – “President of Earth” Wisdom

• John challenges Gina to “fix the world in one sentence.”
  • Gina Brillon: “Division is intentional. Don’t fall for the tricks.” (16:28)
• John closes with, “And if you do, just kick the door down and handle it.” (16:34)

---

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• “That’s not my job. The mic should have been ready for me.” – Gina Brillon (02:31)
• “All I’m trying to do is promote away. And she keeps messing with it.” – John Holmberg (04:03)
• “Who's the last boyfriend you stabbed? Let's just start with the other.” – John (04:23)
• “I kicked the door down. We were having—it was a really toxic relationship.” – Gina (04:46)
• “You press the crazy button…The button’s right there!” – Gina (06:46)
• “Nobody’s gonna want you.” – Gina, quoting her ex (08:16)
• “My husband’s a musician…does dueling pianos.” – Gina (09:36, 09:42)
• “Even with the difficulties, I love it [parenthood].” – Gina (10:49)
• “All moms do is like, gloss over the obvious.” – John (11:14)
• “Division is intentional. Don’t fall for the tricks.” – Gina (16:28)

---

Important Segment Timestamps

• 01:00 – Gina Brillon enters, playful banter, and mic setup drama
• 03:00 – Jokes about Puerto Rican stereotypes; launching into relationship toughness
• 04:20–08:20 – Toxic ex, ‘kicking the door down,’ relationship red flags, and comedic retelling
• 09:00 – Met her husband on cruise ships, life with a musician
• 10:44 – Parenting and the hilarious/gross realities of a 5-year-old
• 12:50–13:30 – Race, language, “colored underwear” joke
• 14:00–15:15 – Discussion on war coverage, media desensitization, and moral reaction
• 16:28 – Gina’s single-sentence wisdom as “President of Earth”

---

Tone & Energy

• The episode is fast-paced, chaotic in the best way, and peppered with New York energy and sharp humor.
• Gina matches Holmberg and the team joke for joke, delivering both light-hearted and serious moments with ease.

---

Conclusion

A wildly entertaining studio segment that manages to blend irreverent studio ribbing, authentic life experience, relationship confessions, and pointed social commentary—all filtered through the unique comedic perspectives of Gina Brillon and John Holmberg’s crew. For fans and new listeners, it’s a showcase of quick wit, candid storytelling, and relatable truth wrapped in jokes.

Final Advice from Gina:
“Division is intentional. Don’t fall for the tricks.” (16:28)

Catch Gina Brillon at Stand Up Live, March 6–7, Phoenix!

Transcript

[Commercial Announcer]

The Renaissance Festival is back. Weekends now through March 29th. Be ready to have a great time. Amazing adventure awaits the entire family. New shows, shopping, jousting, nights, non stop feasting. Leave your cares behind. Happiness reigns at the Renaissance Festival. It's fun and affordable. Visit now through March 29th. Discount tickets available at Bash's and Food City or online at arizona.renfestinfo.com presented by Delta Air Lines bashers Food City, Pepsi, Budweiser and Guinness. Huzzah.

[Larry McFeely]

This is Larry McFeely and March is that sweet spot. You've got the best weather, spring training in full swing and the perfect excuse to upgrade your ride. Choose from Toyota's best sellers like the smooth and reliable Camry, the always ready for anything Tacoma or the bold, hard working Tundra. Whether you're commuting across the valley, heading up north for the weekend or hauling gear for your next project, Toyota's got the keys to your next adventure. Make your move today during Toyota's Ready Set Go sales event. Visit your valley Toyota dealers or valleytoyotadealers.com Toyota let's go places.

[John Holmberg]

Holmberg's morning sickness. The old method of treatment for a person in this condition was to throw him in jail. Well, you just say it and you're gonna go on the air saying it now. Gina Brion. Am I saying it right? Brillon. Can I say it French well, you gotta talk into a microphone. You've done this before. Yeah. You're Puerto Rican. You don't need a microphone. Look at you.

[Gina Brion]

I'm going to. I'm going to.

[John Holmberg]

Did you just simp Brad?

[Gina Brion]

Yeah, I did. Wow, you did. You see how that works?

[John Holmberg]

That was awesome.

[Gina Brion]

Thank you.

[John Holmberg]

Didn't even reach for the microphone.

[Gina Brion]

No, I don't have to reach for microphone.

[John Holmberg]

It was like a snap. Brad ran to it and put it in your face.

[Gina Brion]

I'll do it to all of you

[John Holmberg]

by the end of this. I'm looking forward to it. I've never seen simping so easy.

[Gina Brion]

Simping.

[John Holmberg]

Simping ain't easy.

[Gina Brion]

Ain't easy.

[John Holmberg]

But simping so easy a man to put. Now normally you'd say he jammed it in her face. But then it's bad.

[Gina Brion]

It's bad.

[John Holmberg]

No, she just sat with her hands and goes, yeah, I've done this before. She looked up at it twice and Brad ran over and did that. We weren't gonna do that.

[Gina Brion]

If Brad. One of you would have.

[John Holmberg]

He would have.

[Gina Brion]

One of.

[John Holmberg]

He's afraid to offend. I would. I would have gone stalemate with you as Long as we would.

[Gina Brion]

You would have stared me down until I went like this.

[John Holmberg]

I'd have just turned mine towards you.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

So easy. My lady.

[Gina Brion]

And I would have been like, thank you, my dear good sir.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

Thank you.

[John Holmberg]

Been in this room for 25 years. We've interviewed I don't know how many people. I have never seen a woman just go. I'm not reaching for that.

[Gina Brion]

That's not my job. Put away, guys. The mic should have been ready for me.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

Yeah.

[Gina Brion]

Not the other way around. I mean, really, it was high.

[John Holmberg]

Really?

[Gina Brion]

This is a production issue is what I want to say.

[John Holmberg]

You're blaming us now? This is gaslighting. I didn't even know what that meant until right now.

[Gina Brion]

Right now.

[John Holmberg]

I've been telling people. Oh, gaslighting is not a thing. I'm feeling it. Wow. Gina.

[Gina Brion]

I'm feeling very threatened.

[John Holmberg]

Toledo was wrong the whole time. Gina's at Stand Up Live. We said you're at 10pm prev. You're not stand Up Live. I know. We're screwing everything up around here.

[Gina Brion]

The mic's not ready. You guys have the wrong info.

[John Holmberg]

You're a Puerto Rican woman. And they're not known for their height.

[Gina Brion]

Wow. But stole the nerves.

[John Holmberg]

Name one. Like Amazon.

[Gina Brion]

Son of a. How tall does Bad Bunny have to be?

[John Holmberg]

He's not a woman.

[Gina Brion]

It doesn't matter.

[John Holmberg]

Most of the America thought he might be, but that they didn't watch. No, but you didn't even. Like, you looked up. Like, I don't do up.

[Gina Brion]

Yeah, No, I don't.

[John Holmberg]

I don't up. You don't up. Why would you up. And you're putting headphones on wrong, too. You're doing whatever you want.

[Gina Brion]

I'm putting headphones on the way that you put them on when you have hair.

[John Holmberg]

Hey.

[Larry McFeely]

Hey.

[Gina Brion]

I'm so sorry.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

Now another jab.

[John Holmberg]

Hey, take your hat.

[Gina Brion]

Sorry.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, look. Yeah, look at Clark Gable over here.

[Gina Brion]

This is what you do.

[John Holmberg]

Put your goddamn headphones on. Like a person the whole time bullied into ruining. How dare you? Oh, my God. All I'm trying to do is promote away. And she keeps messing with it.

[Gina Brion]

It's kind of cool.

[John Holmberg]

It's not nuts. It's like Joe Theisman in 1981. It's YA Tittles face mask. Gina Brion's at the Stand Up Live. Friday, Saturday. That's tonight. And tomorrow, standuplive.com, if you want to go. And I had so many questions, but now I'm afraid of you.

[Gina Brion]

Puerto Rican women from New York have that effect.

[John Holmberg]

Puerto Rican Women who go to New York are. Man, you and you seem so pleasant, but I know at a drop of a hat you could kill me right away. Okay, so who's the last boyfriend you stabbed? Let's just start with the other.

[Gina Brion]

Not stabbed, but I did break his door down.

[John Holmberg]

No kidding. Yeah, with a barrel run.

[Gina Brion]

Shoulder kicked the out of him.

[John Holmberg]

No, you can't say that.

[Gina Brion]

I kicked the gaka out of it.

[John Holmberg]

You kicked the door down? What did he do?

[Gina Brion]

The door down. We were having. It was a really toxic relationship.

[John Holmberg]

If you can't tell, well, there's a Puerto Rican woman. How dare you? I never.

[Gina Brion]

The problem.

[John Holmberg]

We're going to lose a door here. I watched in the height.

[Gina Brion]

We're going to lose the door is right.

[John Holmberg]

I watched in the Heights. I was in Columbia once and looked over the bridge.

[Gina Brion]

Heights is not a documentary.

[John Holmberg]

I think it is.

[Gina Brion]

I do believe it is just Puerto Rican.

[John Holmberg]

Did you ever play the numbers?

[Gina Brion]

Of course.

[John Holmberg]

Of course. It's a documentary. It's a documentary that's a part of

[Gina Brion]

New York culture as well.

[John Holmberg]

Guys, if you didn't cry when USNAV finally got together at the end. It's a moving study of, of, of, of. Have you not seen it?

[Gina Brion]

I haven't.

[John Holmberg]

It's fantastic.

[Gina Brion]

You have to watch it. It's so great.

[John Holmberg]

I was. I was running around screaming the song about the ice guy.

[Gina Brion]

Oh, my God. You were. I thought you were an enemy. Look at that. We've made friends, guys.

[John Holmberg]

I mean, I'm not going to your neighborhood or anything, but I'm. I'm definitely shouldn't do right away.

[Gina Brion]

Right away.

[John Holmberg]

So this guy and you were in a toxic relationship. He locks you out?

[Gina Brion]

He. We were. I guess I have a thing with locked doors. I don't know. It's a trauma. And so we were having a fight, and he went in the bedroom, locked the door. And that's like the one thing I said. I was like, please don't lock doors. I said it nicely in the beginning. Please don't lock doors. And then tempers were high and the door was locked and I was really mad and I kicked it down. It's toxic.

[John Holmberg]

I know.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

Was it a front kick or a mule kick, like, back?

[Gina Brion]

It was. It was an mma. Like, like a spinning kick? No, it was like a straight, like, straight kick.

[John Holmberg]

I asked you. This is a very, very clever deflection. I asked you what had happened, and you just said, I kicked the door down again.

[Gina Brion]

Yes.

[John Holmberg]

You did not tell me why.

[Gina Brion]

Oh, no, because it was locked.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, I understand. That. But why was he locking you out?

[Gina Brion]

Just because.

[John Holmberg]

To antagonize.

[Gina Brion]

It was to antagonize me because he

[John Holmberg]

just got up off the couch and said, I'm.

[Gina Brion]

No, he was a narcissist, so he wanted the emot. So he knew if he locked the door, I would have him response or he would press the button. Because this is what narcissists do. They press the button and then they go, you're crazy. No, you press the crazy button. The button's right there.

[John Holmberg]

I mean, you made him a narcissist.

[Gina Brion]

But no, no, no. Both are true. Am I crazy?

[Larry McFeely]

Absolutely.

[John Holmberg]

Yes.

[Gina Brion]

Absolutely.

[John Holmberg]

Did he have a right to ever lock you out?

[Gina Brion]

No, because I was never. It was an argument and it was unnecessary to lock the door. Wait a minute. He was escalating the argument because he was losing the arg.

[John Holmberg]

See where I'm going here? I see it. What were you arguing about? Oh, see, this is what I asked you originally.

[Gina Brion]

The girls in his email.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, that's a good argument. See, why didn't you just say naked

[Gina Brion]

pictures in his email?

[John Holmberg]

Well, that's fine.

[Gina Brion]

Yeah, see, I thought you were gonna win that until I said that.

[John Holmberg]

No, I really thought you. You had every right to kick. But he didn't lock the door down because he was a narcissist. He locked the door down because he did something wrong. You caught him and you were gonna kill him.

[Gina Brion]

No, he locked the door because narcissists don't take accountability.

[John Holmberg]

Exactly. But you. You found out about it.

[Gina Brion]

I found out about it. And he locked the door. He wasn't afraid. He and 200 pounds. He wasn't afraid.

[John Holmberg]

I'm 6ft, 200 pounds. I'm afraid of you. I just met you. I know. See? And that's why.

[Gina Brion]

Maybe I really am that scary.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

What happened after you kicked it down?

[Gina Brion]

He laughed. He laughed because he got the response he wanted.

[John Holmberg]

He laughed because you were paying for the apartment. No, I wasn't just making sure.

[Gina Brion]

No, no. I kicked. I kicked the door down. He laughed. He said, you're crazy. I said, I'm leaving. He said, where are you going to go? Nobody's gonna want you.

[John Holmberg]

Wow.

[Gina Brion]

Yeah. Like, that's crazy.

[John Holmberg]

And then you punched him.

[Gina Brion]

And then I stabbed him 37 times. I'm just kidding. I never did. I never did. But I should have that situation so bad. I really should.

[John Holmberg]

I was outside going.

[Gina Brion]

You were? You were. I heard you.

[John Holmberg]

It was beautiful. I do. I sing about the.

[Gina Brion]

That.

[John Holmberg]

That ice had me.

[Gina Brion]

You sing like an angel. It's Amazing.

[John Holmberg]

I have the voice of a generation. A lot of people say that. Thanks, Gina. Thanks for noticing. That's all I want, really, is someone to notice.

[Gina Brion]

I just want to be seen.

[John Holmberg]

I just want to be seen and heard and understood. I don't need you to fix me. Just hear me.

[Gina Brion]

No, you need to be fixed. But.

[John Holmberg]

Well, probably.

[Gina Brion]

But I don't want you.

[John Holmberg]

Yes. Of all of that.

[Gina Brion]

And then.

[John Holmberg]

But first.

[Gina Brion]

But first, the seeing and the hearing.

[John Holmberg]

So are you in a relationship now?

[Gina Brion]

I'm married.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, my God. Were you with your husband when you were kicking this guy's door down?

[Gina Brion]

No, I actually met him two years after we had split, and I had been, like, dating for two years, and then I met this wonderful human being who's my husband now. Absolutely amazing.

[John Holmberg]

Was he in, like, in the area, or did you find him like.

[Gina Brion]

No, I was working on cruise ships. My husband's a musician, so he was also on cruise ships. And it just kind of happened. Like, I got on the cruise ship, and I was kind of in the. Just the mess of the dating world, and I was like, man, I don't really care. I'm not even going to try to get into a relationship. And then, boom, met the guy that ended up being my husband.

[John Holmberg]

Now, what was he in? Kiss? What band was he playing on?

[Gina Brion]

No, he does.

[John Holmberg]

That's so funny that you know that.

[Gina Brion]

But, no, he does dueling pianos.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, no kidding. So he's fun.

[Gina Brion]

He's fun. He's funny, and he's fun.

[John Holmberg]

They're a blast.

[Gina Brion]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Something about dueling piano people. They just never stop being fun. I never.

[Gina Brion]

They're entertainers, so they're just like. And they're so good, like, on the spot. He's just. He's just really.

[John Holmberg]

And they're also like, dopey humans who hear conversations and then a song starts in their head. You can never be sad.

[Gina Brion]

100. He'll hear something, and he'll just start singing a song because. And we're both that way. So, like, you know, it's. It's a fun.

[John Holmberg]

Is he also Puerto Rican?

[Gina Brion]

No.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, no. What is he?

[Gina Brion]

He is a white.

[John Holmberg]

He's one of us.

[Gina Brion]

Yes.

[John Holmberg]

He's a white. Has he felt the Puerto Rican charm?

[Gina Brion]

He has, but he's really good at

[John Holmberg]

diffusing it because he starts singing hello, My Baby.

[Gina Brion]

Yeah, he just start playing.

[John Holmberg]

Well, I know how to get out of it.

[Gina Brion]

Let me just play some Phil Collins

[John Holmberg]

and she'll calm down. Played a little in the air tonight. Come on, now. The second you're done. The second you're done, start doing the drum.

[Gina Brion]

Really good at diffusing.

[John Holmberg]

All right. Well, good.

[Gina Brion]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

And no kids with him?

[Gina Brion]

Yeah, I have a little one five year old.

[John Holmberg]

A five year.

[Gina Brion]

Wow.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, the worst age.

[Gina Brion]

I love it.

[Larry McFeely]

No, that's great.

[John Holmberg]

Stop saying every parent says that.

[Gina Brion]

No, I love it. Even with the difficulties. I love it because just watching a little human being form, like he's free and he forms thoughts and he says the most outlandish things and it's like, God, you gross. When you get older, you're gonna realize, wow, all that freedom bothers you.

[John Holmberg]

Butts and their booger hands.

[Gina Brion]

What's going on with you? Why don't you like children? Huh?

[John Holmberg]

Have you seen them? They're disgusting. You do their laundry?

[Gina Brion]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

I'm telling you, they're not that great. They are a little germ. All moms do is like, gloss over the obvious. I'm.

[Gina Brion]

If you ask me about the hard parts. Yeah. Like, it's gross the way kids just like, literally just sneeze on each other, cough in each other's face. And you're like, you're the reason. You're the reason.

[John Holmberg]

You're why we blame China. But it's amazing, you guys.

[Gina Brion]

It's the whole time there's a part

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

you want them in it to keep them strong.

[Gina Brion]

Yeah.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

Protect them from all this germaphobia stuff.

[Gina Brion]

Yeah. But part of it is like, yeah, your. Your immune system has to be built.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

But I am a wreck when kids are sick. I'm like, I gotta stay.

[Gina Brion]

It's. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Not me. I'm. I. I go in guns a blazing. I'm like, what do you want a hug me? You stinky, sticky, disgusting human being. I love you.

[John Holmberg]

Those strips in his underwear.

[Gina Brion]

Actually, no, he's. He's pretty good at that. For right now.

[John Holmberg]

Cuz. You bought him colored underwear?

[Gina Brion]

No.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, you. That's what moms do to color.

[Gina Brion]

I like the way you say the word.

[John Holmberg]

I know, it did sound bad, right? I noticed that too. I noticed that too. Yeah. To me, I saw the guys in the fruit looms cross their arms.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

He's wearing nothing but mulatto.

[John Holmberg]

On even worse, you and even worse kept it.

[Gina Brion]

Guys, this is really. Someone call hr. This is really.

[John Holmberg]

We are hr you are in a meeting.

[Gina Brion]

That's the problem. Okay, so that's the problem.

[John Holmberg]

I did. When I said colored underwear, I'm like, that's not good.

[Gina Brion]

No, no.

[Commercial Announcer]

Why would you.

[Gina Brion]

Why would you use that terminology?

[John Holmberg]

Could you imagine if that was a commercial It's Fruit of Loom's new colored underwear.

[Gina Brion]

Oh, God.

[John Holmberg]

Everybody's eyes, like, immediately.

[Gina Brion]

Sydney Sweeney would be like. She'd be like, you guys, I'm not the only one.

[John Holmberg]

Colored jeans.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

My colors look great.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, Gina Brion, what's your husband's name?

[Gina Brion]

His name is Jeremy Oren.

[John Holmberg]

Well, that is really white name, too.

[Gina Brion]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Did your family take to that? Did they want you to marry into the house?

[Gina Brion]

Oh, they loved him. Him and my dad got along immediately. My dad did not actually want me. Like, I don't care who I'm with as long as I'm happy. But white people do make him a little bit.

[John Holmberg]

Like, it's natural you feel about white people the way you feel about children.

[Gina Brion]

Yeah. That was my dad, just. Ugh. All right. At least he's cool.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. And he seems fun. And then he just probably sang him a song. I love your daughter so much. Yeah, I always. I don't know why I'm picturing, like, a 30s.

[Gina Brion]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

I don't know why.

[Gina Brion]

Why?

[John Holmberg]

Because it's fun. To me, that seems fun. It was a better time, that's all.

[Gina Brion]

Wow. Really? Was it for whom? For whom?

[John Holmberg]

Give me a time machine. I ain't scared of nothing.

[Gina Brion]

Yeah, exactly. You can do that.

[John Holmberg]

I'll go anywhere you want. Pick a day. Okay. You never hear that.

[Gina Brion]

Not everybody's that lucky.

[John Holmberg]

Nope, not at all. Gina Brion's at Stand Up Live tonight and tomorrow if you want to go standuplive.com or you're watching the.

[Gina Brion]

The what now?

[John Holmberg]

The War. It's that TV show on Fox, runs every night, so on cnn, too, they handle it different. And then MSNBC just cries the whole time.

[Gina Brion]

Yeah, yeah. I'm not really great with period pieces.

[John Holmberg]

A lot of that going. You're not. Oh, she's gonna wait until it's over, and then.

[Gina Brion]

Yeah, yeah. And then I'll. Then I'll binge it later.

[John Holmberg]

Have you seen how cool it is that we have the technology to do heat imaging of human beings and then blow them up and nobody says anything?

[Gina Brion]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[John Holmberg]

That's cool to us.

[Gina Brion]

That's because we've been watching it in movies forever. We're mentally trained to be okay with that, for sure. Like, understand that that's what the training is. It's like, let's desensitize everybody to this so that when it happens in real life, you're like, yeah, I've seen this in every Michael Bay film.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

At first it was a scorpion, right?

[Gina Brion]

Right. Absolutely. Yes. Like, stuff like that. And now we see it in real life, and we're like, yeah, that doesn't affect me because they've already been putting it into the system.

[John Holmberg]

I literally caught myself the other day eating some meat and putting it in my mouth and watching 14 people explode on TV. Oh, I took another bite first.

[Gina Brion]

Yeah, that I can't. Yeah, that I can't. A lot of the stuff does. Like, when I. When I see it, I. I can't watch it. Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Gina Brion]

It's awesome. It still hurts.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Gina Brion]

Even though we can't. We are so used to all that.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

We're desensitized to a lot of it.

[Gina Brion]

But it doesn't mean that on some level, on a moral level, you don't go, jesus, where we're at right now,

[John Holmberg]

what are we doing? Yeah, it's crazy. And then you think about the days before TV when we just flew a plane over with a bomb and guys pushed it out, and wherever it landed, it landed. Yeah. Humans are kind of awful, huh?

[Gina Brion]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Gina Brion]

We can be. We can be great or we can be awful.

[John Holmberg]

Man, I wish you'd put those headphones on. Right.

[Gina Brion]

No, I know it bothers you. I can see it in your eyes that it's bothering my defiance, driving me

[John Holmberg]

mad because it looks so uncomfortable. Like, your pinky's gonna fall.

[Gina Brion]

You're holding it.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

There's a strap.

[John Holmberg]

It goes right your head. Do you like bald guys, or is that a thing you would like if you were on a Tinder? Imagine. Imagine. No, it's all right. That's what I'm used to. That.

[Gina Brion]

Actually, no, Some of my best friends are bald. Like, it's. I love bald guys. Like, some of my absolute best friend guys.

[John Holmberg]

I have never been on the other side of that sentence. I now get it. I get it now. I get it.

[Gina Brion]

You're learning a lot of lessons right now.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

It's amazing.

[John Holmberg]

I finally get that. Oh, my God. First of all, it's fine. That hit me and was hilarious. That's funny. Gina, we're out of time, but if you please leave us with words of wisdom. Fix the world in one sentence. If you were president of Earth, what do you say?

[Gina Brion]

Division is intentional. Don't fall for the tricks.

[John Holmberg]

Ooh, nice.

[Gina Brion]

There you go.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. And if you do, just kick the door down and handle it. Yeah, yeah. Don't lock the doors. Don't lock the doors.

[Gina Brion]

Lock the doors.

[John Holmberg]

Not in the neighborhood you were talking about. You want to lock all the doors?

[Gina Brion]

Yeah, obviously.

[John Holmberg]

Everyone else, out. Not me, obviously. Okay, that works.

[Gina Brion]

Knock out the riffraff.

[John Holmberg]

Gina, Brian's at Stand Up Live. Thank you. It's been a pleasure.

[Gina Brion]

It's been a pleasure.

[John Holmberg]

It's 98 KUPD.

[Gina Brion]

It's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually.

[John Holmberg]

No membership fees. I have heard enough of this.

[Larry McFeely]

Hey, it's Larry McFeely, and I'm trying to decide where to have my next excellent adventure. Maybe I should just conquer every bagel shop in the Valley. Well, the good news is it's Toyota's Ready, Set Go sales event at your Valley Toyota dealer. So wherever I end up, I'll be getting there in style. Maybe a Camry for that smooth desert cruise, A Tacoma for off road exploring, or a tundra to haul my adventure gear, which is currently just a bunch of snacks. Whatever your adventure looks like this year, now it's time to make your move. Visit your Valley Toyota dealers or valleytoyotadeealers.com Toyota let's go places.

[John Holmberg]

It's John Holmberg here for Life Changer Loans. Whether you're buying a home, trying to refinance or improve things financially, you got to focus on one thing. Clarity. You don't have to do it the old way. Life Changer Loan is here to help. Call my friend Shane o' Grady at Life Changer Loan and see if it's for you. Good credit, good with money. There is more than just the old fashioned bank loan. And if you want to see what's possible financially in your life that's different than what you're doing now, [e-mail] Life Changer Loan it's not magic. It's just math.