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John Holmberg
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Brady
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Wayne
Chris Hemsworth posted a video of Thor highlights and thanked fans for making his Marvel journey unforgettable. Fans freaked out because they think, oh, does this mean Thor is done?
Brady
Not gonna do Thor anymore.
Wayne
That was a farewell video.
Brady
That's it.
Wayne
Or die in the Avengers. Doomsday, which is the next one coming up.
Brady
He's gone, Brady. We've killed him off. He's done.
Wayne
We'll see. It's been my honor to play him for the last 15 years.
Brady
Wouldn't you want to move on though, like Chris Hemsworth is? It's time for him to be other things. Although the money is probably like, screw it, what am I thinking? But you get into that whole world to be more than just a character, I thought, but maybe not. When it's that much cash, that many dummies keep trudging off to go see Thor. I guess you just keep making Thor movies.
John Holmberg
Look at Vin Diesel.
Brady
Look at Vin Diesel.
Wayne
You're right, Wayne. We're way overdue.
John Holmberg
Yeah.
Brady
For another fact being FF coming up. Yeah. Do it for the family.
Wayne
I just. I want to see another Riddick film.
Brady
You do?
Wayne
Yeah.
Brady
You're the one.
Wayne
Yep. Nielsen unveiled its new multi platform ratings, which allow us for the first time to compare shows from both linear TV and streaming services over a 35 day period.
Brady
Interesting.
Wayne
So we now have a list of the 100 most watched shows of 2024 and 2025 season combined.
Brady
Or do they give you the breakdown?
Wayne
The breakdown as far as what?
Brady
Well, you said that they can tell if you're watching on tv, TV or if you watch.
Wayne
What they're saying is they're basically. You can say, yeah, the TV shows and the streaming shows, that's what I equally rated. In other words. So which has a larger audience? Is that what you're wondering?
Brady
That's what ratings are, an audience size.
Wayne
Well, we can figure this out then by saying the top 10 shows, we'll just. Nobody wants this on Netflix. 15.2 million viewers.
Brady
Never heard of it either.
John Holmberg
Okay.
Wayne
Another Monsters. The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story.
Brady
That was. That documentary.
Wayne
That's number eight. Had 15.7 million viewers.
Brady
But. Yeah. So everything's streaming though.
John Holmberg
But I think before it wasn't. They weren't including streaming stuff. It was just like NBC, abc, Fox.
Wayne
So now, now Nielsen can do both.
Brady
More accurate, I guess now it's. Well, yeah, but why would Nielsen need to do both? It said they have the click. They know exactly how many people are watching the other ones because they'll.
Wayne
They'll determine the amount of revenue.
Brady
Right. Which means advertising.
Wayne
Exactly.
Brady
But if it's.
Wayne
That's what changes the whole. That's changed both radio and tv.
Brady
But for Nielsen, TV was a math. Same with radio. It's a math equation. To get the ratings, they give a certain amount of people in a city and then they. Those people represent a larger amount. Streaming came along and they could do one for one on each stream and get an accurate number of how many people actually have watched this.
Wayne
But I'm wondering if they have. If it's a different signal or how they read that. You know, because it used to be off the tv, but it wouldn't.
Brady
Yeah, but that's my.
Wayne
Would it be able to track when you're watching a stream?
Brady
But if you're a Nielsen family and you're watching channel 12.
Wayne
Yeah.
Brady
You represent hundreds of thousands of people your age, your demographic and everything else with streaming is. They knew like at the end of the day, they knew how many people watched each show. 2 and 2. Then to the ones right. TV was a mathematical equation. So maybe there's waiting. Yeah, but this would have to be that. They now have figured out how to find out how many people are actually watching tv. Yeah, it didn't.
Wayne
It didn't switch comparable.
Brady
Yeah, it didn't switch streaming. It's how. What now? TV actually. What. Who's actually watching television?
Wayne
Down to the ones number seven was Landman. Number six, Matlock, CBS, 16 million viewers high potential. Number five, Reacher was number four, Prime Video, Kathy Bates.
Brady
Matlock is a top ten show.
Wayne
Yeah, I know.
John Holmberg
There are many old people still around.
Brady
Oh, Thriller was shaking his head like heck. Yeah, I worry about Thriller sometimes.
Wayne
Tracker, another CBS show was number three. Adolescence on Netflix was number two. How many of these number one, Squid games?
Brady
Okay. Or Squid Game one or two?
Wayne
I think the two is just Squid Game.
Brady
No, I'm saying is it one or two? There's a game one and Squid Game two.
Wayne
Oh, then it must be.
Brady
Well, they have the second season. It's what I'm asking is like what are they? What's the big one? Or is it just the show itself? Was what people watched last year? This is very confusing.
Wayne
It is, but is it is. Was the first one called Squid Games?
Brady
I don't know, I'm just saying like.
Wayne
The ones called Squid Game.
Brady
No, no, it's just the second season. I'm asking which one got it?
Wayne
It didn't say, just said. But I. I'm figuring it's the second season because it's 2024.
Brady
Okay. Either way, none of that made sense because it never explained why we know how TV's ratings have been altered to Match streaming?
Wayne
Yeah, I don't.
Brady
I mean, it's nearly impossible to figure out how many people are actually watching broadcast television.
Wayne
I think the point is, I mean, that Nielsen now says you gotta pay.
Brady
Nielsen to do that. Of course.
Wayne
And they're the only ones.
Brady
Right. That just means you're gonna see a lot more ads on your stream now.
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Wayne
John Fogarty. Fogarty is taking a page out of Taylor Swift's book by re releasing an album. Re recorded credence Clearwater Revival songs he's allowed comes out August 22nd because, yeah, the whole time he was not allowed to do it. And it's going to be called Legacy, the Credence Clearwater Revival years. It features 20 re recorded versions of the Credence classics. Proud Mary down on the Corner, Fortunate Son.
Brady
Yes. Got all the hits. He wasn't allowed to touch him forever. Couldn't sing them live. In fact, for a little while, he's.
Wayne
Already released three of them. Up around the Bend. Have you ever seen the rain in Porterville?
Brady
Wow.
Wayne
He is kind of a crotchety crab.
Brady
But, well, yeah, he had his whole life stolen from him. He did all the work, he wrote a lot of the songs and everybody took it.
Wayne
A new Interview.
Brady
I like that. Brady, as an adult man, calls another adult man a crotchety crab. That's a crotchety crab. Thanks, Grandma.
Wayne
In a new interview with Dave Mustaine, he arrived. He revived old claims that Metallica stole the riff to Enter Sandman from a song called Tapping into the Emotional Void by a band called Excel.
Brady
So he's saying he was. He knew they stole from another band. Yeah, but he wasn't on that album, so how does he know? They must have talked about it. Well, understand.
Wayne
He said he.
Brady
He. The Blackout.
Wayne
He suggested fans look up the 1989 song called Tapping into the Emotional Void by Excel.
Brady
Here's a bunch of stuff. Metallica stuff. Yeah.
Wayne
And he says if you do, you'll have a hard time denying they sound really similar.
Brady
What's it called?
John Holmberg
I got it.
Wayne
To the Emotional Void.
Brady
This is what Dave Mustaine claims Metallica.
Wayne
Stole to write about suing back then when Sandman came out. Yeah, it was in 1991, but decided lengthy, expensive legal battle just wasn't worth it.
Brady
Do you have it?
John Holmberg
Pulling it up?
Brady
I've not heard of this song or anything like that.
John Holmberg
That's pretty.
Brady
There there. I told you guys. That feels nothing but a thief. But y. There's a ton of stuff back then that sounds like that, though. I don't know.
John Holmberg
I'm hearing it, I think because you.
Brady
Were told to hear it. Oh, you would hear Entertainment. If I just played this, you'd be like, what is this? I wouldn't.
John Holmberg
I didn't hear that opening riff.
Brady
If you didn't tell me it's modified. Yeah. If you didn't tell us a little bit. If you didn't tell me this is Entertainment, I'd be like, yeah, it's got a little taste, but it's not.
Wayne
I would go understand.
Brady
I would. I mean, I hear it, but I wouldn't say it's sue worthy.
John Holmberg
They sue for less.
Brady
They have. Yeah. I think, like there's. It's close, but it's not. It's different enough that it's like, ah. Plus, look, to be honest.
Wayne
I'm sorry.
Brady
No, I know. No, I do. The notes are like. It's a similar case, but once, if you weren't told, going in, hey, this is what we think they stole Entertainment. You'd listen and go, I hear a little entertainment in that, but I don't think they stole it.
Wayne
It's definitely better sounding.
Brady
Oh, yeah. I mean, this is. I mean, to be honest with you, Entertainment's not exactly like the most complicated riffs and stuff in the world. Anybody guitar would come up with, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.
John Holmberg
He's just. Dave's just pissed off lately. He's just, yeah, they stole all my music. Blah, blah, blah.
Brady
Welcome to 2025. I got ripped off. Poor Dave Mustaine. He's still trying to get him. What am I gonna wake up and do today? Oh, yeah, I know. I'm gonna Metallica. Yeah, I'll show them. Let's go back in the time. 1991. I'm gonna get him. And then he just whispers it. That's a stolen hit. And I'm telling you about it 35 years later. Doesn't sound bitter at all.
Wayne
I don't know if you. I just heard Jeffrey Epstein's brother last week. He was saying, oh, it was for sure. He was killed by. Oh, yeah.
Brady
And the dude was.
Wayne
Inside job.
Brady
The guy from Fox News who's now with Trump's department.
Wayne
Yeah.
Brady
Showed the video.
Wayne
Well, the FBI says they'll release a video that proves Jeffrey Epstein killed himself.
Brady
Yeah, they have video of him hanging himself in. But I say, AI, it's too fast because why in the world would you just do it now? Just because his brother said so? That's been a rumor since he did it. And now they're like, we got a video. Like, wait a minute. Nobody even whispered about a video when it happened. We were all asking, where were the guards for Jeffrey Epstein? Stein. They just bailed on him. And here's some extra sheets that you asked for.
Wayne
We got wrapped up in a game of Uno.
John Holmberg
They're playing dominoes. And the bigger.
Brady
The bigger thing in the Epstein conspiracy is when they did the autopsy, they said his throat was crushed, Right? So. And he did kill himself, but I think it was arranged. But his throat was crushed. But when they're wheeling him out of the jail, they're doing cpr. Any EMT will tell you there's no point with a crushed throat.
Wayne
So why are you doing chest?
Brady
You're not. Yeah. What are you doing? Trying to bring. It's over. And they're like. They've got a mask on them and everything. It's like they knew immediately that his neck had been crushed and snapped. He was done, and there's no reason to put oxygen on him and do chest compression. So they can't. It would be the last thing that the paramedics and things would do, would try to revive him. That way they'd have a neck brace on. They do whatever they could to try to stabilize. If there were any signs of life, it was over. There is something fishy about that, and I, for one, am glad. I think the government used to do that a lot to keep us safe and in the dumb. Because if we knew really what was going on, this whole place would tumble. You don't want to pull the sweater string too far on the Jeffrey Epstein deal, because it's all coming down when you find out. Oh, yeah, Clinton was there. Oh, wait, so was Obama. Oh, wait, so was Biden. Oh, wait, so was Clinton. Oh, wait, everybody was there. Bill Gates, Bill Gates, Bezos, the Royal Family. That dude almost blew the whole case into bits. You're telling me him getting kicked out of being a Royal Family member was just because they didn't like his behavior for the interview? He was trying to deny it, and they're like, you know what you need to do? Leave us forever. Because I can't believe you just said that. Might not be my arm. Awkward weirdos. Anyway. Yeah. And then Dan Bundini or whatever his name is. What's the guy's name for Fox that released it? He used to be. He used to be all the time. He's one of Trump's guys. And he just comes out. He goes, there's video. I saw it. He killed himself. It's like, well, that's convenient. I don't buy that one. And I kind of want it to be crooked. I like that The Kennedy assassination needs to tie into this deal because keep us in the dark. We don't want to know that the government does what they do. I wouldn't be surprised if it was Clinton, Obama and Trump, and they're killing them with their bare hands. You hold his feet, Donald. I want to kick your ass. How dare you take pictures of that. I really. I think I'm going to rip his balls off. Do we have the pit bull? Get the pit bull in. Sick it on his nuts. Yeah, I got his feet. He's kicking pretty hard.
Wayne
Somebody strangled the new White House dog. Trump has a pres canario.
Brady
My presa canario. It eats pedophiles. Got a taste. Commander got a taste of. Commander did it. Commander was just poorly raised, Brady. This one's well trained to kill pedophiles anyway. What are you going to do? We got the Guadalupe Squares coming up in just seconds. We need a girl, we need a boy, and we can play 585-9800. That's the phone number. The squares are coming up next, Arizona's most powerful rock radio station. He said fully erect. It's John Holmberg here from the morning sickness and it's time once again for this week's Pick of the Litter, brought to you by our friends at Turf Monsters. Go To Turf Monsters AZ.com they help us out at Lost Our Home Pet Rescue. We appreciate them greatly. This week's Peck of the Litter is a project. It's Jep. He's a special project for that special someone. Jep is one of my projects. Let's get him a forever home. They'll waive the fees right now it's this week Pick of the Litter. It's Jeff. Check it out. Lost our home.org 98kupd.com from Monument Valley.
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Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona: Episode Summary (May 30, 2025)
Host: John Holmberg
Co-Hosts: Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo
Release Date: May 30, 2025
Overview:
The podcast delves into Nielsen's recent overhaul of its ratings methodology, now integrating both streaming and over-the-air (OTA) television viewership into a unified metric. This shift aims to provide a more comprehensive understanding of audience behaviors in the evolving media landscape.
Key Discussions:
Nielsen's Integration of Streaming and OTA Ratings:
Brady and Wayne engage in a detailed conversation about how Nielsen's new system amalgamates data from traditional TV broadcasts and modern streaming platforms to rank the top 100 most-watched shows across the 2024 and 2025 seasons.
Wayne: "So we now have a list of the 100 most watched shows of 2024 and 2025 season combined."
[05:18]
Impact on Advertising Revenue:
The hosts speculate on the implications of this integration for advertisers, suggesting that a more accurate representation of viewership could influence ad placements and spending.
Brady: "But if it's... that just means you're gonna see a lot more ads on your stream now."
[07:02]
Challenges in Data Collection:
Questions are raised about the technical aspects of tracking streaming viewership compared to traditional TV, highlighting the complexities Nielsen faces in ensuring data accuracy.
Wayne: "I'm wondering if they have... how they read that. You know, because it used to be off the TV, but it wouldn't."
[07:30]
Notable Quote:
Brady: "It's a beautiful thing and it's amazing how fast it can happen, especially if you're a dad who is a concealed carry guy."
[06:35] (Context: Discussing the benefits of Nielsen's ratings for various demographics)
Overview:
A significant portion of the episode centers on Dave Mustaine's renewed claims that Metallica appropriated the iconic riff from their song "Enter Sandman" from his own track "Tapping into the Emotional Void" by the band Excel.
Key Discussions:
The Core Claim:
Brady introduces Mustaine's assertion that Metallica's "Enter Sandman" borrows heavily from Excel's 1989 song.
Brady: "So he's saying he was. He knew they stole from another band."
[12:07]
Legal Considerations:
The conversation touches on the feasibility of a lawsuit given the time elapsed since the original songs' release, with the hosts expressing skepticism about the prospects of legal action.
Brady: "That feels nothing but a thief. But there's a ton of stuff back then that sounds like that, though."
[14:00]
Musical Analysis:
The hosts briefly discuss the musical similarities between the two tracks, debating whether the resemblance is substantial enough to warrant legal claims.
Brady: "If you didn't tell me this is Entertainment, I'd be like, yeah, it's got a little taste, but it's not."
[14:52]
Notable Quotes:
Wayne: "He suggested fans look up the 1989 song called Tapping into the Emotional Void by Excel."
[12:14]
Brady: "They have. Yeah. I think, like there's. It's close, but it's not. It's different enough that it's like, ah."
[15:12]
Overview:
The episode addresses the controversial topic of Jeffrey Epstein's death, focusing on statements made by his brother that challenge the official conclusion of suicide.
Key Discussions:
Brother’s Claims:
The hosts discuss how Epstein's brother alleges that Epstein was killed, contradicting the FBI's report that Epstein committed suicide.
Wayne: "He was saying, oh, it was for sure. He was killed by. Oh, yeah."
[16:35]
Skepticism About Official Reports:
Brady expresses doubt regarding the authenticity of the suicide video released by authorities, pointing out inconsistencies and lack of prior evidence.
Brady: "It's too fast because why in the world would you just do it now?"
[16:46]
Conspiracy Theories and Implications:
The conversation veers into broader conspiracy theories, linking Epstein's death to high-profile figures and suggesting a cover-up to prevent scandal.
Brady: "I wouldn't be surprised if it was Clinton, Obama and Trump, and they're killing them with their bare hands."
[17:00]
Paramedic Response Critique:
The hosts critique the paramedics' actions during Epstein's death, highlighting procedural anomalies that fuel skepticism.
Brady: "They're doing cpr... a crushed throat."
[17:29]
Notable Quotes:
Brady: "They can't. It would be the last thing that the paramedics and things would do, would try to revive him."
[17:50]
Wayne: "Someone strangled the new White House dog."
[20:00]
While the primary focus of this episode revolves around Nielsen ratings, Mustaine's allegations, and Epstein's death, the hosts also touch upon various pop culture and local Arizona topics:
Chris Hemsworth's Thor Farewell:
The hosts speculate on the future of the Thor franchise following Chris Hemsworth's posted farewell video.
Wayne: "Does this mean Thor is done?"
[03:57]
Vin Diesel and Franchise Continuity:
A brief mention of Vin Diesel suggests a discussion on the longevity and future of long-standing film franchises.
Brady: "Look at Vin Diesel."
[04:54]
Upcoming Entertainment Releases:
Announcements about re-recorded albums and new film projects are discussed, including John Fogerty's "Legacy, the Credence Clearwater Revival Years."
Wayne: "He has allowed... to be called Legacy, the Credence Clearwater Revival years."
[11:29]
Notable Quote:
Brady: "I'm telling you about it 35 years later. Doesn't sound bitter at all."
[15:55]
The podcast features interactive elements encouraging listener participation:
Man Cave Contest:
Listeners are invited to text a specific word to enter a contest to win a man cave setup.
John Holmberg: "You’ve got Cassie grand and Maricopa and A.J. and people's going to be a tough one for a lot of double E's."
[02:38]
Pick of the Litter:
A segment highlighting pets available for adoption through Lost Our Home Pet Rescue, sponsored by Turf Monsters.
John Holmberg: "This week's Pick of the Litter is a project. It's Jep."
[20:00]
This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness offers a blend of entertainment news, contentious discussions on music and high-profile controversies, and community-focused segments. With engaging dialogues and varied topics, the hosts provide listeners with both informative and provocative content, enriched by notable quotes and timely discussions.
Note: All timestamps correspond to the podcast transcript provided and reflect the location within the episode where specific topics and quotes are addressed.