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John Holmberg
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Dick Toledo
You thought that was funny?
John Holmberg
You were laughing like a hyena when he said it. What the hell is wrong with you? Now, you might have noticed that we played a little seven dust and we played a little living color. We've decided because we went down that road that all the songs we play today being Juneteenth, there will be African American prominent in the band that we play to celebrate the contribution of that race to rock music. There's a lot of great ones. Burt threw up non point, which I'd forgotten completely. Kill Switch. We got them all. So any song you hear today will be, you know, for the contributions of the African American to rock and roll. I think that's awesome. We did that. I wanted to do that show last year. We ended up doing all songs with the word black in them. We're gonna do the black show where we did all the singers were like, the whole night was just a tribute to that. And people were nervous. You can't do that. Like, why? Because you're white. Am I really? I can't pay tribute to something that I think is great? No. All right. So then it just became all the songs had the word black in the title and we sang those or something like that or in the band. So what are you going to do? King's X. We got a list. We're putting together a list. So we'll get that together for sure. Got emails about the thing. It says Joshua may not understand the importance of Juneteenth because his email says we need more of these bull holidays. Traffic was beautiful on my way in this morning. All right, first off, it's not a bull holiday. Don't email that. Joshua, stop it. And then James says, what about the Britney Zamora trial? John, would you stand outside the courthouse to watch her? No, I'm going to get a better view on tv. But I do understand why you might want to go down there, if you're know, 12, 13 years old, she might pull you out of the crowd. I'd call him sick to school. I'm far. I'm far too old for Britney, Larry.
Brady
She picks the ones that can watch the actual trial.
John Holmberg
You and you. All she'd do is look at me and go, do you have any kids? I'm like, britney's not interested in a guy like me.
Brady
Him. Him.
John Holmberg
I've got pubes.
Brady
Oh, him.
John Holmberg
And then Gary emailed and said I'd never heard of Karen Reed at all. And then I saw a Facebook post that my mom posted saying she was so happy about the verdict. So I called her and I said, what verdict are you talking about? Her post had no context or anything. It's a mom post. What? So happy about the verdict. Like, what? They called and said, what are you talking about? She told me everything that she's been doing for the last two years, which has been following the Karen Reed case. I think my mom has a problem. Yeah, I understand. Kind of keeping an eye on it. I don't get, like, being involved from your home. Just because Netflix and Facebook makes you feel like you're involved in it. You're not. Not even a little bit. It's weird. That stuff's weird. Brad's headed out this morning to do all sorts of good things over by your house. My old house. You go into your. Oh, that's right, you're old. Yes, that's right. And the Dobson ranch area. Dobson and Baseline. He's going to Albertsons this morning. That is on West Baseline Road in Mesa. Dobson and Baseline. You get a case of water, drop it off for Operation Hydration. I can't reiterate enough while it's still fresh in my mind that two days ago, I went out there with the guys from the Phoenix Rescue Mission and HOPE coach Justin, and he was handing the waters out to the people that needed them. Stuff that came directly from the back of our truck for one of Brett's Thursday donations was put into a little ice bag and handed out to people who needed it. And like I said, it was. It was like having gold in your pocket. Do you guys want some water? And hands went up. Reach it, please. Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. I need it. I've got a little left. They're rationing out their bits, and we had tons of it. And everybody got a couple of bottles, and the first thing a lot of them did was pour it on themselves and then drink the other one. And it's like, this will get me through A few. This is going to feel good today. It made a good day. So what you're donating actually makes a difference. Today is a. A great example of that because it's 116 degrees. So thank me, huh?
Brady
Didn't thank me.
John Holmberg
They need to thank you. I should have told them like. Well, actually the ones that recognized me, which was odd. You're Holmberg. Wow. Listen, every day Sprite, Common. Is Brady here? I'm like, are you kidding me? Where are you listening? But they listen. And you know, they had jobs. They were, you know, they just didn't have anywhere to go when they weren't working. It was weird. It was an. It was a. It was a bit of a. Bit of an eye opener. But the best thing I learned two days ago was that this stuff actually is going directly where it's supposed to. And that made me so happy that we're asking you guys to help donate. You're kicking in. You're doing great. And then we. Thanks again to state 48 doors and windows. Because what they delivered filled up our lobby with the two giant pallets of water. And that's just some of what we got. But it goes directly to the Phoenix rescue mission and then right into the hands of the people who need it. And I don't care. I have no competition. I have no sales mind in my brain. We get a lot of help from folks learner and Row helps us out and stuff like that. We're happy with that. But I don't have any sort of competition when it comes to charitable donations that helps the city. I've been told not to, but I'm gonna anyway. Jay Schwartz, Dr. Jay Schwartz. He's collecting and his office. And that's fantastic. Drop off there if it's convenient to you and you're close to a Schwartz laser eye cent. Put it there. My wife's bar's doing it and your wife's bar's doing it. That's right. We skipped that. I missed that. Yeah. And tell everybody where that is. Local Legends out in East Mesa. So between Power and Sauceman on Maine, I think she's got it. If you bring like five cases of 24 bottles, she'll give you like a 10 gift card. Oh, no kidding. Yeah. So she's up for a little bit. Yeah. There you go out there and see her today. So if that's easier for you. Drop off with Matthias Bar, Local Legends. That's. That's. And thank you to her and all the folks up there that are doing that. I don't care about any of the stuff that they're like, well, we have to do this. We have to know if people are dropping off and you can do it and it's easier. I know that there's one right up there on. What is that, shea? And, like, 92nd street is where the Schwarz Laser Eisenhower I've been to. And when I went there that one time and the lobby had a bunch of water stacked up, I'm like, this is great. This is great. And they're doing it for the exact same people we're doing it for. So I have no issue with that. I don't even care if you're doing it with another group. I know Phoenix Rescue Mission's like, well, just us. I'm like, no, no, no. They don't care, like, if it's this, if it's the one that Channel 3 is doing. They're not doing it with. I don't know if they are or not with, I think their Salvation army or whatever. If they're collecting water and they're giving it out to people, then damn it, do it.
Brady
I just had a pallet dropped off at my house.
John Holmberg
I'm like, it is awesome for you. Yeah. Thirsty. All right. Brett's on his way out right now. I'm watching him leave Dobson and baseline. He's also got Primus tickets and falling in reverse. Tickets. That's happening in September. Primus right around the corner, August 1st. If you haven't seen Primus live, it's.
Brady
Worth going to that show.
John Holmberg
Are you gonna go there? Ridiculous. I'd like to have seen their Willy Wonka stuff. I didn't get to see that, but pretty great. So Brett's out there, and it's a nice thing, and he's doing wonderful stuff, and more importantly, you guys are so. I think that's great. Nice work, everybody. That's what I'm telling you. You know who we should hit up to help us out with? This friend, Jay Moore. He could. He could. He could make this pallet. Pallet or two. I think maybe Jay could help us out. Wow. Jay Moore's wife, Jeannie Buss. And Jay was just here a month ago with us a little longer, maybe. Just sold the Lakers for $10 billion. It was a $200 million investment. All in. I think the actual price of the Lakers, when her dad, Mr. Buss, bought it, Dr. Buss, I think it was 79 million price, arena costs and everything else. It was all in right around 200 million. And he was scrambling, and it was a tough buy in 79. He did it, but he got it done. And he had extra money and he did okay. And they were tight. $200 million in 1979 was evidently a ton of money and now it's 10 billion. So I'd say in a 46 year investment, if I gave you 200 million and it turned into 10 billion within my lifetime, that's pretty good stuff.
Brady
That's a good 401k.
John Holmberg
That is a really nice ROI. Now, it took some time and there are companies who have gone to greater. But if you buy a sports franchise, I know Jerry Jones bought his for 100 and some million and it's worth 10 or 12. If the Lakers are now worth 10 billion, the Cowboys just jumped up to around 20. It's insane. It's ridiculous because the revenue coming in for the Dallas Cowboys and TV and everything else is bigger than the Lakers. The lakers are an NBA. The sun sold for 4 billion. And that miserable Robert Sarver, who only was into it for a little bit, bought it for like 379, something like that. Right. It's crazy. Yeah. I saw this. And the Cowboys cheerleaders are winning because they just got a 400% boost in their pay. I don't know what that means because.
Brady
Well, they're saying they're in 2019. They settled a lawsuit with a former cheerleader that led to the squad doubling the per game pay from 200 to 400.
John Holmberg
They didn't make much ever, the Cardinals cheerleaders. I knew a girl there years ago, made 50 bucks a game and so.
Brady
It'S 400 bucks a game. That means they have eight home games.
John Holmberg
Yeah.
Brady
Do they take them on the road at all?
John Holmberg
No, no. Why would you take the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders?
Brady
3,200 bucks.
John Holmberg
You imagine the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders in Oakland. They'd have just been. Here's the thing I learned about that when the Cardinals cheerleader that I used to know 25 years ago went to high school with her, here's what I learned about that. The girls that are willing to do it are doing it only for the attention and for people to look at them. They have so many insecurities. Because if you're not making any money and like you're going out there to just wave your ass at people during a football game, there's something missing from your life. Like you. My guess would be psychologically they're messed up and they didn't make the cheer squad in high school. And this is their, their big middle finger back to that being a cheerleader was an important status thing for a lot of them because for 50 bucks a game, I'm not going out there. If I'm going to do that, I'm going to Oakland. Well, now Vegas, I'm going to go to Dallas. I'm going to go to one that gets me attention. Stepping stone. It used to be stepping stone into like Playboy or something where you get a payday. I don't think any of the Cardinals.
Brady
Cheerleaders, they get paid for, you know, whatever appearances.
John Holmberg
The same as the game. 50. It was 50 bucks. That was it. Well, back then, yeah. It's probably 150 now.
Brady
So in 20, 20, 19, the Cowboys agreed to pay four cheerleaders as part of the settlement. They got 2.4 million.
John Holmberg
The four of them.
Brady
Yeah.
John Holmberg
Well, there was some sort of.
Brady
Not each.
John Holmberg
Right.
Brady
The 2.4. It was a settlement that they.
John Holmberg
That's not bad.
Brady
Yeah.
John Holmberg
But now they're at 400% more than their 200. So you just quadruple their 200 bucks. Right.
Brady
400 more to the 400.
John Holmberg
Oh, 400. That's right. Because they went from two to four. That's right. So 400. 400. Still couple grand. It's nice.
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Brady
Still not, you know, they run can that you got to do. I mean they probably do a ton of.
John Holmberg
Well, that's a job in Dallas.
Brady
Yeah.
John Holmberg
Like that is. You're, you're, you're, you're. It's like when you were the mascot for the Diamondbacks. That was, that was 80 nights a year for you. I'm sure the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders all week they're getting, you know, the good ones are getting pushed out a lot.
Brady
200 bucks a night.
John Holmberg
But now if it's. Yeah. Now if it's. Is that what you got back for? You got $200 a night for Baxter for your brew haven. It's an awful lot of stuff for 200 when you think about it. Sounds like, hey, that's Pretty Good Over 80 Nights. Except for your.
Brady
You're Going There At 5 Or 4.
John Holmberg
Leaving At 10, 11. You Got A job because it can't be a week. Yeah.
Brady
Sometimes four.
John Holmberg
And you know, but you volunteered for it. It's your own. There's no complaining. But it just wasn't that much. Baxter probably makes 500 bucks a night.
Brady
They put him. Baxter and the gorilla are salaried in there.
John Holmberg
Yeah. Oh, that's right. They have money.
Brady
Probably. I mean at the time when I retired.
John Holmberg
Wow. That's A nice way to put it.
Brady
Oh, it was.
John Holmberg
Sure, sure. It was an agreement. You. You could have come back if you wanted. Yeah, they were fine.
Brady
Yeah.
John Holmberg
Right.
Brady
But I think he was like it less than 30.
John Holmberg
Well, they have. They just did that thing a couple years ago where they showed the mascot salaries in Denver's was 700, 000 a year. And I think the gorilla was up in twos. Yeah.
Brady
Was not.
John Holmberg
Right. Oh no. Baxter's backstory. No, he's not making an impact. It's okay. He does all right. But he's not like, you know, he's not. The kids aren' like and throwing money in Baxter gear and bobbleheads and stuff. But yeah, it's pretty amazing. So The Sun's being four. The Lakers are now $10 billion. That is the value. Somebody will pay it. That's what it's worth. And the guy who owns the Dodgers just bought the Lakers. And our friend Jay Moore can help out with our water drive. Brady, you should text him right now and say, hey, float a million our way for water drive for charity, you know, you son of a bitch, you didn't earn this. And then. Yeah, that's nice. And then. So that means the Cardinals are now worth about 12. 10 to 12 billion dollars.
Brady
Is that right?
John Holmberg
It would have to be. There's not going to be a team in the NFL that's worth less than a team in the NBA. Might be close with the Lakers and Celtics maybe. But I can't imagine that because of the revenue, the Cardinals are going to be anything less than $9 billion. That would be shocking. If someone were to buy it, they might value them at like six. Somebody's going to be willing to pay. You're getting that money back. That's how amazing. It's like having a casino in Vegas. That's. It's unreal how much money sports franchises pull. When you look at the players like that guy makes 40 million a year. Yeah, it's easy. That's nothing.
Brady
To turn around and leverage the city to improve.
John Holmberg
Incredible.
Brady
Build us a new stadium.
John Holmberg
Yeah. Yeah. And then they'll turn around. I'm not going to. I'm not going to pay for a stadium. You guys do it. I'm going to own it, by the way, when it's done.
Brady
But I'll lease it for.
John Holmberg
But a lot. A lot of these new owners are. Are putting up their pony enough and building their own stadiums, which is great. They'll get a little help. They'll get tax breaks of it. It's pretty. But Our friend Jay is married to a woman who just sold her company for $10 billion. And I'm going to get emails from people. Well, she's got a split down with. Okay, so Jay walks with what, 5 billion dol. His wife. I think that's a nice.
Brady
We were talking about that. I don't know how diversified the Lakers ownership is now, but capital gains will.
John Holmberg
Take 40% of that. Okay, shut up. J. Moore, whack job. We're pals with nuts. Went off the rails multiple times. I love the guy, but he'll admit it. Has walked that path. Gone to rehab, you know, almost threw his life away for a little bit. Hell and back, Helen, back. And he's got billions. We all that. Is that, my friends, what we're talking about? I think that's the goddamn American dream. We're talking about the American dream right now. That even a schlub like Jay Moore, who's funny, he's got himself a talent and he wanders around doing great things, and I think the world of him. But so many of you guys out there driving around have had drug. You're funny.
Brady
We should try to call him.
John Holmberg
No way, not today. He's doing snow angels in the money. I'm not gonna bother Jay, and I would like to call him just so he goes, I'm not talking to you anymore. Yeah, just to hear that. Yeah, go get him. Jay Moore, proud of you. But damn it all, it gives you hope. It gives you hope that as you're driving in your truck today that says, you know, that you put the sticker on the side of the door that says power washing, reasonable rates, and you're driving down Indian school busting your balls, trying to get back on your feet, that you might run into a billionaire today that needs their driveway power wash, mobile pet grooming. Yeah, that billiard table felt replacement service. And then you go over there and you see this billionaire with a pool table likes me. And the next thing you know, they bought the Cardinals and sold them for 10 or 12 billion dollars. God damn it. It's the American dream. We're all living it. Look at that wife of yours today, Brady. I'll take a look at mine. Dead beats. Freeloaders.
Dick Toledo
So every evaluation I looked at, Cardinals are at the bottom of the list.
John Holmberg
With the Bengals, it's not good, but.
Dick Toledo
They'Re valued right now. 4.3 billion.
John Holmberg
But there's.
Dick Toledo
There's six NBA teams that are valued.
John Holmberg
More than they are. But this is. This is based before this sale.
Dick Toledo
Before the sale.
John Holmberg
True. So Right now, if the suns are worth 4 billion, the cardinals are worth 8 based simply on revenue, what's coming in that stadium.
Dick Toledo
Because they own the stadium, right?
John Holmberg
Well, yeah. And you do buy the stadium. You get the rights to this. You get that if the suns went for 4 billion, the CARDINALS 4 billion valuation is a guess. The Bengals would sell for more than three and a half billion. And who wants to own that? Sorry, Brady, that's a pile of crap.
Dick Toledo
I don't know if they would, honestly.
John Holmberg
But yeah, you can.
Brady
So close to Kentucky.
John Holmberg
I mean, yeah, I mean, you're right. Two billion is what it should be worth. Brady's right. Brady makes a good point. How do they even say it's worth three days?
Dick Toledo
South Detroit to the North American dream.
John Holmberg
I tells you, slub like Toledo wandering around, he's got a sense of humor about him. He's a decent guy. Jay Moore gives us all hope that one day you might rub shoulders with a billionaire. And she's like, I just, you know, never found the right guy. It's like, I really like big headed people who do what every I say and watch me have sex with people. Well, that's. I'm your Uncle Barry. And the next thing you know, Toledo's married to a billionaire. It's the American drink.
Dick Toledo
I just pictured Jeannie from Showtime.
John Holmberg
Tough question for you two. Uh oh. Answer's simple. In my world, Jeannie Buss says, hey, I love you and I want to be with you. Now. Here you go.
Brady
No.
John Holmberg
What? You're out of your mind. You lie.
Brady
I love my wife, John.
John Holmberg
So do I. But not that much.
Dick Toledo
Pretty sure my wife would say.
John Holmberg
I would tell her to leave.
Brady
What would they do?
John Holmberg
I would encourage it.
Brady
You'd hear a ricochet.
John Holmberg
Oh yeah, like there'd be a little smoke trail.
Dick Toledo
Yeah, go.
John Holmberg
I'd be screaming out the door, your husband's gonna pay for all the fire. As you left and you left a mark in my floor. Be like a SpaceX rocket just took off. There'd be a thing in the sky. There'd be like people who take pictures.
Brady
I don't understand.
John Holmberg
I would.
Brady
Why would you leave me?
John Holmberg
If somebody had $10 billion comment ever and looked over and said, I like that wife of yours, I'm like, you should go. I used to encourage it with the guy in Vegas that liked Megan years ago. Yeah, I want to take you to my house in Houston. I'm like, let's go. He had a fun park on his property. I got roller coasters and all this. And he was an Old man. Ew. That's proud. So you're an idiot. I want to go. You're selfish. You're being selfish. Take me to that man's fun park and slobber on him a little bit. Help us out here. What are you doing? I'm not disgusting. You're an idiot.
Brady
Now, all these years later, she's just kicking herself.
John Holmberg
Yeah, I knew I should have. Of course she should have. It's only going to lead to regrets.
Dick Toledo
You should remind her all the time.
Brady
It's only going to lead to regrets.
John Holmberg
Ten years from now. I don't want to hear about it. Because this I guarantee you're not going to feel great about this decision. As I age, you can't break.
Dick Toledo
Bring this up.
John Holmberg
Yeah. The more you get to know me year and year out, you're gonna wish you went. There's no. There's no liking me. Trust me. Not liked. After a certain amount of time in a marriage, you're just not liked. I know that's true. I feel it every day.
Brady
I've got a situation. What do you think I should do? Genie Buss fell in love with me.
John Holmberg
Who's Jeannie bus? She's got $10 billion. You would have that conversation?
Brady
I'd run a pyre.
John Holmberg
Yeah.
Dick Toledo
Why?
John Holmberg
Boom. Gone.
Brady
You're staying, right? I'm sorry.
John Holmberg
Move. Where's the suitcase? Forget it. You can have it. I'll buy all new clothes by ye. And me and my teddy bear are out the door.
Brady
Here's some tickets to Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.
John Holmberg
Enjoy that. By the way, your wife just texted me. She's got two shirts that she wants to wear. Says, I love Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. You guys have to wear those this week?
Dick Toledo
Yeah.
John Holmberg
Yeah. It's good for Jay. That's the American dream. It's being live by a guy who sat in that chair that Toledo's in right now. One month ago. Jay Moore.
Dick Toledo
And it's funny cause I've been looking at all the online news stories about it. Yeah, Jay's in about half of the pictures on every store.
John Holmberg
Wouldn't you be. I'd be. Where do I stand?
Dick Toledo
That's what it means.
John Holmberg
Stand here.
Dick Toledo
Okay, but it's about the Lakers sale.
John Holmberg
And here's Jay, and he's. He's part of it. I know it's community property in Los Angeles. I mean, they probably have an agreement.
Dick Toledo
I'm sure they have an agreement, but.
John Holmberg
How good a husband would you be? Well, you wouldn't get a peep out of me. I would never complain. I'D be Toledo. I'd be marching on Saturdays. I'd be whatever.
Dick Toledo
Where's my sign?
John Holmberg
You want to join Al Qaeda? Okie dokie, we're in. Let's. Whatever you say. Money's the most important thing to you. Okay, whatever. Bye.
Dick Toledo
Do I still get the. What is it? The black AMEX card?
John Holmberg
What do you need a credit card? You're. You're a poor man thinking, what do you need a credit. You walk in and you go, by the way, I'm good for it. And people give you things he wants with aluminum briefcase. Toledo's so lost in his own world that when he's got $10 billion floating in a fantasy, he's thinking about great credit.
Dick Toledo
I don't know how that kind of finance works. John. I've got questions.
John Holmberg
What's the annual fee?
Brady
Now? I can get that above the ground pool, right?
John Holmberg
That's just a poor man thinking, Just think of the credit cards I could get. Yeah, put it on credit, by all means. You've got $10 billion. Why not layaway? You grew up points. Oh my God, the travel. So much cheaper talking. You have a plane of your own. I'm talking idiots about this. I can't. I'm not continuing this. This is over. The minute you brought up what kind of credit cards could I get, I realized that there's some. There's just certain people who are destined to not have anything. Hey, it's true. That billionaire is not going to like you because the first. You got what? I own the Lakers? Holy cow. Bet you got a lot of good credit offers.
Brady
What's your limit?
John Holmberg
Okay, goodbye. What about like 2500? What do you got on your Discover? You pay more than the minimum. That's insanity. You get 1% cash back, you dummy.
Brady
No layaway at Walmart.
John Holmberg
Yeah.
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Dick Toledo
Wait a minute. He's saying he's got two out of three knocked out.
John Holmberg
He's not a drug addict. No, he's got one. He's on his way to be. He's got the funny part that's in the. That's in the vault. Next one is got to start a pretty good habit and kind of almost throw it all away. Step one, become a drug addict. Yes. On it. Give me drugs. Give me drugs. Anyway, good. Good luck, Sean. I hope it all works out. I love it. I think that that's awesome and that's. It's rare. But the bus family now, that's. That's pretty big sale. 10. 10 billion for the Lakers. Pretty unbelievable deal. Unbelievable deal.
Dick Toledo
Do you think? Let's see. Back to Friday. So guys like Russ, who's polyamorous, he could find a billionaire.
John Holmberg
No.
Dick Toledo
To be polyamorous.
John Holmberg
Billionaires have choices. And I don't think Russ is going to meet criteria that like there's still a bar that you have to hit. Jay Moore hits it. You know, he's funny. Good looking enough. Although he did start to eat everything for about three years and turned into a bit, a bit of a. He admits it and he admitted it. He got a little thick now he looks good again. Jay Stinn, he's in shape again. He admitted it was ozempic. So now he's an ozempic addict. But it's working out in his favor. He's got that going on and yeah, he's got that. So. But Russ is a bit of a wild card. That dude, you know, the polyamorous.
Dick Toledo
Als Matt on the way out.
John Holmberg
You think ALS Matt would, you know, I don't think billionaires are really looking for that.
Dick Toledo
They're not looking for A cause?
John Holmberg
Let's just say you have to be able bodied and have a future.
Dick Toledo
Damn it. Sorry, Matt.
John Holmberg
Yeah. Although I don't know if als matter. Toledo. I don't know who gets the nod first. There's a Galax. Matt gets the billionaire before you.
Brady
This is a shorter commitment.
John Holmberg
Yeah, that's definitely true. Well, what you're saying then is we should all date someone. Lou Gehrig's disease. It's a couple years of our lives. Yeah. There's a lot of cleanup at the end, but, you know, you can manage that.
Dick Toledo
I suppose.
John Holmberg
Anyway, I love that Jay Moore had this happen, and I love that it makes people upset.
Dick Toledo
Upset? Who's upset?
John Holmberg
In your email, which Stedman says, tell Jay Moore those are amateur numbers. Bump that. Yeah, you're right. No, Stedman's the big winner. Steadman's the big idol. But it gives us hope. That gives us hope because we're, you know, we've been in a room with Jay. We've palled around with Jay. I've seen Jay Moore's pubes because he.
Dick Toledo
Told me, he said, hey, he dropped pants on stage.
John Holmberg
Well, worst. Worst joke I've ever been a part of was I went to Jay Moore's hotel room. He's like, come up. We'll hang out here for a little bit. Then we'll go. I'm like, all right. And we go up and he goes, hey, can you do me a favor? I left my wall. It's got hundreds of dollars in it in the kitchen or in the bathroom sink. We grab that. And I'm like, sure. And I went in there to get it, and I looked in the bathroom sink, and he had just shaved his pubes, and it was just a sink of pubes. I'm like, I don't see a wallet in the mirror.
Brady
It's been a while.
John Holmberg
I don't see a wallet here. That perfect response. I'm like, you're a dick. Yeah, but I'm well shaved. I'm like, I gotta, Jay. And we spent about a 45 minute ride in the car. Just. It was weird, but it was fun. And. Yeah, but I got to hang out with him, and now he's a billionaire. So, I mean, you do get that. You get your hopes up that maybe Genie's got another billionaire friend. And Jay's like, hey, Johnny, want to go out, hang out? Like, yeah, okay.
Dick Toledo
Meet us in Vegas.
John Holmberg
Yeah. And Jeannie's gonna bring a friend. And I'm like, can I? You bring that wife? Oh, no, no, no. There'd be no point in that. You got a billionaire buddy coming along. It's time to make a swabaroo. And encouraged all men shouldn't. You shouldn't be a dick about it. If Ronnie found a billionaire that was interested you set that bird free. If you love her, if you truly love her and say want what's best for you. There it is. I want you to have the easiest life possible because I love you more than anything on the planet. You should never put shackles on that person and take away things that'll make them happy because it makes you insecure.
Brady
Go with him.
Dick Toledo
Sickness and in health, it's very healthy.
John Holmberg
Yeah.
Brady
Go with him.
John Holmberg
Yeah.
Brady
Just take care of me.
John Holmberg
Right? And you know what? If you love me, you're going to recognize what you're doing is hurting me and you should financially compensate me for that. That's right. That's a nice deal. I think that a nice deal. I don't understand.
Brady
That's a win win.
John Holmberg
Yeah. We don't really want what's happy for our spouse.
Dick Toledo
No.
John Holmberg
It's a fact.
Dick Toledo
Does Trajan wealth handle. Can they handle that kind of paperwork for.
John Holmberg
Yes. Jeff Jr. Would be like, I'll handle this.
Dick Toledo
Got it. 10 billion.
John Holmberg
We may be undermanned. And I'm still going to. I'm taking this account. Yes. Yeah. They're not going to go. I'm turning that away. 10 billion. We're a financial institution.
Dick Toledo
We'll figure this out. How much do you need?
John Holmberg
Brady again, Poor man thinking that's just too much to handle. I don't think even a bank would do it. It. You think Jeff Jr. Be like, I can't. I couldn't possibly do a good enough job with this. Yeah, he could. In fact, I'd fire all my other clients and be like, I'm just going to focus 100% on you.
Dick Toledo
Yes.
John Holmberg
I don't know that Genie Bus and Jay are going to wander into a place that multiple. I'm going to hire one of you to be permanent on my staff. There's a lot to manage here.
Brady
It's like military training.
Dick Toledo
In the.
Brady
In the financial world, what do you do when a client comes in with a $20 billion portfolio? They role play.
John Holmberg
I quit.
Brady
Here's what we do. This goes here. This goes here.
John Holmberg
I quit my job with Trajan and I get hired full time by the $20 billion guy.
Dick Toledo
Or I hang my own shackle and.
John Holmberg
I say, let's start our own place.
Dick Toledo
Got a client of one.
John Holmberg
And Jeff Jr. Would be like, by the way you're all fired, I'm now this guy's deal because I'm sure that. I know, I know the Trajan's doing very well, but if somebody with $10 billion came in, that commission's probably better than all of his combined. Maybe. Yeah, you quit that. Billionaires make moves, they make you move, too. Make you dance. Good for you, Jay Moore. Good for you, Jeanie Buss. And now the worst part about it is as Phoenix Suns, people, as Phoenix, the city we now have to deal with a Lakers owner with bottomless pockets. And he owns the Dodgers. And if you've ever seen baseball in the last three years, you know one thing, the Dodgers will buy everything. And now he's got the Lakers. So guess what? The Lakers are going to buy everything.
Dick Toledo
When watching or a series about it or a news story about what he's done with the Dodgers. Like you said, over the last three years, changes they made to Chavez Ravine, the deals that they've signed with local TV and all that, the revenue from.
John Holmberg
Their TV network, he was wise enough to put it in Japan. And it's so big that the Yankees are like, hey, you can't do that. The Yankees got mad that the Dodgers came up with a better plan than they have. It's not fair. They've got too much money. Said the Yankees, this dude is going to dominate all the free agent stuff. The Lakers are going to be. Now, maybe they don't win a championship, but they're definitely going to be the place to go for money. And he's not going to care about luxury tax. And going over the. And he. It doesn't bother. The payroll for The Dodgers is 400 something million. The Sun's payroll was 400 million. Sure. You think that the Dodgers. He's not going to go over the Lakers and go, all right, we got LeBron James and Luka Doncic. We're going to go buy some people.
Dick Toledo
Do you hear? The. The conspiracy theorists are out. That's how they got Lucas so that they could pad the sale because they knew it was coming.
John Holmberg
Pretty awesome. I think they got Luca when their eyes got wide open. We talked to Jay about that and they made a call and said something about the Mavs, said, hey, we're interested in Anthony Davis. And they're like, we're not interested in anything you've got to offer. The Lakers were like, right, okay, well, yeah, we'll trade your. You got it. And he's like, what if I told you Luca was on the table and they're like, well, you got it. Anthony's on a plane now. They didn't know that the Mavs were making that move. So that was according to the guy who was married to the owner in our, in our office. We got that information. That's how close we are to this Brady. And you know, know the dangerous thing is being this close to billionaires. The fines for what we say here on the station are going to go up. They're going to start charging us more for mistakes because now we've got it.
Dick Toledo
Would it be too close, too early and too presumptuous to send Jay a text now? Hey, you want to come in and be on the show?
John Holmberg
Yes, it is. Because if we're going to pay the fine, you ain't heard nothing yet. Anyway, silly. But congratulations to our friend Jay Moore. What a great deal. I've always liked Jay. I've rooted for him. He used to call me pretty much every day, years ago, to talk about high school wrestling and boxing because he.
Dick Toledo
Was a high school wrestling coaching phase.
John Holmberg
Yeah, he loved it. And we would talk about that and then we talk about how I was, you know, training in boxing a lot. And I'm like, I don't really do a lot of fighting, but you know, I'm coming out, I'm gonna watch it. You gotta fight. Coming away. I don't have anything I'm not doing. Like, you realize this is just.
Brady
I had to endure a couple of single leg takedown attempts.
John Holmberg
Oh, he tried to attack me.
Brady
Yeah. Wrestled.
John Holmberg
Yeah, but you had a good basis five years ago. You can't, you can't wrestle a 60 year old man because he wrestled him.
Brady
Well, this was. Yeah, it was five years ago.
John Holmberg
Okay. You can't wrestle a 55 year old man. You can't wrestle a 35 year old man because he wrestled in high school. He's too good at your single leg takedowns. It's a perishable thing. It's not. I haven't worked on that since high school, but let's see. I bet you I still got it. Hilarious. Anyway, I warned him.
Brady
You don't want to do that. I'm. I'm a couple weight classes higher than you right now.
John Holmberg
You just don't want me to land.
Brady
Start eating.
John Holmberg
He got up to your weight?
Brady
Yep.
John Holmberg
Oh, you said he got to 238. He was close. Yeah, he was cruising up there. Brett's out this morning. He's not a billionaire. But if you are a billionaire and you want to help out, maybe rub shoulders with Brett a Little bit, yeah. We don't really truly love the person we're with if we won't let them leave us for a billionaire. We just don't. And women have that whole thing. It's not about the money. It's about love. You're an idiot. That's dumb. It is, too. Because I guess, you know when I know it's about the money? When you're in a divorce court, no woman has ever said it's never been about money. When they're in the divorce. It's never happened. They try to ring that. They try to ring that.
Brady
Just the dating candidates.
John Holmberg
Yeah, Please.
Brady
You know, you had them on the Please, the Dating Game, the three batch.
John Holmberg
Right.
Brady
One's a billionaire.
John Holmberg
No, he's automatically in the lead. Yeah, it's his to lose, is what I'm saying. But that. That Pollyanna attitude of I've never. I never loved you for the money. I never get divorced. Try a divorce and watch how fast that whole I never loved you for the money thing turns into what's mine, where's mine? We're gonna make this fair. Like, well, if it's fair, then. What are you talking about, fair? You'll see. And then they try to. They never try to say, I just want the last drops of love milked from him and his lawyers. No, no. They don't ever try to milk you for your last few drops of affection.
Dick Toledo
There's a couple more in there.
John Holmberg
There's some. There's a little more affection in there. I don't care about the money. I never have. I want that affection out of him, and I'm gonna suck him dry of affection or else. Because that's what this whole marriage has always been about. Love and affection. It's never been about money till we went to court and then, uh, oh, you should have left for the billionaire. It's not about money search. Seems like it is now.
Dick Toledo
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John Holmberg
Morning sickness?
Dick Toledo
Yep.
Brady
600 pound sister billionaire.
John Holmberg
Did you marry it? Oh, I'd be licking every crack. I'd pour vinegar on it to make it smell worse.
Dick Toledo
I' home an hour a day, never see me.
John Holmberg
You still think like a poor person. You have a job. What do you mean? You'd be home an hour day. You'd never leave the house. I would be buried in 600 pound sisters. I'd be down in there all day. You wouldn't. I would learn, Brady.
Brady
I don't know if I could do it.
John Holmberg
The next time you saw me, you'd be like, what happened? Half a minute. Talk to you? My tongue hardly works anymore. I've been. The only thing I can do is.
Dick Toledo
So.
John Holmberg
It'd be like I'd been eating ice cream all day. My tongue is numb. It doesn't work.
Brady
How's Tennessee, John?
John Holmberg
Oh, man. I could lift a window with my tongue. Within a week it would be so strong. But I couldn't talk anymore because it would only be good at one thing.
Dick Toledo
If you come. An auctioneer?
John Holmberg
Yeah. Auctioneers would be jealous.
Brady
He has so many turkeys at his farm.
John Holmberg
It's not like Bruce St. James on a roller coaster. Fair enough. 600 pound sister. Look, I go out and get dog crap out of the backyard, smear it on there and just go to town. I like billions.
Dick Toledo
You do one of Brett's videos?
John Holmberg
I got no beef about billions. You wouldn't do that.
Brady
I don't know. I couldn't.
Dick Toledo
Brady, it's a thousand million.
Brady
Well, we would have. We'd be celibate.
John Holmberg
What? You'd be pleasing that angel and you'd be doing it as at her beck and call, my friend.
Dick Toledo
1 1. 1,000th is all you need.
John Holmberg
You know what would happen to me too? Sorry. That's okay.
Brady
You're really selling it.
Dick Toledo
I think the percentage is high.
John Holmberg
I'd take a break during that whole windstorm.
Brady
All right.
Dick Toledo
Sit there.
Brady
Start right in the chat.
Dick Toledo
Clean towel. You got me in the nose on that one.
John Holmberg
That don't bother you? Not at all. I love you, thousand pound sister. Hey, show me that pearly white. Let me get. Oh, I'd feed her like a mama bird. I'd let her feed me like a mama.
Dick Toledo
Get up in there past the bed sores.
John Holmberg
Oh, I'd be on her back opening and I'd be hand salving her bed sores.
Brady
Let's do a wake up song.
Dick Toledo
What about. What about now with the. With the extra skin she's got?
John Holmberg
All of it. Oh, I'd sleep in it like it was a duvet. I'd ball up in her like I was a pig in a blank it. £600 sister gets the billions. She's an earner. That's attractive. She's got ambition. My nose is running from all the. I can't help myself.
Dick Toledo
Excited thinking about it.
John Holmberg
You do it.
Brady
No.
John Holmberg
For a million dollars you don't go down on the. On the £600. You shut up. You're that against oral sex poor wrong.
Brady
Yeah, yeah.
John Holmberg
He's For a million dollars tax free. $1 million you don't go down. What's wrong with you?
Brady
Rice and beans. Beans and rice.
John Holmberg
Brady, I've been with you to Asian restaurants and the things you put in your mouth are horrendous. Horrible. Baby. I just. And here's the other thing.
Brady
I just don't think I could.
John Holmberg
You'll rally up.
Brady
But then again I know if an.
John Holmberg
Asian double dog dare you Indian restaurant said here did something we have. It's a dead. With the thing in the leg.
Brady
I'm not trying.
John Holmberg
Absolutely. It's a delicacy. And they'd be like, I've never had this.
Brady
I would eat it. I would do that over the.
John Holmberg
Of course. Why nobody's offering you a million dollars and you'd do that at the Indian palace for free. If the guy said it's a free meal.
Brady
No.
John Holmberg
Yes. You would try this Indian delicacy. I'll tell you what it is. After you would eat that. I know you. You would eat that.
Brady
Yeah.
John Holmberg
Yeah.
Brady
Not 600 pound sister, but for free.
John Holmberg
Meal you would eat something that could turn out to be like the grossest thing.
Dick Toledo
Correlation isn't. Isn't making sense.
John Holmberg
You have no problem with that. But for a million dollars tax free, you don't lick the 600 pound sister. You're an idiot if it's just one lick. No, it's not the. You're not the owl in the tootsie. Roll commercial. You got it. You got a finisher. And I hope she's a squirter.
Dick Toledo
Oh, she is.
John Holmberg
If I do both ways, Brady, If I'm paying the fines, we're getting our money's worth. I hope she just. Bellagio. You'd do it in a second. Suddenly she'd be attractive. I've been to restaurants with you where they'll serve a ball of muck and some slop around it and you're not sure what's in it. This is delicious. And you'll eat anything someone puts in. You will eat anything someone puts in front of you. If it's foreign, if it's. If it's got some sort of tie to like a region, that's their delicacy, I don't think.
Dick Toledo
Many bowls of outdoor noodles.
John Holmberg
Absolutely. I've heard stories of what you did in Scotland. You put it all in your mouth. Thomas said you ate everything. Well, blood pudding you ate.
Brady
Ronnie was the one who liked that.
John Holmberg
Liked? But you tried it.
Brady
I tried it, yes.
John Holmberg
That's my point. You didn't have to pay for the blood pudding, but because it was a delicacy. It is blood. It's the blood. I know what it looks. Right.
Dick Toledo
Well, that's all then.
John Holmberg
That's all. The 600 pound sister looks like the patty sausage side of beef. You're a fool. That bible did a number on you sexually. Because you'll eat anything in a bowl from an Indian but you wouldn't recognize.
Brady
It has nothing to do with it.
John Holmberg
Million dollar check. You're a crazy person. Want to know what my impression is of you? If that actually happened. That's okay. Look at my French ambulance.
Dick Toledo
You know how we get him? 600 pound sister is a cattle baron.
John Holmberg
There it is. Freebie forever. You don't even get money. That's right. He hates money. What am I talking about? He's a traitor. Yeah, you got. You're. You're. You're in. You got wagyu steaks for the rest of your life. Brisket, wagyu. It's at your beck and call at any time. All you gotta do, just start there. I like when you lick my tummy folds.
Brady
It's Juneteenth. Let's move on.
John Holmberg
That's right. Now. You've got too many hang ups on this one. Jeff Jr would tell you.
Brady
I brought it up.
John Holmberg
Jeff Jr would tell you. What are you doing? This is a great investment.
Dick Toledo
You did start it.
John Holmberg
Lick that. I talked to my financial advisor. What do you think there, Corbin? Should I lick the 600 pound sister. So whatever. Should I lick the 600 pound sister for a million? Well, let's take a look at this. You have zero and you liquor and you'll have a million. As a financial advisor, I'd say get the down there. He's gonna take a couple of those and you're gonna turn it into more. Idiot. Just practicing on the steering wheel. I'll take you over to the Indian palace and tell him, look, I'm covering the bill. Whatever he wants, just don't tell him what you're bringing him. What? This is wonderful. Okay, we can do that. And you would just be like free food. What's this? Duck. Duck butt. Duck butts. Duck butts. They're delicious. You need a duck butt. You need a Mexican meal. If they said it's made of cow face and cow butts, you do it. She won't eat the 600 pound sister for a million dollars. You would do it in a second. Anyway, we'll talk. We'll talk about this off the air. Come on now. Brett's out there this morning on baseline and Dobson, he's got to be close. And like we said, it's Juneteenth. So contributions from the African American rocker will be all we play this morning. I think that's fantastic. What do you want to go with first? Toledo. It's all. By the way, it's brought to you by our friends at Action Ride Shop. An outstanding time for you to go start planning your winter. Because riding bikes right now is not the best idea. But if you've got a bike, you want to get it all spruced up. The thing I go over there and get right now is one of those bike racks so I can load my bikes up and head up to Flagstaff where it's going to be 82 degrees all weekend while we swamp it out, get a bike, have some outdoorsy fun. Because not working out down here. Action Ride Shops got all the trails up there too. They got maps for you and things you can hike and run around in. Everything you've ever wanted. Camelbacks, all that stuff. They've got an Action Ride shop with two amazing locations right here in our glorious valley. One over there on gilbert off the 60 and the other one on McDowell and Power Road. Action Ride Shop brings you the Wake up song. And today, what do you got?
Dick Toledo
The only suggestions that are kind of fitting the mold. Jerry says bad brains rise because they're black guys and they effing rock.
John Holmberg
That is a great band.
Dick Toledo
Black Thunder.
John Holmberg
No, no, no. No, that's not what we're doing.
Dick Toledo
I don't think that's.
John Holmberg
Oh, the who? The he.
Dick Toledo
Yeah, yeah.
John Holmberg
They're Mongolian. That doesn't count.
Dick Toledo
That's. That's what I thought. King's X didn't said just any song. I got Hendrix, Purple Haze, the Warning. I don't think any of the girls are Mexican. Saliva doesn't have anybody. Rick James. Fire it up.
John Holmberg
Oh, no. Do we start off with Rick James?
Dick Toledo
No. Is there anybody in Down? That is.
John Holmberg
I don't think so.
Dick Toledo
I don't think so either. Electric Call Boy, maybe. No body Count. There goes the Neighborhood. That's about. That sums it up with the qualifications for Juneteenth.
John Holmberg
Was it Black the Sky, the King's X song?
Dick Toledo
I don't think that's the one. Let me.
John Holmberg
King's X has a couple of them. There's some good stuff for King's X. Actually, you know what, Rich? Go with Check My Brain by Alison Chains. That one I haven't heard for a while, and that's with their new lead singer, William, and he's a black guy, so we'll go with that. Check My Brain's a great song, and since it's Juneteenth, we want to help that out. Victor says all right. Just hopped in the car, turned the app on. First thing I heard. I heard stories about you in Scotland. You put everything in your mouth. You guys never disappoint. Yeah, the first words are usually pretty strong. Pretty strong. I love this song. This one's. It's already 16 years old. This is damn fine music from Alice in Chains. After Lane died and William came on Juneteenth, celebrating all the African Americans in rock as best we can on the fly, I think it's pretty great. Salis in Chains. Check my brain. It's 98. KUPD. Wake em up. Holmberg's Morning Sickness.
Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona: Episode Summary (June 19, 2025)
Host and Contributors:
John Holmberg kicked off the episode by sharing a heartfelt update on the ongoing Operation Hydration initiative. This community effort aims to provide essential water supplies to those in need, especially during Arizona's scorching summer months.
[02:54] John Holmberg: Discussed the recent distribution of water in the Dobson Ranch area, highlighting the direct impact of donations. "Stuff that came directly from the back of our truck... was put into a little ice bag and handed out to people who needed it."
[05:06] Brady Bogen: Mentioned the significant support from local businesses like State 48 Doors and Windows for their generous water donations.
[06:50] John Holmberg: Emphasized the importance of community participation and assured listeners that their contributions are making a tangible difference. "What you're donating actually makes a difference."
A significant portion of the episode delved into the recent sale of the Los Angeles Lakers for a staggering $10 billion, a sharp increase from the initial $200 million investment made decades ago.
[07:37] John Holmberg: Provided a breakdown of the Lakers' valuation growth over 46 years. "If I gave you 200 million and it turned into 10 billion within my lifetime, that's pretty good stuff."
[09:24] Brady Bogen: Compared the return on investment (ROI) to a 401k, underscoring the astronomical growth of sports franchises. "That's a good 401k."
[10:11] Brady Bogen: Shifted the conversation to the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, discussing their recent pay increase following a lawsuit settlement. "They just got a 400% boost in their pay... settled a lawsuit with a former cheerleader."
[12:04] John Holmberg: Highlighted the logistics of water donations, mentioning locations like Local Legends in East Mesa and collaborating with other groups to maximize outreach efforts.
The discussion transitioned to the economics surrounding sports franchises and their associated personnel.
[10:11] Brady Bogen: Explained the specifics of the Cowboys' settlement. "In 2019, they settled a lawsuit... guiding their per game pay from $200 to $400."
[11:43] Brady Bogen: Critiqued the motivations behind cheerleading roles, suggesting that many participants are driven by attention and personal insecurities. "They have so many insecurities... it's just about getting attention."
[15:00] Brady Bogen: Compared their earnings to other roles within sports organizations. "You got a million dollars, you don't go down."
The hosts engaged in light-hearted and humorous banter about the idea of dating billionaires, reflecting on the dynamics and motivations behind such relationships.
[16:08] John Holmberg: Shared a personal anecdote about his friendship with Jay Moore, tying it to the broader theme of the American Dream. "Jay Moore's wife, Jeannie Buss, just sold the Lakers for $10 billion."
[18:07] Brady Bogen: Joked about the complexities of handling relationships with the ultra-wealthy. "Jay Moore can help us out with our water drive."
[27:57] John Holmberg: Playfully discussed the challenges of balancing personal integrity with financial temptations. "You do it... Brady. This is Juneteenth. Let's move on."
In honor of Juneteenth, the hosts curated a special music segment celebrating African American contributions to rock music, ensuring that all songs played featured African American artists or prominently highlighted their influence.
[50:36] Dick Toledo: Suggested bands like Bad Brains, emphasizing their role in rock music. "Bad Brains rise because they're black guys and they effing rock."
[51:00] John Holmberg: Proposed playing "Check My Brain" by Alice In Chains, featuring their new lead singer, William, who has roots in the African American community. "Check My Brain is a great song, and since it's Juneteenth, we want to help that out."
John Holmberg [02:54]: "Stuff that came directly from the back of our truck... was put into a little ice bag and handed out to people who needed it."
Brady Bogen [10:11]: "They just got a 400% boost in their pay... settled a lawsuit with a former cheerleader."
John Holmberg [07:37]: "If I gave you 200 million and it turned into 10 billion within my lifetime, that's pretty good stuff."
Dick Toledo [50:36]: "Bad Brains rise because they're black guys and they effing rock."
Operation Hydration: Continued emphasis on the importance of community donations and participation in providing essential resources during extreme weather conditions.
Support from Local Businesses: Acknowledgment of businesses like State 48 Doors and Windows and Local Legends for their contributions to local charitable efforts.
John Holmberg concluded the episode by reflecting on the transformative power of community support and the inspiring success stories of individuals like Jay Moore. The hosts encouraged listeners to participate in ongoing charitable efforts and celebrated the cultural significance of Juneteenth through curated music selections.
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