09-02-25 - Entertainment Drill - TUE - Brady's Oxy Pill Has Kicked In And He Needs To Go

Summary

Podcast Summary: Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Entertainment Drill (09-02-25)

Episode Overview:
This quick episode of the Entertainment Drill finds the HMS crew (John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo) in their trademark irreverent and punchy form. As Brady is clearly under the influence of prescribed Oxy (for medical reasons), the team rolls through various bits of show business banter, offbeat news, and a run-down of unlikely pre-fame jobs held by rock stars. The mood is loose, chaotic, and hilarious, with the hosts riffing on each other as much as on their entertainment news. Brady’s deteriorating state is a running joke throughout, punctuating the segment with playful concern and off-the-wall humor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Brady’s Oxy Adventure and the “Salad” Incident

• The episode’s running gag centers on Brady feeling the effects of his Oxy medication, which leads to a series of confused, sometimes nonsensical remarks.

  • “Oxy’s eating you up. Better get to it, man. Did you say salad? … You are on drugs.” – John Holmberg [01:26]
  • Brady careens between topics, at one point blurting out “salad” and distracting himself with mention of chicken wings.

• The rest of the team expresses mock concern with their trademark dark humor, riffing on his glazed-over demeanor:

  • "You may not hear a difference between, you know, stuttering Brady and stroke, but seeing him kind of float around while he's reading, he looks happy." – John Holmberg [06:54]

2. Entertainment Drill: Movie Set Romances

• Brady shares an Ethan Hawke quote about falling in love on a movie set being like "falling in love at summer camp," not reflective of real-life connection.
  • “Isn’t that part of being in the world of make believe, that sometimes it bleeds over into your real life…?” – John Holmberg [04:06]
• The crew muses, in typical snarky tone, about the blurred lines between actors’ real and fictitious feelings.

3. Rock Stars’ Pre-Fame Jobs

Brady rattles off a new list of rock stars' day jobs before they hit it big. The reactions are a blend of mockery and bemusement:

• Ozzy Osbourne – Slaughterhouse worker
• Chris Cornell – Fish handler
• Kurt Cobain – Janitor (“That does not surprise me…all he was qualified to do.” – John Holmberg [04:44])
• Axl Rose – Tower Records manager
• Corey Taylor – Sales associate at an adult store (prompted John’s sarcastic alternate title: “Account executive”)
• Courtney Love – Stripper/Prostitute (“Same thing.” – John Holmberg [05:14])
• Rob Zombie – Production assistant on Pee-wee’s Playhouse
• Fred Durst – Tattoo artist ("I didn’t know that." – John Holmberg [05:33])

4. Offbeat & NSFW News: “Buttering His Cob” at Korn Concert

• Brady reports that a man was ejected from a Korn concert for public indecency—a story the team cannot resist lampooning:
  • “He was whacking off, not buttering his cob.” – John Holmberg [06:30]
  • "It's lunchtime, man." – Brady [06:35]
• The phrase "buttering his cob" launches several corny puns and jokes from the hosts.

5. Ongoing Banter & Health Concerns

• The escalating concern (mock and otherwise) over Brady’s medication leads to funny, exasperated quips about his health, including kidney function and impending transport home by wife Ronnie:
  • “Ronnie is like, I'm on my way to get him now she's hearing it, too.” – John Holmberg [06:14]
  • “That kidney is barely functioning as it is. And now he's high, too.” – John Holmberg [07:11]

6. Quick, Morbid Humor About Weight Loss

• The hosts imagine a dystopian, AI-generated skinny version of Brady, with dark WWII references and trademark HMS shock humor.
  • “Auschwitz Bogan… that’s a picture. Just get him some striped pajamas…” – John Holmberg [07:32]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Brady drifting in and out:
  “No, everything's good. Are you okay? Oxy's eating you up. Better get to it, man… You are on drugs.” – John Holmberg [01:26]
• Rock star jobs summary:
  “Kurt Cobain, janitor. … That does not surprise me. That's what he would have been had he not found music. That was all he was qualified to do.” – John Holmberg [04:44]
• Fred Durst confusion:
  “Didn’t he do Steve-O’s, one of Steve-O’s?” – John Holmberg [05:33]
• Buttering his cob at Korn:
  “He was whacking off, not buttering his cob.” – John Holmberg [06:30]
• Oxy comedy:
  “You may not hear a difference between...stuttering Brady and stroke, but seeing him kind of float around while he's reading, he looks happy.” – John Holmberg [06:54]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Brady’s Oxy-induced state and derailment: 01:14 – 01:56
• Entertainment Drill begins: 03:49
• Ethan Hawke on movie set romance: 03:49 – 04:21
• Rock stars’ first jobs: 04:26 – 05:55
• Korn concert “buttering the cob” story: 06:22 – 06:41
• Brady’s condition and the wrap up: 06:54 – 07:47

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Tone & Style

• Fast-paced, irreverent, with frequent sarcasm and playful dark comedy.
• The hosts riff off each other in a style that feels unscripted and spontaneous, leaning heavily into banter and running jokes.

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For listeners who missed this episode:
Expect a rapid-fire run through weird news, rock trivia, and pop culture, all filtered through a haze of inside jokes, gallows humor, and the chaos of a co-host openly fighting off prescription painkillers. Not much “hard news” here, but plenty of laughs and memorable moments in the signature HMS style.

Transcript

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[Brady]

You've been deceived by an agent of Satan himself. He's evil.

[John Holmberg]

Sitting right here. Come on. No, no, he's not. He's not evil. He's just a bit rude. All right, there it is. All right. Let's just get the heck out of here. We'll do the entertainment drill and leave at this point. Nice job. There's some good stuff on there. That Paul Rudd show. Look.

[Brady]

Yeah. Friendship.

[John Holmberg]

And I watched Friends and Neighbors with Jon Hamm. Man, oh, man, this audience.

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[John Holmberg]

I loved it. It was so relatable to the, like, the human experience. Being fake.

[Brady]

Oh, that for like.

[John Holmberg]

That whole thing is just like. You just keep faking it like it's the imposter complex on steroids. I. I thought it was great. It got a little shaky at the.

[Brady]

End, but I. Yeah, I saw the salad.

[John Holmberg]

No, everything's good. Are you okay? Yeah. Oxy's eating you up. Better get to it, man. Did you say salad? I heard salad. This isn't gonna last. You are on drugs. Yeah, but that's not you. Hold on.

[Brady]

Jen Gardner just sent a picture of the wings that are downstairs.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, we gotta get you out of here.

[Brady]

He's got the. No threat. No threats.

[John Holmberg]

You're not gonna have any of those wings. All right, Sneak him out the back door. Yeah, we got. Now he's gonna be.

[Brady]

Is Ronnie on her way now? She is.

[John Holmberg]

You don't look good either.

[Brady]

I'm gonna take.

[John Holmberg]

Wow. That's it.

[Brady]

Show's over.

[John Holmberg]

Done. We're done. It's time. Time for the undertake.

[Brady]

I tell you this.

[John Holmberg]

Oxy. Yeah. Hey, man, I told you not to take all the oxy, man. Come back home, man. I can't take it.

[Brady]

Are you gonna make him stretch?

[John Holmberg]

Kirby's gonna. Yeah, I'm staying as long as he stays awake. It's not much longer, man. What are you doing, man? The red caps are mine. Did you make a giggle with his belly?

[Brady]

You're killing me, small. Oh.

[John Holmberg]

That walrus is funny. You just blurted out salad. Salad. What's going on? I must be high. All right, it's time for the entertainment drill. And this should be okay.

[Brady]

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[Brady]

It's got to be that. Ethan Hawk says that falling in love on a movie set, like he and Uma Thurman did when they filmed the movie Gattaca isn't the best idea. He compared it to, like, falling in love at summer camp. Doesn't have any connection to the dailiness of real life.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, well, that's what being a movie star is, isn't it? Isn't that part of being in the world of make believe that sometimes it bleeds over into your real life and you're like, oh, I'm. I'm believing the script. And Uma and I have chemistry.

[Brady]

Got another list of jobs that rock stars had before they were famous.

[John Holmberg]

Okay.

[Brady]

Ozzy had a brief stint at a slaughterhouse.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady]

Chris Cornell was a fish handler for a seafood company.

[John Holmberg]

Seattle. Very Seattle.

[Brady]

Kurt Cobain, janitor.

[John Holmberg]

That does not surprise me. That's what he would have been had he not found music. That was all he was qualified to do.

[Brady]

Axel Rose, professional manager at Tower Records.

[John Holmberg]

Professional. These guys were always Cory Taylor. He probably had a regular gig.

[Brady]

Sales associate at a porn shop.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, wow. See that one coming. Account executive.

[Brady]

They call him Courtney Love. Which section?

[John Holmberg]

Well, was it a job? Being a stripper? Yeah. Prostitute. Stripper. Same thing.

[Brady]

Rob Zombie, production assistant on the set of Peewee's Playhouse. Oh, yeah.

[John Holmberg]

We knew that. I didn't know that. I remember.

[Brady]

I think he's had that one before.

[John Holmberg]

No kidding.

[Brady]

Fred Durst, tattoo artist.

[John Holmberg]

I didn't know that. Didn't he do Stevos, one of Steve.

[Brady]

O's that was Post Malwan.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, that's right. Okay, wait a minute.

[Brady]

But he might have.

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[Brady]

Did. Did the. The penis on Steven.

[John Holmberg]

Steve O's face.

[Brady]

Oh, But Fred Durst didn't do a tattoo.

[John Holmberg]

I don't think so.

[Brady]

Okay.

[John Holmberg]

I kind of remember them doing something.

[Brady]

He might have because he had a lot of people putting tattoos on his body. That's true. MTV will play Music video again 24. 7.

[John Holmberg]

Flying.

[Brady]

He is flying. Did you see the text? You gotta end this, man.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady]

All right, we'll end it with this.

[John Holmberg]

Ronnie is like, I'm on my way to get him. Now she's hearing it, too.

[Brady]

There was an emergency, you know, beacon that she could fly.

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[Brady]

A dude got kicked out of the corn concert at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey last Wednesday for buttering his cob.

[John Holmberg]

He was whacking off, not buttering his cob.

[Brady]

It's lunchtime, man. You say.

[John Holmberg]

Is that. Is that in the story?

[Brady]

It is.

[John Holmberg]

Okay. Thank God.

[Brady]

Wow.

[John Holmberg]

Buttering is.

[Brady]

And I want to make sure I hit that.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, you knocked it out of the park. Thanks, Shohei. You really killed that one.

[Brady]

You guys are cool.

[John Holmberg]

He's kind of. The funny thing is, you may not hear a difference between, you know, stuttering Brady and stroke, but seeing him kind of float around while he's reading, he looks happy. Anyway.

[Brady]

Good times, man.

[John Holmberg]

Good times. Good, good. Fun having you. All right, let's get you out of here. Getting a little nervous about this. A little? That. That kidney is barely functioning as it is. And now he's high, too. We gotta lay him down. And there's chicken wings coming in. Howdy goes Hot Fudge. We'll get you down to 180. 185. I can do it by Christmas.

[Brady]

I'm gonna do an AI version of you at 160.

[John Holmberg]

Angry and mad. Yeah. Auschwitz Bogan is gonna be. I can't. No, I can't even. That's a picture. Just get him some striped pajamas because it's the only way I'll see him. It's 10:10. We're done. You guys have yourselves a glorious Tuesday. We'll see you tomorrow on the morning sickness solo.

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