09-04-25 - Entertainment Drill - THU - w/Dale Hellestrae

Summary

Podcast Summary

Podcast: Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Arizona
Episode: 09-04-25 – Entertainment Drill – THU – w/Dale Hellestrae
Date: September 4, 2025
Hosts: John Holmberg (“Johnny”), Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely (“Brett”), Dick Toledo
Guest: Dale Hellestrae

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Episode Overview

This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness revolves around football predictions for the upcoming season, playful banter among the hosts and guest Dale Hellestrae, and their trademark irreverent take on entertainment news. The tone is lighthearted and teasing throughout, with notable side conversations about making biopics, the struggles of music stardom, and celebrity gossip. The segment captures the crew’s signature offbeat camaraderie and Dale’s prominent Cowboys fandom.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Super Bowl and Football Predictions

Starts at [01:39]

• Super Bowl Picks

  • Dale jokingly says “Ohio State” ([01:46]), underlining his football humor.
  • Brady predicts a Detroit vs. Buffalo Super Bowl.
  • Johnny agrees with Dale for Eagles vs. Bills, noting, “Everybody’s got Buffalo in there, guaranteed.” ([01:52])
  • Previous picks from last year resurface: Johnny picked Ravens vs. Cowboys as his “nightmarish” Super Bowl ([02:10]):

    “It was Ravens, Cowboys. I’m like, that’s actually a pretty good possibility that happens. Thank God not even half of it happened.” – Johnny ([02:14])

  • Unwatchable teams discussed, with Detroit called “unwatchable.”

    “Nobody cares if Detroit wins or loses. That’s the thing. There’s no hate.” – Johnny ([02:33])

• Cowboys Banter

  • Dale and Johnny exchange playful jabs about Cowboys fandom.
  • Dale requests Johnny impersonate Jimmy Johnson.
  • Johnny cracks:

    “After the show, I’ll take you to a gay bar. They scream it all the time. Things he loves to hear. I think there is one called How ‘Bout Them Cowboys?... you get served by a dude in chaps and no pants. His name’s Troy.” – Johnny ([03:11])

2. Entertainment Drill: Film, Music, and Celebrity News

Starts at [04:11]

• Michael Jackson Biopic Fallout ([04:11])

  • Coleman Domingo’s claim that Michael’s children support the “Michael” biopic is refuted by Paris Jackson ([04:27]).
  • Paris Jackson calls out “inaccuracy” and “full blown lies.”

    “Yeah, the narrative is being controlled and there’s a lot of inaccuracy and there’s a lot of just full blown lies.” – Brady reporting ([04:28])

• Biopics in General

  • Dale jokes about biopics, questioning what would happen if a movie was made about Holmberg. > “How many people are lying about him?” – Dale ([04:44])
  • Holmberg feigns fame, spinning self-mythology about fans at Native bar ([04:49]-[05:24]).

    “I mean, well, it was weird because they all got on their knees like they were taking communion. Like, you don’t have to do this. But I really appreciate it.” – Johnny ([05:07])

• Country Music and Morgan Wallen’s Honesty ([05:49])

  • Morgan Wallen says there are days he hates making records.

  • Johnny jokes:

    “Because he makes country music. He’s not wrong.” – Johnny ([05:53])

  • Further clowning on the music industry, with the crew teasing each other about a golf story and bikini-watching on the course ([06:00]-[06:36]), giving the segment the show’s typical irreverence.

• On Fame and Limelight

  • Dale opines:

    “I can’t imagine all that limelight is good for anyone. It sucks.” – Dale ([07:07])

• Entertainment and Political Tidbits ([07:23])

  • CDs and vinyl exempted from Presidential tariffs as “information materials.”

  • Quick mention of Trump’s health and recent death hoax; Johnny notes Trump is looking poorly and “super puffy,” speculates on medical conditions ([07:38]-[08:02]):

    “He doesn’t look good. Like, I think he’s not.” – Johnny ([07:38]) “He’s just got this little vein thing. But he’s on medicine. He’s getting that moon face from something.” – Johnny ([08:04])

  • Bruce Willis health update—hosts note somberly that the actor is “about done” ([08:18]).

• Dale and Celebrity Knowledge Game

  • Dale gets quizzed about Bruce Willis, proves his knowledge:

    “He’s in Die Hard.” – Dale ([08:23]) “He was married to that one actor, Demi Moore.” – Dale ([08:28])

  • Johnny joking:

    “Oh my God. It’s like he’s on Jeopardy.” – Johnny ([08:32])

3. Closing and Sports Teasers

Starts at [08:42]

• Johnny quotes Jerry Jones in anticipation of football:

  “And to quote Jerry Jones, give me some of that glory hole. It’s going to be awesome.” – Johnny ([08:42])

• More football trash talk:

  “Eagles are going to win tonight by a lot.” – Johnny ([08:54])
  “Double digits.” – Dale ([08:55])

• Promises another sports podcast for the weekend. Nash won’t be included because he’s out of town:

  “Probably a better show [without Nash].” – Dale ([09:09])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “How about them Cowboys?” – Dale/Johnny moment ([03:03]-[03:08])
• “If she looked like that at 4, we’d change the laws.” – Johnny (golf course banter, context: debating a woman’s age) ([06:36])
• “Be a sheepdog, not a sheep.” – Johnny, on self-defense ([03:56])
• “He’s in Die Hard.” – Dale on Bruce Willis ([08:23])
• “And to quote Jerry Jones, give me some of that glory hole. It’s going to be awesome.” – Johnny ([08:42])

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Timeline of Important Segments

• [01:39] Super Bowl predictions and NFL chatter
• [03:00] Cowboys jokes; Jimmy Johnson banter
• [04:11] Entertainment Drill begins: Michael Jackson biopic, Morgan Wallen
• [05:49] Country music industry talk & golf story
• [07:23] Tariffs, Trump health rumors, Bruce Willis health update
• [08:42] Football kickoff excitement, Eagles/Cowboys prediction, closing teasers

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Tone and Style

The episode is classic HMS, with quick-witted, sarcastic, and at times absurd humor. Dale’s guest presence brings in a football slant and more Cowboys banter than usual. The crew isn’t shy about poking fun at each other, celebrities, or the news cycle. The show maintains its local, inside-joke-laden flavor, always returning to football excitement.

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For listeners who missed this episode:
You’ll get irreverent, unfiltered sports talk, plenty of zingers at the expense of celebrities and each other, and a celebratory mood as football season opens. The Entertainment Drill blends true headlines with comic personal spinoffs, while sports and Cowboys talk anchors the segment.
No need for a membership fee—just a thick skin and a love of football banter!

Transcript

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[Johnny]

You'Ve been deceived by an agent of Satan himself. He's evil sitting right here. Come on. No, no, he's not. He's not evil. He's just a bit rude.

[Dale]

98.

[Johnny]

Nice guy, though.

[Dale]

Oh, don't talk over the music, John. Rule number one in radio.

[Johnny]

We'll get to that in a second. I accidentally played a song. Yeah, Dale was talking about getting booed as a cowboy and I got half heart.

[Dale]

I had to leave the room.

[Johnny]

We're just, just about out of here with this. But yeah, super bowl is interesting. Brady, who do you think is going to win it?

[Dale]

Ohio State.

[Brady]

I'm with you as far as Detroit. Buffalo.

[Johnny]

Yeah, I think that's a good pick. I'm with Dale actually on this one. Eagles, Bills. Everybody's got Buffalo in there, guaranteed.

[Dale]

Oh, I.

[Johnny]

We just Buffalo into the ground. This show picks that. You can guarantee it. My pick last year was the Ravens and Cowboys.

[Dale]

You picked the Cowboys last year because.

[Johnny]

We had a thing. It's like, what would be the most nightmarish Super Bowl?

[Dale]

Oh, okay.

[Johnny]

For me. And it was Ravens. Cowboys. I'm like, that's actually a pretty good possibility. That happens. Thank God not even half of it happened. No, Ugh. Yeah, I don't know that I'd watch that. And Brady, you chose the Chargers and I forget who the year it might have been.

[Brady]

Detroit.

[Johnny]

Yeah, it's unwatchable Detroit. Nobody cares if Detroit wins or loses. That's the thing. There's no hate.

[Brady]

Just the Michigan factor.

[Johnny]

Yeah, you hate to double Michigan. What was yours? The Packers. And that was maybe the Packers. I think it was the Chiefs. Either way, none of us had the packers in after all those moves. Oh, football's going to start in about eight hours. This is awesome.

[Dale]

Let's go Cowboys. All right.

[Johnny]

Let's go Cowboys.

[Dale]

Johnny, give. Give me a Jimmy. Can you do a Jimmy Johnson?

[Johnny]

No, I don't do Jimmy Johnson.

[Dale]

You don't how. How about just give me one. How about them cowboys?

[Johnny]

Oh, man. Come on now.

[Dale]

You know what?

[Johnny]

After the show, I'll take you to a gay bar. They scream it all the time. Things he loves to hear. I think there is one called how about them cowboys? And then you get served by a dude in chaps and no pants. His name's Troy.

[Dale]

He's a pass and the bar hops. Dale.

[Johnny]

Dale is behind the bar for sure. He's a bar back. He's always bent over picking things up. Yeah, the real people do the serving. It's time for the entertainment. Drill is brought to you by our friends every actdefense.com the Home Tactical Black self defense training. You want to get out there and defend yourself from the world which is out there every single day and so are you. So you might as well be aware of it and know if you've got skills and how to hone them, they will do that. Day one and the price is unbelievable. It's personal training. I'll get you in shape. You'll look good, you'll feel good, you'll be smarter, you'll be stronger and just more aware and best of all, more confident. That's the best part. Bad guys don't pick on confident people. They look for victims. Don't make yourself one. Be a sheepdog. Not a sheep. Reactdefense.com the home of tactical black Brady and Dale. Entertain me.

[Brady]

Coleman Domingo plays Michael Jackson's father Joe in the new biopic michael and he's been claiming that Michael's kids, Paris and Prince have been supportive, but Paris is denying that hard. He said no.

[Johnny]

Doesn't want that to be a thing.

[Brady]

Yeah, the narrative is being controlled and there's a lot of inaccuracy and there's a lot of just full blown lies still gonna watch.

[Johnny]

They all have that 24th. Yeah.

[Brady]

Next year.

[Dale]

I mean, you make a movie of Holbrook's life. How many people are lying about him?

[Johnny]

None.

[Dale]

Popular is how much they like.

[Johnny]

Oh, my God. It would be non stop. Last night at the Native. My God, the line around the block of praise.

[Dale]

This the one that used to be Tony Romans.

[Johnny]

No, no, that's a different one. That's in Mesa. Yeah, that's. No, this was up the road away.

[Dale]

Okay.

[Johnny]

But I'm like, please, everybody sit down. Let me talk. And the applause was so loud.

[Brett]

I'm just like letting have a receiving line outside.

[Johnny]

I mean, well, it was weird because they all got on their knees like they were taking communion. Like, you don't have to do this. But I really appreciate it. It was amazing. And then. And they had something like they would throw holy water on other people and go away. With Dale away, I'm like, I understand.

[Dale]

He struts into Moon Valley and, you know, he thinks everybody knows him.

[Johnny]

They do. I didn't say a word. Are you kidding? The whole staff was like.

[Dale]

I told them they listen on Thursdays from 9 to.

[Johnny]

They listen their whole lives.

[Brady]

Dale's got a great story.

[Johnny]

All right, go ahead, Dale.

[Dale]

You're an idiot.

[Johnny]

What did he do?

[Dale]

He gives me these idiot stories.

[Johnny]

It's a good story.

[Dale]

Morgan Wallen says there are some days he hates making records.

[Johnny]

Yeah. Because he makes country music. He's not wrong.

[Dale]

Some days.

[Johnny]

That's sexy. Later, it's your golf course. You're gonna burn on that. Quick wheeling around, listening to this.

[Dale]

You also were looking over a fence and you.

[Johnny]

Oh, yeah.

[Dale]

You basically said, I don't care how old she is.

[Johnny]

When I told her I would dump her in the pool.

[Dale]

No, no, no. The. When the girl.

[Johnny]

Oh, we balded it. We all froze. There was a girl in her bikini that got up on like, the third hole and started to walk around. We're all like.

[Dale]

And I don't care how old.

[Johnny]

I did not say that.

[Dale]

Oh.

[Johnny]

Because we were debating whether she was 18 or 30. Not. You make it seem like if she was 4, I'd have hop the wall.

[Dale]

Well, clear it up like that at 4.

[Johnny]

Well, she looked like that at 4. We'd change the laws. Yeah. That's for sure.

[Dale]

Morgan Wallen just got honest about the music industry and how he struggles at times. He was asked if he enjoys making records just like anything else. There are days where I think I hate it.

[Johnny]

Yeah.

[Dale]

Just because it's hard. And some days it happens. Like, it's supposed to.

[Johnny]

And it's the Alphabet for him. Yeah, exactly. He's a country.

[Dale]

Wow. Bird. Oh, don't.

[Johnny]

Yeah, no, no. See, that's where he sits. He lies in wait and he nails you. That's what we wait for. From Brett. That's gold.

[Dale]

He said, I can't imagine all that limelight is good for anyone. I. It's not. I mean, I. It sucks everywhere knows and in the video, looks like Morgan might be on his way to go hunting.

[Johnny]

That's not limelight. That's lime and calcium buildup.

[Brady]

CDs and vinyl albums will be exempt from President Trump's tariffs because they're considered information materials. Also cover publications, films, photographs, posters, and a few other things.

[Johnny]

I could change that with one stroke of the pen, Brady, by the way, and I'm not going to get on this bandwagon because it's late in the show. The Trump death hoax that happened over the weekend. Everybody thought he was dead and stuff. And he came back and said he's healthier than ever. He doesn't look good. Like, I think he's not.

[Brady]

I think he's on some medical condition.

[Johnny]

Super puffy. Like, his eyes are. Like, something's not right.

[Brady]

I thought there's something going on with his legs.

[Johnny]

Well, his veins. Yeah, he's got that thing. But they said that. They kept saying, oh, he's clear. He looks, you know, he's fine. He's perfect health. He's just got this little vein thing. But he's on medicine. He's getting that moon face from something.

[Brady]

It's not good news for Bruce Willis either. They're saying he's.

[Johnny]

He's about done. Yeah, that's not good. You know, Bruce Willis is right.

[Dale]

I do.

[Johnny]

You do know that one.

[Dale]

Yeah. He's in Die Hard.

[Johnny]

That's right. He was the star of it. Dale knew one guy.

[Dale]

He was married to that one actor, Demi Moore. That's.

[Johnny]

Oh, my God. It's like he's on Jeopardy.

[Dale]

Yes. Hit me with something else, Johnny. It means something else. Wow.

[Johnny]

Well, I think we can all think it right now. And to quote Jerry Jones, give me some of that glory hole. It's going to be awesome. Football starts tonight. Eagles. Cowboys. Eagles are going to win tonight by a lot.

[Dale]

Double digits.

[Johnny]

Yeah, that's right. And you can listen to that sports thing that we'll be doing later. We'll have another podcast up before the weekend's football games begin. A beautiful thing, and this time probably without Nash, because I don't have any idea how to include him. And he's out of town. No clue how to get him on the phone.

[Dale]

Probably a better show with.

[Johnny]

It's going to be great. It's going to be awesome. That's it. Larry's coming up next. You guys have a great Thursday. We'll see you tomorrow in the morning. Sickness so long. He's that weird. It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fee. I have heard enough of this.