09-11-25 - Entertainment Drill - THU - w/Dale Hellestrae - List Of Surprising Country Artists Not In The Country Music Hall Of Fame

Summary

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Episode Overview

Main Theme:
The 09-11-25 episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness (98KUPD, Arizona), featuring guest Dale Hellestrae, swings from tongue-in-cheek banter about dinner dates and maintaining boundaries with spouses, to practical discussions on personal safety, and ultimately delves into a list of surprisingly notable country artists not yet in the Country Music Hall of Fame. True to the show's format, humor, ribbing, and irreverent musical parodies abound, with sidebars on recent entertainment news and a comedic examination of country music’s oddities.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Dinner Dates and “Sexual Threats”

• John jokes about taking Dale's wife, Brooke, out for dinner, leading to playful ribbing regarding jealousy and trust between the guys and their spouses.
  • “Before any of this stuff can happen, Brooke and I have to be in the same room and make sure we have chemistry.” (A, 00:49)
  • Dale asserts he’d trust Brady or Brett (the show's other hosts) with his wife, but not John, sparking ongoing mock threats and innuendos.
• Running gag: John is seen as the real “sexual threat,” while the others are “harmless.”
  • “You're threatened sexually. Yes. And that's why your wife is not.” (A & B, 02:14)
  • This bit persists, highlighting the group's camaraderie and the playful, boundary-pushing humor characteristic of the show.

2. Tactical Black & Everyday Security

• John discusses his experiences at ReactDefense.com, home of Tactical Black self-defense, including a humorous but genuine aside about accidentally kneeing a training partner in the groin (“taint”).
  • “When your knee hits a man's taint ... my knee would not stop letting me know we touched another man's taint for like 15 minutes.” (A, 04:08)
• The hosts segue into real concerns about personal safety, referencing viral videos (like sneaking into venues with only a ladder) and discussing being vigilant in public spaces.
  • “You carry a ladder. No one questions you.” (A, 05:18)
  • Advice on always sitting facing the door for situational awareness, especially relevant given recent news stories.
  • Emphasizes the importance of self-defense knowledge: “There’s no harm in learning how to go into a room differently... It’s definitely, possibly life-saving.” (A, 06:28)

3. Entertainment Drill — News Nuggets

• Wealth wars: Brief coverage of the ongoing billionaire leaderboard shuffle between Larry Ellison and Elon Musk.

  • “He went to like $374 billion, which would have overtook by 4 billion … Then he lost a few billion at the end of the day… Now Elon's number one again.” (A, 07:05)
  • The crew jokes about the concept of “losing $3 billion” as if it’s a minor setback.

• Hulk Hogan’s inheritance news:

  • “He left his estate to one beneficiary... It all goes to Nick [his son]... Brooke, the daughter, says, ‘I don't want to be any part of it.’” (C, 07:50)
  • Surprised reaction to Hulk’s “modest” assets, considering his fame – speculation about bad investments/divorces draining his fortune.

4. Surprising Country Artists Missing from the Hall of Fame (Main Segment)

• Dale Hellestrae presents a list of successful yet uninducted country artists, sparking reactions and playful debate.

Notable Names Discussed (08:56–11:00):

• Blake Shelton – “He’s not done yet,” John notes.

• Dwight Yoakam

• Clint Black

• Faith Hill – Dale jokes about dating her before she got famous.

• John Michael Montgomery – Cue confusion over which songs he sang and playful, parodic singing.

• The Eagles and John Denver – Discussed whether they count as “country.”

• Jeannie Seely — No one seems to recall who she is.

• The group punctuates the segment with a mocking country music parody, poking fun at lyrical clichés and “hillbilly” tropes.

  • “My sister looks real good in them pants, I think I’m gonna do the pants dance…” (D, 09:52)

Notable Quotes:

• “It'd be like keeping Terry Bradshaw, Joe Greene out of the Hall of Fame.” (B, 08:41)
• “If I whip it out, would you touch it? What would mama say? I bet she’d be mad. Well, I don’t care, so start tugging on me…” (D, 10:50, parody lyric)
• On John Denver: “He started off that way.” (A, 10:25, debating country roots)

5. Emmys/Charity Gimmicks & Show Wrap-up (11:34–12:20)

• Nate Bargatze’s “Emmy Speech Timer” charity stunt: $100,000 donation to Boys and Girls Club, reduced by $1,000 per second of overlong winner speeches.
  • “He’s donating $100,000 … but will deduct 1,000 for every second a winner goes over time.” (C, 11:41)
• Brief final jokes about show content, the silliness of their parodies, and the group’s position as a top-rated morning show.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• Sexual threat bit:
  A: “Before any of this stuff can happen, Brooke and I have to be in the same room and make sure we have chemistry.” (00:49)

• Self-defense anecdote:
  A: “When your knee hits a man's taint ... my knee would not stop letting me know we touched another man's taint for like 15 minutes.” (04:08)

• Situational awareness:
  A: “You carry a ladder. No one questions you.” (05:18)

• Billionaire woes:
  A: “I'd love to be the guy who lost $3 billion and went, ‘Geez, tough day.’” (07:32)

• Hall of Fame surprise:
  B: “Ten successful artists not in the Country Music Hall of Fame ... It'd be like keeping Terry Bradshaw, Joe Green out of the Hall of Fame.” (08:41)

• Country parody (mocking John Michael Montgomery):
  D: “My sister looks real good in them pants, I think I’m gonna do the pants dance…” (09:52)
  A: “If I whip it out, would you touch it? What would mama say?...so start tugging on me…” (10:50)

• Nate Bargatze’s Emmy challenge:
  C: “He’s donating $100,000 … but will deduct 1,000 for every second a winner goes over time.” (11:41)

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Segment Timestamps

• Dinner Date Jealousy & Innuendo: 00:00–03:37
• Self-defense, Safety Awareness: 03:37–06:46
• Entertainment Drill (Billionaires, Hogan): 06:46–08:40
• Country Music Hall of Fame Segment: 08:40–11:34
• Emmys/Wrap-Up: 11:34–13:16

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Tone & Style

The episode is marked by irreverent humor, quick banter, satirical takes on celebrity and pop culture, and frequent lampooning of both themselves and their topics. The playful jabs—especially regarding sexual jealousies and “country music logic”—carry the show’s signature blend of camaraderie and comic abrasiveness.

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Summary

This episode is a showcase of Holmberg’s Morning Sickness at its best: jumping between lighthearted mockery, topical safety tips, and offbeat entertainment news. Dale Hellestrae’s country music segment is both informative and hilarious, resulting in one of the episode’s most memorable moments as the team parodies the genre’s lyrical excesses. For listeners, the episode combines genuine insight with the smart-aleck charm that’s made the show an Arizona favorite.

Transcript

[A]

You're listening to the HMS Podcast, brought to you by MMP Guns.com, your most trusted online marketplace for firearms, ammunition, and accessories. People are very upset that you are so insecure that you won't let me have a dinner with your wife.

[B]

You're not meeting her, John.

[A]

I could take her over to the Global ambassador.

[B]

What's that?

[A]

It's a nice hotel over here on 44. It's got a beautiful restaurant in it. It's known worldwide. Now we have a nice dinner, huh?

[B]

Why don't Megan and you, Brooke and I go out?

[A]

No, no, no.

[C]

That's why I say in the Sun's game.

[A]

No need for that.

[B]

How about the four of us?

[A]

No, because you got a real problem with one of these things. We got to straighten it out before any of that.

[B]

Can I have a huge problem with one of these things? And it's. I'm looking at it.

[A]

Before any of this stuff can happen, Brooke and I have to be in the same room and make sure we have chemistry.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Would you allow Brady to go out with Brooke?

[B]

Yes, in a heartbeat.

[A]

That's ridiculous.

[B]

I. I would even foil with the.

[A]

Idea that you and her go so sexually dynamic. Yeah. These two guys do not threaten you in any way that your wife will fall for them.

[B]

It's not falling for me. Is that I will not have.

[A]

What about Toledo? Yeah. Would you let Toledo go?

[B]

I don't know. That shirt looks a little too small for him. And.

[A]

Well, it's not the shirt. Let's not blame this shirt. That's. That's so sad that.

[B]

John, you've known that for a number.

[A]

Of years that I'm very sexy compared to Brett and Brady and the wives would run to me over that. Yes, I understand.

[B]

So Brady would be polite. I know Brady would treat her with respect. So would I. I know Brett can turn it on. So can I a little bit. I know you can, but you wouldn't because you want to get me in trouble.

[A]

And the problem is I would turn it on, and she'd be like, this is awesome.

[B]

And then you'd say the C word.

[A]

They have rooms here.

[B]

They'd say the C word.

[A]

Yeah, I would not say the C word. She probably would.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You know what I want? I'm like, wow. C word was involved in that.

[B]

I'm going home to Dale.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

No, she's not.

[A]

She just keep blinking, thinking, and I'm like, I don't do Morse code. What are you telling me? Save me. Well, I understand that you're threatened sexually.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

And that's why your wife is not.

[B]

That is all it is.

[A]

Probably a good move, considering I. I.

[B]

Would allow you to take Megan myself. Brooke, I know.

[A]

I don't want to stay 40. Nobody likes dinner dates with couples. It's disgusting.

[C]

I love it, though.

[A]

It's the worst. Play dates with. With couples is awful.

[C]

You can take my wife and I to stake 44. Allow that.

[A]

I don't want that. No, I know. Did you hear what he said? He gets them. I don't want to buy you anything. No, that's fine.

[B]

Brook.

[A]

Brooke and I can go out.

[B]

Hey, let's make one more year.

[A]

Has she even had an opportunity to Google me?

[B]

No.

[A]

You've never given her a name?

[B]

No. She doesn't know what radio station I'm on. I don't know where you are.

[C]

What if he'd start out? What if he'd write her a letter first? What if I wrote introductory letter?

[A]

Like, Brady could write her a letter, and she, like, oh, make a wish, kid wrote me a letter. How can we help?

[B]

I saw Brady Wright, and I think he's actually identifying as a left hand rider. He's a right hand.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

He just put it in? Yeah.

[A]

Are you sure?

[B]

You're like, dear Dell, I love you.

[A]

His handwriting. Horrible. Yeah, it says it's not cheating if I use my Jew nose. Maybe. Yeah.

[B]

It's not the looks. I mean, she's seen ugly people before.

[A]

I know. Every day.

[B]

Every day.

[A]

Don't walk into that trap every day.

[C]

She's numb to that.

[A]

She's numb to ugly. All right, it's time for the entertainment drill. It's brought to you by my [e-mail] the home of tactical black self defense training. We did some great stuff yesterday, and I accidentally. My knee landed where Josh, one of the trainers, one of the. He's a superman. And we were doing a ground fight thing, and his. His taint hit me in the knee so hard I thought I smashed his butt balls to squishy flat. I don't know how I missed his balls, but you're uncapped, and here's what I learned. You know how when you brush up against a woman's boob and you feel it on your arm that you shouldn't have touched? Like, if you hit a girl in the arm, you just know a boob touched arm, and your arm kind of like, radiates. I touched a boob for, like, 12 minutes. When your knee hits a man's taint, which is the 53 years old and Never put my knee on a man's taint before in that kind of force. You know exactly what happened. My knee would not stop letting me know we touched another man's taint for like 15 minutes. I'm driving home, I'm like, when will the sensation go away? Josh was okay, but it was great. We did have a conversation, though, because obviously yesterday is a, you know, a crazy day. And the day before with the girl on the train and the self defense things and little things you can do differently in that situation that would maybe help, I don't know. But we talked about, like, how easy it is for people to get in on stuff. I said it this morning, Dale, and I, like, every morning I get here at pretty much the same time. I didn't realize it till yesterday afternoon, that every day I look around, is there anybody out here? It's gonna be trouble for me. It's dark and I'm in that world, and I'm like, that's pathetically sad. Tony the trainer. Yes. Tony the trainer. He's great. He brought up yesterday. He goes, did you ever see the YouTube? Have you ever seen the YouTube video where the guy just carrying a ladder around and he gets into everything? Everything. You carry a ladder. No one questions you. He got into a stadium. He. He gets into everything. Walk around with a ladder. Like, I'm here for the ac. Oh, okay.

[B]

Well, I just know when I saw that. I know, like, when we go out to eat, Brooke and I. I need to face the door. Yeah. I need to be facing the door. I need. I need to know what's.

[A]

And make sure it's there, what's behind you. Just be spatially aware. Yeah. And aware of your surroundings. That. That ladder thing freaked me out. And it was like, wow, I never thought of that.

[B]

I throw a vest on and get in anyway.

[A]

The guys that walk around here, just one of those orange vests and say, hey, we're here. Somebody called about the toilets. Boom. And so you got to keep your. You never know when crazy's gonna get you. And last two days, boy, the news has let you know that it's. We're fragile and anything can happen. It doesn't mean you should use fear to go try this, but why not put a little something in your back pocket and have some training and some planning and some thought about your safety and the people around you. It's an unbelievable way to go about it. But, man, it's. There's no harm and learning on how to go into a room differently. Even little things Like Dale said, they're sitting with your. Your facing a door or have your back to a wall and not a person. A little stuff like that. It's just spatial awareness. And then you learn how to go. We had some good, good fighting yesterday and it was a blast to get in great shape while you do it. Just check it out. It's worth your time and it's definitely, possibly life saving. Reactdefense.com it's the home tactical black Brady. Entertain me.

[C]

Yesterday, Bloomberg said that Oracle co founder Larry Ellison is overtook Elon Musk and he lost again. Yeah. And then Forbes claims, well, no, Elon.

[A]

Still on top, made $101 billion yesterday when his stock, like had a 30% bounce.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

And he went to like $374 billion, which would have overtook by 4 billion.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And then he lost a few billion. At the end of the day, there was a little drop off. So Now Elon's number one again. These two guys are battling over who has more 350 billion or $351 billion. And to lose 2 or 3 billion and go, I lose like astronomical amounts of money.

[B]

Wouldn't you love to be in that conversation? Damn it. I'm in second place.

[A]

I'd love to be the guy who lost $3 billion and went, Geez, tough day that I would like to have $3 billion to lose. And I could do it.

[B]

Morning sickness.

[A]

Medicate.

[B]

Holmberg's morning sickness.

[C]

Hulk Hogan left his estate to one beneficiary because Brooke, the daughter, says, I don't want to be any part of it all goes to Nick.

[A]

The son.

[C]

Yeah, the son. Which is $5 million in assets and then another 11 million in real estate.

[A]

Hulk only had $16 million.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

How you've been done better than that. 40 years of being the face of wrestling and merchandising, bad investments maybe. Or that divorce money that took a chunk. Cut him down. Bubba the love sponge. Ton of it. Wow.

[B]

A love sponge.

[A]

That's a guy he was best friends with. He was a radio guy. Down. You got to read the paper some days.

[B]

No, I don't.

[A]

I know Dale's got a great story.

[B]

This is. This is eye opening.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

All right. Ten successful artists not in the Country Music hall of Fame. Oh, can you believe? I mean, some of these names, it's. They're. It'd be like keeping Terry Bradshaw, Joe Green out of the hall of fame. Okay, Blake Shelton.

[A]

He's not done yet.

[B]

Yeah, but you get put in while you're still singing. Dwight Yoakum I like Dwight Yoakum, Clint Black.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

He should have been the very pretty. The very pretty Faith Hill. Troy dated her before she did he. Oh, yeah, a couple times.

[A]

Did he finish that off?

[B]

John Michael Montgomery. Now you luck. Come on. Jmm.

[A]

Sing one of his songs. What does he sing now? We've reversed roles here. What the hell is these? What is his song?

[B]

I don't know.

[C]

Is this the guy behind Wildfire?

[A]

That's.

[C]

Yeah. Similar name.

[B]

No, that. That's not John. First of all. Horrible.

[A]

Yes. Yeah, that's it. Cooley something.

[C]

I don't think it's. No, I don't think that's.

[A]

It isn't. I don't know.

[B]

Let me see.

[A]

Here's a little John Michael McCover.

[B]

There you go.

[D]

My sister looks real good in them pants.

[A]

I think I'm gonna do the pants dance.

[D]

I wasn't wrong.

[A]

Exactly what he sou.

[B]

Boy, I tell you what you're rating. They played you. By the way, are you now the second highest rated morning show here?

[A]

No. Well, it depends on the demographic. There's a lot of people.

[B]

Because when I came in, you guys.

[A]

Aren'T on the speaker downstairs.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, they change it. They change it to this.

[D]

My sister's got nice cans and some nice hands. I like her. Do the hands pants dance.

[B]

Also, the eagles and John Denver are not. And I don't know if the Eagles.

[A]

Would be considered country started off that way.

[B]

Yeah, John Denver, though. I mean, he's.

[C]

You didn't mention Jeannie Seeley.

[B]

Yeah, I don't know who that is.

[A]

No one does.

[C]

Dale, you're a country music.

[A]

She sang this record producer. This is her.

[B]

Come on.

[D]

My brother's got some nice pants. I think I'm gonna do the hands pants dance.

[B]

How can you not like this?

[A]

Because I'm not retarded.

[C]

I love it.

[D]

If I whip it out, would you touch it? What would mama say? I bet she'd be mad. Well, I don't care. So start tugging on me. Let's do the hands pants dance.

[A]

Am I wrong? I sound just like the guy.

[B]

I touched a tape yesterday. I have no room.

[A]

I sound. I sound just like your idol.

[B]

He.

[C]

Keep the tape.

[A]

Mama just ate the dog thinking it was chicken. I sound just like him.

[D]

I'm retarded. Raise your hands if you're like me.

[B]

Say the R word on the air.

[A]

All right. I'm e tarted.

[C]

The Emmy Emmys are happening on Sunday. Nate Bargazi is the only reason I.

[A]

Want to watch this for Nate. I love him.

[C]

He says he's going to try to keep the speeches short this year. He's donating $100,000 to the Boys and Girls Club but will deduct 1,000 for every second a winner goes over time on their acceptance speech.

[A]

He'll end up making putting on the pressure on that.

[B]

He'll end up making money.

[C]

Donate $1,000.

[A]

How about that?

[B]

All right, that's it. All morning. You had stuff to come up with and that's what you came up with.

[A]

Well, he doesn't come up with it. The world comes up with it and he brings it to us. Well, we could have done more of that.

[B]

This should be the show ending song right here.

[A]

This. This is this John Michael Montgomery stuff. This song's called why Does My Sister's Hand Smell Like My Dad's Wiener?

[D]

Hey, what you sucking on, sis? My God, that's daddy. Let's get out of trailer.

[B]

Never, never ever will you ever meet Brooke.

[A]

Too sexual. You can serenade her with your wonderful country music there.

[D]

Why don't you come on out of that shack and let's get out and do the hands pants dance.

[A]

Country music's the worst dance. So listen to that hillbilly.

[B]

Look at that. Immediately your shoulders start going, No, I started.

[A]

I still. Yeah, cuz I'm getting ready to run.

[B]

Oh, man.

[C]

I know it's bothering a lot of people, but Wildfire was Michael Martin.

[A]

Michael Martin Montgomery or Murphy Michael. It doesn't matter. They're interchangeable.

[B]

Same.

[A]

Yeah. Interchangeable knobs. That's that. We're done. Dale, thank you for coming down here. Dale shows up on Thursdays to talk about sports. We got our parlay ready to go. If The Bears lose my 25 back, at least I'll get my part back. That's it. We're done. You guys have yourselves a great Thursday and thanks for hanging with us this morning. We'll see you tomorrow on the morning sickness. Hello. It's out of control now.

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