10-06-25 - Entertainment Drill - MON - w/Bret - List Of Celebrity BDays And Deaths

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Entertainment Drill (10-06-25)

Host: John Holmberg
Co-Hosts: Bret Vesely
Original Air Date: October 6, 2025
Podcast: Holmberg's Morning Sickness – 98KUPD

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Episode Overview

This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness dives into their signature blend of Arizona sports lamentations, classic banter, irreverent humor, and the day’s “Entertainment Drill.” John Holmberg and Bret Vesely, solo without Brady Bogen and Dick Toledo, riff on the fates of local teams (notably the Mercury and Cardinals), share celebrity birthdays and deaths, and inject asides about pop culture and daily absurdities. The episode maintains its loose, improvisational tone, marked by friendly jabs, local flavor, and ongoing in-jokes.

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

1. Sports Woes and Predictions

Timestamp: 00:56 – 04:33

• Mercury's Finals Struggles & Unlikely Comebacks

  • Holmberg revisits his earlier “Mercury tattoo bet,” escalating the stakes if the women’s team pulls off an unlikely comeback.
  • Quote: “There's no possible way these girls can win four in a row … It's not about the team winning four to five. It's the team losing four to five.” – John Holmberg (01:14)
  • They poke fun at women’s sports and the nature of thinking about wins vs. losses.

• Cardinals’ Catastrophic Losses & Hyphenated Last Names Theory

  • Holmberg gets philosophical (and tongue-in-cheek) about the Cardinals’ “tailspin,” blaming everything from fan choices to an abundance of players with hyphenated last names.
  • Quote: “Too many hyphenated players means too many confused players. They don't know who anybody in their family actually is or whatever … so they make dumb mistakes.” – John (03:01)
  • Predicts a maximum of three more wins for the beleaguered team and suggests fans take up mountain biking instead.

2. Entertainment Drill – Celebrity Birthdays, Pop Culture, and Laughs

Timestamp: 07:51 – 13:33

• National Transfer Money to Your Daughter Day

  • Lighthearted mention; ribbing Brady (in absentia) for inevitably sending money to his daughter Kirby.
  • “So it's all going to Kerb, right?” – Bret Vesely (08:00)

• Celebrity Birthdays & Their Roles

  • Elizabeth Shue (Karate Kid, Cocktail, Leaving Las Vegas): 62 years old
    • Both hosts recall her memorable roles and note her enduring popularity.
  • Tony Dungy: Turns 70; discussion drifts to his broadcast career.
  • Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon): 74
    • Mistakenly called a Steeler legend for comic effect.
  • Ellen Travolta: 86, known for “Charles in Charge” and possibly “Happy Days.”
    • Speculation about her various “mom” roles, particularly in Scott Baio’s career.
      • “She always played Scott Baio's mother. Charles in Charge. Chachi.” – John (09:38)

• Anna Kendrick in Scotland/Loch Ness Monster Bit

  • Anna Kendrick claims she “locked eyes with the Loch Ness monster.”
  • John, channeling a Scottish character (Thomas Wells), jokes about the absurdity:
    • “No, you didn't lock eyes with the great Nessie. What happened... you happened to be in daylight with one of those Scottish women. They all look like monsters to me.” – John as Thomas Wells (10:21)
  • Discussion about Scotland’s bizarre choice of the unicorn as its national animal (“delusional nut bags”).

3. This Day in History & Celebrity Deaths

Timestamp: 11:25 – 12:53

• Anniversaries
  • Michael Jordan’s first retirement from the NBA (32 years ago); jokes about his rumored gambling issues.
    • “Oh, the first time he quit for gambling.” – John (11:31)
  • Rush going on tour; introducing Annika Niles (drummer; brief speculation if she’s “hot”).
  • Notable deaths commemorated:
    • Eddie Van Halen and Ralphie May remembered (same date, different years).
    • “Thanks for ending that on that note, Bert. Jeez.” – John (12:54)

4. Staff and Episode Humor

Timestamp: 05:23 – 14:10

• Brief jokes about missing co-hosts (Brady and Toledo), with emails suggesting the show be renamed “The Jew Wop Show” due to the current lineup.
• Updates on Brady’s family college tour; typical locker-room humor about the Bogen road trip.
• Jokes continue about operating with a shorthanded staff and Brady’s post-surgery absence.
  • “The Jew op show, episode one, has finally come to an end.” – John (13:34)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

“There's no possible way these girls can win four in a row … It's not about the team winning four to five. It's the team losing four to five.”
— John Holmberg (01:14)

“Too many hyphenated players means too many confused players. They don't know who anybody in their family actually is or whatever … so they make dumb mistakes.”
— John Holmberg (03:01)

“She always played Scott Baio's mother. Charles in Charge. Chachi.”
— John Holmberg (09:38)

“No, you didn't lock eyes with the great Nessie. What happened... you happened to be in daylight with one of those Scottish women. They all look like monsters to me.”
— John Holmberg as “Thomas Wells” (10:21)

“The Jew op show, episode one, has finally come to an end.”
— John Holmberg (13:34)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:56: Start of Sports Discussion, Mercury Tattoo Bet
• 03:01: Cardinals “Hyphenated Last Names” Theory
• 07:51: Entertainment Drill Kickoff
• 08:25: Elizabeth Shue 62nd Birthday
• 09:38: Ellen Travolta Birthday, “Scott Baio’s Mom” Roles
• 10:14: Anna Kendrick & Loch Ness Monster, Scotland Jokes
• 11:25: Michael Jordan’s First Retirement
• 12:36: Commemoration of Eddie Van Halen & Ralphie May Deaths
• 13:34: Show Wrap-Up, “Jew Op Show” Joke

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Episode Tone & Style

• Irreverent, fast-paced, full of local references and inside jokes
• Characteristic barbs at local sports teams and celebrities
• Freestyle banter—no filter, freewheeling, occasionally edgy but always in good humor

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Summary for the Uninitiated

If you've never listened to HMS, this episode is a prime example of their local sports lamentations, biting humor, and “guys hanging out” vibe. Holmberg and Bret toggle effortlessly between mourning (and mocking) the week in Arizona sports, ribbing each other about absent teammates, celebrating and poking fun at celebrity birthdays, and riffing on everything from the Loch Ness Monster to the real cause of Michael Jordan’s first “retirement.” The entertainment drill is less news, more riff, and the show’s comedic rhythm keeps everything moving—sometimes upstaged by their willingness to spiral into the absurd.

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Transcript

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[A]

Wait for him. Talk about the home run and stuff like that.

[B]

When Larry talks sports ball, we all kind of get a little dizzy. It's like somebody's pulling the rug, but you're not. It's not quite out from under you, but it's definitely making the ground move. That loss, just Cardinal fans, I'm feeling for you today. I get over it really fast because it's your own decisions that led you to this. So you didn't. You know, this is your fault. This is the type of loss that happened yesterday that could send a team into a one or two more wins this year. Tailspin. And I know Cardinal fans are quick to want to just hit the button and just nuke and a game like yesterday makes you feel that way. But I also have a theory. You got too many dudes with two last names. A lot of hyphens on this team for some reason. I think too many hyphenated players means too many confused players. They don't know who anybody in their family actually is or whatever. You got too many names on your back. You're like. You're thinking about too much stuff. They're not solid in who they are, so they make dumb mistakes. Running the end zone and putting it down. Dude intercepts it, forgets that he hasn't been touched, gets the ball punched out. They're just kind of dumb. Kyler Murray getting hit in the face by Nuke it. But I would. I'm going to go ahead and say Cardinals might win three more games after that. They got the Colts this week. They're going to get drubbed if they come out and perform this week. It's. It's sort of safe. Indiana Jones with Indiana Jones. But if they come out and have another bed wedding, they are. They're done for the year. Like the Bears last year, that Commander's game, they had that Hail Mary at the end when that dude was turned around. Everybody made a big deal out of, like, they're not focused. They don't know how to win. They didn't win another one till, like you said, the last week of the season because it was a Packers didn't play anymore.

[A]

The only ones that mattered.

[B]

Yeah. Cardinal fans, this is a tough one. So I highly recommend you pick up mountain biking or something fun, go to Action Ride Shop, Go to Action Ride Shop, grab a bike and waste Your Sundays outside in this beautiful weather. Stop. Stop following them. It's 9. 47. Tattoo on the head. I'm worried now that the aces can lose. 5, 4.

[A]

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[B]

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[B]

We got through Monday. And you know, I got a lot of emails there, Brett. Not a bad showing with light, you know, down down a Brady and a Toledo. People want us to change the name of this to the Jew wop show, and I think that's a pretty good idea. I'm in on that with a Jew up. And also I got an email this morning that said that Brady, you know, Brady's in Ohio and he took Kirby with him to go tour Athens, Ohio, to see Ohio University because if you can believe it, poor Kirby, Kirby's going to be looking at college next year. She ain't going anywhere but ASU or MCC or Gilbert community. She didn't get anywhere near from that house. But I did get a text from her friend Caitlyn who was trapped with the bogans in San Diego in that hotel room. She said, oh, I was supposed to go on that trip. Thank God. I'm okay. Just letting me know. She's letting me know that she's okay. Poor Caitlyn. Brady didn't take her over a bunch of state lines again and fart on her all night when I'm being cheap. It's great stuff. Anyway, it's time for the entertainment drill and it's brought to you by our [e-mail], the Home Tactical Black self defense. Get on out there. You're looking to get in shape and you go out on these trails. I saw a guy jogging the other day. A lot of people out on the trails and the. And the canals and stuff, riding their bikes, doing whatever because the weather's nice. And they have, you know, the intention of got to get in great shape. You're going to get bored walking, they're going to get bored hiking. Do something that challenges you, that is in your capability range, that also teaches you something while you go. And plus, if you're going to go out hiking and you're going to go out on there and have your headphones in or whatever else, you can also start becoming a target, especially if you're habitually working out the same way every day. Defending yourself is not a bad idea. It's always smart. And if you're out there, I mean, how many times you hear about that? Women especially, walking or being predictable about their. Their daily exercise routine, and somebody spots it and goes, I see her here every day at this time. Bad guys have bad intentions. And if you set yourself up looking like a victim, guess what's going to happen? So you know what? It's always good to surprise the bad guy. And be comfortable on your daily walk. Be comfortable on your exercise routine. Plus, you'll get in great shape up there. You won't even need to start hoofing it around canals or up and down mountains unless you absolutely want to. And you'll do it with supreme confidence. That's what they teach you most of all. You're going to get in great shape. You're going to learn a lot about yourself. Start being a sheepdog. Stop being a sheep. Reactdefense.com the home of tactical black self defense. Brett, entertain me.

[A]

All right, well, we'll start off not necessarily in the entertainment side, but we just talked about. Brady, I didn't realize this. It's national transfer money to your daughter day.

[B]

Oh, God. So it's all going to curve, right?

[A]

Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

Hey, man, my account is a little low, man. I'd like all of it. You got it. Kirby Durbs. Kirby wants it. Kirby gets so.

[A]

I had no idea on that one. So there you go. And also some celebrity birthdays. Elizabeth Shoe from Karate 56, I'm guessing. Oh, keep going, buddy.

[B]

She's higher.

[A]

62.

[B]

Shut up.

[A]

62 years old.

[B]

The very hot Elizabeth Shoe.

[A]

Yeah. And the hooker from leaving Las Vegas. Vegas. Yeah.

[B]

Oh, that's. Jeez. She was in a Karate Kid and Cocktail.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

She's been a great stuff.

[A]

Tony Dungy, 70.

[B]

No kidding.

[A]

Yeah. Kevin Cronin.

[B]

He always used stand on the sidelines and subhob when he. But now he does the. He. Does he still do the pregame? He doesn't, does he? He does he. Is he still out there with Rodney Harrison and. And Jack Collinsworth?

[A]

That's exactly right, Bob.

[B]

They wear big cleats so they're.

[A]

That's right, Bob.

[B]

He always sounded like somebody was Adam at gunpoint. He's 70.

[A]

Yeah. Steeler legend Kevin Cronin from REO Speedwagon. The very flamboyant Kevin Cronin. 80, 74. Oh, younger, but hitting in the 80s. Ellen Travolta, John's sister, 86.

[B]

We gotta have a birthday for her tonight.

[A]

She played Charles mother, Lillian on Charles in Charge.

[B]

Wasn't she also in Happy Days as Fonzie loves Chachi?

[A]

She was in that.

[B]

Was she in that? Okay, Was she Chachi's ant in that as well?

[A]

Luis Arcola. Luisa Arcola. I'm not sure.

[B]

Chachi Arcola, that was Chachi's mom. So she always played Scott Baio's mother. Charles in Charge. Chachi. You know, you just thought that had caught on. There's got to be a kid out there whose parents love.

[A]

Joanie, loves Chachi.

[B]

Or before that, loved Happy Days. There's an attempt there, kid Chop.

[A]

There is a Chachi. There's gotta be. Yeah.

[B]

And. And that's like the world's. He's like 61 now and life has been miserable.

[A]

Anna Kendrick, well, she's took a trip to Scotland recently and basically said she locked eyes with the Loch Ness monster.

[B]

Okay. She did.

[A]

She says the trip was incredible. We all went to Scotland. We went to Loch Ness and I'm a card carrying skeptic. It's like UFOs and Bigfoot.

[B]

Hey, it's Thomas Wells from Scotland. Just thought I'd pop in here and let Anna Kendrick know. No, you didn't lock eyes with the great Nessie. What happened to you is you happened to be in daylight with one of those Scottish women. They all look like monsters to me. They're fat pigs covered in mud. They all look like Fiona. That's the bad thing about the movie Shrek. Fiona's one of the best looking women we ever had. No, Nessie, will people stop believing? That's the bigger thing. Stop believing nessies.

[A]

Well, what does Thomas Wells think of it? Has he weighed in on it or does he actually go along with it? Because it's.

[B]

Keep in mind. Keep in mind. And I wish I was making this up. Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.

[A]

No, it's not.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Come on.

[B]

That is their national animal. So they're delusional nut bags in the first place. Up there. Their national animal is the unicorn. So it makes sense that they would say there's a magical beast that lives under a lake.

[A]

32 years ago on this date, Michael Jordan announced his first retirement from the NBA.

[B]

Oh, the first time he quit for gambling.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Well, so they know it was for gambling. I know it was 100.

[A]

He wanted to play baseball.

[B]

That's right. He wanted to be a. AAA baseball player.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Of course, every dream everybody's ever had.

[A]

We all heard about Diddy getting four years in prison. That was over the good one.

[B]

So.

[A]

Also, Rush, they're touring again. They're gonna go back out. It's like seven days or something. They're, you know, like big cities without meal. Yeah. Her name is Annika Nils, or Nihilist Girl. She was a drummer for Jeff Beck's band.

[B]

She's John Gordon. Doesn't know her. She's not good. Let me see here. She's. Pull up her page. Is she hot?

[A]

To be honest with you.

[B]

Getting. Might have met a hot girl who drums. Take her out on the road.

[A]

Let's give him some pictures.

[B]

Oh, there she is. She's pretty good.

[A]

Yeah. Canadian, German.

[B]

German.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So she's a metronome. Like a machine knows Germans. Yeah. By the way, I think today's also the day Eddie Van Halen passed.

[A]

Yes, yes.

[B]

And Ralphie May.

[A]

Oh, really? They died in the same day.

[B]

2017. It was the same day. I don't know. Same year. I don't think it was same here. I remember.

[A]

Yeah. Eddie was five years ago, and Ralphie's like nine.

[B]

Eight or nine, man. How about that?

[A]

There you go.

[B]

Well, there's fun. Thanks for ending that on that note, Bert. Geez.

[A]

What? I was talking about Rush.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You're the one who started bringing up deaths.

[B]

You started doing this day in history.

[A]

And, well, I skipped all the bad stuff.

[B]

Way to go, Brett. Make me feel like. You know what? I never was on the show when Brett was on the show. Thank God I checked out just in time. I had to deal with that prick Eric every time. Somehow, they never brought up me dying. All right, let's get out of here. Larry's coming up next on this glorious Monday. He's got a lot of stuff for you. Listen to Larry and find out what we're up to and what he can give you. That's how it works. Brady didn't come to work Toledo didn't come to work. Nice job, Brett.

[A]

Thank you. I'm proud of you, you wop Show's over.

[B]

That's right. The Jew op show, episode one, has finally come to an end. And tomorrow it's ju op and stick, ju op and toast. Tomorrow morning as Brady's not back tomorrow? No, he's back Thursday. I know he's taking. He's just taking all the time he needs. Well, he was supposed to go on some motorcycle trip through Europe right now, but when they sucked his kidney out, he wasn't allowed to go.

[A]

Well, then that means he should be back.

[B]

That's what I said.

[A]

What's going on here?

[B]

Doesn't mean you could just traverse the planet on your own. Come to work.

[A]

You need to run a tighter ship here, pal.

[B]

What are you doing? It's on me a little. I felt bad for him. I didn't think. Honestly, I didn't think he'd make it to October. So I just kind of left this one on the books and it snuck up on.

[A]

I can see that.

[B]

We're done. Larry's coming up next. You guys have a great one. We'll see you tomorrow on the Morning Sickness. Hello. Until later. Bye. It's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fee. I've heard enough of this. Hey, everybody, it's John Holberg here from the Morning Sickness, and you hear me all the time talking about my friends at Lost Our Home Pet Rescue. We do the pick of the litter and it's brought to you by our [e-mail] Every week I head over to Lost Our Home Pet Rescue, and I meet a brand new, beautiful animal that needs a home. The work they do at Lost Our Home is unbelievable. Not just your average pet shelter, that is for sure. They help people in a lot of situations. Look them up online. Lost our home.org and check out everything we do at 98kupd.com in the pick.

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