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

Date: October 10, 2025
Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Brett Vesely, Corey, (with Dick Toledo)
Episode Focus: Today's entertainment drill covers major pop culture news, an unusual WNBA sports milestone, details on the Halloween "Night of the Singing Dead" event, a rundown of iconic horror villains by decade, and commentary on recent music and casting stories, all served with the show’s signature irreverent humor.

Main Theme Overview

This episode is a blend of entertainment news, sports humor, and event promotion with the unmistakably edgy, playful tone listeners expect from Holmberg’s Morning Sickness. The conversation pivots around the announcement for their annual “Night of the Singing Dead” party event, updates in the world of film and celebrity news, a unique piece of WNBA history, and a comical look through horror movie history.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. "Night of the Singing Dead" Halloween Event

• Announcement: Tickets for the annual "Night of the Singing Dead" event are on sale for Halloween night (Friday the 31st) at Desert Ridge's Copper Blues ([00:21]).
• Event Details: It's a party/show where the crew performs songs from bands with deceased members. The event venue is reopening exclusively for this night.
• Signature Humor: “A lot of times the singer’s dead, sometimes it's somebody else. But the band is not unscathed from the inevitability of death. And we bring that person back to life right there on stage...” (Brady, [00:36]).
• John’s Caution: Responding to an email from a VIP ticket buyer—"I'd have told you not to get a VIP table. That's insanity… one of the promises is you know, I meet you. Not because I want to—it's just because that's where the drinks are." (Brady, [12:18]).

2. Entertainment News Highlights

Ocean’s Eleven Prequel

• Bradley Cooper in Talks: Cooper may join Margot Robbie for an Ocean’s Eleven prequel (Corey, [02:55]).
• Naming Confusion: The crew debates what the prequel will be called—"Ocean’s Ten” vs. the tradition of using the number based on the heist crew’s size (Brady, [03:06]).
• Classic Holmberg Humor: “As long as they don’t do Oceans Girls again.” (John, [03:42]); “Oddly enough, which is exactly 2/3 of 11, which is what they paid the women compared [to] Ocean's 11 as well, which is pretty great.” (Brady, [03:50]).

Sports First: WNBA Married Couple Moment

• Historic Play: Angel Reese becomes the first athlete to walk at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (Corey, [03:59]).
• Game Three Buzzer Beater: Discussion of a WNBA Finals Game 3 moment—Asia Wilson’s buzzer-beater scored over two Phoenix Mercury players, who are also a married couple: "First time in NBA, WNBA, MLB, or NFL that a game-winning shot happened over a married couple.” (Brady, [04:37-05:56])
• Running Jokes: They riff on married couples in sports, imagining spats in the car after the game, and chances of this repeating: “It's going to be a minute before a married couple… gets shot over game winner.” (Brady, [07:47])

Halloween/Horror - Decade's Best Movie Villains

• Decades Game: The group lists top horror villains by decade, hitting all the basics, often with sarcastic asides ([09:43] onwards):
  • 1920s: Nosferatu/Count Orlok
  • 1930s: Frankenstein/Dracula
  • 1960s: Norman Bates ("Normie Bates")
  • 1970s: Michael Myers
  • 1980s: Freddy Krueger / Jason
  • 1990s: Candyman ("The Friends cast" as a joke)
  • 2000s: Jigsaw (from "Saw")
  • 2010s: Annabelle / The Conjuring
  • 2020s: Art the Clown (Terrifier)
• Tangents: Riff on cultural shifts and “villains”: “The Kardashians... No, that's racist...” (Brady and John, [11:49]).

Casting & Celebrity Cameos

• Disney's Tangled: Scarlett Johansson rumored to play the villain in a live-action "Tangled" ([12:02]).
• Michael J. Fox Wants In: Fox lobbied for "Shrinking" cameo; hosts debate if having Fox on a Parkinson’s show is exploitative or uncomfortable ([12:39]).
  • “Nobody wants to… Like, nobody wants—did you see that thing where he was trying to walk from the podium to his chair? And it’s just like, don’t show us this anymore…” (Brady, [12:53]).

Music: Guns N’ Roses and Halftime Shows

• GNR's ‘Chinese Democracy’: Slash teases a potential new album ([14:00]).
  • John: "There's nothing that grabs you on that album [Chinese Democracy]. There's no Welcome to the Jungle, there's no November Rain... there’s some good songs." ([14:26-14:46])
  • Brady: "It actually was very listenable. It just wasn’t great." ([15:09])
• Super Bowl Halftime: Discussion devolves into jokes about language and toxic masculinity when performers like Bad Bunny are mentioned ([15:34-16:13]).

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Married Couples in Sports:
  “Her buzzer beater shot went over 2 Mercury that share a bed together and scissor. Am I wrong?” (Brady, [04:46])
• On “Ocean’s Eight” Pay Gap:
  “...which is exactly 2/3 of 11, which is what they paid the women compared [to] Ocean's 11 as well, which is pretty great.” (Brady, [03:50])
• On Michael J. Fox:
  “He’s got Parkinson’s, he doesn't have what Michael has, which is uncomfortable to watch to the point where you would turn it off.” (Brady, [12:53])
• GNR Album Review: “Everybody said it sucked. It didn’t, right?” ([15:02])
• On Parenting and Halftime Show Fears:
  “If your kid watches the halftime show, goes to his room, comes back in his mom’s clothes and goes, ‘Hola, Papa,’ you’ve been doing a terrible job to begin with.” (John, [16:07])

Timestamps for Key Segments

• [00:21] — “Night of the Singing Dead” event announcement
• [02:55] — Entertainment Drill starts (Ocean’s Eleven prequel)
• [03:59] — Sports/Fashion milestone: Angel Reese at Victoria's Secret
• [04:37–07:47] — WNBA Finals’ married-couple buzzer beater moment, sports/jokes
• [09:43–12:02] — Decade’s greatest horror film villains (Nerdist.com rundown)
• [12:02] — "Tangled" live-action casting rumor
• [12:39] — Michael J. Fox wants cameo on “Shrinking”
• [14:00] — Potential new Guns N’ Roses album / “Chinese Democracy” defense
• [15:34] — Super Bowl halftime/bad bunny, language fears riff

Episode Tone & Style

This episode is fast-paced with quick-fire jokes, irreverent commentary, and tangents. The hosts blend genuine pop culture knowledge with biting sarcasm and local flavor, perfect for listeners who like their entertainment news with a heavy dose of prankster energy and social satire.

Conclusion

Listeners get a healthy serving of entertainment gossip, sports oddities, Halloween hype, and honest (sometimes brutally so) reviews and takes, peppered with the crew’s unique, snarky Arizona wit. If you missed it, this summary has all the punchlines and essential info, from historic WNBA trivia to your Halloween costume inspiration.