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Brett
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John
Off to a blazing start here on Indigenous Peoples Day, Columbus Day. Congratulations to you, Brett. Thank you. Your time is up for the 6 o' clock hour. The contest has ended. That we forgot about.
Brady
Whoa, whoa.
John
No, we didn't forget. We just didn't have the proper computer issues here at wkr. There was a mad scramble last week to get this ticket in the app contest up and running. And, I mean, it was Brady. You weren't here for a lot of it when Larry's like, please, just be ready to everything. So we come in here this morning to get it all started, and we don't have any of the words.
Brady
We took it in the app.
John
We took it in the app. All right, so we're, like, looking around. Everybody's like, they're in there. So this became this mad scramble in the room. So we're gonna start it at seven. There's nothing we can do. Like, you know, if you'd have left it to us, we don't know. But we didn't have any of the words you're supposed to. So here's how it works. You got to download the app, which most of you have already done. You download the app. Oh, and please don't listen on Bluetooth like on your ear pods. Listen only on Bluetooth speakers if you're downloading and listening through the app. Because it only counts for ratings if you listen. Yeah, it only counts for ratings if you listen some or another. That's how stupid radio executives have gotten is that they embrace technology by saying, yeah, make everybody listen to the app. But if they listen on Bluetooth speakers, it counts, but otherwise it doesn't. Well, what do you mean? Well, if the thing can't hear us. So anyway, that's a. That's a.
Brady
And if there's a problem, like in the office, it may be loud. If you could just pulse it, you know, take them out every now and then. Yeah, put him back in.
John
Just put them up against the thing. It doesn't count if you're listening quietly.
Brett
So stupid.
John
Well, it's. Brett.
Brett
I mean, I know. I know wkrp.
John
It's. It's. You're literally watching dudes in suits get paid a lot of money to do that kind of stuff.
Brett
I don't know. The big guy worked for us.
John
Yeah, the big guy would have said, why would we make people, like, if they're listening quietly, are they technically listening no, we're. We have made ourselves the tree in the forest.
Brady
We're a month away from the turkey drop.
John
Don't get ready started on why I had to have that discussion the other day. So if they're listening on headphones, it doesn't count. Now, why would we do that? Well, most people listen at their computer and a speaker. You're idiots. I'm leaving this room. No one. We have a. And what's funny is you walk through our whole building and look, see, everybody's. Everybody's got buds in downstairs.
Brady
Everyone laughing.
John
Yeah. Having a great time. They get earbuds in because, you know, some of them. I don't know, not one speaker on. There's 40 people down there. It's probably most. Anyway, I don't want to get in on this anymore. In a little bit, we're gonna pay you guys to listen to us because it's an awesome way. Maybe you don't think we're fun. Maybe you don't like the music. I don't know why you'd be listening, but now there's a reason we're gonna pay you. So in 11 minutes, I'm gonna give you a word, a very simple word. And then you go into the app, and then you. You want your cash, you take it in the app. So you're gonna take it in the app, the money, and all you got to do is qualify. We're gonna do this every hour on the hour for, like, the next eight years, I think. It just seems very long. But we're gonna do it every hour on the hour. We will interrupt the show to give you the word to text in for about 45 minutes, then it stops. Then the next hour starts, and we do that, and we do it with our show. And I believe Fitz, so it'll be us in the morning. That'll end at like, nine, right. And then starts again at 2:00 clock and goes through six. Actually, he has a word at six. So we're. We're at six, seven, eight, and nine. He's two, three, four, five, and six. So there's eight chances to win every day. Nine. Well, eight today. Nine chances to win every day. But today, not so much. And nine of you will qualify. And that means what, five days? That's 45 people will then go into a drawing for a thousand bucks every week for, like, months on end. We're never gonna stop doing this. Gonna be great. It ends around Thanksgiving, so get ready with that. Yeah, I know.
Brett
We gotta do this every day.
John
Yeah. Yeah. And they're like, hey, John's good with time. Let's get real precise about that. Give him an aneurysm. Anyway, so that's happening in about nine minutes. This is on Toledo, by the way. I'm putting this on. Rich is the producer. That means he's. He's always coming here at time. Now is the time he comes in and starts messing around with that kind of stuff. But the word that we'll give you in a little bit will be worth it. I swear, I don't even know how to start in. I mean, we're going to interrupt again. Take it right in the thing.
Brett
But again, Isaiah saying, I just actually switched from radio to headphones because I got to work.
John
Right? Don't do that. Take them out and blast it, because we need that. It doesn't make any sense. And the executives, the Bobs, are so mother dumb that they actually thought that was a good idea. And then the ratings company just gives you a little extra credit. If somebody's listening on the app and it pops up, boom, you get a little extra. It's one and a half persons. It's one and a half persons. If God, like, strikes a lightning bolt down and has some dude at the office listening on a speaker who also happens to be an approved ratings per. It doesn't make any sense. Let's push that. What happened to the radio? Everybody's emailing my listen on earbuds. What do you mean? 23 years I've been listening hasn't counted at all? No, it counts on the app, but that doesn't mean much.
Brett
Doesn't count for our ratings.
John
Well, it can. Let's not say it doesn't. It can. It's just you got to be listening real loud, says John. Whoever says people usually listen at the computer on a speaker has gray hair. There's nobody without gray hair that doesn't say that. They don't know how the world works. Listening without headphones now is just straight up rude. No one, not even driving most of the time, blasts anything on speakers. You mean I've tapped that app and listen to you guys through my headphones for executives to say my 1500 hour? No, your 1500 hours count on the app. It's just. It's the. We get yelled at. If ratings aren't good and they're good, we're fine. But if they were to slip a little, it would be because you guys are being selfish. Without listening on speakers, it's your fault. You listen like crazy. We know that.
Brady
Listen smart.
John
Because the Bot jobs never knew how to embrace the Internet. They're scrambling all over trying to figure stuff out, and that's the best thing they could do. The app is awesome. The app's an incredible thing. They just didn't figure out how to make it right. So if ratings ever slip for a radio station, like, what happened? What happened? You. You happened. You've ruined everything. You have absolutely ruined every One can listen to the 15 different things and only, like, one of them counts the numbers through the moon on the podcast and through the app and everything like that. But if your ratings dip, like, a little, they call up Fred Jacobs and they start doing research on everything. Uh oh. What happened? Nothing. I think maybe you guys convoluted the system a little. No, it's not our fault. We wear suits. This one says, what you're saying is dumb. Oh, I know. I only listen on Bluetooth headphones. I can't be on my phone. It's a stupid work policy. I'm not allowed to have, like, anything on at my desk. That's right, Aiden.
Brett
Chris Clark says a lot of job sites now have banned speakers.
John
Yes.
Brady
Yeah, yeah.
John
No, no, we don't. We know. No, the Bobs, they've got it figured out.
Brett
Not supposed to have earbuds either, but they still do.
John
Evidently there was some sort of meeting where they now finish the meetings. The Bob's here with, don't tell Hamburg about this. They'll just say we're retarded. And I'm like, well, then, you know, if you have to have that disclaimer at the end of your own meeting, then, you know what you've done is probably retarded. If you're worried about the dude who's calling you a retard, then you know deep down you probably were being retarded. Don't tell John. He'll just say we're stupid. Well, then, you know, put that in the.
Brady
The rules that we read.
John
Don't be a retard. It's because he says it. This one says, I'm listening on the radio in the car and I have you going in the app. Because I'm a team player. Well, that's what we need. We need to turn on everything that radio has made. A source radio. If you've got a clock radio at the house, if you've got an app, if you've got a computer all, just cram them all in one room and turn them up as loud as you can. Somewhere, another. We'll get one. He's making fun of us. Again, said 2491 hours, John. All through headphones. Yeah, it counts. We give you. You're giving. Yeah. No, you're giving us great app numbers. You're just being super duper selfish about it. Cuz the Bobs need sound. Like if a dude. If a dude from the ratings company walks by and you're listening on your headphones, it doesn't count. But if he like sits next to you for 10 minutes and you've got headphones, there's nothing. But if you're blasting it on your speaker, you're getting everybody. You guys are really, really screwing up the system. You know, we've made it so easy for you to listen to 45 different things and hopefully the one piece of spaghetti that sticks to the wall, the Bob's. William. They're done. Anyway, we're getting ready. Four more minutes and you can do it. Hey, I'm not sure if we can start early so I can move on.
Rich
Can we halfway through the rules.
John
Spending the time this morning reading the rules to see if we can get her going just a touch early. That's it. Says, I listen to you guys on my job site radio. I love chaos. And the only thing more offensive to the co workers than homework's morning sickness would be if I had Klan rallies on. Well, that's not true. Klan rallies are a lot more offensive than us. I mean, we're probably in the ballpark, but come on. Not even close, E.J. but thank you very much for the.
Brett
If I listen to you guys on a speaker at work, I'd get fired. Once you started talking about fat broads and retards.
John
Right? You can't do that out loud, but we're asking you to, if you don't mind. If you could. Can we do it early? All right, let's start it now.
Rich
The official rules say at or about the top of the hour.
John
That's. That's close. It's about the top of the hour. We are. They know me so well. I'm so precise with the timing of this show. I got Toledo over here is using an hourglass to figure out how we get from A to B. And we're great at times, so let's do it. Where's the words that I crumple them up?
Brett
There we go again.
John
All right, the word on the app. Go to the app that kind of counts and tap it and then go to like the nine steps that you have to go through and then find the thing that says here, where do I do 7am and write in the word money. Money. M O N E Y. Does it have to? Because all these are different with capitalizations and stuff on the list.
Rich
The Apple show you it should be fine anyway. You spell it. As long as you spell it correctly, it should be fine.
John
If you can't spell money, I don't want to give it to you. Money. And then you qualify now. And they got what, 45 minutes? 40. Oh, 40 minutes officially. 40 minutes to put money in as many times as you. Just one per. Probably one per. So, okay, so that. So get like burn.
Rich
And the Apple shell will tell you if you've done it correct.
John
Okay. Then you get a little. A blip on there says it. And then you can also click on a thing that will tell you all day, hey, it's about to happen.
Rich
Yeah.
John
So you can get the little thing that's going to bug you. What is that called?
Rich
The notification.
Brett
More complicated.
John
No, it's not that complicated. It's not. You just go to four different sites. That's what I'm saying. You make an application for a loan. You wait for Doug Hopkins to call you with an offer. Brett, you're selling it.
Brett
Start your VPN quiet.
John
Then three easy steps and you're on your way to having a brand new air conditioner.
Rich
This Tom Woo sponsored.
John
Ah, it's actually really good once we get her going.
Brett
All right, now the emails are blowing up. Don't text. Don't email it.
John
Don't. Yeah, don't text the app. It's on the app. Okay, we've. We've opened up too many.
Brett
I told you. It's too difficult.
Rich
And it's not text.
Brady
Don't text the system.
John
Holmberg's morning sickness. You know what we should do? We should have Brett sit in a room with the Bob's. Jesus Christ. Because you want to talk about a dude. No, no, I know, but we have a guy in the room who represents the people so beautifully because he'd look at him and go, I'm not doing that. It's too much. There's that. There's that guy.
Rich
You're giving me how much and a chance.
John
What do you mean I gotta text it. No, no, I'm out. Like, Brett quits on everything. Like within second. Within. It isn't stupid. It's really good. But. But you just got to figure it out. Once we get. Once we get double dutching, everybody's going to participate. There's just no this email just flying in, thousands of views.
Brett
Everybody just doing.
John
Stop texting Brett. No, no, no. 9, 7, 936 is cancelled. It's all on the app.
Rich
Randy, no email.
John
Quit it.
Brett
Cody, no.
John
Money.
Brett
Casey, no.
John
No. Yeah, you guys are. Look, I don't blame you for trying all of our ideas. Money. And we would do this on the phone. Brady's trying to do it right now. And if you're struggling, I got mine in. It's pretty easy.
Brady
How do you enter it?
John
What? You just hit the thing that says.
Brady
Like the seven o'. Clock.
John
Yeah, mine says like you gotta redo the thing and then boom. Now my 7 o' clock has changed. My word to come back at 7am and I just put it in. Announce this now.
Brady
Mine's won't leave and let me.
Brett
This one says nope, can't get in on the up till seven.
John
It is seven.
Rich
It is seven.
Brett
Well, this came in like a minute or two ago.
Rich
Now, when we said we can start early, that just meant we're giving you the word.
John
Yeah, yeah. You didn't have to go bananas, but that's also very difficult. That's sort of our fault.
Brett
Put me with the Bob's.
John
This is. No, no, no. The Bob's would hate you.
Brady
I got mine.
John
He's such a downer.
Brett
Oh, yeah.
John
M O N E Y live in.
Rich
This room on contest day.
John
Yeah.
Rich
And then tell us to forward all these emails.
John
Profile's missing info.
Brady
No, it's not invalid info.
John
All right, well, we're invalid. Maybe we're not allowed to play because they know.
Rich
And also the word that we give you is only good for that hour.
John
That's it.
Rich
Next hour. It's a new word.
Brett
All right, we'll go through it again.
John
Quiet down. It's easy, Brett. Money. It's simple as spelling money. Once you figure out all the stuff to get to the. But you'll figure it out. You got to earn money. I'm just going to hand it out. Radio station like scruples. And we. We don't like to. We're not. What are we, Joe Biden fm. You're going to earn it here. Sort of.
Brett
What would Brady do today?
John
Yeah. God damn that. Yeah, no, there's going to be a lot of that. I got this on my brain. And then like in the midst of all this, I got an email from a guy who's mad that I said I was happy that this. The prisoners were released. Shut the up. You don't know anything about Zionazi. And I'm like, no, I don't. And I'm thinking to myself, I thought it was good when hostages got released to Their families. But evidently I was wrong about that. And also the stock market seems to think it's good. And I'm gonna sit with that now. I'm gonna get. All you care about is corporate greed. And I'm like, you know what? I think I'm supposed to not agree to that. But I do like corporate greed if it benefits me. So I guess I like John Greed. Yeah, I like when the stock market go. That's usually good for me. You're just greeting. I think you're right. I think it's time I just said yeah, and stop arguing with people who. I don't know what a Zionazi is, but that's confusing. But thanks for the update. I'll look it up later. But thank you, Joe Mama, for your anonymous email to me about Zionazi ism and how I don't know what I'm talking about when I say, hey, they got those hostages released. That seems nice.
Brett
Who else would you listen to besides Joe Mama?
John
Well, Joe Mama was right. But again, I guess that controversial phrase of, gosh, the hostages were released, I hope their families are happy is just way over the line. I'm a moron. Sorry about that. I guess I'm paying. I'm playing from the base, heart of it all. Sure, maybe giving away those Palestinian prisoners might backfire someday, but right now, I hope those families can enjoy those people that were kidnapped two years ago. I guess that makes me a Zionazi. Zionism. Zionism and Nazism I gotta look at.
Brady
On the ground to build back that Gaza Strip.
Brett
It's a beautiful.
John
Oh, I do. Yeah. I do want that to be a glorious beach. Maybe that's what he.
Brett
I don't know.
John
And all this Brady. And our code word for the hour is money. Mmm. Guess who's in charge of the media. My friend said that yesterday because the Steeler game was on. Stopped raining about 9:30. Game started at 10. It was beautiful. And then it started to drizzle again about 2:30. My buddy looked at me and he goes, you people do control the weather. I'm like, yeah, I know. How about that? I made it really nice for you guys for four hours.
Brett
Maybe we should have Gene Simmons give them word every hour.
John
Well, the first word would be kiss, but that's too late. Second one is money. Which Kiss loves? I don't know. But yeah, keep it up. So that's it. Take it in the app. Boy, is that ever apropos. Take it in the app and we'll get another one to you at 8. So you got about 35 more minutes to do that. Okay. Don't text me with it. Didn't work. Something, Something you're doing.
Brett
Hey, now you're turning into me.
John
Mine's in.
Brady
Just finish out the information. That's all I had to do.
John
I had to fill out a couple.
Brady
My address.
John
Yeah, I did too. Yeah, it says you had invalid info. Yeah, it just wants to mail you something.
Brady
Gotta go through. You know, once you get that done, easy peasy.
John
It wants my home address. You should know this state. Arizona. I'll do mine too. Brady. Yeah. Number you should have that save. Okay. Profile save. Now you'll go in. I got it.
Brady
Put the word back.
John
Because the first one I put in and it said fine, but I think it was because it was. I was the only one who did it. For this I managed to win. All right, I'm in. It's not that hard.
Brett
Stop emailing Money.
John
Miguel says he stopped texting Brett and emailing Brett. It's not how it goes.
Brady
Give out your phone number.
John
I didn't know this, okay? I didn't know this. I, I, I'm, I've been educated. A Zionazi is when Hitler Youth visits the national parks of Utah. I see if they go to Zion, they're Nazis. They march around up there. That's Zionazi ism.
Brady
Good time of year to do it.
John
Oh, it's beautiful. I'm sure Zion is gorgeous and just loaded with Nazis. Look at all the Nazis. That's October's when the Nazis turned color. They're fall leaves of the Nazi. I don't know. Leave me alone about that stuff. And you can't be that mad. The Jewish hostages were released and immediately text in the word money. So congratulate. We got seven more listeners over there. Fantastic. By the way, speaking of radios, I think I've got Alzheimer's. I'm pretty sure I've got the first steps of dementia or Alzheimer's. Last night at 11:57 I dozed off and I know it was 11:57 because I looked at my phone at 11:50 and, and I woke up at 11:57. I'm like, I've dozed off. Like I haven't checked my alarms. And every night I know it's good, but just out of just diligence, I check my alarms on my phone. I have first one starts 3:55 and I got one at 4:06, 4:14. And I also snooze them. So it's just a, just a constant non stop going off. And I lay there for about 25 minutes and just keep hitting snooze. But at midnight, I thought I checked my phones, but I haven't checked. I have a clock, a backup that's, like, a thing that I also set and turn on. And I'm like, I haven't set that, just in case the phone's broken or whatever. So I'm looking around, I look all over the house, like, where is it? Where'd my second alarm go? Under the bed drawers, everywhere. And then I realized I have not used that clock for 14 years. Whoa. Yeah. So I had a brain fog where I searched my house from 11:58 till about 12:10 for this clock that has not been in my presence since Obama. I have no idea why that was. It was insanely real to me. I could feel it and, like, know exactly how I was. I was in such a brain fog. No drinking, no substances. Just dozed off at 11 and woke up seven minutes later going, I got to make sure the alarms. I'm dozing off. I haven't had alarms for most of this year. I've been doing my overnight thing, but I still keep them on just in case. I'm like, I better set that again. So for years, and I looked high and low. No clue. Haven't used it. Probably threw it away. No clue where it is. None. And then I went to bed worrying that, oh, the neurons aren't firing anymore. Something's wrong. And then I was just, you know, I said the Alphabet. I went through some tests. Can I still do? Counted to 15. Pretty smooth. Got a little screwed up around 12. And then the Alphabet drilled, it started to name off the 1979 Pirates, which is another test of my brain. I do all the time, you know, start to finish Pirates. I got all nine of those guys down. The 1978 Cubs first around the horn, then the outfield, and the catcher got those down. And I'm like, all right, I'm not forgetting stuff. Knew my middle name. Wrote my. Like, this is the weirdest thing I felt in a long time. And I have to know, is this what dementia is? Why would I do that? It was so weird and so, like, very pertinent. And my brain never stopped me once. Not once did it say, john, we don't use that anymore. It was, like, escalating. The issue going. You're never, like, if you don't have this, you're not going to get any quality sleep, because now you're going to sleep scared to death that you just. Now you're tired. You know, you're tired. You're not going to wake up on time. So weird. And then I'm like quivering. It was so strange.
Brady
And question why. Why did it stop 14 years ago?
John
Because they had the phone. Phone was there to set multiple alarms on the phone so that the thing was. Before it was just one alarm and you'd snooze it and then the other one would back me up. Now I can set four different alarms on the phone to go off at different times with different alarm sounds so that I'm like, the phone. The phone's got me covered. I think everybody's done that. I don't think anybody's got it.
Brady
I roll a dice. Just the phone.
John
Just the phone. And I have. And it isn't something rolling the dice anymore. It's. It's figured out this thing never goes away. Even if the power goes out. There's nothing you can. You don't have to worry about it. But I luckily have that.
Brady
The light flash thing.
John
What do you mean?
Brady
That ends up like if the sound is not going on because you can't.
John
Hear the light starts flashing in your eyes.
Brady
Yeah.
John
You have the light.
Brett
Wake up.
John
Yeah. I used to have an alarm clock that would simulate the sunrise and it just pissed you off. And I would put a pillow over it and I'd go right back to sleep. Across the room, you felt like. You felt like a God because you could you turn the sun off. It was awesome. Then I had to move it the other part of the room. So I stopped doing that. It didn't work very well. I need noise. I gotta have something annoying wake me up.
Brett
I got five alarms that are like seven minutes after each other.
John
Get this song. Roman's Vacation by Cardi B. You want to hear what wakes me up every morning? I got a couple of them, but this one really goes. This, the beginning of this song is what wakes me. I don't know how this song was a hit. I don't know how Cardi B didn't lose her job as a singer after this.
Brett
But Romans revenge.
John
No, that's the first Romans vacation. Or Roman something like that. Is it Roman's revenge? It's Roman something or other.
Brady
Is that the word for the app?
John
No.
Brett
Nicki Minaj, Roman Holiday.
John
Roman Holiday. That's it. Holmberg's morning sickness. That's the words. Nicki Minaj. I said. I said Cardi B. It's Nicki Minaj. Yeah. Yeah. This one. I confused them and that may be bigoted of me. I apologize.
Brett
It's explicit. So I don't know the word song.
John
Oh, I know the beginning.
Brett
Okay.
John
Listen to the beginning. This is all medication. Roman, Take a short vacation, Roman, you'll be out. I'm waking up a crotchy crab man. You need to know your station, Roman. Some alterations on your clothes and your brain. That is what wakes me up.
Brett
Megan hasn't smothered you with a pillow yet?
John
Nope. Isn't it amazing? Play it again.
Brady
Someone's stomping on your head.
John
Yeah, it's that. And then I have another one called, yeah, this. Roman, take a short vacation, Roman, you'll be okay. You need to know your passion, Roman. Some alterations on your clothes and your brain. Yeah, yeah. That's it. That's my alarm. That's one of them.
Brady
Confused.
John
That's one of them.
Brett
This is mine and I. It literally. We talk about it all the time.
John
But you wake up.
Brett
Those drums just kick in every morning.
John
I swear to God.
Brett
That is my alarm.
Brady
That's kind of urgent.
John
It is, yeah. Yeah. Does it go all the way through? Oh, yeah.
Brett
It's the whole song.
John
Yeah. And you. Why? How.
Brady
It was nine minutes.
Brett
I'm pulling my cheeks at 4:30 in the morning.
John
I like that. I like that one a lot. Yeah, I've got. I've got. The other one is you're. You're never gonna find it. Homeboy Sandman. Homeboy Sandman song that I is called Talking bleep. And it's equally as annoying. The beginning of this thing. And this is my second alarm. So 355, maybe you wake up Nicki Minaj. What?
Brady
Laughing a little bit sometimes.
John
Yeah. Sometimes I'm like, oh, God, is it already? But I haven't had alarms for a long. This is the other one that goes off six minutes later.
Brady
I don't mind this.
John
Oh, good. Wait till it starts going. I'm up. By now I know. I piss myself off awake every day.
Brady
That's gonna work.
John
Yo, I was riding my bike down the bike path going the wrong way. Yeah. I tell you right now, that's how I wait.
Brett
Megan is gonna kill you these days.
John
She's figured it out. Sleeps in another room. It's genius. Yeah, I don't blame her now after this stuff. I'm a couch guy anyway, most of the time, which is grateful for the world. So. Yeah, what are you gonna do?
Brady
But for some reason, my backup alarm.
John
Turn it off.
Brady
That's just a slug.
John
Yeah. You just get punched. Yeah.
Brady
What?
John
Oh, wake up, idiot.
Brady
Can't you hear that song?
John
Yeah, you're an idiot. Well, it's hard for you because you've got a jet engine strapped to your face too. So she's, she's already tolerating. Mayday, Mayday. You got that in the background. Jesus Christ. I'm going in the other room. Yeah, it's no fun. But then I spent 15, 16 minutes looking for a clock that hasn't been in my life for ten and a half years. Or fifteen and a half years, that is.
Brady
Head scratcher.
John
It's weird.
Brett
We moved. I think Matthiah threw mine away. So what are we doing with this? You haven't used it.
John
And I'm like, but, but it's my woobie. I need that.
Brett
Yeah, the clock radio, the old school one.
John
Yeah, yeah. When it dawned on me too, I just sat on the end of the bed and I'm like, I haven't had that clock for 15 years. Like it's not even close. Like, I GUESS it's been 13 or 14 because it was still. I still didn't trust the iPhone immediately when we, when they first came out. That was 2010 or 11. Weird. So, yeah, brain fog's kicking in. Starting to happen. Starting to happen. Find some new wake up songs now for me.
Brett
Alarm.
John
Take it on the app. Money. I'll remind you to money like Mr. Krabs, that's the word you're doing on the app. Do not text it and do not email it, but you're gonna anyway. But you know what, cover all your bases. There's nothing you can do about this. Also last night after my episode, I was awake and I'm so happy to report that the scourge of 1990s gigantic babies is back. A lady new record eight. Well, there was two of them. They did a story about how big babies are being born again and the average weight is like 12 and a half pounds in this one area. That's a huge baby. And one broke a record at like 13,9 in a small town.
Brady
Sam Talent.
John
Yeah, Sam Talon was a big 12 pounder, but I mean 1314 pounds a small. And then they showed. But that's nothing because it was all a build up to Chloe Sutton and her 18 month old baby. They are trying to tell people, look, it's not AI. This is really him. 33 pounds. He's a, he's a year and a half old. Wait till you see a photo of this guy. Look at it's fat effort here. Look at that. It's not, it's not. I saw him walking, I'm like, maybe. Yeah, it's moving. Around 30. Tiny. She's not, she's not big. But that's a 33 pound year because.
Brady
That looks bigger than 33 pounds.
John
Well if she's. Yeah, she's only like five feet tall or she's five five. Hosted up her huge baby and people like, she's like, it is not AI. This is my baby. And it is a massive. But remember Brady back in the 90s when Maury and all those people would do that. Like this isn't real. And then these giant lumbering babies would come onto the stage and I was like, this is the future. It's the future of America. Giant lumbering babies, huge heart attack babies that live to be like 14 lady.
Brady
Had like a 63 pound.
John
There was a black lady because they revisited a black lady that was on. It wasn't. It was like Sally Jesse Raphael and she was. All those talk shows were in on giant babies. Had a 72 pound baby that was gonna celebrate its second birthday. Had heart like all sorts of problems. It was huge. Just you know, looked like the Michelin Man. He was just all lumpy and sitting there just doing nothing. Can't even like really talk yet. He's not quite two, just sitting on his diapered ass. He had to wear adult diapers because he was already the size of a fifth grader. Huge baby. And for years I've waiting what happened to them. There's a few of them that got big and like strong. Half of them had to have heart attacks in like the third grade. But they got them, they're back. And this is exciting to me because this fat kid is. He's a monster.
Brady
How soon are we to NFL lines? Average is gonna be 7 foot.
John
420, 450, 475. Running 4, 4 40s. The dad was 62 and the mom is 5 5. It's like his. He's really tall too. Like that's why he's so oddly like when he's up against mom holding him, he's like 3ft tall.
Brady
He's heavier than the mom.
John
Well, just in that it's a perception because he's up close to the camera. But he's. He's 3ft tall. It's 10 pounds per foot. Kids working it, man. He's a big 18 month old. A year and six months is all he is. Think about that. He was born last and he's already a monster. And I'm gotta keep tabs on him. We lost track of him. Highly recommend to this generation when the huge babies start coming back that you keep dibs on him. It's gonna be easier. Back in the 90s, we just watched and forgot. Man, oh, man.
Brady
In another year and a half, he'll.
John
Be keeping baseball stats sitting there, scrolling out things he sees on tv. Analytics. Good Gerbers. Like, he needs more Gerbers. Get it? Huge. I am fascinated. I don't know what I'd do if I saw one of those in the wild.
Brady
Did they ever figure out what the trend was?
John
None. Just talk shows. I can't imagine that the fat baby trend went away. We lost interest. They overdid it. Maury overdid it. And every day you tune in. And that was before the. You're not the fathers. It was fat babies.
Brett
Fat babies.
John
And you know who gave me an std? And then Maury used to do a thing every. Every couple weeks where it would be a. Can you guess? The tranny. Everything Maury did was bad. But he'd have a beauty contest, and he, like, two at a time would come out, and they'd say. And then the audience goes, which one do you think is a man? And the audience would go, oh. And then it would be the other side. And everybody'd go, oh, we screwed that up. And then he just. We'll be back with two more. And then sometimes they were both mad.
Brady
That mistake messed the woman up more than anything.
John
Yes. And I. That's what I always wondered. I'm like, how about the girl who's in the contest? And sometimes you weren't sure because of her. Like, that looks a little dudish. And then, you know, you go through the audience go, why do you think the one on the right is a man? Got an abnormal apple. Got an Adam apple. You can't have no Adam apple if you're a woman. Right? That's right. Probably. We'll see you in a few weeks on the next episode. Why do you think it's because her leg. Look at her legs, man. Her legs are just boxy. Boxing women ain't boxy.
Brady
Shoulders.
John
Yeah, you got them big shoulders and the boxy, boxy hips. That's. That's a. That's a man man. And then they'd be like, all right. And it would be wrong. And they just listened to the audience point out all your flaws as a person and you were an actual woman. I am a little. I'm a little boxy. Oh, man, Ma. I thought for sure the bitch on the right. Oh, I thought that was a dude. I thought that was. I thought that was my man. You Told me she ain't got a dick. That's right. God damn. Or your show's the best on tv. Ain't no question, no second. Since then, Sally Jesse got involved and she had giant fat babies on. And transvestites. And then Jerry, all of them. And then we lost interest. And then fat babies went off into the. But if I was ever at, like, you know, the store Safeway and somebody walked by with one of those babies, I would be. I would. I would feign interest at first. I've already got it all mapped out like, oh, he's adorable. I don't mean that. You look at him. How old is he? He ain't believe it. No. How old is this little angel? Two, three? He's 11 months. Oh, my God. He's one of them. He's a cow. That's just. I. I would. I'd want to pick it up, I'd want to mush it around. I want to. I want to throw stuff and let it chase it and bring it back. I think that's what babies do. Incredible fat babies are back. 33 pounds. My God. And evidently in China, there's a whole rash of them going on, too. There's like 10 or 11 there that have jumped over the 30 pound mark in a year and a half. Like, this is not a. So we're back. We just need talk shows to come back. The good news is that we've got the Internet. The bad news is AI is going to make it. So we're not sure what's real and what's not. Because there was a lot going on this weekend with AI that started to confuse. We're getting weird again with AI. It started fun with Stephen Hawking and Hitler and them doing stuff. And now Bob Ross, they gave him a sexy porn body. Well, they're teaming them up. That's fine. And then the one where Charles Manson snuck up on Mr. Rogers.
Brady
I haven't seen that.
John
Oh, it's fantastic. Mr. Rogers. What the. Charlie. And then they start laughing and they're having time in their lives.
Brett
You see Mr. Rogers and Easy E. Drink.
John
Yeah, yeah. Having 40s. Yep, yep. That's good. But then the one that disturbed me was, oh, the weirdos have gotten control. Bob Ross had, like, Kim Kardashian's lower half and he's in heels and tight jeans. Wow.
Brady
Yeah.
John
Now we're starting to play where the Wild Things Are with our AI people. So a matter of time before we start having Mr. Rogers. Absolutely plowing. Sexy Bob Ross.
Brady
One friend of mine's like I would tell my son, man, start making these.
John
Yeah, no, don't do it because you're going to create a weirdo who's going to make Mr. Rogers have sex with Stephen Hawking if he had a sexy lower end. If you could get Stephen Hawking on a Kylie Jenner's lower half, I would struggle not tugging it to that because I mean hilarious and visually pleasing if you keep your eyes in the right spot. Anyway, AI is great. Fat babies, I'm gonna get confused by but I swear, if you've got a giant, if you've got one of those, please, if you know someone who's got one, please bring it to me. I need to see it. I need to touch it.
Brady
Maybe J. Hud will start having some big babies on Hudson.
John
Why would she have giants?
Brady
She's a talk show.
John
Oh, I see what you're saying. I thought she was going to have one for us. I thought it was just bigoted towards her being a larger woman at one point. Are there any? Well, Ellen's gone. Kelly Clarkson.
Brady
Yeah.
Brett
Drew Barrymore.
John
Drew's got that. But they kind of focus on celebrities. We need everyday Joes up there with their giant fat kids. Can you PD Holmberg's morning sickness? I mean, I want record breakers. I want that 50 pound 6 month old just rolling around up there and have that. Dr. Maury used to always act like he was concerned. He brought a doctor out to tell you what could go wrong with it. This kid's heart's gonna stop in like an hour. He's fine. No, he isn't. He is. He's not. Yes, he is. We'll be right back. That's essentially what the whole show was. Oh, I loved it. But if you've got a fat giant, awful baby, it's so much better than the regular ones. I've never once found a baby attractive. That's not true. There's been like three or four and I'll tell you, I'm like and rarely if here's what, here's what you have to know about me. If I don't say anything about your baby, good or bad, it's ugly. If I tell you it's good looking, it's good looking. I'm like, that's a good looking baby. I've said that maybe three times in my entire life. I remember Kirby came out weird, but she had great hair. They all come out weird. They're only pretty to the parents. That thing Toledo gave birth to Alex. That was one of the creepiest aliens I've ever seen. I was too. No, babies are good looking. And then occasionally one comes out that could be like a little baby food model stick out. Yeah, Jenna Ackerman up there at Tactical Black, she gave birth to that first one. I looked at that. I'm like, this is a beautiful baby. And I never say that. And I'm not lying if I say the words, oh, a baby. It's hideous. I'm speaking for everyone. Isn't it adorable? No, it's not. It's a baby. Hopefully someday, I think when parents look at their ugly babies and say, isn't it cute? They're just kind of wishing it into existence that someday maybe it will. Because they know deep down, you know, when you got an ugly one, I was that. So it's not like I'm coming at this from some sort of a hoity toity position. You see pictures of me as a baby. Two things I know. First off, I had my dad's nose at birth. Second, my mom was tight as a drum because I was a cone head. She squeezed the life out of that head of mine. I mean, that thing was a tube. It was horrible. I. I was, I was completely pointed on top. I don't know how that thing ever registered back to normal, but I was flattened out. Yeah. Came like back to a normal skull. Not sure. I never had helmets. They didn't have those back then. Initial pictures of me. I mean, it was weird. And I'm sure people said, oh, he's adorable. I was fat, I was misshapen, awful, and not a lot's changed. I just have a normal shaped skull, which is shocking. So I know as a former ugly, horrible looking baby, I can tell you I know what, I know what they look like and I know how to respond. Oh, you've got a baby baby. That's how you know. I think your kid is just hard to stomach. I'd rather watch Brett's videos than look at your baby doing stuff. But if I say it's good looking, it's good looking. If you've got one of those fat giant ones, I'm in heaven. I might start crying. I might finally get it. While you want one. Oh, I would love to have one of these Sharpay babies. It's not a Sharpie. Was it child then? What's the dad? I like this. What sired you? Stop it. This is Todd, my husband. No, this did not happen. What? What made this?
Brady
It is amazing what the babies eventually develop into. Like when you first see him, like how in the world that's gonna be.
John
It's people, but not at 6ft tall. And sure, maybe some of them are just gonna die of heart attacks or they stay or they never grow. That should be a disease. Why didn't God come up with that one? He's got permanent baby itis. What does that mean? Dr. Syndrome is going to be an infant for the rest of his life. But his brain will develop. Oh, no. It's the worst. He's always going to be a baby. Then we'd have to be careful. 1 in 500,001 of those things would come trotting in here at all. £12 of them. All right, who's the one who up the app contest. Oh, sorry, boss. It would be the boss baby. It would be the Alec Baldwin movie. Oh, if you've got a giant fat one, though, please show me that. And you know it. Don't be embarrassed. We'll be the talk show that does that. And I'll just ask all the questions. I don't have a doctor here. And we'll do an EKG and everything to make sure that. It's like, he is in bad shape. There's nothing about your baby's heart that's going through good things. If it's 33 pounds in a year and a half, it's hypertension, blood pressure issues. It's a mess. And I want to touch it. I'm touch it right in the forehead. Watch him roll over.
Brady
You never hear that. It'd be a good stat. Like in Arizona every year. What was the heaviest?
John
Baby. Yeah, they don't do that. We're also focused on the hottest days. Where's the fattest kid? The finest girl of 20, 25. Oh, this is very exciting. Ian Schwartz. Who is it? All right, that's my. An impression. Here we go. By the way. Oh, by the way, Channel three and your news. You had a reporter yesterday in the morning, of course, they're driving around in the rain. Look. Look at this. And they're acting surprised. I'm like, you've got a weatherman within five feet of you. Quit acting like you didn't. And then one of the girls says, we're out here for a while. We don't know when it's going to end, so we're going to try to seek shelter. I'm like, you've got a meteorologist. What do you mean you don't know when it's going to end? There's no way of telling that.
Brady
I think it was five. I was watching. The guy had the Worst boots on. He had rain boots on.
John
He's standing in the puddles.
Brady
Yeah.
John
She kept pointing out. It's like there's. This is all just a crapshoot on figuring out when it's going to be over. And then let's throw it back to Paul Horton. Paul Horton goes. Paul Horton starts every sentence, no matter what. If he eulogized, you'd start with, hey, whoa, buddy. That's how he starts every sentence with, whoa, buddy. Whoa, buddy. Hey, sorry for your loss. But, yeah, he started to talk about, like, taking guesses at when it was going to end. Couldn't have been more wrong. All day long, it's going to rain till 11 or 12. Stop and then come back at 5. None of that happened. And then it's going to rain all night long. Hour, maybe some thunder, nothing. Terrible job. And executed beautifully by the Asian reporters. That there's absolutely no. And that's the worst idea they ever had. The Asian woman was out driving around in the rain. That was about to be its own news story. Double whammy. We sent her out there. Not the weather.
Rich
I swear.
John
Not sure what kind of Asian she is, but she's behind the wheel and it is dangerous. Where are you? I'm on the 202. All right, be warned, Phoenix, avoid the.
Brett
202 at all costs.
John
Not so much. The rain you need to worry about. We sent our Asian reporter out there driving. First break.
Brady
She's upside down.
John
It's the rain, I swear. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, well, check in with her in a minute. That thing ain't. She's probably still making it go.
Brett
Yeah.
John
Herb, great quote. There's no way of knowing when this is going to end. Let's send it over to Paul. Whoa, buddy. Whoa, buddy. Yeah, Paul is the hat. Like you could steal from him. Give me all your money, buddy. And these reasons. How about them Cardinals? Are we tailgating?
Brett
It's like Gruden doing the weather.
John
Yeah. Tell you what, man. Having a good time with you right now. It's raining. You're a weatherman. Why are you surprised? I don't know, man. It's a lot of. A lot of rain.
Brady
I love this.
John
You should have known.
Brady
That's coming in.
John
Yeah. Got a front coming in, man. Look at it coming down. Whoa, buddy. Paul's out at the car wash. Whoa, buddy. He woe buddies, everything. I've met him a couple times. He's super nice. Imagine what he said. Hi. Ian Schwartz said, oh, this is Paul Horton. I work with him. And I said, I know. Paul Horton. Whoa, buddy. That's how he said hello. And then from there on, I noticed that everyone he talks to starts with woe, buddy. And he's actually quite endearing. It's almost hypnotic. But for him to 2 inches of rain at Sky Harbor. Whoa, buddy. Like, you're a weatherman. Why are you surprised by that? That should have been like, yeah, I nailed it. I want a weatherman who goes, nailed that. Remember yesterday? I want a guy who's doing it like the brackets in March called it. And then replay yesterday's thing. This is me yesterday. Look, it's gonna be like an inch and a half of rain for Phoenix.
Brady
Who told you it was gonna rain?
John
Nail that. Who told you? Who told you exactly how much to me not woe, buddy. Over on channel three. Me. Here's clips of me yesterday. I would like a weatherman that would do that. All right, let's take a look at yesterday's report and see how I did as this say, whoa, buddy. Oh, there's. That's. That. That is not far off. Somebody just sent a picture of me as a baby, and that is fairly accurate. I wasn't that happy, though. When I first started shaving my head, my mom cried. Not because. Well, I mean, every time she looked at me, she cried a little bit. She goes, you look like you did when you were a baby. I'm like, that's not good. That isn't good at all. All right, you can still throw that word money in the app. Take it in the app contest. Only apps. So if you haven't downloaded the app, download it, jump through the hoops, click on the thing, and it gives you each hour. You can pile in your word, and we'll have another word right on time at eight every hour, on the hour. And we're almost done with this one. A couple more minutes. Right, A couple more minutes. So 7:40.
Rich
That don't use the feedback feature in the app.
Brett
See, I told you.
Brady
Why would you bring that?
Rich
This is what people are doing. I posted on our Facebook page exactly how to do it with the form and everything. So go there. If it's not on the form, you're not qualified.
John
You're an awful. Thank you.
Brett
Thank you.
John
Might be wrong. Just go to the app, download the.
Brady
If I entered, you could enter.
John
Turn up your speakers as loud as you can. That's true. Brady can do it. You guys should do it without problems.
Rich
Did you get in?
Brady
I did.
John
It took a second, but he got in. Great.
Brady
Just had to fill my ad boss.
Rich
Now the Bobs are going to wonder why you're in.
John
Well, Brady won an hour. Was he on headphones, sir? Idiots. Anyway, what do you got on the big board of musical treats there, friendo?
Brett
Sorry, I was trying to find Paul Horton's. Woah, buddy.
John
Whoa, buddy. Yeah, I've got it. It's perfect.
Rich
By the way.
John
It's a perfect impression. Let's turn to Paul with the weather. Whoa, buddy. Every time. Let's go out to Paul at the. He's tailgating with Cardiffs. Whoa, buddy. He's. Whoa, buddy King. All right.
Brett
Wake up song brought to you by of course, Action Ride Shop. And man, the weather's nice. Go out there and tear it up on the trails and all that mud and just.
John
Just glorious. Be great. Woah, buddy. Rent one of those bikes with big fat t like I've got the. The pivot makes a fat less. It's les. You haven't ridden until you've ridden in snow or mud with these things can.
Brett
Roll through and over everything.
John
Blow through it and you make a mess. It's awesome.
Brett
And Action Ride Shop has them. Two locations right there in Gilbert Road and Southern and of course power Road and McDowell. Actionrideshop.com all right. On the list, Pink Floyd money. You knew that was going to come up. Velvet Revolver, Stone sour, Doobie Brothers. What a fool believes for the Cardinals fans. Anthrax Indians because of today.
John
Oh yeah. There you go.
Brett
You want to do that?
John
Oh yeah. Because it's. Yeah. Or it's either that or Slayer. We got no. Let's do.
Brett
Okay.
John
Raining blood. Yeah, Slayer's good. All right. I'm gonna Slayer for you. Huh?
Brett
I'm with stupid for the Bobs.
John
Oh no. We'd play that every day. They're morons. But we're trying to give you money and so you know it's all in good. Good intentions. We'll say trying to give you some money. So pay attention. The first few are going to be confusing. Then once we get this thing down, I'm sure we'll switch it. But as of now, it's awesome. So get on the app, only listen through speakers and yeah, the word right now for two more minutes is money. And then at 8 o' clock we'll have another one. Get into the. We're indoctrinating.
Brady
I'm ready.
John
Brady. Brady can do it. Brady can do it. You can do it. If Brady can high jump, you can high jump. We'll make it right. Happy Indigenous people's day. Native Americans. This one's for you. It's Slayer. You're right. Who's your. Who's your buddy? Hey, buddy. Wow. Buddy, it's raining blood. It's 98. It's out of control now. Okay, you PD.
Episode Title: Trying To Explain Our New Take It In The App Contest - Dementia May Have Had John Finding An Old Alarm Clock - Is Trend Of 90s Giant Babies Coming Back - Local Weatherpeople Claiming To Not Know When Rain Ends
Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo
Podcast: Holmberg’s Morning Sickness, 98KUPD
This episode dives into several of the morning show’s favorite territories: irreverent, self-deprecating takes on technology and radio contests, John’s paranoia about aging and memory loss, pop culture nostalgia about giant babies from 90s talk shows, and potshots at local weatherpeople. The crew’s banter is as chaotic and entertaining as ever as they try, and largely fail, to explain a new “Take It In The App” contest. Interspersed with complaints about their station’s execs and some hilarious asides, it’s classic HMS—equal parts cranky, absurd, and self-aware.
Timestamps: 00:15 – 15:47
Technical Difficulties & Confusion:
The team opens the show in a scramble as they attempt (with much sarcasm) to kick off a new on-air contest that requires listeners to enter keywords via the station’s app.
Making Fun of Radio’s Old-School Mindset:
John and Bret rip into management’s outdated expectations, like how only Bluetooth speaker listening “counts” for ratings—not earbuds.
Rules and Overcomplication:
The team mocks the nine-step process and endless rules, with references to trying (and failing) to start the contest on time and the barrage of listener confusion via texts and emails.
Memorable Moment:
“Brady's trying to do it right now. And if you're struggling, I got mine in. It's pretty easy.”
"How do you enter it?" —Brady, [14:25-14:29]
Timestamps: 01:42 – 15:47
Bureaucratic Nonsense:
The hosts roast “the Bobs,” their code for out-of-touch execs, for convoluted rules and not understanding real-world listening habits.
Listener Reactions:
They read and respond to emails about how most can’t or won’t listen on external speakers at work, often due to job restrictions or simple inconvenience.
Classic John Rant:
John summarizes the technical absurdity:
“You know, we've made it so easy for you to listen to 45 different things and hopefully the one piece of spaghetti that sticks to the wall, the Bobs, William. They're done.” —John, [09:31]
Timestamps: 15:47 – 17:33
Timestamps: 20:01 – 29:43
John’s Midnight Panic Attack:
John tells a hilarious, vaguely concerning story about searching his house for an old alarm clock he hasn’t used since the Obama era, convinced he needs to set it despite modern phone alarms.
Hosts’ Alarm Habits:
The team shares what songs wake them up, with John using Nicki Minaj’s "Roman Holiday” and Brett going with a heavy drum song.
Timestamps: 30:24 – 36:50
Nostalgia for 90s TV Oddity:
John is gleeful over a news story about 33-pound toddlers and the resurgence of “giant babies” coverage reminiscent of old talk shows like Maury and Sally Jesse Raphael.
Talk Show Recollections:
They reminisce about Maury’s many “is this a man or a woman?” and “giant babies” episodes, and the absurdity of TV audiences weighing in.
Timestamps: 39:12 – 43:37
Timestamps: 45:00 – 50:46
Mocking Local Newscasters:
They poke fun at TV weatherpeople for vague forecasts and exaggerated rain coverage, with an extended bit about Paul Horton’s signature catchphrase.
John’s Wish for Weathermen:
John wants forecasters to take pride in correct predictions, demanding instant replays of their “I called it!” moments.
On Contest Complexity:
“You just go to four different sites. That's what I'm saying. You make an application for a loan. You wait for Doug Hopkins to call you with an offer.” —John, [12:30]
On Ratings Metrics:
“We've made ourselves the tree in the forest.” —John, [02:09]
On Management Paranoia:
“If you have to have that disclaimer at the end of your own meeting, then you know what you've done is probably retarded.” —John, [08:11]
On Baby Trends:
“I'm in heaven. I might start crying. I might finally get it, why you want one. Oh, I would love to have one of these Sharpay babies.” —John, [41:27]
On Local News:
“Not so much the rain you need to worry about. We sent our Asian reporter out there driving.” —John, [47:06]
Language & Tone:
Blunt, sarcastic, occasionally coarse, always bantering and self-deprecating. Inside jokes, Arizona local flavor, and pop culture references abound.
Summary in a Sentence:
The HMS crew tries (and fails) to make sense of their app contest, gripes about radio bureaucracy, delights in weird pop culture trends like fat babies, and skewers both themselves and the entire city’s news media along the way.
If you missed the show, know that:
Main Hosts:
Bottom Line:
Come for the contest, stay for the chaos. If you have a giant baby, John desperately wants to see it. If you’re a local weatherperson, remember: always start with “whoa, buddy.”