10-29-25 - Entertainment Drill - WED - Fonzie's Jacket And Kirk's Star Trek Uniform Sell At Memorabilia Auction - List Of Worst TV Families Of All Time

Summary

Podcast Summary: Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona

Episode: Entertainment Drill - Fonzie's Jacket And Kirk's Star Trek Uniform Sell At Memorabilia Auction - List Of Worst TV Families Of All Time
Date: October 29, 2025
Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo

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Overview

This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness dives into recent entertainment news and pop culture nostalgia. The crew discusses the surprising results of a high-profile memorabilia auction featuring iconic TV costumes, debates the ranking of notorious TV families, and banters about music and upcoming events. The episode maintains the show’s signature irreverent and energetic tone, with comedic impressions, quick-witted tangents, and lively interplay among the hosts.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Skid Row Band Status & Rock Wars Winner

• The team reacts to Skid Row winning “Rock Wars” and jokes about the band’s ongoing longevity despite numerous lineup changes.
  • Holmberg: “Skid Row is the Schrodinger's cat of metal music. It's both simultaneously dead and alive at the same time.” (02:03)
• They reminisce about seeing Sebastian Bach perform and debate who would headline a tribute.
• Segue into a discussion of their "Night of the Singing Dead" show and the dark joke about needing a band member to die to be eligible for tribute.

2. Flavor Flav Named Hype Man for US Olympic Bobsled Team

• Announcement: Flavor Flav will serve as the “official hype man” for the US Bobsled and Skeleton teams at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.
  • Brady: “Flavor Flav's fired up because he is the official hype man for the USA Bobsled and Skeleton teams…” (04:22)
• Comparison to Snoop Dogg’s NBC Olympic appearances, but this time, Flav is independently sponsoring and traveling with the team.
• Noted: Flav replaced his clock with a giant USA medallion.

3. Memorabilia Auction Recap

• Highlights from a recent TV memorabilia auction—heavy 1960s nostalgia:

  • Batman & Robin costumes (Adam West/Burt Ward): $575,000 (05:16)
  • The Joker’s (Cesar Romero) costume: $212,000 (05:25)
  • Batman’s Batarang & holster: $50,000
  • Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman costume: $225,000 (06:18)
  • Two Fonzie leather jackets: $87,000 & $75,000 (06:43)
  • Captain Kirk’s original Starfleet uniform: $62,500 (07:00)

• Holmberg reacts with trademark irreverence, riffing in character as Adam West’s Batman.

  • Holmberg: “I would purchase those (Wonder Woman’s costume) and spend my entire day with my bat nose in the crotch of those pants. I’d put a little bat deodorizer on it first.” (06:24)

• Note: Surprised at the lower price for Captain Kirk’s uniform compared to Fonzie’s jackets.

4. Promotion of an Upcoming William Shatner Event

• Holmberg will interview William Shatner live at the Orpheum (Nov 12).
• Plan: Watch "Wrath of Khan" with the audience, then an extended Q&A and impression reenactments with Frank Caliendo.

5. List of the Worst TV Families of All Time

• The list prompts heated, comedic debate:

  • Four “Game of Thrones” families make the top 10—Bolton, Targaryen, Lannister, etc.
  • The Roys ("Succession"), Meyer family ("Veep"), Sopranos, the Gemstone family, and Shameless’s Gallaghers also feature.
  • The crew is incredulous at the Sopranos' ranking:
    • Holmberg: “That is fake news. I'm with Brett and I'm not even Italian. That is sacrilegious!” (09:04)

• On “Shameless”: entire family described as the “worst” on TV.

• Tangent: HBO families dominate the list.

• Frustration as Holmberg can't recall the show “Shameless” by name until prompted.

6. Music Memorabilia—Nirvana’s Debut Single

• Auction news: Nirvana's 1988 "Love Buzz" 7-inch vinyl up for auction, fetching $8,500 as of last night (10:38)
• Skepticism about authenticity: “How do you know that’s the first one played on the radio?” (10:49)

7. TV Theme Song Trivia & Band Name Origins

• Humorous discussion of classic TV themes (e.g., “BJ & The Bear”).
• Holmberg recounts the origin of the band name "Minus the Bear":
  • Holmberg: “The date was almost exactly like an episode of ‘BJ & The Bear’... minus the bear.” (11:23)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Schrodinger's Cat Reference:
  "Skid Row is the Schrodinger's cat of metal music. It's both simultaneously dead and alive at the same time." — Holmberg (02:03)

• Comic Book Memorabilia Tangent:
  "I would purchase those (Wonder Woman’s costume) and spend my entire day with my bat nose in the crotch of those pants." — Holmberg, in his Batman impression (06:24)

• Sopranos Outrage:
  "That is fake news. I'm with Brett and I'm not even Italian. That is sacrilegious!" — Holmberg (09:04)

• Band Name Storytelling:
  "The date was almost exactly like an episode of BJ & the Bear, minus the bear." — Holmberg (11:23)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [02:03] — Skid Row riff, “Schrodinger’s cat of metal”
• [04:22] — Flavor Flav becomes Olympic Bobsled hype man
• [05:16–07:12] — Memorabilia auction results (Batman, Wonder Woman, Fonzie, Kirk)
• [08:22] — List of worst TV families: “Game of Thrones”, “Succession”, etc.
• [09:04] — Sopranos-family outrage
• [10:26] — The struggle to recall “Shameless”
• [10:38] — Nirvana’s “Love Buzz” vinyl auction
• [11:23] — BJ & The Bear and Minus the Bear’s band name story

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Tone & Atmosphere

• Playful, cheeky, often irreverent.
• Hosts riff off each other with in-jokes, spontaneous impressions, and local event plugs.
• Mix of pop culture nostalgia and sharp-witted, sometimes absurd, humor.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode captures Holmberg’s Morning Sickness at its best: quick, comedic takes on pop culture, deep dives into nostalgic memorabilia, passionate pop-culture arguments, and hilarious personal anecdotes that listeners can enjoy—whether or not they caught the show live.

Transcript

[A]

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[D]

Wow.

[C]

Oh, that's great, too. Love it. An underrated band. An underrated album, too. It's got a couple clunkers on there, but that's. That's a good one. Skid Row winner for Rock Wars. Yes. Put that one in my pile.

[A]

That should be in Night of the Singing Dead.

[C]

Well, nobody's dead yet. Although their career.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Is Skid Row alive? Still is.

[A]

I just asked John Gordon.

[D]

They're.

[A]

They're going on singer number five.

[C]

Is that right?

[A]

Yeah, they're looking for five right now.

[C]

Skid Row.

[A]

And that's not including Lizzie Hale when she filled in for a tour.

[C]

Oh, what for? And she was good.

[A]

She was.

[C]

Yeah. Skid Row is the Schrodinger's cat of metal music. It's it's in the box. It's both simultaneously dead and alive at the same time. Yeah, I love that song though. And Sebastian torn it around doing that thing a couple years ago. Sounded great.

[A]

Look, I'm gonna be honest. I'll go see Sebastian before I go see thing.

[B]

Yep, yep.

[D]

You can maybe reach for it a little bit, maybe stretch. There's got to be a roadier.

[C]

Yeah, we've tried. We did. Yeah. We've tried to find like a studio musician or somebody who did keyboards on a tour once, but Skid Row is shockingly healthy as a horse. It's amazing. And yeah, it's. We're. If they, if one drops dead today, I promise you we'll get it done. If, if they die before 9pm on Friday, we'll do some sk.

[A]

Let me make a phone call.

[C]

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[D]

Flavor Flav's fired up because he is the official hype man for the USA Bobsled and Skeleton teams for the 2026 Winter Olympics. He will travel to Milan Cortina for the games in February.

[C]

So they're doing the Snoop Dogg thing this time, only they're doing a slave. Yeah, because Snoop Dogg was at the last Olympics. Oh, he's putting money in. Oh, this isn't an NBC thing.

[D]

Yeah, no, this is.

[C]

Oh, that's different sponsor. He actually kicked in money. I thought they were just doing, like. They had such success with Snoop at the Summer Olympics last time.

[D]

He's changed up the clock a little bit. He's got a USA Giant medallion, and that's pretty cool. Yeah. There was a TV show auction of old stuff from the 60s. The original Batman uniforms. Batman and Robin. Oh, they're worn by Adam west and Burt Ward.

[C]

They have the real ones. Yep, you can own Those.

[D]

Sold for $575,000.

[C]

Both of them together. Oh, my goodness.

[D]

The Joker's costume, worn by Cesar romero, went for 212,000.

[C]

Somebody stole our clothes, Robin. And I can't figure out where they've gone. Holy empty closets, Batman. Exactly, little chum. We have to come up with an alternate unifor and get our half a million back. But how, only God knows. And of course, Commissioner Gordon.

[D]

Batman's Batarang and holster sold for $50,000.

[C]

I didn't even know it was on the block. Who's selling all of these items? Brady? Sotheby's? Those harlequin hooligans have been after my materials for years. I love that. That's one of my favorite useless impressions that I have.

[D]

Wonder Woman's costume that worn by Lynda Carter. And for 225,000.

[C]

That changes everything. I didn't know her clothes were off, let alone for sale. I would purchase those and spend my entire day with my bat nose in the crotch of those pants. I've made myself laugh. I had no idea I would put a little bat deodorizer on it first.

[D]

Two of Swanzi's leather jackets.

[C]

Not interested. Straight as an arrow.

[D]

87,000 and 75,000.

[C]

Fonzie's jacket was only 87 grand. He wore a bunch of them.

[A]

Yeah, but they'll fit a child.

[C]

That's true. He's mean.

[D]

Here's one for you. Probably will.

[C]

We should have got him for Scott Haynes.

[A]

Oh, man, that's right.

[D]

Maybe you will talk about it when you do the interview. Captain Kirk's Starfleet uniform from the show. Original. Yeah. Oh, 62,500.

[C]

Didn't go for as much as Fonzie's coat. I am going to talk to him about that. Yeah, that's. Tickets still on sale for that, surprisingly. It's at the Orpheum on November 12th. Get to watch Wrath of Khan, which is the best Star Trek movie. And then William Shatner comes out and we talk for an hour. And Caliento's decided to join me on this thing. And Shatner's like, evidently, like, that's not my normal show. I don't know what I'm gonna do with the two people that are on stage, but I can't wait. You know, I feel something special is going to happen. And so he gets excited about it. We're gonna have him up there, do a little Q and A. He's got his storytelling time. And then Frank and I are gonna go up there and Frank and I are gonna reenact a couple of his stories. Like he has one where he's yelling at Stephen Hawking or something, and then Terry Bradshaw. And we all have the impression so we can. We can do little things after. And it was the most fun I've had in a long time. I did this seven years ago. It just Mr. Shatner and I. And then Frank's gonna be up there with us. It's gonna be fun. So you can get your tickets there. Just check out William Shatner's Graphic Contour or Fume Theater. You get tickets. Should be great. I don't know how much tickets are for that, to be honest with you. I don't think they're that bad.

[D]

The worst TV families of all time.

[C]

Well, the William Macy's in that Showtime show. I can't think of the name of it. Right.

[D]

Four of the top 10 were families from the Game of Thrones.

[C]

Oh, yeah. I mean, come on. They were terrible.

[D]

Targaryen family, the Lannisters, the Bolton family was number one.

[C]

They were the worst on that show.

[D]

It's the number one on the list. Number two, the Roy family.

[C]

Oh, from succession. Yeah.

[D]

Number three, the Meyer family from Veep.

[C]

What's. Oh, absolutely. That show's so funny.

[D]

The Sopranos.

[C]

What?

[D]

Number five.

[C]

What? Fake news. That is fake news. I'm with Brett and I'm. I'm not even Italian.

[A]

This is ridiculous.

[C]

That is sacrilegious. What?

[D]

The Gemstone family number six.

[C]

That's a pretty bad one.

[D]

The Falcone family from the Penguin.

[A]

I was.

[C]

Oh, that's.

[A]

I was talking to Kevin earlier.

[C]

That's a new one. Yeah, Kevin, Falcone and Yogi seem very nice. The Falcones from that. That's a good show. It's a little slow, but it's pretty good.

[D]

The Penguin, the Salamanca family and not the.

[C]

Not the family from. What's the Showtime show with William Macy and. God damn it.

[D]

They have the Gallagher family from Shameless. And then number 14 was pretty much every single family from HBO.

[C]

Well, that is true. Oh, I can't remember that damn show. The name. Find it, Brad.

[D]

What is it?

[C]

Oh, it's killing me. It's killing me. The TV show from. God damn it. Well, somebody email it to me immediately.

[A]

TV show from what?

[C]

From Showtime. It's William. William Macy's and not William H. Macy. William.

[D]

The seven inch vinyl pressing of Nirvana's 1988 song Love Buzz is being auctioned off.

[C]

What is it? Say it loudly. It's driving me nuts.

[A]

Shameless.

[E]

Shameless.

[C]

Oh, you did say it. I didn't even hear that. I was so locked in on trying to remember it, I wasn't. Okay, good. That's the worst family in TV history. Maybe Always Sunny in Philadelphia too has got to be on that list somewhere.

[D]

So Love Buzz will be auctioned off right now. 7 inch vinyl right now. I'm sure it's gone up. As of last night, it was 8, 500 bucks.

[A]

How do you know that's the first one.

[D]

A guy named?

[A]

First one played on the radio.

[C]

Yeah, that's a good point. Just take your word for it. Somebody just asked how come we didn't. Nobody picked a theme from BJ and the Bear. That's pretty solid.

[A]

Don't think it didn't come to mind.

[C]

Oh, did you think of that one? I'm BJ McKay and this is my best friend, Bear.

[A]

I thought about it. Is there a theme for any which Way but Loose but you know.

[D]

Yeah, I know. Your first choice was trucking from Grateful Dead.

[C]

I've told this story before, but I think the greatest way to get a band named comes from the band Minus the Bear. And it's a alternative band. But do you know that story? It's fantastic. They were asking a guy who went on a date with a girl. And he said, he said, how was the date last night? And he goes, you know, the date was almost exactly like an episode of BJ and the Bear minus the bear.

[A]

That is good.

[C]

And I'm like, oh, that's fantastic. So they, they threw that out there as the name of their band and it stuck and they had a couple of hits. I still think that's great. It's 10 o' clock on the dot. Fitz is going to have a couple of words for you starting at 2:00'. Clock. You can get that all ready to go and maybe get your qualifiers in there from two till he's out of here too. So he does it every hour for his entire show. And you can qualify and you can win $1,000. That's not so bad. And all you have to do, take it in the air. That's where the money is. That's where he's asking you to go. You can take it in the app and walk away with a thousand bucks. That's a nice gift. This show is ending right at 10:00, clock as designed. We're done. Larry McFeely's coming up next. You guys have yourselves a great Wednesday. We'll see you tomorrow right here in the Morning Sickness.

[D]

It's not weird.

[E]

It's pretty cool, actually.

[D]

No membership fees.

[C]

I have heard enough of.

[E]

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