10-31-25 - Entertainment Drill - FRI - If You Could Eliminate One Song From Existence What Would It Be

Summary

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Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Entertainment Drill: "If You Could Eliminate One Song From Existence, What Would It Be?"

Episode Date: October 31, 2025
Main Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo
Main Theme:
This lively segment centers on a provocative and funny thought experiment: If you could eliminate one song from existence, what would it be? The show’s hosts, alongside regular guests, riff about annoying songs, the communal nature of entertainment in the streaming era, and some pop culture headlines.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. Stranger Things Season 5 & the Power of Commonality

• [04:21] Corey announces the new trailer for Stranger Things Season 5, noting its rapid popularity.
• Brady and Holmberg discuss how TV has changed, from "appointment viewing" to binge releases.
  • Brady: "I think the way TV works now... things are getting more interesting to people because of commonality rather than quality. Stranger Things is okay." – [04:34]
  • The hosts agree that shared pop culture used to unite people. Now, only a few shows (like Stranger Things or Netflix true-crime docs) catch collective attention.
  • Holmberg admits falling off Stranger Things after season two; Corey cites fatigue and feeling left behind by long-running shows.

2. Taylor Sheridan & the Call of Duty Movie

• [06:29] Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan is reportedly working on a live-action Call of Duty movie.
  • Brady jokes about how fast Sheridan writes scripts (“He'll pen that in 20 minutes.” – [06:37]) and the 'hit factory' reputation that now has become shorthand for "must-watch" TV.
  • The panel notes the tendency for entertainment hype to snowball around particular creators, even if the output isn't legendary.

3. Jesse Eisenberg's Altruism

• [07:01] News of actor Jesse Eisenberg donating a kidney to a stranger is met with surprise and some light ribbing.
  • Brady asks in disbelief, “You can just go to [the National Kidney Foundation] and say, I don't know who's getting it. Hack it out? That's bananas. Why would you do that?” – [07:31]
  • Corey adds levity about the family voucher program, while the group jokes about the logistics and motivations.

4. The Main Event: Which Song Should Be Erased Forever?

• [07:47] "If you could delete one song from existence, what would it be?" sparks intense, hilarious debate:

  • Immediate picks:

    • Holmberg: "Margaritaville." – [07:57]
    • Brady: "Lime in the Coconut" by Harry Nilsson – [08:10]
    • Corey: "Baby Shark" — “That’s number six.” – [08:14]
    • Mike King: Adds “Magic” by Pilot to the hate-list due to its ubiquitous use in commercials.

  • Clever complaints:

    • Brady: “Those are like songs for…hypnotic. Once you hear it, it's in your brain for days.” ([08:44] JG Wentworth/Jingle themes)
    • The group derides persistent ad jingles: "1-877-CARS FOR KIDS", JG Wentworth, etc.

  • Top 'Worst Song' List (from various internet sources):

    • #1: “The Christmas Shoes” ("Dead Mom Thriller" as they jokingly call it)
    • #2: “Last Christmas” – Wham!
    • "Hey, Soul Sister" – Train
    • “All Summer Long” – Kid Rock
    • “My Humps” – Black Eyed Peas
    • “Mambo Number 5” – Lou Bega
    • “Achy Breaky Heart” – Billy Ray Cyrus
    • “We Built This City” – Starship
    • “Moves Like Jagger” – Maroon 5
    • “Milkshake” – Kelis
    • “Tik Tok” – Kesha

  • Memorable banter:

    • Host, on “Christmas Shoes”: “So this is a dude’s mom dies and he has her shoes, and Christmas reminds him, so he dresses up like his mom, like Ed Gein, and wanders around the house—Christmas. Is that accurate?” – [09:42]
    • Brady jokes about the plot after it's clarified the song is about a sad kid whose mom is dying and who goes to buy her shoes with the help of a stranger. He quips: “What a selfish little prick.” – [10:21]

  • Comic parallels between Samaritans and Jesus:

    • “The narrator might be Jesus. They don’t really narrow it down.” – [10:33]
    • Brady cackles: “I've never heard Jesus actually sing before. This is interesting.” – [10:42]

5. Music & Show News Roundup

• [11:42] Alice Cooper & Criss Angel are teaming up for a 2026 Las Vegas show.
  • Corey: “Welcome to our Nightmare” to run as a limited engagement March 6–7, 2026.
• [12:30] Rock Hall Induction: 21 Pilots, Soundgarden, Taylor Momson, Brandy Carlisle, and Jerry Cantrell slated to perform in tribute sets.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Brady, on TV's new role:
  • “We're dying to all have the same thing.” – [06:12]
• Group deriding persistent commercial jingle earworms:
  • Brady: “If that's on there, then JG Wentworth's thing. And mainly because it's hypnotic. Once you hear it, it's in your brain for days.” – [08:44]
• Host, mocking the “Christmas Shoes” plot:
  • “He goes in and goes, 'I'm gonna buy his kids...' Shouldn't he be there for the mom?” – [10:42]
• Brady, on the kid in “Christmas Shoes”:
  • “What a selfish little prick.” – [10:21]
• Riffing on the possibility of Jesus being the song's narrator:
  • “I've never heard Jesus actually sing before. This is interesting.” – [10:42]

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Key Segment Timestamps

• [04:21] - Stranger Things S5 news, streaming culture discussion
• [06:29] - Call of Duty movie and creator conversation
• [07:01] - Jesse Eisenberg kidney donation story
• [07:47] - Main topic: Which song would you erase forever?
• [08:13] - Rundown of publicly beloved/hated songs
• [09:42–11:02] - Detailed (and hilarious) break down of “Christmas Shoes” and other 'worst' songs
• [11:42] - Alice Cooper/Criss Angel Vegas show news
• [12:30] - Upcoming Rock Hall performance details

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Tone & Delivery

• The hosts mix sarcasm, skepticism, and sharp observational humor.
• Their chemistry drives the conversation, with plenty of running in-jokes and playful jabs at each other's expense.
• The show's informal and irreverent—offering both pop culture insight and a comedic feel, perfect for fans of cheeky morning radio.

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Perfect for listeners who enjoy:
Pop culture banter, debates over bad music, and entertaining dives into why certain entertainment trends succeed or flop.

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Transcript

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[Host]

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[Brady]

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[Host]

I'm texting him right now.

[Brady]

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[Corey]

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[Corey]

Netflix released its full trailer. Stranger Things Season 5 and less than a day it racked up nearly 8 million views. The first four episodes will be released on November 26th.

[Brady]

I have to say that I think the way TV works now with all this, you know, hype on, you know, full series being released in a day that things are getting more interested, interesting to people because of commonality rather than quality. Stranger Things is okay.

[Host]

I lost it in the second season. It gets a little weird.

[Brady]

It's good. I'm not gonna say it's not, but it is not insane hype worthy except for. And it just screams to me that we want commonalities. Like, oh, is Stranger Things the thing then I'm gonna get in on that so I can talk to people. I think it's a way to communicate that we've lost completely. So we jump on stuff that may not be that. The Ed Gein thing. Everybody watched it.

[Corey]

It's okay.

[Brady]

Yeah, but it wasn't like, like everybody like this crazy thing because we are dying to have something in common again, like just at work or whatever else everybody wants. And I like Stranger Things. But Brett and I, you're. I'm the same as you. I'm like, second one in. I'm like, ah, I don't care.

[Corey]

And I'm at. It's season five, Right. It's too many seasons now.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Corey]

If I'm too far behind. But. But I think it's one of those shows that if you can.

[Brady]

Yeah. But you're. You say that thing, you're too far overwhelmed. You're too far behind because you feel it makes you feel like you missed it even while you're watching it.

[Corey]

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[Brady]

You want to be jump in part of the. The it thing. And it's. It kind of sucks because, you know, that was one thing. Tv, music and all that stuff used to do. We all like it or hate it. We all knew about stuff. Now people say stuff to you like, I don't even know what that is. Like the devil. What's that?

[Host]

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[Brady]

Six, seven. Nobody knows what the hell that is. But it's this. This lost kind of every. It's not even generational. It's. Everybody's on a different page. So when these things come out, I'm like, stranger Things isn't that great? But we're dying to all have the same thing.

[Corey]

Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan is developing a live action Call of Duty movie.

[Brady]

He'll pen that in 20 minutes.

[Corey]

It's already done.

[Brady]

He writes.

[Corey]

But if it's anything like, I mean, there's not too many lemons in his.

[Brady]

Yeah, that's another one, though. None of them are great. They're good. They don't seem Overly brilliant. They're good, though. But everybody loves them. And you put his name on it now, and it's like, oh, this month we all have to watch.

[Corey]

Jesse Eisenberg is donating his kidney to a stranger in need in December.

[Brady]

You.

[Corey]

Well, you got to be. I wouldn't qualify.

[Brady]

Nuts. Because he's Jewish.

[Corey]

Well, I could. If I could reach out and say, look, you can still hold on to your kidney for two more years.

[Brady]

You can? Yeah. Really send it off.

[Corey]

But he's doing it through the National Kidney Foundation. There's a family voucher program.

[Brady]

Wait, I can just go to them and say, I don't know who's getting it. Hack it out. Yeah, that's bananas. Why would you do that?

[Host]

No.

[Corey]

Someone asked if you could delete one song from existence, what would it be?

[Mike King]

Wow.

[Brady]

I mean, you got.

[Host]

Margaritaville.

[Brady]

Margaritaville's on the list. Some of those door songs could go 3:11. I know this. I'm trying to think of a single song.

[Host]

I'm trying to think of one that's.

[Brady]

Just that lime in the coconut one makes me mad, so I think I'd have that.

[Host]

Baby Shark.

[Corey]

Oh, that's number six.

[Brady]

Baby Shark is.

[Corey]

I never knew who did. Baby Shark. Pink phone.

[Brady]

Okay, nobody does. Maybe Corey does. He's into that stuff.

[Corey]

Someone needs.

[Mike King]

But.

[Corey]

Because of the Ozempic commercial. But Magic by Pilot.

[Brady]

Oh, yeah.

[Corey]

Oh, if I hear that again, I'm down with this one. The 1-877-cars for kids.

[Brady]

Oh, those are like songs for.

[Corey]

I know. They. They put it on.

[Brady]

Okay, so if that's on there, then JG Wentworth's thing. And mainly because it's hypnotic. It. Once you hear it, it's in your brain for days.

[Corey]

Number one was the Christmas Shoes. New song. I don't.

[Brady]

What's that?

[Host]

I'll see if I can find it.

[Brady]

Dead Mom Thriller says Dead Mom.

[Corey]

Number two. Most Last Christmas. Wham.

[Brady]

Yeah, it gets played a lot. What is Dead Mom Thriller? Good God. He has got some.

[Corey]

The Christmas Shoes is by Dead Mom.

[Brady]

Or is that a different song?

[Corey]

Oh, Dead Mom.

[Brady]

Oh, it is about a dead mom. Oh, it's a sad. You said it was such glee.

[Corey]

Hey, soul sister.

[Brady]

Hold on. He had such a huge smile on his face.

[Host]

He's got the Lee Harvey haircut still going. Come on.

[Brady]

And he's just chanting, dead Ma. This is it.

[Corey]

I.

[Brady]

It's the Dead Mom.

[Host]

Christmas Shoes, Christmas time. It's a Christmas song, apparently. Unless there's a song I'm missing. I don't know.

[Brady]

So. Corey, this is a Dude's mom dies and he has her shoes, and he. And Christmas reminds him. So he dresses up like his mom, like Ed Gein, and wanders around the house. Christmas. Is that accurate? Oh, wait. Oh, sorry.

[Guest]

So it's like.

[Brady]

Is this it?

[Guest]

Yeah, this is the right song. It's a ballad about, like, this young kid who's having his mom die in the hospital. And he's all like, oh, my life's going to crap. So this random stranger who's the one sitting here says, here, here's some money for some new shoes. So while he's gone, though, the mom passes away. So she doesn't. He doesn't see his mom die.

[Brady]

Oh, he leaves to go get some Nikes.

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[Brady]

And his mom dies while he's.

[Guest]

Oh, hey, kid, you're going through a tough time. Here's some money to distract you while she takes the bucket.

[Brady]

What a selfish little prick.

[Guest]

Hey, he got the money.

[Brady]

And who in the hospital says he.

[Corey]

Got drawn for the new Jordans?

[Mike King]

That's true. That's why.

[Brady]

That's why. Yeah, that's it. He got the Jordan threes that were.

[Guest]

And the narrator. And the narrator might be Jesus. They don't really narrow it down.

[Brady]

Oh, Jesus actually performing.

[Guest]

Might be. Might be. That's how you ask.

[Brady]

I've never heard Jesus actually sing before. This is interesting. Is that him you see, like now? So the stranger knew this kid's plight the whole time.

[Mike King]

Yes.

[Brady]

And then goes in and goes, I'm gonna buy his kids.

[Corey]

Shouldn't be there for the mom.

[Brady]

Why?

[Corey]

I don't know.

[Brady]

That is exactly when the kid should.

[Corey]

Get out of here. Buy some shoes.

[Brady]

Yeah. You don't need to see this. She ain't coming back, Boy.

[Host]

They dropped the flu game Jordans. And he's like, I'm out. I'm going to get these things, a.

[Brady]

Line on them for 350.

[Corey]

Some other songs on the list. All summer long, Kid Rock, My Humps, Black Eyed Peas, Mambo Number five.

[Brady]

Oh, there's a good one.

[Corey]

Achy Breaky Heart. Imagine we built this city.

[Brady]

Just getting into. Kind of annoying. I could tolerate him again.

[Corey]

Moves like Jagger.

[Brady]

Was that Kesha song there for a minute?

[Corey]

I hate milkshake.

[Guest]

Which one?

[Brady]

No, that was.

[Corey]

That's Kellis. That's Kellis.

[Host]

That's right.

[Brady]

You know what I'm talking.

[Host]

Tick tock song.

[Brady]

Tick tock.

[Corey]

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[Brady]

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[Corey]

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[Brady]

Horrendous looking crowd.

[Guest]

The biggest trip of all. Tried to make their careers come out.

[Corey]

Yeah. The poster.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Corey]

Facing off.

[Brady]

Yeah, they're face to face, so. Yeah, I think Corey's right. This is a. It's not at Sphere or anything.

[Corey]

And 21 pilots will perform in honor of the White Stripes at the Rock and Rock hall ceremony. And Soundgarden will also perform, joined by Taylor Momson, Brady Carlisle and Jerry Cantrell.

[Brady]

They're gonna. They're gonna say, it's Brandy Carlisle. They're so into yourself.

[Corey]

What did I say, Brady?

[Host]

Johnny Strong.

[Brady]

Yeah. Bring somebody who's gonna.

[Corey]

That'll be my next cross dressing.

[Brady]

Brandy Carlisle. It's better than Scott Taylor's costume. At least. I might guess Brandi Carlisle if you came in dressed like that. All right, there you go. That's your entertainment drill. And we've got ourselves a Guadalupe squares coming up to close out Halloween. Are you a big Halloween guy?

[Guest]

Yeah, I usually just hang with the family. That's it.

[Brady]

Are you coming tonight to the show to just as Thriller?

[Guest]

I have a game tonight.

[Brady]

Unbelievable.

[Mike King]

What game?

[Guest]

Rising NAU Football.

[Brady]

NAU Football?

[Guest]

It's a Friday. They're only playing all year. It's very funny.

[Brady]

You should just not do it and see if anyone notices.

[Guest]

No, they'll know.

[Brady]

No, they won't.

[Guest]

We have contacts that'll call Chris and bother him.

[Brady]

Yeah, the spirit boxes won't go off.

[Corey]

What if you ran audio from a previous?

[Guest]

I don't run, Brady.

[Corey]

That was a good one.

[Brady]

He jumped that. It's 929. Give it to us. We need a girl, we need a boy. 585. 9800. And we'll play those Guadalupe squares next. Hey, it's not weird.

[Corey]

It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fees.

[Brady]

I have heard enough of this.