11-21-25 - Entertainment Drill - FRI - Kim Kardashian Bought OJs Bible At Auction - Cardi B Had Umbilical Cord Made Into A Keepsake

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Arizona

Episode: 11-21-25 – Entertainment Drill – FRI

Main Theme/Purpose
This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness features the show's signature irreverent breakdown of recent entertainment news, celebrity antics, and pop culture oddities. John Holmberg, alongside Brady Bogen and contributions from Bret Vesely and Dick Toledo, delivers comedic takes on everything from the history of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and auction oddities (including Kim Kardashian's purchase of O.J. Simpson's jailhouse Bible), to the peculiar lengths of celebrity keepsakes (Cardi B's umbilical cord memento). The show weaves in social commentary, shameless jokes, and mock-serious “analysis,” all in its distinct blend of snark, sarcasm, and Arizona flavor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Celebrity Appearance and Health Concerns (Wicked Cast/Ariana Grande)

• John expresses concern about the dramatically thin appearance of Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo at a Wicked movie event
  • Observes celebrities acting hyper-fragile and discusses their interactions with fans and interviewers ([03:28]).
  • Jokes about their weight, likening them to Karen Carpenter, and laments that nobody intervenes or comments on the unhealthy look.
  • Comments on the forced messaging around Wicked and its supposed underlying LGBTQ themes, dismissing it as a children's story given new meaning ([07:01]).
• Quote:
  • "Every time I see them, they’re eight pounds lighter than they were the time before. They're getting down to birth weight." – John Holmberg ([04:02])
  • "Somebody’s got to say something. And I, you know, I'll get. Somebody will get mad at me and say, Aaron Brownie, shaming, body shame. I'm saving her life. Somebody's got to say something." – John Holmberg ([05:38])

2. Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade: History Nuggets

• Brady reveals the original parade featured live animals, not balloons ([08:57]).
• The crew riff on the idea of walking elephants down Broadway versus using balloon animals, musing about the chaos animal escapes might have caused.
• Quote:
  • "There's less of a chance of a stampede, really, with a balloon animal than the any 14 elephants I'm looking at in a row here. That's scary." – John Holmberg ([10:05])

3. Celebrity Auctions: Superman Comic & O.J.’s Bible

• A Superman #1 comic sold for $9.12 million ([10:27]).

• Kim Kardashian bought O.J. Simpson’s jailhouse Bible at auction for $80,276.

  • The Bible had belonged to O.J. in jail, gifted by Robert Kardashian, complete with a personal note ([11:12]).
  • The team jokes about the tangled Kardashian/Simpson family tree, speculating on Chloe’s parentage and O.J.’s possible relation ("step-uncle") ([11:28], [11:37]).
  • O.J. impression appears, lampooning his jailhouse conversion, relationship with the Kardashians, and the Bible’s “thou shalt not kill” commandment ([11:45]).

• Quote:

  • "On the third page: ‘thou shalt not kill.’ That’s the stupidest advice I’ve ever gotten. So I just gave it back." – O.J. (Impression) ([12:06])

4. The Kanye West Real Estate Transaction Follies

• Kanye bought, then sold back, a Wyoming ranch for the exact same price
  • Brief commentary on Kanye's stability and public persona ([14:03]).

5. Disney Money: “Frozen 3 and 4” Voice Actor Contracts

• Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, and Josh Gad each reportedly signed for over $60 million for Frozen 3 & 4 ([14:35]).
  • Jokes about how lucrative and easy voiceover work is for mega Disney franchises ([14:52]).

6. Cardi B’s Umbilical Cord Keepsake

• Cardi B had her baby’s umbilical cord dried, shaped into a heart, coated in gold, and made into jewelry ([15:29]).
  • Crew reacts with disgust, turning the bit into a rant about odd celebrity parenting keepsakes and why nobody does this for the elderly or dying relatives.
  • Mentions similar choices by Megan Fox, Vanessa Hudgens, Chrissy Teigen, and Ashley Simpson ([16:02]).
• Quote:
  • "How come we never keep the feeding tube of our grandparents, but we do it for babies?" – John Holmberg ([15:44])
  • "That's essentially placenta after birth, after afterbirth. It's a bag of poop and waste." – John Holmberg ([17:07])

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Memorable Quotes and Moments (with Timestamps)

• On Ariana Grande's fragile appearance:
  "I've got two Karen Carpenters, one in each color, and neither of them are going the right direction." – John Holmberg ([04:14])
• On O.J.'s relationship with the Kardashians:
  "Or OJ's. Her sister. Her uncle, actually, technically. Because OJ is Chloe's dad." – John Holmberg ([11:29])
• O.J. on jailhouse religion:
  "I opened it and like on the third page, it 'thou shalt not kill.' That’s the stupidest advice I’ve ever gotten. So I just gave it back." – O.J. (Impression) ([12:06])
• On the weirdness of keepsake bodily waste:
  "Then do it for Pop Pop. When Pop Pop has a colostomy bag. You put that in the freezer and save it for later? Of course not. It's disgusting." – John Holmberg ([17:08])
• On the original Macy’s parade:
  "They just zoo animals that got a little smell of freedom as they walked down Broadway. I’m not so sure that was a great idea." – John Holmberg ([10:05])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 03:28 – Wicked cast appearance & celebrity frailty, Arianna Grande discussion
• 08:57 – Entertainment Drill: Macy’s Parade animal origins
• 10:27 – Superman #1 comic auction milestone
• 11:12 – 13:08 – O.J. Simpson’s Bible auction, O.J. impression, family tree jokes
• 14:03 – Kanye West’s ranch boomerang sale
• 14:35 – 14:52 – Disney “Frozen” paydays for voice cast
• 15:29 – 17:08 – Cardi B's umbilical cord jewelry, celebrity oddities with baby keepsakes

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Tone and Style

The episode keeps its tone unfiltered, playful, and loaded with sarcasm. Jokes flow seamlessly between pop culture snark, local Arizona color, and swift improvisational bits—like the running O.J. impression and persistent lampooning of celebrity weirdness. Brady’s deadpan “facts” often prompt wild riffing from John, keeping the entertainment sharp and unpredictable.

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Summary

If you missed this episode, expect a rapid-fire string of jarring celebrity news takedowns—equal parts pop culture gossip and absurd social commentary. Standouts include a morbidly funny debate on why baby body parts become keepsakes while Grandpa’s medical devices do not, a mocking dissection of excessive Disney payouts, and the surreal saga of Kim Kardashian buying O.J.’s Bible. The hosts do what HMS does best: lampoon pop culture’s excesses, drop local plugs, and unearth the weirder corners of entertainment news, all with signature Arizona irreverence.

Transcript

[John Holmberg]

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[John Holmberg]

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[Brady]

Might be a robot.

[John Holmberg]

They act like pod people, like in a sci fi movie when the aliens are afraid of humans. They huddle together and shake. Have you seen, like, the red carpet.

[Brady]

Stuff that's going on when she got attacked?

[John Holmberg]

It wasn't attacked. A guy just jumped in and yeah.

[Brady]

To try to get a picture with it, but they called it, grabbed her.

[John Holmberg]

And then she's in another thing where Ariana Grande's in a. In A, a Q and A. And they're on a stage, and the interviewer grabs Ariana's arm and just kind of like, gives her one of those. That's great answer. Kind of shakes her arm a little bit. Like, you know when somebody does it. Oh, nice job. And they're touchy. The girl, like, immediately goes into defense mode and holds her arm as if it's been shattered like a bird. They treat each other like they're the most fragile people ever. And every time I see them, they're eight pounds lighter than they were the time before. They're getting down to birth weight.

[Brady]

She is fragile.

[John Holmberg]

She has to be. They're not eating. Does anyone care about these two? I've got two Karen Carpenters, one in each color, and neither of them are going the right direction. And nobody's saying anything. Is it time that we all said, hey, Ariana I know this might offend you, but if anyone cared about you, they'd look at you and say, you are fading away. This is not a healthy look. She looks horrifyingly thin.

[Brady]

Thank you, John. I will take that into consideration.

[John Holmberg]

But I think if you said it, they'd shake together in their nest and just sit there until the threat was over.

[Brady]

Well, I saw one weird. The other one defended or vivo. Is that her name?

[John Holmberg]

I don't know. Yeah, Erivo, I'll give you that.

[Brady]

She got out of the way. The, you know, kind of pulled the fan off. He just put his arm around. Don't want to take a picture. Dude shouldn't have done it. Michelle Yo. Yeah, we'll stand there and just put her back into the nest.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, she's. Yeah, she's like, Michelle Yo's karate trained. She was in some karate stuff. She can fight.

[Brady]

I'm not getting to that mess.

[John Holmberg]

Look at her chest right here. Oh, you can see her. Yeah, her. Her breast bone no longer has breasts on it. It's got bones. It's. And she's always been small. This is unhealthy. And the other girl that they're, like, in love with each other, she's going.

[Brady]

For the Asian look, too.

[John Holmberg]

I don't know what's going on, because.

[Brady]

Look at her days with Nickelodeon, I believe.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, she's a little thicker.

[Brady]

First album.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, she was, you know, she was human sized. Somebody's got to say something. And I, you know, I'll get. Somebody will get mad at me and say, aaron Brownie, shaming, body shame. I'm saving her life. Somebody's got to say something. I mean, it is. Oh, there's a picture right there. That's just. That's not good. She's a beautiful lady. Look at that. The six years ago she was so big, like, compared to now. And she's always been small.

[Brady]

Look at that.

[John Holmberg]

That's a picture of a healthy person, an unhealthy person. No one else is seeing the writing on the wall here where we got to say something. Somebody who cares about them has to say something. And the two of them act like.

[Brady]

She'S making us money.

[John Holmberg]

That's kind of. It's Disney, but it's like perennially 50 below to her and her other skinny friend. The two of them are killing each other. And everybody's like, oh, what a love affair. I watched an interview with her yesterday, and somebody said they were on the red carpet and a lady was like, what do you. What do you have a message I don't even know why this is a question. She goes, what's the message to the gay community from Wicked? And I'm like, you're welcome. Like, the gays have loved the wizard of Oz since, I mean, Judy Garland became their spokesperson. For a while before, being gay was a thing we knew about Judy Garland and the gays. Dorothy was their thing. And they both said, oh, my God. If you read the books, you realize that this was a. A novel about gay acceptance. The whole time I'm like, no, it wasn't. These were children's books.

[Brady]

They're about a rainbow.

[John Holmberg]

No. Well, that's the thing. You start getting confused and add the rainbow into old times. But she's like, the Frank Baum books were all gay acceptance and everything's. No, dude wrote children's books. This wasn't a gay movie. This was. This was sort of about believing in yourself and, you know, and loving what you have around you instead of, you know, dreaming, you know, you can always be. It's weird how insane their message is. And then the two of them, like, if the wind blows, they grab each other and start to shake. They're like little leaves. Somebody's got to say something because Ariana used to be kind of hot and now it's just like, oh, she's going to die and everybody's going to be, what happened? Don't blame me. I was trying to.

[Brady]

Pete Davidson.

[John Holmberg]

Pete. Maybe she just misses Pete. Maybe Pete was like full of calories. Chock full of calories. That might have been. I mean, what he's packing, it doesn't matter. He's got his pick. Pete's protein kept some muscle on those bones and he took it away from her. Anyway, I just wanted to point that out, that you heard it here first. I don't want to talk about unhealthy people because Thriller just walked in. But just saying. It's time for the entertainment drill. It's brought to you by our [e-mail] that's the home of tactical black self defense training. Get in on this. Their 25th anniversary is in 2026. They're jumping the gun on that and giving you a chance to jump in early as a KUPD listener. 89 bucks for a month of training. That's every class they've got. Go to their website and check out how much you're actually getting for this and how often you can go and train. It's an amazing thing. You can do the knife, you can do the self defense, you can do the gun, you can do the cardio, you can do bag classes, learn to hit, learn to fight, all that other stuff. The fight class is amazing. So many different things and it sounds violent, but it's not. It's very controlled. And you will get out of there feeling great about yourself and just a little bit stronger mentally and physically for 89 bucks for the month. That is unbelievable. Celebrate the 25th anniversary of react defense.com right now reactdefense.com that's the home of Tactical Black Brady Entertainment.

[Brady]

Did you know the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade didn't always feature giant balloons?

[John Holmberg]

Nope.

[Brady]

The parade first took place in 1924. Initially had real life animals from the Central Park.

[John Holmberg]

They floated them around.

[Brady]

No, they didn't flow them around. They walked them around. There's elephants.

[John Holmberg]

Oh.

[Brady]

The first cat or the first balloon animals. Basically Felix the cat in 1927.

[John Holmberg]

They didn't do the first cat.

[Brady]

That was years before he was filled with oxygen and helium or. No, just. He was filled with oxygen.

[John Holmberg]

No helium.

[Brady]

No helium. With giant sticks.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, yeah.

[Brady]

Then they went to the helium and.

[John Holmberg]

Massive flame issues with oxygen filled animals.

[OJ]

John Holmberg's morning sickness, the 98 KUPD Homburg's morning sickness.

[Brady]

They. They have a couple old pictures of 1924 1. And then when they had Felix, 1924 guys felt a little safer with Felix the cat.

[John Holmberg]

Well, there's less of a chance of a stampede really with a balloon animal than the any 14 elephants I'm looking at in a row here. That's scary. I don't know that I'd align the street. Well, they just zoo animals that got a little smell of freedom as they walked down Broadway. I'm not so sure that was a great idea. And I bet you there's a story somewhere in there where they almost killed a bunch of people and said, we got to stop doing this.

[Brady]

There's a new king of comics. He's actually the same old king. But that Superman copy number one from 1939 sold for 9.12 million to record because the previous one, Action Comics had a number one from 1938. It sold for 6 million in 2024.

[John Holmberg]

That's a lot for a cartoon.

[Brady]

The other thing that was bought in an auction. Winning bidder was $80,000 set total was $80,276. It was a Bible given to O.J. simpson from Robert Kardashian.

[John Holmberg]

They had that on auction earlier in the summer and they. There's a message that Robert wrote to O.J. in the Bible.

[Brady]

Right, the first. Yes.

[John Holmberg]

And he gave it to him in jail. He did, yeah.

[Brady]

And Kim Kardashian was the winning bidder.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, she bought her dad's Bible back.

[Brady]

Yep.

[John Holmberg]

Or OJ's. Her sister. Her uncle, actually, technically. Because OJ is Chloe's dad.

[OJ]

Step uncle.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, step uncle. I guess that would like uncle twice removed. Yeah, I expose it.

[OJ]

Hey, you guys, I'll come back for the squares. I just want to let you know. Hey, thanks. Brady's here, everybody. How you doing? It's oj. It's your old friend oj. It's yours truly.

[Brady]

You know, you are smoking today.

[OJ]

I am on fire, tell you that. Let me tell you something. I got that Bible in jail. I really appreciate it. It was a nice gift, I think. And I opened it and like on the third page, it thou shalt not kill.

[John Holmberg]

I said.

[OJ]

That'S the stupidest advice I've ever gotten. So I. I just gave it back.

[John Holmberg]

So.

[OJ]

To my. What is she, my niece, Brett.

[John Holmberg]

Step niece.

[OJ]

Yeah, step niece. I'm not sure how it works when you impregnate their mother and it's. Anyway. Yeah, I don't know. To Kim. Thank you for buying my Bible, cuz I didn't. You know what? It's gently used, I tell you that. I didn't read any of it. Didn't have any need for that. I knew where I was going to end up. So that's that.

[Brady]

You're a good stepdad.

[John Holmberg]

It should have been just given to your daughter.

[OJ]

You'd think they just skip over it like it was going to help anybody at the time. I got it. Stupid to give me find God now, that was. I helped a couple people find God earlier than they expected, that's for sure. Anyway, I just thought I'd pop by and let you know that. That Bible, it makes a noise when you open it because it's never been opened before. It's going to crack and creep. I found out from Brady that there was a note in it from a Kardashian. I had no idea. I thought it was from Robert saying, I know you, my wife. Anyway, Chloe's six feet tall and nobody else in that family's over five, three.

[John Holmberg]

You do the math. All right.

[OJ]

All right.

[John Holmberg]

Just saying.

[OJ]

I gotta get ready for them squares. All right, we'll see.

[Brady]

The ink was blurred on the. Thou shalt covet thy wife.

[John Holmberg]

See the knot blurred out the knot. Thou shalt not. This is a misprint. Got to cover that wife of his.

[Brady]

Kim said someone asked her. What we you going to tell your kids about this. And she said to her son and daughter. Daughter, Chicago. My daddy gave me this book to his best friend to give him some motivation from Jesus.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. And their exposure to Jesus is Kanye's preaching. So these kids are stable because remember, Kanye started church every weekend. For a while there, everybody was losing their minds about how spiritual Kanye was. That worked out and that changed. I think he's still spiritual. I just think he kind of leans Nazi. Also.

[Brady]

I saw a thing where he bought a ranch in Wyoming and he sold it back for the people to the people that he bought it from for the same price. So they just like 12 million.

[John Holmberg]

He bought it for 12 and then sold it back for 12.

[Brady]

Yep.

[John Holmberg]

So nothing happened?

[Brady]

Yep.

[John Holmberg]

They canceled the dealer.

[Brady]

He's like, well, you give me what I paid.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, we had it for a while. I thought you meant, like in the same day.

[Brady]

No, he like, turned. All right. Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Want it back. Okay. 12 million. You just gave us that. Give me my check back. All right. The hell's wrong with him? So much.

[Brady]

How about this? Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, and Josh Gad have reportedly signed a deal for over 60 million each.

[John Holmberg]

Frozen 3 and 4. Oh, they gotta do two of them.

[Brady]

Yeah. Frozen 3 hits the theaters November 24th of 2020.

[John Holmberg]

Film 30 milla movie to just voice it. Wow. And also, I betcha the songs they sing, they're gonna get royalties off that too.

[Brady]

Or it's an all.

[John Holmberg]

I doubt it. Nobody does that. You get the 30 for the movie and then if the songs pop. Yeah, they're getting. They're. You're dumb if you leave. Close enough. It's John Travolta here. Brady, you're making a fool of yourself. Her name is Janina Badoodles. Oh, you know that. Come on. She sang the song from Frozen.

[Brady]

Cardi b had the umbil. Umbilical cord from her recent pregnancy turned into a heart shaped keepsake.

[John Holmberg]

I'm gonna go throw up for half an hour.

[Brady]

They. They dry it up, turned it into a heart and then put some gold chrome on it.

[John Holmberg]

How come we never keep the feeding tube of our grandparents, but we do it for babies?

[Brady]

She turned the placenta into pills.

[John Holmberg]

I'm gonna. That's a bag of poop. All right, next. Yeah. My videos. You know, nothing. No. And when grandpa has a colostomy bag and a feeding tube, nobody ever keeps it when he's gone.

[Brady]

She got the idea and went to the same jeweler that Megan Fox, Vanessa Hutchins Hudgins, Chrissy Teigen, and Ashley Simpson. All stable people.

[John Holmberg]

Everybody you're talking about is like a model citizen of emotional stability. Yeah, it's insane. Anyway. Well, there you go. All right. It's 9:30 thrillers here. It's Friday. That means it's time for your Guadalupe Squares. We're going to pop those up. What do we have to give away? Good question. Yeah, get on there. I wonder if it's the Homework After Dark tickets. We start giving those out yet? Stretch people. Tell more about Cardi B. No, I don't want to talk about umbilical cords anymore. Well, here we go. Now he's got more. Wait, he wasn't done. No.

[Brady]

Mommy Maid is the company that makes the umbilical core.

[John Holmberg]

Stop it.

[Brady]

Cord jewelry.

[John Holmberg]

Until you start doing it for, you know, people who died young and had to be on tubes and bags. Why do you save your baby's stuff? Why? Why would you want them? Why would you want the feeding tube of your infant? And you don't want it for Grandpa?

[Brady]

Beautiful pendant.

[John Holmberg]

It isn't beautiful anything. Then do it for Pop Pop. When Pop Pop has a colostomy bag. You put that in the freezer and save it for later? Of course not. It's disgusting. That's essentially placenta after birth, after afterbirth. It's a bag of poop and waste.

[Brady]

It's like if there's liquid in it, like at toothpaste. They. They squeeze it out and then drive up.

[John Holmberg]

Try the same with Pop. Same with Grandpa. They would do the same thing. You just keep his feeding tube. You're never gonna make this. My grandfather's. He meant the world.

[Brady]

It's like a hollow bully stick.

[John Holmberg]

What are we giving away? Joe Koi tickets. Oh, my God. That's amazing. We got Joe Koi tickets for tomorrow. That's a great gift. Ah, I like that one. Joe Coy tickets are on the line for the Guadalupe Squares. We'll play those. We need a girl. We need a boy. We'll play the squares next. 585. 9800. It's out of control now.