12-11-25 - Entertainment Drill - THU - w/Dale Hellestrae - Fun Facts About A Charlie Brown Christmas - Jack Nicholson Let A Female Stalker Blow Him In The 70s

Summary

Podcast Summary

Podcast: Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Arizona
Episode: 12-11-25 – Entertainment Drill – THU – w/Dale Hellestrae
Date: December 11, 2025
Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo, Dale Hellestrae
Episode Focus: Entertainment Drill segment featuring fun facts about "A Charlie Brown Christmas," sports gossip, celebrity anecdotes (notably a wild Jack Nicholson story), and some country music ribbing.

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Main Theme

The episode’s Entertainment Drill segment is a lively mix of pop culture nostalgia, quirky fun facts, celebrity stories with an irreverent edge, and personal banter that’s true to Holmberg’s comedic style. Dale Hellestrae joins the regular crew for rapid-fire takes on holiday classics and oddball tales from Hollywood and beyond.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Fun Facts About “A Charlie Brown Christmas”

[02:02 – 02:46]

• 60th Anniversary: The beloved Peanuts special turned 60 this year.
• Production Trivia:
  • Budget was $76,000, provided by CBS and Coca Cola.
  • Took approximately six months to produce.
  • Charles M. Schultz fought to keep a laugh track out (which was almost added).
  • Snoopy’s voice is just “sped-up nonsense”—not a language.
  • Animators found Charlie Brown’s round head was “difficult to animate because it had to be symmetrical” at all times, while “Snoopy’s was the easiest.”
• Memorable Moment:
  • Holmberg, riffing on his own head shape, jokes: “Mine’s pretty round. I could be Charlie Brown if [I were] better looking,” then adds, “I am better looking than Charlie...if I had that little wisp of hair.” (03:00)

2. Ryan Lochte Selling Olympic Gold Medals

[03:00 – 03:22]

• Olympic Swimmer Ryan Lochte is reportedly selling three gold medals, likely from the Rio Games.
• He’s facing “addiction problems,” and the group speculates it "didn’t help his marriage—they’re divorcing."
• “I think he needs some dough,” remarks Brady Bogen.

3. Jack Nicholson’s Stalker Story

[03:25 – 04:56]

• Backstory: Via Ben Dreyfus (son of Richard Dreyfus and Jeremy Rain), the story recounts Nicholson’s infamous female stalker incident.
• Discussion:
  • Confusion over the name "Jeremy" (a woman’s name here) leads to round-robin jokes (“This was very confusing for a second… I think Brady’s trying to tell everybody I’m a twink.” – Holmberg, 04:14).
  • According to the story, stalker shows up, and while Jeremy leaves to get help, she returns to find Jack with the stalker performing oral sex on him.
  • Holmberg's reaction: “Well, I mean...she was there to perform!” (04:41)
  • More irreverence: “I was afraid of her until I saw that she had no teeth. I thought, I put that to use.” (Holmberg, 04:47)
  • Brady deadpans: “She offered me a blowjob.” (04:52)
  • Holmberg: “Crackheads are the best at it.” (04:53)
  • To the laughter, Dale jumps in, “Dale knows Jack’s a pleaser.” (04:56)
  • The hosts riff on the story’s tabloid weirdness: “It sounds like it quelled the stalker.” (E, 07:40)

4. Country Music Trash Talk & Worst Songs of 2025

[05:02 – 07:09]

• Introduction of a list with “The Worst Country Songs of 2025”; hosts have a go at the genre.
• They play clips and mock lyrics from several songs:
  • “Oil Money” by Graham Barham (“This here all money. Listen to that. Come on, Johnny—little two-step music.” – Dale, 06:26-06:30)
  • “Two Pair” by Kane Brown
  • “Cowgirl” by Parmalee
• Running joke: “Lot, all of them,” jokes Holmberg about the ‘worst songs’. (05:14)
• Banter about "trap beats" in modern country—“They all have a trap beat,” notes Dale (06:44).
• Stories of neighborhood run-ins with loud country music, leading to a tangent about a neighbor’s wheelchair and “roses in the still.”
• “She was a mess,” admits Holmberg, playing up the caricature. (05:58)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [03:00] Holmberg, on Charlie Brown’s appearance:
  “Mine’s pretty round. I could be Charlie Brown if [I were] better looking... I am better looking than Charlie if I had that little wisp of hair.”
• [04:14] Holmberg, joking about the gender mix-ups in the story:
  “I think Brady’s trying to tell everybody I’m a twink. I won’t have it, Bogan!”
• [04:41] Holmberg, on Jack’s stalker story:
  “Well, I mean...she was there to perform!”
• [04:47] Holmberg, in cringey humor:
  “I was afraid of her until I saw that she had no teeth. I thought, I put that to use.”
• [06:26] Dale Hellestrae, on “Oil Money”:
  “This here all money. Listen to that. Come on, Johnny—little two-step music.”
• [06:44] Dale on modern country:
  “What’s one thing they all have in common? They all have a trap beat. I don’t know what that...”

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:02 – 02:46] – A Charlie Brown Christmas Facts & Nostalgia
• [03:00 – 03:22] – Ryan Lochte Selling Medals & Sobriety Mention
• [03:25 – 04:56] – Jack Nicholson’s “Female Stalker” Oral Sex Anecdote
• [05:02 – 07:09] – Country Music Trash Talk & Discussion of 2025's "Worst" Songs

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Overall Tone & Style

The segment maintains its trademark mix of irreverence, quick wit, Arizona-local flavor, and punchy group commentary. The camaraderie is strong, with each host giving and taking ribbing. They’re unafraid to skewer everything from pop culture icons to each other.

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Takeaway

For listeners who enjoy a mix of holiday nostalgia, bizarre celebrity stories, and cynical takes on music trends—with plenty of comedic banter—this episode is classic Holmberg’s Morning Sickness. The rapid back-and-forth keeps the segment lively and unpredictable, packing a surprising amount of pop culture trivia, offbeat news, and group chemistry into just a few minutes.

Transcript

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It's officially been 60 years since a Charlie Brown Christmas debuted. Yeah, here's A couple of fun facts. Had a budget of 76,000 from CBS and Coca Cola to get made.

[A]

Jesus.

[E]

It took about six months to make. There were almost. There was almost a laugh track added. But Charles M. Schultz wouldn't let it happen. Fought for that. Got it. Snoopy's voice is just a sped up nonsense.

[A]

That's all he does.

[E]

And short.

[A]

He only yells.

[E]

Thought jazz music was awful, but he.

[A]

But he kept. Hence Geraldi's stuff in there. How about that?

[E]

Charlie Brown's head was difficult to animate because it's round shape. Snoopy's was the easiest.

[A]

Charlie's was hardest because it had to be symmetrical all the time.

[D]

Kind of like yours, Ryan Locke.

[A]

Mine's pretty round.

[D]

It could be Charlie Brown if you're better looking.

[A]

Square jaw. I am better looking than Charlie if I had that little wisp of hair.

[E]

Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte is selling three of his gold medals. The ones from, I think the Rio Games?

[A]

No, the ones where he.

[E]

Yeah, he's sober.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

Said he went through some addiction problems which caused the. You know, didn't help his marriage. They're divorcing.

[A]

Sure.

[E]

I think he needs some dough.

[A]

Well, I know a girl who's not dating anyone in Michigan right now.

[E]

Jack Nicholson had a stalker at one time.

[A]

I was proud of that one.

[E]

Ben Dreyfus is the son of Richard Dreyfus and a woman named Jeremy Rain. Jeremy dated Nicholson in the early 80s, and Ben told this story that happened when they're.

[D]

Wait.

[A]

Jeremy dated Jack Nicholson?

[E]

Jeremy Dreyfus, the daughter.

[A]

Oh, her name is Jeremy?

[E]

Yeah. A girl. Yep.

[A]

This was very confusing for a second.

[E]

She started. Jack started getting disturbing phone calls from a woman wearing him out so much he told everyone in the house to ignore. One day, Jeremy was at Jack's house when the woman showed up and knocked on his door. Jeremy and Jack were kind of freaked out.

[A]

Wait a minute. Jeremy's not the girl.

[E]

Jeremy is a girl.

[A]

Okay. This is hard.

[D]

Getting confused.

[A]

I think Brady's trying to tell everybody I'm a twink.

I won't have it. Bogan.

[E]

Jeremy, he's. Jack told her to go get all for help.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

She left the room to do so, and then she came back in a couple minutes later. Jack was not there. She goes around the house goes. Opens up the bedroom door and there's Jack being orally pleased by the stalker.

[A]

Well, I mean. I mean, she was there to perform. Brady. I don't know why I would.

[E]

She's like, what's the. What the f. Is wrong with You.

[A]

I was afraid of her until I saw that she had no teeth. I thought I put that to use.

[E]

She offered me a blowjob.

[A]

Crackheads are the best at it.

[E]

Who am I to say no?

[D]

Dale knows Jack's a pleaser.

[A]

That's exactly right. Thank you, Dale.

[E]

Brett, get ready to look some of these up. Dale's got a great story.

[A]

All right.

[E]

Country music.

[A]

Make it fast.

[D]

Hurry up. We gotta go.

[A]

We gotta go.

[D]

The worst country songs of 2025, the.

[A]

Lot, all of them.

[D]

Where do we start? Your name came up yesterday, John. While I was golfing out in Moon Valley, of course. And that same house that has the.

[A]

Country music playing with that giant ugly lady.

[D]

It's converted, but no, just blowing out country music loud and proud. And I go, damn it, I wish Johnny was here.

[A]

Come on.

[D]

Uh, is there a better way?

[A]

And remember, oh, wait, the lady that was playing all that country music, I'm like, she's either. But this was the fun part, Brad. I'm like, oh, Castell. Like, there you.

[D]

There you go, Johnny.

[A]

There's some good music. And I'm like, oh, I bet if we roll by there, she's either like mentally challenged or like rolling around. We go by some lady in one of those backwards wheelchairs tending to some.

[E]

Roses in the still.

[A]

Yeah, she was a mess.

[D]

Is there a better way to celebrate the Christmas season than trashing some music? To be fair, they put country in quotes. So this really is just a list of songs they wish were in another genre. Boy, that's good of me.

[A]

That was really good.

[D]

Oil Money by Graham Barham, Two Pair by King Brown and Cowgirl by Parmale.

[A]

This one of them. This is oil money. This here all money.

[D]

Listen to that. Come on, Johnny. Little two step of music.

[A]

It's from the show Landman. I put it in there myself. Says she went to smu. Two of a smu.

[D]

Come on, Tell me you don't like this.

[A]

I hate this.

[D]

What's one thing they all have in common? They all have a trap beat. I don't know what that.

[A]

That's what that drum beat and everything was just playing.

[D]

Oh, yeah. I said yeah. It says it's in that land.

[A]

And what land, man? Yeah, yeah, whatever. From the show Landman. Dale, it's just a simple word with land and man together.

[D]

Billy Joe. Or not Billy Joe.

[A]

Billy Bob Thornton. We'll help you out. It's getting late.

[D]

Billy Jim.

[A]

Billy Jim Bob.

[E]

Billy Joe.

[A]

So was Jeremy Dreyfus Richard Dreyfus's daughter? Yeah, that's what you said Ben is her son?

[E]

Yeah, Ben Dr. And everybody.

[A]

He told the story, okay, that his mom used to blow Jack Nicholson and then she caught him with a. With a crack.

[E]

Well, his mom never touched Jack. According to him, it was just that.

[A]

You'Re at Jack Nicholson's house. I'm kidding, okay?

[E]

She's not gonna talk about that to Ben.

[A]

I mean, all I wanted to do is have you over for a chat.

[E]

It sounds like it quelled the stalker.

[A]

Let's watch movies. Never said. Anyway, it's 10:13. Let's get the hell out of here, shall we? Let's be all done. We got to do our podcast. The sports thing will be John Holmberg podcast will be up and running later today.

[D]

How do they find that, Johnny?

[A]

Yeah, it's everywhere now. I think everywhere but Spotify. And I think Spotify we're on this week so you can find it at HMS on our podcast page. You can google the sports thing and John Holberg podcast. Find it right away. It's everywhere. Dale Apple.

[D]

If they type in Dale Hollister, what's coming up?

[A]

Probably like mental health institutions and cures.

[D]

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[A]

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