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.

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.

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)

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...”

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

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.

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.