12-15-25 - FULL SHOW - MONDAY - Holmbergs Morning Sickness 98 KUPD

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness - 12.15.25 (Full Show) | 98KUPD | Arizona

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This episode opens with a stunned, irreverent, and sometimes dark-humored reaction to the shocking news of the violent deaths of famed director Rob Reiner and his wife. The show also dives deep into recent station layoffs, providing behind-the-scenes insight into the radio business, and features a wild recap of their annual comedy event with comic Frank Caliendo—who joins the studio for improvisational fun and some honest talk on show business. The blend of current events, radio shop talk, and candid banter offers listeners both catharsis and comedy after a jarring Hollywood tragedy and workplace shakeup.

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Show Outline & Key Segments

1. The Rob Reiner Tragedy & Celebrity Deaths (02:24–07:31, 93:37–98:17)

• Rob Reiner’s Death: News breaks that legendary director Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead in their home, throats slit, possibly by their son in a family dispute.

  • “They found him dead with his wife in his house yesterday afternoon... stabbed to death or cut there... they're speculating that it's his son. Okay. Which is so weird.” – John (03:17)
  • The crew lists Reiner’s films ("A Few Good Men", "Stand By Me", etc.), reflects on how “weird” this celebrity death feels, and jokes morbidly about the “Stand By Me” dead body theme now branching into real life.

• Cultural Impact: Holmberg and team note how Reiner never seemed like the type for public scandal, marveling at the lack of warning signs:

  • “He was never like an upset guy. He was always the goofy... I don’t know why that one kind of shocked me, but it did.” – John (03:56)

• Dark humor surfaces: “I think they killed Rob Reiner, I think that’s exactly what happened—too soon.” (09:44)

• Later, Frank Caliendo weighs in as the news keeps developing, marveling: “That’s the weirdest. Oh, no.” (93:52)

• Notable Quote: “We haven't had a Hollywood 'oh my god' for a while.” – John (97:08)

• Discussion of the oddity of celebrities like Billy Crystal and Larry David being let in at the Reiner crime scene and how only in Hollywood would that happen (128:56-136:34).

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2. Radio Station Layoffs & Radio Industry Insights (14:24–26:42, 16:06-25:49)

• Mass Layoffs: John addresses audience emails about two longtime staffers, Fitz and Paul Sura, being let go for "money reasons," offering a candid inside look at how radio companies handle firings.

  • “Was it performance based? I don’t know what they thought of Fitz. ...This was just kind of a thing where it’s like, you need to start finding ways to get this down to a certain number.” – (14:40)
  • Discussion on the tradition of not letting fired radio personalities do a “final show” live—raising the spectre of jocks locking themselves in the studio to rant on air.
  • “The last thing you want to do is give a dude who’s got 20 years on... one last ride. Because usually... he'll seal himself in that room. And it is soundproof, giant steel doors, usually.” – John (15:20)

• Radio Firing Stories: The team shares favorite stories of radio firings, over-the-top employee reactions, bizarre co-workers, and anecdotes about the industry’s constant churn.

  • “Radio is an ugly bitch, and it's usually run by people who don't know what they're doing.” – John (21:43)
  • “It’s a business where everybody ascends through failure. If you get fired, you get a better job. It's the craziest thing.” – John (21:53)

• Camaraderie & Cynicism: Despite joking, Holmberg insists on caring about those who’ve left (“Do I love Fitz? Do I miss him? Yes, absolutely.” – John, 25:50) and decries the impersonality of the “it’s business, not personal” axiom.

  • “It is part of this cruddy business... He did an awesome job for a long, long time.” – John (25:53)
  • Endearing tip: “If you see [Fitz] around, buy him a drink, because he's on fixed income now, at least for a while.” – John (32:30)

• Staff humor: Speculation on what would happen if they got fired: “0% chance if they [fire] me, that they’d lock a door on the outside.” – John (26:53)

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3. Wild Weekend Recap & Comic Tales (07:31–14:23, 31:31-41:47, 64:31-70:51)

• Happy Endings Show Recap: John recaps their annual Stand Up Live event with Frank Caliendo, Jon Lovitz, and Kato Kaelin. He shares behind-the-scenes near-death experiences and notes the stress/relief of big live shows.

  • Notable Moment: John’s recount of his friend Jordan’s near-accident dodging a careening, wheel-less truck: “...Disgraced Dr. Jordan made two of the greatest driving moves I’ve ever seen in my life.” (10:46)

• Lovitz & Kato Kaelin Lunch with Dog Vomit: A surreal lunch story where Lovitz’s dog throws up on Kaelin—twice. Both their reactions are highlighted with humor at how showbiz personalities can be both indifferent and endearing.

  • “Lovitz is feeding Jerry [the dog] over Cato... the dog throws up on Cato Kaelin right there at the restaurant... Then Jerry the dog does it again. ...He got me again.” – John (13:10-13:57)

• Legendary Radio Firing Tales: Long, hilarious segment recapping a parade of radio loons and lunatics: handsy salesguys who get canned on day one, staff who drink bottles of mouthwash, violent producers, forgotten cars, on-air melt-downs, and more.

  • “He threw a chair at one of the sales ladies, and they got everybody out... Like there was an active shooter.” – John (39:46)
  • The demolition of a staffer’s long-abandoned car becomes a shared office catharsis: “It was like the printer in Office Space.” – John (41:24)

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4. Guest Segment: Frank Caliendo (46:33–70:51 and scattered through show)

• Frank’s Radio/TV Career & Getting Fired: The comic discusses being ‘not renewed’ at Fox, frustrations with TV execs’ creative inflexibility and how broadcasters rise “by failing upwards.”

  • “The Dr. Phil was the easy one to go to at Fox because you could just do jokes.” – Frank (51:40)
  • “Every time I try to come up with something new... they’d want to go, no, let’s just do Andy Rooney again.” – Frank (49:15)

• Comedy Event Recap: The group recounts risqué and wild moments from their live Stand Up Live show, including sex jokes, crowd discomfort, and exposing Lovitz as an unwilling but riveted observer of NSFW video clips.

  • “I can’t take looking at that stuff directly...” – Frank (61:35)
  • “Lovitz is in the green room watching on the video... ‘Who watches this stuff? Who enjoys this?’ ‘You’re looking at it.’ ” – John & Frank (62:56-63:18)

• Caliendo & Holmberg’s Friendship: Banter, voices, story-telling round-trips, and riffing on everything—from comic performance ethics, crowd dynamics, to the bizarreness of New Year’s Eve comedy crowds.

  • “You can get away with two shows on New Year’s Eve... [the late show] is never good.” – Frank (82:18)
  • “Make it a tournament. It is... only one day and there's no competition.” – John (93:05)

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5. Sports & Life Talk: Cardinals and Ownership Woes (72:03–76:16)

• Frank and the crew dissect the Cardinals’ perennial futility and the pitfalls of multi-generational family team ownership.
  • “You get dumber. The more you hand it down to family members.” – John (74:53)
  • Riffing on the need for relegation-style forced owner sales: “If your team doesn’t make the playoffs in five years, the owner is forced to sell.” – John (74:09)
  • Celebrity impressions abound with Frank morphing into Jerry Jones, Bidwill, and discussing owner egos (“Nobody ever tells them no.”).

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6. Listener Q&A, Odd News, and Show Closer (143:55–164:51)

• ‘What Would Brady Do?’: Humorous agony-aunt responses from Brady to wild listener scenarios: should a newly-divorced woman date a woman (“Wounds heal. In the meantime, lick everything. Test it out.” – John, 145:52), and a father whose son is failing out of high school (“You gotta put a little respect fear on top of a kid that’s loose.” – John, 154:17)

  • Producer Toledo (Richard) is exposed as the letter-writer, seeking career advice for his own underperforming teen.

• More Office Firings & Career Advice: The team riffs on balancing job reliability versus being the “doormat” when over-relied on due to not having kids, echoing back to the earlier station layoff segment.

• Notable Quotes:

  • "The best day I was ever was the birth of my kids. Mine is every day because it's the not birth of any kids." – John (161:20)
  • “Availability is the best ability.” – John (163:26)

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7. Entertainment Drill & Cultural Snippets (169:32–172:20)

• Home Alone Fun Facts: Movie trivia, casting stories, Pesci biting Macaulay Culkin, and more.
• Trump’s Tasteless Tweet: Real-time reaction to former President Trump’s offensive tweet about Rob Reiner’s death, drawing a hard line between political rivalry and basic decency.
  • “That is the worst tweet I've read from anybody, maybe ever.” – John (171:51)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

| Timestamp | Quote | Speaker | Context | |-----------|-------|---------|---------| | 03:17 | “They found him dead with his wife... and they're speculating that it's his son. Okay. Which is so weird.” | John Holmberg | Breaking news, Reiner tragedy | | 13:10 | “Lovitz is feeding Jerry [the dog] over Cato... the dog throws up on Cato Kaelin right there at the restaurant.” | John Holmberg | Surreal story about lunch with Jon Lovitz and Kato Kaelin | | 21:53 | “It’s a business where everybody ascends through failure. If you get fired, you get a better job.” | John Holmberg | On radio's strange career ladder | | 46:40 | “Have you ever been fired from anything?” “Yes. Fox.” | John Holmberg & Frank Caliendo | Launching into Caliendo’s career stories | | 61:04 | “People liked my vaginal mesh... it killed everything. It was... great.” | Frank Caliendo | Stand-up show recap, crowd reaction to risqué material | | 97:08 | “We haven't had a Hollywood 'oh my god' for a while.” | John Holmberg | On the shock of the Reiner news | | 145:52 | “In the meantime, lick everything. Test it out.” | John Holmberg | Advice to a recently divorced woman considering dating women |

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Episode Highlights by Timestamp

• Opening & Reiner Breaking News: 02:24–07:31
• Radio Industry Layoffs & Stories: 14:24–32:30
• Friday Night Stand-Up Show Recap: 07:31–14:23, 31:31–41:47
• Frank Caliendo Joins, Showbiz Talk: 46:33–70:51
• Sports Talk: Cardinals Ownership: 72:03–76:16
• Listener Advice & Corporate Dilemmas: 143:55–164:51
• Hollywood Handling of Crime Scene: 128:56–136:34
• Trump’s Reiner Tweet Reaction: 170:01–171:51

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Tone and Style

• The show is sharply irreverent, candid, and profane—quick to use gallows humor to address even grim subjects.
• Camaraderie and sardonic edge run throughout; the team pokes fun at themselves, their industry, and the world at large, pulling few punches.
• Guest interactions are spontaneous and vivid, particularly Frank Caliendo, who bounces between honest career commentary and wild impression-filled riffs.

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Final Summary

This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness is a whirlwind of real-time reactions to major news (Rob Reiner's shocking murder), brutally honest radio industry talk amid station layoffs, and wild, comedic storytelling. The team leans hard on dark humor and inside baseball, bringing in Frank Caliendo for added improv zest. While there is laughter and catharsis, the underlying note is one of resilience—the show, and everyone in it, persists through tragedy and corporate shakeup with jokes, perspective, and the knowledge that in life, and in this business, nothing is forever.

Transcript

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[Brady]

Hello there.

[John Holmberg]

Welcome to Monday 10 Days to the Fat Man. It's 5:45 this the Morning Sickness. My name's John. There's Brady, there's Brett, there's Big Dick Toledo. And everything's abuzz about this Rob Reiner thing. It's crazy. It's weirdest. It's a weird one. We haven't had a weird one for a while. This is a weird one. And they think, if you haven't heard yet, Rob Reiner, the director of A Few Good Men, Misery, Princess Bride. I mean the list goes on and on. Stand By Me, this is Spinal Tap, the new one. This Spinal Tap 2. The end continues. Which was supposed to be just horrible, but let's not talk about that. But I mean, you go down this list of movies. He started When Harry Met Sally. I mean, it's one after another. You're like, my God, this is a. If you had just Rob Reiner movies in your collection, you'd have a hell of a collection of movies.

[Brett Vesely]

Let's not forget Meathead from All in the Family too.

[John Holmberg]

Michael Stivic and yeah, all in the Family. And that's where he got going. His dad, of course, Carl Reiner. They found him dead with his wife in his house yesterday afternoon and stabbed to death or cut there. I didn't hear if it was stabbing or cutting. They said consistent with knives. And they're speculating that it's his son. Okay. Which is so weird. Like just.

[Brady]

Which is weird. When it first came out, they said found two bodies.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. In his house. They didn't say who. And you're like, oh, people got killed in his house. Like it was being written.

[Brady]

I hope he was out of town.

[John Holmberg]

Right.

[Brady]

Someone was.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. It's. It's really strange and there's no like super details or anything else, but it's just a. And I mean he's a guy who's gone mostly political. Says now the new thing says the throat slit by family member. That's the latest headline. 32 year old son Nick, that they, they cut his. They cut their throats. Yeah. It says now the new. The one I just got says his wife, Rob Renner's wife Michelle at their throats cut by a family member during a heated argument in their home leading to their tragic death. So they're pretty sure for sure. I don't know. They don't have the son in custody or anything. But that's a wild one, man. That's. Those. Are those strange? Like, this can't be right. I'm right. I was at the Sun's game last night. My friend Colin text me and he's like, did you see what happened to Rob Reiner? And I'm like, no. And then he had sent, you know, the obituary thing, and I was like, whoa. So that can't be real. Is this real? I don't know why that one kind of shocked me, but it did. He was never like an upset guy. He was always the goofy. I mean, he was always mad politically. Like, you listen to him on politics, you just turn it off. But he was very funny and goofing around stuff. His Andre the Giant documentary is fantastic.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Because Andre the Giant was on the Princess Bride and was just awful at his job and drunk all the time. And the stories are legendary of him drinking like 30 or 40 beers and a couple pizzas just on set and still couldn't get drunk. It was just non stop. Andre the Giant stores and he did that documentary was phenomenal. That's a weird one, though. So I guess when you say, want to see a dead body? He had no idea that that was going to be Stand By Me Come True. So, yeah, we'll keep our eyes on that. Just.

[Brady]

That's been the other celebrity. Peter Green.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, he was the guy from Pulp Fiction. He died Friday, right? Yeah, he was down in the basement with the gimp. Oh, boy. He was the gimp. Yeah. That was a crazy one. But the. Haven't had a really weird celebrity death in a while. Can't think of the last one. It's like a really strange kind of. That's this. This one got me. I don't know why, but it just did. I think he's been around the whole time, from all in the Family to just right to Spinal Tap. Right when they kind of ended that and he's still around and then Spinal Tap comes out, then When Harry Met Sally, Then Misery is like A Few Good Men. People forget he directed that. It's like just this list of movies that are great.

[Brady]

I actually started the second Spinal Tap on Friday after Horrible.

[John Holmberg]

I heard it's absolutely bad.

[Brady]

I got about 15 minutes into it. I'm good.

[John Holmberg]

Well, I mean, how much more of the joke?

[Brady]

I'll come back to it that. Exactly.

[John Holmberg]

You know, they're old now. That's the joke. Yeah, you get over that. The first sighting. Because Harry Shearer looks like he's a thousand. And after you see that, you're like, all right, what else can you guys do? More funny songs or just the same ones again? And they chose to do the same ones again. So. Yeah, I just. I don't know what you can do with that one. That was more of just a.

[Brady]

And the opening. The same thing. You know how he. He opens up Marty the Berg, or whatever his name is on the movie.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady]

Where he says, enough of me blabbing.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady]

He doesn't.

[John Holmberg]

Exact.

[Brady]

Kind of a little different, but the same thing.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. I find me. Yeah, it's the same. It's going to be the same exact blueprint to make people happy. But, yeah, I don't know what's going on with that. It's a. I don't know. There's a lot of strange stuff that goes on in the world, but that's. That's. Sometimes those things just punch you right in the nuts and you're like, what the hell was that?

[Brady]

Which is weird because like you said, I mean, I do that on Friday, just randomly, like, ah, let me just check it out. And then this happened.

[John Holmberg]

It's just not good. Anyway, speaking of Friday, great night over at Stand Up Live. Thanks to everybody who showed up. That was a lot of fun. Calienda was on point. John Lovitz was on point. Kato Kalin came out and was just Kato y did his Cato thing. I had the opportunity after the show on Friday when we had our big happy ending show. And that's the best part. Happy Endings represents two things for me. An insanely stressful, like, week and a half of trying to arrange and get everything right. And then the show happens and it's over, and I realize I don't have much to do for the rest of the year. That's it. That's just.

[Brady]

It closes it out.

[John Holmberg]

It shuts it down. So, like, now I'm like. Even last night, I'm like, I don't even have to go to bed if I don't want to, like, ever again. I can. I don't need naps. The show is going to do itself in the next couple of days. I'm not going to throw in a ton of energy and effort. Everybody's mind's on something else. Beth kicking her ass over there with Christmas music. This is done. This is finished. So we. Yeah. So now it's over and this big weight's lifted off my shoulders and I can do anything I want. It feels amazing. But that was a blast. And then Saturday, because while Lovitz is in town. He always wants to do stuff. He's coming back in a couple weeks because they've got. He's got his New Year's Eve show and he's gonna do the first week of January. And he. He calls me Saturday morning. We were out till about 3:30. Not love it tonight, but me and my friend Jordan and we ended up going to ihop. We were starving. And then Jordan almost got killed. We left the club and started to drive up 7th street, and I was ahead of him and he was behind me. I have the top off of the Bronco, so I can hear everything. Not because I can, but I just can. And as we're going up 7th Street, I hear this incredible screech. I've been searching the news for this for. For three days now. Incredible screeching sound. It's like a train off the tracks. Noise. And it's flying out of a residential area. I see sparks, fire. And it's coming at me probably. And I'm not exaggerating. 70 or 80 miles an hour, and I'm not lined up for it. So I go by and I look over into the neighborhood and this thing is barreling towards 7th Street. A truck, no front wheel, and it is flying into the road. And Jordan's about five or six car lengths behind me. And we're going on the road and I just go right to my rearview mirror as I'm driving. And this guy goes right out into the road. And I watch Jordan's headlights go into oncoming traffic. I don't know how. Luckily, it was like two in the morning. Dodge, everything, get out of the way. And then the dude who's coming out in the truck hits his brakes. And because he has no front wheel, it just fishtails. The back end of his truck whips in front of Jordan's car. I lose the lights again, see him come out. This Jordan Doc. Disgraced Dr. Jordan made two of the greatest driving moves I've ever seen in my life. And immediately my phone rings in the car. And he's like, did you say that? And I'm like, yeah. And then another car comes out that same street. And that truck that fishtailed is now going back into that neighborhood. And another car's coming out. It does. That was chasing him. It wasn't a cop. So horrible going on. And I'm like, well, that resulted in a. A car rolling over or hitting a house. There was no control and nothing. I haven't seen no death report, no death report, no murder, no why were these guys doing this? Where's the dead body? Downtown. I think they killed Rob Reiner. I think that's exactly what happened too soon. But they. Yeah, they. It was the weirdest thing ever. So we hit the IHOP at 3. Jordan's just ghost white. He's like. We were both. I keep having, like, these. Think about it. Shivers. And then we go and sit down at ihop and every once in a while we'll be talking and be like, hey, remember about 30 minutes ago when I was dead? Like, yeah. I don't know. I still don't know how he got that car to do a double. Double move in and out of oncoming traffic. And then he had to dodge that truck again. It.

[Brady]

Movie.

[John Holmberg]

It was. It was. It was a absolutely. Like. It was choreographed. It was incredible. So. And whatever that dude was doing, I don't know how you make a car go 70 or 80 miles an hour with no front tire. And I mean, it was none. It was down on the. It was on the drum. It was weird. And. Yeah. So we go to this thing at 3:30, we're laughing like, all right, you're alive. Don't get killed on the way home. Leave. And you're thinking to yourself, you know, we left that thing at like 12:30, 1 o'. Clock. Lovett's calls me at 8 on Saturday. Hey, what's going on? Like, I don't know.

[Brady]

Sleep.

[John Holmberg]

Sleep seems right about now, don't you think? I was thinking we could grab lunch. Yeah. At lunchtime you call. If you don't call at 8 to see what's going on for lunch, I haven't had anything to eat start today.

[Brady]

Just to make sure you don't make any plans.

[John Holmberg]

Well, I wasn't gonna. I was gonna sleep. My plans were to not answer the phone. But I call and I'm like, oh, there might be a problem. No. So we go to. And he and Kato Kaelin are staying together. Same hotel. Not in the same room. Maybe. I don't know.

[Brady]

Maybe things they did leave together.

[John Holmberg]

Well, they did walk each other out. Kato said, I'll take care of John. I didn't know what that meant at the time. And so he goes, yeah, Cato's gonna come with us here. I don't care. Like, I don't care. All right, fine. And then I'm like, that's the weirdest thing ever. We go over to the Windsor to have lunch and he brings his dog. Jerry Lovitz does. Cato's there. He's got a flight at 3. We meet about 12:30. And so he's got his bags and stuff. Cato's dressed nicely and sitting. I was on the end of the circular booth, and it was Lovett's Cato. Right? And then Jerry and Megan popped by for a second. Just say hi, because Lovett's, like, staring at her. So we go into the circle, and. And Lovett is feeding Jerry over Cato salmon because he had some. A Jewish meal. What are they, the locks and. Yeah, locks and locks. So he's at the Windsor. I didn't know they had that. He saw it immediately.

[Brett Vesely]

It was on the secret Jew menu.

[John Holmberg]

His Judar went off, and it was like, look at that. I know. So he's. He reaches over, and he's given the dog salmon, and the dog throws up on Cato Kalin right there at the restaurant. He's eating too much rich fish, no caper. And then Cato goes, oh, your dog just threw up on me. He didn't throw up on you. He just coughed up the food. Like, I'm pretty sure that's the definition of throwing up, John. I'm not sure Cato's right. The dog just puked on him. He's fine. Like, who's fine? Cato's not. He's got puke on his. He's got to go. He's getting on a plane a little bit. And Cato's like, it's okay. It's okay. And then Jerry the dog and does it again. It's like, puka. Oh, he's got me again. He got me again. Lovett's didn't do a thing about it. Didn't offer him a napkin or any. I'm giving him, like, here, Cato, clean up.

[Brett Vesely]

Lovett sitting next to his dog instead of across.

[John Holmberg]

Well, because Megan had the dog for a second, so they were kind of another thing. Yeah. It's like, you're lucky that's Lovett's dog vomit. You should be. You should frame your pants. Oh, like you haven't had worse stains on you. It's pretty good. Pretty good joke there. But he was like, I'm good. I'm okay. And it stunk. It's dog vomit and fish.

[Brady]

They loved him on the flight.

[John Holmberg]

It's brutal. So he texts me. He goes, I literally got in the Uber on the way to the airport. And the guy's like, did you some puke on your pants? Cause he had a big stain. He goes, yes. He goes, actually, something did. The Uber driver pointed it out. I had vomit on my pants. So anyway, yeah, it was a weird afternoon, but it's all over now. The boys have all gone home and that's that. So that was it. Then you feel like, ah, it's all okay, everything's okay. Then you realize that your emails and your fans of people of the show, the station are going to bother you. And so it added a little more stress. And as you guys are going to email like crazy and I can hopefully get it done with, I'll try to answer as many as I can. Yes, Fitz is no longer part of 98KUPD. And this was a decision made clearly for money reasons. And, and also we have another person named Paul, Paul Sura, our production guy. He's no longer part of kupd and that's just basically another one for monetary reasons. So our company, their bat and their ball, they get to do whatever they want with it, has decided to make those cuts to save money for the overall product of our broadcast company nationwide. And evidently they hit all over the place. I have my feelings about that. I don't know that it's relevant or pertinent at all, but it is what it is and it's business. And, you know, I'll just say, you've heard me complain about the way this operation has been handled the last few years and whether I agree or disagree, I can look at this and go, well, there's probably something to say about why this happened and it had nothing to do with it. Was it performance based? I don't know what they thought of Fitz. I don't know their opinions high up. I'm not blaming Tripp at all. This was just kind of a thing where it's like, you need to start finding ways to get this down to a certain number because our other stations in other cities can't survive. So I know. I'm with you. So the emails are coming in. We had a couple comments that I had. People were sending me things about the show Friday. I didn't see Fitz. Is he not allowed to be there? I'm like, look, nobody's. I'm not at all in the. In the good. I'm glad Fitz has gone camp. I don't think that's a thing. I've worked with him for 20 years. I thought the world of the guy still do and hopefully, you know, remain friends as close as you can with somebody and he can stick around town. I don't know what he's going to do next. But yes, that happened Friday and it always throws a shocker into people and when they listen to something for a long time and then it just disappears. It doesn't seem fair, especially when you've been on for 20 years. But the last thing you want to do is give a dude who's got 20 years on the in the saddle one last ride. Because usually, I don't know if you guys know this, but there we have gigantic doors to the studio. And the first thing they do in radio when they put doors in is take the locks off. Because there have been incidences seal yourself that you are that the jock who knows he's going to get fired will seal himself in that room. And it is soundproof, giant steel doors, usually. And the dudes will go off on the air about why they lost their jobs.

[Byron]

And it's.

[John Holmberg]

So they did. We've just got a deadbolt that spins. It has no bolt. It has nothing. And that's on all of them. I don't know if you've noticed that the office doors have locks, but anything with a microphone and recording devices, you can't lock the doors because they're. They know deep down eventually they're going to. They're going to ice somebody who's nuts, and that person's gonna go off. And it's happened too often. So they, you know, Fitz would have had an opportunity to say goodbye and whatever, but radio executives that don't know him, mostly our owners would never allow that because they're like, what are you thinking? Probably the right move, but I don't think Fitz would have done something like that either way. Yes, I know.

[Brady]

Now all the other departments are kind of on eggshells somewhat. If you ever see. I need to talk to you.

[John Holmberg]

Well, oh, look, if you're. If the. If the big wig at your building comes in to your office and he's never been there, and he drags in the HR later, you're fired. You don't even have to say it anymore. Like, there's just such an obvious. And he's got, like, a pamphlet in his hand, and he's just standing outside your door. I even asked Paul. I'm like. He goes. He said, I watched Trip come in with Susie from hr. And he said, oh, I knew the second they walked in. He goes, my heart didn't even beat. And he's like, oh, all right. I wonder what I'm. I wonder if they're gonna take care of me. They, you know, lobbed his head off. Well, it happened.

[Brett Vesely]

Like, I saw that walk of, you know, down the hall during the entertainment.

[John Holmberg]

Trip.

[Dick Toledo]

Oh, yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, was that when it happened? Oh, with Paul? Yeah.

[Brett Vesely]

Cuz I can see right out the window there.

[John Holmberg]

Geez. Oh yeah, you were looking right at it. I didn't get to see any of that.

[Brady]

I would have reported it. I saw it.

[John Holmberg]

But I. Yeah, no, I would have, I would have. Well, I mean, we'd have tried to lock our door, we'd have thrown the locks on there. But in radio, you know what's crazy about that is this is a business where people get fired constantly, or used to at least, and have zero security in the job. Fitz was here for 20 years. He was the new guy. Yeah, we've been. Everybody in this building's been here forever.

[Brett Vesely]

The station's an anomaly as far as.

[John Holmberg]

That goes because nobody leaves and we're not used to it. But I mean, you talk to radio guys, they're all gypsies, like, oh, I got fired St. Louis, and then I got fired in Kansas City. They got fired in Topeka, then I got fired in Springfield, then I got fired in Atlanta, then I got. And they wear it as a badge of honor. None of us have that.

[Brett Vesely]

No.

[John Holmberg]

So having it in the building is kind of a. Oh, this sucks kind of thing. And you just felt like the whole building, you know, every office has had a Black Friday where the. Oh, geez. We had a couple back at the old station. We got bought by a company and another company came in and bought the other half of our company. So we were two companies in the same building and the other company and.

[Brady]

They had to get lean cleaned house.

[John Holmberg]

In front of us and all of our co worker friends that worked at Coyote and was it the other one? I don't remember. The other stations, they. They just through the intercom. Dave Marshall, please come to the office of Todd.

[Brady]

Todd.

[John Holmberg]

Todd is the new manager and he's gonna fire you. It was just if you heard your name on the intercom, it was over. And you know, Craig Martin, please come to the hallway to talk with Todd. And Craig looks at me and goes, that's it. And he gets up and he walks away. He was part of the other half. And we're like, does this, is this coming for us with our new owners too? They fired everybody, the whole place, one at a time. They couldn't even like do a joint session. They fire every person and everyone knew who was fire. It's like they know, Ralph, please come. It's like, oh, I love Ralph. See you Ralph. And he just walked that walk of death, like, what's happening down the hallway? And all of them got fired. And I was like, this is crazy. And then they got to hang around in the building and tell us, like, they compared severance packages and all that stuff. Radio is a ugly bitch, and it's usually run by people who don't know what they're doing. I'll say that we're lucky we've got Trip, but I think he's, like, one of two that know what they're doing. In a position of power. And radio completely. Most of them are jackasses who just had nice suits and impressed the other guys in suits. You look like me. I don't know what I'm doing either. And then they hire him, and then that guy gets fired for failing and gets a better job. It's a business where everybody ascends through failure. If you get fired, you get a better job. It's the craziest thing. It's. It's. I've seen people who can barely tie their shoes, but they look nice in the suit, They've got the hair, and there's. And the next thing you know, they're like, what happened to that guy? He was a terrible manager. Oh, he's the vice president of blah, blah, blah, blah.

[Brady]

He's running the market.

[John Holmberg]

He's running the southwest region. I'm like, he's a moron. How did that happen? How did Marv get another job? I said out loud about Marv Nyren. How did that guy ever get another job? He's the dumbest person I've ever worked with and completely inept, completely stupid. And the next thing you know, he's shaking hands from like, oh, did you ever get a job? You were working at Starbucks. As dumb as you are. No, no, no. I'm the president of Intercom Broadcast. I'm like, what? That's crazy. You're the dumbest man I've ever known. That's how radio works. So hopefully it works that way for Fitz and Paul, because neither of them are, you know, rocket scientists. So there's a good chance they could be radio executives in the next few days, based on the history of what I know of this business. Mary effing Holidays from the Big Red Radio, it's John Holmberg from the morning sickness. And football season is in full swing. And underdog is the best place to get in on all the action. Playing on underdog is easy. Just pick whether your favorite player is going to go higher or lower on stats like rushing yards, receptions, touchdowns. This week, I'm looking at my Steelers, and I am selecting Darnell Washington to go higher than one touchdown and hoping that Lamar Jackson goes lower on rushing yards. Download the app today. Sign up with promo code HMS to score a hundred dollars in bonus entries when you play your first $5 underdog make picks win money must be 18 plus, 19 plus in Alabama and Nebraska, 19 plus in Colorado for some games, 21 plus in Arizona, Massachusetts and Virginia and present in a state where underdog fantasy operates. Terms apply the assets.underdogfantasy.com web play and getterms_dfs_html for details. Offer not valid in Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit ww ncpgambling.org in New York. Call the 24.7Hope line at 1-877-8-HOPE NY or text hopeny 467-369 hey everybody, it's John Holmberg here from the morning sickness and you hear me all the time talking about my friends at Lost Our Home Pet Rescue. We do the pick of the litter and it's brought to you by our [e-mail] Every week I head over to Lost Our Home Pet Rescue and I meet a brand new beautiful animal that needs a home. The work they do at Lost Our Home is unbelievable. Not just your average pet shelter, that is for sure. They help people in a lot of situations. Look them up online lost our home.org and check out everything we do at 98kupd.com in the pick of the litter section. Holmberg's Morning Sickness. Because even our executives, I look at them and I'm like, these people shouldn't have driver's licenses. Our owner, everything down the line, I'm like, oh my God. You know, you never know what they're going to do next.

[Brett Vesely]

Is going to be a Bob.

[John Holmberg]

Fitz is going to be a Bob. The Bob's. Look. Look at a Bob.

[Brett Vesely]

Give it cooler than he'll either be.

[Brady]

A Bob or he'll be a new part of Dave Ramsey Financial covering this afternoon.

[John Holmberg]

The the insanity of it all is. Oh, Trip just said we offered Fitz the opportunity to go on the air and he declined. I didn't know that. That's see and that's because, like I said, one of two Trip trusts. He understands doesn't happen too often. No, I'm Fitz declined that. That's strange for me. I would I found that odd.

[Brady]

Well, how.

[John Holmberg]

How weird is that? And offering him the opportunity to go on the heirs a Trip reap move. That's why we like Trip. All the other ones would have been like, I don't know that I'd have trusted him. And I liked the guy. But I think. I think Tripp, that was dangerous. But I. Look, I just. The Radio Bobs are, you know, they're driving the business into the ground. We've been watching this for a long time from the outside in, and it's a matter of time before it's us boys.

[Brett Vesely]

Something to look forward to.

[John Holmberg]

Something to look forward to. We'll ride it out as long as we can. We'll suck the marrow out of this skeleton. But they pretty much ever seen Dances With Wolves. That's who radio executives are. They're the ones that went through and took parts of the buffalo and left the rest to rot and then wondered why the Indians were mad. Kind of a that. But it is what it is, you know, it's business. Everybody's got Bob's. Everybody's got that day in the world of corporate everything. So do I love Fitz? Do I miss them? Yes, Absolutely. But it is part of this cruddy business and cruddy business in general. And he did an awesome job for a long, long time. I'm shocked that even Tripp let him have a shot, because what if he did go nuts? We took the locks off the doors for a reason.

[Brady]

I'm laughing the other way if it was us or you.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady]

And you can do the last show.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Okay.

[Brady]

All right.

[John Holmberg]

You bet.

[Brett Vesely]

You can do odds on that 1.

[John Holmberg]

0% chance that if they I me that they'd lock a door on the outside. He's not allowed back in now. It's. Yeah, it says so. One morning, we're going to wake up John. This is from Mike McCormick. And have Richard tell us. Yeah, John was fired. You think Rich is going to stick around? Probably just for the announcement.

[Brady]

Good morning, John Gordon.

[John Holmberg]

It's John Gordon here in the mornings. Johnny in the morning. JG in the am. What's up? Let's bring in the strippers.

[Brett Vesely]

All right.

[John Holmberg]

Oh. Homebuyer got fired. Not allowed to talk on the radio ever again. Yeah. I asked Tripp Friday when it all kind of happened. I'm like. Because I saw some of the severance package, treated these people pretty well, you know, in fairness to the Bob's, they did a nice job giving it back. And I said, that's nice. Over a long period of time, he made sure not to just crush them. These guys are gonna be all right for a while. And I said, you can go ahead and take care of Me that way. That sounds nice. To get some time off. You get some, you know, paycheck here and there. Your severance packages sound pretty good. I got a severance package once in my life. And if you've ever had a severance package, and it was seven and a half months. Here's two things about a severance package that are awesome. You find out if you're gonna be any good at retirement. And I am going to be great at retirement. I mean, I was 28, and I realized this is the life for me. Paychecks rolling in, I can do whatever I want all day. All I did was I lived in Los Angeles at the time. I drove around sites of famous LA murders and just stood there. Didn't. It was before. Cell phone camera didn't take pictures. It was just for my own memories. I toured Forest Lawn Cemetery for celebrities. That was my. I didn't want to go do paparazzi and chase celebrities. I was just like, how many dead ones are here? And I found a bunch of them. It was great. And then I realized I got fired on January 6th. And I'm like, I got seven and a half months. It's going to last forever. In the end of June, I realized I hadn't really looked for a job. I'm like, I got one now.

[Brady]

I got 60 days.

[John Holmberg]

I got a check left, and then I'm done. And less than that, the exact same company that fired me called me that week and said, we made a mistake. Yeah, you did. So basically, they paid me to not work there for about eight months and then had me back for, like, triple the amount they were paying me because I thought I was playing hardball, because I didn't really want to go back. And I'm like, yeah, you gotta double my pay and pay for plane tickets. I want. I'm not moving back. You're gonna fly me back and forth. And they're like, all right. And I didn't expect that to be a yes. And so I kind of was like, oh, okay. And then I said yes and went back. And I'm like, oh, I don't want to be here again. Another year went by, but they paid me a lot of money to not work. And I realized right then and there that was what I should have gone to college for, is how do. How do you become a professional retiree? Like, I would have been great at it from age 23 on. I would have been amazing. So Tripp sat in my office and we talked on Friday, and I was like, geez, it Would be great if you'd. Don't you want to call the. Call Susie from hr and let's get up here and get a package together. I think that would be nice. Not a chance. Like, come on. Can I have a last day on the air? Are you out of your mind? But, yeah. So we all get it. And I'm getting all the emails. I'll try to answer them. I know it's weird, and I know people still have a strange. You know, the one thing I love about radio that doesn't seem to resonate with Bob's, which is why I have a beef with radio, is they don't understand the local connection. They keep trying to do stuff that. That is homogenized and worked in St. Louis. So let's try it here. Whatever. And our company is better at that than most. Although I do see that they're kind of leaning into it for money reasons. But when you lose somebody like that and they've been kind of part of your drive for 20 years, it feels like you lost somebody on your carpool. And so I will pass on as many nice things about Fitz as possible, but don't yell at me. I didn't do it, and I couldn't protect him. And it wasn't one of those things where we hate fits. It's just. It is what it is. And Paul's the same. Paul's a great guy, too. And a couple other people in the building that I didn't work very closely with also got bounced. And it's just part of business. It sucks. It's life. And they say, it's not personal, it's business. And then you realize it's only personal to you because they don't want to pay you anymore. That's pretty personal. That's a phrase that needs to stop being said. It's not personal. It's business. Because damn it all, when somebody tells you we don't want you to work here anymore, it feels pretty personal. But, yeah, he's. I don't even know how to handle all these emails that come in saying, you guys killed Fitz. I'm like, we did not kill Fitz. How's the station's gonna ever survive? And we've had that. Every time somebody leaves, all the people who listen are like, that's the end of that. That's that. It's the end of that. It's like, no, it's part of the process. 20 years in one place. That's a celebration. Yeah.

[Brett Vesely]

Especially in radio. Oh, my God.

[John Holmberg]

That's incredible.

[Byron]

It's incredible.

[John Holmberg]

So, you know, tip of the cap to Fitz, and I hope wherever he lands, he lands in a better spot. You know, maybe, maybe not. I don't even know if he's wanting to do radio. I talked to him a little bit on Saturday. I said, hey, whenever you're. Whenever your head clears the cobwebs on this, this doesn't feel good. And I don't want to sit and have initial reactions. I said, but if you want to talk, I'm around, and we'll go grab a beer over the holiday break. And he goes, let's do it. So I'll. I'll definitely.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah. We're supposed to take a motorcycle ride once we're on vacation. Yeah. Cleared mind a little bit.

[John Holmberg]

So this is us saying we still love fits. The people you want to email don't even live in this city. So find them up there. Hubbard Broadcasting. You want to yell at them, go ahead. They're not going to say anything either. They'll just. They'll just throw all your emails away. At least we acknowledge it. But, yeah, we love them. TIP. TIP 1 out for Fitz later today, and maybe if you see him around, buy him a drink, because he's on fixed income now, at least for a while. But, yeah, he'll be all right. Wonder where he's gonna go. I always wonder that, too. Remember, you know, in radio, it is fun, though. I will say this. When one of the guys you hate gets fired, because there's always. That didn't happen this time. There's no. I really don't have a beef with anyone in this build. Well, some people, I would laugh if they get fired, but not at this station. No, not at KUPD at all. There's only like, three of us now, right? The whole thing is empty. But there's some people that you're like, oh, that guy got ice. That's. There have been a few. There was a guy at the Zone that just took one right there, and it was an ugly firing, and he. Oh, I loved it. He was such a jerk. I don't want to say his name because I just don't want him to even be acknowledged. But we golfed with him once, and he forgot his golf clubs. Remember him?

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

And he lost his mind on us because he forgot his golf clubs.

[Brett Vesely]

How's that your fault?

[John Holmberg]

We still don't know. And, I mean, he was just screaming and yelling. He was tall. He had to use rented clubs. And he's like, this is a bunch of hate. This hate. You hate them. Like, then go home and get your clouds at our fold. You forgot your clubs.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Which. You know what? You guys don't even care. Like, I can't hit a. I can't hit a ball with these. You need to go home. We were being nice. Yeah. Don't play. Get out of here. 18 holes of that guy being a dick. And if you ever walked in the studio, he would always start right before he went on the air. And all he was doing is going, 115 the zound. That was Natalie Imbruglia. We'll be right back. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. You're not that important, dude. That was a seven second break. And then if you walked in there at all, I had a friend who was a production guy. He'd get in the studio every once in a while because the computer at that time was in the studio. And he'd walk in, he goes, can I help you? My buddy Collins. Like, no, I'm just a big fan. And he points the computer. Settle down, Noriega. Calm down. Yeah, exactly. Let's get you some proactive. What are you, 70 and you still have acne? Shut up. I'm about to go on. That was Edmund McCain, 90. Oh, we'll be right back. And there you go. He was horrible human being. And he took one and there was like, a lot of people high five. And like, Jira got fired today. And we laughed and laughed. And then when other stations catch one, like Bruce Kelly, who he's going to call me just for saying his name again, he got fired. Hilarious. Still the greatest firing of all time in radio because he whipped his dick out for the Disney. He calls me every time I bring it up. You know, that's not what happened. I'm like, according to the Internet and the newspaper articles, yes, it did. Well, no, that. But I had been okay. I don't know why.

[Brady]

I think the one before, the guy that got fired, because, you know, I forgot the golf clubs. It was our fault.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady]

The person before them was like, who drank my Scope?

[John Holmberg]

Oh, yeah. We had that lady who drank all the Scope. She would bring full bottles of Scope in. And we had questions because by the end of her shift, she was a little loopy.

[Brady]

Where did my scope go?

[John Holmberg]

And she would bring full bottles. She had huge purse. And inside that purse was nothing but a big bottle of green Scope. And she'd take. She'd drink it, the whole bottle. It wasn't like spitting it out. It wasn't for. And I'm like, geez, you go through A lot of Scope one day, and she goes, I just have to have fresh breath. She started at 11, and by 12:30. One of five zones. How you doing?

[Brady]

I don't think something's right here.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, something right. Her breath is insanely fresh. But she seems. It's. And then the bottle of Scope, those big bottles, half gone.

[Brady]

Costco.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, yeah. It was the meaty bottle.

[Brady]

Buy them in two bottles.

[John Holmberg]

And then she got iced for performance issues, which was too much Scope, is what they were trying to say.

[Brady]

No live reads in the final hour.

[John Holmberg]

Right. Did you tape your last hour before you get here and then just work. What you. Why would I do that? Well, it's just too much fresh breath is what we're thinking. But I think that they fired her for performance issues because if they'd have said, you're drinking too much Scope, she'd have said, well, I'm an alcoholic. And then they had to pay for more, so they dodged all that. It was great. There's some good firings in radio. Real good. We had a guy who. Well, we had one day, Jay, over at the other station. We've talked about him a million times, who came in, and they were introducing him to people. This is the best salesman you'll ever meet. This guy's gonna turn everything around. And he told one of the hotter sales girls that she had. Great.

[Brady]

Went to lunch, come back from lunch, opens the door in the hallway, there she is. You got a nice rack.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, thank you.

[Byron]

New guy.

[John Holmberg]

And then she told on him. And then we all got memos the next day that the great new salesperson that was gonna change everything no longer worked there. We here at KUPD had a guy named Ron Stryker who did our production stuff when we first started back in early 2000s, and he was awesome.

[Brady]

What a voice.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, dude's amazing. So he left to go work in Indiana or something, and they hired this other dude named Mark. I don't know.

[Brett Vesely]

Is that his name?

[John Holmberg]

I remember his last name. I remember being afraid of him, though, when they introduced me, I'm like. Like, he shook hands and, like, instead of saying, hey, nice to meet you, he's like, you got a problem with me? And I'm like, wow, that is your first words to me. And so I'm like, no, we're good. And just joke. I thought he was kidding. Within two days of being in the job, he threw an office chair at a salesperson and had to be told to go home. And they warned everybody before, hey, we're letting the lunatic. We didn't know him very good. It's like, you know, you take a dog home from the shelter, and it's like he bit someone a long time. You find out he's got, like, a massive bite history. His whole resume was getting fired for taking swings at people. Nobody asked any questions. And he threw a chair at one of the sales ladies, and they. They got everybody out. Like. Like there was a. You know, an active shooter. Like, all right, everybody, he's in his office. Everybody out the back door. Run. Don't all you go at once in your cars. We were driving cars around to the front, and then they fired him, Replaced him with another guy who. When he got fired, we had to go get the ladies cars out of the parking lot and pull them around front because he was. We thought he was going to kill everybody. He wouldn't leave. He was walking around the parking lot just like. We didn't know what was going on. Couldn't talk to him. Like, you, hey, man, you all right? I'm going to kill everyone in there. Like, okay, we're going back. We're going to go back in now. Okay, why don't. Why don't we have. Why don't we have locks on the doors? I'm going in. I'm going to kill every mother I. If I meet eyes with you, I'm going to kill you. Okay, bye. We ran back in. We're shutting doors.

[Brett Vesely]

One of the few times I was happy I did overnight.

[John Holmberg]

You worked overnight. Chuck fired him and comes down. That was crazy. He went nuts. And he's still here. Lock the doors.

[Brady]

Where's Croft?

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, we did. I've got to kill Ron Croc. I'm at Nikhil Brady Balkan. I'm in a kill. He had this crazy voice, and he just started wandering around the parking lot. None of us could go home. We were done. They fired him after our show was over. And we just sat there and twiddled our thumbs until like 2. Until the threat was over. None of that happened Friday, actually. It was very close. Wonderful, actually. Good adult.

[Brady]

It made me think of another one when we were with an old building that. Nowhere else but we had a guy that was on the AM station. He passes away. He's the program director and just left his car. His car sat out in our apartment.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, he didn't die yet. Oh, yeah. He was still alive.

[Brady]

He was still alive, but the car still remained.

[John Holmberg]

Car stayed for years after he got fired. He left his car in our parking lot. We just beat the hell out of it with that Somebody thrashed it. I don't know.

[Brett Vesely]

Nothing to do with that.

[John Holmberg]

You were big on that. Overnights, Brett would go out, and we'd show up in the morning and, like, more windows had been blown out. The tires were. There was a. A coyote den in the car. Like, it was. He left it there, and we didn't know what to do.

[Brett Vesely]

No. Then he came back to get it.

[Brady]

He did.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, he did.

[Brett Vesely]

Remember that?

[John Holmberg]

No.

[Brett Vesely]

Oh, yeah. And I. He came back to get it, and then JJ calls me up, and he's like, can you put the tires back on the car? We gotta get rid of that thing.

[Byron]

I'm like, well, man.

[John Holmberg]

All right. So I had to bring a floor jack down and put the tires back on it.

[Brett Vesely]

One lug nut on each wheel.

[John Holmberg]

The wheels or all the windows.

[Brett Vesely]

Well, he had to tow it out. I guess they had to tell him, like, oh, by the way, it's not really drivable.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. If you were frustrated and worked here, you just go out and hit Henry's car with a bat.

[Brett Vesely]

It was like the printer in office space. Just everybody just.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. It would have been years. He got fired, and years later, we're like, that car's still here, and everybody seems to take a swing at it. So if you had a bad day, you just went out on the frustration car and beat up Henry's car.

[Brady]

Yeah. Well, it got to the point where it just, like. I guess he doesn't want the car.

[John Holmberg]

There were hundreds of rabbits in it. Oh, yeah, hundreds. Like, rabbits owned it.

[Brett Vesely]

Well, he left it, like, in one of the good parking spots. So when I was on overnights, I had some tow truck guy come down for a pair of corn tickets and drag it across second lot. And then all hell broke loose on that car.

[John Holmberg]

Once we realized we could play with it, we ruined it. And I didn't want to at first, but once it started to become obvious that this was not it was. I took a bat to it a couple of times, and I was.

[Brett Vesely]

Years later that he came back for it. It wasn't like two weeks.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady]

You put the tires back on.

[John Holmberg]

I had to. I don't think you. There's, like, a nest of rabbits living in it. It's like, just put the tires back on it. See if he gets in. And then Henry shows up, rabbits get out of my goddamn car. And then he tries to start it. Like, if I ever got in my car and it was lousy with rabbits, I'd be like, all right, I'm not gonna. There's no way. I'M getting back in this thing. How did he, like, why did he want it back?

[Brett Vesely]

I don't really remember.

[John Holmberg]

He left.

[Brady]

He was told by you got.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, yeah.

[Brady]

But how do you get him basically get out or how do you charge.

[John Holmberg]

Fired and leave without your car?

[Brady]

I know it's bad.

[Brett Vesely]

I think it was broken down or something.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, we had a second car.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah. I think he bought another car or.

[Brady]

Something and he just figured, I'll just leave it there.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brett Vesely]

And I think Chuck wanted it out of there.

[Brady]

He did. He got to a point where he's like, he made the call.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Everybody's got good firing stories at every office ever. And unfortunately, we have them right now, so.

[Brett Vesely]

Still beating the hell out of that thing.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, I. I had the time. You and me and Dennis Huff.

[Brady]

Oh, yeah.

[John Holmberg]

And I had been in an event, and I went to the station after I'm hanging out with you guys, and Huff goes, want to go kill Henry's car? Some like, what is that? I'm like, yes. And he had a bat, like, ready to do it. And I do more than anything in the world want to hit that car. I've been watching you guys dented every day, and I haven't touched it. I went out there and just went crazy on it. Next thing you know, Brett's under there with a floor jack deep drive, throwing some yantaras on it anyway. Yes, I know. And the emails. I will try to answer as best I can, but again, there's nothing we can can do.

[Brett Vesely]

It's not really much to say.

[John Holmberg]

Not. Not much more to say if you. If you heard this, but if you want to be nice, you can send something to Fitz through his Instagram or his Facebook and stuff like that. I'm sure he'd appreciate that. And will the station fall apart? I don't know. We'll see. I don't think so. I don't know. It's definitely gonna be a little different, but I think we'll be all right. Not say we. We would love to have fits, but anybody gets fired that says this place is going to fall apart without me is wrong. Every place will work without you for sure. No one is irreplaceable at all. Drake May is almost an mvp, but four years after Tom Brady left and everyone can be replaced. That was fun.

[Brady]

Watching might take a little time.

[John Holmberg]

I might have a little hiccup in the middle. Just got an adjustment period, but everyone can be replaced. So we'll miss him. Fitz is awesome at 6:26. Let's get a Wake up song, shall we? Maybe a tribute sort of fits in the tantrums or something like that. We'll get that. I'll get a Wake up song and scream it together. It's 98K video, Wake Up, Arizona's most powerful rock radio station. He said fully erect. 98 hey, it's John Holmberg from the Morning Sickness. When my beloved dog Dutchy started to slow down, I knew in my heart the time was going to come. That's when I reached out to Happy Endings in Home pet euthanasia. Once Dr. Fixler got to my house, he explained every every step, answered all the questions, and created a peaceful, loving atmosphere right there. We were able to hold Dutchy on her favorite blanket. Happy Endings made it as peaceful and dignified as the moment could be. If your furry companion is getting close to that time, whether it's a dog or a cat, and you want the comfort of home, the compassion of professionals, and the dignity your pet deserves, call Happy Endings. Visit online happy endings euthanasia.com because every pet's life should have a happy ending.

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[John Holmberg]

Still streaming Homberg's morning sickness online at 98kupd.com thank you, Miles to Nowhere. There's our theme song once again. Two more days of that and then it all goes away for next year's new song and look who's here. Frank Caliendo just wandered into the studio because I forgot he was supposed to come in. That's how little I care about this week. This is it.

[Byron]

I had an appointment. Yeah, I made an appointment. Now, you guys didn't do a follow up call to check to make sure I was coming in. So I shut a thoughts on there. Rich and I had communicated well.

[John Holmberg]

That's usually. Well, he usually should tell me, don't you think?

[Byron]

Well, I've noticed that doesn't always.

[John Holmberg]

No, it doesn't. You know, it's, it's the worst to go to a doctor's office and have the doctor look up from his desk and go, what are you doing here? That's kind of what that was. But I'm glad you're here. Frank Caliendo's here. And basically we were talking about we had some firings here on Friday.

[Byron]

Oh, good.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, yeah, no, that's bad.

[Byron]

Just so I want to see if I could get you to say that.

[John Holmberg]

No, it's fine. It's part of the business. Have you ever been fired from anything?

[Byron]

Yes. Fox.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, they fired you? I thought you quit.

[Byron]

No, no, no, no, no, no. I mean it was, the contract was up, so it was.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, that's not an ugly. Come into your office, sit down, I need to talk to you.

[Byron]

No, but they were, each time before when the contract was up, they wanted to do. They're like they were begging me and they weren't begging me that time. So I was like, oh, maybe I could do one more year. And it was right after I did the Trump with Trump sketch at Trump Tower.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, yeah.

[Byron]

In New York. And it had gone over pretty well. I was like, okay, I think I could do this one more year. Because they didn't know what impressions it always had to force the impression. They couldn't do anything other than that. So they kept coming up with suggestions like, how about Andy Rooney? I'm like, he died three weeks ago. We've done that so many times. How about I do a Jay Glazer bit, come out and look like Ram man from He Man.

[John Holmberg]

You guys, this is unbelievable. You guys want to go lift, you.

[Byron]

Guys want to go lift some weights for. So yeah. So I knew that was kind of weird. And then my manager at the time called Fox and they thought he was pitching somebody else because he was a newer manager for me. And somebody behind the scenes said, oh, we're done with that guy.

[John Holmberg]

Or something like, oh, you found out the fun way.

[Byron]

So my manager calls me and goes, yeah, it doesn't sound like they want to do that, but they don't want to say, you're not coming back yet. I was like, so what does that mean? Well, they don't have anybody to replace you.

[John Holmberg]

They didn't have a life raft, so they don't want.

[Byron]

I go, well, I'm done then. I don't want to be. If they don't want me, they're gonna make it hard.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Byron]

And I was like, for the few years before that, I was always like, I don't know if I want to do this. I just don't know what else there is to do.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Byron]

And they kept. Every time I try to come up with something new, they'd want to go, I'd try and bring you in or something like that. And they'd be like, no, let's just do Andy Rooney again.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Byron]

And I was like, I don't.

[John Holmberg]

You should have done him three weeks after he died. Like Andy Rooney in the casket.

[Byron]

It was pretty close.

[John Holmberg]

Did you ever wonder if you can hear in the afterlife?

[Byron]

Everything I understand is going on right now.

[John Holmberg]

Do you ever notice I have the.

[Byron]

Same eyebrows as John Madden? Especially after the embalming.

[John Holmberg]

I would have loved that. See, that's great. So also with the firing, because when Fitz was let go Friday week.

[Byron]

Oh, Fitz was like.

[John Holmberg]

Fitz was let go.

[Byron]

Oh, that makes me sad.

[John Holmberg]

Big one. I know. It kind of stinks. So, you know, you do the texting. Everybody works together. Like, this sucks. I hate that this is happening.

[Dick Toledo]

Whatever.

[John Holmberg]

When you were at Fox, did Terry and the guys reach out to you?

[Byron]

Glazer said something. Terry's like, I. I don't even remember him. I think I have cta, the Chicago Transit Authority.

[John Holmberg]

Which one was Frank?

[Byron]

Which was he? The little guy looked like a boom ball when he smiled. He's so fat, you can't see his eyes anymore.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, yeah. Nobody. They didn't.

[Brady]

Didn't you do one with Glazer where he comes out of the pocket?

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady]

He's so tiny. Did he get upset?

[Byron]

I think I did that joke. I don't know if I know. Glazer would.

[John Holmberg]

No, I helped you with that one. Yeah, he was in.

[Byron]

I don't even remember.

[John Holmberg]

That was because I was like, just pull him out of the pocket.

[Brady]

Right.

[John Holmberg]

And you held Glazer in your hand.

[Byron]

I knew I wanted to put him as an ornament on a tree once.

[Brady]

Once.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Because he got managed. We're the same size. He was mad because.

[Byron]

What is this all about? What is this? What is this anyway?

[John Holmberg]

Why am I talking, like, Bobby Slayton? Why is the same guy. Bobby Slayton. Rudy Giuliani. Oh, there it is. Yeah. Same thing, same guys. Yeah. Yes. That was. That one I loved because you did it and it was.

[Byron]

Yeah, I had, like, a. Like a. Like a super suit on, too. Like, it was like a massive. It was funny suit, like, five. And then they didn't want to do stuff again. They're like, it's too inside. I'm like, what? The whole thing is the inside. Yeah. And when I went to espn, it was all inside. And that's the only stuff that works. They wanted to do, like, you Want to try Dr. Phil? Try it. Nobody. Everybody ate it. The Dr. Phil was the easy one to go to at Fox because you could just do jokes.

[John Holmberg]

Knock, knock.

[Byron]

Terry Bradshaw. Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

So you didn't get fired from espn?

[Brady]

No.

[John Holmberg]

Yep.

[Byron]

No, because I. That was one I didn't even want to do. And I told him I didn't want to do. And then when they had the big layoffs, the boss called me and said, sorry, we're not gonna do this anymore. I go, I already told you, I'm not doing it anymore. So I kind of got fired after it was.

[John Holmberg]

You fired yourself?

[Brady]

You didn't break up with me.

[John Holmberg]

We're breaking up with you. And then they confirmed that the.

[Byron]

It was one where I told him, hey, if we do this, I don't want to have a contract. Let's just do one at a time. And when he calls me, he said, yeah, I know you're not really doing this, but you're not doing this. I was like, well, but that's. That's fine. I don't even. I wasn't even, like, like, upset about. He's like, but if we want to use you for something, would you still want to do it? I said, yeah, probably. If it was something good. I just don't want to do it consistently because it just doesn't work.

[John Holmberg]

Right, right.

[Byron]

And then he was like, yeah. I'm like, well, that's the thing I suggested two months ago.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. We were going to do this while. I remember working on that stuff with you at espn, and your frustration was, nobody gets anything I'm doing. And then the editing's terrifying.

[Byron]

Yeah. There were times. There were some that were fantastic.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, there was a couple for 30. Outstanding.

[Byron]

You came over and helped write that.

[John Holmberg]

Well, that was the Richard Sherman.

[Byron]

The Richard Sherman thing.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Byron]

And it was it already had all the middle pieces, and then you kind of had a couple ideas for weaving it together. I was like, oh, that's what if I told you that. You know, the what if I told you part.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. I don't remember. I just know you did. 40 different people in that. It was standing a Query my sources at this particular time, it appears that.

[Byron]

We have have no ending to this.

[John Holmberg]

They truly believe.

[Byron]

That was when I came up with Jaws.

[John Holmberg]

That was fun, though. And that was the one.

[Byron]

I remember you saw Jaws happen? Because I didn't have Jaws yet.

[John Holmberg]

It was that room. Once they get the makeup on you.

[Byron]

Yeah. Yep.

[John Holmberg]

Then it was on.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

It was weird to watch, but it was fun. Yeah. We were screwing around. That was 10 years ago. @.

[Byron]

Least. No more than that. Was it.

[John Holmberg]

25? Yeah, 25. Happy.

[Byron]

Anniversary. Years.

[John Holmberg]

Ago. Happy anniversary. Anniversary of that. I got fired at the radio station before I worked here. The guys that worked. No, no, no, no, I didn't, No, I didn't work there. I'm straight. So it's true. So I, I, I was doing mornings at the Zone, and the guy across the hall was a guy named Danny Davis. And he's awesome as.

[Byron]

This. Wasn't he a referee in the.

[John Holmberg]

Wwe? It was that, too. Yeah. No, he, he was a manager. He gets into the management role, and he comes in, he opens the door to the studio on a Monday, and he was this kind of just straight to the point. Had a big limp. He broke his leg 18 places once, and he never recovered. Right. So it was this weird that.

[Byron]

He didn't do like a 7, 18.

[Brady]

8.

[John Holmberg]

18. Isn't it like a half, like, it was six inches. Shortened his other leg. And he, he was still fast. Walked real fast. It was almost like Popeye. Yeah. And he swung the door open on a Monday. I got my headphones half on, ready to go on the air. He looks at me and he goes, goes, you're fired on Friday. I'm not supposed to tell you. My manager. And the door shuts like, what? He goes, yeah, they're getting ready on Friday. I'm like, oh, all right. Well, let's force the issue here, because I didn't want to work there anymore anyway. So I did. This was when who Wants to Be a Millionaire was super hot. And I did Regis Philbin offering a fourth, Fourth Lifeline, kind of what.

[Brady]

He did to you on.

[Byron]

Friday.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. On Friday night. Fourth Lifeline where I said, you don't know the answer to the question, and there's nothing we can do about that you're out of lifelines. And my producer's like, yeah, And I guess I'm. I'm gonna lose the million. What if I told you there was a way? And he says, what if you blow Big Daddy right now? And we spent a minute and a half simulating fellatio on the air, trying to get fired earlier in the week. And I don't. I wish I could find a tape of this, because the door swings open and the new program director looks at me, goes, we're gonna lose our license. And I'm like, there's only one thing to do. Then I think. Think I don't know what you're doing. I'm like, sorry. And meanwhile, it's on the air. Just, oh. Oh, yeah. Oh, that's the stuff. Big Daddy in your mouth. How about that? And it was just a minute and a half of that. And then I gave him the million dollars just for the bj. And I got on the intercom all day, and I'm like, I'm only gonna be here till 12. Let's get this over with. And the. And the guy was scared to death. Me. And he walked by the office. I'm like, chris, now. Fire me now. And then he calls me into his office the next morning. We need to talk. I'm like, you're gonna fire me? I've known all week. Just do it. Well, we've decided to let you go. Worst thing for that.

[Byron]

Guy. I haven't heard anything since you said, what if I told you there was a.

[John Holmberg]

Way? What if I told you there was a way? Okay, keep.

[Brady]

Going. I'm trying to catch.

[John Holmberg]

Up. And then six months later, that very same guy that fired me had to, like, come get me because the research said they'd made a mistake, and they brought me back. Oh, it was a great moment. That was my. That's the highlight of all that stuff is what? Because they always research everything after. Like, you shouldn't have done that. And then they came back, and I'm like, you gotta give me more money. And I'm doing. And they did, and I didn't want them to, and they did it. And then I, I. I guess I sucked out for the money and went back in. But they never talked about Regis again. It was. It was the worst thing he'd ever heard. I can't believe you're doing this. And I'm like, I don't want to work here. You don't want.

[Byron]

Me. That's why you don't. You don't let anybody Know, and that's why you just say as soon.

[John Holmberg]

As.

[Byron]

Exactly. It's time, you just go. You just take your stuff and get out of.

[John Holmberg]

Here. Yeah, well, we talked about it. All the doors on studios in every place in America, they will not lock because if guy finds out he's getting fired, oh, he likes himself, lock him up and go. And usually, most of the time.

[Brady]

They usually do it after the.

[John Holmberg]

Shift. Yeah. Or right before. Yeah. Yep. But, yeah, it's weird. Firings are a weird thing because everybody's been around it and it's never like. But everybody, like, who stays is somehow a Benedict Arnold to the situation. Like, you know, I would love that to be true. That I'm like, ah, Fitz is gone. We're all going. We're leaving together. No, I want my check. But it's not. It's not that I hate someone who we lost. Just the business. It sucks, but.

[Byron]

It'S. But Everybody, you Eventually, 99.9% of the time get fired from.

[Brady]

Something. Oh.

[Byron]

Yes. Business. Like, you have to. Whether your show doesn't get, like. Even when my show didn't get picked up, I knew, you know, I got that call. But I was like, man, this was. That was hard. That was a lot of work. And the president of the network sounded disappointed when I didn't react like.

[John Holmberg]

More. We're gonna have to not renew your show.

[Byron]

Frank. Yeah. I was like, yeah, it's a lot of work. He's like.

[John Holmberg]

What? I didn't sign up for that.

[Byron]

Yeah. He's like. And he's just like, what do you. What do you mean? I go, well, I was just difficult to do that much. We're shooting 10 pages a day or whatever it is. That's like twice as much as normal because I have to be in everything. I'm trying to get other people and stuff. So I.

[John Holmberg]

Don'T. And on top of you're still doing shows, you're still doing stand up at the time, because you.

[Byron]

Were. Well, that's the problem when you have stand up to fall back.

[Brady]

On.

[Byron]

Yeah. You don't care about the other stuff because you can just go do it. And they. People don't like that when you have that kind of. I don't even want to use it as a bargaining chip. It's more that you just. You're not.

[Brady]

Desperate. Hey, I like doing it, but. But I don't need.

[Byron]

You. Yeah. It's just like, I can go do whatever I have been doing my whole, you know, professional.

[John Holmberg]

Career. Well, TV executives and radio executives are very Similar in that they think that they are the only game in town.

[Brady]

Yeah. But they're also the commonality too, is the focus.

[John Holmberg]

Groups. Oh, yeah. Well, they're constantly going after the. They've drowned themselves in information and they feel like that everyone's paying attention to them. It's the one. You tell them like, you're out, I'll go get something.

[Byron]

Else.

[John Holmberg]

Else. Yeah, I'm fine with that. And it's a weird kind of, are you kidding me? Like, they act like, what are you gonna do without us? I'm like, this business, how are.

[Byron]

You going to survive.

[John Holmberg]

Frank? Right. And it's the mentality that employees sometimes have of this place will die without me. And the executives all feel like, well, you should be devastated. You're not working for us. Nobody. Nobody really cares. It's just a. You just got to get through your world. Anyway, well, I'm glad you've. You've not been fired.

[Byron]

Anymore. No, it'll.

[John Holmberg]

Happen. You think? Yeah. From what life? I don't know. Friday night, I want to thank you. Friday night was awesome over there at Stand Up Live. The end of the year show was.

[Byron]

Fantastic. Yeah. What a.

[John Holmberg]

Blast. You did some stuff that you would not normally have.

[Byron]

Done. No, I get. Well, you were filthy to.

[John Holmberg]

Start. I.

[Byron]

Was? Oh.

[Brady]

Yeah. You clammed them up one time with.

[Byron]

What? Everything that came out of your mouth was.

[John Holmberg]

Filthy. That is.

[Byron]

Not. Everybody was in the back room going, this started off.

[John Holmberg]

Dirty. When I walked out on stage.

[Byron]

Is called Homer After.

[John Holmberg]

Dark. There was nothing filthy about.

[Brady]

That.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. You know, I told the story of vaginal. The vaginal mesh lady. It's not.

[Byron]

Filthy. My point has just been.

[John Holmberg]

Made. Hey, they were doing it on tv. I was trying to watch game shows just the way. Are you a victim of vaginal mesh failure? I'm like, jesus Christ. I'm eating.

[Byron]

Lunch. That means it fell out twice. But they were. They. They were doing it. Seriously. And you're.

[John Holmberg]

Making. How can you do that? Seriously? That's.

[Byron]

Hilarious. Anyway, I'm not laughing right.

[John Holmberg]

Now. O. Maybe it has happened to you making my point that if you're upset by vaginal mesh conversations, you're a.

[Byron]

Jesus. No, I liked it. I was the only one. I was fighting for you back there. I was like, no, this is. I almost said the F word there. You almost said to bleep.

[John Holmberg]

Me. That wasn't.

[Byron]

Filthy. But then I.

[John Holmberg]

Came. I mean, since when is like, you've been to comedy.

[Byron]

Clubs? No, no, no, no, no.

[Brady]

No.

[Byron]

Yeah. I mean, it wasn't.

[John Holmberg]

Filthier.

[Byron]

Then. But for people who know me, it.

[John Holmberg]

Was. Oh, for you. Jesus. Yeah, that's.

[Byron]

Right. The Brian Regan crowd. He's doing the vaginal mesh.

[John Holmberg]

Stuff. Doing the.

[Byron]

Vaginal. Gonna do that donut lady. You're the donut lady. Get some donut.

[John Holmberg]

Mesh. Which one fell out twice? Two times. Oh, the big brown one's. The sun. People liked my vaginal.

[Byron]

Mesh. No, it was like. I mean, it killed everything. It was. It was.

[Brady]

Great. It turns Frank into Rayman. Definitely gotta.

[John Holmberg]

Leave. So you were.

[Byron]

Nervous. I didn't care because I Knew.

[John Holmberg]

I was 30 minutes singing about me taking it in the.

[Byron]

Butt.

[John Holmberg]

Well. Well, do you. It was a hit.

[Byron]

Documentary. So when we got to. When we got to the videos and playing the videos, I can't take looking at that stuff directly. And then. So I think I was looking off of somebody's.

[John Holmberg]

Glasses.

[Byron]

Yeah. So I'm turned and Michelle looks at me. At one point, I'm like, just.

[Brady]

Go. Just.

[Brett Vesely]

Go. Just.

[John Holmberg]

Go. Yeah, just pick.

[Byron]

Up. It'll be fine. I go. John anticipates that. He knows that we're all weak. And I'm looking out on the crowd and, you know, the fans of the show, the massive fans of the show, even though, you know, I don't think. I think there's some semi casual. But they're super fans. But there's also people who came with people who watched the show, met them, and there were some people. I was just looking down at their horrified. Get me.

[John Holmberg]

Out. Yeah, yeah, this.

[Byron]

Is. This.

[John Holmberg]

Is. But the reaction of that crowd to those videos is one of my favorite things in the.

[Byron]

World. Oh, yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. I love every second of.

[Byron]

That. There's some people hooting and hollering and.

[John Holmberg]

Cheering. Oh, it's great. And I like looking at the front row and, like, the weirdos who are not just watching, but watching with glee enjoying it. Spanking. Yeah, spanking. Yeah, that's.

[Byron]

Right. Spanking it to the.

[John Holmberg]

Video. One lady was stuffing the mesh back in. I'm like, I can't stop.

[Byron]

Laughing. There was a little man who.

[John Holmberg]

Came out of there and was like, I'm back. But it was fun. And then. But the fun thing was Lovetz. Lovetz. Yeah, go.

[Byron]

Ahead. Lovetz is in the green room watching on the video, pretending that he's not.

[Brady]

Interested.

[Byron]

Right. And he's just looking at. Throwing popcorn in, like, the Bill Hader meme. Like, he's just. He's just. He's like, who watches this stuff? Who enjoys.

[John Holmberg]

This? I can't look at it. You're looking at.

[Brady]

It. You're not.

[Byron]

Even. You haven't blinked in two minutes. I'm not even sure if I want to go to lunch tomorrow with.

[John Holmberg]

John. It.

[Byron]

Was. Wait a second. I am.

[John Holmberg]

Sure. And he told me, how do you even show those to people? That's disgusting. He said, I can't even imagine. Like, I didn't want people taking pictures of me watching that. I'm like, your whole act is about ass play and look. Yeah, but I don't be seen looking at.

[Byron]

It. And I told him backstage, I go, well, here's the thing. Even if somebody took a picture of you with it, AI is so out of control now. Nobody would ever know if it's real or not. And it doesn't.

[John Holmberg]

Matter.

[Byron]

Exactly. Like, there's stuff out there with everybody with vaginal mesh.

[John Holmberg]

Behind. Sure. Now, if we showed videos of that and I was doing the thing at the same time. That was not dirty. It was. It.

[Byron]

Was. Didn't you hear what Cato.

[John Holmberg]

Said?

[Byron]

No. Cato said when my wife started grilling him on tough questions about Nicole Brown Simpson and stuff like that, and he's like, can we just go back to being.

[Brady]

Dirty? I don't believe.

[John Holmberg]

You. Nothing about it. Was she so.

[Byron]

Meth? She was Diane.

[John Holmberg]

Sawyer. Oh, yeah. And she went full 60 minutes. We let her on stage. She grabbed the mic and had.

[Byron]

Like. I've seen that.

[John Holmberg]

Before. She was intense. Yeah. And we were.

[Byron]

Gone. She was.

[John Holmberg]

Reporting.

[Byron]

Yeah. For Fox.

[John Holmberg]

News. Yeah. And I liked her question. And then she. And then she got dirty, basically. Said, you ever bone Nicole Brown Simpson? I'm like.

[Brady]

Yeah. And then that's what she.

[John Holmberg]

Denied. I'm the bad.

[Brady]

Guy. I believe you.

[John Holmberg]

You. Come.

[Byron]

On. No, I. I told her, too, that that was.

[John Holmberg]

Inappropriate. Did.

[Brady]

You?

[John Holmberg]

No.

[Byron]

No. I'm.

[John Holmberg]

Scared. It was fun, though. It was a great night. And they. Again, the crowd was. The second you walk out and you realize it's going to be up to us to screw this up. They're. They're greased.

[Byron]

Up. And one of my favorite moments was Lovitz was waiting for his New Year's Eve plug at Desert.

[John Holmberg]

Ridge.

[Byron]

Yeah. And you got it out there. And he was like a Desert Ridge, you know, New Year's Eve. And then you were going to give me my plug for the improv on New Year's Eve. And you saw Lovett's, like, you knew I wouldn't.

[John Holmberg]

Care. Yeah. Merry effing holidays from the Big Red.

[Brady]

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[John Holmberg]

533-42. It's John Holmberg here and it's time to talk about TVs Doug Hopkins of my home group and Doug Hopkins.com I got a call from Doug the other day thanking me for leading so many of you guys his direction. He told me a story of a listener who had been through quite an ordeal and had a house they had absolutely had to sell to feel like they were getting back to a normal place in life. You just never know when simple business transactions can actually change someone's life. So you want to deal with somebody great. TV's Doug Hopkins. That's your guy. So if you want to sell your house, start the process right now online at Doug hopkins.com or grab that phone and sing Hopkins 1-800-sale now. Holmberg's Morning.

[Byron]

Sickness. But it was like you made a you Lovett said something and you just got off of it because you knew if you plugged my date after his it was gonna be how can we have so many people out.

[John Holmberg]

Here? Why in the world we have all that? You're competing with my show. Why would you anyway, because he gets.

[Brady]

Around. And then the J that he was the second.

[John Holmberg]

Pick. No, he hated that. The jayfir because it was Jay Pharaoh was guest of the year. Look, Jay Farrell was booked. It was happening, right? It booked. And then I got a call. It said Pharaoh just took a job on Friday. He's not even going to be in town Friday night and he's going to be.

[Brett Vesely]

Here. He's going.

[Byron]

To. Was.

[John Holmberg]

DraftKings. Yeah. Yeah. Some giant thing and he made a ton of money. I'm like, well, I don't blame him. That's like 10 times more than we were going to give him And. And so I'm like, well, then. So the owner of the club was like, what do you want to do? And I'm like. And Lovett's would just called me and like, you know what? I wonder if he'll come out and do that. I said, I'll talk to Frank. I think we already got. We got to just get Frank for sure, because you're my woobie on there. Like, we've got stuff that just goes like the Morgan Freeman thinks. So he's. It's 20 minutes. We can kill that. No, no.

[Byron]

Problem. Things.

[John Holmberg]

Just. Yeah, so we got that out of the way. And then getting the gu. Comfortable is different because. Yeah. So Pharaoh would have been awesome, because that's just.

[Byron]

More. Yeah, it was like when. When we did it with.

[John Holmberg]

Kite. Yeah, it's.

[Byron]

Great. Go back and forth and lots of different.

[John Holmberg]

Stuff. But joking with Lovitz, that was Pharaoh's deal. But you're replacing.

[Byron]

Him. Why do you have to make me feel.

[John Holmberg]

Less. Give it to Jay Pharaoh, like, right. We would have, but he can't make it. You're here now. My favorite moment of the whole night, because I like discomfort, was when Cato was talking and Lovitz goes, it's a tragedy. It's not even funny. Like, yes, it is. And he looked at me and goes, ah. Like, it is. It's 30 years. We got over it. It's kind of funny now, but having Kato on there and my O.J. simpson lady killer shirt and everything. And he couldn't believe that I talked to him as OJ on stage. Why, like, do you don't think he's over it at this point? It's like, he's had enough. He can do anything. But Cato was behind the.

[Byron]

Scenes. He said, you know, backstage, he's like, you can say whatever you want. He goes, I've heard it.

[John Holmberg]

All. Yeah.

[Byron]

I've. I've nothing to everything but one.

[Brady]

Thing he says when you go do the OJ Every time he's like, it is just.

[John Holmberg]

Eerily. Yeah, he likes it. He kind of secretly likes it. Lovett's yesterday at. Or Saturday at lunch, goes, do it and do it again. So. Hey, how you doing, Jon Lovitz? You're gonna keep giving that dog some pukables. That's gonna make Cato mad. And he's got friends. I don't hear it. I'm done with you. Is that OJ or, like, it just sounds like a black.

[Byron]

Guy. That's what Lovitz always does. He'll say, oh, you do A great John Madden.

[John Holmberg]

Right? And I.

[Byron]

Do. Hey, here's a guy, he's like, that's not.

[John Holmberg]

It. Yeah. He kills you. And he does it and kills you. And he'll start a story doing else it's.

[Byron]

Murder. He goes, you and John are pretty good up there. I was like, well, yeah, it works. It's fun. He goes, yeah, you know what's different? I have to do jokes. I can't just go up there and do.

[John Holmberg]

Voices. He said that to me at lunch. He goes, yeah, you guys were funny. It was really funny. It's a fun night. It was. The difference is I have to actually write material. I'm like, when are you gonna start that? Oh, you son of a. Because if you just hit him that his act's not good. It hurts him. He takes swings. You just make fun of me all the time. You spent 30 minutes telling everybody I take it in the ass to music. Well, yeah, but that's my.

[Byron]

Act. A lot of people think this is about Bob Saget.

[John Holmberg]

Right? Yeah. Last time you wrote a show.

[Brady]

That'S like Barry Manilow desert.

[John Holmberg]

Improv.

[Byron]

Yeah. Barry Manilow's song Mandy is actually about a guy named.

[John Holmberg]

Randy. And I'll do it. I just changed the name. It works every time. Fine. Also, Frank. Well, I just say thank you. That was nice of you. I appreciate you being there on Friday. And it was fun. Always good. That's all right. Brady tries and you just ran him.

[Byron]

Over. I.

[John Holmberg]

Did. Nothing you can do about.

[Brett Vesely]

That. I'm out of.

[John Holmberg]

Here. But, yeah, it's fun. And it was not that dirty. I've been to dirtier shows than.

[Byron]

That. No, no, no, it wasn't.

[John Holmberg]

Filthy. You said it was to.

[Brady]

Start.

[Byron]

Jeez. And then it was to me.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. And then the Clinton Trump thing when I. When I was. When I was outside, everybody's leaving, going missing. When Clinton blew Trump. And I'm like, God, I never thought I'd hear that and get a handshake. When Clinton blew Trump, we were dying. That was awesome. I know, I know. You're welcome. You're welcome for.

[Byron]

That. And I was involved. And a lot of people said, frank wouldn't be involved in that. And I said, I'm gonna be involved. I'm gonna be the Trump.

[John Holmberg]

Side. Yeah, you were sort of a hostage of that. And then Chris Turner at the end comes out and does that rap. Oh, that guy's amazing. That guy is.

[Byron]

Brilliant. I'm not sure he's from this.

[John Holmberg]

Planet. Me neither either. Because he's not.

[Brady]

Normal. Mind.

[John Holmberg]

Boggling. Even.

[Byron]

Backstage. Well, that's because he's.

[John Holmberg]

British. Oh, that was it. I thought. Yeah. I didn't know if it was gay or normal, but it's.

[Byron]

British. That's the.

[Brady]

Thing. It was the first rosebud he's ever.

[John Holmberg]

Seen. He's British. You know what I mean? No, no, he was awesome. That last rap was incredible. And just got names from the crowd and just put that thing together for like two minutes and it was perfect. He was great. Called you Brody, which was funny. Yeah.

[Byron]

Yeah. Which is.

[John Holmberg]

Better? It makes it.

[Byron]

Funny. I think that might be the new thing. Sorry I talked over your Brody.

[John Holmberg]

Since. Since Frank is here and football happened yesterday. Assess the Cardinals. What would you do if you were the GM of this team? Because you're. You're here. You were friends with the old gm. He doesn't remember that. But you.

[Brady]

Remember.

[Byron]

Yeah. Offer to retire. It doesn't look.

[John Holmberg]

Good. It's got to stop, right? We.

[Byron]

Gotta. Yeah, well, Kyler's gone, right? There's no. There's. They'll find.

[John Holmberg]

Him. They gotta pay 30 million to.

[Byron]

Just. What if I told you there was a.

[John Holmberg]

Way. If I told you we could do it? What would you.

[Byron]

Say? Yeah, I think they just gotta do some.

[John Holmberg]

Revamping. They gotta do. But again, isn't the revamping Bidwell. He has to leave right? Until. No, come on. Until. He gonna work. But that's where, as fans of a team, team should have the ability, like in Green Bay, to unite. And in this day and age of the Internet, there should be some sort of campaign where everybody's like, we won't go anymore until he's.

[Byron]

Gone. One that'll never.

[John Holmberg]

Happen. But that should.

[Byron]

Happen. Why? That's when you own a team. You own a team. But like Jerry Jones, people complain he's gotta go.

[John Holmberg]

Years. You know, Mike, I have a.

[Byron]

Go. I will be here for.

[John Holmberg]

Eternity.

[Byron]

And. And plus one. Eternity plus.

[John Holmberg]

One. It's a Bring a guy. I was.

[Byron]

Actually. I drank from the wrong chalice with Indiana Jones. Chose poorly. And I'm still.

[John Holmberg]

Here. And you have a plus.

[Byron]

One. Plus.

[John Holmberg]

One. Who you bringing? Stephen or the.

[Brady]

Wife? No.

[John Holmberg]

Attorney. Oh, you get attorney. And another eternity. Oh, I wasn't. I thought you just had a.

[Byron]

Guest. One eternity is.

[John Holmberg]

Enough. Yeah, but then you get a little extra. I thought you brought someone along. You got plus one. Eternity plus one. I like to have a guest look into that. Yeah, that's pretty good. Ma. But Mike, it's not going to be Ma. Oh, not anymore. He's out. The. The fun thing about my theory with football is if your team doesn't make the playoffs in five years, the owner is forced to sell and he can buy another.

[Byron]

Team. Feels like more like a more European soccer.

[John Holmberg]

Relegation. Because the one thing synonymous with Cardinal failures, the name Bidwell. They've changed all the pieces. They've revamped 100,000 times. They've got one good season really to show for it. And guess What? They were 9 and 7 that year and hold the record for being behind by 30 points or more by any super bowl team that's ever been in it. They were five games. They were. They lost by 30 points or more. And that's terrible. The season that they went to the super bowl was all Kurt Warner in the playoffs, and the team just gelling at the right time. And they almost won.

[Byron]

It.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. But they didn't. And then two years later, they're scrambling again with Carson Palmer and almost something. And then it goes away. And they haven't. They haven't been normal since. They're.

[Byron]

Just. They need.

[John Holmberg]

Something. Yeah. They need a new.

[Byron]

Owner. I'm not doing.

[John Holmberg]

That. I will. I'll say it all day long. It's like multiplicity. He's the third generation. He's got no stake in this game. He was rich when he started. It's. You get dumber. The more you hand it down to family members. It gets worse and worse. I mean, every. Every team that's doing it.

[Byron]

That'S. Don't tell that to the.

[John Holmberg]

Ears. The Earth. Well, they're going to get. Look at Mark Davis in Vegas. How is that a bad team? How did they get all that money? They're.

[Byron]

Horrible. They are horrific. And I'll tell you one man, I know it could turn this thing around. That's when it all first talked to John. He's like, there's a lot of problems over there, man. We're trying to work through fixing some of this stuff. Yeah. He's like. And I could never get specifics out of him, but he's just like. There's just a lot of things that need to.

[John Holmberg]

Change. Yeah. Namely the.

[Byron]

Owner. No, I think he liked.

[John Holmberg]

Mark. He liked Mark and Al, but he knew at that point that they had to get their hands out of the cookie jar and just be figureheads. Yeah. And that's the.

[Byron]

Problem. That's the difficult thing with being. When you're an owner and you're a billionaire and you're good at something, too. Like even new billionaires, when you've made money. I heard Ishbia talking About.

[John Holmberg]

It.

[Byron]

Yeah. You know, he's like, nobody cared when I screwed something up in the loan business or whatever, but. True. But when you have a basketball team, everybody.

[Brett Vesely]

Cares.

[John Holmberg]

Right. And you have to know that.

[Byron]

People talk about it, and that's why you have to, you know, delegate to the right people. It's usually got to.

[John Holmberg]

Defer. But the owners will blame everybody. Fire gm.

[Byron]

Fire. Because usually people are around them saying, yeah, it's not your.

[John Holmberg]

Fault. Fault. Well, I'm saying that's why you hired them. It's your.

[Byron]

Fault. That's why they don't let you anywhere.

[John Holmberg]

Near. Exactly. Right. But.

[Byron]

I. Near. Who are the owners who are.

[Brady]

Near. That's.

[John Holmberg]

True. I don't have anyone that owns anything that wants to be near.

[Brady]

Me.

[John Holmberg]

No. Because I'll tell them the.

[Byron]

Truth. Yeah. Oh, no, they don't want.

[John Holmberg]

That. They don't want that. They want.

[Byron]

Sycophants. When I. When I was.

[Brady]

In.

[Byron]

With. At Trump Tower, with Trump. This is 20 years ago, whatever it was. Yeah. Probably 20 years ago. 15 years.

[Brady]

Ago. @.

[Byron]

Least. Least. And when there was the sketch we're doing and the camera went down and somebody made a wrong move with the camera or something, we're just rehearsing to get through it. And he was looking around the room, he goes, was that good? Was that good? You know, the rest of it? And he's like, yes, Mr. Trump. Fantastic, Mr. Trump. Great, Mr. Trump. I was like, wait.

[John Holmberg]

A.

[Byron]

Second. Yeah. Does anybody ever tell you something isn't good? He goes, no, Frank, that's part of the problem. You can't get.

[John Holmberg]

Real.

[Brady]

Answers.

[John Holmberg]

Really? Yeah. He.

[Byron]

Admitted it. He goes, I can't get.

[John Holmberg]

Real answers. But.

[Byron]

He doesn't. I was like, you should run for president. He didn't run.

[John Holmberg]

For president.

[Byron]

Did this. Listen, we're gonna. We were putting lots of tariffs. We're putting tariffs on.

[John Holmberg]

The taxes. Did he say at one point, you really think so, Frank? I could.

[Byron]

Be president? And then you're like, he'd already run and decided. That was one of the jokes. I don't know if it made it or not, but he's like.

[John Holmberg]

I've decided to run.

[Byron]

For president. And I decided to not run for president. I've decided to not, not run for president. No, I've decided to run for president. I've decided not, not, not run.

[Brady]

For.

[Byron]

President. Not. There's so many nuts. I'm dirt and so.

[John Holmberg]

Many nuts. I don't even know if I may anymore. Yeah, it's perfect. Well, I'm glad you enjoyed.

[Byron]

Meeting Trump. He was Totally different behind the scenes. Like, this is before president. Like, anytime. Some people have told me that anytime somebody becomes a president, especially if they're elected twice, the ego is.

[John Holmberg]

So massive. It's got.

[Byron]

To be. It's. It's. But they don't have people.

[John Holmberg]

Around them. You'd be president of the hoa. You turn into a dick for a.

[Byron]

Little while.

[Brady]

Listen.

[John Holmberg]

Michelle. Yeah. Your wife is.

[Byron]

The hoa. We had.

[John Holmberg]

To be. Because.

[Byron]

Of ego. Because of somebody else and.

[John Holmberg]

Everybody else. Because the last friend took.

[Byron]

So bad. Yeah. Was.

[John Holmberg]

Causing problems. I knew you got into a fight. I remember.

[Brady]

That.

[Byron]

But. Yeah. And then. So she decided just that she was going to be it. And she's.

[John Holmberg]

Been great.

[Brett Vesely]

She's actually.

[Byron]

Because she. She doesn't try to make.

[John Holmberg]

Stupid things. Does anyone ever tell her she's.

[Byron]

Not great? I do, and it gets me in.

[John Holmberg]

Trouble sometimes.

[Brady]

Exactly right. But never question a Cali end.

[Byron]

The of. Do there used to be.

[John Holmberg]

Notes on. Yeah.

[Byron]

That'S true. There used to be notes on people's cars from the hoa. From the board. And none of it went through the board. It was just the president of the HOA putting stuff on. Like, you can't.

[John Holmberg]

Do that. He was a.

[Byron]

Dictator. Yeah. You can't.

[John Holmberg]

Do that. Oh.

[Byron]

Choas suck. Yeah. But that's why Michelle's just, like, stepped it back and said, you can't. Somebody in our neighborhood painted their house a color that doesn't look great. And it went through the board, and it went through everything. Not through the board. It went through the. Whatever it's supposed to go through sort of HOA project. The.

[John Holmberg]

Architectural.

[Byron]

Committee. Right. So it went through that, but nobody said, no, you can't do it. So it got approved. And then some people are like, well, we need to change the color and that. She's like.

[John Holmberg]

You.

[Byron]

Can'T. Yeah. Who's going to pay for that? I went through the process, and the HOA doesn't want to do it. They don't want to spend. Is.

[John Holmberg]

It right. Is it green? Is it that awful green people paint their.

[Byron]

Houses now? No, it's a blue gray that I think it's in small. In a smaller palette, but probably looks very gray. But when it's. It's. The problem is when you paint something in a.

[John Holmberg]

Little.

[Byron]

Spot. Yeah. It looks very different from a.

[Brady]

Giant wall.

[Byron]

I don't. I don't mind. There's just some people in the neighborhood don't like it at all. Like, it does stick out, but I don't. I don't.

[John Holmberg]

Really care. Paint Your house whatever color.

[Byron]

You.

[John Holmberg]

Want. Yeah. Leave me alone. Just don't paint my house. That's the thing. It's like being gay. Be gay at home all day long. But the second you start making me gay or doing it in my house, then we have a problem.

[Byron]

Problem.

[John Holmberg]

Right. Yes. That's what I always to my neighbors and I talk about put.

[Byron]

It in, take it.

[John Holmberg]

Out, boom. It's okay. Everybody getting their nose in somebody.

[Byron]

Else'S.

[John Holmberg]

Business. Yeah. So you want to paint your house.

[Byron]

Bright orange? Well, there are some things that are good about the hoa. It's just about not going.

[John Holmberg]

Too far. No. Yeah. No. Trust me. The good thing about an hoa when they don't exist. Because your gates never.

[Byron]

Worked. Right. Well.

[John Holmberg]

They work. Does Michelle fix that? Yeah, because I remember just pulling up close and it.

[Byron]

Would open. That's the way be to it's going supposed to. It is for deliveries only during. Only during delivery.

[John Holmberg]

Hours. Oh. So I remember I would always forget the code. And then if I just scoot it up, the gate would open. I'm like, well, this isn't for.

[Byron]

Deliveries. It's. And it's a. It's a. It's a. It's not a security gate. It's a.

[John Holmberg]

Privacy gate. What's.

[Byron]

The difference? There's security gate would be like you, you. No other way to get into the neighborhood or something like that. Okay. So I don't know either. It's just. It's just a. Keep people from just going through there. Like people to get to the high school people try to go and park cars and stuff like that. In our neighborhood you can't.

[John Holmberg]

Do that. Ah, yeah. All.

[Byron]

Right. Yeah. And the HOA also takes care of the.

[John Holmberg]

The Jacuzzi. The community Jacuzzi just in the middle of the neighbor. It is beautiful. There's no fence.

[Byron]

Around it. Why do you think Love to.

[John Holmberg]

Come over. Can I use your community Jacuzzi? Community Jacuzzi is disgusting. Anyway. Well, Frank's going to be at the 10:00pm prov on New Year's Eve. 6:00 clock and 8:00 o'. Clock. You're.

[Byron]

Going early? 6 and 8:30.

[John Holmberg]

I think. Oh, okay. 6 and 8:30. You're going.

[Byron]

Early. Yeah. It's the time before all the bad people are on the.

[John Holmberg]

Roads drunk. Yeah. And then you can become one of those.

[Byron]

Bad people. I wouldn't suggest your show say that. Way to.

[John Holmberg]

Go back. You.

[Brady]

Start there. He wants all the bad.

[John Holmberg]

Bad people. That's right. You want all the silver people.

[Brett Vesely]

Pre.

[John Holmberg]

Bad. Yeah. Right. Before they.

[Byron]

Go Right. But you're always looking for something to.

[John Holmberg]

Do.

[Byron]

Before. Sure. So that's the. That's more. That was more my thing. They're like, do you want to do them later? Like first of all, people don't want to go out that late that I.

[John Holmberg]

Know anymore. Well, New Year's Eve's a.

[Byron]

Little different. I don't.

[John Holmberg]

Think so. People force themselves to stay up. Yeah. That's the.

[Byron]

Last crowd. But they're not fun crowd. No, the late New Year's Eve. The one where if you actually go to midnight, that's never.

[John Holmberg]

Good. Good. No.

[Byron]

It sucks. It's everybody's. And everybody's only thinking the New Year's Eve day. They're not really focusing on the comedy as much. I. We used to have to do three shows on those nights. Oh yeah. There were not at the Improv in Tempe, but in. In. I think I'm trying to think of some of the other places I did it, but maybe like Dallas or something like that. When you do those three show nights, you're like, did I.

[John Holmberg]

Do.

[Brady]

This? Brutal. And the 8:30 show you're going to do full out professional fireworks.

[Byron]

Inside, right? Oh yeah, that's.

[John Holmberg]

My act. Yeah, that's it. Yeah. And love it says to write jokes. You're just.

[Byron]

Doing explosives.

[John Holmberg]

You do. It's a Piff the Dragon. Are you gonna.

[Byron]

Do that? You do you dress up in a.

[John Holmberg]

Dragon suit? I thought you were Piff.

[Byron]

The Dragon. Puff Piff the.

[John Holmberg]

Magic Madden. What? Ah, Pimp the Magic Madden. Live by the sea Watch that. All frolicked in the autumnness in a land called Ottilie. Brett Favre lived there too Little Brownie far paper. All right, we gotta. We gotta keep going. Frank, are you gonna stay for a while? Yeah. Oh boy. Oh, we have to do our wake up song. It's brought to you by Action Rock Shop. Already it stay at 7:26. We gotta get out of here. The ax has been falling all over this place. We gotta be careful. What do you got on the big board.

[Brett Vesely]

Over there? All right, Wake Up Song brought to you by Action Ride Shop. Of course right now they got their 20 off all installed stock beach cruisers at both locations right there on Gilbert Road and Southern. And of course the brand new one right there on power Road and McDowell. It is Action Ride Shop actionrideshop.com and on the list, lots of stuff for fits. I'm the man from Anthrax left behind from Slipknot, Black Sabbath Electric Funeral. Somebody I used to know from three days grace. Sarah McLaughlin.

[John Holmberg]

In.

[Brett Vesely]

There. Yeah. Weezer say it ain't so for fit. That's Mike and the Molotovs. I f the.

[John Holmberg]

Boss'S wife. You know what? We should.

[Brett Vesely]

Do that. I don't know how clean.

[John Holmberg]

It is, so I don't know if we have the clean.

[Brett Vesely]

Version anymore. Johnny Paycheck, obviously.

[John Holmberg]

In there. There it is. That's.

[Brett Vesely]

The one. Johnny Paycheck season in the best because he always played that for.

[John Holmberg]

His opener. Then you choose. I like to take this job and shove it, but Seasons in the Abyss is a.

[Brett Vesely]

Solid one. Fitting for him because that's how he opened.

[John Holmberg]

Every show. Seasons in the Abyss once again for our friends. Say goodbye. I think you like hoas because it's like the mob. I think you grew up.

[Byron]

With that. I think that's a very nice way to.

[John Holmberg]

Put it. I think that's a fun thing to think that it's more mob related. You guys have some footage. I didn't know Michelle was the prez, though. That's pretty impressive. You have to run for that.

[Byron]

Sort of. Nobody really wants lobby because. No, I don't.

[John Holmberg]

Think so. They just gave it.

[Brett Vesely]

To.

[Brady]

Her. Yeah. Delivered to the Caliento house in.

[Byron]

The neighborhood. Board meetings are now like, they. They only meet like four times a year and they're here. It's. I don't know. They're.

[John Holmberg]

20.

[Byron]

Minutes. Really. Just get.

[John Holmberg]

Stuff out. Yeah. That's quick. All right, well, I can handle that. I hate HOAs. I think they're a scam. But I like that Michelle's running it and hopefully into the ground. Like to eliminate it, dismantle it. Oh, yeah. And make personal responsibility more important again. Won't happen. No. It's.

[Byron]

A dream. Well, there's like. So.

[Brett Vesely]

Here'S.

[Byron]

A. Here. Here's a.

[Brett Vesely]

Quick.

[Byron]

Thing. Like. So the. The access road to all the houses. That has to be taken care of because it's not. They're.

[John Holmberg]

Not roads. Oh, yeah.

[Byron]

They're not. They're private. So that's the type of stuff that the HOA just really knock.

[John Holmberg]

On doors and have a bucket put in.

[Byron]

Your hundred. Nobody's putting in.

[John Holmberg]

Their hundred. Nobody kicks in. All right, well, so they have to force it out of them. Yeah. All right. I guess. Or you just hire a guy to.

[Byron]

Tar it. Well, they've done.

[John Holmberg]

It in. Yeah. And then let it go. Let it go and move out. I got answers. I got answers for.

[Byron]

Your stupid. They're not the questions that are being.

[John Holmberg]

Asked, but. All.

[Byron]

Right, answer. You're just.

[John Holmberg]

Too behind. We'll do Slayer for Fitz and for and for Frank as well. It's seasons in the Abyss. It's 98, Arizona's most powerful rock radio station. He said fully erect. It's John Holmberg here from the morning sickness. And it's time to talk about TVs Doug Hopkins of My Home Group and Doug hopkins.com have you ever thought to yourself, I'm going to sell my house? Of course you have. And one reason or another, you just didn't do it. Probably because it's a hassle when you try to make a real estate deal. What if I could say you can sell that house the day after you say the words I want to sell my house. Doug's been at this for over 25 years, and that's why he's still on top of the Hill. TVs Doug Hopkins can handle everything. Won't move the price or you get $5,000. What do you do? Start the process right now@doug hopkins.com or grab the phone and sing. The holidays are here and that means it's the most wonderful time of the year. To save with Rackadon, Use Rackadon to stack cash back at your favorite stores on top of holiday sales. That's sa savings on savings with racketing, you get cash back on gifts for everyone on your list, from toys for the kids to kitchen gear for the person who loves to cook to electronics for everyone. You can even save on something for yourself. Just shop the stores you love and cash back is automatically added to your account and you can get paid with gift cards, PayPal or check. Or eligible American Express card members can even choose to earn membership rewards points instead of cash back. It's truly a no brainer. Join for free today and get a new member bonus after minimum qualifying purchases. Just go to rakuten.com, download the app or install the browser extension. That's R a k u t e n. Terms and conditions apply. Still streaming Homburg's Morning Sickness online at 98kupd.com Here we go. It's time now. Oh, Green Day. Yeah, that's the artist of the week for a few weeks. Want to tap that app? If you tap it while Green Day plays, you can win tickets to every concert in 2026 that KUPD tells you about. That is not a bad idea. So whenever you hear Green Day this week, be sure to click on it. If you're listening online or on your phone. Gosh darn it all. Then you can qualify yourself. It's that simple. Tap that track and get yourself loaded up for Green Day. Would you want to go to every show ever? I. I don't think I could do it. I'd sell most.

[Byron]

Of this. Oh, no, I love going. You know how I love.

[John Holmberg]

Going out. I know you love leaving the house so much. I just. I can't imagine. Imagine you getting all those free tickets and not being at all the shows everywhere. Do you ever go to concerts? You never. You don't care about.

[Byron]

That stuff? No.

[John Holmberg]

Not really. Does Michelle Dragon any.

[Brady]

Of.

[Byron]

Them? Juju? Probably, yeah. I would see.

[John Holmberg]

Harry Styles. Did you go to Harry Styles? He's fantastic. Yeah, he's actually a really good performer. All right, I'll give you that. But you didn't want to go. You.

[Byron]

Just went. Yeah, I will do stuff for my kids. My whole life is just stuff for my kids. We went to the NBA cup this weekend. Kind of in.

[John Holmberg]

And out. You just went on Saturday and came back.

[Byron]

Saturday morning. I mean, got done with the show with you and John. Love it. And Joey and I took the 8:30 flight in the morning. Yeah. And I got out there, rested for a little bit at the hotel and then went for six hours of games. I had the, you know, the NBA experiences. So we were in. We had a kind of a giant suite that we could go to in between games and stuff like that at halftime.

[John Holmberg]

And food. Oh, the one up at T.

[Byron]

Mobile? Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

It's awesome. Yeah, it's incredible. Oh, the ones way up high, those are.

[Byron]

Really cool. Yeah, I mean, it's. To watch the game is pretty cool, but it's almost like watching foosball happen. You're just.

[John Holmberg]

Looking down. You don't realize how tall that.

[Byron]

Place.

[John Holmberg]

Is. Massive. Because I was up there once for a. What was I? Oh, the beginning of a boxing thing. So I watched some of the undercard. I can't see anything. Everybody's tiny. You don't realize how high up you are. There's like a dance.

[Byron]

Club thing. Yeah. It's crazy. I don't even understand. If I. I said to one of the NBA guys that runs it, I go, what do you do to watch a comedian here? I go, that just seems horrific. I mean, why would you spend a.

[John Holmberg]

Hundred dollars? And he said, don't worry about.

[Byron]

It, Frank. Yeah, you'll never.

[John Holmberg]

Have to. You don't have to worry about that. No one's gonna.

[Byron]

See you. I'll tell you what, though. Afterward we went to this NBA gathering and that was pretty cool. That's where I ran into Andrew Santino, who Joey was way More excited to meet than anything his father's done for him in the last 21 years. And you said you'd had.

[John Holmberg]

Santino on. It's been years. We haven't had him on for a long. He popped so fast. We had him once and he exploded and doesn't have to do radio every time, so. He's.

[Brett Vesely]

Great.

[John Holmberg]

Though. Yeah. I'm sorry. I'm sorry to see.

[Byron]

You here. We were at the. We were at the Palms in the NBA suite or in the basketball suite. They had a full basketball court and all sorts.

[John Holmberg]

Of stuff.

[Byron]

Really? Yeah. It was pretty great. He was. They'd asked me to play in the golf tournament, and I was like, I can't be away that long right now. And my. I'm so horrific at golfing that I just don't want to do it. But Santino was golfing in the tournament and. Or.

[Brady]

In the.

[John Holmberg]

You know. In the.

[Byron]

Golf tournament.

[Brady]

The event. Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

I guess. That's.

[Byron]

A tournament. It's not really a tournament because it's a.

[Brady]

Golf event.

[John Holmberg]

Event. Right. Just semantics, Frank. We get it. He.

[Byron]

Was golfing. He was golf. Golfing. Right, so. But that was.

[John Holmberg]

Pretty cool. That was your story. No, no. I forgot where.

[Byron]

It was. I made a mistake this morning by one coming in. The other.

[John Holmberg]

One was telling that story. Then the other one was. Jesus Christ. Brady seems like an orator. It's like Maya Angelou compared.

[Byron]

To that. I gotta be honest with you. I went and did a leg workout with a trainer.

[John Holmberg]

This.

[Byron]

Morning. Today? Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

At.

[Byron]

5. Why? Yeah. After I went to pee just now, I thought, why am I.

[John Holmberg]

Still here? How in the world you.

[Byron]

Got up at 4 to work out? What.

[John Holmberg]

Was that? You got up at 4 in the morning to go.

[Byron]

Work.

[John Holmberg]

Out? Yeah. Oh, that's dumb. There's a whole day ahead.

[Byron]

Of you. No, I've got. I gotta go. I gotta fly to.

[Brett Vesely]

LA today.

[Byron]

For what?

[John Holmberg]

Rich.

[Byron]

Eisenhower. Tomorrow. Oh, Rich Eisen. Yeah.

[Brady]

Rich Eisen. He saw Santino's calves and, like. Enough.

[John Holmberg]

Of this. I gotta get clean these out.

[Byron]

All.

[John Holmberg]

Right. Yeah. There.

[Byron]

You go. I got more of that story, but it just gets better.

[John Holmberg]

And better. I hope so. I forgot the.

[Byron]

First one. It was like I.

[John Holmberg]

Had a. You're like Ted Striker. The first time I almost lit myself.

[Byron]

On fire. You gotta stop it early. You know, you can do that.

[John Holmberg]

With me. I did. I think. Oh, did you? Right when you confused what a golf tournament was and started to spin, I'm like, this. I gotta get.

[Brett Vesely]

On that.

[John Holmberg]

I gotta. I just get.

[Byron]

Warmed up. Give me some Jokes. You did.

[John Holmberg]

And failed. Frank Kelly. Ando is going to be at the 10pm Prov. Very. They get time to actually get prepared, get a little rest. He's going to be there 6 and 8:30 on New Year's Eve if you want to go. It's a great show. New Year's Eve to get that going and then you can do your New Year's Eve.

[Byron]

Stuff after. Yeah, I mean, it's like.

[John Holmberg]

A tournament. It is. It's like a comedy tournament. Only one day and there's no competition.

[Byron]

Or wagering. And Bubba Watson.

[John Holmberg]

Isn'T playing. Is he going.

[Brady]

To.

[Byron]

Go?

[John Holmberg]

Go? No.

[Byron]

Bubble will. He was in that tournament.

[John Holmberg]

Just prom. Bubble. Bubble will.

[Brady]

Be there. He was in.

[John Holmberg]

That event. His legs hurt. You have to give him a break. It's time now for Brady to give us all the news that only Brady knows. We call this the Brady report and it's barati by our [e-mail] All Pro Shade. They got the motorized shade. They got the blinds. They got anything you want in your backyard. If you got a space that's got too much sun or glare on a TV screen or whatever else, they'll make it look great and like it's supposed to be there. Unlike some umbrella or weird sales or anything else, people are trying to just block that sun. They'll do it right. Right now, if you get a motorized shade, you get yourself a free heater that goes with it. That's pretty awesome. AllProche.com.

[Brady]

Brady reported. Good Monday morning to you, Phoenix.

[John Holmberg]

Hello.

[Brady]

World. Hi. Happy National.

[John Holmberg]

Cupcake Day. Hey. Frank just.

[Byron]

Breaks cupcakes. Oh, I.

[John Holmberg]

Have them. Oh, you're in.

[Byron]

The car. Yeah, they're.

[John Holmberg]

In the. The. Your trainer gives them to you. That's a good workout. Here you go. Is it a bunch.

[Byron]

Of cupcakes? You want to buy.

[Brady]

Another package? Couple of basis fun facts. The human nose is capable of detecting approximately 1.

[John Holmberg]

Trillion cents. That's.

[Brady]

My nose. Yours.

[John Holmberg]

Is 1.5. Damn it. I knew it. It's a.

[Brady]

Huge nose. Movie previews are called.

[Byron]

Turn signers. It's not that big. It's big.

[John Holmberg]

Is it? It's big. You ever see it? I'm looking at it, then I turn.

[Byron]

To Brady. That right there.

[John Holmberg]

Is frosty. Ever see me take.

[Byron]

It off? Oh, to.

[John Holmberg]

The side. Comes all the way when.

[Byron]

You go. Bruno.

[John Holmberg]

San Martino. I can do Artie Lang. It's my impression of Artie Lang. My nose.

[Byron]

Comes off. That's a lot.

[John Holmberg]

Of cartilage. Well, it's not connected to Anything? I've broken it three.

[Brady]

Four times. And that nose is.

[John Holmberg]

A poser. It just. It's not even connected. You never.

[Byron]

Seen that? No, and I don't want to stop watching it.

[John Holmberg]

Mr. Potato. It is literally just this mush ball that sits on top of.

[Brady]

A bone. It's like the Grouch. Nacho marks. It's just.

[John Holmberg]

Missing glasses. I get punched a little in boxing, and it flattens and then pops back and just gushes blood. And it's like there's nothing I can do about it. But, yeah, this thing is. It's. You've never seen me do that. You've never seen me take my nose off.

[Byron]

Isn't it? I remember the bubble on your head that you got.

[John Holmberg]

Rid of. Yeah. Yeah. I can't.

[Brady]

Fix this. And your eyes don't water when you.

[John Holmberg]

Do that. It does. I don't feel anything. I just know it's happening. I didn't take.

[Byron]

It off. I mean, I. I wish I could. I wish people had.

[John Holmberg]

The visualization. Have I ever done that video of my nose coming off? Yeah, it's just. I can just.

[Byron]

Detach it. You can detach? What do.

[John Holmberg]

You mean? The middle thing is connected to the bone, and I can feel it just go slide down the side of the bone so I can push my nose all the way down to.

[Byron]

The face Every time you do it.

[John Holmberg]

I just. And if I squish my face?

[Byron]

Worse. Yeah. I like it when you have no facial expression other than the nose.

[John Holmberg]

Being smashed. It's. You know what.

[Byron]

It is? It's like when Bert and Ernie take their noses.

[John Holmberg]

Off. Okay. Remember when they switched them? All right, Ernie? Yeah. You just take it off and just move it down. I'm surprised I haven't shown you that. I do this all the time. It's really weird. In the convertible, when I have the top off the car, my ears flap and my nose moves to the right. That's true. The wind gets going, it'll come.

[Byron]

Right off. Bert, let's.

[John Holmberg]

Switch noses. How big? Oh.

[Brady]

My God. Okay, Brady, so movie previews are called trailers. Do you.

[John Holmberg]

Know why? I.

[Brady]

Don'T remember. I've heard they originally were shown at the end.

[John Holmberg]

Of movies.

[Brady]

That's right. The name stuck even once they started showing.

[John Holmberg]

Them first. Yeah, I knew that. I forgot about that. Did you ever meet Rob Reiner, by.

[Brett Vesely]

The way?

[John Holmberg]

No. Yeah. Isn't that.

[Byron]

The weirdest?

[John Holmberg]

Oh, no. No. Frank, I gotta tell you something. What? What? He can cancel that lunch. Yeah. Yeah. It's not good. It's not good at All. It's a weird. Like, we haven't had a Hollywood oh, my God for.

[Byron]

A while. Oh, yeah.

[John Holmberg]

This. Yeah. This one's say what?

[Dick Toledo]

Say again. People were saying Hackman was.

[John Holmberg]

The last. Hackman was weird, but he was 90 something and. I know.

[Byron]

I know. He just died. This is a.

[John Holmberg]

Murder, right? This is.

[Brady]

A. His. His wife kept him alive, split.

[John Holmberg]

His throat. Wrote like, it's like you nobody know. Like, nobody was like warning signs or anything. It was just what.

[Byron]

It is. It wasn't. Wasn't one of the kids one like his son.

[John Holmberg]

On drugs? I think so. But he was the one that did the Andre the Giant documentary with him. And then he had another. His kid was writing for him and helping. I don't know if it was the same one, but, I mean, there's. That was the. Huh. When I heard it, I'm like, what the hell? But yeah, to have your 32.

[Brady]

Years old. Nick, I think that's the.

[John Holmberg]

One that they were.

[Brett Vesely]

Talking about. He.

[John Holmberg]

Used to. Right with them. Is that the one.

[Brady]

They'Ve got? That's who they have. I.

[Byron]

Don'T know. There's got to be more to.

[John Holmberg]

It, though. Oh, there's tons more. Well, yeah. It wasn't just over like.

[Byron]

Thanksgiving.

[John Holmberg]

Dinner. Right. But it was. Yeah. I mean, to cut people's throats that you'd think that there would have been some sort of. You know, usually there's stories that lead to this. Like, oh, no, his son was really screwed up and then he went to jail for a little bit. And then they've got. They're estranged and. No, it's like Rob Reiner was never in the news for like, ah, this is a problem. And then that happens. It's.

[Byron]

Crazy. Crazy. You have to realize the movies that he directed, going through the list, I mean.

[John Holmberg]

It'S insane. It's incredible. Like, just Misery, A Few Good Men, When Harry Met Sally and Stand By Me are enough to be like, that's Princess Bride. Princess Bride. But I mean, you can add on to it the greatest career. Sleepless in Seattle, which I wasn't a huge fan of. Monster movie. But, I mean, there's one after a spinal tap, there's one after another. You're like, jesus, this guy was.

[Brady]

Brilliantly great. A lawyer is in the news because she's suing the irs, demanding that people's pets count as.

[John Holmberg]

Legal dependents. I. With the way they're like human family.

[Brady]

Members Insurance. Yep. And that's her point. She was saying annual expenses exceeding $5,000 on some pets. Her golden Retriever.

[John Holmberg]

In particular. You and me both are past five grand in the first month of.

[Brett Vesely]

Every year.

[Byron]

Year. Yeah. Currently, pet down amount we're spending on food and on dog food. Oh, and, like, we need to.

[John Holmberg]

Make some. How much? I don't even want to say. You don't want to say.

[Byron]

How much? Was.

[John Holmberg]

It embarrassing? Is it specialized.

[Byron]

Dog.

[John Holmberg]

Food? Yeah. Oh, I have a freezer for special dog food. We don't have regular people dog food. We have, like, it comes in boxes.

[Byron]

It's insane. Just food.

[John Holmberg]

For dogs. Yeah. Specialized for.

[Byron]

Each one. Oh, we don't have that. We're not.

[John Holmberg]

That insane. It's each. Each package has.

[Byron]

The dogs. Or maybe we are, and I just haven't.

[John Holmberg]

Been told. It's not written on it. It's a special print for.

[Brady]

That.

[John Holmberg]

Dog.

[Byron]

Frank. Yeah. A friend was over, and he talked about his $80 bag of dog food. Like, it was expensive. I'm like, that's.

[John Holmberg]

A day.

[Byron]

Oh, minimum. We could go to Morton's. The dogs could eat at steak 44 daily, and it would probably.

[John Holmberg]

Be less. Yeah. And if they don't eat, there's a vet visit. Oh, Gordon didn't have breakfast. All right. He'll be all right. Maybe he's got a stomachache. Got a vet appointment at 10. Why? We're just waiting to see if he eats dinner. No, Just in case you.

[Byron]

Go to the vet and didn't spend the money on the food, let's spend it on.

[John Holmberg]

An appointment. Hey, $3,000 later, he's fine. We ran all the tests. Your dog's fine. Just wasn't hungry.

[Byron]

This morning. I have that same argument about he just didn't. Rocco the wonder dog. 150 pounds. He doesn't eat one morning, and she's. The world is ending. Like, no, no. He ate five boxes of gourmet food last night. That's. Someone brings up point for that size of a dog. The.

[Brady]

Other.

[Byron]

Three. Dog. Yeah, the dog. The other three dogs eat about a little bit more than half.

[John Holmberg]

A.

[Byron]

Box. Yeah. He devours two boxes immediately and then needs.

[John Holmberg]

His patties. I knew it had gotten out of hand when I came home about two weeks ago, and I heard in the kitchen, all right, order up. Get it to the dogs. I'm like, oh, my God. We've hired Gordon Ramsay to cook for us. Now, if there's chefs, there's people.

[Byron]

Involved. It's. Oh, I would.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

That'S. That. That it's a lot. That it's.

[Byron]

Too much. That. Would there.

[John Holmberg]

Be another. No, that should be a.

[Byron]

Write off that'd be.

[John Holmberg]

A murder. Oh, well, I'm not gonna go.

[Brady]

That far. Yeah, that'd be nice. Because more and more money is being spent on pets. As far as the, the money for families and it was incredibly expensive. Could maybe help. You know, I was looking on the side that that help with people.

[John Holmberg]

Adopting pets. Now you get if it wasn't so expensive, the shelters wouldn't be as full. Yeah, I totally think.

[Brady]

That'S true. But here's the challenge here. You're not allowed to challenge the tax code in.

[John Holmberg]

Court. Court. So.

[Brady]

I don't. But she's still continuing.

[John Holmberg]

The lawsuit.

[Brady]

Try something. We got a 21 year old kid in Wilmington, Delaware, got arrested last week after he called the cops, told him that he stole a car. The owner reported it missing a day earlier. They told the police they were letting their Hyundai Sonata warm up in front of their place Tuesday morning. And when they came back out, it was gone. On. Cops didn't know who did it until they got a call the next day from 21 year old Koni Baxter, who freely admitted he took the car. And he called because he left some of his personal belongings in the car. Could I get.

[John Holmberg]

Him back? He wanted his stuff back from the theft. That makes sense. Somebody, somebody just pointed out Rob Reiner was murdered in Brentwood. What time did Cato leave? That's a good point. Was he close? Did he ever live in.

[Byron]

His backyard? And how do we not piece.

[John Holmberg]

That together? That's a.

[Brady]

Good point.

[John Holmberg]

There's Kony. Oh, I thought he'd.

[Brady]

Be Asian. Should have done.

[John Holmberg]

The challenge. Yeah, should have. I would have guessed.

[Brady]

Asian. Koni. I don't know if you saw this over the weekend, but this guy who's a regular player at the Aria Resort and Casino is suing. It's not me because he.

[Byron]

Woke up. That's the first I've ever seen.

[John Holmberg]

You panic. No, no.

[Byron]

No, no. I.

[John Holmberg]

Love everything. I love the Aria. I'd never.

[Brady]

Sue them. He owed the casino $75,000. Basically. This guy's name's Michael Duke.

[John Holmberg]

Thomas Thompson. He's got a.

[Byron]

Michael Duke.

[John Holmberg]

Thom Thompson.

[Byron]

Michael Duke.

[Brady]

Michael Thompson. He's a licensed attorney, longtime Aria player. Said he, he last. Well, his Last memory on January 23, 2024 4. Blacked out for four hours. Woke up, the casino's like, you ran up 75 grand. He goes, I took a ten thousand dollar marker at.

[John Holmberg]

This.

[Brady]

Time. Yeah. And then from basically from.

[John Holmberg]

2 to 5am they keep pretty.

[Brady]

Good records. He woke up cuffed in the Aria jail. Basically.

[John Holmberg]

They have. They have an Aria jail. Oh, gold. I've got. Oh, no. But I need to know.

[Brady]

Where that.

[John Holmberg]

That is.

[Brady]

Oh, boy. So he's saying he got Mickeyed, and then someone ran up.

[John Holmberg]

The marker. They'd know they got. You think they might have a camera or two in the casino, like you standing there going, another 10,000. It's gonna really be bad in court when they break out the cameras. And if they don't have cameras where he wasn't at the Aria.

[Brady]

Here'S the thing that they're gonna have to do is go down the line and say, all right, then, who took out the Margaret's? Because they do have signatures of someone hanging out. But of course, it doesn't really like, he's saying cameras. Someone.

[John Holmberg]

Forged it. I lost one of those gaming tickets. $8,000 fell out of my pocket. I reached in, I'm like, where's my ticket? Not only did they have it on the camera where it fell out of my pocket, they're coded to you. So I took it out of.

[Dick Toledo]

The machine. Well, because you use your card. Yeah, it's coded.

[John Holmberg]

To you. And it knew me. And so. And I don't know who, but somebody turned it in. And I went to the guy. I'm like, look, I lost an 8,000 do ticket. I just. We could find the person that picked it up. I mean, it's my ass. So I understand if they picked it up and played it. And he goes, let's see. Immediately found it. And then said, somebody turned it in. And I'm like, really? And they just ran the barcode and said, that's yours. They. It's pretty remarkable how on time. Look, when I sit down at a machine, my casino hostess finds.

[Byron]

Me immediately. They don't. Or anything.

[John Holmberg]

Involved there. No. She knows where I am at all to times, and she's great. I would hate it if I hated her. But she's like, hey, I thought you were over here. Like, don't act like you just found me because you know where I am. Yeah, but if you run up 75 grand on the Aria, you.

[Brady]

Did it. Yeah, that's gonna.

[John Holmberg]

Be interesting. You.

[Brady]

Did it. Case. Finally, someone pulled 20,000Americans and asked if a donation in your name is actually a good gift or a.

[John Holmberg]

Bad one. That's from Seinfeld. From the.

[Brady]

People'S Fund. They didn't ask about specific non profits, just any charity the person might pick because it's important to them. It turns out Americans hate it, think it's a.

[John Holmberg]

Good gift. Well, 59. Nobody.

[Brady]

Thinks nobody. 56% said yes, 38% said it's not good.

[John Holmberg]

Or.

[Brady]

Bad. Bad. We're like, oh, cool, whatever. Six.

[John Holmberg]

Percent hate. But you can't. Like, if Frank said, john, I donated in your honor to the humane side. I'd be like.

[Brady]

That'S nice.

[John Holmberg]

Merry Christmas. Prove it. Yeah, like, I want the receipt now. If they're sending the receipt. And like, okay, I guess that's okay because I.

[Byron]

Don'T know. And you can't complain about it. No, you.

[John Holmberg]

Did what? Yeah, where's my present? So you have to act like it's nice, but deep down, what if it's a charity you're.

[Byron]

Not for? Well, you were.

[John Holmberg]

Saying.

[Byron]

That. Right? Isn't it something that they.

[Brady]

Are for? I was wondering when they met, you know, it's a charity that. That was important.

[John Holmberg]

To.

[Brady]

Them. Yeah. Does that.

[John Holmberg]

Mean speak? Well, yeah, it's like a charity. I hate, like, you know, kids stuff. Yuck. And you start donating to like orphanages. And I'm like, well, I don't want that. Get my.

[Byron]

Name off. Why don't you.

[John Holmberg]

Like orphanages? Oh, if you met them, they're the worst. That's why their parents left. Merry effing holidays. From The Big Red Radio 98 KUPD. Holmberg's morning sickness. Have you guy Brett, have you seen the new Shriners commercials? No.

[Brett Vesely]

With George. Oh, it's a.

[John Holmberg]

New one. New one. And he's adorable. He's adorable. So Caleb, are you familiar with the street paints? So Caleb is a kid who's had 219 operations. Got bird bones.

[Byron]

He's adorable.

[John Holmberg]

Mr. Glass. Yeah, he's sitting. I just want everybody to get it. Granted, I've had over 213 operations. And he sits and he has his legs crossed, but he can't do it. So before they film, somebody has to cross his leg form. Yeah. If the wind blows too hard, he loses like four ribs. And they used to have Alec, but then Alec aged out and got ugly. So then Caleb showed up in his wheelchair at like age five. He's like, that's right, Alec. And you could see Alec going, thanks a lot, Caleb. And he's not happy with Caleb at all because they just taken his word. Yeah. They rolled in a new kid because Caleb is now 20 and he's just not good looking anymore. And they had to have. There's Caleb. Look at how cute Caleb is. Oh, he's. He's adorable. This is him years ago. Yeah. And then if you look at him now, he's side part, he looks Like Kurt Cobain now in a wheelchair. Yeah, look at him. It's no good. It's no good. You can't. And so they had to roll Caleb into a meeting and say, all right, Caleb, well, we've seen the donations dip since you went through puberty. And we. We'd like you to meet George. And there's Alec. There's Alec. He aged out. He was.

[Byron]

A stranger. Caleb. It's a demagor.

[Dick Toledo]

Right there. The one where he's on.

[John Holmberg]

The mic. Oh, yeah. And then, yeah, Alec was a great spokesperson. He's adorable. Then he got old and he's just. They're not curing anything. They're just.

[Brady]

Raising money. The last one that he did was chairman of.

[John Holmberg]

The board. Well, no, no, no, that was. Alec is still there. It's just they can't cut him. But can you imagine that meeting? Talk about getting fired. Caleb, we're going to let you go. You're no longer the spokesperson. Have you found a cuter kid? Boy, have we. His name is George and he's as sick as you, if not worse. He's going to be great for money. Like they haven't cured anything. And you realize this is the third generation generation of.

[Byron]

Sick kids. Why is Baxter.

[John Holmberg]

On there? Yeah, that.

[Byron]

Is Baxter.

[Brett Vesely]

What is. I just put George.

[John Holmberg]

From Shriners. George Shriner's kid. I think that's him right there.

[Byron]

Little blonde. No, that's.

[John Holmberg]

George Washington. He's flat adorable.

[Byron]

That guy. What is the. What's the name of that Stranger.

[John Holmberg]

Things character? I don't know. I don't watch. But he looks just like the Stranger Things kid. Now I can't see anything but that. Oh, wait until you see George's new commercials. They got rid of. They fired Caleb for not being cute enough to raise money. They milked him for all.

[Brett Vesely]

He'S worth. Those kids.

[John Holmberg]

Made money. Those little bird clowns have to roll off somewhere else and find something else to do. He's been usurped by cuter and younger. It's just like TV when. When, you know, when the kids get to it. Like when they brought in Danny Cooksey on Different Strokes. You're just not getting it done anymore. If they're ugly and older and they had to bring in a cute kid, it's awesome. They had to search through all the sick kids now. Too sick. No, not sick enough. Nah, that one limps too hard. Ah, she's got a fake arm. This kid's got all this parts Cousin Oliver and. Exactly. And they're still raising that adorable blanket George is still. You could get an adorable blanket. It's like, oh, this little guy's just sick enough to make me think about it. But where's the money going, Cuz Caleb's not better, Alex.

[Byron]

Not better. It's going for.

[John Holmberg]

Those hats. Going to the hats, and.

[Brady]

It'S going to the blankets.

[John Holmberg]

Some equipment. It's the sticks. It's like what I always said about Jerry Lewis. $60 million every Labor Day. Still everybody clicking around with those hand. Those hand cards. Have we cured anything? Anyway, come on, Tiffany ad what do we got? $60 million. Can we fix one kid next year?

[Brady]

He's here. Click.

[John Holmberg]

Click, click. Thanks for doing this, Mr. Lewis. Will they ever cure any of them? I don't think they will. You'll never.

[Brady]

Walk alone. Did you ever do the.

[John Holmberg]

Mda, Frank? Yes.

[Byron]

You.

[John Holmberg]

Did? Yeah. Did you meet Jerry, or was it.

[Byron]

Norm Crosby? I did not. I didn't satellite via satellite, but I did end up meeting Jerry at the roast for.

[John Holmberg]

Terry Bradshaw. Really? Yeah. I think you're great, Frank. I really do. I enjoy you. You're fun. Who.

[Byron]

Was that? You know what I.

[John Holmberg]

Just realized? Their trip comes from the.

[Byron]

Same one. It's not as D. Tripp.

[John Holmberg]

Is Jerry. No. And he does. He pops up every once in a while. Every once in a while I start talking. And then he drops back down into Jerry World. But when he talks, when he talks to you, it's very serious. But sometimes he would do.

[Byron]

The face. He would do the face. You'd cross.

[John Holmberg]

The eyes. But also, we have to be very serious. These kids are very ill. They're.

[Byron]

Very ill. They're very ill. Say what you will, but nobody circles.

[John Holmberg]

The wagon. But enough with the clicking. Could we get. All we do is buy these kids sticks every year. $60 million worth of sticks. My name's Too Many Stick. I used to love that. But they never fix them. You start to wonder, how many Georges will I go through before.

[Byron]

I die? I think they're making more.

[John Holmberg]

Of them. I think they root for it. Like the birth comes out because he's really messed up. And I think he's cute. His parents are blonde. This one's gonna. God, five years later, they roll him out. Ah, he's really messed up. That's too much. People won't like that. It has to almost look like he might get out of.

[Brady]

The chair.

[John Holmberg]

Look. What?

[Brady]

Just kidding. Got a couple of pretty videos. First one's a guy getting knocked out, but watch how quick it's. First time his head goes through.

[John Holmberg]

The door. Brady's Videos are G rated. You can.

[Byron]

Watch it.

[John Holmberg]

Oh yeah.

[Byron]

Brady's are. Michelle said. Oh, I don't know. The difference between the Brady.

[John Holmberg]

Videos and the terrible videos, Brett, is the terrible videos. There's a huge difference. Here's the Brady videos. And there's usually just somebody punching, punching somebody. Let's see. Oh, guy's got a bat. Oh, oh. He punched him through a glass door. He knocks a guy out and he falls through a glass door. His head goes through. Is.

[Brady]

He.

[John Holmberg]

Okay? Nope. How did that.

[Brett Vesely]

Happen? Nope. Careful with the audio. There was.

[John Holmberg]

A couple. Yeah, I. I got it down. I didn't hear it, but my goodness.

[Byron]

All.

[John Holmberg]

Right. Wow. What algorithm were you looking at? That? It was at the P. Diddy documentary Legend of this. That dude's head is the only thing that went through the glass. Like a.

[Brady]

Perfect hole. It did. It's.

[John Holmberg]

Just like. All right. Oh, geez. This can't.

[Brady]

Be real. This is Frank.

[John Holmberg]

Cannonball Richards. He's taking.

[Brady]

A cannonball. I remember this from the Guinness. When you see the rich his.

[John Holmberg]

Training regimen. He would stand in front of a real life Civil War cannon and take the shot strongly. Frank Richards took a 100 foot pound cannonball to.

[Brett Vesely]

The stomach. H.

[John Holmberg]

Album covers. This is how he trammer to.

[Brady]

His fat. Two of.

[John Holmberg]

Them there. Starting with a thousand hits a day.

[Brady]

Then slowly. This.

[John Holmberg]

Is real. Tens of thousands, several men took turns swinging heavy hammers at his stomach. Then he let people jump off. People leaping off picnic tables onto this guy's guts. Believe it. He stepped up and hit Frank's stomach with full power. But it still seemed to have no effect. Every champ of the world.

[Byron]

Punches decided to take a shot from a cannon. This is.

[John Holmberg]

How crazy. He got. 10ft from the barrel. The fuse was lit. The cannon. He's like, I think I can take a hell of a shot to the stomach. Anybody got a cannon available? He gets.

[Byron]

Right up. Look at that.

[John Holmberg]

Sailor hat. Yeah, of course it is more than twice a day. He passed away in 1916 at the age of 81. He lived to.

[Brady]

Be 81. I mean, you take that shot.

[John Holmberg]

He cannot. He got right.

[Dick Toledo]

Back up. Cannonball is.

[John Holmberg]

104.

[Dick Toledo]

Lb. Pounds.

[John Holmberg]

It says. What's the speed that's coming out of.

[Byron]

That cannon? That's a good question. You know, it'd be funny if he drowned from doing.

[John Holmberg]

A cannonball. He won a contest and he never.

[Brady]

Came back. That's what.

[John Holmberg]

Got him. Cannonball. He's dead. Frank never surfaced. How about that? All right. That.

[Brady]

Was neat. Last one is.

[John Holmberg]

A construction. I.

[Brady]

Like that. One.

[John Holmberg]

Construction accident. Okay. Oh, we got a surveillance film over some sort of.

[Brady]

Industrial place. Secured the cables to lift.

[John Holmberg]

The cables. Lifting up another thing. It looks like a pulley system. And it's lifting all the cables. It's a big room. It's all the way down. It's lifting up a bunch of what looks like steel pipes, some sort of rebar. It's a heavy, heavy thing. And it's. The whole room's now being lifted up. Thousands of pounds of steel. Oh, now it's gone crazy. Oh, everybody. Oh. It lifted a huge piece of steel in the air. And then clearly too fast. And the guys ran because they realized they were trouble. And it dropped it on the head of one of.

[Byron]

The workers. That guy's head that's.

[John Holmberg]

Flat, Stanley. How did.

[Byron]

That happen? How did. How did he just happen to be in the exact.

[Brady]

Wrong spot? It must have.

[John Holmberg]

Pushed forward. Yeah, there. Well, yeah, it threw him because he's. He's tied as a counterbalance to the thing.

[Dick Toledo]

Getting lifted. Oh, I see. There's another set of rebar on the other side. That's why it's pulling.

[John Holmberg]

It down. And it's forcing him forward. Forward. And he's running. And then it.

[Byron]

Comes back. Oh, man, that's just nailed right on. You gotta get a.

[Brady]

Different.

[John Holmberg]

Leash. Headache. You gotta try that a hundred times to make it happen. Once. All right, I'll do it. My stomach Frank will do it. I'm Cannonball Frank. I can.

[Byron]

Do that. That's how Cannonball Frank.

[John Holmberg]

Richards died. He just laid there and said, drop it on my tummy. Put that on my tummy. But it landed on his head. Oops, you missed. I think I can take a shot from a cannonball in my stomach. I don't think that's a good idea, Frank. I never listen to women. Just wandered over in front of the cannon and did it anyway. Everybody had to be surprised. How about the dude who had the job of lighting the fuse? Sure you won't do this? Go ahead, light that fuse. I think it's a terrible idea, Frank. I think it's a pretty.

[Brady]

Bad idea. I'm closing.

[John Holmberg]

The door. Light the goddamn fuse. I can take a sledgehammer to the tubby. I can certainly take a.

[Byron]

Cannonball. Okay. Yeah. I think the first time you do it, there's lots.

[John Holmberg]

Of questions. Lots of questions. Frank wants me to light a fuse and he went standing the other end of.

[Byron]

My cannon. And even the second time, you're like, ah, you know, we got through this.

[John Holmberg]

Once, Frank. Just count your blessings, my Nickname? Yeah. I'm Frank Cannonball Johnson. Not Frank one. Cannonball Johnson. Keep him coming. Load that thing up like a PEZ dispenser and knock.

[Brady]

Me down. Go.

[John Holmberg]

Ahead, champ. But the dude who owned the cannon had to be like, I've always wanted to.

[Brady]

Do this. I'm not gonna get in.

[John Holmberg]

Trouble, right? The whole reason I bought this thing, nobody's been, I'm up for it. I'm not doing.

[Byron]

It. Can. This don't.

[John Holmberg]

Kill people. I do. I have an iron stomach. Why? I can eat anything I want. Watch this. I love olden times when there were no rules and no barriers. I want to stand in front of your cannon. Do you. Do you fire that ever? Yeah, but never at someone. Well, your days are changing. Your luck is new. I'm gonna stay in front of.

[Brady]

That thing. Just set up some canvas and back.

[John Holmberg]

Of me. Yeah. Make sure I don't go flying into the freeway or anything. All right, I'm ready. That's right. Ouch. A little bit. A little bit. I gotta admit, I shouldn't.

[Brady]

Have eaten. They never talked.

[John Holmberg]

About that. All right, let me write that down on my. My. What is this? Pocket parchment. Don't eat before next cannon shot. All right, try again. I've got an empty belly. Oh, no, no. Better. It's just as bad empty as it.

[Byron]

Is full. Unfortunately, the pen is out of ink.

[John Holmberg]

Don't worry. I have blood coming from my. My nostrils and my ears. Oh, my goodness. All right, notes. Brace yourself. Next time, count to three. He fired that when I wasn't ready. No, that one was too high. That was a ring. That was a rib three. We got to get at the angle just right. It comes out a little high. Hit me in the sternum. You see? I wasn't ready. Got to do it again. They're setting up cameras. There were, like, nine people in that operation. Then the dude walks in with, why is this shirt off? I got to prove that I don't have any metal.

[Brady]

Under me. He's coming right.

[John Holmberg]

From.

[Byron]

Work. Yeah. And this was the day YouTube.

[John Holmberg]

Was invented. That's the first viral video. Yeah. Really is that. And the dude who tried to fly off the Eiffel Tower. You ever.

[Brady]

Seen him? It was just posted last.

[John Holmberg]

Eiffel Tower, he built a flying suit. He was a tailor, and he put. He said, I can build a suit and fly. He's like.

[Brady]

Wiley Coyote. So he made the parachute out.

[John Holmberg]

Of wool. And then.

[Brett Vesely]

Everybody.

[John Holmberg]

Said. Yeah. Everybody in France was like, you cannot fly. Prove it. And he's like, I'll Climb that tower over there and I'll show you. And he gets up there and you can see that he's like, oh, boy, I stepped into the air. He's like doing that. Right before he.

[Byron]

Had committed. He made it out of wool because of all the woolly flat.

[John Holmberg]

Flying creatures. And the hat is humongous. Wait till you see this Toledo pull.

[Brett Vesely]

It up. I.

[John Holmberg]

Got.

[Brady]

It. Oh. So he packs.

[John Holmberg]

It up. Yeah, that's his flying suit. And he'd bragged about it so much that people like, go ahead, fly. I don't think you can do it. I will show you. And you see it right when he gets on the edge of the Eiffel Tower, that he's like. And they televised the apparatus.

[Dick Toledo]

Is big. Wait till he spreads his wings.

[John Holmberg]

Or whatever. Yeah, he thought for sure this would work. But you can see that he has no confidence in the flying suit when he gets to.

[Brady]

The edge. I think his original thought was.

[John Holmberg]

An umbrella. And watch.

[Dick Toledo]

How fast. Look how heavy.

[John Holmberg]

Thing is. Well, it doesn't. It offers no resistance, by the way. It's just. It is a plummet to. It's a rock. He.

[Brady]

Put it. Here's one other thing that happens.

[John Holmberg]

To after. Look right there. You can see him going, I don't know, maybe I shouldn't do that. And then he's standing on the ledge of the Eiffel Tower to make a huge statement. There's. There's people down below. Don't be a. You said you could fly.

[Dick Toledo]

Do it. You think we should do this.

[John Holmberg]

Over water? Nah, I can do it. He's still not ready. It's pretty high, guys. Still pretty high. He's dressed as a tree. And then he does it. Watch how fast he falls. Like zero resistance. Oh, crap. It's not working. It's.

[Byron]

Not working. It's not working. It's.

[John Holmberg]

Not working. It's.

[Brady]

Not working. Now watch this. And they're measuring.

[John Holmberg]

The impact. Yeah, he's a crater now. And all of France went over and went. Told you. We.

[Brady]

Told you. Went in.

[John Holmberg]

Six inches. Yeah, they told you. You are no Frank Tank. Cannonball Johnson. You are nothing.

[Byron]

To me. What were they.

[John Holmberg]

Measuring there? They were the hole he made. Because the. The secondary part of that.

[Dick Toledo]

Story, they're saying they found out.

[John Holmberg]

What cannonball. Commander McBride, I would tell you about the time I jumped into the Chimera Pass. I was wearing a flying suit I'd made out of wool and different.

[Brady]

Sheep.

[John Holmberg]

Guns. What? All right, Brett, give it.

[Brett Vesely]

To us. All right. We're mild today because we used them. We Exerted over the weekend. But this one, this one they sent over.

[John Holmberg]

For Brady. Timeout. Before we play it, a guy just emailed, said that cannon was spring operated. First off, why do you know that? Second, he even actually said, not that it makes it better, but why do you know about cannonball spring off? There's a spring operated one.

[Brady]

Like a kind of.

[John Holmberg]

Like what? They're people out. Kids, when you put those.

[Brett Vesely]

Plunger guns.

[Byron]

Dark gun. Yeah, I do like.

[Dick Toledo]

Plunger gun. It's 104.

[John Holmberg]

Pound cannonball. I don't even want that thing to accidentally bump.

[Brady]

Into my. Knocked him back five.

[John Holmberg]

Five feet. Yeah. All right, here.

[Brett Vesely]

We go. This one was for Brady because they know how much he.

[John Holmberg]

Loves farts. No, it's a fart contest. People are farting into.

[Brady]

A microphone. Is.

[John Holmberg]

This agt? No, it's on. Was that bro television? It looks like it. Oh, it's some French or whatever. They're speaking crazy talk. I believe this is 22nd. That's some control. You know what's really impressive? He's done this on one leg and he's not even wobbly. Well, look at going to start running down.

[Brady]

His leg. Brett, don't you have.

[Brett Vesely]

Those shoes? Those.

[Brady]

Are.

[John Holmberg]

Vans. Vans. I mean, 38 second fart. And that's television in Spain, by.

[Brett Vesely]

The way. Let's start with some TSI from one of the. One of those countries that Toledo likes going to. Hey, there's a.

[John Holmberg]

TSA video. Oh, it's a TSA in one of Toledo's destinations for summer.

[Brady]

Is this.

[John Holmberg]

You're good. Oh, he's got his gun out. He's checking. Oh, he just shot a guy for no reason at the TSA accidentally. He was cleaning the gun up. And the guy dressed as.

[Brett Vesely]

A commander making sure it.

[John Holmberg]

Was clear. You know, he got that military. That's one way to take care of your wife. Oh, yeah, he shot it. Well, then it's no big deal in.

[Byron]

That country. Oh, it's.

[John Holmberg]

A headshot. That's okay. He probably had it coming. Over in that nation.

[Brady]

They probably. The other guy beeps.

[John Holmberg]

Over. Interesting. You killed a useless woman. Okay, don't ever clean that up. Don't get any woman blood.

[Brett Vesely]

On me. Don't ever try this when your.

[John Holmberg]

Wife'S sleeping. All right? Lady's asleep and the guy's trying to put his pee pee.

[Byron]

In places.

[John Holmberg]

And her. Oh, she bit down. Oh, she bit down on it. How did she not feel A fat man sitting. What is she, Frank Cannonball's daughter? Daughter. Okay. There's a fat man Sitting on your stomach while.

[Dick Toledo]

You sleep. She's tua. Look at. He knocked.

[John Holmberg]

Her out. Yeah, she's doing. She's doing gang sign when it's first open up. I believe that's sexual assault. Oh, she bit down on it. There's the. Oof. All right, that's enough of that. Oh, she made blood. She.

[Brady]

Made blood. There's.

[John Holmberg]

A wound. She made blood. Well, that'll happen when you. You're not supposed to put that in traps. We'll just another people stuff where this guy's loading up a dumpster of some sort and some laundromat and he's going into a. He's climbing in the machine. Will anyone ever learn? Now he's going to fall in and this thing's going to eat him. It's some. It's some weird industrial thing. He's getting all the way in the machine to clear it up and it's going to turn on his co workers. No, this is just too.

[Byron]

Much. Okay. He's trying.

[John Holmberg]

To get. Oh, it's going to fit. It's a smashing machine. It's a.

[Dick Toledo]

Smashing.

[Byron]

Machine. Screaming. Oh, he's.

[John Holmberg]

Still screaming. And that's already smashed.

[Brady]

Him once. Just take.

[Dick Toledo]

His legs. I.

[John Holmberg]

Think it. Yeah, I think it just broke his legs. Oh, they're all wobbly. And he's trying to.

[Dick Toledo]

Climb out. You're not gonna be able.

[John Holmberg]

To support. Oh, don't get out. Don't stand on those things. They're useless. Oh, my God. You're worse than Caleb to just stay in the machine and finish yourself. Oh, look at his legs. Oh, they've been mushed.

[Byron]

Into nothingness. At least tons of people are coming to.

[John Holmberg]

Help him. Yeah, he was the least.

[Brady]

Favored employee. He decided to come in early and get ahead.

[Byron]

Of here. You never get in.

[John Holmberg]

The machine. No, you don't. Ever. Look at him crawling away. His legs are just flashing blood. Does he into another machine. He crawled right into another. A faster, bigger machine. That's it. And Frank climbing the machine. Johnson didn't make it through. Stunt failed. Wow. All right. I believe I'm ready. Spring loaded. I don't want that crap. Give me the heavy stuff. I'm just going to take it. Maybe we go back to the spring loaded after all. They don't respect me. I want to shoot an 8th grader at me. What do they weigh? 115. Put an 8th grade, but put a midget in there and smash him.

[Dick Toledo]

Into me. We found an eighth grader. He's.

[John Holmberg]

Not cooperating. I love thinking about the people who look at stuff and go, I could.

[Brady]

Do that. Then he thinks, I'll have I make this machine that punches me a.

[John Holmberg]

Thousand times. Yeah. I'll invent something to get stronger. And he stayed fat. Like his diet never changed. Changed like just, I'm gonna be fat with strong muscles underneath. Oh, I understand that. But I mean, not fat, though. You think if you load it up.

[Brady]

With stomach. Stomach was like a giant bicep. That was all.

[John Holmberg]

Muscle, John. No, it wasn't. You keep telling.

[Brett Vesely]

Yourself that. Don't forget the Van Halen 3.

[John Holmberg]

Album cover. Yeah.

[Brett Vesely]

That'S.

[John Holmberg]

Him.

[Byron]

Yep. Taking. That's what I.

[Brady]

Was.

[John Holmberg]

Picking. Yeah. Yeah. How about that? Was that the Gary Sharon one, though? Yeah. So.

[Brett Vesely]

Nobody remembers.

[John Holmberg]

Remembers that. All right. Anyway, Frank Calientos with us this morning. Sort of surprise, at least to me, not to Toledo so much. He knew. Everybody knew but me. What a gift. Frank's over at the Tempe Improv New Year's Eve. 6 and 8:30, if you want to head on over there and see Frankie do his work. It's 8:28. There you go, everybody. That's your Brady Report. Arizona's most powerful rock radio station. He said fully erect at Face. Still streaming Homberg's morning sickness online at 98kupd.com Frank Caliendo is hanging out with us this morning and he's got his shows over at the Tempe Improv on New Year's Eve. A New Year's Eve celebration with Frank and all the people he brings to the party. And that can be a blast for you. Six o', clock, 8:30, you got two shows. You can get them@10p improv.com if you want to grab tickets. And Frank has been plugged. Yeah. In such a way that. Yeah, that's a good night. And people do try to figure out what to do with. That's a good thing. Go early. I talked to the guy, Joel. Who? One of the guys who runs the clubs. I got Frank early on New Year's. I know. Yeah. Is he coming in on Wednesday? He's going to be. I don't know when he's coming in, maybe. Right. And he just kind of wandered off. He was trying to dodge me. Ever see somebody walk by you and you make eye contact? You're like, hey. And you see them drop their heads constantly. And I. Yeah, I know. That's how I felt. I'm like, joel, why didn't you want to say hi? I was. I got a bathroom. But he didn't go to the bathroom. He just Stayed and talking. I thought you had to go to the bathroom. Have you met my wife? You're friends with Common anyway.

[Brady]

So, Frank. That just sounds.

[John Holmberg]

Exactly.

[Byron]

Like. Ah. I was trying to figure out what that.

[John Holmberg]

Accent is. What that's made up.

[Byron]

It's Joel. There's not his. There's a couple people. There's. I don't know if it's in Florida.

[John Holmberg]

Or what. Maybe it is Florida. I wouldn't know that one. But it's getting worse as he talks. Like you're making less. Like all your words are running into.

[Byron]

Each.

[John Holmberg]

Other. Yeah. Have you met my wife? He said that three times more. They just arrested Rob Reiner's son. Officially. Like, is this official? You know what I understand. Rob Reiner gets found. His throat's been slit. His wife's throat's been slit. The. The son is doing it. And for some reason, as I'm looking at the news feeds and things, just trying to keep up with this, they're more focused on the fact that Billy Crystal and Larry David went over to the house. Why that wouldn't happen with anything. If Brady's throat got slit. Like the last thing Brett and I are going to be. Brett and John were seen wandering into. Why would we be elaborate in there? Why would you want.

[Byron]

Larry David? Let's.

[John Holmberg]

Ask Kano. Kato wasn't allowed at the scene either. I mean, why in the world would it matter that celebrity friends showed up? Nobody shows up to the.

[Brady]

Crime scene. Maybe they had that pact that, you know, something happened. It was very embarrassing. They want you to go.

[Byron]

Over there, but it was.

[Brady]

Too late. What.

[John Holmberg]

You'Re saying. Yeah, we have that. Like, if you ever find me. If you ever find me dead, put some pants on me and clear.

[Brett Vesely]

My phone. We already have.

[John Holmberg]

That deal. But that's if you find me. If someone else finds me, I don't say. All right, now come over and clean up the mess. I don't want to go over to your house and see you that way. So Larry David went.

[Brady]

Over there. Pretty.

[John Holmberg]

Pretty dead. Pretty dead. Like he's.

[Brady]

The.

[Byron]

Coroner. Yeah. It doesn't look like he's.

[John Holmberg]

Coming back. Yeah, Really. I think maybe Billy and I should go over and take a look at him. See if.

[Byron]

He'S dead. Listen, I mean, we'll get Goodman to come over. We'll do a whole monster.

[John Holmberg]

Zinc thing. He looks pretty dead to me. He looks very dead. It's pretty.

[Byron]

Dead, Bill. He's not coming.

[John Holmberg]

Coming back. Pretty.

[Byron]

Pretty dead.

[John Holmberg]

Pretty dead. Well, you.

[Byron]

Hungry? Yeah. Let's go.

[John Holmberg]

Grab something.

[Byron]

It's weird. You want to get.

[John Holmberg]

A bagel? They've got pictures of them walking into the house. I'm like, why are they allowed.

[Byron]

In there? I was thinking of redoing Colombo where Billy Crystal. I.

[John Holmberg]

Play Columbo.

[Byron]

Excuse me. Pardon me. Sorry to, but I could do the voice, but I want to do.

[John Holmberg]

It myself. It can't.

[Brady]

Be Columbo.

[John Holmberg]

That's stupid. There's already a Colombo. Be.

[Byron]

Billy Crystal. Yeah, I think that's probably Billy Crystal ball. And I can see in the future. I should have known Rob was going.

[John Holmberg]

To die. That's pretty good. I.

[Brady]

Like that. Come in.

[John Holmberg]

As Kojak. A ball joke. That's hacking, but okay. Yeah, it's. It's very strange, though. They're like. And then we let celebrities walk around the crime scene. Isn't that great? TMZ.

[Byron]

Was there. It's.

[John Holmberg]

So Hollywood. It is so Hollywood to go, you know, and actually written. It says, friends and collaborators Billy Crist and Larry David were seen leaving the couple's home. They looked very distraught. Yeah. Because they just saw a good friend's head lobbed off. And you let them walk around the scene. Nobody's allowed to do that. If Frank got killed, you think it'd be like, I'm friends with him. Fish. Well, what a.

[Byron]

Minute, Larry. My publicist called. Yeah. But he said we could probably get some.

[John Holmberg]

Good ink. Let me get a little good ink on this. I haven't had a good show for a little while. It's been.

[Dick Toledo]

A.

[John Holmberg]

Bit. Okay. You know what? I'm going to call him up, get t. I think we.

[Byron]

Do it. I think we go.

[John Holmberg]

For it. Let's get out of.

[Byron]

My face. We don't have to go in. We can just look distraught as.

[John Holmberg]

We'Re leaving. I like this. I like this. A.

[Byron]

Good idea. It's.

[John Holmberg]

A great. A lot of attention. I mean, Rob doesn't need.

[Byron]

It anymore. And then we write a.

[John Holmberg]

Show about it had a tire show about how a friend got killed. I.

[Byron]

Like it. It's a season and a half.

[Brady]

Of suspense. So TMZ reported. Do they have the curb music playing as you're.

[John Holmberg]

Walking out? Anyway, my friend's dead. So what are you gonna do? It's not like we can save him now. But why do they allow that? I just don't understand that. And that should.

[Byron]

Be like. Because it's.

[John Holmberg]

Hot. It's. I know, but it's still human beings. Beings. And they let Larry David and Billy. How did they have the balls to wander over and go, let me see. And.

[Brady]

The Police. Doesn't matter if, like, if I don't know if, like, they're the executor of.

[John Holmberg]

The estate. You're not allowed.

[Byron]

Right there. I mean, there's got to be.

[John Holmberg]

Time, right? Yeah. Yes. And you go to a lawyer's office for that. You don't go to the.

[Brett Vesely]

Crime scene. And why would you want to.

[John Holmberg]

Go there? Exactly.

[Byron]

That's ridiculous. I gotta see this. I gotta.

[John Holmberg]

See this. I gotta go with you. Do you need a ride? I think we get over. Take the 404. 5. I'll get over there together. I get a quicker round.

[Byron]

Thank.

[John Holmberg]

You. Orgasm. Fake the orgasm. Oh, should we stuff for some snacks? I mean, he's. He's not going anymore. I'll have what.

[Brady]

He'S.

[John Holmberg]

Having. Yeah.

[Brady]

Let's go. Sir, Crystal and David are out front. Should we let him in? Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

That'S fine. Yeah. Oh, definitely gotta let them. And they were friends. They should see them with their heads locked off. I mean, who did this? The Sun? I always said, Billy, you were right. There's a. That kid was.

[Byron]

A mess. I had.

[John Holmberg]

A premonition. Yeah. I don't understand it, but there it is. And you're allowed to do it. And I just don't think that's right. It's a crime scene. It's a murder investigation. And Larry David and Billy Crystal can walk around. Yeah, I'm not.

[Brett Vesely]

Reading that. I didn't think so.

[John Holmberg]

But yeah. Anyway, Frank, I hope you never get murdered because I'm not going to go over to your house to take a look at that ever. All right.

[Byron]

Which celebrities? Worse than normal. That's probably. I mean, it would take a while to cut this.

[John Holmberg]

Head off. Yeah. That guy would be hacking for a long time. He won't die. Yeah. Anyway, it's just weird, but I'm trying to keep an eye on it and I just can't. This one's weird to me. Like, I can't get my hands around it. Like my brain isn't grasping that anyone would want to kill.

[Brady]

Rob Reiner. It just seems like out of the blue because you never knew, you know, but that's. They kept pretty private on that. I didn't know much. Much about the son, I guess, you know, having a. A problem with.

[John Holmberg]

The family. $4 million bail they got this. The.

[Byron]

Son for. Why do you have.

[John Holmberg]

Any bail? Yeah. I don't understand that. Well, because he's not.

[Brady]

Technically guilty.

[John Holmberg]

Due process. Yeah, you got to go through that. But $4 million, pretty good idea. These might be a flight risk. And that's crazy anyway. Well, at least celebrities got to tour the crime scene the day of. And then they left looking distraught. Wouldn't it be better if it was like Larry David and Billy crystal left laughing? So Billy crystal's.

[Brady]

Very.

[John Holmberg]

Funny. Fun. It was a great moment. That was a good line. That was a.

[Byron]

Good stuff. Probably a good idea to wear my.

[John Holmberg]

Batman suit. Yeah, I was gonna wear a crime fighter suit, too. We should have come together. It's crime fighting Jews we left in the prius. I'm jew mad. My little partner, thrifty. Jew man and thrifty. This is a good idea. We're at the doorstep of the merse. This is a good idea. We should write like, you know what? Pitch me. We're gonna.

[Byron]

Pitch that. We're going to pitch it. I think we.

[John Holmberg]

Got it. I think we got it. It's pretty good.

[Byron]

Pretty good. Anyway, it's so sad that something this big and bad has to happen to something good to happen.

[John Holmberg]

To us. I think it's going to be good too. Bad and thrifty are going to go the greatest idea. Larry David is Jew man. Billy crystal is his.

[Byron]

Sidekick, Thrifty. I don't know if we should do that. Let's just save.

[John Holmberg]

The money. See, that's what thrifty would say. Yeah, that's exactly.

[Byron]

That's exactly. I was.

[John Holmberg]

Being thrifty. That's thrifty's catch life. Let's save.

[Byron]

Some money. Not only was I being thrifty, I was being.

[John Holmberg]

Thrifty. Yeah. My belt is just a change purse. Just making change and throwing wooden nickels. Anyway, I like the idea, but I just don't understand why they.

[Brady]

Were there. So his.

[John Holmberg]

Utility. Guilt. Yeah, I like that. Yeah. Two minute. Thrifty is a real thing.

[Byron]

Frank. Congratulations. You throw the.

[John Holmberg]

Guilt.

[Byron]

Powder. Yeah. Instead of pepper spray, we have.

[Brady]

Guilt.

[John Holmberg]

Powder. Yeah. We don't really stop a crime. We just leave you neurotic. Ah, you shouldn't have.

[Byron]

Done that. Continuously worry about who.

[John Holmberg]

Raised you. Really, they just make you.

[Byron]

Feel terrible. Mom.

[Brady]

Come here. That's Alfred.

[John Holmberg]

The mother. This is mother. She caused this. This whole thing about Jew men and thrifty. This is her fault. Go ahead, Berate the mother. Make them feel terrible. Anyway. Well, there's that. That's how you're gonna walk out on us today. Jew men and thrifty, our new creation. It's brilliant. It's crushing. Thank you for coming in this.

[Byron]

Morning unexpectedly. Thank you for not knowing that I was coming. So I was allowed to.

[John Holmberg]

Be here. And thank you again. For.

[Byron]

Friday night. And. No, that.

[John Holmberg]

Was fun. I'm glad you.

[Byron]

Did it. You know, people don't realize this. We don't do it for free, but. No, we do it.

[John Holmberg]

For almost.

[Byron]

I do.

[John Holmberg]

You do. Bastards. They're always asking, how much we going to get this guy and this guy? And I'm like, yeah, I'll do it. And then Joel told me we killed the other night. Friday night. Friday night. How many people? How many takes you think we sold? I'm like, I don't know. What's it hold? He goes, like, 5, 10? I'm like, ahead of time. Yeah, it was sold out. He goes, yeah, but we had to close the curtain on that one sec. So we're storing for Christmas stuff. And I'm like, All right. 488. Like, that's pretty good. Yeah, it's the whole room. I'm like, okay. So it's.

[Byron]

Like killed. It.

[John Holmberg]

Was packed. Killed at. Killed. Well, that line outside was crazy. Like, Cal that. Have you met my wife? Cow that. Anyway, so thank you for that. Highlights on 2025. Anything you want to tell people for the New year? What's.

[Byron]

Your.

[John Holmberg]

What's.

[Byron]

Today? Today? Yeah. Right.

[John Holmberg]

Now. Us. No. Oh.

[Byron]

That'S.

[John Holmberg]

It. Yeah.

[Byron]

No, that's. This was big. Friday was.

[John Holmberg]

Really big. Yeah. Meaning the day of Friday are.

[Byron]

Your islands. Santino in the story that.

[Brady]

Didn'T have a one, he.

[John Holmberg]

Could remember. That story you brought back from Vegas that had no middle or.

[Byron]

Ending will be December 31st at the Tempe. Improv going to be.

[John Holmberg]

A memory. Wow. Year started.

[Brady]

Friday night.

[Byron]

Another highlight. It's like Groundhog's Day. But.

[John Holmberg]

A month. Yeah. Okay. It's a month. It's a Groundhog's month. Yeah, that's okay. All right, well, good. Make more. Create more memories, you know.

[Byron]

Make it an X ray and be the.

[John Holmberg]

Hedgehog month. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Let's keep that. Let's keep that on June.

[Byron]

Edit Thrifty. I think. I think we did better with that one. I think that's much better. I was pleased, but I still come out under. From under.

[John Holmberg]

The bed. Of course. Coming out of the closet. Would it be great if two met at Thrifty? You were under the bed and you.

[Byron]

Witnessed crime. I have an idea for.

[John Holmberg]

A crime. I think that's a.

[Byron]

Good idea. I think you know what.

[John Holmberg]

I'm talking. We could get Ryan or.

[Byron]

To direct. Oh, wait, wait. You son.

[John Holmberg]

Of a. That's enough of us. There you go. Thanks, Frankie.

[Brady]

Frank. Kelly. Frank. Down in.

[John Holmberg]

The car. You need help with.

[Byron]

Your legs? Yeah, I might. Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

It'S rough. Happy holidays to you and.

[Byron]

Yours and also with.

[John Holmberg]

You, father. I'll see you another time. Frank Galiendo, everybody. Arizona's most powerful rock radio station. He said fully erect 98. Still streaming. Homberg's morning sickness [e-mail] There's a guy emailing me that just hates Frank.

[Brady]

Hates him. Is it.

[John Holmberg]

That trucker? I.

[Brady]

Don'T know. Do you remember when he first got. Came in?

[John Holmberg]

He was. Yeah, that trucker guy. I don't know. He listened to the whole thing and he emailed me the whole time. I went, she hates him. And he said, I don't know how you don't tell. I. I got a lot of emails saying they love when Frank's here. Got hundreds of them, actually. Just popped up and answered a bunch of.

[Brett Vesely]

Them. Hundreds. Bless.

[John Holmberg]

Your heart. Like, all right, don't. Just don't listen. I don't. You don't like Frank, that's fine. You're not going to like everything. You got to bark at me about it the whole.

[Brady]

Time, baby. What's his beef? He just doesn't.

[John Holmberg]

Like it. Doesn't like Frank thinks he's. He hates him. He goes on and on and on, all mornings. Every look over every fifth emails him is like, okay, that's enough. I get it. Email Frank. What are you mailing.

[Brady]

Me for? I mean, maybe he was really worked up that, you know, Frank talked over me a couple.

[John Holmberg]

Of times. No.

[Brady]

Yeah, probably. That.

[John Holmberg]

Was probably. It's upsetting when you get. You can feel the audience cringe. Oh, there's going to be a fight in that room. There is going to be a fight. I don't know what to do with that. I don't know how to tell you. Sorry. I guess. I guess what? I'm sorry. Sorry. I. I can't do anything about that. Yeah, it's a thing. What are you going to do? I would. By the way, Tripp went with me to the Rah Rah room on Friday real quick, just for a drink before the show. You were. We just all kind of. We were going to meet Jen Gardner. And then one thing led to another. Was texting. I'm like, all right, we'll be down here. I was with my friend Jordan, and everybody just kind of rolls over and Trip goes, I'm coming down. Like, all right, where are you? We're at the. Me and Jordan are at the Raha room right now. It's empty. I'm coming in. And he comes in. He looks around. He Goes, I don't care what happens. This is the best part of the night, I guarantee it. It's just talking to everybody. He's hiring people in there. On Friday of all days, he's hiring folks. Come on down. You're hired. Kinsey's hired. That one's hired. This guy's hired. I'm like, all right. The whole. The rah rah that. So I think they're going to come.

[Brett Vesely]

Work here.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, great. Yeah, I think they're all in. It made quite an impression on the crew. It was fun, though. It's an interesting room, isn't it, Brad? It's.

[Brady]

The.

[John Holmberg]

Dungeon. Absolutely. It's an interesting room. And we basically run it and getting there, too. Oh, go down stairway. Yeah. It was mainly Gardener's idea to meet up before because she had clients and stuff. Dr. Mike and the gang was there and they came back by and she's like, we're coming to see him. Like, we're just going to grab a quick drink. First met Anthony and it was weird. Tripp loved it in there. I think I have to take.

[Brett Vesely]

Him back. We're going back, going to become.

[John Holmberg]

A member. That's what I told him. Just fork it out. I don't care about basketball. We don't either. We're in there all the time. They think about us on their off days. I was.

[Brett Vesely]

Told that.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, really? Yeah. Like, that was nice. And I'm never going to let them forget that. I think about you on our off days and I'm like, oh, I shouldn't be as hard as I am hearing that, but I am. That's really good that the club wants me there even when they're not open. Are you ready, Brady? Ready. It's time now to solve all the world's problems. It is. What would Brady do? And it's brought to you by our friends at MMP Guns Christmas time at Mo Money Ponto. You got loads of stuff you can go over there and grab. And also, if you've got that. That guy in your life, like I do, like my dad. Dad who was like, you get him gun stuff. My God, it's through the moon. So they've got all the things. You can go in there and say, hey, I got a gun. Even if you're not a gun guy, go in and just say, I've got a gun. Super fan in my family. I want to get something. What would you do? An accessory, a bag, a carrying thing, a safe. They've got all that. MMP guns will take care of you and also, the build it class is still 100 bucks.

[Brett Vesely]

Off.

[John Holmberg]

Right? Yeah. You go do the builder class. Yeah, through there. And if you've got a dad or a brother or a mom or a sister or somebody who loves guns, you're like, I bought you the builder builder class. You go build your own AR15, your own 9, and then you get to know it, and you. It's awesome. And it's priced a lot less. I think that's a.

[Brett Vesely]

Great gift. Plus, they give you a deal. Once you do that builder class, they'll give you like, 10 or 20 off the accessories afterwards. So while you're there, you can even.

[John Holmberg]

Accessorize more. Oh, I like that. Yeah. All right, even better. So your husband, your son, your whatever, whoever's into the guns, your wife, your crazy mother. Mmp. Guns is the place for you. Head on over there, 12th street next. Indian school. They are taking care of you. And the Brady Report or the what would. Brady, are you ready? Brady? Ready. Dear Brady, I've recently gotten divorced, and I hate men. I've hated them for the last two years, and I finally signed the papers. Have I mentioned I hate men? My husband X never worked. I put him through school and he never got a job. I just found out he was siphoning money into an account of his own, too. My money. And that makes me hate him and all other men. That's right. Have I mentioned I hate men? I have an opportunity, however, to date a girl at my work, and I've never tried it. Should I abandon men or become a lesbian? Can you restore my faith.

[Brady]

Alicia R. Yeah. Just takes time, you.

[John Holmberg]

Think? Yeah. Why not talk her.

[Brady]

Into the. You know, the first thing I also heard, you're. You have a commonality with fellow people. And most of the time, being a man. You hear a man saying a similar thing. I just got divorced, last thing I want to be in is relationship, and I got taken to the woodshed on this thing. I put her through school.

[John Holmberg]

Blah, blah, and welcome to being a man. Yeah, you're right, Brady. Welcome to being.

[Brady]

A man. So you'll feel that way. It's just like. I look at it like a bad hangover. You say, I'm never doing.

[John Holmberg]

That again. You're gonna get.

[Brady]

Back in. Yeah, you'll get.

[Brett Vesely]

Back in. I wonder what Bandy played.

[John Holmberg]

Bass for. Yeah, well.

[Brady]

He did. Yeah. And. And he also went through.

[John Holmberg]

School so. Well, while he was getting the band, like, just. Just in case. That school will rock, bro. Yeah. Can my drummer sleep on the couch? His girlfriend just left. Him? So he's.

[Brady]

Homeless, babe. It's not.

[John Holmberg]

Working out. Yeah, that's what you call a drummer whose girlfriend broke up with him. Homeless. That's hilarious. That's.

[Brett Vesely]

Good.

[John Holmberg]

Stuff. Stuff. And speaking of lesbianism, last night at the Robber Room, I was talking to Anthony, and Anthony told a joke, and it included the word cunnilingus. And one of the servers named Jackie heard him. She goes, ugh, that's how I know you're old. And he goes, what do you mean? She goes, you called it cunnilingus. That's what my dad calls it. Why are you talking to your dad about that? The hell's going on at Jackie's house? You guys are jerks. Yeah, but you think about us when we're not here. I was.

[Brady]

Told that. So I would say, you know, like I said, give it a little time, but geez.

[John Holmberg]

Wounds heal. In the meantime, lick everything. Test it out. Maybe you like it better if it's even in your mind. You want to do it. Why.

[Brady]

Asking permission? They have the power to take away.

[John Holmberg]

Half. Just. Yeah, exactly. The new modern times. Everybody can get married now. So chow down, but don't put her.

[Brady]

Through school. Yeah. Make it.

[John Holmberg]

A learning. Yeah. Yeah. Make it. Yeah. Take what you've learned from men and don't apply it to your new box chowing ways. And maybe you won't like it, but maybe you will. You might be like, a black guy. They hate that stuff. Stuff down there. From what I hear, they're not going down on that. They don't.

[Brady]

Have to. There's a good chance you'll experience a little more drama, but.

[John Holmberg]

You.

[Brady]

Know. Yeah. I.

[John Holmberg]

Don'T know. Sound like she was married to a pretty dramatic dude, so it might be like. It's kind of. It sounds like she was married to a womanly.

[Brett Vesely]

Type. Oh. His band almost got signed.

[John Holmberg]

Until Nirvana showed up, and then Nirvana showed up and screwed up everything, and he had to do midday somewhere. Next thing you know, I'm living in San Jose. Stupid Kirk Cobain. Yeah, that sounds rough. But Brady says just take your time and some other dude will, like, come change.

[Brady]

Your mind. Yeah, it just takes time.

[Brett Vesely]

When you broke up with somebody around for.

[John Holmberg]

A while. Pour around, test, test the waters. What if you like.

[Brady]

It better? Saying.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, yeah. If it's like it was never in my mind to go, I hate women. I'm gonna start blowing dudes. Like, that's never been on my brain. Yeah, but if it was, I probably would have done it. Like, I'm trying everything until I see What? Sticks? That was never an option for me. Too much hair. Dear Brady, my child is a complete failure. And I love him, but grades have all been Fs. He can barely get a D. And I think it's just dumb. His mother won't say anything. She thinks he's a genius and he's not being challenged. But we have no Einstein here. He's 18 now. He's in his second year as a senior. What do you suggest I tell him to do for a job? Because we need to start thinking about that.

[Brett Vesely]

Gary Toledo. Just asking instead.

[John Holmberg]

Of right. Yeah, let's. What would Toledo. Toledo? Why don't you come in and ask that one live? Richard, You're. You're. It's. We see it's you. What do you tell Rich to do with his son who's on.

[Byron]

A disguise?

[John Holmberg]

That was. No, not at all. You actually signed it Rich Richard.

[Dick Toledo]

E. Toledo. And I thought I was better at.

[John Holmberg]

Disguising that. What do you tell Alex? That you still go follow your dreams, even though you realize, okay, knock it off. Go. You're a.

[Dick Toledo]

Janitor forever. What I've told him lately is I'm like, look, I go, if. If that's what you want.

[John Holmberg]

To do, you gotta start doing.

[Dick Toledo]

It. Yeah. Like, even if it's his.

[John Holmberg]

New spare time, what's his new, like, dream? Because he wanted to be.

[Dick Toledo]

A fashionista. He still.

[John Holmberg]

Wants.

[Dick Toledo]

That. Okay. Now he's. Now he's into selling clothes that he.

[John Holmberg]

Thrifts.

[Dick Toledo]

Online. Online. Like, he turns them around.

[John Holmberg]

For profit, wash his clothes, and then sends.

[Dick Toledo]

Them again. It's the weirdest thing. He goes and he finds. I don't know how he does it, but he finds stuff that's wanted online, he puts it up on Depop and something else and sells it for.

[John Holmberg]

A profit. Isn't somebody already.

[Brady]

Doing that? Oh.

[John Holmberg]

There'S no. No, I'm saying.

[Byron]

Isn'T good. Will already.

[John Holmberg]

Did that. Oh, so he goes to good. You said he goes online and buys it. That's the same thing he's going.

[Dick Toledo]

To do. No.

[Brady]

No, no.

[Dick Toledo]

He goes. He goes and thrifts. Oh, and then he puts it online and.

[John Holmberg]

Sells it. Like Jew man.

[Dick Toledo]

At.

[Brady]

Thrifty.

[Dick Toledo]

Exactly.

[John Holmberg]

Exactly. Right. That's working out.

[Dick Toledo]

Perfectly for. I'm gonna take him.

[John Holmberg]

To shul. But he's. Does he have, like a. Does he have, like, an art book that he draws.

[Dick Toledo]

Designs in?

[John Holmberg]

He does. Are.

[Dick Toledo]

They good? He hasn't done it in a while. He's actually pretty good.

[John Holmberg]

Sketch artist. I want to wear.

[Dick Toledo]

His outfits. He'll make you a pair.

[John Holmberg]

Of pants. That's.

[Dick Toledo]

So weird. It might look like a pair.

[John Holmberg]

Of curtains. But out.

[Brady]

Of what? Out.

[John Holmberg]

Of denim.

[Dick Toledo]

With what? What do you mean.

[John Holmberg]

With what? You have, like, sewing stuff at.

[Dick Toledo]

Your house. He's got two sewing machines. He's got a whole sewing outfit. He's got.

[John Holmberg]

Pattern makers. He's got his worst nightmare. Look at Brett's face on.

[Brady]

The jeans. Does he recycle the.

[Byron]

Old.

[Dick Toledo]

Jeans? He.

[John Holmberg]

He has. Oh.

[Byron]

My God. He has yards.

[John Holmberg]

Of denim. I wished yards of denim. Jay Leno exclusive. I. I've never seen. I wish we had cameras in the room to see Brett, because when you started to rattle off all the gay things he's got, I saw it out in the corner of my eye. When you started rattle off each gay item, Brett turned more and more into Dairo. I don't know if he even realized. He goes. His face got him. Tell you what, your kid might be homosexual, but do you tell him, yeah, you've got, like, a deadline to.

[Dick Toledo]

Do this? No, I haven't done that. Yeah, but there's a couple things, because he's been. He's been working a ton, which for me has been like, shut up. Just let him.

[John Holmberg]

Earn money. Smart. Let.

[Dick Toledo]

Him work. And so he hasn't had. He hasn't had a lot of spare time, but when he does, I. I go in there and he's laying in his room watching, like, manga on TV or something. Some kind of.

[John Holmberg]

Japanese animation. Oh, God, there's that thing again. I'm looking at you, I'm thinking, to you and your gay family. But he's not, like, he's just not pursuing the dream. No, no. And there's the old phrase that says, you know, what is it? Like, some people only get their dreams when.

[Dick Toledo]

They'Re asleep. Yeah, that's where he's at right now. So the thing I think that'll kick him in the ass is like, his whole crew is back from college now. And so they're. They're wrapping up. They're in the middle of their second year, so he's. He's gonna be, like.

[John Holmberg]

Falling behind. I would like him to make a pair of pants. Okay. How much.

[Dick Toledo]

Would that. Give me.

[John Holmberg]

Your.

[Brett Vesely]

Measurements. Okay. I.

[John Holmberg]

Can measure. You pay for that.

[Dick Toledo]

Measuring me. Pay for the. Pay for.

[John Holmberg]

The denim. A.

[Dick Toledo]

34.

[John Holmberg]

Waist. Okay. And like 35.

[Dick Toledo]

36 length. Like actual 34.

[Brady]

Or like. Yeah, yeah, or something.

[John Holmberg]

Like 30. What does.

[Brady]

That mean? Like.

[John Holmberg]

36, 28. You know, that's what.

[Dick Toledo]

I mean.

[John Holmberg]

You gotta. You gotta measure yourself, Brady. Thinks 28s are Roman numerals on his pants. It just.

[Brady]

Says XL. That's.

[John Holmberg]

A 2. Two X's is 228 XX. V111. These are extra. Extra 28s. Merry effing holidays from the big Red Radio. Holmberg's morning sickness. Yeah, that's not a thing. So I want him to build me a pair.

[Byron]

Of.

[John Holmberg]

Pants. Okay. Nope. Just fire away. Okay. Make me an outfit. Alex, I commission your son to make me.

[Dick Toledo]

An outfit. What.

[Brady]

What.

[John Holmberg]

Color? Denim. You.

[Dick Toledo]

Don'T care.

[John Holmberg]

Green jeans. It's. Yeah. Whatever he chooses for me to wear.

[Brett Vesely]

I will.

[John Holmberg]

Don't. Don't. You don't think it's a.

[Brett Vesely]

Good idea. Let him choose what.

[John Holmberg]

You want. Come.

[Brett Vesely]

Back gay.

[John Holmberg]

That's what. That's what I'm saying. You're gonna have a gay outfit.

[Brett Vesely]

He's gonna. Oh, call me gay in here. I want him to be.

[John Holmberg]

Serious about. Now here's the thing, though. Because if it's really good, this is a good way to say, hey, Alex made me some cool stuff. And then maybe other people like, I like those pants. But if he decides to make a joke out of it and dress me up like.

[Dick Toledo]

A poodle. No, no, he wouldn't.

[John Holmberg]

Do that.

[Dick Toledo]

All right? He wouldn't.

[John Holmberg]

Do that. Have him do it. Okay. I would like him today and have him make Brady, let's all get outfits from Alex. He can make an official show uniform. All right? And that way his dream can start. And. And if it comes back terrible, we'll let him know. And then he has to be a janitor because he's getting too old.

[Brady]

For this. But you chase your, like, might not like the current fashion. And jeans. I saw a pair of those. They look like.

[John Holmberg]

Skinny.

[Brady]

Jeans. Huh? This kid was wearing new jeans like Jankos. Get those. Super. They're almost. They're bell bottoms, but it's all the.

[Brett Vesely]

Way up. Yeah, it's.

[John Holmberg]

Like.

[Brett Vesely]

Jankos. Yeah. Back in.

[John Holmberg]

The day. Yeah, sounds cozy. I'm in on that. I got no problem. I think room to grow. But, Brady, if you had a kid that was 18, double senior, not looking.

[Brady]

Smart. Ds get you. You know, similar to what your dad told you. You got to get your ged.

[John Holmberg]

Else you're. My dad just told me no GED was not happening. GED would. I'd be dead if I said I'm just getting a ged. My dad would have killed me that.

[Brett Vesely]

I.

[John Holmberg]

Tried. Diploma. Yeah, good enough Diploma. My dad would not. For Dan, that would have been the end of me. I Had to graduate and I had to do it on time. If that did not happen on time, there was going to be a murder. So if you don't have that hanging over your kid, the fear of dad, he's just going to keep doing this. You have to put a little. You have to put a little respect fear on top of a kid.

[Brady]

That'S loose. And a little deadline, too. Like, look, I'm not gonna, you know, if you're not gonna try in school, then why.

[John Holmberg]

Should I? Yeah. Why am I for.

[Brady]

You? Right. You better, you know, either find a.

[Byron]

Job somewhere. No.

[John Holmberg]

Offense.

[Brady]

Bro. Yeah. Starts charging.

[John Holmberg]

You rent. You know, here's the thing. Cut the ends of your socks off, have your toes stick out and do some Only fan stuff. Evidently.

[Brady]

That'S hot. But the thrifting thing, that's. That's awesome that he's doing that. Because.

[Dick Toledo]

There is. I don't know if I'd call.

[John Holmberg]

It awesome. I mean, it's not time for.

[Brady]

A meal. It's creative, Sure. I.

[Dick Toledo]

Give him.

[Brady]

And it's.

[John Holmberg]

And it's. No.

[Dick Toledo]

It'S not. Not even entrepreneurial. It's just a way to make some.

[John Holmberg]

Extra scratch. It's. It's buying something cheap with that. No, no, no. It's not a job, not a career. You said.

[Dick Toledo]

It'S awesome. I wouldn't say.

[Brady]

It'S awesome. I'd say the fact that it's awesome that he's looking to make side money and hustle in that way rather than.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah, not. Or how about instead of Toledo.

[John Holmberg]

On it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You have to. In order to make side money. You need steady money. And he's already got kind of a side money gig being a bus boy. So get a.

[Dick Toledo]

Real job. Oh, no, he's.

[Brady]

Expo now.

[John Holmberg]

No more. Oh, he's an ex hom.

[Dick Toledo]

He's expediting. Next step up to.

[Brett Vesely]

Waiting tables. George Jefferson over here.

[John Holmberg]

On up. Then I realized when I worked in restaurants that my ascent through the restaurant was eventually just an embarrassment and a trap. And you'll be stuck in restaurants till.

[Dick Toledo]

You'Re 40. I've warned.

[John Holmberg]

Him.

[Dick Toledo]

That. Yeah. I said, look at the guys that you.

[John Holmberg]

Work.

[Dick Toledo]

With. Yeah. I said, that guy that's kind of like early 30s right now. That's.

[John Holmberg]

Your.

[Dick Toledo]

Manager. Yeah. He's going to become bitter in.

[John Holmberg]

The next. Staring your future in the face. Be careful because you don't. That's.

[Brett Vesely]

A scary. I think, like what's his name.

[John Holmberg]

In waiting. Yes. Yep.

[Byron]

David.

[John Holmberg]

Katner. Yeah. It's a fact. And yeah. Going to Goodwill and Doing whatever. It's cute. That's what a housewife with nothing to do does. I found all these at the Thrifty and then I came home and I put glitter on them and I wrote bad girl on it and I sold it online. They think that they're, you know, Dolce and Gabbana, but it's. They're just putting glitter on stuff like a second grader. I repurposed it. Yeah. You know what you should repurpose is your day to day. Hey, this. This is dumb. That's a hobby, what.

[Dick Toledo]

You'Re doing.

[John Holmberg]

That's it? Yeah, it's.

[Dick Toledo]

A hobby. Awesome that you have a.

[John Holmberg]

Hobby, but. Yeah, but like your hobby gets a couple bucks and. Unless.

[Dick Toledo]

You'Re crushing. Yeah, and.

[John Holmberg]

He'S not. And he's got to put nine hours.

[Dick Toledo]

Into that. Like Joey Caliendo who was.

[John Holmberg]

Crushing it in the shoe game selling shoes side to side and he was doing nine, ten hours a day and algorithms on his computer. It was amazing. It was a business. Go to the Goodwill a couple times a week, grab a tea T shirt, glitter, you know, time bomb on the front, and then sell it again and come on, it's a hobby. Dear Brady, I'm a corporate trainer. Story short, I teach people how to do their jobs in health insurance. We train in person. We have to travel for weeks at a time to train. This MF co worker I have has called out every class. She's trained for two years. So basically every time we're scheduled to train, she finds an excuse to call out and call her it a day. She called out Tuesday this week and I could even put bets on it. So I made 300 that she'd do it. Mind you, we have six other people who could could take over. When I spent a month in effing El Paso teaching BS online when I could have done it at home, we have somebody else take over. Guess who has to pick up the slack when she doesn't show up? Me. Because I chose not to get married, but in a long relationship. But I don't have kids. Is this some sort of discrimination? I need to confront my boss, but I need a plan. I did schedule a meeting, but he's ghosted all of my messages since August. I love you guys. Thanks for keeping me sane. Samantha.

[Brady]

Oh, she's. You got a.

[John Holmberg]

Double whammy. She wants.

[Brady]

To rat. Your boss is ghosting your messages. That's not a.

[John Holmberg]

Good sign. Cuz you're the single.

[Brady]

Responsible woman. Lean on you. Yeah, because you don't have.

[John Holmberg]

Family, kids are not an excuse for.

[Brady]

Your job. I would try to pursue.

[John Holmberg]

Another career. Call in on the next one. You call in, they send you down to El Paso. For Christ's sake. I'd call in for El Paso. Every time a new company or been to El Paso, you go, once you learn your lesson, it's lovely. It's the worst. You know what's better than El Paso? Never said this before. The city across the border from it. Juarez. It's better than El Paso. Yuck. There's nice places in El Paso. No, there's not. The only nice place in El Paso is North Texas. When you're far from El.

[Brett Vesely]

Paso, a place that's nice is when it says, thank you for visiting El Paso. When you're driving past, leaving.

[John Holmberg]

El Paso. Are you sure? 100%. Yeah. Yeah. You can't spell. El Paso is nice without.

[Brady]

Ice. Ice. Unless you see this being potentially a way. Way to ascend in your company that you were the person that you know didn't say no. But you could also get milked.

[John Holmberg]

Big time. I. I have a job in radio that was advanced by a girl who in the middle of a. The manager came in and said, hey, I just had somebody cancel. Can either you guys fill in? I'd never been on the air. I said, can either you guys fill in for me Sunday at 6? And she looked at me and she goes, he's never been on. And I'm like, I can do it. And she goes, well, I can't because I have my. My kid. And he goes. And she goes, but it's not fair. I should be next in line. And he goes, well, I'm offering it to you. She goes like, can't I have my kid? And it's just not fair. And he goes, you're giving me problems. He's giving me a solution. See, at 6. And he points to me and he leaves. And she goes, you just took my shifts. And I'm like, I think you said no. So I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I'm pretty sure you just told the boss you won't.

[Brett Vesely]

Do.

[John Holmberg]

It. Broads. How is that my fault? And she goes, well, I have a kid. I shouldn't be penalized for it. And I'm like, okay, well, then do the job. I can. You can't. There's.

[Brett Vesely]

The problem. You.

[John Holmberg]

Penalized yourself. Exactly. Keep them closed. Keep your legs closed and you'd have this job. And I think that's what I said. And then I left the room. But it wasn't My fault. She had a kid. But people. Some. Some people. Not everybody. Some people use their kids as an excuse as to why they can't show up to work. Sometimes it's not.

[Brady]

The case. And they're. Yeah. And I understand their situations.

[John Holmberg]

Where he. Oh, she. But I'm a single mom. You know how hard that is. No, I don't. I don't. I've made better decisions in my life to not have that happen to me. So, yeah, I can show up on Sunday anytime. I did, though, notice that they did take advantage of that. Like, I was always scheduled on, like, days where everybody else. Yeah, John will do it because I just did. They assumed because they don't have kids, people with kids assume. People without kids have nothing to do. And you know, they're right. But we. We have. Anything we want to do is nothing to do. Sometimes we're not doing anything because that's our choice that day. But God, not having kids was such. Is the. The greatest. People say that is like my favorite day of my life. The best day I was ever was the birth of my kids. Mine is every day because it's the not birth of any kids. Every day is a little better than the day before when I don't have a kid again tomorrow. Every day is that. Remember that same gift you felt when Kirby fell out of Ronnie and you're like, this is the best day of my life. Imagine feeling that every time you wake up. Because I do. I go.

[Brady]

Into the. We have that.

[John Holmberg]

In common. I open the door in the guest room, and I see that it's empty, and there's no crib or weird posters of gunna. And I'm like, God damn it. I start crying again. It's the best day of my life. It just started over, and I can do whatever I want. But they did try to take advantage of it. So you know what? You just need to call in and say, I've got stuff to do. What do you mean you don't have any kids? Yeah, I know I got stuff to do because of that. I have extra money, but, yeah, that sucks. You got somebody with kids using. I'd tell on her. Would you tell on her? Would you rat that if you had a partner at.

[Brady]

Work.

[John Holmberg]

Brett. Okay. And they. And you guys were equal ups. But she kept going. I got kids you got to fix. You got to do this. Would you tell a boss, hey, look, I At.

[Brett Vesely]

Everything here. Yeah, that's.

[Brady]

Not really. Well, here's.

[John Holmberg]

What I. It's a.

[Brady]

Little snitching. I don't know, you kind of.

[Brett Vesely]

Answered it. Speaking away. It is a little.

[John Holmberg]

Bit.

[Brady]

Lazy. Broad. The point of the matter is if she doesn't cover it for. Yeah, we'll find someone else who will. And then all of a sudden those opportunities since you stepped up for the girl in.

[John Holmberg]

The.

[Brady]

Station. Yeah. Look who is like, okay, this guy's doing. Doing this. You didn't have to do that for a long period of time. It wasn't like ever since I opened that can of worms and I.

[John Holmberg]

Was toast. Oh no. I just got.

[Brady]

The.

[John Holmberg]

Job. Right. Like I was now the new.

[Brady]

Swing guy. And look what happened.

[John Holmberg]

After that. It's.

[Brady]

Called.

[John Holmberg]

Reliability. Yeah. It's not. Kids.

[Brady]

No kids. Bad being there. You know, this is a period in the job that is a growth period there. This will pay. I mean doing those shifts probably. And you can be able to, you know, if you.

[John Holmberg]

Can cover. But I'd still rat her out if I had to do six weeks in El Paso. She bailed on it. I'd.

[Brady]

Rather out. I think people make their own beds.

[John Holmberg]

On.

[Brady]

That. Yeah. You just let it. I mean, what you don't want to be is the.

[John Holmberg]

Person.

[Brady]

That'S. Yeah. Ratting out.

[Brett Vesely]

Too early. So whatever happened with her, did she.

[John Holmberg]

Make it?

[Brett Vesely]

The.

[John Holmberg]

Girl? Yeah. No. She complained her way right out of.

[Brett Vesely]

The business.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, wow. And she ended up in Florida or something. The.

[Brady]

Best ability.

[John Holmberg]

Part time. What's the best.

[Byron]

Ability?

[John Holmberg]

Availability. Availability. And that's it. Nor. You got to say it better than that, but it is the best ability. Availability. But if you're available, you're going to beat people who keep saying they're not. Well, I would, I would, I would. Well, that's not true. Please. Beneficial. I would definitely ride her out and be available and just enjoy your income. That's all for you. Open that guest room door every day and just look at that. That bed's been made for a year. No one been in it.

[Brett Vesely]

You know. And look at your bank account and your.

[John Holmberg]

Bank account. It's so much better. So much better than going through drawers and.

[Brady]

Finding bongs. And there's things to do in El Paso like.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, sleep. Please not call your kids. It's great. Would you rather live in El Paso with no kids or be rich and live anywhere you want with kids? That's tough off. Because if I had enough money I could have someone else.

[Brett Vesely]

Raised them.

[John Holmberg]

That's true. Because I don't.

[Brady]

Want to. That's an.

[Brett Vesely]

Easy option. Can you put them up for adoption once you get a lot.

[John Holmberg]

Of money? No, it's not that easy. See, that's how we us non kid havers see kids as the human version of El Paso. It's like having El Paso walk around your house every day. El Paso's up. I might name my kid El Paso. There goes El Paso. Holmberg. Why do you call.

[Brett Vesely]

Him that? Because he's sucks Be a raiding you're going to be raising a.

[John Holmberg]

Murderer then. Oh yeah. No. I would do this to me. Dad, you did this. El Paso's gone crazy. I'd have him arrest in a heartbeat. It's 9:33. There you go everybody. Solved again. The final one of 2025. Well done, Brady. You've saved so many lives.

[Brady]

This year. Get tickets to the Sun Bowl. Enjoy.

[John Holmberg]

El Paso. Enjoy El Paso. The only way to enjoy the best way to see El Paso is from a new noose. It's your last vision. So go, go, go, go. Go and die. I wouldn't want to die in.

[Brett Vesely]

El Paso. Flying.

[John Holmberg]

Over it. Oh, that is the best view of El Paso. And still you're too close. If you can see it from a plane, it's like. All right, don't get any crazy ideas. Here it is. There you go. That's your Brady. Or what would Brady do? I'm sorry. There you go. Nice job, Brady. Arizona's most powerful rock radio station. He said erect. Still streaming. Homberg's morning sickness [e-mail] all right. Hey bad, you're ruining everything. It's your first day. And religion right there. It's infected. It's 9:47 here in the morning sickness. And it is time now for Brady to entertain us all with the entertainment drill. It's brought to you by our [e-mail], the whole home of tactical black self defense. And I don't know if you guys saw the videos of what went down at Bondi beach in Australia this weekend of the two active shooters that went crazy shooting up a Hanukkah celebration on the beach. And it is horrifying. They have videos everywhere in a gun free culture. How'd that happen? Bad guys get them and nobody could stop them. The crazy part was the way it stopped, which is somebody had to stop the shooters. They were standing and some guy, brave hero, went up and tackled one of the shooters, got the gun from him, turned it. The other shooter shot him twice. Didn't even know there was another guy. He thought he had got the one guy and he's gonna live and stuff. But he saved so.

[Brady]

Many lives. He was standing there in that video, even after he took the.

[John Holmberg]

Gun away. Yeah. And he took.

[Brady]

A pop. Yeah, took a pop. And he's. He's waiting there. And the one person.

[John Holmberg]

Ran up.

[Brady]

Yeah, it's. It's. I don't.

[John Holmberg]

Know how. He didn't shoot the guy. Maybe the gun just. Maybe the.

[Brady]

The magazine. It was a.

[John Holmberg]

Long.

[Brady]

Gun. Yeah. And he did the, you know, he pointed, made sure that. I don't know about that, but it was.

[John Holmberg]

Pointed down. Well, he grabbed him from behind. He did what he could to. To destroy the operator. If he's behind you, it's what you try to bring it in and get that you just redirect. It's the rcat. They teach you that at react defense. It's a scary thing. We've gone through active shooter training, training and like real live sound, you know, dummy rounds. And when that's going off indoors, it is horrifying in a drill. And this guy had the wherewithal to go, I gotta stop this or it doesn't end. And he did. And that's true, true heroics there too. I mean, he sacrificed himself. And you don't want to make yourself a victim, but if you know what you're doing. And that guy clearly did. The way he snuck. I think he had military training. The way he kind of got up on that guy and got under.

[Brady]

The gun. I didn't even know he got.

[John Holmberg]

Hit twice. Yeah, he trapped the gun, which is a key, like to make sure that barrel is not going anywhere and it's not aimed at you or anyone else. And he got that thing out of his hand and did a quick redirect, knock the guy down. It didn't shoot him. Then he took shots from another dude that was his. The shooter's partner. It's an amazing story, a terrible tragedy, but it could have been worse. I know that sounds awful, but it could have actually been worse. Those are those moments where you're like. You feel like it's a matter of time. The way the news presents this, there's constant stuff, and I don't want it to be something you're afraid of. And fear shouldn't sell this. But it is a true thing. When you watch that, we have to recognize that without that guy, that would have gone on and on and on until somebody came to neutralize him. And they weren't anywhere close at the time. It's. It's rough to watch, but they teach you that kind of stuff. Not that you'll ever need to use it, but it's in the Back of your head. And that guy probably thought, well, I know this stuff, but I don't, I'm never going to to use it. And there he is on one of the most beautiful places I've ever been in my life, Bondi Beach. It's a tourist trap, but it is so stunningly pretty. And they've got these Olympic sized pools next to the ocean. It's gorgeous. So the fact that that happened there is, it's like happening in, you know, the nicest parts of Scottsdale, Beverly Hill, it's a beautiful section of Sydney. And yeah, that's crazy. So if you wanted to train yourself for that kind of stuff, that's right there along with all the other things that come with it. I know it's crazy to talk about that and I certainly don't want to say, did you see that? You better, you know, go. It's not fear, but it is preparation and it's smart. So get on that right now and we'll take care of that for you. For 89 bucks a month of training, that's as easy as it gets. It's react defense dot com. That's the home of tactical black.

[Brady]

Brady. Go. Here's some fun facts about Home Alone behind the scene. Fun facts, that's what they are. John Hughes, the director, came up with the idea because of his own trip travel anxiety. During a family trip to, to Europe. His son James remembers his father thinking, what would happen if we left one of the kids accidentally behind? Wrote the script, first draft in.

[John Holmberg]

Nine days. It's a good idea. It's an easy concept. And then you add a little slapstick, you're killing a lot.

[Brady]

Of time. Chris Farley auditioned for the.

[John Holmberg]

Role of Santa Claus in that movie. Yeah.

[Brady]

No kidding. Joe Pesci actually bit Macaulay Culkin's finger during the, during the one of the rehearsals, Macaulay was still has a white scar in his index finger. Right index finger. To this day, the owners of the McAllister house still lived in it.

[John Holmberg]

During filming. How.

[Brady]

About that? And Macaulay's brother Kieran plays his bedwetting cousin Fuller. I didn't.

[John Holmberg]

Know that. Yeah, Karen's a that one too by the way. Before you go on, Brady and this is just a really bad thing. Trump has tweeted about Rob Reiner's death. And this is, you know, just when you're like, okay, just, just be a president. Don't worry about, listen to what he said. That a very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling but Once very talented movie director and comedy star passed away together with his.

[Brady]

Wife Michelle. Stop.

[John Holmberg]

Right there. Right. And he will be missed. That's what it should say. Then he. He goes. Reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding and incurable affliction with mind crippling disease known as Trump Derangement Syndrome, he was known to have driven people crazy by rage. His raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness. And in the golden age of America upon us, perhaps like never before, horror. May Robin Michelle rest in peace. It is the worst tweet I've read from anybody, maybe ever. That is horrible. And I don't care what kind of political stance you can take, you. You can't defend that. And I know you can hate Rob Reiner all you want, but come on. We're less than 24 hours from finding dead bodies and.

[Brett Vesely]

That'S awful.

[John Holmberg]

You're surprised? A little bit. Still a little bit. I. Somebody has to say no. That's terrible. Time. I know. We gotta go. You got anything good.

[Brady]

Over there? Peter Billingsley from Christmas Story said it was a surreal moment when he's 18 years old. He watched that A Christmas Story at the Playboy Mansion with.

[John Holmberg]

Hugh Hefner. All right. That's the best thing.

[Byron]

All right.

[John Holmberg]

Way to. Way to clean it back. That's a way to lock her down right there. Good stuff. All right. We gotta go. World. Done. I think.

[Brett Vesely]

Larry's next. I.

[Byron]

Don'T know.

[Brady]

Who's.

[John Holmberg]

Left? Larry's. Happy Hanukkah is here. Larry's upon us. Larry's gonna join you in just moments. Be nice to Larry or else. Have to have something. Gallows humor. Brat's out tonight. Monday Night Football. Where are.

[Brett Vesely]

You going? I'll be over at Sunny's Gentleman's Club.

[John Holmberg]

In.

[Brady]

Chandler. Yes.

[Brett Vesely]

All right. That's the way to work.

[John Holmberg]

Watch it. Pink skin and pig skin. I like what you're.

[Brett Vesely]

Doing. Steelers. So Steelers and Dolphins, no cover till.

[John Holmberg]

Seven.

[Brett Vesely]

O'. Clock. I'll be there from five to seven. $4 beers and two for one. Premium mixed drinks. And of course, we'll have all the KUP stuff.

[John Holmberg]

Out there. I'll give you a jersey. You can let one of the girls have a sexy.

[Brady]

All right. With the.

[John Holmberg]

Number 69. All right, that's hacky. Let's not do that. Yeah. I mean, it's going to say H. All right, that's enough. All right. He's going to go out there. All right. All right, we're done. You guys have your stuff yourselves. A great Monday. We'll see you tomorrow on the Morning Sickness. Hello, Arizona's most powerful rock radio station. He said.