The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
Ever wonder what really goes on at a small-town morning radio show?
The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett and Best Friends is your daily dose of real callers, big laughs, and unforgettable characters straight from QCountry 925 in Show Low, Arizona.
The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
Horseshoes, Mud Bugs, and Dating Dilemmas
Chris Bennett welcomes a lineup of colorful callers who share glimpses of their daily lives while participating in engaging radio games and discussions.
• Virgil the Cowboy calls in from Eager, Arizona to share that he and the cowboys are shoeing 15 horses while the cowgirls have the day off
• For "Get to Know Your Caller Day," Virgil reveals his comfort food is steak and potatoes and his celebrity crush growing up was Loretta Lynn
• Virgil explains what a "frog" is under a horse's foot and how proper horseshoes affect a horse's comfort
• Big Mike from Snowflake returns after a long absence, participating in rapid-fire questions that reveal his guilty pleasure is peanut butter whiskey
• Paul from Beaumont celebrates National Crawfish Day, sharing that the key to good crawfish is seasoning and beer
• During "Crawfish or Croc," Paul correctly identifies crawfish facts and myths
• Paul wins "Are You Smarter than a Redneck" with his knowledge of bats in celebration of National Bat Appreciation Day
• Janine Ford delivers a critical red flag warning about fire dangers due to high winds, urging listeners to be extremely careful
• Janine and Chris discuss a relationship question about whether it's appropriate for a first date to ask for babysitter money
Remember to be extra cautious today with the red flag warning - no burning of any kind, and be careful with anything that could spark a fire as we head into Easter weekend!
From the Horn Auto Center Studios Chris Bennett and the Morning Brew. Good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this?
Speaker 2:Good morning, my friend.
Speaker 1:Heck yeah, it's Virgil the Cowboy from Eager Arizona. What are you and the Cowboys and Cowgirls up to today?
Speaker 2:The Cowgirls have a day off so they can take care of their family, do their shopping Nice, and the boys are suing the horses for them.
Speaker 1:Nice. What type of shoes are you getting them? Nikes, new Balance, dress shoes, horseshoes, horseshoes. How often do you have to shoe a horse? Oh?
Speaker 2:sometimes they fall off and have to take care of it on the range Right, but today we're going to shoot all 15 of them.
Speaker 1:Oh heck. Yes, that's going to be a busy day. A lot of shoes going on.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's why the boys are here early. They finally beat the ladies.
Speaker 1:Nice. Well, virgil, today is Get to Know your Customer Day, so I thought we'd play a game called Get to Know your Caller Day to get to better know. Virgil the Cowboy, you ready? Go for it. All right, what's your comfort food? What your comfort food Like? What food makes you feel comfortable? Like chicken noodle soup for some pizza, for some Steak and potato? Guys, steak and potatoes. What's the weirdest thing in your car or truck right now?
Speaker 2:Somebody left their boots behind.
Speaker 1:Whose boots have your boot? Whose car have your boots been in? I would say for me it's just a lot of empty fast food stuff. And who was your celebrity crush growing up? Loretta Lynn, loretta Lynn, holy moly, that was Get to Know your Caller with Virgil the Cowboy. Do you and the Cowboys have a song you want to hear today?
Speaker 2:They want you to pick a song for them from Tim McGraw. Whatever you want to pick, they will.
Speaker 1:We got a big old speaker in this barn, so oh, heck yeah you listening to the morning brew in a barn. It doesn't get much more country than that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we listen to you every morning, so Heck. Yeah, they want me to call you, so I call for them.
Speaker 1:Awesome, their hands are tied. Shoeing horses right now.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they're working on them. They're going to king the frogs, and all that under the horse's feet. Awesome, do you know what a?
Speaker 1:frog is under the horse's feet. No, what's a frog under a horse's foot?
Speaker 2:It's that spongy stuff right under their feet. That you know if your shoes are too tight, you don't feel comfortable, right, Right. And if your shoes are too big, you don't feel comfortable, right, Right. It's the same way with a horse.
Speaker 1:Oh, interesting, nice. Well, let me play you a little, tim McGraw, and I hope you guys have a great day shoeing horses and I hope to talk to you tomorrow. Later, my friend, good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris who. Later, my friend, good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this? Hola buenos dias. Holy moly, a blast from the past. Long time caller and listener, big Mike from Snowflake, arizona. It is get to know your customer day, so I want to get to know my callers a little bit. You want to play a little rapid fire question? Sure, since I haven't talked to you in forever? Yeah, all right. What? Sure since I haven't talked to you in forever? Yeah, all right. What's the weirdest thing in your car right now? My son-in-law, your son-in-law, is in like, are you in your car too?
Speaker 3:Well, we just pulled into the job. We're sitting in the truck, oh okay.
Speaker 1:What's your go-to guilty pleasure? Peanut whiskey, Peanut butter whiskey Yep. What's one thing you always keep in the fridge? Beer. And if your life had a theme song right now, what would it be?
Speaker 3:Ooh good question. I don't know, it would just be You're going to put me on the spot there.
Speaker 1:You know me, what would you think? You know I would think much too young to feel this old. There you go. That's perfect. Or honky-tonk badonkadonk no, no, no, awesome. Well, mike, thanks so much for calling in, buddy. It's been a while. I hope you're doing good yes it has.
Speaker 3:We're doing all right, man. Good to hear from you.
Speaker 1:All right, we got to get going. Talk to you later, buddy.
Speaker 2:Woo, and that's my blonde Cause. Paul from Beaumont said so.
Speaker 1:Yee-yee, yee-yee, it's everyone's favorite redneck from Beaumont, texas. Paul from Beaumont. Do you know what day today is?
Speaker 3:Paul, it's them, bull them, crawfish day man.
Speaker 1:That's right, it's National Crawfish Day. I know you're a big fan of the crawfish. To me they don't look good. What's the key to making a good crawdad Seasoning?
Speaker 3:seasoning and beer.
Speaker 1:Ooh, seasoning and good music. You gotta have good music. You can taste the difference. Well, with it being National Crawfish Day, we're gonna check in with the man who knows his mud bugs from his myths, paul fromaumont. It's time for a game called crawfish or croc. I'll read a crawfish fact and, paul, you tell us if it's truth, or a whole croc of crawdads. You ready? Yeah, all right. A crawfish can regrow a lost call. Uh, claw, just like a lizard regrows its tail. Yeah, that is correct. Yeah, yeah, that is. They're like little self-repairing tanks, yeah. Next one Some folks in Louisiana deep-fry crawfish with powdered sugar. Is that crawfish or crock? I think it's crock. Yeah, would it be weird to deep fry your crawfish in powdered sugar, or would that be delicious?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:I mean, it sounds like it could be good, but yeah, I don't think that's right.
Speaker 1:No, no, save it for the beignets. Yeah, there we go. And the last one, a group of crawfish, is called a pinch. I don't think so. You're correct, that is not true, but it's adorable. Oh, look at a little pinch of crawdads. You know, you're.
Speaker 3:Depending on how big they are, that pinch could hurt.
Speaker 1:Have you ever been pinched by a crawdad? Oh yeah, oh yeah, what's the worst thing that's ever happened to you with the crawdad Trying?
Speaker 3:to get one claw off and then the other claw gets you.
Speaker 1:Where did it claw onto you, the finger man? Oh, the finger. Yeah, the very end of the finger where it really hurts, oh goodness gracious. Well, I could think of other places that would hurt more. Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure could. All right, right, that was crawfish or croc coming up. Next it's time for are you smarter than a redneck? Yay, yay, today is national bat appreciation day. So for, are you smarter than a redneck? We're gonna see who knows more about bats. Here we go. First question texas has the largest bat colony in the world.
Speaker 3:Where is it? Yeah, Devil's Sinkhole.
Speaker 1:Oh, let me wait for the multiple choice. It's Wa Drive, congress Avenue Bridge or Bracken Cave.
Speaker 3:Okay, bracken Cave, bracken Cave.
Speaker 1:All right, there you go. I didn't realize you guys had so many bats in Texas.
Speaker 3:Yeah, we got a place by us up in Uvalde called Devil's Sinkhole and you go out there and then, like millions of them come at you and shit and they fly over you and crap on you.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that sounds awful. Have you ever?
Speaker 3:been bit by a bat? No, I've never been bit by one. All right, I would freak out if one of them things landed on me, bro, I would freak out like a little girl.
Speaker 1:Next question All bats drink blood, true or false? False, you didn't say your buzzer, chris, false, oh, we're tied at one apiece in a very controversial. Are you smarter than a redneck? All right. Last question Pick a number from six to ten. Seven, seven, okay, redneck, all right. Last question Pick a number from six to ten. Seven, seven, okay. Bats are known for their use of eco-location to navigate in the dark. What other mammal uses eco-location as well? Paul, paul, go ahead. Dolphin, holy moly, he didn't even need the multiple choice. Bam, bam. That's one smart redneck. Congratulations, paul. We love you, buddy. I hope you have a great day and we'll talk to you tomorrow, I hope.
Speaker 3:Yeah, we'll probably talk to you tomorrow, but Monday for sure. But if we don't talk tomorrow, y'all have a good Friday and a great Easter. You know it, buddy.
Speaker 1:Yee-yee.
Speaker 3:All right, bye-bye.
Speaker 1:Bye. Let's check in with our best friend at her sister's stations Magic 1017 and Italk 1067, janine Ford. Janine, are you over there? Yes?
Speaker 4:yes, yes, how you doing, chris, you never leave, do you? I don't? Yeah, I'm stuck, no, forever. Yeah, no, happy Thursday.
Speaker 1:Happy Thursday. Do you have any news on the mountain?
Speaker 4:we should be aware of Just the big thing that we all need to be very aware of as we move into Easter weekend, which is fun. We do have a big red flag warning today no burning of any kind. Please be careful with your machinery, engines, smoking materials, anything that could spark a fire. We are going to be so windy all day today as the system moves in and then hopefully tomorrow we are going to get a little bit of moisture out of this.
Speaker 3:That's what we're all praying for that.
Speaker 4:We can get a little bit of moisture tomorrow, I think, and we're going to drop down a lot cooler Friday and Saturday night too. So yeah, like we're supposed to, we could see some snow. We could see some snow tomorrow, heck yeah, and the overnight, friday night and Saturday 27 degrees.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh.
Speaker 4:High of only 49 on Saturday. But we've got to get through today these big red flag warnings, so please be careful.
Speaker 1:Please be careful. I moved here from the big city so I didn't understand how important fire safety is and how easy it is to start a fire. It literally takes one spark and then, when you get the winds, that wind could carry that spark or that flame miles away and start a fire somewhere else. So it's so important to follow the restrictions and today's red flag warning.
Speaker 4:Be very, very careful, absolutely.
Speaker 1:Janine, when we come back, you ready to give me some relationship advice. Oh fun, I love that one yeah.
Speaker 1:All right, We'll be right back with relationship advice with Janine Ford. All right, Janine, you ready to give me some relationship advice? Yes, All right, here's the deal. I'm 34 and recently divorced. Just had my first date since marriage ended. I met a great woman, 31, at a friend's party and we hit it off. We texted for a few weeks and after a couple of scheduling delays she's a single mom we finally of scheduling delays she's a single mom we finally went out. I picked her up, we had a great dinner, drinks and ended the night with a kiss.
Speaker 1:It felt easy and fun. But on my way home she texted me and asked me to send her $100 for her babysitter. That caught me off guard. I'd already paid for the whole night and I also have a daughter. I paid my nephew to watch her while I was out. I really like her and I respect that she's a mom, but it feels weird to be asked for money right after the first date. Is this normal or is it a red flag? I'm honestly not sure. Janine, what is your advice to this person?
Speaker 4:Yeah, that's a different one. I don't know. I think that is a little bit of a red flag, because it's kind of odd that somebody would just ask for that. You hardly know the person. And hey, can you pay for my babysitter? You know what I mean? I just think it's a little bit. I mean you can picture messaging hey, can you help me with my electric bill? And they just met. I don't know. It's a little strange, maybe a little bit of a red flag. Maybe he continues to date her a little bit, check it out a little bit more, see if more of that happens, because if she starts having her hand out all the time and she's looking just for a wallet, he needs to kind of watch for that.
Speaker 4:Yeah, To me it's a red flag.
Speaker 1:You didn't even talk about it during the date and it's not really his responsibility to pay for your babysitter, unless she told him up front like I'd love to go, but I have to get a babysitter and I don't have money for a babysitter.
Speaker 4:Right, and if then he volunteered right, then Right, but it is, that's very strange. I mean, you know, like I say, next she might be asking for her electric bill and food and just whatever, and if she's a little bit of a gold digger or a you know, you kind of have to be with her a couple times, watch and see what's going on. But or maybe just if he's not that into her, you know, put the tennis shoes on and get running all right, there we go again.
Speaker 1:Another relationship advice brought to you by new balance running shoes all right, we love you best friend love you too, chris.
Speaker 4:Have a great one, okay, bye.
