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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
When cowboys cry and dogs poop on pillows, life gets complicated.
We connect with Virgil, who shares the heartbreaking news about losing a cowgirl from his ranch, and learn about the cowboy tradition of letting a deceased person's horse roam free in their honor.
• Virgil requests songs to honor his friend, first getting emotional with Laney Wilson's "Wildflowers and Wild Horses," then lifting spirits with Brooks and Dunn's "Boot Scootin' Boogie"
• Janine announces Show Low's Day of Service this Saturday from 9am-12pm at the district office, where volunteers will help with painting projects
• The "Am I the Jerk Court" features a case about a husband frustrated with his lactose-intolerant wife's chocolate consumption and resulting gas
• Dave rates picnic essentials for National Picnic Day, giving thumbs up to picnic baskets and fresh fruit, but rejecting sushi and chocolate fountains
• Paul from Beaumont shares a story about his daughter's dog leaving an unpleasant surprise on a pillow after eating beans and rice
• The show wraps up with a romantic movie quote challenge in honor of National Lovers Day
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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:Hey, good morning, my friend.
Speaker 1:Oh, virgil, how's our favorite cowboy? You sound a little down today.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I am, oh, no, you lost a cowgirl yesterday.
Speaker 1:Oh no, I'm so sorry. She was one of your cowgirls on the ranch. Yeah, oh no, what happened? That's theet thing that was going around, I guess. Oh gosh, I'm so sorry. Buddy, that's got to be really, really tough whenever you lose a close friend, and especially you know, someone that was a part of your ranch. How are you guys handling it? Are you taking some time off? How are you guys grieving? We're just sitting around right now. Oh, how are you guys grieving?
Speaker 2:We're just sitting around right now. Oh, dude, I'm so sorry, buddy. Oh, we're going to let her horse out to the pasture that's kind of.
Speaker 1:is that like the tradition with cowboys and cowgirls, when you lose one, you let their cow out to pasture?
Speaker 2:Yeah, or their horses.
Speaker 1:Oh, their horses. And then nobody ever bothers them. And nobody will ever ride that horse again. Yeah, nobody, man. That's a sweet tribute. I'm so sorry, Virgil, to you and your crew out there. I'm so sorry for your loss. Is there a song you'd like to play in honor of your friend?
Speaker 2:We don't even know, but we want you to play something for her, okay.
Speaker 1:You pick it for us. This is going to be a tall order. Let me see if I can find one. All right, Virgil told me to keep it upbeat in honor of their friend, so we're going to play a little. Laney Wilson, Wildflowers and Wild Horses going out to Virgil and his crew, the Cowboys and Cowgirls. So sorry for your loss. Good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this?
Speaker 2:Hey, my friend, good morning.
Speaker 1:Oh, Virgil. Oh, how did I do with the song request?
Speaker 2:You just made everybody cry.
Speaker 1:Oh no, and I was trying not to make you cry, I just thought that was a good one, because you told me she was a firecracker, she was wild, so she sounded like a wildflower. So on a scale of 1 to 10, I didn't do good on the song request, you did good, I did good, everybody cried Okay. So we want maybe something just fun and lighthearted. Yeah, whatever you want.
Speaker 2:Whatever I?
Speaker 1:want, but you made everybody cry. Well, I'm so sorry. It's hard not to you know. When you lose a friend like that. I thought that was a good song for her.
Speaker 2:But let's play something to get us up and dancing, hey that was a good song, but you know, even the cowboys were crying.
Speaker 1:Oh no, I'm sorry, cowboys. So you guys want me to play something upbeat that we could dance to. Yeah, let's do that because we're in the barn right now. All right, let's play some Brooks and Dunn Boot Scootin' Boogie. All right, heck, yeah, all right, buddy, love you. Bye. Thank you, my friend. Bye. Let's check in with our best friend, janine Ford at our sister stations Magic 101.7 and Italk 106.7. Janine, are you over there?
Speaker 3:Yes, I am, yes, I am.
Speaker 1:Heck yeah, happy hump day morning. I was wondering if you had any news on the mountain for us.
Speaker 3:News on the mountain. Well, I don't know. It seems like it's a beautiful day, you know, kind of the normal stuff. But I'll tell you one thing I wanted to mention. I'm getting excited for Saturday. This is pretty cool because this is a day of service this Saturday and Shola's putting on a lot of. You have done this before and you can sign up if you want on JustServeorg, one of my favorite websites, JustServeorg or you can just show up, but they're hoping to kind of get a count.
Speaker 3:But this day of service it's volunteering in Sholo. You can bring your whole family, the kids you just want to dress for outdoor work, like with a hat, closed-toed shoes, long-sleeved shirt and gloves. Okay, lunch will be provided after the project. Just show up at 9 o'clock at the district office and that's 500 West Old Linden Road. From 9 am to 12 o'clock, that's this Saturday. Okay, 9 to 12. So a day of service. I just think it's a wonderful, wonderful opportunity. Families come together, give service and they're going to be painting, like you know, the emergency lane in the schools, the way it shows red. All of those are faded and they're cracking stuff and they're going to paint, get fresh paint, like the city of Show Low. They spent like spent like 1600 bucks on all this paint and they're going to be so it's going to be a paint day. So on those clothes that you're wearing, the work clothes, yeah, old work clothes, yeah clothes.
Speaker 1:Yeah, well, that's an awesome thing to do on saturday and uh, you know, giving back and being of service uh really makes you feel good yes, and super good for your whole family. Yeah heck, yeah. Well, that's awesome news, janine. How about when we come back, we do a little? Am I the Jerk Court?
Speaker 3:Ooh let's do it.
Speaker 1:All rise. It's now time for. Am I the Jerk Court with the Honorable Janine Ford presiding you ready? Judge, I am. You got your wig and robe on? Yeah, oh, perfect, okay, alright. Well, you don't need a wig, I guess? Alright, here's the deal. My wife is lactose intolerant and a huge chocolate lover. After Easter, we ended up with a mountain of chocolate from family and she's been devouring it. It's been great seeing her so happy lately, but not so great at night. See, with the lactose intolerance, the gas has been brutal.
Speaker 2:Oh.
Speaker 1:I'm a bit of a germaphobe and the idea of fart particles in the air grosses me out. We've even talked about it and we both agree it's nasty. But every night lately it's like I'm sleeping next to a lawnmower that won't start and it smells like sadness. Last night I've had enough and told her you gotta stop eating chocolate. I wasn't mean, just direct. She took it personally, thought I was calling her fat and I ended up on the couch. Now things feel tense. I love her, but I still think this is a legit issue. Did I handle it all wrong, janine? Is this guy a jerk and what's your advice?
Speaker 3:I'm sorry, I would have the same reaction. I can't handle that. But maybe he should have just gosh. I couldn't sleep. I had to sleep on the couch, something like that. I just was restless. I couldn't sleep until she gets through her chocolate. Maybe that's a better way to handle it, but I don't know, I can't deal with that. I am not. Yeah, yeah, those kinds of conditions, yeah, I would be outside or in another room or fans or whatever I had to do. I just can't do it. I can't do it. That's nasty.
Speaker 1:Would you say hey, listen, you have gas. I don't like it. You need to stop eating chocolate. Would you be upfront with them or you would just ignore the situation until the chocolate's all eaten?
Speaker 3:Yeah, I might. Just knowing me, I would just say, gosh, I couldn't sleep very well. I'm just going to go out, you know, excuse myself and go sleep on the couch for a couple days or something. Just say I couldn't sleep, I'm sorry. And if she pushed me I'd just kind of say well, you know, I think that chocolate is disrupting your stomach and it's kind of not great, and so I just came out here it's no big deal, the chocolate will be gone in a couple days. You know something like that.
Speaker 1:Perfect. Okay, so you're ruling in the case of, am I the jerk for telling my wife not to eat chocolate before bed, so I don't have to smell her farts?
Speaker 3:What's your ruling? Well, you know, I think she needs to just be cooler about it. She is creating a situation. Be cooler about it. She is creating a situation. So I don't think he's a jerk. He could have handled it a little better, but I don't think he's a jerk.
Speaker 1:Well, I bet, if she found this post that he posted on the internet for everyone to see and referred to her farts, that it sounds like he's sleeping next to a lawnmower.
Speaker 3:That won't start, I think she would say he's the jerk.
Speaker 1:But, the Honorable Janine Ford rules. You are not the jerk for telling your wife to stop eating chocolate.
Speaker 3:You can't be rude. She's being rude too. That's just rude yeah.
Speaker 1:On the phone. We have our very own Show. Lo's Dave Ramsey for a segment called Boo or Cool Dave. Today is National Picnic Day. Boo or cool to that Cool. You like picnics?
Speaker 2:Haven't been on one in a long time.
Speaker 1:Oh man, how long has it been since you were at your last picnic About?
Speaker 2:25 years.
Speaker 1:Holy moly, you went with the kids or something.
Speaker 2:No, my kids were already gone by then.
Speaker 1:Oh man, all right. Well, maybe you and I go on a picnic sometime. I'm going to go ahead and read some picnic essentials, some picnic foods, and you tell me if they are boo or cool for your picnic. You ready? Yeah, I'm ready. All right, a picnic basket or a cooler Cool, a first aid kit, I'd say cool, okay, portable speaker, as long as you have an iPhone. How about sushi Boo Boo? Not on a picnic, yeah, that would be kind of gross. What about deviled eggs, boo. What about a chocolate fountain?
Speaker 2:No electricity?
Speaker 1:boo, no electricity. What about a DIY tie-dye kit so you could tie-dye some shirts while you're at a picnic? Cool Board games or card games. Boo, oh, really, you don't like board games.
Speaker 2:I play board games, but at a picnic.
Speaker 1:Nah, boo Boo. Yeah, that's a good point. And last one fresh fruit, cool. There we go. That was boo or cool for National Picnic Day. And for picnics Dave says Cool Woo. And that's my blonde, because Paul from Beaumont said so Yee-yee, Yee-yee, it's everyone's favorite redneck from Beaumont, Texas. Paul from Beaumont. What's going on on this hump day in your neck of the woods?
Speaker 2:Man just trying to make it through today. Man, it started raining on us today, so hopefully it'll kind of clear out on us Nice, drive safe, stay dry.
Speaker 1:Do you have any funny stories?
Speaker 2:you'd like to share from us, from the world of Paul, from Beaumont's family. Well, my daughter texted me the other morning super early. I thought something might have been wrong and I called her and she was like Dad David woke me up this morning. I was like Chelsea, get up. And she was like what she's like. Your dog pooped on my pillow. Yeah, Well, it turned out. Yeah, he pooped on the pillow and then he kind of rolled over in it, but it was his fault, because he let the dog eat beans and rice.
Speaker 1:Oh, they fed their dogs beans and rice. Yeah, you feed your dogs beans and rice. They did, they did, he did. Oh, he did.
Speaker 2:Oh well, that's what he did. He didn't even feed. Yeah, he just let. He doesn't let them eat it off the floor and out of the bowl.
Speaker 1:Well, that's why I make my dog sleep in a kennel. So the dog pooped on his pillow and he didn't realize that he was laying on it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and then the dog went back to the pillow he was on. He like got up off the one pillow, went over to his pillow, did his business and then went back. He was like yeah, that's what you get for feet, let me eat red beans and rice. And then went back to the clean fella.
Speaker 1:What's their dog's name? Amber Heard, duncan. Duncan those dookies. Duncan, those dookies. Hey, paul, you want to play some games? Okay, let's play. All right, paul. Hey, paul, you want to play some games? Okay, let's play. All right, paul. Today is National Lovers Day and Movie Theater Day, so I thought we would do a romantic movie quote challenge with you. I'm going to say a movie quote and you've got to guess what movie that's from you ready?
Speaker 2:Not really, but okay.
Speaker 1:All right, here we go.
Speaker 2:You had me at hello Is it A sleep this, oh, that's the one with Tom Cruise, where he was a McGuire.
Speaker 1:He's a McGuire. What's his first name? It rhymes with Barry Barry McGuire. What it's, jerry McGuire is the name of the movie Jerry McGuire. Yeah, I knew it was McGuire. All right, how about this one? I'm also just a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her. Is it A Bridget Jones' Diary, b Jerry McGuire, c Notting Hill or D? Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Speaker 2:Oh my God, I only know the one movie.
Speaker 1:You haven't watched any of those.
Speaker 2:No, I'm just going to do like I did on SATs. I'm just going to make a lightning bolt here. A.
Speaker 1:A Bridget Jones' Diary. No Correct answer. Notting Hill, All right, Next one.
Speaker 2:Not in my movie vocabulary.
Speaker 1:If you're a bird, I'm a bird. If you're a bird, I'm a bird. Is that from Forrest Gump, titanic, romeo and Juliet or the Notebook?
Speaker 2:That sounds like something Gump would say.
Speaker 1:No, it is not something from Forrest Gump, it is from the Notebook man. You need to watch more romantic movies. Last one, as you Wish. As you Wish. Is it Serving Sarah the Last Kiss, the Princess Bride or the Romantics?
Speaker 2:I'm going to say Wish. I'm going to say Princess Bride.
Speaker 1:There we go, he finally got one right on Romantic Movie Quote Challenge.
Speaker 2:Never seen it, but it sounded right.
Speaker 1:That's good. Anything you want to say to the love of your life on this National Lovers Day. I love you babe.
Speaker 2:Even though I forget to do things sometimes, you still best thing to have. There you go, awesome.
