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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
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What happens when a radio host's schedule includes both a prison comedy show and officiating his daughter's wedding in the same month? Chris Bennett's wildly varied May calendar becomes the perfect launchpad for this laugh-filled episode that dives into unconventional performances, awkward dating stories, and heartwarming family news.
Producer Ryan kicks things off by catching up with Chris about his upcoming shows—from a homeowners association event in Mesa to two separate comedy performances at a Yuma prison. The prison gig has Chris contemplating whether to channel Johnny Cash by wearing all-black attire and planning to film the shows for a potential comedy special called "Chris Goes to Prison." Between jokes about inmates not getting his references, Chris reveals he'll also be officiating his daughter's wedding later this month.
The episode takes an unexpected turn when Ryan shares an exclusive dating story saved for podcast listeners only. After finally matching with someone attractive on a dating app, Ryan discovered she was in an open marriage that required husband pre-approval for dates. The resulting three-person meetup at a local brewery started promisingly but ended with Ryan being ghosted after the husband informed him there "wasn't a vibe." As one Facebook Live viewer commented, Ryan may have narrowly escaped being trafficked, though he quipped traffickers probably weren't targeting "46-year-old single men with chihuahua dogs."
Between games celebrating Noise Awareness Day and National Bugs Bunny trivia, the most heartwarming moment comes when Janine Ford shares her emotional Easter weekend discovery—both her sons and their partners are expecting babies due the same week in December. The surprise dual pregnancy announcements, including one revealed through a scratch-off card, created an unforgettable family celebration.
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Morning Brew with Producer Ryan
Speaker 1Chris Bennett and the Morning Brew. Good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this? It's Producer.
Speaker 2Ryan.
Speaker 1Heck. Yeah, it is my best friend, producer Ryan, emmy Award winning Producer Ryan, who now lives in North Carolina. How's it going?
Speaker 2Oh, it's going great. It's a beautiful morning out here. Just thought I'd call in and say what's up, show Lo.
Speaker 1What's up, show Lo, it's so good to hear from you, brian, and I have an exciting month. Brian, I have such an eclectic group of shows this month. Tomorrow I'm doing a show for a homeowners association in Mesa. The next day, on the second Friday, I'm hosting the City of Show Low's anniversary party, the Barbecue Throwdown at Frontier Field from 5 to 9.30. And then later in the month, like mid-May, may 15th or 16th, you got us a show at a prison in Yuma and then I have a show in Cottonwood the next day, and then the end of the month I am officiating my daughter's wedding. So I'm performing at a prison, an HOA, and officiating my daughter's prison. It's quite the.
Speaker 2I mean, you know and people said you'd never make it in this industry. So look at you now baby.
Speaker 1Look at me now, baby. So look at you now, baby. Look at me now, baby. I'm a little nervous for the show, but I understand there's been such a. You know, a lot of the prisoners are so excited for the show They've asked us to do not one but two shows.
Speaker 2Yeah, there's so many prisoners that want to see the show that they can't accommodate all of them in the showroom, so they're asking us to do two comedy shows for two groups. Could be interesting. I don't know, we'll see how it goes. I, you know my I have a childhood friend who's been in that prison for 28 years, right, and so I'm thinking he's not going to get a lot of the references, I know, but it'll be interesting, yeah it's.
Speaker 1I'm doing it for the story, we are going to film it and I'm hoping to create a comedy special called Chris Goes to Prison, and maybe I should wear all black like Johnny Cash or like I was thinking I was thinking about wearing all black like Johnny Cash, or like I was thinking I was thinking about wearing all black myself, just like that.
Speaker 2yeah, uh, for the for the Johnny Cash reference, but uh, yeah, I don't know yeah, we'll see.
Speaker 1It's gonna be uh a great story, no matter what, and we have our friend Lamar Mitchell JR, who I've had uh up here for shows. He's gonna be to be joining us, and Lauren Rachel is going to be joining us as well. Did you call him Lamar?
Speaker 2Mitchell JR instead of Junior. Yeah, I think that's what he goes by. Really I do. That's interesting. I've never heard that.
Speaker 1No, no, yeah, yeah, ask him next time. You see him. I think he goes by Lamar Mitchell JR, even though he is a junior, but I don't know. Hey, you want to play a game this morning? Sure For Noise Awareness Day, ryan, I'm going to play a couple noises and you have to tell me what the noise is. Are you ready?
Speaker 2I am so ready I'm going to kill this. All right, first one here we go.
Speaker 1What's that? I believe that's a pig. That is your ex-girlfriend. Oh hey, yo hey yo no, you are right, claudia what are you doing on the phone? All right, next one, next one, here we go.
Speaker 2All right. What's that? Is that a? I couldn't really hear it very well, but is that a printer?
Speaker 1No, no it is A blender, blend it up, oh a blender.
Speaker 2Yeah, blend.
Speaker 1It up on our protein shake, because you know how much.
Speaker 3I like my protein shakes.
Speaker 1All right, next one.
Speaker 2What is it that would be?
Speaker 1a squeaky toy. It is a rubber duck.
Speaker 2How am I supposed to know what kind of squeaky toy it is?
Speaker 1That's just what it says, and that's also the sound my tummy makes whenever somebody pokes in my belly.
Speaker 2All right, and you are a human squeaky toy.
Speaker 1I am a human, uh squeaky toy. And last one, here we go all right, what's that?
Speaker 2that is the sound of my career.
Speaker 1That's right, that is a toilet flushing. That was noise awareness on Noise Awareness Day with producer Ryan. Thanks for calling in, buddy, I love you and I'm nervous and excited for our prison show in Yuma.
Speaker 2It's going to be interesting, no matter what, yeah.
Chris's Eclectic May Performance Schedule
Speaker 1All right, we have a little bonus edition with producer Ryan. This is just for the podcast, too hot for the radio. So I asked you about your dating life. Any fun dating stories in Wilmington, north Carolina?
Speaker 2Yeah, so I've been really striking out on the dating apps. You know, haven't been getting any matches, haven't been getting any matches and finally I got a match.
Speaker 2Heck yeah, she's very attractive, but apparently I hadn't read her profile when I, you know, swiped right. I just I saw she was cute and I just swiped right. I just I saw she was cute and I just swiped right. And then I went back after we matched and noticed that it's actually a situation where she's married, but they're in an open relationship. Oh okay. However, to get a date with the wife, you have to go through the husband first.
Speaker 1So you basically have to do a pre-interview with the husband and then you tell him where you want to take her on a date and he approves it.
Speaker 2Something like that. So what happened was, you know, I was chatting with the woman and she's like okay, I'm ready to go on a date with you, but you have to set it up through my husband. She gave me his information to text with him and he was like you sound cool? I was like, are we now best friends? Because this guy was awesome? We were just chatting it up like two old pals and uh, he was like okay, you want to date my wife? Uh, sounds good, but first we need to uh go out, all three of us together oh my god there's, see if there's vibes, see if there's vibes.
Speaker 2And so we met up at like a little brewery here in Wilmington called Pony-saurus oh, that's awesome, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I'm not drinking these days. I had an old Diet Coke, oh heck yeah.
Speaker 2And they were throwing back the brewskis and I thought we had a nice time. We sat and chatted for an hour and a half, chatted about all kinds of different things, and then we all gave each other hugs at the end and said, okay, well, I'll hear from you soon. And then I opened the dating app the next morning and noticed she had unconnected with me, she had unmasked with me, and I messaged the husband, I said what happened and he goes oh, she didn't think there was. He thought you were nice, but she didn't think there was any vibe. So I had to hear from the guy that I didn't connect.
Speaker 1And then did you ask him well, can you and I still be friends?
Noise Awareness Day Game
Speaker 2I didn't. I felt awkward about it because he didn't say like, hey, you and I should go get a drink or something like that. I just felt weird about it and kind of walked away with my tail between my legs.
Speaker 1I just felt weird about it and kind of walked away with my tail between my legs.
Speaker 2Well, there's plenty of other married couple fish in the sea.
Speaker 1That's what I'm hoping for. Liz Walburn on the Facebook.
Speaker 2Live says I feel like you just missed being trafficked.
Speaker 1You know what?
Speaker 2I don't know if a lot of traffickers are looking for a 46 year old single man with a chihuahua.
Speaker 1Maybe Alright. Well, dude, thanks so much for sharing that story with us, ryan, and love you, buddy. We'll talk to you later. Alright, later Woo, and that's my blog Because Paul from Beaumont said so. Woo Woo, heck. Yeah, it's everyone's favorite redneck from Beaumont, texas. Paul from Beaumont, how are you holding up buddy?
Speaker 2I'm doing good. I just want to say thanks to everybody that's sitting there condolences and prayers.
Speaker 3I felt y'all, thank y'all.
Speaker 1Yeah, we love you, buddy. It was your grandpa, right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So what are you doing now? Do you have the week off? Are you heading home? You sound like you're driving.
Speaker 3Yeah, I went back to work today. I'm going to work today. It's morning Takeoff.
Speaker 1Friday Heck, yeah, sounds good. Today is National Honesty Day. On a scale of 1 to 10, how important is honesty to you? Ten, ten, that's right. I thought we would play a fun little game. Country edition two truths and a lie. I'm going to name a country artist and you have to tell me which one is the lie. You ready, let's do this? All right, luke Combs he played football in college before switching to music. That's true. You're saying that's true. Okay, his debut album, his debut. Are you going to let me finish? Go ahead, let me read the choices. His debut album, this One's For you, went three times platinum and he proposed to his wife, nicole, in a kitchen. What is the lie? Oh, my God. Proposed to his wife, nicole, in a kitchen.
Speaker 3What is the lie? Oh my God.
Speaker 1Proposed to his wife in a kitchen or played football. That is the lie. That is the lie. He played rugby, not football. Interesting, he's a big boy.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1I didn't even think he played rugby.
Speaker 2He just did rugby athletics.
Ryan's Unusual Dating Experience
Speaker 1All right. Next one, reba McIntyre. She was discovered singing the national anthem at a rodeo. She has her own line of clothing and home goods and her first number one single was Fancy. Which one is the lie? That is her number, her first number one single. Although Fancy is iconic, it was not her first number one. And last one, a little Dolly Parton for you. She turned down a nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She once entered a Dolly Parton lookalike contest and lost. Or she was born in Dollywood, tennessee, born in Dollywood, tennessee. That is the lie. That Dollywood didn't exist when she was born. It's her own invention. But that's hilarious. That she once entered a Dolly Parton lookalike contest and lost. Yeah, I think that was at Gillies too. Oh really. Oh, they're in Texas. Oh, you think Today is National Bugs Bunny Day.
Speaker 1So we're going to do a little Bugs Bunny trivia to see who is smarter. Your name is your buzzer. Here we go. What is the first appearance, early version of Bugs Bunny? Was it Porky's Hair Hunt? Television series, motor park or judge's court? Chris, I'm going to say Porky's Hair Hunt. All right, I am correct. Ding, ding, ding, ding.
Speaker 1The cartoon was released in 1938 and features Bugs Bunny as a secondary character. All right. Next question Bugs Bunny was created by whom? Is it Ben Hardaway, cal Dalton, prototype, tex Avery, official or all of the above? Paul, paul, go ahead. Tex Avery, tex Avery, I'm going to say all of the above. Correct answer, all of the above, holy moly. He was initially created by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton as a prototype, and then later, tex Avery developed the official version of Bugs Bunny. Therefore, all three individuals played a role in the creation of Bugs Bunny. I am up two to zero. This last question is worth a million. If you get itugs Bunny. I am up two to zero. This last question is worth a million. If you get it right, you can win. Here we go. What is the nationality of Bugs Bunny? Is it American, british, german or Japanese?
Speaker 2Paul, American man American.
Speaker 1That's what I think and that is the correct answer. Bugs Bunny is proud to be an American and you are smarter than a very handsome radio DJ. That's what's up, Doc.
Speaker 2That's right, buddy. That's what's up.
Speaker 1Yeah, all right, buddy, have a great day. All right, you silly rabbit, see you. You silly rabbit, talk to you tomorrow. Bye, all right.
Speaker 2Bye-bye.
Speaker 1Let's check in with our best friend, janine Ford, over at our sister stations Magic 1017 and Italk 1067. Janine, are you over there? Yes, I am.
Speaker 3Heck yeah, happy hump day, last day of the month.
Speaker 3That's right, oh gosh, april is over. Any exciting news in your neck of the woods? Well, I can finally tell you my big exciting story of kind of like the year. Okay, it's been a secret because not everybody knew so I couldn't tell. Okay, this is what happened. This is it in a nutshell.
Speaker 3We go down the day before Easter to my son Cody and his wife Kennedy's house. Right, we're sitting there having Gatorades and in the middle of the table there's a little stack of scratcher cards and I know they don't really gamble, but I'm kind of like going God, you got scratcher cards there. And he goes yeah, dad got them for us. And he goes Mom, I won $70 on one of those things. He said we still have a few more Scratch won and he was super cool about it. So I scratched it and three gold bars. And then I go to scratch the price and it says we're having a baby. And so, yeah, baby, but that's not the biggest shock. Okay, the next day is Easter, the entire family is standing around the table and he says to me mom, no one else knows his brother Austin, and Karina, his sweetheart, nobody knows my brother's there. Tons of people, okay, lots of family and friends.
Speaker 3And so I give the Mom at the end, say please bless the baby that's about to come into our family. I get to the end of the prayer, I say please bless this baby that's going to enter our family in about six months, and the parents, cody and Kennedy, and everybody erupts. I can barely say amen, right. So then there's a funny look on my other son's face and his friend says oh, maybe Austin and Rena are pregnant. And we all laugh. You know, I said you guys aren't pregnant too. And then he kind of says under his breath well, yeah, mom, we are too. And nobody knew. Both the brothers didn't know. They scream Cody picks Austin up. I mean it's like crazy, and they're due the same time. Chris, the first children, my two boys, their first babies, are due the same week.
Speaker 3First week in December, oh my gosh, I know, oh man, oh, my gosh, I mean my first grandkids, and I'm getting two first week in December.
Speaker 1Oh, my gosh, holy moly, congratulations. That is such exciting news. Are you ready to be a grandma?
Speaker 3Oh yes, Because see, Clint has adorable grandchildren he's been sharing with me.
Speaker 1We have five.
Speaker 3So I play with them and love them and they're awesome kids. But this is going to be super cool.
Speaker 1So now we're going to have seven Full house, holy moly, that's great news, best friend, congratulations, super excited. Yeah, do you feel like doing a little? Am I the jerk court today? Yes, yes, all right, all rise and welcome to. Am I the Jerk Court? The Honorable Janine Ford presides. You got your robe and wig on. Oh, yeah, all right, the white powder wig, yeah, oh wonderful.
Country Music Trivia with Paul
Speaker 1Okay, here's today's story and when we come back we'll get your ruling. So today at work we had a little fiesta themed lunch event. While I was in line, I opened my Nest app and saw a bird that's been visiting my house every day. I laughed and said out loud this bird comes to visit me every day out of nowhere. A coworker who's made pregnancy jokes before walked up, rubbed my belly and said maybe it's because you've got a baby bird on the way. Oh my gosh. I felt immediately a wave of rage Like why are we still doing this in 2025? So I snapped and said don't be wishing that kind of bad luck on me. She looked shocked and even my boss gave me a weird look like I was the one out of line. But seriously, why are we still doing this in 2025? I didn't ask to be touched. I'm not pregnant and I don't think that kind of comment is cute or funny. So now I'm asking am I the jerk for reacting this way? Janine, what do you say?
Speaker 3Okay, I think she's overreacting a little bit yeah.
Speaker 1Yeah, people think I'm pregnant all the time.
Speaker 3Exactly, and you know, I don't know, I think it's a little overreaction. I mean, I don't think the co-worker was meaning anything by it. You know, I don't know.
Speaker 1Yeah, I mean, it's not a good idea to touch anyone's belly and it is bad practice to ever assume a lady is pregnant, right?
Speaker 3Yes, yeah, I agree, and maybe you don't touch, you know, you could do a little air rub on the belly, you know, four inches out and say the same thing. But you know, maybe, but that massive, dramatic overreaction, you know I don't know, I don't know, okay, interesting.
Speaker 1So in the case of, am I the jerk for yelling at my coworker who said I might be pregnant? You rule.
Speaker 3I don't think she's a jerk, I don't know, I just maybe, maybe, maybe you're a jerk. But also here's another side to this is if that person I would like to know is if I saw a picture if she was a little bit heavy, like she has a little pooch, a little stomach. It would be much, much more rude. I don't know, I don't know. I just I'm kind of it of I'm torn on this one, but I don't. I think she overreacted.
Speaker 1Okay, so you're going to say she is the jerk.
Speaker 3A little bit. Yeah, okay, don't overreact, just chill, and it's always better to just handle it, slough it off. If you're irritated, just say, hey, that wasn't so cool, right.
Speaker 1Come on, don't take things too seriously. All right, janine Rules, you are kind of the jerk. There you go. All right, janine, you're the best. Thanks for having fun and again, congratulations, thank you and have a great day. You too.
Speaker 3Okay, bye-bye.
Speaker 1Good morning. It's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this? Good morning my friend Heck yeah, it's everyone's favorite cowboy out of Eager Arizona, virgil the Cowboy. How are you guys doing on this hump day? We are?
Speaker 2really busy.
Speaker 1We're cleaning up the milk that they left behind. Yeah, so you were having a cookout yesterday in honor of your cowgirl friend, who recently passed away. And how was the cookout? Did it get a little wild?
Speaker 2Oh, we had more people come than we thought would come.
Speaker 1There was hundreds and hundreds of people here. How many? Over a hundred, Holy moly man. Everyone came to pay their respects and have a good time at the cookout.
Speaker 2Yeah, we even had a dance going on.
Speaker 1Oh nice, what type of dance, Like country line dancing slow dancing. Yeah, country western. Yeah, yeah. Have you ever done the Macarena? No, I don't even know how to dance. You didn't dance at all. I just walk around. Oh nice Heck. Yeah, you know how to dance. You didn't dance at all, I just walk around. Oh nice heck. Yeah, you walk around and you be mysterious. Yeah, yeah. Um. Well, is there a song you guys want to hear this morning?
Speaker 2yeah, they wanted to hear that. Uh cowgirl rides away.
Speaker 1I don't know who sings that, but oh, yes, uh, I think you're talking about john party. Ain't always the cowboy that rides away, or is it George Strait the cowboy rides away? No, I think the other one, the John Party. All right, hey how about when we come back? Today is National Honesty Day and I was wondering if you want to play a little two truths and a lie with me.
Speaker 2Go for it.
Speaker 1All right, how about you give me two truths and a lie about yourself and I try and spot the lie? How does that sound? All right? All right, go ahead, give me two truths and a lie about Virgil.
Speaker 2I take care of my people and I walk over them and the lie is I'm a mean person. I'm a mean boss.
Grandma Janine's Big News
Speaker 1You're not supposed to tell me what the lie is. I'm supposed to spot it. But you take care of people, you love people, and the lie is you're a mean boss. Are you a super nice boss? Why should someone want to work for you? Because they like the way I boss them around. All right, I'll give you two truths and a lie about me, and you've got to guess which one's the lie. You ready, all right? All right, this month I am doing a comedy show at a prison in Yuma Maximum Security Prison in Yuma. I am officiating my daughter's wedding and I am also doing a comedy burlesque show. Which one is the lie? Virgil, the last one? Ah, you are right, it is the last one, although I have done a burlesque comedy show and it was a lot of fun. Well, virgil, thanks for having fun with us today on this National Honesty Day. I hope you have a great rest of your day and hopefully we'll talk to you tomorrow. Later, my friend, later, buddy Bye.
