Jiu-Jitsu Girl Beats Up Attacker, Chris Cries at Daughter's Wedding

Chris shares the emotional journey of officiating his daughter Madison's wedding and the beautiful story of how she and her husband Beckett evolved from friends to life partners. His composure during the ceremony gave way to tears during the father-daughter dance to a song he used to sing to Madison as a baby.

• Chris's daughter Madisen crafted her own flower arrangements and wedding cake for her botanical garden wedding
• The wedding ceremony celebrated Madisen and Beckett's relationship that grew from friendship to love
• Chris maintained composure during the ceremony but broke down during the father-daughter dance
• A 13-year-old girl in California successfully defended herself against an adult attacker using jiu-jitsu skills
• Young Europeans are creating "Offline Clubs" to disconnect from technology and enjoy screen-free social interactions
• Chris has been nominated for "Best Live Entertainment" in the White Mountain Independence Best Of voting

Vote for Chris Bennett Comedy in the Best Live Entertainment category for the White Mountain Independence Best Of! Your support means everything to us as we continue bringing professional live comedy to the White Mountains.

Transcript

Chris Returns from Daughter's Wedding

Speaker 1 0:00

From the Horn Auto Center Studios Chris Bennett and the Morning Brew. Janine, are you over?

Speaker 2 0:06

there. Yes, I've missed you, Chris. How are you?

Speaker 1 0:10

Oh, I am doing amazing. I'm glad to be back. I missed you as well, yeah, and.

Speaker 2 0:15

I was thinking about you on the wedding. I mean, I was just thinking, I was just trying to bring up pictures in my head of what it might be going like, how was the wedding.

Speaker 1 0:23

Oh my gosh, Janine, it was amazing. My daughter had it at a botanical garden over by Utah, the University of Utah. It's called Red Buttes Garden.

Speaker 2 0:34

Beautiful.

Speaker 1 0:35

And she also made her own flower arrangements. She made her own cake. She did such an amazing job planning this wedding.

Speaker 2 0:43

Talented, like your lovely wife.

Speaker 1 0:45

Yes, definitely, and so I got to officiate the wedding and everybody is asking or thinking how much did he cry? Yeah, and you know what, janine, during I don't know if I just went into like performers mode, yeah, but during the ceremony I got choked up a little bit, but I didn't cry, but I had everyone else crying.

Speaker 2 1:10

Oh see, I knew you would be wonderful, and that's the thing is that I knew you'd be doing it with heart. But you are. You're a consummate professional and you did it with all that heart. Everybody cried, and then you cried after, didn't you? And you did it with all that heart.

Speaker 1 1:25

Everybody cried. And then you cried after, didn't you? Yes, yeah, so I was really proud of the ceremony. It just kind of came to me. I talked to my daughter early on in the week and kind of got an idea of what I wanted to talk about. But she said it was exactly what she wanted. It was funny and sweet. And I talked about how their relationship we weren't just celebrating a wedding, we were celebrating a friendship that has become forever. Because their first date, madison was kind of freaked out at how much Beckett could read her and he was like, oh, I love that dress. It's so light, fun and summery, and that was exactly what Madison was going for, and so it kind of freaked her out and she was like I just want to be friends. And then they just kept communicating and decided like they'd meet up at a party, and when she found out he was going on a date with someone, she realized, oh, I like him more than friends.

Speaker 1 2:17

So, she decided she was going to be the biggest and best flirt at that party they went to, and so she went to that party. She was the biggest and best flirt at that party they went to, and so she went to that party. She was the biggest and best flirt. Everyone noticed she was flirting with Beckett, except for Beckett.

Speaker 2 2:32

He read her flowery dress, but not her very well yeah.

Speaker 1 2:36

And so he was like do you still want to be friends after? His friends are like we don't think she wants to just be friends and so I just talked about how that's such a great foundation for a marriage, because when you think about good spouses and good marriages, it's a lot like good friendship. You listen to each other, you're each other's biggest cheerleaders and you keep showing up. So so sweet, you nailed it. You said, hey, you probably didn't cry during the ceremony, but I bet you cried afterwards yes, yes yeah, so, uh, so, uh.

Speaker 1 3:05

afterwards we took pictures I'm doing fine. Then we go to the reception hall and, uh, my youngest daughter gave a toast to her sister. That was just so touching and sweet so I started to cry then. And then I completely forgot about the father daughter dance that that was going to happen.

Speaker 2 3:24

Oh yeah.

Speaker 1 3:24

And so Beckett was dancing with his mom and Madison comes over, she's like you, ready for our dance next. And I was like what? And I was like what song? And then she played this song that I used to sing to her when she was a baby. Oh, it was like in the jungle, you know, in the jungle, the mighty jungle, oh no. And then that started playing and I broke down like a baby. Oh, my gosh, I ugly cried so hard.

Speaker 2 3:57

It wasn't that little mild tears running down your face.

Speaker 1 4:00

No, I'm glad I didn't have mascara on, because it would have been a mess, I am too, yeah, oh, but man. But yeah, it was just so beautiful and just the whole wedding was just spectacular. My daughter and her husband just knocked it out of the park.

Speaker 2 4:19

Oh, how sweet. I just love this. Were there any like really hilarious, like just funny moments, something that happened that you just guys are going to talk about for years? No, not Somebody falling over a chair or something. No, no.

Speaker 1 4:33

Nobody hurt themselves, which was a surprise. I think all bets would have been on me, but no, yeah, there were no mishaps. It was just the worst thing that happened was my daughter had candles on all the tables and she forgot to light the candles.

Speaker 2 4:50

So she was a little bummed about that. But hey, it was probably just beautiful without them. Yeah, it was great.

Speaker 1 4:56

So that was our wedding recap, janine and I'm glad to be back in the studio and I'm sure it's a lot louder now that I'm here.

Speaker 2 5:04

Yes, yes, we like it, I like it.

Madison & Beckett's Love Story

Speaker 1 5:06

All righty, see, it is Talk About Something Good Tuesday. You want to come back and share some good news? Yeah, sounds good. All right, janine, it is Talk About Something Good Tuesday. And one good thing we have to talk about it's your birthday.

Speaker 2 5:19

Oh, thank you. Yeah, another year around the sun.

Speaker 3 5:23

Happy birthday, yeah it was fun.

Speaker 2 5:24

I had a wonderful birthday weekend. It was fun, my kids came up and we all enjoyed it. It was just great. It was awesome.

Speaker 1 5:30

Nice what you doing anything special today, or your husband doing anything special for you today.

Speaker 2 5:34

Yeah, he still is doing sweet things. I mean, I've got flowers. I've been totally spoiled all weekend and that because all the kids were up, you know, for the holidays. So we did it then. But then tonight he's like okay, we're going to take you out for dinner and I'm like okay.

Speaker 1 5:46

So they're going to. Yeah, you guys been married two years now.

Speaker 2 5:49

Yeah, how long? It's almost three, but we've been together about five years yeah.

Speaker 1 5:59

How long do you?

Speaker 2 5:59

think he's so kind, so sweet. Yeah, he's a great guy, he is a great guy.

Speaker 1 6:05

That's awesome and you know there's some. Did you hear about some good news on my end?

Speaker 2 6:11

Oh yeah, I know I'm sitting here and my phone was going off. I looked and I just wanted to know your big thing, the big thing about Chris, is that, on the best Of oh my gosh, you're in the finals again.

Speaker 1 6:23

Yes, the White Mountain Independence Best Of voting is underway. Everyone was able to nominate their favorite businesses for different categories and for the third year in a row, I am nominated in the top five for Best Live Entertainment.

Speaker 2 6:37

Chris Bennett Comedy. So cool, yay, so awesome. That is so awesome, chris, you so deserve it. I love it.

Speaker 1 6:44

I love it. I just I mean, you know how thankful I am to this community and all the opportunities they have awarded me, and so it's just such a privilege to bring professional live comedy up here on the White Mountains and I appreciate everyone supporting it and supporting all the goofy stuff I do.

Speaker 2 7:01

So, thank you so much. No, thank you, and thank you for keeping the mountain laughing, having fun, looking at the lighter side of life. We so appreciate you Absolutely. Well, thank you so much.

Speaker 1 7:13

Make sure you go and vote for your favorite businesses in each category, and if you could vote for Chris Bennett Comedy and Best Live Entertainment, I'd appreciate it yes, chris Bennett Comedy Best Live Entertainment.

Speaker 2 7:23

I'd appreciate it. Yes, chris Bennett, comedy Chris, chris, chris, yeah.

Speaker 1 7:25

All right, Janine, it's time to talk about something good. What good news do you have for us today?

Speaker 2 7:32

Well, this one's kind of a weird one, but I really liked it. A 13-year-old girl in California okay, she just beat up a grown man who tried to attack her. Yeah, she went off. It was pretty cool, she snapped. It happened earlier this month in Carmel, actually two hours south of San Francisco. She says she was walking home from school when this guy popped out from between two cars and he tried to grab her and then he punched her. But she knows how to handle herself because she's taken jiu-jitsu classes for three years Now she's a 13 year old jujitsu expert, pretty much her jujitsu teacher, said she. She punched him, kicked him, got him in a headlock, kneed him a couple times, spun him around and threw him on the ground and at some point during all of that she stomped on his foot and broke his ankle.

Speaker 2 8:20

She ran home. She ran home. She wasn't hurt and the guy was gone by the time the cops got there, but they're trying to track him down right now. They have a pretty good clue of who he is, I guess, but that is super cool A 13-year-old.

Speaker 1 8:32

Yeah, don't mess with her. Don't mess with her. I wonder if I could pay her to be my bodyguard.

Father-Daughter Dance Tears

Speaker 2 8:36

I know, I know and no, and yeah, you just don't expect that out of a 13-year-old. That's awesome.

Speaker 1 8:41

Way to practice your jizz issues Sweet.

Speaker 2 8:45

Yeah, I was like sliding that out.

Speaker 1 8:49

All right, janine. It's time for me to share some good news Real quick. Janine, answer this for me Could you survive a full day without your phone? No, no, me, neither, me, neither. But in a time where we're all glued to our screens, it seems 24-7, a growing number of young adults across Europe are unplugging and they're doing it on purpose.

Speaker 2 9:13

Oh yeah, I know I need to be able to.

Speaker 1 9:16

I know Me too. It's a movement called the Offline Club, which started in Amsterdam and it's spreading across cities like London, berlin and Paris. Called the Offline Club, which started in Amsterdam and it's spreading across cities like London, berlin and Paris, and they host these screen-free meetups and cafes where people put away their phones and reconnect through board games, reading or just real conversation the old-fashioned way, and they even offer digital detox retreats where you don't have your phone, you don't have your laptop. It's just life before the internet. And this is kind of a direct response to growing concern about social media's effect on mental health, and a recent survey showed that 47% of teens wish they could have grown up in a world without the internet, which I'm kind of glad I did. So today we celebrate young people trading in screen time for real time.

Speaker 2 10:02

Yeah, what an idea, yeah.

Speaker 1 10:04

I don't want to do it, though. I get those screen updates on my phone telling me how long I've been on the phone, and I usually spend eight to ten hours on my phone a day, ooh, okay.

Speaker 2 10:15

You beat me, yeah, but still, my big thing is, I like to have it just to check if there's something wrong out there.

Speaker 2 10:24

You know, and I'm a stalker I can see where my kids are you know what I'm saying so I will check in to share my phone thing, my son and my daughter-in-law that you know she's pregnant and stuff like that and she, they're down in the valley and everything and we just share our locations. It's kind of nice I can see where they are and they're safe at home at night. I'm a checker, just make sure everything, but he's safe, so I'm a stalker, yeah.

Speaker 1 10:48

And technology makes stalking super easy. Well, that was some good news on this talk about something good Tuesday. Good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this?

Speaker 3 11:00

Good morning, my friend.

Speaker 1 11:01

Heck, yes, it's Virgil the Cowboy, everybody's favorite cowboy, out of Eager Arizona man, I missed you, buddy. I didn't have live shows last week, it was just all recorded. Did you miss me?

Speaker 3 11:13

Oh yeah, yeah, we tried to get one of our girls' birthday today.

Speaker 1 11:19

Oh heck yeah, it's Janine Ford's birthday today. Oh heck, yeah, it's Janine Ford's birthday today. And then who's your cowgirl? Whose birthday is it today?

Speaker 3 11:25

DaBaby.

Speaker 1 11:26

DaBaby, is that her name? Is that what you call?

Talk About Something Good Tuesday

Speaker 3 11:29

her. We call her Baby Girl.

Speaker 1 11:31

Baby Girl, that's her nickname. Yep, oh, that's cool. How old is Baby Girl?

Speaker 3 11:36

She just turned 25.

Speaker 1 11:38

Oh, heck, yeah, she's the youngest cowgirl of the bunch.

Speaker 3 11:41

Yep, she started, she was 22 years old.

Speaker 1 11:45

Now you just call her baby girl because she's the youngest.

Speaker 3 11:49

Yes, what would my nickname be if I worked on your ranch? I got to get to know you first.

Speaker 1 11:57

What do you mean? You listen to me every morning. You don't know me enough to give me a cool nickname the Talker, the Talker, heck, yes, I love it. What's your nickname? Do you just go by Virgil or do they call you a cool nickname? Yeah, virgil, oh, virgil, that's it. You don't have like an old baby girl or old baby boy name or something. I don't think so. No, today is National Habno, or what is it? It's Nothing to Fear Day. Do you have any fears? Like I don't like the dark and I don't like heights.

Speaker 3 12:33

I'm scared of getting thrown from a horse and getting hurt.

Speaker 1 12:37

Has that ever happened to you?

Speaker 3 12:39

Yes, many a times.

Speaker 1 12:41

When was the last time you were thrown from a horse?

Speaker 3 12:43

No, she gave me a black eye.

Speaker 1 12:45

Oh, no, why.

Speaker 3 12:47

Because I didn't put a tie down on her.

Speaker 1 12:49

Oh gosh, dang it. Well, virgil, I'm going to give you a list of fears and I want to know if you have this fear or not. You ready? Yeah, all right, snakes in your sleeping bag, fear or not?

Speaker 3 13:03

Fear.

Speaker 1 13:04

Yes, heck, yes. Has that ever happened to you? Nope, you ever have a snake in your boot? Nope, oh, that's good. Running out of coffee before sunrise Fear or not? Not? Yeah, because you don't even drink coffee, right, yeah, what about backing up a horse trailer in front of people? Fear or nah? Nope? Oh gosh, virgil, that gives me so much anxiety. I hate parallel parking too. You. Is that a fear or no? Nope, all right. And last one, stepping on a Lego barefoot Fear or nah? Fear? Yeah, that stinks. Have you ever done that?

Speaker 3 13:48

Many a times.

Speaker 1 13:51

Well, it is Baby Girl's birthday. Happy birthday to you, Baby Girl. What song do we want to play for her today?

Speaker 3 13:58

She can ride rope, hammer and paint. Whoever sings that song, she can do that.

Speaker 1 14:02

She can ride rope, hammer and paint. You ever seen that song? She can do that. She can ride rope, hammer and paint. Yep, heck, yeah. Well, let's play it. That is Brooks and Dunn Hard Workin' man, and it sounds like Baby Girl is a hard-working woman.

Speaker 3 14:13

She's a lady yep Yep.

Speaker 1 14:14

Heck. Yeah. Well, sweet Happy birthday to you, Baby Girl. And here you go. Here's Brooks and Dunn with Hard Workin' man. I hope you and the cowgirls and cowboys have a great day.

Speaker 3 14:25

Yeah, everybody's gonna get off today.

Speaker 1 14:26

Oh, they're off.

Speaker 3 14:28

Yeah.

Speaker 1 14:28

Oh heck, yeah Sweet.

Speaker 3 14:30

We're cooking bologna and cheese right now.

Speaker 1 14:33

Oh dude, I've never had that bologna and cheese sandwich.

Speaker 3 14:37

Yeah, with tortillas, ooh yum yum, yum, all right.

Speaker 1 14:41

You know what?

Speaker 3 14:47

You will find out.

Speaker 1 14:50

All right, Virgil, Talk to you later. Buddy Bye.

Speaker 3 14:52

Later Woo, that's my blonde. Paul from Beaumont said so.

Speaker 1 14:58

Yee-yee, Yee-yee, Holy moly, it's Paul from Beaumont man. I have missed you. It has been seven seven like weekdays since we have not had you on the show. What have you been up to?

Speaker 3 15:14

I've been up, man. Well, you've been pretty busy too, man. You know, I went from prison to there goes the bride, there walks my daughter away, uh-oh, you know.

Speaker 1 15:26

Yeah, no, I've been really busy. Did you listen to any of the podcasts to get a recap of the prison show?

Speaker 3 15:33

No, not really. I'll be honest, I only listen to the radio too much when I'm driving.

Speaker 1 15:40

Yeah, well, dude, the podcast comes out daily. It's just like 10 to 20 minutes of highlights of our best calls from the show, and you are a big star of it, so you should totally be listening to it, and I share the link every day on our Q Country page and my page so you can listen that way, or it's also available to listen on YouTube. But do you want a little recap of the prison show?

Speaker 3 16:05

Yeah, yeah, I mean, you're here so you didn't get shamed.

Speaker 1 16:08

No, no. So we did two shows. The first show got started a little late and then it was while I was on stage they came looking for like a prisoner and that was kind of weird. But luckily that prisoner wasn't in the comedy show. But there was not that many guards, dude it was. So there were probably the first show probably 80 to 100 inmates and then maybe one guard I don't know, but it was medium security and the first show they definitely were a little more vocal in their laughter but I was nervous. But the first show it was definitely the audience. It was a smaller audience and they were not as easy to make laugh and they kind of wanted us to rip on them. Like there were these guys in the front row that said, hey, you can make fun of us. It's like I'm not falling for that dude.

Speaker 3 17:06

Yeah, no, no, there's only one guard in here, dude?

Speaker 1 17:09

Yeah, no way, Matter of fact, I'm watching my jokes, yeah, and we recorded both shows and, of course, the first show where I did better. I didn't get a good recording of that, so I got a good recording of the set where I didn't do very well.

Speaker 3 17:26

Maybe you should ask the fresheners how do you get good recordings here? Because I mean they get recorded good when they get questions before they get sent to the big house.

Speaker 1 17:35

That's right. That's right. I know you're bummed that I didn't sob like a baby during the ceremony.

Speaker 3 17:42

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I really am. I'm, yeah, that's kind of a letdown, but I guess you saw your daughter walking down the aisle and you were like. I cannot mess this up.

Speaker 1 17:56

Yeah, no, I was in game mode, for sure, but everyone else was crying and that said I did a good job. And then, you know, I bawled like a baby at the reception, but I did not ruin my daughter's wedding by crying too much. What have you been up to? It's been like a whole week. What's happened in the life of Paul from Beaumont? Give us some updates on our favorite redneck.

Speaker 3 18:20

Well, Daddy went and did a big boy purchase and got him a new Chevy truck.

Speaker 1 18:24

Heck yeah, what type of Chevy truck you get.

Speaker 3 18:29

I got the Colorado ZR2, which is like the top tier Nice.

Speaker 1 18:37

Our friends at Horn Auto Center are going to be bummed that you didn't get one from them.

Speaker 3 18:42

I know, man, I wish I could have, but I mean, I don't want to take vacation days yet.

Speaker 1 18:52

And anything. What did you guys do this weekend? Any?

Speaker 3 18:57

fun redneck activities. Oh man, let's see, we did a little crawfish bowl. We went yesterday on day news and hung out at the pool.

Speaker 1 19:11

Just regular old hot dogs with a little chili on it. Heck, yeah, it sounds like a great weekend. Paul, today is actually Nothing to Fear Day. Do you have any weird fears? Yeah, what Doctors and needles. Doctors and needles.

Speaker 3 19:30

I hate the dark and I'm not a big fan of heights either, but yeah, I did ride that ride and it got me sick here a couple months ago.

Paul from Beaumont Returns

Speaker 1 19:41

Well, paul, when we come back, let's find out if I'm smarter than a redneck with a nothing to fear day themed. Are you smarter than a redneck? You ready? Yeah, I ain't scared. It is now time for. Are you smarter than a redneck? You ready? Yeah, I ain't scared, it is now time for? Are you Smarter Than a Redneck On this Nothing to Fear Day, paul?

Speaker 1 19:57

I thought we'd play a game where I give you a name for a fear and then we got to see who can answer what the fear is correctly. For example, arachnophobia is what? Spiders? Yeah, the fear of spiders. There we go. Alright, you ready, there's nothing to fear, but fear itself. Alright, here we go. And these are hard to pronounce too. Lupus lipophobia, lupus lipophobia. Is it A the fear of wolves, b fear of being chased by wolves while wearing socks on a duly waxed floor, or C fear of biting your tongue, chris, I'm going to say fear of biting tongue. Nope, it is not fear of biting tongue, it's either fear of wolves. No, lupus lipophobia is the fear of being chased by wolves while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor. That's an actual fear.

Speaker 3 20:54

That is a dumbest fear, okay.

Speaker 1 20:59

Okay, next, next, all right, that is a dumbest fear. Xanthophobia Is it the fear of the color yellow? B fear of saxophones. Or C fear of X-Men movies. After the third one Xanthophobia, chris, I'm going C fear of X-Men movies. After the third one, xanthophobia, chris, I'm going to say fear of yellow. Boom. There we go, I'm up 1-0. This last question, paul, is worth a million points. If you get it right, you can steal and win. Pick a number from 1 through 10. Seven, seven, seven, seven. Omphalophobia O-M-P-H-A Omphalophobia Is it the fear of belly buttons, fear of office supplies or fear of pie crusts?

Are You Smarter Than a Redneck?

Speaker 3 21:46

Paul, paul, I'm going to go with B because it's got an O A fear of office supplies, yeah, no, no.

Speaker 1 21:58

Omphalophobia is the fear of belly buttons.

Speaker 3 22:04

I'm glad I ain't scared of nothing.

Speaker 1 22:07

You haven't seen my belly button, mine's gross. You'd probably be fearful of that.

Speaker 3 22:11

Well, maybe then.

Speaker 1 22:13

Well, paul, sorry you are not smarter than a very handsome radio DJ, but, man, we had fun with you and I hope you have a great day and we'll talk to you tomorrow, absolutely, y'all. Have a great day, talk to y'all later. Bye-bye.