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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
Behind the Mic: Prison Laughs, AI Dating Fails, and New Country!
Ever wondered what it's like to make prisoners laugh so hard they forget where they are? Producer Ryan joins Chris on the Morning Brew to share heartwarming feedback from their recent comedy show at a local prison. "A couple prisoners said the best part is, during the show they didn't even feel like they were in prison," Ryan reveals, offering a touching glimpse into how humor can transcend even the most confining circumstances.
The conversation takes an unexpected turn when Ryan explains how he's turned to artificial intelligence for dating advice. "When I want to text a woman but it's too soon because you've got to play it cool... I text ChatGPT and ask how long I should wait." In a twist that's both hilarious and slightly concerning, Ryan shares how ChatGPT recently calculated a 70% chance he'd be ghosted by a new crush – a prediction that proved eerily accurate. It's a relatable moment that showcases how technology increasingly intersects with our most human experiences.
Country music artist Austin Burke calls in to thank the station for premiering his unreleased song "I Missed the Boat," sharing that his father lives in the listening area and loves the station. Between ticket giveaways for the Monster Truck Nitro Tour and Arizona Diamondbacks games, we hear from Tony about his ongoing health struggles with nerve pain and headaches. The show wraps with the beloved Friday tradition "Boo or Cool," where Dave celebrates his 66th birthday by rating creative inventions (spoiler: he's not impressed with ostrich pillows).
Whether you're fascinated by prison TikTok preferences, need a digital dating coach, or just want to feel part of a community that cares about the little things, tune in to hear how small-town radio creates connections that matter. Share your own "Boo or Cool" ratings with us on social media!
From the Horn Auto Center Studios, Chris.
Speaker 2:Bennett and the Morning Brew. Good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this? It's Producer Ryan. Heck, yeah, my best friend, producer Ryan produced my comedy special. Emmy Award winning Producer Ryan, currently living in Wilmington, north Carolina. What's up, buddy?
Speaker 3:Oh nothing, just kicking it here in Wilmington and trying to date in a not as small of a town as Show Low but pretty small town.
Speaker 2:Yeah, well, you should come to Show Low. I could get you hooked up in no time, I'm sure.
Speaker 3:Oh yeah, gotta go to Rocky's huh.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, hey. So you and I did the prison show two Fridays ago. Have you been getting good reviews still from your friend that's in there? Give me a little update on our prison show.
Speaker 3:Yeah, he has been updating me regularly that all the prisoners have been talking to him about it how much they loved it and a couple prisoners have told him the him about it how much they loved it. And a couple prisoners have told them the best part is, during the show they didn't even feel like they were in prison. They got they got a little, you know, I think we did a real public service for them, that's nice yeah, it is nice and um, because I mean, even if you're in prison, you deserve a little humanity, right?
Speaker 3:Yeah, I agree, and he said that a number of the inmates have come up to him and said hey, yo, I want to tell your friend a funny story so he can use it in his act, which we were talking earlier. That happens all the time when you're a comedian, people think they have hilarious stories that you can use and they're almost never, never funny. But I really want to hear what these inmates' stories are going to be.
Speaker 2:Yeah, like you said, it's so common for people to be at a party and be like, hey, this funny thing happened to me, and then they tell you the story and you could use it, but it's never come from murderers. So, ryan, are you going to listen to these joke ideas and maybe relay them back to us?
Speaker 3:Oh heck, yeah, I can't wait. I told them definitely hook me up with all of those stories. I can't wait to hear them. I mean they might be terribly scary some of them, and they think they're funny.
Speaker 2:Right, right, Another funny thing. You shared this story at the comedy show for the prisoners. But you have a friend in that prison and you send them TikToks. But tell us a little bit about that.
Speaker 3:Yeah, there's an app you can download called the Securus app, and it allows you to communicate directly with prisoners because they have tablets in there and you can send 30-second video clips. So my buddy, he's been in there so long. He's never seen social media, he's never seen TikTok, and so he keeps asking me to send him TikTok videos. And can you guess what his favorite subject of the tiktok videos are?
Speaker 2:what women surprise, surprise, surprise.
Speaker 3:That's so weird here's the thing even if the videos are pg-13, for example, they have to be very safe for work, otherwise they get flagged by the prison and they won't go through. So you can't show too much skin and uh. So we have to be creative with our thirst trap videos and we've come up with, uh, women riding, women doing yoga, women on exercise ball and anything to do with redheads. He's just crazy about redheads.
Speaker 2:So a redhead eating a sandwich.
Speaker 3:Totally, it could be a redhead cleaning her toenails.
Speaker 2:Oh man, that's hilarious. We're still talking to Ryan McKee, my best friend in Wilmington, north Carolina. He is single, looking to mingle, trying to date, looking for love, sometimes in all the wrong places, and you had a funny story to share with me about your dating struggles and how you're using AI ChatGPT to help you. Tell us a little bit about that.
Speaker 3:That's right. So when I want to text a woman but it's too soon because you've got to play it cool, right, right, you can't. So instead I text ChatGPT and I ask how long I should wait until I text her and what I should text her. And ChatGPT helps me out because he's my new best friend. Now and recently I was really excited about a new woman and I entered in all the information about her and you know what she's been saying to me and blah, blah, blah. And I asked ChatGPT to give me betting odds on whether or not she would ghost me.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and what did it say?
Speaker 3:It gave me odds. It gave me minus two, 50 that she would in fact ghost me, which is about a 70% chance she would. And guess what?
Speaker 4:What.
Speaker 3:I got ghosted last week. Oh my gosh, Ryan ChatGPT can tell the future, Chris.
Speaker 2:Man. Chatgpt is your new wingman and new best friend. I mean, you know, you're still my best human friend, but definitely my best robot friend, human friend but definitely my best robot friend, and do you have any single meetups going on this weekend, any dates lined up? Do you want to give us any updates on your dating life?
Speaker 3:Sure, you know what? I have a date with my non-romantic girlfriend named April, who in all respects is like a girlfriend to me, except we don't kiss or do any of the other stuff.
Speaker 2:So she's like your ex-wife.
Speaker 3:Yeah, but she doesn't yell at me nearly as much.
Speaker 2:Well, Ryan, I hope you have a great date with your non-romantic girlfriend.
Speaker 3:You know what we're going to go do? We're going to go see Rory Scoville at the local comedy club.
Speaker 2:Oh, dude, if you guys have never checked out stand-up comedian Rory Scoville, you've got to check him out. He's weird, silly, exactly right in a nice cup of tea. So that's going to be a fun show. Have a great weekend, best friend, and we'll touch base next week. Yay bye, weekend, best friend, and we'll touch base next week. Yay, bye, bye. Good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this?
Speaker 1:Hey, this is Austin Burke. I hear you guys are playing my song.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh. Austin Burke, it is amazing to hear from you. Yes, we just played your song, miss the Boat, and I have to tell you I loved it.
Speaker 1:You did not miss the boat with that one. Thank you so much. I appreciate it and I appreciate y'all playing it before it's even out. That is very cool. I you know I wanted to. I wanted to make an old school Dirk song, dirk's somebody I look up to a lot, but I wanted to make like a summer Dirk song. So that was kind of my inspiration with that one.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's awesome. It's so cool that you're originally from Arizona, grew up in Scottsdale, you've been in Nashville and you have a lot of exciting things going on and it's an honor that our little small town station is the first one to play your big, big song.
Speaker 1:Well, thank you. No, it means a lot that you would, and my dad lives up there now and he's always listening to the radio station and he loves you all and he's always listening to the radio station and he loves y'all. So if you hear a baby crying back here, I apologize. I have my hands full with a 2-year-old not even 18-month-old and a 1-month-old. Oh my gosh, I'm in dad mode at the moment, but we love Q Country and I'm super grateful for y'all to be playing it and supporting a local Arizona artist.
Speaker 2:Absolutely, austin, and we'll be playing some more of your music as well. I understand you have a song called Roots that is about growing up here in Arizona.
Speaker 1:Absolutely. Yeah, that's probably my favorite song that I've put out. I grew up listening to Garth Brooks, and you know, singing at rodeos in Arizona and so that song's about that and how I'm a little bit country and I'm a little bit west coast and you know, if you have a problem with it, blame it all on my roots.
Speaker 2:So that's the story on that one well, uh, we've uh played your new one that isn't even out uh yet called miss the boat. And let's play another one from Austin Burke, our new country music best friend of the Morning Brew. This is his song Roots. Austin, thanks so much for calling in and hopefully we'll have you on the show again sometime.
Speaker 1:Absolutely. I'll call in whenever y'all want me. Have a great rest of your day and I'll see you soon, all right.
Speaker 2:Sounds good. Good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this? This is Sam Sam. Where are you from? I'm from Eager, Sam from Eager. Were you affected by the Greer fire at all? Did you have to evacuate? No, we didn't. It was a bit smoky at times, but other than that we were good Nice. Do you have plans this weekend? Is there something you're looking to maybe do? Well, we were hoping to go to the Monster Truck show Heck yeah, so I've been listening.
Speaker 2:Well, I have four tickets to give away to the Monster Truck NAC Tro Tour that's happening this weekend, Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway. They have a show Friday night 7.30, that's tonight and two shows tomorrow, one at 1.30 and one at 7.30. These tickets are for the 1.30 show. Tomorrow we're going to play a game called Guess the Fake Monster Truck Name. I'm going to give you four monster truck names and you've got to tell me which one is the fake one. You ready, I'm ready, All right. Zombie, Megalodon, Snakebite or Baby Thunderpaws, I think.
Speaker 1:Baby Thunderpaws.
Speaker 2:Holy moly. Congratulations, Sam.
Speaker 4:From.
Speaker 2:Eager, you just won four tickets to the Monster Truck Nitro Tour this Saturday at 1.30 pm. What station hooked you up? New Country 925. Let me hear your best monster truck sound Boom. This Saturday at 1.30 pm. What station hooked you up? Two Country 92.5. Let me hear your best monster truck sound Brew. Good morning. It's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this? It's Virgil Virgil. This isn't Virgil Virgil from Eager the Cowboy.
Speaker 3:No, Virgil from Taylor the Roofer.
Speaker 2:Oh, holy moly, we got more than one Virgil in the White Mountains. Yes, you do, virgil the Roofer from Taylor Are you born and raised up here in the White Mountains?
Speaker 3:Yes, I am born and raised in Taylor.
Speaker 2:Nice. Class of what at Snowflake 0-8. Heck yeah, Nice Well, are you calling to win the monster truck tickets? Yes, I am Well. I gave away four to Sam from Eager, but you're in luck. I have two left. How about we play a game and these tickets are yours to the 1.30 event tomorrow. I also have pit passes that go along with it as well. The pit party is from 12 pm to 1 pm and then the action starts at 1 30. What game would you like to play to win these tickets?
Speaker 1:how about uh, would you rather?
Speaker 2:heck. Yeah, you're a big fan of the show.
Speaker 3:Listen all the time oh yeah, listen every morning on my way to work and while I'm at work heck.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Well, let's play a little, would you rather? And answer as honestly as possible. Would you rather ride a monster truck over the mogion rim or, uh, a drag race, a school bus down? Deuce of clubs at night ooh drag racing in cholo yeah.
Speaker 2:Would you rather your monster truck be named the Snowflake Shredder or the Greer Growler? Snowflake Shredder, of course, yeah, he's from Snowflake Taylor. Of course he's going to pick that one. Would you rather get free gas for a year in your monster truck or have a VIP parking spot at every rodeo for life? Free gas, I can go everywhere Heck yeah. Free gas, I can go everywhere Heck yeah. And last one Would you rather arrive at your wedding in a lifted monster truck or take your bride muddin' in a rusted-out Chevy Silverado?
Speaker 3:In a rusted-out Chevy Silverado.
Speaker 2:Heck yeah, nothing like a good old Chevrolet. Well, congratulations, virgil the Roofer from Taylor. You just won two tickets to the Monster Truck Nitro Tour happening this Saturday at 1.30 at the Deuce of Clubs, thunder Raceway. What station hooked you up?
Speaker 3:Q Country 92.5. You know it.
Speaker 2:Good morning. It's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this? Oh no, it's Mr B Heck. Yeah, it's Tony from Snowflake. You sound like you're feeling a little bit better today. You've been having some health issues. Give us a little update.
Speaker 4:Yeah, like I was telling you the other day, I have good days, I have bad days. Today, so far, is a good day. I just woke up with minimum pain. I can handle the pain in the neck. It's the headaches that kill me Right. When the headaches are bad, nothing helps. I've been proven Tylenol migraine medication. It's a nerve headache. Something in my neck is all cattywampus and pinched and causing headaches.
Speaker 2:Well, I'm so sorry, and you are on leave, so you're home a lot. Has your wife gotten sick of you yet?
Speaker 4:Believe it or not. No, she actually likes hanging out with me. Why, I have no idea. I've hung out with me for 50 years. It's like, oh my God.
Speaker 2:Well, Tony, before we get to your patriotic song request of the day, on this Red Friday, we're going to play Trash or Treasure. I'll name four items that you might find in the trash and you tell me one that is the actual hidden treasure. Here we go A rusted wagon wheel, a cracked bowling ball, a neon beer sign that only lights up the B, or a vintage Pyrex mixing bowl. Vintage Pyrex mixing bowl Yep, that is worth over $100. Do not throw that out.
Speaker 1:You got that gold mine they're expensive new.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they're expensive new Good morning. It's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this?
Speaker 4:Derek Billy.
Speaker 2:Derek Billy from Eager, arizona. Yes, sir Heck. Yes, are you calling to win these six tickets to the D-backs game this Sunday against the Washington Nationals?
Speaker 4:Absolutely.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and the Standing Horse Dancers gave us two of these six tickets. They're going to be at the game as well, so you'll be able to support some White Mountain talent at the game as well. All you have to do to win these tickets, derek, is play a game called Spot the Fake Diamondback Player. I'm going to name five players and you've got to tell me which one was never or is not currently a D-back player. You ready? Okay, all right. Luis Gonzalez, turbo Malone, cattell, marte, mark Grace who is not or has never been a Diamondback baseball player? Maybe Mark Grace? You think Mark Grace was not a D-back? Oh, no, a D-back. What's his name? First one what's his name? So here's your choices Luis Gonzalez.
Speaker 4:Turbo Malone.
Speaker 2:Cattell, marte or Mark Grace, which?
Speaker 4:one of those.
Speaker 2:Luis Gonzalez was never a Diamondback player.
Speaker 4:Oh he played for a Diamondback, I don't know that yeah.
Speaker 2:So I don't think you understand the game. You've got to guess who is not a Diamondback player.
Speaker 2:All right, who was your guess? The second one, martinez Martinez. Yes, that wasn't an option, derek Billy. I'm sorry that wasn't an option, derek Billy, I'm sorry. Call back 928-532-4144 for your chance to win some Diamondback tickets. Sorry, derek. All right, our friend Derek Billy did not get the answer right. Who's this caller? Good morning, this is Debbie. Debbie, she's been trying to win tickets all week. Okay, you have to tell me who is not or has never been a Diamondback player. I'm going to give you four players. Tell me which one is not a Diamondback player. Is it Luis Gonzalez Turbo Malone Cattell Marte or Mark Grace Cattell Marte? You're saying he has never been a Diamondback player. Yes, oh, debbie. No, call back 928-532-4144. Good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this Amanda? Amanda, have you heard everyone get the answer wrong today?
Speaker 4:Yes.
Speaker 2:Yes. So you just have to tell me have you been shouting at the radio giving them the right answer? Yes, and they haven't been listening. They haven't been listening. Well, that's good news for you, because you have a chance to win six tickets to the Diamondbacks game. We have four courtesy of italk1067. And then two tickets were given to us by the Standing Horse dancers who are going to be doing the pregame festivities at the game on Sunday. You just got to tell me which one of these players has never been a Diamondback. Is it Luis Gonzalez, turbo, malone, cattell, marte or Mark Grace?
Speaker 3:Turbo.
Speaker 4:Malone.
Speaker 2:Turbo Malone. He has never been on the Diamondbacks. Yes, holy moly, congratulations, amanda, you're going to the Diamondbacks. Yes, holy moly, congratulations, amanda, you're going to the Diamondbacks game this Sunday. Compliments of what station hooked you up? 92.5. Oh my gosh, that's the most important question. You got it 92.5. Woo.
Speaker 3:Yay.
Speaker 2:Hello. Oh, dave, I almost forgot about Boo or Cool. That would have been two weeks in a row. Is that Boo or Cool? I know, totally Boo, totally Boo. I just remembered we've been busy giving away tickets and having a lot of fun on the show, but we've got to do our Friday tradition of Boo or Cool. You recently had a birthday, on Monday, turned 66. Was your birthday? Boo or Cool, totally cool. What was your favorite gift? You got the 50 cent piece that Joe G gave me. Oh, he got some coins. He also got some Ding Dongs, which is you eat those? How many Ding Dongs do you eat a day?
Speaker 3:I haven't eaten any today. I've had tamales.
Speaker 2:Oh nice, yeah, tamales, but maybe for lunch or dinner you'll have a ding-dong or two.
Speaker 3:No, I bought two dozen tamales, so I'll be eating on those for a couple days.
Speaker 2:Okay. Well, it is time for Boo or Cool, dave. Today is National Creativity Day, so I'm going to give you some creative inventions and you tell me if they are boo or cool. You ready? S-i-l-v-i Okay, here we go. All right, boo or cool. The ostrich pillow it's a pillow you wear on your head so you can nap anywhere, yes, even at your desk. Totally boo, really, you're not into an ostrich pillow, no, oh, okay. How about cat ears for humans? It's a headband that reads your brain, waves and moves mechanical cat ears based on your mood, I think you'd look funky, but it'd be cool.
Speaker 2:Dave, I'm going to find out where I can buy those and you'll wear them.
Speaker 3:I'd look creepy, but I would probably wear them All, right, awesome.
Speaker 2:What about a dogbrella? It's an upside down umbrella on a leash, so your dog stays dry underneath it.
Speaker 2:My dog hated a leash so I would say boo, totally boo, all right. Last one A toaster printer. A toaster that prints an image or message on your toast using heat. Totally boo, totally boo. Oh, you don't like a lot of these creative inventions. The only one you liked was Cat Ears for Human, and I would have thought you would have said totally boo on that. Yeah, that would be all right, all right, well, sounds good. Well, dave, we love you, best friend. I hope you have a great weekend and we'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 3:All right, you have a good one too. Bye, Bye.
