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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
Small Town Celebrations, Father's Day Gifts, and Flying Like Confused Ducks
From dunking booths to poolside comedy gigs, this episode of The Morning Brew takes you on a whirlwind tour of Chris Bennett's action-packed weekend. Kicking things off with a call from Brian in Pinedale, we dive into the heartwarming community spirit behind the "Run to the Bridge" event, where Chris had the pleasure of announcing awards for participants ranging from a three-month-old in a stroller to an incredible 88-year-old runner who completed the one-mile course.
Chris shares his unusual comedy experience performing stand-up at a backyard pool party in Tempe—yes, with the audience actually in the swimming pool! While most comedy venues don't involve quite so much splashing, this unique gig earned a spot on Chris's comedy bucket list. Meanwhile, Jineane Ford for Majik 1017 and Italk 1067 recounts her own weekend escapades, including a Friday night dance party and a Father's Day celebration that left everyone "passed out like zombies" from exhaustion. Father's Day gifts become a running joke as Chris reveals his practical presents of underwear, deodorant, and shampoo, wondering if his family is subtly suggesting he "clean up his act."
The fun continues with our favorite redneck, Paul from Beaumont, who proudly sports his new "Shih Tzu Dad" shirt and joins in for games of "Wish Fulfillment" and turtle trivia. Would you rather teleport but only to gas stations, or communicate with squirrels but only in whispers? These hypothetical scenarios spark laughter and reveal the playful spirit that makes our morning conversations so engaging. With a special bonus call from Producer Ryan about his unexpected dominatrix date, and a collection of motivational quotes to kickstart your week, this episode brings together all the community connections, personal stories, and lighthearted moments that make The Morning Brew your perfect companion for starting the day right.
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Chris Bennett and the Morning Brew. Good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this Good morning Champion? Chris Heck, yeah, it's Brian from Pinedale buddy. How are you doing on this Monday morning?
Speaker 2:I'm finally recuperated from Saturday.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, I had a busy weekend. I had a show, low days in the dunk tank on Friday and then Saturday morning I went over to Pinedale because it was Run to the Bridge. That's right, you guys have so many cool community events in Pinedale. If you have not been to Pinedale, it's the only or the oldest operating bridge in Arizona.
Speaker 2:The oldest operating covered bridge in Arizona.
Speaker 1:Yes, yes. And so people started at the Community Center, which is also part of the historical society and a really cool building, and then there was 5Ks, 10Ks, a lot of different winners. It was a lot of fun.
Speaker 2:Yeah, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Yes, pinedale Heritage got all kinds of comments. They had fun this year with you announcing the awards. It wasn't boring.
Speaker 1:Well, dude, I love announcing awards and it's crazy. They had awards for youngest participant. There was the largest family. There was a family of 32 people that ran together. I am glad I'm not in that family, brian, I would have to win for it. And then there was the youngest participant. He was in a stroller, obviously, but just three months old.
Speaker 2:Three and a half months, and then the oldest one, the oldest one 88?
Speaker 1:Eight years old, ran the one mile Heck. Yes, it gives me hope. I'm 44, and I still can't do that.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, you're half her age. I'm half her age, yeah, and you do that. So oh yeah, you're half right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you didn't have to. You didn't have to run, so you didn't get sick. No, no, no, it was a fun event.
Speaker 2:Thanks so much for letting me be, uh, a part of it hopefully you'll do it next year for us again, because we got a lot of comments afterwards about you oh good, good.
Speaker 1:well, I'm excited that you guys have another event coming up august 2nd. It's yep, pinedale chuck wagon festival, which is an amazing event here in the White Mountains. If you've never participated in it, you should check it out. We'll be talking more about that as we get a little closer to it, but the Pinedale Chuckwagon Festival yes.
Speaker 2:I have one question, Chris. Oh sure, Go ahead. How did your Saturday night thing go?
Speaker 1:Oh, dude, that's right as go. Oh dude, that's right as a comedian, you have shows at comedy clubs, you have shows at corporate events. You have a lot of different types of shows and this was one of the weirdest shows I've had to do stand up comedy at. I was asked to do a comedy at a 40th birthday party, which is normal, what's not normal. It was in their backyard in and they were having a pool party. So I performed with a bunch performed for a bunch of people in Tempe in a pool, and it was amazing. They were such a fun crew. It was a lot harder than a comedy club because they were just yapping and having a good time. I think they might have had a couple beers before I got there, but I didn't have to worry about since they were all in the pool. I didn't have to worry about, since they were all in the pool. I didn't have to worry about anyone getting up and using the bathroom during my set.
Speaker 1:Oh did you wear your brokini. I almost did.
Speaker 2:It would have been a hit.
Speaker 1:I chickened out. I thought I'd stripped down to my brokini, but no, it was a lot of fun and big thanks to them for letting me perform at their birthday party. But it was wild. It sounds like you had fun. Yes, I had a great time and I could check another thing off my comedy bucket list.
Speaker 2:There you go, a pool comedy party, and you know what I like it, I'll do it again.
Speaker 1:Oh cool Sweet.
Speaker 2:There ain't a whole lot of swimming pools up here though, chris.
Speaker 1:No, well, not really Well. Brian, thanks for calling in, best friend, and we'll talk to you later.
Speaker 2:And thank you for all of us at Pinedale Heritage. You did a great job, everybody you loved it and we're hoping you can do it again next year.
Speaker 1:Absolutely buddy Love. You have a great day.
Speaker 2:Bye. You have a great show. Bye, bye.
Speaker 1:Janine, you over there? Yes, I am Happy Monday morning, happy.
Speaker 3:Monday Mondays are hard.
Speaker 1:Give me a little weekend and Father's Day recap.
Speaker 3:Oh my gosh, what a great weekend it was. I mean, friday night I took Clint, you know little date night, just the two of us. All the grandkids are at the house, so we kind of escaped and we just stayed at a hotel. It was a killer band Friday night up at Honda. Okay, we just danced all night. We had so much fun. Yeah, we had so much. That night was really fun, really fun. So Saturday we have the big inflatable and the kids' birthday party. I was half in a coma on Friday night, but it was fun. It was such a fun weekend. And then went into Sunday with Father's Day. Just so much I feel like I need to sleep for a week, both of us. Yesterday afternoon most of the family went home. Some of the grandkids were still left and literally we didn't even say anything to each other. We were all sitting around the couch late afternoon and just, I mean literally passed out like zombies all over the living room yeah, it was like after Thanksgiving or something.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it was a fun weekend that's a yeah.
Speaker 1:I had a wild weekend. It started on Friday with show, low days and I got dunked in the dunk tank. Oh, how'd that go? Yeah, for Navajo County Family Advocacy Center. It went great. Of course you know I can't do anything normal, janine. So I wore a wetsuit, I wore flippers and I wore a snorkel and my goggles and did the dunk tank and Sheriff Klaus came by, navajo County Sheriff, and he dunked me and I said, dude, I deserve a get out of jail free card for that. And he didn't give me quite that, but he did give me a little coin that said good for one jail sale upgrade.
Speaker 3:Jail sale upgrade. I wonder what that means, what you get in the jail sale. I don't know.
Speaker 1:Hopefully I don't ever have to find out. But if I get there, I'll be like yeah, who do I talk to about my jail sale upgrade? Yeah, that's funny. Yeah, so that was a lot of fun. And then, yeah, father's Day, I got new underwear. Thank goodness it was getting that's funny Things were getting bare.
Speaker 3:That's telling you something.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I got underwear, I got deodorant, I got shampoo. I got deodorant, I got shampoo, I got body wash. I think they're trying to tell me something.
Speaker 3:They want you to clean up your act.
Speaker 1:That's right. All right, janine, let's get motivated with it on this Motivational Monday. First one you do not find the happy life you make it. Ooh yeah, that's a good one. That's by Camilla Irene Kimball. Next one is by Ralph Waldo Emerson. He says what lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. Dude, are you getting pumped? These are good ones. I'm getting pumped. Colin Powell said there are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure. I like that one. I think we're three for three. Last week you gave me a hard time that they were too cheesy, so I tried to find some better ones today. Amy Poehler, one of my favorite SNL cast members, said you have to be where you are to get to where you need to go. Do you get that or?
Speaker 3:no, yeah, oh, but you don't like that one. It's not as good as the other ones.
Speaker 1:Will Rogers said don't let yesterday take up too much of today. And our last one if you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else. That's Yogi Berra.
Speaker 3:Okay, the first three are amazing. Second three no, no, no, no, no no.
Speaker 1:So what is our quote of the week? Oh, number two. Number two what lies behind you is and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. Ralph Waldo Emerson. That is our motivational quote for the week. Janine, I hope you have a great rest of your day and we'll talk to you tomorrow, you too.
Speaker 3:Chris, have a good one, all right, all right, bye-bye, bye-bye.
Speaker 1:Everyone's favorite redneck from Beaumont, Texasxas. It's paul from beaumont. How was your father's day weekend? I was good buddy how was yours?
Speaker 2:good, I got.
Speaker 1:Uh had to be a little lonely though, oh goodness he, paul, always likes to try and make me cry. My daughter recently got married. She's she's moved out, like five years ago, from my house.
Speaker 3:Paul Gone Gone.
Speaker 1:Gone, gone, gone. So I got a pack of underwear, which I needed desperately, and some shampoo deodorant for Father's Day, along with some other cool stuff. What did Rhonda and the kids do for you?
Speaker 2:Rhonda made me a couple shirts, Shih Tzu shirts yeah, I'm a Shih Tzu dad, but only cooler.
Speaker 1:So you have a shirt that says I'm a Shih Tzu dad.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and it has a cute little.
Speaker 1:Does it have your Shih Tzu on the shirt?
Speaker 2:No, it's just got like an outline of one.
Speaker 1:Say what.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's just got the outline of one, so crazy.
Speaker 1:You'd expect Paul the Redneck to like bloodhound dogs, but no, he has a little shih tzu and he's also a big cat guy. Today is bring your cat to work day.
Speaker 2:I ain't bringing her to work, I'm bringing the one to work. He's pretty cool and chill.
Speaker 1:Well, you want to play some games this morning? Yeah, sure, Today is wish fulfillment day, paul, so we're going to play a game called wish fulfillment. I'm going to grant you two wishes and you've got to pick which wish you would take if a genie were to grant you these two wishes. You ready, okay, yeah, all right, a genie grants you these two wishes. Which one are you picking? You can communicate with squirrels, but only in whispers. Or you can teleport, but only to gas stations.
Speaker 2:I teleport Me too I can't listen only to gas stations. I teleport. Me too I can't listen to Spurl.
Speaker 1:Right, right, and that would be nice. Just to teleport to the gas station, get some chips and then head back home. All right, Next two wishes Every time you yawn, you shoot confetti from your ears, or you can sing like a rock star, but only in the shower and only Taylor Swift songs. I'm shooting confetti, shooting confetti from his ears. All right, and last one.
Speaker 2:She just recognized you. She just recognized you. I've been next to her this whole time.
Speaker 1:You're driving next to your wife Rhonda.
Speaker 2:She just recognized me. Hold on a minute, hold on. Yeah, that's right. You can't hear, you can't see either.
Speaker 1:Alright, paul, last two wishes. You can either fly, but you flap your arms like a confused duck, or you can breathe underwater, but only in an inflatable kiddie pools.
Speaker 2:I'll take the kiddie pool.
Speaker 1:Oh really, I'll fly. I don't care if I flap my arms like a confused duck. I already look like a confused duck, so that would be nothing hey now she's calling.
Speaker 2:She's going to think I'm mad because she didn't recognize me. I'm just taking off. You're just ignoring your wife. Yeah, I'm just taking off. I'm in front of her. I'm taking off.
Speaker 1:It is now time for. Are you Smarter Than a Redneck? It is World Sea Turtle Day, so we're going to do some turtle trivia. Paul, are you ready? Let's do this, all right, how many species of turtles are there? Is it 180, 360, 90, or 720? Chris, I'm going to say 90. No wrong. What's your guess? 180, 360, 720? 180. Is it 180? No, correct answer 720. No, 360. 360.
Speaker 1:All right, how many bones make up a turtle shell? Is it 50, 25, 100, or 1? Chris, I'm going to say 1. No, gosh, dang it. How many? 50, 25, or 100? 50. Heck, yes, he is up 1-0. Yeah, a turtle shell is actually, part of its skeleton, made up of over 50 bones, which include the turtle's rib cage and spine. Pick a number from 3 to 10. Six, six, all right. If I get this right, it's worth a million points. I win. If I get it wrong, I lose.
Speaker 1:What is the difference between a turtle and a tortoise? A tortoise is bigger. A tortoise can retract inside its shell. A tortoise has a soft shell. A tortoise can retract inside its shell. A tortoise has a soft shell. A tortoise only lives on land. Paul, paul, tortoise is bigger, tortoise is bigger. No, I'm going to say, a tortoise only lives on land. Heck, yes, I came from behind and shocked the world. I am smarter than a redneck. I'm a radio DJ in a half shell. There you go, buddy. You know your turtles Ninja turtle, turtle power. We didn't have time to play this call on the radio, but I think it might have been a little too spicy anyways. But here's a little bonus coverage for our podcast listeners. Good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this? It's Producer Ryan. Producer Ryan, what's new with you? What new stories do you have for us? Anything juicy this weekend?
Speaker 4:Yeah, so I performed at Dead Crow Comedy Club here in Wilmington, north Carolina, nice, and after the show I met a woman. I noticed that she was laughing a lot at my set, so I went over after the show and introduced myself because I found her pretty attractive, oh my, even though she had a face tattoo. Oh my.
Speaker 1:What type of face tattoo did she have?
Speaker 4:It was kind of like little stars in the corner of her face, okay, like right by her eye, like on the right side of her eye.
Speaker 1:Okay, it wasn't like she had, like, a Mike Tyson tattoo on her face.
Speaker 4:No, no, it wasn't like she had a big scorpion on her face or anything.
Speaker 1:Right, okay.
Speaker 4:So then what? So then I got her phone number because I have an extra ticket to go to Doug Stanhope tonight.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, I love Doug Stanhope. He's performing at Dead Crow tonight.
Speaker 4:He's performing at Dead Crow tonight and it's sold out. But I got tickets in time and I had an extra one because I was supposed to. What's funny is I was, you know, doug Stanhope, quite the drinker, right, right, gets drunk on stage, whatnot, that's kind of his whole thing. But I was going to take my AA sponsor to go see him because he wanted to go see him, even though clearly he's a drunk and does not believe in AA, right, but my sponsor wanted to go. But then he couldn't end up going. So I had an extra ticket. So I was like, hey, you want to go to the Doug Stenhove? And she was like definitely. And then I was talking to her last night and guess what her profession is? What Dominatrix, oh my goodness gracious. So I'm taking a dominatrix to Doug Stanhope tonight?
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh, Are you going to put a bunch of toilet paper in your underwear in case he wants to give you a spanking?
Speaker 4:No, I think I might like that. And I did just text her and said hey, do I need a safe word for tonight? Oh, dude, that's hilarious and she hasn't texted me back, so hopefully, dude, that's hilarious. And he hasn't checked to be back, so hopefully he thinks it's funny.
Speaker 1:Right, well, you'll have to give us an update on Doug Stanhope and on your dominatrix date.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I've never dated a dominatrix before.
Speaker 1:There's a first time for everything.
Speaker 4:Especially when you're in my world Bingo, I'm ready to mingle.
Speaker 1:Well, we love you best, Fred. Thanks so much for calling in.
Speaker 4:Thank you, talk to you soon. Bye.
