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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
Freezer Wars, Comedy Bashes, and Operation Butter Up: A Morning with Chris Bennett
Pregnant mini donkeys, freezer door frustrations, and passive-aggressive workplace revenge schemes - we've packed it all into one entertaining episode of the Morning Brew.
The saga of Haley the foster donkey has listeners on the edge of their seats as Janine prepares for an imminent birth during tonight's full moon. With cameras rolling 24/7, this 20-year-old mini donkey, "as big as a blimp" and barely four inches off the ground, could deliver any moment. The father remains a mystery, but the potential names don't disappoint - "Chewy McLovin" stands ready for a boy, while girl name suggestions are still welcome from our creative listeners.
Between donkey updates, we tackle everyday relationship challenges that resonate with anyone who's shared living space. When hundreds of dollars of meat gets ruined because someone can't close the freezer door properly, what's the solution? Signs didn't work. Child locks failed. Our practical advice might save your next Costco haul, your relationship, and your sanity.
Our call-in segments brought both laughter and heartfelt moments. Tammy conquered our summer-themed "This or That" game, choosing lake days over beaches and flip-flops with socks over Crocs with confidence. Meanwhile, Virgil from Eager shared a touching tribute to a cowgirl friend whose birthday would have been today, reminding us that radio remains a powerful community connection.
We wrapped up with the verdict on "Operation Butter Up" - a diabolical workplace scheme where employees deliberately left snacks for a food-stealing coworker, resulting in significant weight gain. Was it brilliant justice or stepping over the line? Emmy Award-winning producer Ryan McKee weighed in with a verdict that had listeners buzzing.
Join us daily for more Morning Brew moments, and don't forget to grab tickets for Chris Bennett's Comedy Birthday Bash on July 26th, featuring America's Got Talent finalist Ryan Neemiller!
From the Horn Auto Center Studios Chris Bennett and the Morning Brew, Janine, you over there.
Speaker 2:Yes, I am. How are you Chris?
Speaker 1:Good, I am waiting for a Donkey Watch 2025 update. What's your?
Speaker 2:donkey's name. Oh my gosh, little Haley Haley, literally her belly is four inches off the ground right now. She's a mini donkey and just to picture this, she's gray and white and spotted. She is the cutest little thing, but she's a 20-year-old mini and we don't know who the dad is. She's a foster donkey and I'm helping her out and all that stuff. We just love her, but she is as big as a blimp.
Speaker 2:I mean seriously, she is so big and she, you know, we thought she was going to, we thought it's going to be the last few nights, but tonight is a full moon, chris.
Speaker 2:And I think it's a better shot. So we're going to be watching her. But she's. I've got two cameras on her and we're still on donkey watch. I'm waking up like five times a night just checking the cameras. You know, what does the full moon have to do with? Like her given birth? Some of it is folklore, but a lot of it. Now they have kind of tracked especially cows more. If they're close and there's a full moon they'll deliver more often. And then donkeys donkeys too, the numbers are a little higher sometimes at a full moon, but most animals it's just folklore and stuff and they don't believe it. But it's kind of something about the gravitational pull that they deliver more often if they're close to a full moon.
Speaker 1:Right. Do you have a name ready to go for this new little donkey?
Speaker 2:We have boy names and we don't have girl names. People should help me with funny girl names. We want funny ones. Now, the boy. If it's a little boy, my husband's named it. Yes, the name's going to be Chewy McLovin.
Speaker 1:Chewy McLovin. I love it. I hope it's a boy, but we don't have any names for the girl yet.
Speaker 2:No, and now the name Chewy McLovin and it kind of goes way back family stuff. That is going to be super, super funny. But girls, I'm just not. I like Poppy, I like different kinds of names. I don't know Jezzy for Jezebel, I don't know what to name a little girl, donkey, that's cute. But maybe somebody, maybe some of our listeners, can give me some ideas.
Speaker 1:That'd be good. Well, I hope Haley the donkey gives birth today and you'll be going live if she does.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm going to do a Facebook live. Oh heck.
Speaker 1:All right, janine, we got a Donkey Watch update 2025. And then here's a little update from me, Janine, on Chris Bennett's comedy birthday bash happening July 26th, that's Saturday, at the Elks Lodge. Here in Show, low Doors, aliberto's Food Truck and the bar open up at 530. Show is at 7 pm. Tickets are $20 for general admission and VIP tickets. I only have 10 of those left. They're almost sold out. You can get them at chrisbennettcomedycom and our headliner is the hilarious national headliner, ryan Neemiller, that was a top three finalist on America's Got Talent season 14. So it's going to be a fun show and you better get your tickets fast because they are going fast. Yeah, chrisbennettcomedycom.
Speaker 2:Birthday bash. Yes Are you telling people how old you're going to be?
Speaker 1:I'll be 45. I don't care Nice.
Speaker 2:Yay, no, I know, you don't. Yeah, you're a pup, you're a baby, you're a baby, I'm a puppy.
Speaker 1:All right, janine, it's time. Relationship advice. Oh, I like how you said that I talked over you.
Speaker 2:I love that.
Speaker 1:All right, yeah, relationship advice. Here's the story. I've been with my fiance for six years, living together for five years. Last year we purchased a standing freezer for our laundry room but he doesn't close the door all the way and then the freezer meets thaw and we have to throw the meat away. After two times of him leaving the freezer door open, I put a sign on it that says make sure freezer door is closed. That means you. After that didn't work, I bought child lock so when he closes the freezer he can latch the child lock. It has been three months or so since he left the freezer open after that fix, but when I went downstairs this morning the child lock was not latched. The door was open two inches and Costco sized portions of ribeye steak, salmon, shrimp, ground turkey, chicken breast, etc. Hundreds of dollars worth of food were totally thawed and even warm, so they were too far from being saved. What should my next steps be to make sure we can stop this food waste and get him to close the dang door?
Speaker 2:What are my next steps? You know, I think this is kind of a funny one because I'm a freezer, you know freezers are just something that yeah of a funny one because I'm a freezer, you know freezers are just something that, yeah, you know those big, I would take that freezer and I would sell it on Facebook marketplace. Get rid of it, because freezers freezers are not that pricey. Okay, Get rid of them and buy the one that's like the chest one.
Speaker 2:I have a big, giant chest one, and then they have. Some of them have automatic closes, some of them don't. You lift it and it drops and the darn thing is closed. Okay, that's my big one. I have a big one that you could fit like four human bodies in. That sounds disgusting.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's very scary, janine, but get a chest freezer.
Speaker 2:I digress, but get a chest freezer that when he leaves it, it automatically it's closed. It falls on his head a little bit. You have to hold it up, but make sure that automatic closure thing is turned off and get rid of that. But just do the old fashioned chest. Find another one on Facebook Marketplace. But that would be my recommendation because it's something that, yeah, that's pretty annoying, yeah, and he's just that, oh, and have him replace and be buying the meat. So maybe that helps too. That. And have him replace and be buying the meat.
Speaker 1:So maybe that helps too that he kind of starts to think about it Interesting. So you know men very well, there's no sense in trying to get him to do any different, just buy a different device.
Speaker 2:Well, I don't know, I just feel like he's she's tried this other stuff, you know, and it's not happening. So maybe, instead of fighting and having a big is, maybe sell it on Facebook Marketplace, get the chest size. It's going to bounce closed right when he's done with it and nobody, no, nothing gets wasted. You know, it's just an idea.
Speaker 1:I mean just that's just my idea that sounds like an easy fix.
Speaker 2:And or buy one that has a siren on it, because some of these, when they don't close, they go off with a big old siren. Oh really, yeah, they do, they do. So other people have that issue. They do have it, yeah.
Speaker 1:Heck, yeah, janine great relationship advice today. We love you, best friend.
Speaker 2:Have a great day. Love you too. Have a good one, bye-bye, bye-bye.
Speaker 1:Good morning. It's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this?
Speaker 3:Hi, my name's Tammy. Am I caller number one, Tammy?
Speaker 1:yes, you are Yeehaw Sweet. You just won four tickets. Compliments that come for Fit Dentures to the Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway 2025 season. They're just not available for special events. But you, just, you gotta play a little game with me, tammy, to win these. Alright, it's called this or that Summer Theme. You just tell me which one you prefer this or that. You ready? Alright, I'm ready. A beach day or a lake day? A lake day? Lake days are nice. Yeah, the ocean scares the heck out of me. Yeah, but the lake also has a beach. So that's true, yeah, and you don't have to worry about being eaten by sharks, true? Are you a grill master or a snack table hover?
Speaker 3:I'm a grill master.
Speaker 1:I love meat. I'm the snack table hover. Yeah, I'll just sit. You grill the meat and then go ahead and put it on the snack table for me.
Speaker 3:All right, sounds good, all right.
Speaker 1:This or that, a mosquito bite or sand in your swimsuit.
Speaker 3:Oh, I know. Hmm. Well, since I know what sand in your swimsuit feels like, I'll choose that one. Yeah, that's right, yeah.
Speaker 1:And you can take a shower and get that sand out of the swimsuit. Mosquito bite sticks around and it seems to get worse the longer you have it yes. Heck yeah. And last one flip-flops with socks or Crocs with confidence.
Speaker 3:Flip-flops with socks.
Speaker 1:I don't even know how you could wear flip-flops with socks. You can't get them between your toes. You can't get in between your toes. Tammy, congratulations. Thanks for having fun with us. You just won four tickets. Compliments and comfort fit dentures to the Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway 2025 season. Thank you so much. You're welcome. What station hooked you up?
Speaker 3:92.5.
Speaker 1:You know it. Good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this?
Speaker 3:Hey, good morning, my friend, it's Virgil. It's the Morning Brew with Chris.
Speaker 1:Who's this? Hey, good morning, my friend. It's Virgil, everyone's favorite cowboy out of Eager Arizona. How are you doing on this thirsty Thursday? We are having a hard time, because You're having a hard time with what?
Speaker 3:Remember, I told you we lost one of our cowgirls.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, you lost one of your cowgirls. Yeah, yeah, you lost one of your cowgirls and you, part of the tradition. You took her horse out to a pasture with all the other horses and no one will ride her horse ever again.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yep, today was her birthday, so oh, that's always tough. I'm so sorry, best friend, and these ladies when they hear that song, I drive their truck.
Speaker 1:They want to cry this morning.
Speaker 3:Yeah, because that was her truck. She always drove it.
Speaker 1:Right, yeah, what do you miss? Well, I'm going to have to drive it. What do you miss most about your cowgirl friend? She was funny.
Speaker 3:She was a good person. Yeah, very helpful, but she was in the military too, so she sounds absolutely amazing.
Speaker 1:So definitely you got it Going out to Virgil the Cowboys. Cowgirls out there in Eager, be safe. Here's Drive your Truck. A little tribute to your friend. Yeah, all right, best friend, bye, thank you. We are lucky, for two days in a row, to be on the phone with my best friend, producer Ryan McKee. Emmy Award winning producer Ryan McKee, all the way from Wilmington, north Carolina, for a very special Am I the Jerk Court the Honorable Ryan McKee presides. Ryan, you sent me the story. I'm going to read it and when we come back I want to get your verdict on whether this person is the jerk or not. You ready?
Speaker 3:I'm so ready. I feel like you need like the law and order.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I will look for that. We will get it All right. Here's the story. Producer Ryan, I had a miserable coworker. She would steal food from my desk, gripe about working conditions, and she would take pot shots at my work projects when she didn't have any grasp or experience in the field that I'm working in. Being an executive assistant is honorable work, but she didn't know design or programming and critiqued like she did. We realized that she liked to take food and snacks off my desk as it's right across from hers. So myself and two workers went on a campaign for a few months and went several times a week to get snacks, donuts, treats and leave them on my desk without any intention of taking them for ourselves. She has now gained over 30 pounds in six months and we call it Operation Butter Up. Am I the jerk for doing Operation Butter Up?
Speaker 3:I love Operation Butter Up. See, I feel like everyone should start naming plans like Operation, something you know Like I should have named yesterday's beach vacation Operation Beach Day. You know I could have come up with a better name, but you know it's early yet.
Speaker 1:Operation Lobster Back. That would be my day, because I'm always getting sunburned and I just love how passive aggressive she is at getting back at this lady, and the lady doesn't even know that she's under attack.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, yeah, they're just like killing her slowly with diabetes.
Speaker 1:So in the case of, Am I the Jerk for Operation Butter Up? What say you?
Speaker 3:No, they're not the jerk. If this woman is making your life miserable and you're not doing anything besides putting out some tasty snacks for her, you know what I mean? She probably isn't even asking hey, can I have some snacks? She's just taking them. That's what it sounds like. So she 100% is not in the wrong. This woman sounds horrible. So Operation Butter Up, butter Up or Butter Cup? I think it's Butter Cup, butter Cup, yeah, yeah, yeah, butter Up would be like when you're.
Speaker 1:Oh no, it is Butter Up. It is Butter Up, it's Operation.
Speaker 3:Butter Up.
Speaker 1:It should be Butter.
Speaker 3:Cup, though I think.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but you say they are not the jerk.
Speaker 3:Not the jerk.
Speaker 1:Let's see what some of our jurors on the Facebook Live are saying. Kendra says she's not the jerk, she's brilliant. Yes.
Speaker 3:I think so. It's diabolical, it's Machiavellian.
Speaker 1:And Dave says not the jerk, she's a hog in disguise.
Speaker 3:I don't know, what that means, but okay.
Speaker 1:It sounds juicy. That was Am I, the Jerk Court Producer, ryan. We love you, best friend.
Speaker 3:Have a great day, love you too, Everybody in Show Low in the White Mountain area. Have a wonderful day, Woo.
