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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
Donkey Watch, Jewelry Drama, and Snake Trivia with Chris Bennett
Morning radio comes alive with community spirit, laughter, and unexpected moments on the Morning Brew with Chris Bennett, broadcasting from the Horne Auto Center Studios. The show kicks off with excitement as listener Derek Billy becomes the first caller, winning coveted Diamondbacks tickets through a playful "Would You Rather" game that poses baseball-themed dilemmas like choosing between front-row seats or catching a foul ball.
The anticipation builds around "Donkey Watch 2025" as Jineane shares updates on Haley, a rescue donkey showing all the signs of impending birth but stubbornly keeping everyone waiting. The hosts have already chosen "Chewy McLovin" for a potential male offspring, while contemplating creative female names like "Brayonce" and "Muffin Hooves" – a segment that perfectly captures the show's rural charm and connection to everyday life in the community.
Between announcing his upcoming Comedy Birthday Bash featuring America's Got Talent finalist Ryan Neimiller and his guest-headlining gig at the Inn of the Mountain Gods resort, Chris presides over the fan-favorite "Am I the Jerk Court" where listeners debate the ethics of keeping gifts after breakups. The morning rounds out with Redneck Paul from Texas sharing snake encounters before acing World Snake Day trivia, while local weather watchers celebrate the much-needed monsoon rains. Through contests, conversations, and community updates, the Morning Brew delivers a perfect blend of entertainment and connection that makes weekday mornings something to look forward to.
From the Horn Auto Center Studios Chris Bennett and the Morning Brew. Good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this?
Speaker 2:Derek, that's Billy.
Speaker 1:Derek Billy, congratulations, you are the first caller. Are you calling to win those D-back tickets for Friday night against the St Louis Cardinals? Yes, sir Heck. Yeah, well, all you have to do is play a little game with me called. Would you Rather on this? Would you Rather Wednesday? You ready? Okay, all right, would you rather sit front row behind home plate or catch a foul ball in the cheap seats? Sit behind home plate? Oh, absolutely, me too. Me too. These tickets that you got, though, they're really good. They're in the first section section like row 23, something like that. So, and foul foul ball territory. So there you go, okay, uh, would you rather meet a d-backs player but spill nacho cheese on yourself? Or wave, uh, or wave on the jumbotron with your fly down.
Speaker 1:Maybe, jumbo cheese? Nacho cheese yeah, the nacho cheese. Did you say the jumbo cheese? Yeah, nacho cheese yeah nacho cheese jumbo cheese. Yeah, All right. And last question, Would you rather?
Speaker 3:have your own bobblehead night. Or be the mascot for an inning. That's a good one, maybe, mascot. Oh, you'll take a mascot for an inning. That's a good one.
Speaker 1:Maybe mascot, matt? Oh, you'll take a mascot for an inning. I'll take bobblehead for the whole night. Heck, yeah, yeah, that was, Would you Rather with Derek Billy, today's winner of four Diamondback tickets to the St Louis Cardinals game this Friday night. What station hooked you up?
Speaker 2:92.5.
Speaker 1:You know it, janine, are you over there? Yes, I am. Good morning. Good morning, happy hump day.
Speaker 4:Wednesday I always love Wednesdays.
Speaker 1:Heck, yeah, getting over the hump. Hey, real quick. We need a Donkey Watch 2025 update. Has Haley given birth yet? No, no.
Speaker 4:Haley, she's messing with us now. She gives me dirty looks and she just walks around in circles. Yeah, but she walks around circle. Yeah, but she's showing more and more signs every day. I don't know it's from now on, you know if, but it's a rescue donkey, we don't know. You know, and we've had the vets look at her and this, and that there was an estimate. Uh, you know. Vets told us, uh, you know what, late june, and so we started watching she and she's thrown off other signs people know about waxing and all these kind of things. A couple weeks ago, I mean it's, she looks ready, she's showing all the signs. For a couple weeks ago. I mean she looks ready. She's been showing all the signs for a couple weeks now.
Speaker 4:So we're just being patient, yeah, not patient.
Speaker 1:I'm just going to tell you. Well, I know you guys have a name picked out. If it's a dude, donkey.
Speaker 4:Yes, yes.
Speaker 1:Chewy McLovin. I have some female donkey names.
Speaker 4:You do.
Speaker 1:Because I know you were looking for some. Some funny ones, some funny ones. What about? Uh well, j-lo, that's a cute name I kind of like that, j-lo okay, uh, brayonce like brayonce. Oh, that's good too, brayonce. Uh, princess stubborn ella oh, that could be.
Speaker 4:Yeah, that's her mom. Yeah, that's definitely yeah, or?
Speaker 1:uh muffin hooves oh, muffin hooves.
Speaker 4:That's cute. There's some names I don't know. J-lo's kind of funny. I like that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, janine, my comedy show is just a little over a week away the Chris Bennett Comedy Birthday Bash with national headliner Ryan Neimiller, top three finalists of season 14, america's Got Talent, and we are a little over 50% sold out. The show is going to be Saturday, july 26, at the Show Low Elks Lodge. It's 21 and over. Vip tickets are sold out but general admission tickets are $20 at chrisbennettcomedycom. And I'm actually not going to be live in studio tomorrow or Friday because I'm heading to Mescalero, new Mexico, to headline a comedy show at the Inn of the Mountain Gods air on New Mexico to headline a comedy show at the Inn of the Mountain Gods.
Speaker 4:That's going to be fun. A nice resort over there, that's going to be neat. You're going to have fun with that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'll post pictures to make you jealous.
Speaker 4:Yes, I was going to say that's going to be nice. We will miss you. It'll be quiet here in the studio. Yeah, you won't hear any screaming from next door. But I have one last thing to say too. Oh yeah, so thrilled with this rain we're getting, oh my gosh, yes, thank the Lord, so good.
Speaker 1:Keep it coming. I'm loving these monsoons.
Speaker 4:Yes, we need it All rise.
Speaker 1:It's time for. Am I the Jerk Court the Honorable Janine Ford presides. Are you ready, best friend? Yes, I am. I'll read the story and then you give us your verdict. Here we go.
Speaker 1:Am I the jerk for not giving my ex's jewels back? My ex and I were in the middle of an amicable breakup until he asked for the jewelry he gifted me back. I said no To me, a gift is a gift. During the relationship I gave him many presents too, some worth more than the jewelry he wants, but I never asked for anything back. One of those was a brand new, expensive watch I gave him for his birthday After our first breakup yes, we'd broken up four times.
Speaker 1:He gave it back voluntarily, saying he didn't feel right keeping it if we weren't together. That's the only reason I accepted it. Now that we're breaking up for the last time, he says it's only fair I return the jewelry if I'm keeping the watch. I refuse. I still wear the bracelet and necklace. They mean something to me. He says he works extra shifts to buy them, but I also put time and money into his gifts. I asked if he planned to resell or re-gift them. He said no. So why does he want them back, janine. Maybe it's sentimental for him too, but to me giving them back feels like those gifts were loans and I was just borrowing them.
Speaker 4:So am I the jerk? Well, first of all, I didn't hear in there. If she's given him the watch back, you know because he was saying he gave the watch back to her.
Speaker 4:That would. That would kind of, if he's given the watch back and she's not giving the watch back to him, then she probably should give the jewelry back. I just think you know it's kind of a he set a precedence where he gave her the expensive, expensive watch back. Just give him back the jewelry. You know, and jewelry is kind of a funny thing, like an engagement ring, if and I've been in that situation where I've given it back I'm just like ah, this isn't right and you just give it back that part.
Speaker 4:Jewelry is kind of a different thing. There's a lot of other items, like in divorces, where people get really nasty and they request people's personal items. Like, say, the guy plays guitar, okay, and the girl's never played guitar in her life and she demands his guitars. No way, that happened. Yes, and of course the judge said are you kidding? No, go away. So personal gifts are generally personal gifts when you personally gift them something. But in a lot of situations jewelry is kind of outside. It's kind of a gray area Right, because there can be a ton of value there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because I don't think she ever gave him the watch back after he gave it to her the first time.
Speaker 4:Yeah, and if she said here's your watch back, I'm keeping the jewelry. That's at least something that's a little more level you know what I mean. Unless she already sold it.
Speaker 1:And then she just needs to give him the jewelry back. I think it would be classy. All right In the case of Am I the Jerk for not giving?
Speaker 4:my ex's jewelry back Kind of Could be the jerk. I don't know the full story. Could be the jerk.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I don't know it's a hung jury this morning. Yee, Yee, Everyone's favorite redneck Paul from Beaumont, Texas, Paul on today's Am I the Jerk court case. This lady wanted to know if she was the jerk for not giving her ex back all the jewelry that he had gifted her throughout their relationship. Is she the jerk for not giving the jewelry back? What's your thoughts?
Speaker 2:Nah, man, it was a gift. Nah, if you want your stuff back after a breakup, put the right paperwork with it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but he gave her back a watch the first time they broke up and I don't think she ever gave him back the watch, so should she. So when you break up in a relationship, any gifts that you receive, those are yours forever. They're not on loan, yeah.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Okay, yeah, awesome. I agree with that, because it was a gift.
Speaker 2:I gave it to somebody.
Speaker 1:I gave it to you know what do you got going on? Anything juicy in the world of Paul.
Speaker 2:Man just working trying to make a day of it. I think we're going to have one day here with no rain, and then the thunderstorms are coming back and I think a tropical storm might be coming in, so we're going to get some rain from that. So, yeah, more rain, more rain and more rain.
Speaker 1:More rain, more rain, more rain. It is now time for. Are you Smarter Than a Redneck? Today, Paul, is World Snake Day. We're going to do some snake trivia. You know anything about snakes or have any close encounters with snakes?
Speaker 2:Well, last week Rhonda started creeping in the front yard and I ran out there and there was a grass snake, garter snake, whatever you want to call it Big one I ever seen. That sucker was PO. He had a Kurt Nerny attitude. He was all mad until I cut his head off.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh Crazy. Yeah, All right.
Speaker 2:Well, you know how to Bite me. Once we done, we done, it bit you. No, it didn't bite me.
Speaker 1:Oh.
Speaker 2:Uh-huh.
Speaker 1:All right. Well, here is some snake trivia. Multiple choice If you know the answer, say your name. That's your buzzer. Here we go. What do snakes smell with Tongue, eyes, head or tail? Paul, go ahead. What Tongue? Tongue. Yes, yes, you are correct, you are up 1-0. It's the best of five. What do snakes not have? Is it teeth, eyelids, eyes, or both Paw Teeth and eyelids? Paul, eyelids, you say eyelids, you are correct. Holy moly, 2-0. You get one more correct answer. You're the winner. Which of these snakes is non-venomous? A cottonmouth, a taipan, a python or a black mamba? Paul Python, is it a python? Holy moly, that is one smart redneck. On this National Snake Day, world Snake Day. Slither to victory there, paul. Whatever dude, I've been slithering to victory all week, son, good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this?
Speaker 2:Jan.
Speaker 1:Jan the Weatherman, aka Jan from Heber. How are you doing on this fine hump day morning?
Speaker 3:Doing good. We had quite a bit of rain and hail yesterday afternoon, heck yes, and then we got some more rain light rain later in the evening.
Speaker 1:Nice, we need more of it. What's the weather report today?
Speaker 3:Oh, we're going to get more.
Speaker 1:Oh, good, good, good, Well sweet. What can I do you for this morning?
Speaker 3:I wanted to hear Chris Stapleton.
Speaker 1:White Horse Heck yeah, chris Stapleton. White Horse going out to our best friend, jan the Weatherman, aka Jan from Heber. Got any exciting plans today? Or just listening to Q Country 92.5?
Speaker 3:Listening to 92.5 and trying to keep a handle on seven kitties.
Speaker 1:So the kittens haven't grown up and moved away yet.
Speaker 3:No, it's going to be probably a couple weeks around the 1st of August, we'll be able to give them away. Well, awesome.
