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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
Vegas Adventures, Squirrel Fears, and Baseball Trivia: Chris Bennett's Eclectic Morning Show
Laughter and heart-warming moments collide as producer Ryan returns from Vegas with tales of escalator disasters and a memorable elevator encounter with a man whose false teeth took an unexpected tumble. Meanwhile, his 21-year-old roommate Joey delivers perhaps the most relatable confession of 2025: ordering food delivery just for human interaction during his week alone. "I wasn't even hungry," Joey admits, before revealing his four-night couch-camping marathon prompted by suspected squirrels in the walls.
The Morning Brew's signature blend of small-town charm continues with a call from fan-favorite Paul from Beaumont, who updates listeners on his weight loss journey with "fat shots" and upcoming comedy plans. Paul and Chris face off in a hilariously unsuccessful round of baseball trivia that proves neither host nor caller should quit their day job for sports broadcasting. Their playful banter highlights the authentic connections that make this show feel like catching up with old friends over coffee.
The mood shifts to heartfelt inspiration during "Talk About Something Good Tuesday," featuring stories of extraordinary human triumph – from a father who underwent specialized spinal surgery to walk his daughter down the aisle to three Scottish brothers who rowed 9,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean for charity. The episode concludes with representatives from Fishers of Men discussing their vital work supporting veterans throughout the White Mountains community.
Don't miss Chris Bennett's upcoming comedy showcase at the Pinedale Community Center on September 20th! With Alberto's Food Truck on site and Phoenix's best comedians on stage, tickets are selling fast at chrisbennettcomedy.com. Come experience the laughter, stories, and community spirit that make The Morning Brew your perfect daily companion.
Chris Bennett and the Morning Brew. Good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris who's this it's producer Ryan and assistant producer Joey. Heck, yeah, also known as my best friend, producer Ryan, who's 46, and his 21-year-old roommate, joey Right, that is correct. And my employee.
Speaker 2:Right, that is correct.
Speaker 1:And my employee. Well, it's so great to hear from you guys. I know you were in Vegas last week, ryan, doing work for the Steffi Small Show on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network and I know, joey, you left him home alone, I know.
Speaker 2:So give us a recap. It was a real Macaulay Culkin situation.
Speaker 1:You get scared very easily, Joey. Anything scary happen while you were home alone, Dude I swear to God.
Speaker 2:I heard voices in my room. I was sleeping on the couch for four straight days.
Speaker 1:Are you sure that you didn't have the TV on? Or maybe you left the radio on?
Speaker 2:I'm going to be honest with you, man it wasn't voices, I thought I heard squirrels. I'm going to be honest with you, man it wasn't voices, I thought I heard squirrels.
Speaker 1:In case you're new to Joey, joey has a fear of squirrels, so the whole time, the whole week, ryan was gone.
Speaker 2:You slept on the couch because you were afraid there were squirrels in the wall. In the wall, I mean these squirrels in the backyard torment me, man, what they're doing, they know what they're doing. We were sitting in the backyard recently and some squirrels were the tree behind us and joey was freaking out. He got it, looked like uh, it looked like there was a snake behind him or something like that so how, uh how was your trip in vegas?
Speaker 1:what was the craziest thing? Uh, that happened, uh, while you were in in Vegas for your sports gambling podcast network work.
Speaker 2:Well, two things I was doing. I was shooting video and I was chasing my friend as he ran through the casino to try to make a quick bet and I took the wrong path and it was an escalator going down and I thought, oh, I'm just going to try to run up the down escalator so I could keep pace with him. And I fell on the escalator and I dropped the camera, dropped the gimbal. The gimbal was spinning around. It was crazy. I skinned up my knee, I hurt my toe. There's all these people there. I just heard this guy go whoa wow.
Speaker 1:The video of it was making me laugh because you couldn't really see your face. It was just from the point of view of the camera, but I imagine that was your point of view too. You were a little, probably woozy and doozy.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and then I saw a drunk guy on the elevator laugh so hard that his front teeth fell out Because he had like fake front teeth, and then he just like picked them back up and he put them back in and everybody in the elevator was real freaked out by it.
Speaker 1:I wonder why.
Speaker 2:Vegas, baby, vegas, vegas. Why Vegas, baby Vegas?
Speaker 1:Vegas baby.
Speaker 2:Well, awesome, I'm glad you had a good time.
Speaker 1:We are on the phone with 46 year old Emmy award winning producer, ryan McKee, his roommate, 21 year old Joey, and also his assistant producer, joey. Joey, you had the house all to yourself last week. You were tasked with doing a lot of the editing that Ryan normally does while he was out of town. Tell me, what did 21-year-old Joey learn about being an adult this week?
Speaker 2:That I have no right to have an entire house by myself. Why? What makes you say that? Because I was lonely and to occupy myself, I was just doing the craziest stuff. It was like I was ordering Uber Eats just to talk to somebody.
Speaker 1:I wasn't even hungry. Did you end up ordering Like you'd order and then they'd come to the door and then you? Would you try and get them to hang out for a while, or?
Speaker 2:Hey, how's your day?
Speaker 1:And Ryan, what did you learn about being a kid this week?
Speaker 2:I learned that kids, or at least people Joey's age they don't use Tinder or any of the dating apps for hooking up. They use Snapchat. That's how Joey talks to women is just through Snapchat, really, and then he shows me their pictures on Snapchat when he wants to see if I approve of the lovely ladies. Oh my gosh, they talk to each other.
Speaker 3:Yeah, any luck on their Snapchat there, joey you know, we've shot in a couple air balls, but you know you keep shooting, they'll go in. They'll go in.
Speaker 1:Just keep shooting your shot. One is bound to go in. Joey and Ryan, thanks so much for having fun with us today.
Speaker 3:That's my blood.
Speaker 1:Good Paul from Beaumont, I said so, Yee yee, yee, yee, holy moly, it's Paul from Beaumont. We've missed you. You've been busy training the new guy at work. Are you training him today?
Speaker 3:Yeah, he's with me. I got him up here. I sent him up there to go sign in.
Speaker 1:Oh nice, he's out of the truck so you could have a little fun.
Speaker 3:What did you do this Labor Day weekend? Did you have a three-day weekend? Yeah, yeah, we just basically went at night over at Nanny's and then we just relaxed and had a good time. I mean, that's it, man, just relaxed.
Speaker 1:Heck yeah. How's the fat shot working? Any weight loss update? Any new drama with that?
Speaker 3:No man, I'm still stuck in the 60s. I was supposed to go Monday and get weighed in for another shot, but if I ain't out in the 60s by this weekend, forget it, I'm done.
Speaker 1:Have you noticed a difference in your appetite, like you're not craving as many of the things that are so bad for you, or what's that been like?
Speaker 3:Oh, you just don't eat, man, you just don't eat.
Speaker 1:That's one way to lose weight. And then you told me your cousin Jesse, who lives there near Beaumont with you. He's got a birthday coming up and you said you're doing something fun for his birthday that I'm going to be jealous of. What is it?
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, his birthday's on New Year's and we're going to a comedy show. Oh, what comedy show In Austin.
Speaker 1:Ooh where.
Speaker 3:Well, I don't know. I'll give you some initials here KT.
Speaker 1:Oh, kill Tony, Bam baby, you guys are you going to see Kill Tony is an amazing comedy podcast and it's the number one podcast in the world, I think right now it's especially live podcast. Are you going to go see it at Joe Rogan's comedy club, the Mothership, or are you seeing it at their big venue? Yeah, he said the Mothership On New Year's Day At night. Oh, new Year's Eve. No, no, you're not going to the Mothership. They do that at the HEB Center, that huge arena.
Speaker 3:Oh right, he said Mothership. I mean, I don't know.
Speaker 1:Heck yeah, and audience members can put their name in the bucket for a chance to do one minute. Paul, you've got to put your name in that bucket. No, I'm going to put Rhonda's name in it.
Speaker 1:She's the writer. Well, dude, you're right. I am jealous. If anybody drops out and you have an extra ticket, let me know. It is now time for are you smarter than a redneck? Today, paul is spalding baseball day, that's right. Uh, he was a professional baseball player and also the founder of the spalding sporting goods company. We're gonna do some baseball trivia. If you know the answer, say your name. That's your buzzer. Are you ready? Let's do this, okay. Okay, first question who was the first reliever ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame? Was it Dennis Eckerle, raleigh Fingers, hoyt Wilhelm or Goose Gossage? Chris, I'm going to say Raleigh Fingers. No, it's either Dennis Eckerle, hoyt Wilhelm or Goose Gossage.
Speaker 3:Oh, shoot, it's me, ronnie Boat. Catch a picture by the toe. Oh, shoot it's me, Ronny Bode.
Speaker 1:Catch a picture about a toad? Oh, a goose. Is it goose? No Correct answer Hoyt Wilhelm. Okay, next question what MLB player holds the record for most consecutive games with a strikeout? Is it Aaron Judge, chili Davis, babe Ruth or Reggie Jackson? Chris, I'm going to say Babe Ruth. No, not Babe Ruth. It's either Aaron Jackson, chili Davis, babe Ruth or Reggie Jackson, chris, I'm going to say Babe Ruth, no, not Babe Ruth. It's either Aaron Jackson, chili Davis or Reggie Jackson, reggie Jackson no, man, you and I are cold today. Aaron Judge, there we go, oh, okay.
Speaker 3:All right.
Speaker 1:He struck out in 37 consecutive games, proving you can't hit any homers if you don't take any swings. Right, right, all right. Last question this will determine the winner. We're both tied at zero. Apiece, what legendary broadcaster called Dodger games from 1950 through 2016? Chris knows this. Without even multiple choice, I'm going to say Vince Scully, boom, I am smarter than a redneck. You got struck out, struck out, struck out.
Speaker 1:You got struck out Well, paul. We love you. Buddy, thanks for calling in and having fun. We'll let you get back to training your new guy the Real Deal and we'll talk to you tomorrow, I hope.
Speaker 3:Yeah, we'll see what you do tomorrow.
Speaker 1:All right, buddy. All right, see, you have a good one. Bye, janine, you there? Yes, I am. How are you Good? Happy Taco Bout, something Good Tuesday. How was your three-day Labor Day weekend? What a wonderful weekend.
Speaker 5:My dad, yeah, we celebrated his 85th birthday. He was up and he's so funny, he's awesome. My brother came to town Both my brothers were here. We just had a fun time, you know went out, got some great prime rib at Charlie Clark's, you know went out, got some great prime rib. Charlie Clark's. You know all that stuff, that blackened prime rib we shared one, oh my gosh. And of course I'm still limping around a little bit, but I'm doing much better.
Speaker 1:That's good. Yeah, Give us a little leg update. I saw you today hobbling in and you were putting a little bit of weight on that leg.
Speaker 5:A little bit of weight. Tomorrow I have to run down and get the sutures out, hopefully. I was going to do that last Wednesday, but he said it needed one more week, so I've been waiting and hoping they'll get out tomorrow and things will keep improving, yeah.
Speaker 1:Well, sweet, Well, I didn't really do much this weekend. It was awesome. Yeah, I didn't do any comedy, I just kind of just vegged out, had some fun with the family and I'm getting ready for a big comedy show Janine on September 20th. Chris Bennett Comedy presents stand-up comedy at the Pinedale Community Center.
Speaker 5:You've been there before. I love it when you do it at that venue. It's just a great venue. That's a great place and then Filberto's will they have the great food there, oh yeah, the Alberto's Food Truck will be there at 5.
Speaker 1:Show starts at 6.30. This is a 21 and over show and it's the best of Phoenix comedy showcase. So I'm bringing up some of my friends from the Valley who are some of the best comedians doing it right now in the Phoenix scene. They perform all over Lamar Mitchell Jr, cricket Gill who was just here for my birthday bash Zach Allen and Sari Belyak, and we already have over 50 tickets sold.
Speaker 1:Janine and this is a smaller venue, so we only have about 80 tickets left. If you want your tickets, they're $25. Vip is sold out. You can get them at chrisbennettcomedycom. How fun.
Speaker 5:Get your good food there at Alberto's and walk in. I loved that that was such a fun experience.
Speaker 1:And it's yeah, they don't serve alcohol there, but they do allow BYOBs. There you go.
Speaker 5:There you go, and what's the age for this one?
Speaker 1:This one's 21 and over.
Speaker 5:Okay, good, there you go.
Speaker 1:It's going to be a lot of fun, so hope to see you there. We also have a White Mountain resident trying comedy I, colby Maxwell, who's going to be doing a little guest set. So get your tickets today at chrisbennettcomedycom. All right, janine, let's talk about Something Good Tuesday. So I have a good news story for you. Out of Denver you ready? Yes, I am All right.
Speaker 1:There was a determined and skilled neurosurgeon who made one dad's dream come true. That's right. The dad's dream was to walk his daughter down the aisle, and back in 1995, russell McKean was in an ambulance crash that left damage to his nervous system. Years later, he became paralyzed from the neck down, and then, in 2017, he had a surgery and regained some movement, which is great news. But then, janine, tragedy struck again and he had a car accident oh my gosh. Yes, it set back his progress, and this year he returned to Dr Scott Fauci, a Denver neurosurgeon who specializes in rare spinal procedures, and his goal wasn't just mobility, it was to walk his daughter down the aisle at her upcoming wedding and, against all odds, the surgery was a success, nice. 12 hours after the surgery, russell was moving his arms and even kicking his legs, and the doctor calls him amazing and highly motivated, proof that grit, love and hope can carry you further than you ever dreamed of. All right, janine. What's your good news story on this? Talk about something good, tuesday.
Speaker 5:I just have a little compilation of some things online that I really like. One of them and I think a lot of you guys have seen this you saw the little boy on the monorail at Hershey Park, right.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 5:Yeah, look up that because the viral clip of it it shows the guy it's better. But a guy in Pennsylvania climbed onto that monorail at Hershey Park. That happened Saturday and saved this little boy who was walking out on the elevated track. And John Sampson big, big big thing, he has kids of his own he told a reporter, yeah, his dad instincts just kicked in and he went and got that little boy. It was awesome. And another one that I like is three brothers in Scotland are going viral. They smashed a world record by rowing 9,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean in 139 days.
Speaker 5:Oh, my gosh, oh my gosh. Three brothers from Scotland all together. They left Peru in mid-April and landed in Australia on Saturday, and they raised a million dollars to fund clean water projects in Madagascar. Oh yeah, and there's only one more little tiny one, a World War II vet in California, jimmy Hernandez. He's going viral, went skydiving for his 100th birthday and he sure is cute. He's really awesome. They call him a dynamo. And here's the thing, the secret he said to his longevity yeah, he always takes his medication and a shot of tequila at 5 pm every day.
Speaker 1:Oh, there you go, tequila, the secret to longevity, there you go.
Speaker 1:Awesome. Those are some great good news stories on this. Talk About Something Good Tuesday. It is Talk About Something Good Tuesday and I have two best friends in studio right now, rusty and Marty, with Fishers of Men coming in to talk about something good. You guys do a lot of great stuff with Fishers of Men coming in to talk about something good. You guys do a lot of great stuff with Fishers of Men. Why don't you tell people that aren't familiar with Fishers of Men what your nonprofit does, who you help and some upcoming events you might have coming up?
Speaker 4:Look at Marty. Yeah Well, actually we help homeless veterans, distraught veterans and in need and you know, with food boxes if they need sleeping bags, if they need a tent, if they need whatever they need to get by. We also offer assistance in getting into the VA, va cards. We can help them get benefits if they need them and they don't know how to get them. We've got the Navajo County Fair coming up. We'll have our first aid unit up there for four days to assist the county fair folks.
Speaker 1:Heck, yeah sweet. And so if there's veterans that need help, how would they contact you?
Speaker 4:They can contact us at 928-369-8455.
Speaker 1:You guys have events happening all the time. You also have like a coffee get-together, oh yeah.
Speaker 4:Every Wednesday from 9 to 10 at the Turn of the Card Community Center there at McNeil, from 9 to 10, we have free coffee and donuts for all veterans and their spouses.
Speaker 1:Heck. Yeah, it is the Fishers of Men nonprofit doing amazing work for our veterans here in the White Mountains. And again, if anybody wants to find out more information on events coming up or if you want to be part of the veterans outreach programs, they can contact you guys. At what number? I don't know your number 928-369-8455.
Speaker 2:And he knows my number. I don't know your number 928-369-8455. And he knows my number.
Speaker 4:I don't have it. I have it on QuickValue.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you just have it saved under her name. Oh really, russ.
Speaker 4:Yeah, and also they can go to our website at fishersofmenforveteranscom.
Speaker 1:Fishersofmenforveteranscom. If you need more information or maybe you want to help and donate. It is a great nonprofit.
Speaker 4:Make sure you check out their website.
Speaker 1:This has been rusty and Marty, with fishers of men on this. Talk about something good Tuesday. Thank you so much for everything you two do for helping the brave men and women that have served this country. We're so grateful for your your service.
Speaker 4:Oh, thank you. Thank you sir.
