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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
First Pitches & Fan Favorites: D-backs Tix, Am I The Jerk Court & Tavis’ Big Vote
Radio magic happens when genuine connection meets community support, and today's Morning Brew delivered both in spades.
The phone lines lit up as listeners competed for D-backs tickets and comedy show passes through Chris's signature games. Samuel, our first caller, faced the ultimate choice in "Would You Rather" – throw the first pitch at a D-backs game or enjoy front-row seats for his favorite band? His decision to go with the pitching opportunity (while admitting his love for Metallica and Def Leppard) won him Sunday tickets to see the D-backs take on the Phillies.
A heartwarming community story emerged when Janine shared news about 13-year-old Tavis McCreary from Pinetop, currently placed second in Sports Illustrated's Youth Athlete of the Year competition. With voting ending Thursday and votes counting double today, the entire White Mountain community has rallied behind this hometown hero competing for a magazine feature and $25,000 prize. Vote here - http://athleteoftheyear.org/2025/tavis-35a9
The fan-favorite "Am I the Jerk Court" segment featured Judge Jineane Ford presiding over a relationship dispute about dishwasher finances. Her verdict that the boyfriend was indeed the jerk for asking his girlfriend to split costs when his parents had already covered the expense sparked conversations about transparency and generosity in relationships.
Local comedy got a boost with multiple promotions for Saturday's show at the Pinedale Community Center, featuring Phoenix standups Sari Belyak, Zach Allen, Cricket Gill, Tony B, and local talent Colby Maxwell. Dave won tickets through the "Boo or Cool" game, definitively ruling against Hallmark movies and pumpkin spice everything.
The show wrapped with a surprise call from Paul from Beaumont, checking in from truck driving school with news of his 20-pound weight loss journey – a testament to the ongoing relationships built through this daily radio connection.
Join our community of listeners tomorrow morning for more games, giveaways, and genuine moments that make the Morning Brew with Chris Bennett the soundtrack to your day.
From the Horn Auto Center Studios Chris Bennett and the Morning Brew. Good morning, it's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this? Hey, this is Samuel. Who, samuel, samuel, samuel, oh, samuel, heck, yes, Samuel. Well, guess what you are first caller. Do you want the D-back tickets either Friday or Sunday night? I have four of those, or I have two tickets. Compliments of Comfort Fit Dentures to our comedy show Saturday at the Pinedale Community Center at 630.
Speaker 2:I will take the D-back tickets for Sunday.
Speaker 1:Heck, yeah, all right, all you have to do is do a little. Would you rather here we go, rather here we go, would you rather?
Speaker 2:throw the first pitch at a Diamondbacks game, or have front row tickets to your favorite band. Oh man, I have some good bands. I like Metallica and Def Leppard, but I would also like to throw the first pitch. So I would say first pitch is my choice. I would rather take the first pitch.
Speaker 1:Would you rather always sneeze, glitter or laugh so hard you honk like a goose.
Speaker 2:Oh, I'm sneezing glitter all day. That's a magic trick I could use forever.
Speaker 1:Yeah, are you single? I am. Oh, dude, that would be the best pickup line ever, right.
Speaker 3:Oh, I love you. Cut to.
Speaker 1:All right. Last one Would you rather only eat tacos for a week or only drink milkshakes for a week? Oh, I'm eating tacos all day. You know it. You know it, samuel. Congratulations. You just won four tickets to Sunday's game, d-backs, hosting the Philadelphia Phillies as they make their quest for the MLB playoffs. What station hooked you up? 92.5. You know it, janine, you there.
Speaker 4:Yes, I am. How are you?
Speaker 1:I'm doing great on this hump day. You had Tavis McCreary from Pinetop on your show, right?
Speaker 4:Yes, I'm so excited for him. What place is he in right now?
Speaker 1:Yeah, so he's a 13 year old. He's in second place, right now in the quarterfinals for the Sports Illustrated Youth Athlete of the Year. Whoever wins gets a full spread in Sports Illustrated and they also get $25,000.
Speaker 4:So exciting yeah.
Speaker 1:You can vote daily. It goes till the end of Thursday but today, I feel, is like a great chance for us to get them into first place, Because normally you get one free vote a day. Right now they're doubling the votes.
Speaker 4:Two free votes today, so you get two free votes.
Speaker 1:You could even buy additional votes if you want to show extra support, and all that money goes towards the jimmy v foundation for cancer research and the best thing too, is you can vote every day.
Speaker 4:If you voted already, say oh, I've already voted for that. Vote again today and get two more votes for tavis exactly.
Speaker 1:He needs as many votes as we could give him. I shared the link on the q country facebook page and so you could go there and just click on the link and vote. And I just checked, janine. He has moved into first.
Speaker 1:No way, he's moved into first, but let's pile on today because, holy moly, there's only just a few more left and if he makes it in the semifinals, then there's only going to be four kids left in that. Wow, way to go, tavis, and make sure you vote for Tavis McCreary for Youth Athlete of the Year. What a great kid. Go to their website youthathleteoftheyearorg.
Speaker 4:Pretty cool news, really cool news. That is awesome. Okay, vote for Tavis today.
Speaker 1:Vote for Tavis A couple times. How about a little? Am I the Jerk Court? All right, that sounds perfect. All rise. It is now time for Am I the Jerk Court? The Honorable Janine Ford Prezides.
Speaker 4:I love being addressed like that I know it's pretty cool, huh?
Speaker 1:All right, janine, here is the story. Am I the jerk for asking my partner to split the cost of a new dishwasher, even though my parents already covered it? Here's the deal. My partner and I are pretty young and don't have high paying jobs yet, so sometimes our parents help us out, and recently our dishwasher broke, and it's something we both use every day. My parents were nice enough to send me $600 so we could replace it. My partner could have asked their parents for help too, but didn't.
Speaker 1:We ended up finding a dishwasher for about $450. After buying it, I asked my partner to pitch in half, since we both live here and use it equally. They seemed surprised because technically the money was from my parents, covered the whole thing and I didn't return the leftover $150. I just kept it. So now I'm wondering am I the jerk for asking them to split the cost, or is it fair, since we're both benefiting from the new appliance? Janine, you heard the case. Do you have any questions? In the case of, am I the jerk for asking my partner to split costs?
Speaker 4:Well, I don't know. This is a boyfriend-girlfriend that are living together, correct?
Speaker 1:Yes, he's 20.
Speaker 4:She's 19 so still very, very young. Yes, um, if they are normally splitting things and sharing things, yeah, he, you know, if he brings it up and he talks about it. But the biggest thing is he should, uh, probably, you know, return the extra to his parents. You know what I mean? That would be a nice thing to do, first of all, and then splitting the cost of the um, if they normally split costs, you know. But I think he goes ahead and he discusses this with her, because if she thinks, gosh, you make more, you know there could be more to this and it's better just to be transparent, because if he's like that, if he maybe he's a super, super tight cheapskate, okay, and maybe she doesn't make as much. Maybe she needs to know that about him too. Do you follow me? There's more things involved, but if they normally split things, go ahead and ask her. But then his parents gifted it to him, so it's, I'm thinking he might be a cheapie, I don't know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean if, if I have permission to approach the bench, your honor, um, he seems like a little bit of a jerk because, like so one, he was trying to pocket that money from his parents. That's not good, not a good sign. Not a good sign and he was going to make his girl like, even though the whole thing was covered and it wasn't out of his pocket at all, what was he going to do with that $225 that his girlfriend was going to give for her half?
Speaker 4:Like, was he going to pocket that? So see, that's what I'm trying to say. She should probably know who he really is.
Speaker 3:You know.
Speaker 4:I want her to know the kind of guy he is, because she'd have to deal with this her whole life. So I think he is the jerk you know, because his parents gave him the money for it. It's a gift.
Speaker 1:Exactly.
Speaker 4:So why wouldn't it be a gift for both of you, that so?
Speaker 1:why wouldn't it be a gift for both of you? That's right. In the case of, am I the jerk for asking my girlfriend to split costs on a new dishwasher? Janine says yes, you are the jerk, yep. Janine, thanks so much for having fun with us today, and I hope you have a great rest of your day. You too, chris. Love you, love you. Bye. Good morning. It's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this Good morning?
Speaker 3:champion Chris Bennett.
Speaker 1:Heck yeah, it's Brian from Pinedale. How are you doing on this hump day?
Speaker 3:I'm doing really good this morning. I think that caller that called in that took the tickets though for the Diamondbacks should have took the tickets for.
Speaker 2:Saturday night.
Speaker 1:Well, you know what? I still have two tickets left compliments of Comfort Fit Dentures to give away. So how about, after this call we give those away? There you go. Heck. Yeah, I know where you're going to be Saturday night. Right, that's right.
Speaker 1:Chris Bennett Comedy presents Stand-Up Comedy at the Pinedale Community Center. This Saturday Show starts at 6.30. The Doors and Alberto's Food Truck open up at 5 pm. It is 21 and over. You guys will have light refreshments like soda and waters for sale to benefit the Heritage House, yep, and some candy and stuff. Nice, but 21 and over they are allowed to BYOB if they want to bring. Okay, awesome. So that's going to be cool and only about 40 tickets left. You could get them at Chris Bennett comedycom.
Speaker 1:The shows in Pinedale are always a blast and this show we are doing the best of Phoenix standup comedy showcase. These are some of my favorite comedians that I've performed with down in the Valley and they do all the the big clubs. We have Sari Belyak, who's star of Stage and Page. She's written for the Onion. She also had a comedy special come out earlier this year on iTunes. That came out number one, wow, yeah. And then we have Zach Allen from Montana who performs at the Tempe Improv. All the improvs around the Valley just opened up for Steve-O and we have Cricket Gill who was here for my birthday bash. She's been on Laugh After Dark. She also won the Funniest Person in the Valley contest in 2024.
Speaker 1:Ooh there we go. And then we have Tony B, who's hilarious. He's been on Laugh After Dark, just came back from doing a bunch of shows in Vegas, and so it's going to be a great show. And then we have a local White Mountain resident who's trying his hand at stand-up comedy. I think this might be his fifth or sixth time. Colby Maxwell is going to be doing a special guest set, so it's going to be fun. It's always a good time, so get your tickets today at chrisbennettcomedycom. Or you know what? I'm going to go ahead and give away two tickets right now. Compliments of Comfort Fit Dentures. You'll feel comfortable always. Just be the first caller 928-532-4144. We love you, brian.
Speaker 3:Great day. Have a good day you too.
Speaker 1:Bye, Bye. Good morning. It's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this? Is this Dave Ramsey?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Heck yeah, Dave Ramsey Calling to win two tickets. Compliments of Comfort Fit Dentures to our comedy show this Saturday night at 6.30 pm at the Pinedale Community Center doors. Halliburton's Food Truck open up at 5 pm and show starts at 6.30. Only 40 tickets left. They're $25., it is 21 and over ChrisBennettComedycom for more information and to get your tickets. Dave, I was gonna do a, Would you Rather with the caller? But since you called, why don't we do a Boo or Cool today? How does that sound?
Speaker 2:That's fine.
Speaker 1:Alright, real quick. Boo or Cool. Hallmark Christmas movies Boo Boo. You know my wife loves them. They're on all the time. But guess what? Hallmark has started? Hallmark Fall movies. So what do you think of Hallmark Fall movies? Boo or Cool Boo.
Speaker 2:Boo. I just don't like it. I don't like watching the Hallmark channel. I just don't like watching the Hallmark Channel.
Speaker 1:What about pumpkin spice lattes in September? Boo or cool, totally boo. No, you don't like pumpkin spice? No, and everything nice.
Speaker 2:Okay, I noticed they got pumpkin spice Cheerios out now, oh and is that totally boo, totally boo.
Speaker 1:What about reality dating shows like the Bachelor? They're funny, that's cool. Oh, that's cool Really. Would you ever be the golden bachelor? No, no, no. You wouldn't want to find love on a show like that.
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker 1:All right. What about watching old sitcoms?
Speaker 2:I watch them every day.
Speaker 1:It's cool. Which ones do you watch every day?
Speaker 2:Leave it to Beaver Rifleman. That's it. Oh, I watch a whole bunch. I can name on, and, on, and on.
Speaker 1:What about fancy coffee drinks that cost more than six bucks? Totally boo. And what about wearing pajamas on a quick store run Boo Boo. You do that though, don't you? No, oh, come on, really, you don't wear sweatpants to the store. That's not pajamas, oh, it's not. What are sweatpants considered Formal wear?
Speaker 2:No, no, that's just something to wear, it's not pajamas.
Speaker 1:Well, that was Boo or Cool with Dave Ramsey and Dave, you just won two tickets. Compliments of Comfort Fit Dentures, You'll feel comfortable. Always to our comedy show this Saturday at the Pinedale Community Center. The show starts at 630. Doors in Alberto's food truck open up at 5. What radio station hooked you up?
Speaker 2:92.5. You know it, arrrr, arrrr, woo, that's my blog 92.5.
Speaker 3:You know it, that's my blood, because.
Speaker 1:Paul from Beaumont said so. Yee-yee, yee-yee, holy moly, it's Paul from Beaumont. Paul, I did not think we were going to get to hear from you this week because you're in trucking school, right? Well, I'm just a star student, star student, nice. So the teacher let you take a little break and give a phone call to your favorite morning show. Yeah, I'll let him take a break. We'll give us an update on paul. I know we don't have you for long. Uh, give us an update on your fat shot, your weight loss journey and driving school.
Speaker 3:yeah, fat shot. I'm down about 20 pounds, 20. What are you driving? Yeah, the truck driving school. I got a great instructor. Uh, I can't. You know, I already knew most of this stuff, so it's really. It's really just like refreshing and, like I said, this guy's really good. He don't yell, he don't scream. He's really cool and, uh, really informative. I would highly, I would highly recommend this guy.
Speaker 1:Yeah, he must be standing right next to you.
Speaker 3:Yeah, he is Awesome.
Speaker 1:Well, dude, we miss you. You're down 20 pounds, so are you out of the 260s now? Yeah, I was 258 this morning. Oh, holy moly. And who's been giving you the shots?
Speaker 3:Rhonda.
Speaker 1:Rhonda Hare. Oh, and she's getting better at it.
Speaker 3:No, not really.
Speaker 1:Anyway, out of here, bye. All right, we love you, paul Bye.
