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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
Five Cats, No iPad, and a Fire Marshal Walk Into a Morning Show
What do apps, cats, and fire safety chats have in common? Only on The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett & Best Friends!
We start the show with Jan from Heber — our favorite unofficial weatherman with no computer, no internet, and no TV… just a radio and pure happiness. In honor of National iPad Day, we play “App or Not” where Jan tries to guess which wild-sounding apps are actually real (spoiler: some are ridiculous).
Then it’s time for Relationship Advice with Jineane Ford, as we dive into a heartfelt dilemma — a wife who loves her shy mama cat and a husband who says, “She doesn’t like me, so she’s gotta go.” Can love and fur really coexist?
Next up, JD Pepper from Timber Mesa Fire Department joins us for the Fire Marshal Minute, sharing life-saving tips on battery safety — how to spot certified products, why manufacturer chargers matter, how to avoid overcharging, and where to recycle batteries the right way. It’s a quick checklist that can literally prevent house fires, especially as homes fill with e-bikes, tools, tablets, and power packs.
Then we jump back into comedy show ticket giveaways — thanks to Mountain Mobile Auto Glass & Tint and Jeff Reynolds Productions! We play “Law or Flaw” for Paralegal Day, give away both General Admission and VIP tickets to the Best of Phoenix Stand-Up Comedy Showcase on November 1st, and wrap things up with Paul from Beaumont in a hilarious round of “Are You Smarter Than a Redneck: Talk Show Host Edition.”
It’s laughter, love, and local life all in one mug. Pour yourself a cup and hit play — because mornings are better with Best Friends! ☕🎧
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From the Horn Auto Center Studios, Chris Bennett and the Morning Brew. Good morning. It's the Morning Brew with Chris. Who's this? Jan. Jan, the weatherman, aka Jan from Heber. How are you doing on this Thursday? And uh how are those kittens you're taking care of doing?
SPEAKER_01:Oh, I'm surviving. They uh I mean they can jump ten foot now.
SPEAKER_03:So they're quite a handful for you.
SPEAKER_01:Oh.
SPEAKER_03:Um, Jan, did you know today is National iPad Day?
SPEAKER_01:Uh no, I didn't know that.
SPEAKER_03:No, do you do you have an iPad?
SPEAKER_01:No, I don't.
SPEAKER_03:Do you even have uh the internet? No. Or have you ever had a computer in your life?
SPEAKER_01:No, I never have had one.
SPEAKER_03:You've never had a computer, you've never had internet. Do you have a smartphone?
SPEAKER_01:I had a smartphone. Uh-huh. And I got rid of it.
SPEAKER_03:Well, I thought we'd play it.
SPEAKER_01:I've got just a regular good phone.
SPEAKER_03:Well, Jan, I have a fun game for us to play. Since you're not that into technology, I thought we would play a game where you have to tell me if this is an app or not an app. Uh you know what apps are? They're basically little applications on your phone. Right. Okay.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, I know I know what they are.
SPEAKER_03:All right. Uh so you tell me if this is an app or not. You ready?
SPEAKER_01:Okay.
SPEAKER_03:All right. Uh there's an app that tells you the best time to go pee during a movie without missing anything important. Is that a real app or not? I would say it's probably real. It is. It's called Run Pee. All right. Uh, how about this? Uh, an app that's a Tinder style app, like a dating app, that helps your dog find other dogs to go on play dates.
SPEAKER_01:Hmm. Probably an app.
SPEAKER_03:It is. It is. It's called Tin Dog. Instead of Tinder, it's called Tin Dog.
SPEAKER_01:Uh what about uh your dog on that?
SPEAKER_03:No, no, my dog's not. My dog's crazy. He's not allowed to have any friends. He like freaks out whenever he sees anyone. Yeah, he's embarrassing. We can't take him anywhere. Uh what uh what about an app for people who love turt turtles, Jan? You could track turtle migration and meet fellow turtle fans.
SPEAKER_01:Uh that sounds like it's real.
SPEAKER_03:No, it's not. No, but I'm sure it will be one day. Uh and uh let's see. Uh an app that lets you post your leftovers so strangers nearby can claim them.
SPEAKER_01:Oh.
SPEAKER_03:No. It was on the app store briefly, not on there anymore, but it was called Leftover Swap. Uh, crazy uh what we're doing with technology, us young'ins, huh?
SPEAKER_01:Uh yeah, I don't want to spend my time doing that.
SPEAKER_03:We love you. Have a great day. Thanks for having fun with us.
SPEAKER_01:All right, we'll party there. All right, bye-bye.
SPEAKER_03:It is now time for relationship advice. That's right. That's Janine Ford, our relationship advice expert. How are you doing this morning, Bessie?
SPEAKER_04:I just laugh every time we do this because I think to myself, I am the last person you should ask for relationship advice, but that's okay. I've been there and done that a lot of times, so why not?
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, I mean, when you're not doing it, Janine, I always find other people with the lots of relationship experience. I think it makes you a good relationship advice expert when you have a lot of things you can draw from.
SPEAKER_04:There you go.
SPEAKER_03:Heck yeah. Well, uh, how about I read today's story and we'll get your advice? Yes. All right, uh uh this girl, she's 25, her husband's 29, and she says, My husband wants to get rid of our cat. I love her so much. What can I do? Here's the story. My husband and I moved into a new apartment earlier this year where we started feeding stray cats. One mama cat had four kittens in April, and we kept them all except one that we re-homed. Oh my gosh. Then a few months ago, we rescued another abandoned kitty. So now we have five cats. Ooh, here's the issue. I've grown really close to the mama cat. She's shy but sweet and loves affection on her terms. My husband, though, says she's unfriendly because she hisses or scratches when he tries to pick her up, even though she just doesn't like being held. Now he wants to get rid of her when we move, not because of money or space, but because he doesn't like her. Oh, I can't stand the thought of abandoning her. How can I convince my husband to keep her? Is it wrong to let her go just because she doesn't like him and he doesn't like her? What can I do?
SPEAKER_04:Well, it sounds like she's kind of overrun him with cats. Yeah, because now they have five cats, right? Because of the yeah. So I don't know. He kind of already allowed the cats into their world. He did, right? Right. So now he wants to take it back and get rid of the one. I don't know. He doesn't have a big play here, I don't think, because he already let him in, right? Right. And she's gonna feel so like she abandoned this cat. But the thing that I'm I'm thinking there might be some middle middle ground. My son and daughter-in-law, you know, um, she had a couple cats and he was kind of like, oh my gosh, and you know, the the smell, the kitty litter boxes, the well, they've saved up and saved up. They got one of those robotic things that, you know, the cat goes into and it cleans it itself. He said, game changer. So maybe if she adds a couple things like that where the cats are the five cats they've adopted are a little easier, or she does something to and the one nasty cat, he shouldn't take that personally. Some cats just like certain people, whatever. But he already let them in, so I don't think he has a big case here, but she should try to soften it by, you know, maybe finding some homes for a couple of the cats that she's not as attached to. I don't know. I'm just saying there should be some middle ground. Get the electric cat thing. Yeah, you know, yeah, cleans everything.
SPEAKER_03:If you're gonna re-home the cat or a cat, I would re-home the unfriendliest of them. No? Well, that's what he's saying.
SPEAKER_04:That's what he wants. Yeah, but she's really attached to it. And he already let all these cats in. When they decided, oh, let's let's feed all the stray cats, let's let them all in. He should have kind of put his foot down then and said, you know what, I really only want one cat, please. You know what I mean? So that it's a she's kind of overrunning him a little bit. And I I speak to this as an on because I kind of overrun people with my animals too. I've done this before. Like donkeys, okay? Now that I've already fostered the donkeys and I had the donkeys in there, now Clint loves the donkeys, but at first he was looking at me like I was crazy. So yeah, so that's the thing. You have to kind of ease it in and be really, yeah.
SPEAKER_03:Okay, so your your advice is to wear your partner down.
SPEAKER_04:Exactly. Exactly. But he's he already let her do this and she's attached to the cat, so I don't know if he has any, you know, he's but she should try to soften it by the the electric kitty litter thing, keeping everything spotless, keeping it so it's not such a stress on him. Oh maybe. I don't know. I'm just throwing that out there.
SPEAKER_03:Awesome. Well, Janine, you always have the best advice. Thank you so much for having fun with us today. And uh will we get to talk to you tomorrow? Yes. Heck yes. All right. We'll talk to you tomorrow. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. We're giving away two tickets, compliments of Mountain Mobile, Autoglass, and Tint to our comedy show, The Best of Phoenix comedy showcase November 1st at the Sholo Elks Lodge. Go ahead and be first caller for your chance to win these tickets. Good morning. It's the morning brew with Chris, your caller number one. Who's this? Hey, Chris, it's JD. JD, JD Pepper, Fire Marshal, JD Pepper with Timber Mesa Fire Department. Are you calling to win two tickets? Compliments the Mountain Mobile Autoglass to our show November 1st at the Elks Lodge?
SPEAKER_00:Man, you know what? No, I wasn't calling for that. I was calling for the Fire Marshall's minute this morning.
SPEAKER_03:Oh, you know what? Let's postpone the giveaway and uh let's do a little fire marshal minute with our fire marshal JD Pepper with the Timber Mesa Fire Department. What you got for us?
SPEAKER_00:Hey man, uh been been out a little bit, you know, as uh we haven't talked too much here lately, but uh getting back in the getting back in the saddle, right? Uh hey, it's fire prevention month, October. Uh charge into fire safety is the is the theme for this year. We've got a lot of uh lithium battery fires that are you know happening around the around the country, stuff like that. Um, you know, uh a couple things that I want to explain to the to the folks out there is uh on your lithium batteries, first and foremost, buy only listed products. If you're buying a product that uses a lithium battery or lithium-ion battery, look for a safety certification mark on that product, such as UL that's underwriter laboratories, or ETL or CSA. This means it needs important safety standards. So try not to get the cheap knockoffs, that type of thing, because those can be dangerous and they have fires. We've had a couple of those here in our district uh this last summer. Charge your safety devices safely. Always use the cores that came with the product to charge. Follow the instructions from the manufacturer as well. And buy new charges from the manufacturer one that the manufacturer has approved. Charge your device on a hard surface and don't overcharge them. That's a big that's a big no-no with lithium ions is overcharging, so you gotta keep an eye on. And then plug your remove it when the battery is fully charged. And the last thing is to recycle your batteries responsible. Don't throw lithium-ion batteries in the trash or regular recycling bins because they can start a fire. Recycle your battery uh or your device at a safe battery recycling location. You can visit uh there's a website, it's called call to or call the number two recycle.org, and that'll put you at uh that'll give you the information on the local uh a local recycling center. So that's all man, and all as as always. Hey, it's getting cooler outside, getting cold. Let's check those smoke alarm batteries. If you need any uh smoke alarm battery or you need a smoke alarm, give me a call.
SPEAKER_03:JD, thanks so much for your fire marshal minute. And uh we are having our comedy show November 1st at the Elks Lodge. And uh the Elks Riders, they uh run security for me at the event, and we always do a 50-50 raffle. And so uh the 50-50 raffle for this one is uh gonna be going towards the uh the families of the three uh Timber Mesa uh uh firefighters that recently lost their lives in the line of duty.
SPEAKER_00:Oh man, you know what? I I'm gonna tell you, man, I this community is like I it's the way it's the reason why why I do my job, I know that. It's the reason why I know our firefighters do our do their jobs. It's a it's a calling. This community is so beautiful. It is so wonderful for this community to support us in our time of need and our in our our time of grief. And uh I I just I cannot say enough. I know that my fire chief uh Randy Chevalier says the same thing, feels the same way about this community. I I again just I love living here. Thank you all out there so much for your support in this time.
SPEAKER_03:We love you, JD, and we love uh all our first responders out there. Hope you have a great day. And uh guess what? JD didn't win the ticket, so we still have two tickets available to our best of Phoenix stand-up comedy showcase. Compliments of Mountain Mobile Autoglass and Tint. Be first caller, 928-532-4144. JD, we love you, buddy.
SPEAKER_00:Love you too, man. Have a good one. You too. Bye.
SPEAKER_03:Good morning. It's the morning brew with Chris. Who's this? Joyce. Joyce, you are caller number one. Are you calling to win two tickets, compliments of Mountain Mobile Auto Glass and Tint to our comedy show November 1st at the Show Low Elks Lodge? I am. Heck yeah. All right, Joyce. All you have to do is play a game with me. Today is paralegal day. And uh, so we're gonna play a game called Law or Fake Law, or I'll call it Law or Flaw. Uh, you only have to get two right out of five. Sound fair? You could get three wrong. You only need two right. Are are you are you up for the challenge? I am. All right, here we go. First one a law or flaw. Is it illegal for donkeys to sleep in bathtubs in Arizona? Is that a law? Or is that a flaw? And remember, there's some weird laws out there. It's a law. It is a law. It is a law. Do you have any donkeys sleeping in your bathtub right now? I do not. Good, good. I wouldn't admit to it if you did. All right. Uh, is this one a law or flaw? In Georgia, you can get arrested for slapping someone on the back. It's a law. It is a law. 242! Holy moly Joyce, congratulations! You just won two tickets, compliments of Mountain Mobile Auto Glass and Tint to Chris Bennett Comedy presents the best of Phoenix stand-up comedy showcase Saturday, November 1st at 6 30 p.m. at the Sholo Elks Lodge doors, Alberto's food truck, and the bar open up at 5 p.m. It is opened up to the public. VIP tickets are 30, general mission tickets are 20. Show starts at 6.30. If you weren't as lucky as Joyce to win two tickets, compliments amount mobile autoglass and tin, you could get yours today at Chris Bennettcomedy.com. What station hooked you up, Joyce? 925 Q Country. Woo! And one of my best friends, Jeff Reynolds with Jeff Reynolds Productions, uh, just bought two VIP tickets for me to give away. Go ahead and uh be caller number one, and you could win two tickets to our comedy show November 1st. Compliments of Jeff Reynolds Productions. Good morning. It's the morning brew with Chris. Who's this? Dakota. Dakota! Dakota from Taylor calling to win two tickets, VIP tickets, uh, compliments of Jeff Reynolds Productions to our comedy show November 1st at the Sholo Elks Lodge. Have you ever been to one of our comedy shows? I have and I loved it. Heck yes! Well, sweet. This one's gonna be great. It's featuring some of my favorite stand-up comedians from the valley. Uh, show starts at 6 30 p.m. Doors, Alberto's food truck and the bar open up at 5 and the laughs start at 6.30. If you weren't as lucky as Dakota, uh, there are about four VIP tickets left.$30 at Chris Bennett Comedy.com or get your general mission tickets,$20 at Chris Bennett Comedy.com. Dakota, before I let you go, uh, you have to play a game with me. We're gonna play law or flaw. See if you could get two right on this paralegal day. Tell me if it's a real law or a fake law. You ready? Dakota? I'm ready. There we go. First one in Oklahoma, restaurants may be fined for serving cherry pie with ice cream. Is that a law or a flaw? Is it a law? Is it a law or a flaw? Is it a fake law or is it a law? You think it's a real law. Okay, no, no, we're off to a bad start. That is a fake law. Next one. It is illegal to hunt camels in Arizona. Law or flaw? Flaw. It is a flaw. You're correct. There's no camels in Arizona. That's a fake law. You just need one more right in Oregon. You uh you cannot hunt in a cemetery. Is that a law or a flaw? That's a law. That is a law. Ding ding ding. Congratulations, Dakota. You just won two tickets. Compliments of Jeff Reynolds Productions to our stand-up comedy show November 1st at the Show Low Elks Lodge 21 and over. If you weren't as lucky as Dakota, get your tickets today at Chris Bennettcomedy.com. Uh thanks to Jeff Reynolds Productions and what station hooked you up? QCountry 925. You know it. Woo! And that's Bob Vlog! Earlier in the show, I got a call from Paul. I put him on hold and I completely forgot he was there. I feel horrible. Uh let me give him a call and see if he'll forgive me. Hey, I tried to call you back. I'm sorry, I completely forgot I had you on hold, and I was trying to give away uh tickets to the comedy show.
SPEAKER_02:Okay, well, that's fine. That's fine. I had somebody else call me that talk to, and I was not trying to call back, and I guess it was you were giving away.
SPEAKER_03:We were we were giving away, but it wouldn't be a show without talking to Paul from Beaumont. Anything new and juicy from you? Any uh weight loss uh uh uh wins, anything juicy we should know about?
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, sticking around 247. And I I did see my cousin was on today, Mike Creek. Heck yeah. Yeah, yeah. He he he's he's he's a helicopter pilot, he wrote. Oh yeah, he does like the like the angel flights and the life lights and stuff like that now. But he's always been saving people's lives in helicopters.
SPEAKER_03:Heck yeah, man. Love it, love it, love it, love it, love it. Uh, you want to play a game this morning or are you busy?
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, play a game.
SPEAKER_03:Uh, real quick, I played this game with Jan the weatherman, Jan from Heber earlier. Today is iPad Day, so I thought uh I would find some real and fake apps, and you have to tell me if you think it's a real uh app that you can use on your iPad or your phone or a fake app. You ready?
SPEAKER_02:Okay.
SPEAKER_03:All right, there's an app called the Ugly Meter. You take a selfie and it rates how ugly you are on a scale of one to ten. That could be true. That is true, and uh you and I should try that. You want to try it and see who's uglier? Uh we can.
SPEAKER_02:Uh what about we gotta get Kurt in here too before he puts makeup on TV.
SPEAKER_03:What about uh uh an app? You'd love this, an app uh called Cat Paint. It adds cats to any photo you take and meows when he places.
SPEAKER_02:I'm like guess for real.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, does that sound like an app you might be downloading later today? You love you, some cats. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, what's it called?
SPEAKER_03:It's called Cat Paint.
SPEAKER_02:Cat Paint, okay.
SPEAKER_03:Cat Paint. All right, and last one, uh, this is an app called Drunk Mode. It blocks your phone from texting or calling certain people when you're drunk.
SPEAKER_02:It should be if you ain't.
SPEAKER_03:It is it sounds like a genius app. I know a lot of friends that need that app.
SPEAKER_02:That is a real that is that would that would put an end to drunk calls.
SPEAKER_03:That's right, buddy. It is now time for Are You Smarter Than a Redneck? We have Paul from Beaumont on the phone. Today is TV talk show host day. So we're gonna do some TV talk show host trivia. If you know the answer, say your name. That's your buzzer. Are you ready? Let's do it. Which talk show host famously gives away cars with the phrase, you get a car, you get a car, everybody gets a car, Paul. Paul, that'd be Oprah. That is Oprah, yep. There you go. You're up 1-0 on this talk show host day. What talk show host used to end each show by dancing through the audience? Drew Barrymore, Ellen DeGeneres, Arsenio Hall, or Wendy Williams? Chris, Ellen DeGeneres, ding ding ding. You didn't know that?
SPEAKER_02:Nah.
SPEAKER_03:All right. Uh which talk show host is known for doing carpool karaoke? Is it Jimmy Kimmel, James Corden, Conan O'Brien, or Trevor Noah? Paul, Paul.
SPEAKER_02:It's the James Corden.
SPEAKER_03:It is James Corden. That's right, and that's actually uh who our friend Emmy Award-winning producer Ryan won his uh Emmy for. Uh, you just are one answer away from being smarter than a radio DJ. Which talk show host was known for his top 10 lists and throwing pencils at the camera? Was it coached? Paul. Paul. Paul.
SPEAKER_02:David Letterman.
SPEAKER_03:It is David Letterman. Holy moly, you are smarter than a very handsome radio DJ. Paul, we love you. I hope you have a great day, best friend. You too, buddy. I have a great one. All right.
