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Thanksgiving Boo or Cool, Am I The Jerk Court Drama & Ryan McKee Fun: A Pre-Turkey Chaos Episode

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It’s the last show before Thanksgiving, and things get wonderfully chaotic in all the right ways. We kick off with a special holiday edition of Boo or Cool with Show Low’s Dave Ramsey—stretchy pants? Boo. Green bean casserole with crunchy onions? Boo. Olives on fingertips? Boo. And yes, the dessert table must have pumpkin pie.

Then Jineane Ford joins us from Majik 101.7 and iTalk 106.7 for Am I the Jerk Court, tackling a spicy family dilemma: a last-minute invite to Thanksgiving that suddenly comes with a $100-per-family price tag… or an even weirder alternative “fee.” We break down the math, the manners, and the boundaries.

Andrea brings another Hallmark Christmas movie review—Tidings for the Season—with her signature mix of honesty, charm, and cocoa-based scoring.

We also give away a Brew Crew bag and two tickets to the December 20th Chris Bennett Comedy Presents show at Rocky’s Cocktail Lounge. Dave Ramsey calls back in for some Charlie Brown trivia and takes the win.

Finally, comedian Ryan McKee jumps on the line with updates on the big show, defends the existence of his very real girlfriend (Facebook Live was doubtful), and plays our Thanksgiving edition of Real or Fake Kitchen Tools. Turns out having a Home Ec teacher for a mom is an unfair advantage.

It’s cozy, silly, slightly chaotic, and packed with holiday spirit—the perfect pre-Thanksgiving episode.

If you laughed, yelled “boo,” or learned a new kitchen tool today, hit follow, leave a quick review, and share this episode with someone who needs a holiday smile.

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From the Horn Auto Center Studios, Chris Bennett and the morning brew. On the phone, we have Show Low's own Dave Ramsey on this cold Wednesday morning before Thanksgiving. How are you, the kitties and the doggos, doing this morning?

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They're good. Doggy didn't like it much outside, but they gotta do what they gotta do. Yeah. They're gonna stay outside until they get it done.

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And sometimes they don't and they bring it on inside and leave you a present, right?

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Totally.

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And that's totally boo, right?

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Totally boo.

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Well, with Thanksgiving being tomorrow, Dave, I thought we would do a Thanksgiving edition, Boo or Cool. You ready?

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I'm ready.

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Alright, Boo or Cool, showing up to Thanksgiving in stretchy pants.

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Boo.

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Boo, really? You like to wear uh sweatpants, don't you?

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Sweatpants is one thing, stretchy pants is another.

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But sweatpants are stretchy pants, aren't they? No. No, you don't you don't agree. Okay. But why and why are stretchy pants boo on Thanksgiving? It seems like a smart idea. Shows too many curves. Shows too many curves. All right. Next one. Uh people who show up late but still want the biggest plate.

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That's definitely boo.

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That's totally boo, yeah. Get what you get and you don't throw a fit. Uh, what about uh kids or adults putting black olives on all ten fingers before eating them?

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No, boo. Totally boo.

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Really? You've never done that, Dave?

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I don't eat olives.

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Oh, olives are totally boo?

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Totally boo.

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What about uh green bean casserole with those cunt cunt crunchy onions on top?

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Yeah, definitely boo. Oh, wow!

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You don't like green bean casserole. Is there anything you do like on Thanksgiving?

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I don't like the crunchy onion thing.

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Oh, oh. Uh, what about uh boo or cool? Someone bringing a brand new boyfriend or girlfriend to Thanksgiving. If she was invited, that's one thing, but if she wasn't invited, that's boo. Okay. What uh what if you've only been dating for a week? Is that too soon to bring a boyfriend or girlfriend to Thanksgiving? Yes, it is. It is okay. All right, you should probably wait for that. All right, and uh people who take leftovers home before everyone has eaten.

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That's definitely boo.

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Totally boo. Oh, yeah, totally boo, absolutely. And last one, the dessert table having everything but pumpkin pie.

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I'm not a big fan of pumpkin pie, but that's still another boo.

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Really, I would say cool because uh I'm not a big fan of pumpkin pie either. That was boo or cool with Dave Ramsey. A lot of boo today.

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Totally.

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Well, we love you, Dave. I hope you have a great Thanksgiving, and we'll talk to you soon. All right, it is now time for Am I the Jerk Court for Thanksgiving edition, the honorable Janine Ford presides. Sweet. All right, you got a special robe and wig on for Thanksgiving? Yes, I do. I'm wearing a turkey hat. Oh, wonderful. All right, I'll read the story and we come back. We will get your verdict. Here we go. Uh, my family does a big Thanksgiving every year. About 20 to 25 people, including kids. My little family is just me, my husband, and our six-month-old baby. In our group chat, it was decided that my nephew would handle all the meat this year since he bought a new grill and everyone else could bring sides. He chose to spend about$300 on the meat. I replied in the chat saying we bring mashed potatoes. Then my sister jumped in and said every family had to bring at least$100 worth of food. Or else, contribute the same amount to help my nephew pay for the meat. This was never discussed beforehand, and honestly, the way she said it rubbed me the wrong way. The next day, the next day, she wrote another message. Option one, bring enough food for everyone. Option two, give Thomas$100 for the meat. Or option three, help dad pay the water bill.$200 per family, choose wisely. At that point, I snapped and replied, Option four, don't show up. Oh and everyone got mad. So now I'm wondering, am I the jerk if I skip Thanksgiving completely in protest of this surprise?$100 rule. What do you say?

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Um, I I think this whole war, it's it this is this is a tough one. And the thing is, is I think$100, turkey is way down. I mean, everything's down this year for cost, and I just think that's a little high. I think it's kind of tacky on behalf of the sister to be giving these ultimatums to everybody. That's just my thought. Right. And I just feel like maybe she shows up for Thanksgiving if they want to, and she brings all her own food. They bring their own there, they bring their 97 cents a pound turkey and she brings her own food, right? Yeah. Or they just say, gosh, we're not feeling well, I'm gonna stay home. Something. I it's just uh it's uh to sh to say everybody needs to pitch in a hundred dollars for the meat. That's that's a little high. It's it's a little I think that's a in other words, the person that was the sister that was throwing all that out there is kind of she's kind of asking for them to get, you know, say what the other sister said. So I don't really blame her. I don't think she's a jerk for saying these things or doing this because that sister saying, everybody needs a pitch in, you have your choices. Pitch in a hundred dollars, you're gonna pay an electric bill, or you're gonna, you know, all that stuff. I think that one's more of a jerk.

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Right. So she wouldn't be a jerk if she just totally skipped Thanksgiving with her sister and family over this.

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Just to say, hey, we're gonna stay home this year, we're sitting this one out. There were too many rules. Too many rules, okay? Or we're gonna bring our 97 cent a pound turkey. We're bringing our own meat.

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Yeah, it sounds like they're trying to make some money. He he spent 300 on meat and 20, 25 people coming, and they want everyone to bring$100?

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And the other thing, too, is what how what kind of meat are they have? Are they having prime rib?

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Yeah, you know, I don't know, maybe the thing. Yeah. Okay. Maybe. All right. So in the case of would I be the jerk or am I the jerk for skipping Thanksgiving completely in protest of this surprise hundred dollar rule, Janine rules, not the jerk.

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Not the jerk. You know, make the decision, just you know, whatever. Too many rules for this Thanksgiving. I don't know. Tell them too many rules. We're just gonna sit this one out. Yeah. Or bring our own food.

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Yeah. Awesome. Well, thank you, Janine. We love you, best friend. Love you too. Have a good one. Have a happy Thanksgiving. You too. Bye-bye. And now it's time for Chris's wife to give us her Christmas Hallmark movie reviews. All right, my love. What Hallmark Christmas movie from the 2025 collection are we reviewing this morning?

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We're reviewing Tidings for the Season.

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Tidings for the Season. Gosh, what do I think this is about? I think this is about a guy who owns a laundry mat and he runs out of tide. And so he goes to the store and uh falls in love with one of the grocery clerks, and uh they live happily ever after.

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You might have a career in writing Hallmark movies.

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Oh, really? Oh no, not really. I'm way off. What's this one about?

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So this one is about honestly. This is like Hallmark, classic, tried and true, single mom, who's a good uh do-gooder, and uh, you know, successful, he's a new anchor and the too busy for Christmas and too busy for all the fun things and parodies and things that he brings uh through his life, and her son wants to be a news anchor like him. And we bring them together and yeah, it was it was the hallmark formula, and so if you like that, it was really good. Um, but not it wasn't too fighting, so I gave it three cups of hot cocoa.

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Three cups out of five cups of hot cocoa for tidings for the season. Uh, one thing you didn't mention that this starred uh one of the uh sisters from Sister Sister, a show when we were younger, Tamara.

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Oh, yes, and I love her. She is like my favorite. So I love I love it when she's in movies.

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If you're running uh low on time this uh Christmas season, skip this one. But if you have a little extra time, go ahead and watch Tidings for the Season. My love, thank you so much. I'll let you go so uh you can uh watch some more Hallmark Christmas movies.

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Sounds good.

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All right, love ya.

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Love you. Bye. Bye.

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Good morning. It's the morning brew with Chris. Who's this? It's Mr. Boo. Oh, Dave Ramsey calling to win a brew crew bag, brew crew shirt, WME movie passes, and two tickets to our comedy show December 20th at Rockies. Uh, all you have to do, Dave, is today is Good Grief Day. It is uh the creator of Charlie Brown, Charles Schultz's birthday. So we're gonna do some Charlie Brown trivia. Boo or cool on Charlie Brown? Cool. Cool, okay. All you have to do, Dave, you're uh if you get more than three wrong, it's over. You only have to get two right, okay? Are you ready? I'm ready. What is the name of Charlie Brown's dog? Snoopy. There we go. That was easy. All right. First one. Which character always pulls the football away from Charlie Brown? Lucy. Oh my gosh, you've won, buddy. Let's see uh how long you go till you get a question wrong. What is Linus always carrying with him?

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A piano. No, no, blanket. Oh no, a blanket. I was thinking of uh I was thinking about the piano players.

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Uh do you do you know the name of Charlie Brown's little sister?

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No.

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Uh Lucy, Sally, Patty, or Violet? Violet. No, it is Sally. And do you know who's you probably know this one. Who is Snoopy's bird sidekick? Woodstock. There you go. Dave, congratulations. You just won a brew crew bag uh with a brew crew shirt. And uh you also won some WME movie passes, along with two tickets to our 21 and over comedy show at Rocky's Cocktail Lounge, December 20th, with headliner Ryan McKee. If you weren't as lucky as Dave, uh you could get your tickets at Chris Bennettcomedy.com. They're$25, but this week until Friday at midnight, they will be$20.$5 off this week only at Chris Bennettcomedy.com. What station hook you up, Dave?

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92.5. Woo!

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Woo! Yeah, buddy. Good morning. It's the morning brew with Chris. Who's this?

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Producer Ryan. Heck yeah.

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Headliner Ryan McKee. That's gonna be headlining our comedy show we just gave tickets to weigh at uh Rocky's on December 20th?

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Yeah.

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Heck yeah, dude, we are almost a question mark.

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Oh on December 20th? I'm like, yeah.

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No, I mean I mean, are you the Ryan that's gonna be there? That's why the question is.

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Oh, yes. Yes, I am Ryan McKee, aka producer Ryan, aka the Big Baller. The big baller uh Big Baller Johnny. I don't know. I'm just making stuff up right now.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, hey, uh man, my Facebook Live audience is so uh into you and your story. They've been following you in your dating uh journey. Last we heard you have a girlfriend that sounds fake, right?

SPEAKER_02:

She sounds fake. She uh she lives in Boston. I live in Wilmington. Right. She used to be a Hooters waitress back in college when I first started dating her. We started dating 20 years ago. Uh-huh. Um, and so that was a real uh check mark on my dating. Like, who dated a Hooters waitress?

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Me-me-me!

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And now she is a professor of creative writing at Harvard University.

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Yeah, she does sound fake. She doesn't live with you, she lives in uh Boston, she teaches at Harvard, and she's beautiful. She worked at uh at Hooters. Kendra on uh Facebook Live wants to know if you're going to go to Boston.

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I am no, I'm not going to Boston anytime soon. Um she actually wants to move to Wilmington eventually and teach at the university here.

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Oh, wow, okay.

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Because Kendra I mean that's what she says, at least.

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Kendra says, uh, so you're dating for no other purpose than just to say you have a girlfriend? LOL, okay, she does sound fake.

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No, no, no, no. I love her very much. We are going to go down to Clearwater, Florida, uh, next month before I come out to Arizona and go swimming with manatees up on her bucket list. So we're gonna do that. And John Mullaney, my favorite comedian, just happens to be in town uh there. So we're gonna go see him too.

SPEAKER_04:

Nice. Are you gonna share pictures for those that think she's fake?

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Um, yeah, I could put up some pictures. But how do you know it's just not a woman I hire to pose as her?

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Yeah, exactly. Uh Kirk Nermi on the Facebook Live said he is looking forward to what breakup scenario you create when this.

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Oh, what? Do you not believe in love, Kirk?

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They believe in love. They just don't believe that your girlfriend is real.

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Oh, right, right, right, right, right. Yeah. Well, maybe like, maybe one day I can have her call in.

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Oh, dude, that would be awesome.

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Maybe when we're together in Clearwater, I can uh I can call in with her. Oh man. She can confirm it's all real, baby.

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I can't wait for it. Uh, Ryan, what uh you are not doing any cooking for Thanksgiving, right?

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No, my friend is throwing a fancy, well not a fancy, but a little uh Thanksgiving gathering, and she is a real type A personality. And I said, Can I help cook? And she goes, No, it's all me. Yes. I want to do it. I'm like, all right, I'm not gonna argue. I don't want to cook anyway.

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Yeah, that sounds great. Uh, I don't do any of the cooking either, so you and I are in the same boat. And uh thought we'd play a little game. Today is Taiwan on, not uh that tie one on, but an apron. And we're gonna see how well you know your kitchen utensils or kitchen tools. I'll read a uh kitchen tool. You tell me if it's real or fake. You ready?

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I'm ready.

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All right, a pie bird. A pie bird. Is that real?

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Pie bird? That sounds fake.

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No, that is real. It's a ceramic vent for letting steam escape from pies. Uh what about a butterbell? A butterbell.

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A butterbell. Butterbell. That sounds real.

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That is real, ding. It's an old French croc to keep butter soft. Uh what about a potato spinner 3000? Fake. That is fake. It sounds like a fun game, though. Uh you sit on a potato and just spin. Oh, that would maybe hurt, Chris.

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I don't know.

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Don't do that with that.

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That might be a that might be a weird uh a weird thing.

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Uh, what about an egg cuber?

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Egg cuber. Yes.

SPEAKER_04:

That is real, and that's gross. It turns uh boiled eggs into cubes. I don't want my egg in cubes.

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Why not? How is that any different than just sliced eggs? I don't know. And taste at least.

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Yeah, I don't know. That's a good point. It just I I like my eggs to look like eggs.

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Okay. Well, you know, you do you, buddy. No judgment.

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All right, and last one, a sausage stuffer funnel.

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Mmm. All right, that also sounds like a fun game, but let's go with real.

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It is real used to make homemade sausages.

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You do know a lot about your kitchen tools, but luckily Yeah, because my mom was a home economics teacher at Peyson High School. That's right.

SPEAKER_04:

Heck yeah, so you better know your kitchen utensils. Did you take her class in high school?

SPEAKER_02:

Oh, no. I stayed as far away from my mom as possible on campus. I didn't want to I didn't want people to know she was my mom, even though we had the same last name, so people figured it out pretty quickly.

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Well, Ryan, we love you, best friend. Thanks for having fun with us. We are excited for you to be here December 20th. Remember, get your early bird tickets to this 21 and over comedy show this week and save$5 at Chris Bennettcomedy.com. Ryan, happy Thanksgiving, best friend.

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Happy Thanksgiving to you, the Facebook Live, and all of the White Mountains.

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