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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
Real Tea, Real Laughs & Motivational Monday
Frost on the windows, steam off the mug, and a Monday that needed a little motivation. We kick off the show with a check-in from Jan the Weather Man — aka Jan from Heber — covering local conditions, responsible pet updates (his cats are getting spayed and neutered), and a reminder that caring for what matters starts at home. From there, we celebrate National Hot Tea Day with a fast, fun round of Real Celebrity Tea or Fake Celebrity Tea, spilling pop-culture facts and fiction about some very famous names.
We check in with Jineane Ford from our sister stations Majik 101.7 and iTalk 106.7, then share a surprisingly effective back-pain fix that gallops in from the barn: horse liniment. Equal parts comedy and relief, it opens a practical conversation about everyday solutions that actually work. We also preview new Chris Bennett Comedy Productions dates coming to the White Mountains in 2026, including a summer series featuring headliners with major TV credits.
Motivational Monday takes center stage with quotes focused on resilience, restarting, and keeping momentum going, followed by a feel-good Country News Minute highlighting gratitude and generosity in country music. We wrap things up with a live Boo or Cool Joke Challenge, building punchlines from wild headlines and letting Show Low’s own Dave Ramsey deliver the verdict.
Warm, local, funny, and motivating — it’s the kind of Monday start that sticks.
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_02:Jan.
SPEAKER_00:Jan, the weatherman, aka Jan from Heber. It was 16 degrees this morning when I headed in to work here in Sholo. What's the weather like in Heber?
SPEAKER_02:Uh, probably about 14.
SPEAKER_00:Wow. Hopefully you got your long John thongs on.
SPEAKER_01:Uh I'm coming up tomorrow morning and I'm gonna be buying some.
SPEAKER_00:Heading up tomorrow morning. What's new with you? Anything new and juicy?
SPEAKER_02:Uh well, I've got up in the morning early. Uh bringing the uh two kitties uh to uh pet alliance. Oh to get uh taken care of.
SPEAKER_00:To to get adopted or to get uh spayed or neutered?
SPEAKER_02:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:A little fixed. A little clip clip.
SPEAKER_01:Oh yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Well that's exciting. You gotta do that though, as Bob Barker always said. Remember to spay and neuter your pets.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Well, what can I do you for this morning?
SPEAKER_02:Uh I'd like to hear a song. Uh Chris Stapleton Whitehorse.
SPEAKER_00:Oh, Chris Stapleton Whitehorse. You got it. And Jan, how about when we come back, you play a little game with me?
SPEAKER_03:Uh alright.
SPEAKER_00:All right. Today, Jan, is national hot tea day. So I thought we'd play a little game called Spill the Tea. Real celebrity tea or fake celebrity tea. You ready?
SPEAKER_01:Ready.
SPEAKER_00:Uh Beyonce, do you know who that is? Yes. Yeah. Uh true or false. She requires her dressing room to be set at exactly 78 degrees.
SPEAKER_02:True.
SPEAKER_00:Uh, yeah, it is true. There you go. Dang, you're good. Are you a big Beyonce fan? Uh, not a big one, but all right, true or false. Do you know who Ed Sheeran is, the singer? Yeah. Alright, well, let's skip that one. True or false. Tom Hanks uh uh collects typewriters and has more than 250 typewriters. True or false?
SPEAKER_01:True.
SPEAKER_00:Uh it is true. Gosh, you are good, Jan. You know your celebrities. Uh, what about Lady Gaga? Do you know who that is? Yeah. Okay, true or false. She wants band T entirely because it confused her vocals. True or false? True. Uh, that is false. That is false. All right. Uh, last one. Nicholas Cage once owned a pet octopus.
SPEAKER_02:I would say that's probably true.
SPEAKER_00:That is true. He has a lot of weird things. He's made a lot of money and he spent even more, I think. Uh, that was real tea or fake tea on this national hot tea day. Jan, thanks for having fun with this best friend. And we'll uh talk to you soon. Hopefully, we'll talk to you tomorrow. Yeah. All right. See you soon, buddy. Bye. All right, bye. Janine, you there? Yes, I am. Hi, Chris. Hello, hello, hello on this super cold Monday morning.
SPEAKER_04:I know. Monday, Monday.
SPEAKER_00:Man, it was 16 degrees when I pulled in this morning.
SPEAKER_04:I know, and I couldn't believe a couple days ago, seven degrees overnight, then 10. I mean, blanketed up all the horses. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Um, I have some interesting uh things to share with you. I don't know if you want to hear about uh uh comedy or ointment.
SPEAKER_04:Let's do both. Let's do both. Let's do ointment. What in the heck are you talking about, ointment?
SPEAKER_00:So, okay, so I my back has been killing me. Like, especially my left side, and sometimes I like bend over and I can't get up for a while. And so my wife's uh friend has an animal rescue and they have a bunch of horses, so she brought me over some of this like uh it's like icy hot, but for horses. And man, I feel good this morning.
SPEAKER_04:It's probably absorbing. Absorbing, yeah. Yeah, they have good, they have gel, but they have they have great linament for horses, yes. A lot of great stuff comes out of veterinary medicine, that's for sure. Nice. But but I I encourage you to put it on. Okay, you have a bad back. You said I'm not sure what you've been doing to produce that bad back. But uh put it on your back and and leave your shirt off and then go out in your backyard in this in these temperatures with your absorbing on. That will really help you.
SPEAKER_00:Really? Won't I get some complaints from my neighbors?
SPEAKER_04:No, you'll just freeze to death in like three seconds because it's freezing anyway. Yeah. Absorbing feels like you're freezing it out. It's like very cold feeling, yeah. But go in the backyard. It'll be a good laugh.
SPEAKER_00:Okay, all right, I'll try it. I'll say Janine told me to do it. And then I got some uh uh fun comedy news to share with you, Janine. Awesome. Uh, Chris Bennett Comedy has locked in some dates for the 2026 season. Our first show is gonna be in March. I'll keep people posted on that. And then uh we're gonna do a summer comedy concert series, June, July, August, and September, bringing in headlining comedians that have been on America's Got Talent, been on uh late night TV, and uh it's gonna be a lot of fun. So stay tuned to Chris Bennett Comedy.com for details on comedy here in the White Mountains.
SPEAKER_04:Very nice. That is you're just on it.
SPEAKER_00:I'm on it. Yeah, one of my New Year's resolutions was to be on it.
SPEAKER_04:Be on it, be more organized, kid. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:And so that's what I'm doing.
SPEAKER_04:I have Chris Bennett comedy for all those great shows. Awesome, man. Cool.
SPEAKER_00:All right, Janine, it's motivational Monday, and that means it's time to get motivated. And today is also stick to your new year's resolutions day. A lot of a lot of people have already given up on their New Year's resolutions.
SPEAKER_04:No, they just a few days ago was yeah, it was like last week they had uh National Quitters Day. Right. I'm like, let's not go there yet. One week, it was like last Monday, National Quitters Day. So they have this a week later. That's that's appropriate.
SPEAKER_00:Well, I thought uh for our motivational quotes today, the theme would be don't quit, restart, keep going. So here we go. First one is from Confucius, and he says, it does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. There we go. Uh Robert Collier says, success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out. Uh then uh Henry Ford said, the only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. Oh uh Vince Lombardi said it's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up. And uh F. Scott Fitzgerald said, never confuse a single defeat with the final defeat. Oh, yeah, some good ones. What do you think is all good?
SPEAKER_04:Let's go with Henry Ford today.
SPEAKER_00:Henry Ford, the only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
SPEAKER_04:Yes, that's that's the big one, is where people just repeat the same mistake over and over and over again. And then they're probably in that draw drama triangle. Stop it! Stop it!
SPEAKER_00:Stop being in the drama triangle. Let's not do it, let's not do it.
SPEAKER_04:And never be a victim.
SPEAKER_00:That's right. Never be. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Awesome. Well, Janine, we love you, best friend. Thank you so much, and we'll talk to you tomorrow.
SPEAKER_04:All right, Chris. Thank you.
SPEAKER_00:Bye-bye. Bye. It is now time for Chris's country news minute, and here's some feel-good country news to kick things off today. First up, Jelly Roll got one of his sweetest surprises ever from his daughter, his 17-year-old daughter Bailey. Planned a surprise prom night for Jelly Roll and his wife Bunny XO because neither of them got to go to prom growing up. So she decorated, dressed them up, and gave them the prom night they never had. And yeah, it was equal parts, adorable and emotional. Uh, next up, a quick heads up for country fans and Dolly Parton fans. Uh, she shared that she will be missing her 80th birthday celebration at the Grand Ole Opry. The show will still go on with stars like Lainey Wills and Vince Gill, but Dolly shared a personal message saying she'll be celebrating quietly, uh quietly and sending love from afar. And finally, cue the tears. Bailey Zimmerman absolutely wrecked the internet uh this Christmas. He surprised his mom with her dream house, then followed it up with a brand new Escalade. Bailey said his mom gave him everything growing up, and now it's his turn to give back. Her reaction, pure shock, happy tears, and reminder that country music still has a lot of heart. That's your country news minute. On the phone, we have Solo Zone Dave Ramsey, star of Boo or Cool. Today is Joke Challenge Monday, Dave. I found uh three interesting news headlines, and I'm gonna try and come up with a joke on these headlines on the spot, and then you'll uh rank my joke Boo or Cool. Sound good? Sound good. All right, here's the first headline, then I'll give you the joke. Headline men cut hole in bathroom wall to steal over$500,000 in jewelry. Here's my joke. Talk about a stinking gold mine. That's all right. Oh yes, all right. All right, uh next one. A nude Louisiana woman was arrested after trying to be a mermaid in a private pond. Here's the joke. She wanted to live under the sea, and instead she got booked downtown. Boo! Gosh dang it. Okay, all right. They all can't be great. All right, uh last one. Here we go. Florida man in a lace bra, G string, arrested on construction site with a gun. Alright, this joke is from our friend on Facebook, Kendra. She said he was demolitioning the dress code.
SPEAKER_03:Boo.
SPEAKER_00:Boo, okay. So uh one out of three ain't bad.
SPEAKER_03:Did you read my comment to Kendra about the beached whale?
SPEAKER_00:Uh uh, well, so Kendra had a joke for the uh uh the Louisiana woman arrested after trying to be a mermaid. She said that they mistook her for a beached whale. What did you say?
SPEAKER_03:Kendra, did you know my ex-wife?
SPEAKER_00:Oh my goodness gracious, Dave.
SPEAKER_03:That's not very nice.
SPEAKER_00:Talk to you later, Mr.
SPEAKER_03:They would have definitely had to use a case of WD40 to even get her into a damn mermaid outfit. All right, Dave. We love you, buddy. Have a good day. Thank you. Have a good day.
