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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
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Happy Motivational Monday, best friends!
We kick off today's show with everyone's favorite redneck, Paul from Beaumont, who shares what might be the greatest motivational quote ever:
"Keep your beer cold and your brisket hot." 😂
Then we celebrate JD from Snowflake's 14th birthday with a brand-new game, Older or Younger Than JD? (Let's just say he had a tougher time than expected!)
We also catch up with Show Low's own Dave Ramsey for an America-themed edition of Boo or Cool, share inspirational quotes from some of America's greatest historical figures with Jineane Ford from Majik 1017 and Italk 1067, give away a pair of Arizona Diamondbacks tickets, and wrap things up with a Fourth of July edition of Are You Smarter Than a Redneck?
Thanks for hanging out with us!
Be nice to yourself, be nice to others... and don't be a jerk.
Redneck Quote And Show Preview
SPEAKER_03Do you have any uh redneck uh motivational quotes for us today? Uh keep your beer cold and your brisket hot. Yee yeah yeah. Hello, best friends. It is me, Chris Bennett, and that was our best friend Paul from Boma, everyone's favorite redneck, with some uh redneck motivational advice on this motivational Monday. On today's show, we celebrate JD from Snowflake's 14th birthday with a brand new game, older or younger than JD. We also catch up with show Lozone Dave Ramsey for an American-themed edition of Boo or Cool. Here's some motivational quotes from America's historical figures with Janine Ford. Gave away a pair of Arizona Diamondback tickets, and find out once again if we are smarter than a redneck. Let's get the show started. Chris Bennett and the morning brew.
JD Turns 14 Birthday Game
SPEAKER_03Good morning. It's the morning brew with Chris. Who's this? JD. JD from Snowflake. JD, today is a special day for you, huh? It's my birthday. Happy birthday. Happy birthday to JD from Snowflake. Happy birthday to you. How old are you? 14. 14. Happy birthday. 14 years old. How about we play a fun uh game with you called Older or Younger Than JD? I'll name something you tell me if you think it's older or younger than you. 14 years old. You ready?
SPEAKER_00Yes.
SPEAKER_03TikTok. Is TikTok older or younger than you at 14? Older. Oh, you think TikTok is older than you? No, no. TikTok. TikTok launched in 2016. It's uh 10 years old.
SPEAKER_00All right. I wasn't born.
SPEAKER_03How about uh how about YouTube? Older or younger than you?
SPEAKER_00Uh older?
SPEAKER_03Yes, yes, yeah. YouTube uh 2005. What year were you born? Uh 2012. Holy moly. Alright, uh let's see. How about uh the the movie Frozen? Uh older. No, just uh it's a year younger than you. Uh 2013. Oh my goodness, JD. Holy moly. Uh how about uh Minecraft? Do you play Minecraft?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I usually play with every Minecraft every time with my best friends on Xbox. All right. I've always had the game pass on me.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, is Minecraft older or younger than you?
SPEAKER_00Uh I'll say younger.
SPEAKER_03It is older. It is older. 2009. 2009 Minecraft came out. And let's see, last question. Is Fortnite older or younger than you, JD? You're 14. Older. Older because I always play Fortnite. So you think Fortnite uh came out before you were born? Yeah, I always play Fortnite. Yeah, no, you're wrong, JD. Fortnite is younger than you. Fortnite came out in 2017. Happy birthday, best friend. All right, thank you. Bye.
Boo Or Cool American Inventions
SPEAKER_03Good morning. It's the morning brew with Chris. Who's this? Miserable Monday. Dave Ramsey. No, it's motivational Monday, not miserable Monday. Why is it miserable Monday?
SPEAKER_04You got five days to go, Joe.
SPEAKER_03Well, is it miserable Monday for you? Because you're retired. Like, isn't every day like a Friday for you? Every day is a holiday, bud. So then so then why would you call Monday Miserable Monday?
SPEAKER_04Because I had a surprise this morning.
SPEAKER_03Oh, what uh who left you a surprise? I have no idea. Uh, was it one of your pets or was it a human? I'm the only human here, so it had to be one of the doggies. So you just woke up and they left you a little uh uh surprise on the ground somewhere?
SPEAKER_04Oh yeah.
SPEAKER_03Anything juicy happened this weekend? Not really. Not really. Uh one of uh our friends, JD from Snowflake, he just turned 14 today. It's his birthday. What advice do you have for uh a 14-year-old on his birthday?
SPEAKER_04Good luck in the future, son. You're gonna need it.
SPEAKER_03You're like the opposite of motivational on this motivational Monday, because that sounded kind of scary. Are you ready for the 4th of July? Never am. Never am. All right. It is now time for Boo or Cool with Show Lowe's Dave Ramsey. Uh, and in honor of America's 250th anniversary this 4th of July, I thought we'd do Boo or Cool American Inventions. Inventions. You tell me if this is Boo or Cool American Inventions. You ready? Okay. All right, here we go. The clapper. Clap on, clap off, the clapper.
SPEAKER_04Never had one. No boo. They seem to be pretty cool to older people.
SPEAKER_03Okay, well, I'm surprised you don't have one.
SPEAKER_04Never had one.
SPEAKER_03All right. What about a chia pet? I had one of those. They were cool. They were cool, heck yeah. All right. Uh, how about uh do you know the shake weight? No. You've never heard of the shake weight? It's like a weight that you shake? Never heard of it. Boo or cool? Boo. Boo. Uh the whoopee cushion. That was cool.
SPEAKER_04You ever own one? I always made my dad sit on one.
SPEAKER_03Uh, how about silly putty?
SPEAKER_04That was way cool.
SPEAKER_03Oh, heck yeah. Ding, ding, ding, ding. Uh, and last one. The slinky. Cool. Cool, heck yeah. Some some pretty interesting American inventions, huh? Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. This the slink. So out of the slinky, silly putty, whoopee cushion, or uh the chia pet, which one is the most cool? Silly putty. Silly putty, heck yeah.
SPEAKER_04Awesome, buddy. You could uh put it on a newspaper and transfer words and pictures and everything.
SPEAKER_03Heck yeah, totally cool, totally cool, huh? Oh yeah. Heck yeah. Well, Dave, thanks for having fun with us today. It's always totally cool hanging out with you, best friend. Talk to you later. All right, take care, buddy.
Windy Camping And Motivation Quotes
SPEAKER_03All right, bye bye. Janine, you there?
SPEAKER_06Yes, I am. Hello, hello.
SPEAKER_03Hello, hello, happy Monday. Happy Monday. How was your weekend?
SPEAKER_06It was good, but that wind was crazy. You can see why we're in red flag warnings. Oh my gosh. We we went camping. We had to call just stop on late Saturday, and we're just like, ah, we're gonna go home. It was it was just gale force where we were, and it was like, it was too much. Yeah. Yeah. And of course, we're in stage two fire restrictions, so you're not really doing that much. And so we enjoyed ourselves, but we packed it in. We were, I swear I had just dirt in my teeth, dirt in my ear. We were it the wind was blowing so hard, and we ran into a couple dust devils. I just felt like, yeah, it was just really messy.
SPEAKER_03It was time to head home.
SPEAKER_06We just had, yeah, we had to head home. It was too windy.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, yeah. This was crazy.
SPEAKER_06And we need to be safe out there, guys. Remember stage two fire restrictions.
SPEAKER_03Yes, follow those uh those fire restrictions indeed. Keep our mountains safe. And uh I had a fun weekend. It was busy. I produced two comedy shows. Ooh. Well, first one was at Torreon for the Torreon Country Club uh community, and then the second one was Saturday night at uh the Elks Lodge. I brought in a comedian from Colorado, Nancy Norton. She was just phenomenal, hilarious. And we had featured comedian my friend Bob Kubota from the Valley, and it was just a uh a great time, and it's a lot of work putting those shows on, but then when the shows are done, it's like ah, that this is why I do it. It's just so so much fun to see people come together and just laugh and have a good time.
SPEAKER_06I'll tell you what, that's where we should have been is with you in the comedy show. That would have been better. Yeah, it was inside.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, yeah, exactly. No dirt in your teeth, and uh you would not have been blown away. Exactly, exactly.
SPEAKER_06Well, that is so cool. That's awesome.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, and then we'll be doing another one in Torian in July, but the next one that's open uh to the public at the Elks Lodge is August 22nd. So mark your calendar for that. We have Dwayne Perkins from the Tonight Show and Netflix, and so it's gonna be a lot of fun, yeah?
SPEAKER_06Always get the best.
SPEAKER_03That's what I try to do. Bring the best comedy right up here to the White Mountains. It is now time for motivational Monday with Janine and your granddaughter Addie's with you, right? Yes. Heck yeah. All right, so I thought uh with uh America's 250th birthday happening uh this Saturday, I would do some motivational quotes from some historical American figures. Nice. You ready? Yes. Ben Franklin said, uh, energy and persistence conquer all things. Okay, okay. Thomas Jefferson said, determined never to be idle. It is wonderful how much may be done if we were always doing.
SPEAKER_06Okay, I like that too.
SPEAKER_03Next one, John Quincy Adams says patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear. These are all good. Uh Abraham uh Lincoln said, the best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, there you go.
SPEAKER_03All right, and last one, this is uh Theodore Roosevelt. Far and away, the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
SPEAKER_06There we go. Ooh. I think I like number five.
SPEAKER_03Number five, the last one. Theodore Roosevelt, Teddy, Teddy Roosevelt. Far and away, the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
SPEAKER_06There we go. I love it. I'd never heard that one either. That's good. Teddy, that's a good one.
SPEAKER_03There you go.
SPEAKER_06We love Teddy.
SPEAKER_03Heck yeah, that's our motivational quote for the week. Thanks for having fun with me, best friends, and uh, we'll talk to you tomorrow.
SPEAKER_06Love you, Chris. Thank you. Bye. Bye.
SPEAKER_03See ya.
Diamondbacks Winner And Invention Quiz
SPEAKER_03Good morning. It's the morning brew with Chris. Who's this?
SPEAKER_06This is Trisha.
SPEAKER_03Trisha! Congratulations! You entered to win two tickets to the Diamondbacks game this Friday, and the Wheel of Names picked you. Congratulations. How does that feel on this Monday morning?
SPEAKER_04Well, I'm very excited.
SPEAKER_03Heck yeah, sweet. Uh, before I let you go, will you play a little game with me? Um, yes, of course. All right, here we go. Uh, you gotta tell me if this is a real American invention or a fake American invention. Here we go. The Rubik's Cube. Is that an American invention or not?
SPEAKER_00Yes.
SPEAKER_03No, it's not. It was invented in Hungary by Erno Rubik. Uh how about the TV remote? American invention or not? Yes. Yes, ding, ding, ding. Uh, don't change the channel, stay right here. Yeah. Uh, one of my favorite inventions, the TV remote. It was made by uh uh invented by Eugene Polly at Zenith in Chicago. And potato chips.
SPEAKER_04Oh, I know the heck.
SPEAKER_06Um, those are invented in America.
SPEAKER_03Yes! Ding ding ding! You nailed it. Invented in Saratoga Springs, New York by George Crumb. Oh, what an interesting name. George Crumb, perfect. Uh, you get a lot of crumbs with potato chips. Well, congratul congratulations, Tricia. You are going to the Diamondbacks game this uh set uh this Friday against the Milwaukee Brewers. What station hooked you up? U Country 925. You know it. Woo! And that's Bob! Paul Beaumont says so! Yay yee! Yay,
Redneck Fourth Of July Trivia
SPEAKER_03yay! Everyone's favorite redneck from Beaumont, Texas. It's Paul from Beaumont on this motivational Monday. Do you have any uh redneck uh motivational quotes for us today? Uh keep your beer cold and your brisket hot. Yay, yee, yee! What are you gonna be doing for this 4th of July?
SPEAKER_05Uh we're going we're going to uh U Valley and we're gonna we're gonna have a good time.
SPEAKER_03Heck yeah. Uh do you get any uh you spoil the grandkids when they come? You get them any cool gifts from uh what what do they call you? What's your grandpa name? Papa. Papa.
SPEAKER_02Does uh Papa or Papa get uh Papa Papa Papa Papa Pause Papa I don't know how to say uh you're making it sound you're making me sound like a Mavic or something, bro? Paul Pa Pa Pa.
SPEAKER_05Alright we had Yeah well we had Knights yesterday. We had to go to Walmart and I saw this water gun, right? And it looked like uh like you know the gun that Jesse Vicheri used it on uh Predator killing gun. Man, it came with a tripod. That thing even had a rechargeable battery, dude. You can stick a water hose in it to fill it up.
SPEAKER_03Oh my gosh. So you got you got your grandson a redneck uh squirt gun. Yeah, he got he made it home and uh he was shooting the heck out of them. That's awesome. It is now time for Are You Smarter Than a Redneck 4th of July edition. Here we go, Paul. About how many hot dogs do Americans eat on the 4th of July? Is it A 15 million, B 75 million, C 150 million, or D 500 million? Chris. Paul, go ahead. C. C 150 million? That's what I was gonna say, and that is the correct answer. Congratulations. All right. How many pounds of potato salad are sold for the 4th of July? Is it A 5 million, B, 25 million, C 84 million, or D 300 million? Chris. I'm gonna say 25 million. Nope, it is not. What about you, Paul?
SPEAKER_05I'm gonna say 84 because it's just some kind of I dumb.
SPEAKER_03There you go. Holy moly, this redneck is on fire. This redneck's on fire. All right, and last question. It's worth a million points. If I get it right, I win. If I get it wrong, I lose. Which state is famous for selling the most consumer fireworks? Is it A, Arizona, B, Nevada, C, Missouri, or D, Texas? Paul. Paul. I'm gonna say Missouri. Holy moly, three for three! This redneck is on fire! Congratulations. You are smarter than a very handsome radio DJ, best friend. Look, look, pal, I know my 4th of July. Yes, he does. Awesome. Well, buddy, I love you. Thanks for calling in, having fun with us. Hopefully, we get to talk to you before the end of the week. But if not, have a great 4th of July.
SPEAKER_01Oh man, I'm going to have my birthday, bro. That's right. His birthday's coming up, buddy. We love you. Somebody's getting drunk, though.
SPEAKER_03I can't wait. My phone's uh my phone will be ready.
SPEAKER_05All right, buddy. We'll holler at y'all later. Y'all have a good day. You too. Bye-bye.
Wrap Up And Giveaways
SPEAKER_03All right, best friends. That's gonna do it for another episode of the Morning Brew with Chris Bennett and best friends. If you enjoyed today's episode, I'd really appreciate it if you give us a follow, leave us a review, and share it with another best friend who you think would enjoy our morning show shenanigans. And don't forget, we're giving away Arizona Diamondback tickets all week long. If you want your name on the wheel of names, head over to the Q Country Facebook or Instagram page. Give us a follow and join our free VIP club by clicking the link in our bio. Once you've joined, comment done on our giveaway post, and you'll be entered for your chance to win. We'll do it again tomorrow for talk about something good Tuesday, and can't wait to hang out with you again. Until then, I am Chris Bennett, reminding you to be nice to yourself, be nice to others, and don't be jerk.
