Donkey Watch, Jewelry Drama, and Snake Trivia with Chris Bennett

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Morning radio comes alive with community spirit, laughter, and unexpected moments on the Morning Brew with Chris Bennett, broadcasting from the Horne Auto Center Studios. The show kicks off with excitement as listener Derek Billy becomes the first caller, winning coveted Diamondbacks tickets through a playful "Would You Rather" game that poses baseball-themed dilemmas like choosing between front-row seats or catching a foul ball.

The anticipation builds around "Donkey Watch 2025" as Jineane shares updates on Haley, a rescue donkey showing all the signs of impending birth but stubbornly keeping everyone waiting. The hosts have already chosen "Chewy McLovin" for a potential male offspring, while contemplating creative female names like "Brayonce" and "Muffin Hooves" – a segment that perfectly captures the show's rural charm and connection to everyday life in the community.

Between announcing his upcoming Comedy Birthday Bash featuring America's Got Talent finalist Ryan Neimiller and his guest-headlining gig at the Inn of the Mountain Gods resort, Chris presides over the fan-favorite "Am I the Jerk Court" where listeners debate the ethics of keeping gifts after breakups. The morning rounds out with Redneck Paul from Texas sharing snake encounters before acing World Snake Day trivia, while local weather watchers celebrate the much-needed monsoon rains. Through contests, conversations, and community updates, the Morning Brew delivers a perfect blend of entertainment and connection that makes weekday mornings something to look forward to.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
From the Horn Auto Center Studios Chris Bennett and
the Morning Brew.
Good morning, it's the MorningBrew with Chris.
Who's this?

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Derek, that's Billy.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
Derek Billy, congratulations, you are the
first caller.
Are you calling to win thoseD-back tickets for Friday night
against the St Louis Cardinals?
Yes, sir Heck.
Yeah, well, all you have to dois play a little game with me
called.
Would you Rather on this?
Would you Rather Wednesday?
You ready?
Okay, all right, would yourather sit front row behind home

(00:31):
plate or catch a foul ball inthe cheap seats?
Sit behind home plate?
Oh, absolutely, me too.
Me too.
These tickets that you got,though, they're really good.
They're in the first sectionsection like row 23, something
like that.
So, and foul foul ballterritory.
So there you go, okay, uh,would you rather meet a d-backs

(00:53):
player but spill nacho cheese onyourself?
Or wave, uh, or wave on thejumbotron with your fly down.
Maybe, jumbo cheese?
Nacho cheese yeah, the nachocheese.
Did you say the jumbo cheese?
Yeah, nacho cheese yeah nachocheese jumbo cheese.

(01:14):
Yeah, All right.
And last question, Would yourather?

Speaker 3 (01:22):
have your own bobblehead night.
Or be the mascot for an inning.
That's a good one, maybe,mascot.
Oh, you'll take a mascot for aninning.
That's a good one.

Speaker 1 (01:25):
Maybe mascot, matt?
Oh, you'll take a mascot for aninning.
I'll take bobblehead for thewhole night.
Heck, yeah, yeah, that was,Would you Rather with Derek
Billy, today's winner of fourDiamondback tickets to the St
Louis Cardinals game this Fridaynight.
What station hooked you up?

Speaker 2 (01:40):
92.5.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
You know it, janine, are you over there?
Yes, I am.
Good morning.
Good morning, happy hump day.

Speaker 4 (01:50):
Wednesday I always love Wednesdays.

Speaker 1 (01:52):
Heck, yeah, getting over the hump.
Hey, real quick.
We need a Donkey Watch 2025update.
Has Haley given birth yet?
No, no.

Speaker 4 (02:01):
Haley, she's messing with us now.
She gives me dirty looks andshe just walks around in circles
.
Yeah, but she walks aroundcircle.
Yeah, but she's showing moreand more signs every day.
I don't know it's from now on,you know if, but it's a rescue
donkey, we don't know.
You know, and we've had thevets look at her and this, and
that there was an estimate.
Uh, you know.
Vets told us, uh, you know what, late june, and so we started

(02:21):
watching she and she's thrownoff other signs people know
about waxing and all these kindof things.
A couple weeks ago, I mean it's, she looks ready, she's showing
all the signs.
For a couple weeks ago.
I mean she looks ready.
She's been showing all thesigns for a couple weeks now.
So we're just being patient,yeah, not patient.

Speaker 1 (02:33):
I'm just going to tell you.
Well, I know you guys have aname picked out.
If it's a dude, donkey.

Speaker 4 (02:38):
Yes, yes.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
Chewy McLovin.
I have some female donkey names.

Speaker 4 (02:42):
You do.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Because I know you were looking for some.
Some funny ones, some funnyones.
What about?
Uh well, j-lo, that's a cutename I kind of like that, j-lo
okay, uh, brayonce like brayonce.
Oh, that's good too, brayonce.
Uh, princess stubborn ella oh,that could be.

Speaker 4 (03:01):
Yeah, that's her mom.
Yeah, that's definitely yeah,or?

Speaker 1 (03:04):
uh muffin hooves oh, muffin hooves.

Speaker 4 (03:07):
That's cute.
There's some names I don't know.
J-lo's kind of funny.
I like that.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
Yeah, yeah, janine, my comedy show is just a little
over a week away the ChrisBennett Comedy Birthday Bash
with national headliner RyanNeimiller, top three finalists
of season 14, america's GotTalent, and we are a little over
50% sold out.
The show is going to beSaturday, july 26, at the Show

(03:30):
Low Elks Lodge.
It's 21 and over.
Vip tickets are sold out butgeneral admission tickets are
$20 at chrisbennettcomedycom.
And I'm actually not going tobe live in studio tomorrow or
Friday because I'm heading toMescalero, new Mexico, to
headline a comedy show at theInn of the Mountain Gods air on
New Mexico to headline a comedyshow at the Inn of the Mountain

(03:51):
Gods.

Speaker 4 (03:51):
That's going to be fun.
A nice resort over there,that's going to be neat.
You're going to have fun withthat.

Speaker 1 (03:54):
Yeah, I'll post pictures to make you jealous.

Speaker 4 (03:57):
Yes, I was going to say that's going to be nice.
We will miss you.
It'll be quiet here in thestudio.
Yeah, you won't hear anyscreaming from next door.
But I have one last thing tosay too.
Oh yeah, so thrilled with thisrain we're getting, oh my gosh,
yes, thank the Lord, so good.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
Keep it coming.
I'm loving these monsoons.

Speaker 4 (04:15):
Yes, we need it All rise.

Speaker 1 (04:18):
It's time for.
Am I the Jerk Court theHonorable Janine Ford presides.
Are you ready, best friend?
Yes, I am.
I'll read the story and thenyou give us your verdict.
Here we go.
Am I the jerk for not giving myex's jewels back?
My ex and I were in the middleof an amicable breakup until he
asked for the jewelry he giftedme back.

(04:39):
I said no To me, a gift is agift.
During the relationship I gavehim many presents too, some
worth more than the jewelry hewants, but I never asked for
anything back.
One of those was a brand new,expensive watch I gave him for
his birthday After our firstbreakup yes, we'd broken up four
times.

(04:59):
He gave it back voluntarily,saying he didn't feel right
keeping it if we weren'ttogether.
That's the only reason Iaccepted it.
Now that we're breaking up forthe last time, he says it's only
fair I return the jewelry ifI'm keeping the watch.
I refuse.
I still wear the bracelet andnecklace.
They mean something to me.
He says he works extra shiftsto buy them, but I also put time

(05:21):
and money into his gifts.
I asked if he planned to resellor re-gift them.
He said no.
So why does he want them back,janine.
Maybe it's sentimental for himtoo, but to me giving them back
feels like those gifts wereloans and I was just borrowing

(05:43):
them.

Speaker 4 (05:43):
So am I the jerk?
Well, first of all, I didn'thear in there.
If she's given him the watchback, you know because he was
saying he gave the watch back toher.
That would.
That would kind of, if he'sgiven the watch back and she's
not giving the watch back to him, then she probably should give
the jewelry back.
I just think you know it's kindof a he set a precedence where
he gave her the expensive,expensive watch back.
Just give him back the jewelry.

(06:04):
You know, and jewelry is kindof a funny thing, like an
engagement ring, if and I'vebeen in that situation where
I've given it back I'm just likeah, this isn't right and you
just give it back that part.
Jewelry is kind of a differentthing.
There's a lot of other items,like in divorces, where people
get really nasty and theyrequest people's personal items.

(06:25):
Like, say, the guy plays guitar, okay, and the girl's never
played guitar in her life andshe demands his guitars.
No way, that happened.
Yes, and of course the judgesaid are you kidding?
No, go away.
So personal gifts are generallypersonal gifts when you
personally gift them something.
But in a lot of situationsjewelry is kind of outside.

(06:49):
It's kind of a gray area Right,because there can be a ton of
value there.

Speaker 1 (06:54):
Yeah, because I don't think she ever gave him the
watch back after he gave it toher the first time.

Speaker 4 (06:59):
Yeah, and if she said here's your watch back, I'm
keeping the jewelry.
That's at least somethingthat's a little more level you
know what I mean.
Unless she already sold it.

Speaker 1 (07:13):
And then she just needs to give him the jewelry
back.
I think it would be classy.
All right In the case of Am Ithe Jerk for not giving?

Speaker 4 (07:14):
my ex's jewelry back Kind of Could be the jerk.
I don't know the full story.
Could be the jerk.

Speaker 1 (07:18):
Yeah, I don't know it's a hung jury this morning.
Yee, Yee, Everyone's favoriteredneck Paul from Beaumont,
Texas, Paul on today's Am I theJerk court case.
This lady wanted to know if shewas the jerk for not giving her
ex back all the jewelry that hehad gifted her throughout their

(07:39):
relationship.
Is she the jerk for not givingthe jewelry back?
What's your thoughts?

Speaker 2 (07:46):
Nah, man, it was a gift.
Nah, if you want your stuffback after a breakup, put the
right paperwork with it.

Speaker 1 (07:52):
Yeah, but he gave her back a watch the first time
they broke up and I don't thinkshe ever gave him back the watch
, so should she.
So when you break up in arelationship, any gifts that you
receive, those are yoursforever.

(08:13):
They're not on loan, yeah.

Speaker 3 (08:15):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (08:15):
Okay, yeah, awesome.
I agree with that, because itwas a gift.

Speaker 2 (08:20):
I gave it to somebody .

Speaker 1 (08:22):
I gave it to you know what do you got going on?
Anything juicy in the world ofPaul.

Speaker 2 (08:27):
Man just working trying to make a day of it.
I think we're going to have oneday here with no rain, and then
the thunderstorms are comingback and I think a tropical
storm might be coming in, sowe're going to get some rain
from that.
So, yeah, more rain, more rainand more rain.

Speaker 1 (08:44):
More rain, more rain, more rain.
It is now time for.
Are you Smarter Than a Redneck?
Today, Paul, is World Snake Day.
We're going to do some snaketrivia.
You know anything about snakesor have any close encounters
with snakes?

Speaker 2 (08:57):
Well, last week Rhonda started creeping in the
front yard and I ran out thereand there was a grass snake,
garter snake, whatever you wantto call it Big one I ever seen.
That sucker was PO.
He had a Kurt Nerny attitude.
He was all mad until I cut hishead off.

Speaker 1 (09:17):
Oh my gosh Crazy.
Yeah, All right.

Speaker 2 (09:21):
Well, you know how to Bite me.
Once we done, we done, it bityou.
No, it didn't bite me.

Speaker 1 (09:28):
Oh.

Speaker 2 (09:28):
Uh-huh.

Speaker 1 (09:29):
All right.
Well, here is some snake trivia.
Multiple choice If you know theanswer, say your name.
That's your buzzer.
Here we go.
What do snakes smell withTongue, eyes, head or tail?
Paul, go ahead.
What Tongue?
Tongue.
Yes, yes, you are correct, youare up 1-0.
It's the best of five.
What do snakes not have?

(09:50):
Is it teeth, eyelids, eyes, orboth Paw Teeth and eyelids?
Paul, eyelids, you say eyelids,you are correct.
Holy moly, 2-0.
You get one more correct answer.
You're the winner.
Which of these snakes isnon-venomous?
A cottonmouth, a taipan, apython or a black mamba?

(10:13):
Paul Python, is it a python?
Holy moly, that is one smartredneck.
On this National Snake Day,world Snake Day.
Slither to victory there, paul.
Whatever dude, I've beenslithering to victory all week,
son, good morning, it's theMorning Brew with Chris.

(10:34):
Who's this?

Speaker 2 (10:35):
Jan.

Speaker 1 (10:36):
Jan the Weatherman, aka Jan from Heber.
How are you doing on this finehump day morning?

Speaker 3 (10:50):
Doing good.
We had quite a bit of rain andhail yesterday afternoon, heck
yes, and then we got some morerain light rain later in the
evening.

Speaker 1 (10:55):
Nice, we need more of it.
What's the weather report today?

Speaker 3 (10:58):
Oh, we're going to get more.

Speaker 1 (11:01):
Oh, good, good, good, Well sweet.
What can I do you for thismorning?

Speaker 3 (11:05):
I wanted to hear Chris Stapleton.

Speaker 1 (11:10):
White Horse Heck yeah , chris Stapleton.
White Horse going out to ourbest friend, jan the Weatherman,
aka Jan from Heber.
Got any exciting plans today?
Or just listening to Q Country92.5?

Speaker 3 (11:25):
Listening to 92.5 and trying to keep a handle on
seven kitties.

Speaker 1 (11:33):
So the kittens haven't grown up and moved away
yet.

Speaker 3 (11:36):
No, it's going to be probably a couple weeks around
the 1st of August, we'll be ableto give them away.
Well, awesome.