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May 13, 2025 15 mins

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Chris Bennett is preparing for a week packed with emotion, laughs, and life milestones — from performing stand-up at a prison in Yuma to officiating his daughter’s wedding in Salt Lake City. His wife Andrea joins the show to reflect on marriage, drop some unexpected wisdom, and play the hilarious game: Marriage or Maximum Security?

Also in this episode:

  • 🦍 A zookeeper becomes a father figure to baby gorillas
  • 🏔️ Janine shares a wild story about hikers who found 600 gold coins and gave them all away
  • 🥃 It’s World Cocktail Day, so Paul from Beaumont plays “Fake Cocktail or Real Drink?”
  • 🥩 Paul recaps his anniversary dinner at Saltgrass Steakhouse
  • ⚾ A lucky listener wins DBacks tickets by knowing the team’s mascot isn't actually a snake

This episode’s full of laughs, heart, and some unexpected tears.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
From the Horn Auto Center Studios Chris Bennett and
the Morning Brew.
Janine, are you over there?
Yes, I am of course Heck yeah,happy, talk About Something Good
Tuesday.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yeah, I love that.
I love Talk About SomethingGood Tuesday.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
Yeah, you know what's good.
I have a lot of comedy showsthis week.
Ooh, yeah, I'm gonna be.
I have my prison show coming upjust in a few days, on Friday.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
I wish I could be a fly on the wall.
Are you going to be?

Speaker 1 (00:29):
recording that one, absolutely absolutely, and
hopefully I'll be releasing itas a short comedy special called
Chris Goes to Prison A cleancomedy special, and yeah.
And then I have a fun showSaturday in Cottonwood and then
I'm heading to Salt Lake Cityfor my daughter's wedding.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
Oh, I got to tell you that's going to be so cool.
I'm going to be following youon social media for all the
sweet pictures.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
Yeah, follow me online at ChrisBennettComedy.
Janine for Taco Tuesday.
I was wondering if you wantedto swap some good news stories.
Yes, you want me to go, somegood news stories.
Yes, you want me to go first.
I'll go first.
All right, go ahead.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
All righty, this is about treasure hunters.
I love stumbling acrosssomething cool right, mine is
usually in a thrift store orsomething like that but this is
a pair of hikers.
They stumbled across a fortunein valuable gold coins in the
Czech Republic, so they werejust hiking and they're
strolling along the foothillsNow this is kind of on the

(01:27):
border between the CzechRepublic and Poland and they
look and they see in a crevicewhat looks like a can, and they
pull it out.
It contained nearly 600 goldcoins wrapped in fabric, and
just feet away there was anotherglint of a box containing
cigarette cases, a comb,bracelets, a chain all made of
gold and all historic.
So you know what, instead ofkeeping it for themselves, you

(01:49):
know what they did?
What?
Gave it to a museum?
Oh, my gosh, I love it.
I know, so sweet.
That's the best part of thestory.
Yeah, right there.
Yeah, very cool.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
All right, Janine, it's time for some more good
news.
All right, All right.
In my good news today, I wanteveryone to meet a guy named
Alan Toyne, who might be crazybut he sounds like a nice guy.
He's a zookeeper turned fosterdad to two baby gorillas.
When one of the baby gorillasat the Bristol Zoo developed
complications and then rejectedher newborns, Alan stepped in to

(02:21):
help and for seven months heshared his home, meals and even
his wardrobe, wearing stringvests to mimic gorilla fur, to
teach baby Afia how to behavelike a proper gorilla.
And Alan and his team becamethe first in the UK to hand-rear
gorillas, using a surrogacymethod that let the babies live

(02:44):
and learn alongside other adultgorillas instead of isolating
them.
And then this hands-on carehelped Althea and later Hassani,
another rejected gorilla, growup socially healthy and ready to
rejoin their troop.
And Toyn even wrote a memoircalled Gorillas in Our Mids,

(03:04):
capturing all the bizarre andbeautiful moments, like being
woken up by a gorilla slap oreating dinner with one at the
table.
It's scary enough to be a parentto kids and teenagers.
I can't imagine being asurrogate parent to a gorilla.

Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, I'm getting ready to foster some little
donkeys for the rescue.
But gorillas, oh wow, yeah,that's a big kudos to him.

Speaker 1 (03:29):
That's very scary.
Well, that was some good newson this.
Talk about something goodTuesday.
We love you, Janine.
Hope you have a great day.

Speaker 2 (03:36):
You too have a good one, Chris.
Bye-bye.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
Bye-bye.
Welcome back to the MorningBrew coming to you from the Horn
Auto Center Studios On thephone.
We have a very special guest.
It is my better half, my wifeAndrea.
Good morning, my love.

Speaker 3 (03:54):
Good morning.

Speaker 1 (03:55):
I have a pretty crazy week this week, probably one of
the craziest shows I've everdone, and you've been with me
throughout all the crazy showsI'm performing at Yuma Prison
this week.
Do you remember when I well, Iasked your permission, right?
I was like what do you think?

Speaker 3 (04:14):
Should I do it?
Yes, I remember.

Speaker 1 (04:15):
Yeah, and what are your thoughts on me performing
in a prison?
Are you worried they're goingto keep me there?
Am I going to cry more inprison or am I going to cry more
at our daughter's wedding?

Speaker 3 (04:25):
Oh, I think you'll be fine in prison.
You're just a visitor.

Speaker 1 (04:31):
I'm just a visitor, that's right.

Speaker 3 (04:32):
You're just a visitor trying to spread some joy in a
pretty dark place, so I thinkyou'll be okay.

Speaker 1 (04:40):
Kirk Nermy, my friend , gave me a good prank idea.
He said I should call myparents when I'm in prison.
You have it.
I think that he doesn't knowyour parents well enough no, no,
my parents would lose it, youwould think, because I'm
completely opposite of myparents, wouldn't you say?

Speaker 3 (05:02):
Yes, in every possible way.

Speaker 1 (05:08):
I'm super serious or no, I'm not.
I'm not serious at all.
And they are super serious.
And for they don't even like meto goof around on Halloween, do
you?

Speaker 3 (05:15):
remember yeah, they wouldn't let you, they wouldn't
let you dress up as a redneck noway.

Speaker 1 (05:19):
They said no, no, of course you have an image to
uphold.
I'm like well, what should Idress?
As for Halloween, they're asuccessful businessman.
I'm like that is not excitingat all.
We are on the phone with mylove of my life, andrea Bennett,
who puts up with all mycraziness.
What's the hardest part aboutbeing married to Chris Bennett?

Speaker 3 (05:41):
I mean it's not too hard, but I think just the crazy
schedules, I never really knowwhere you're at.

Speaker 1 (05:51):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (05:52):
Or what you're doing, and sometimes I'm like, oh yeah
, he's in New Mexico, you know.
So I mean that's we're used toit, so it doesn't really feel
that hard.

Speaker 1 (06:01):
Right, right.
Well, we are going to Salt LakeCity, and you know where I'll
be next week in.

Speaker 2 (06:06):
Salt.

Speaker 1 (06:06):
Lake City for our oldest daughter, Madison.
She's 25.
She's getting married toBeckett and I'm officiating the
wedding.
I haven't really beenpracticing much.
I'm kind of nervous.
How much do you think I'm goingto cry?

Speaker 3 (06:21):
A lot.

Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yeah, a lot.
I want to make it—we shouldtalk to her because I want to
make sure that it's the mostenjoyable experience for her.
But she said she wanted it tobe fun, lighthearted, but sweet.

Speaker 3 (06:33):
Yes, so she picked the right guy.
She picked the right guy.

Speaker 1 (06:35):
She said she wanted it to be fun, lighthearted, but
sweet yes.
So she picked the right guy.
She picked the right guy.

Speaker 3 (06:39):
I mean the right minister.

Speaker 1 (06:41):
The right minister.
I know how awesome is theinternet, that you could become
a minister and like, literally,I just went online, I clicked to
sign up to become a ministerand you know the funniest thing?

Speaker 3 (07:01):
I found out I had become a minister five years ago
, I think drunk Chris signed upto be a minister.

Speaker 1 (07:04):
I don't know who you were going to marry five years
ago.
I don't know.
Somebody must've told me theywanted me to marry him.
But yeah, so I can't wait forthe wedding.
It's going to be a lot of fun.
What advice would you give toour daughter, madison, getting
married?

Speaker 3 (07:15):
Oh, um, I think the best advice is to just keep
showing up for your person, foryour guy, yeah, and you know,
like if you get to a point whereyou're not trying anymore, then
I think you're in trouble.
But if you show up every dayand you give it your best, like

(07:36):
you're going to have downs andyou're going to have ups, but
you got to show up for all of it, my gosh.

Speaker 1 (07:43):
That made me cry.
And we're not even at thewedding.
That is beautiful advice Justkeep showing up and always
respect and love that person.
You're with right, awesome.
Well, that's enough crying forone day, all right.
With my daughter gettingmarried next week and me
performing comedy at an actualprison in Yuma this Friday, I

(08:07):
figured what better time to playa game called Marriage or
Maximum Security.
I'm going to go ahead and reada statement or description and
you tell me if it's describingprison or marriage.
You ready?
Okay, I'm ready.
You can't leave without askingpermission.
Prison or marriage.

Speaker 3 (08:24):
Do I get to say both?

Speaker 1 (08:25):
You can say both.

Speaker 3 (08:27):
Not our marriage, but I've known of marriages, but
definitely prison.

Speaker 1 (08:31):
Yeah, it could be either, but this one is
definitely prison.
You eat the same meal over andover again.
Is that marriage or prison?

Speaker 3 (08:41):
I'm going to say prison.

Speaker 1 (08:42):
Prison.
Yeah, you do a good job of it'salways mixing up, right.

Speaker 3 (08:46):
I try, I try.

Speaker 1 (08:48):
All right.
Your clothes are chosen for you.
Prison or marriage.

Speaker 3 (08:53):
Now I know some marriages that are like that,
but no, I'm going to say that'sprison.

Speaker 1 (08:59):
And you know, do you like dressing me up?

Speaker 3 (09:03):
No, I like.
I like the clothes you pick outfor yourself.
I think it's fun.

Speaker 1 (09:07):
But our, our daughter who's getting married?
She loves to pick out clothesfor her future husband, right?
Yes, yeah.
So some, some women just loveto treat their husbands like big
dolls.

Speaker 3 (09:20):
Okay, all right.

Speaker 1 (09:22):
Every time you try to leave someone cries Marriage or
prison.

Speaker 3 (09:27):
I can go with marriage.

Speaker 1 (09:29):
Yeah, definitely marriage.

Speaker 3 (09:31):
And last one, I don't think you want to be that
popular in prison.

Speaker 1 (09:34):
No, that's a good point.
And last one I don't think youwant to be that popular in
prison.
No, that's a good point.
And last one You're in for 25to life and you said, yes,
marriage or prison, prison,prison and not marriage.
You could be married for 20.

Speaker 3 (09:47):
You're not in it.
In it 25 to life.
Like you, have no choice ohthat's a good point, you can get
out.

Speaker 1 (09:54):
Oh, okay, that was Prison or Marriage with my
wonderful wife, andrea.
I love you, best friend, andI'll see you later.

Speaker 3 (10:03):
All right, bye-bye, bye.

Speaker 1 (10:04):
Yee-yee, yee-yee.
There he is, paul from Beaumont.
I was just sweating it.
I didn't know if you were goingto call in.
What are you doing on this?
Talk about something good.
Tuesday, man, I was stuck in apipe yard.
Oh man, and last night was youranniversary, right, yeah, so
what did you and Rhonda do?
Did you do anything special?

Speaker 3 (10:24):
Oh, we went and ate dinner at Saltgrass Steakhouse.

Speaker 1 (10:28):
Oh nice, oh fancy.
And Kirk Nermy was asking me onthe Facebook Live how your fat
shot has been going and I thinkhe missed the fact that you
decided to skip out on gettingthe fat shot.

Speaker 3 (10:42):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, maybe old Perry ought to listen
to the shows more often.

Speaker 1 (10:47):
So since you didn't have your fat shot, you were
able to eat whatever you wanted.
Yesterday, did you have adessert?
Yeah, I didn't eat a dessert.

Speaker 3 (10:54):
It's at the house waiting for me today.

Speaker 1 (10:56):
What would you do if you came home and Rhonda ate
that piece of cake or thatdessert?
She ain't gonna eat it.
Why she?

Speaker 3 (11:03):
ain't gonna eat it.

Speaker 1 (11:06):
Has that ever happened to you?
Or have you ever eatensomething Rhonda put in the
fridge for herself and youaccidentally ate it?
I have.
I do it so often.
My daughter had these cookiesin the fridge and they looked so
good.
Paul and I was ready to scarfthem all down and I looked on

(11:26):
the top and my daughter knows meso well she goes these are
weird protein cookies for Lizzie, not for Dad.
Thank you so much.
That was her polite way oftelling me that those cookies
were going to send me to thebathroom.

Speaker 3 (11:40):
Do not eat them.

Speaker 1 (11:42):
We're going to be right back and have some more
fun, with Paul from Beaumontcoming up next.
All right, paul, today is WorldCocktail Day.
Yee, yee, yee, one of yourfavorite days, yeah, yeah.
So I thought we would play agame where you have to tell me
which is the fake cocktail.
I'm going to give you a name offive cocktails and you tell me

(12:04):
which one is a fake name.
You ready, let's drink.
All right, let's drink.
Here we go.
Monkey gland, corpse, reviver,cement mixer, flamingo fizz or a
slippery nipple Monkey gland.
Monkey gland, I guess, is areal drink.

(12:26):
The fake drink was flamingofizz.

Speaker 3 (12:30):
Really, that sounds like it'd be real.

Speaker 1 (12:33):
Next one Sex on the Beach, blue Lagoon.
Screaming Viking or VelvetHammer or Alabama Slammer.
Which one is the fake?
The Viking, the ScreamingViking?
What do you think would be in aScreaming Viking?

Speaker 2 (12:49):
Man, I wouldn't even get to know.
Jägermeister Tequila yeah, Iwouldn't even get to know,
jagermeister, tequila.

Speaker 1 (12:53):
Yeah, I don't know what Vikings drink.
I'd say vodka, maybe, alright,and last one, a Fuzzy Navel, a
Dirty Shirley, a Purple Haze oran Electric Banana.

Speaker 2 (13:04):
Okay, I'm going to say Electric Bananas that is the
fake.

Speaker 1 (13:07):
That's right.
Purple Haze, dirty Shirley anda Fuzzy Navel are all real
drinks.
Paul, you know your cocktails.

Speaker 3 (13:15):
Know my booze.

Speaker 1 (13:17):
It is now time for.
Are you Smarter Than a Redneckwith Paul from Beaumont?
It is cocktail day, so we aregoing to do some cocktail trivia
.
If you know the answer, sayyour name.
That's your buzzer.
You ready?
Let's do this.
What is the third ingredientbesides cream and vodka in a
white Russian?
Is it Godiva liquor, frangelico, kahlua or Myers Dark Rum,

(13:38):
chris, kahlua.
I said my buzzer, kahlua.
It is Kahlua.
I'm up 1-0.
Next question which of theseliquors is not in a Long Island?
Is it vodka, rum, tequila orwhiskey, chris?
I'm going to say whiskey.
Oh my gosh, I'm up to zero.
Whiskey makes my baby feel alittle frisky.
Last one, paul, if you get thisright, you can win, because

(14:01):
it's worth a million points.
What are the ingredients in aCosmo?
Vodka, cranberry juice, triplesec, lime or rum?
Cranberry juice, lime or triplesec?
Tequila, orange juice,cranberry juice or D vodka,
cranberry juice, lime, paul,paul A, is it A vodka, cranberry

(14:22):
juice and triple sec?
Holy moly, this redneck likeshis cosmopolitans.
You are.
Get out my bar.
Get out my bar, buddy.
You're out of here.
You are smarter than a veryhandsome radio DJ.
We love you, paul.
Thanks for calling in andhaving fun with us.
All right, buddy Now down thesteps with you Out of here.
See you Bye.

(14:43):
Good morning, it's the MorningBrew with Chris.
Who's this?
Sheena Wilson, sheena Wilson,sheena Wilson, you are caller
number five, but you don't winthose D-back tickets this easy.
You got to play a game calledTwo Truths or a Lie,
diamondbacks edition.
If you spot the lie, thetickets are yours.

Speaker 3 (15:03):
Are you ready?
I'm ready.

Speaker 1 (15:04):
All right.
First one the Diamondbacks wonthe World Series in 2001.
Two, their mascot is a giantsnake named Scaly.
Or three Randy Johnson once hita bird with a pitch during a
game.
What is the lie?

Speaker 3 (15:20):
The lie is their mascot is a big snake.

Speaker 1 (15:24):
Yeah, no, their mascot is Baxter the Bobcat Heck
.
Yes, congratulations, sheena.
You just won two tickets tocheck out the Diamondbacks game
this weekend.
Who's your favorite Diamondbackplayer of all time?

Speaker 3 (15:36):
Oh my gosh Right now.
I love Eugenio Suarez.

Speaker 1 (15:42):
Ooh Whack smack.
I love my Diamondbacks.

Speaker 3 (15:45):
My.

Speaker 1 (15:45):
Diamondbacks?
Heck, yeah.
Well, congratulations, sheena.
What station hooked you up?
92.5.
You know it.

Speaker 2 (15:53):
Thank you best friend .
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