02-25-26 - Jim Breuer - Celebrity Theater Show - In Studio

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Jim Breuer In Studio at Celebrity Theater (02-25-26)

Episode Overview

This episode features comedian and former SNL star Jim Breuer live in studio with the crew of Holmberg's Morning Sickness. Promoting his show at Arizona’s legendary Celebrity Theater, Jim dives into a hilarious and insightful conversation with John Holmberg, Bret Vesely, Brady Bogen, and Dick Toledo. The discussion bounces from airline nightmares and the state of customer service, to deep reflections on comedy, the passage of time, celebrity culture, conspiracy thinking, and the oddities of touring life.

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Main Discussion Points

1. Jim Breuer’s First-Class Airline Debacle

• [01:36–15:43]

• Jim recounts an infuriating experience where an airline bumped him and his wife from their fully paid first-class seats back to row 18–19 for no clear reason.

• He’s angered not just by the downgrade but particularly by the airline staff’s indifference, lack of compensation, and obfuscation.

• The situation escalated only after public attention—and with intervention by the Department of Transportation—did the airline respond with a full credit.

  Notable Quotes:

  • "You can’t take a paid customer’s seat, especially in first class!" – Jim Breuer [04:46]
  • "You gave me the keys to the Lamborghini, then show up with a Honda Insight!" – Jim Breuer [08:23]
  • "This is why I said to him... it took me filing with the Department of Transportation before I got a decent response." – Jim Breuer [13:23]

• The hosts riff on airline analogies and quirks, like Wayne Brady-style deal making, group boarding stress, and the powerlessness customers feel.

2. Customer Service & Social Leverage

• [15:43–17:12]
• Jim highlights the difference his celebrity status made in getting a resolution: “What about the everyday dude that doesn't have this platform?”
• There’s a broader critique of customer service: most people don’t get satisfactory outcomes without public attention.

3. Reflections on Longevity and Legacy in Comedy

• [21:43–24:34]
• The group discusses spending decades in show business and the impact of long-running careers.
• Fans recognize bits or stunts from decades past, leading to reflection on memory, time, and growing older.
• Jim shares about going to his first high school reunion. Observations about how classmates "aged like milk or wine" generate laughs.

4. Speaking Truths and Bearing Backlash in Hollywood

• [25:07–28:40]
• Holmberg calls Jim the “Jose Canseco of comedy” for speaking up about Hollywood weirdness and being vindicated later.
• Jim says he was never bitter: "I was peaking, not on the way down. And I always trusted that time would reveal the truth."
• He explains why he won’t “name names” about showbiz corruption for his own safety. “Would you rather me dead and then you go ‘oh, that’s a bummer?’ That’s my reward for giving specifics.”

5. Conspiracy Thinking & Societal Cynicism

• [30:47–34:34]
• Discussion about public skepticism: from the "world is a stage" to politics as theater, the hosts riff on how everything seems orchestrated.
• Holmberg: “Truth loves scrutiny. The second they say don’t question, I question everything.”
• The crew discusses recent news stories and how extreme polarization erodes public trust.

6. Comedy of Touring, Age, and the “Grateful Brew” Fan Club

• [42:08–44:37]
• Jim shares stories about fan interactions, including a group flying in from various states to see his shows—playfully dubbed "the Grateful Brew."
• He banters about the oddballs encountered, digital team members, and generational shifts in technology and music taste.

7. Generational Comedy & Tour Bus Life

• [47:16–49:40]
• On the tour bus, Jim, his opener Brian McKenna, and 19-year-old digital team member Kyle share their favorite music: Eminem, Metallica, and—surprisingly—1950s jazz (Bill Evans' “Nardis”) for Kyle.
• They poke fun at Kyle’s stuffed-animal collection, generational quirks, and the hilarious dynamic between analog and digital sensibilities.

8. Concerts, Ticket Prices, and the Vegas Sphere

• [36:43–41:40]
• Jim talks about seeing The Eagles at the Vegas Sphere, being wowed by the visuals but grumbling about exorbitant ticket and hotel prices.
• The group riffs on the current state of live events pricing and culinary upcharges.

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Memorable Moments & Notable Quotes

• On Airline Bureaucracy:
  “If you’re gonna do this to someone, at least have something lined up to make that person happy when you spring it on them.” – Jim Breuer [15:15]

• On Being a “Jose Canseco of Comedy”:
  “It’s humbling. I did trust, in time, this would unravel.” – Jim Breuer [26:13]

• On Show Biz Whistleblowing:
  “Why don’t you name names? Because you see people get murdered… that’s my prize?” – Jim Breuer [26:53]

• On Truth & Conspiracy:
  “Truth loves questions. So the second they say don’t question, I question everything. I’m turning into Alex Jones!” – John Holmberg [31:20]

• On Aging & High School Reunions:
  “Men age like wine; women like milk. There was a lot of melted ice cream in there.” – Jim Breuer [25:00]

• On Generations:
  “We need Kyles. He’s 19 and the whole bus is like, ‘How do I post this? But put music on it?’” – Jim Breuer [44:12]

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Important Timestamps

| Timestamp | Topic/Quote | |--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:36–15:43 | Jim Breuer’s airline debacle, handling bad customer service | | 13:23 | “It took me filing with the Department of Transportation before I got a decent response.” – Jim | | 21:43–24:34 | Legacy in comedy, memories, and reunion reflections | | 25:07–28:40 | “Jose Canseco” analogy, speaking up about Hollywood | | 30:47–34:34 | Conspiracy talk, politics as theater, “Truth loves scrutiny.” | | 36:43–41:40 | Live concerts, Vegas Sphere, Eagles, and sticker shock | | 42:08–44:37 | Touring life, “Grateful Brew,” generational fan stories | | 47:16–49:40 | Generational differences, Kyle’s old-school jazz, teddy bear antics |

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Tone & Style

• The episode is lively, irreverent, and candid—full of authentic banter and quick-witted jabs.
• The group maintains a playful balance between real frustrations (like travel chaos) and broader existential riffs on modern life, fame, and cynicism.
• Jim Breuer is both vulnerable and hilarious, shifting from relatable outrage to big-picture wisdom and classic observational comedy.

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Summary

For listeners, this episode is a masterclass in improvisational radio: equal parts absurd, thoughtful, honest, and funny. Jim Breuer shines as both a storyteller and provocateur, challenging assumptions about customer service, celebrity, aging, and the “staged” nature of modern life, all while keeping the laughs rolling. Whether you’re a diehard Brewer fan, a frequent flyer, or someone reflecting on the world’s increasing weirdness, you’ll find plenty to enjoy in this memorable in-studio appearance.

Transcript

[Brett Vesely]

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[Byron from MMP Guns]

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[Jim Brewer]

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[Byron from MMP Guns]

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[Brett Vesely]

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[Brett Vesely]

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[Jim Brewer]

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[Brett Vesely]

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[Jim Brewer]

What the hell is wrong with you?

[Brett Vesely]

Look at this, everybody. It's been ages. Jim Brewer is with us. He's gonna be at Celebrity Theater tonight and tonight only, if you want to go. How you doing, Brewer?

[Jim Brewer]

I'm doing good.

[Brett Vesely]

It's good to see you.

[Jim Brewer]

Just rolled in. No pun intended.

[Brett Vesely]

You did. You have your bus. You came right in here. Everything's good.

[Jim Brewer]

You're.

[Brett Vesely]

You're decked out, traveling. You're not flying anymore because even I think you did this on purpose. But yesterday the news breaks. I think it was yesterday. Maybe it was a year before, but it said that you were in a fight with an airline because, yes, I thought I was going to read no Fly List somewhere in there.

[Jim Brewer]

I almost ended up on the no Fly List. I still have ptsd. From this moment, we. We've.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

We've Settled it.

[Jim Brewer]

We've somewhat settled the score.

[Brett Vesely]

Okay.

[Jim Brewer]

But, yeah, we settled the score.

[Brett Vesely]

What happened?

[Jim Brewer]

Here's what happened. I. I don't. Believe it or not, I don't really fly first class. So. My daughter's working in Honolulu. She's got a great gig. She's starting to be a chef. She's working with some great chef out in house. So we're like, oh, let's go visit our daughter. We go. Before we go on tour, I'm gonna be gone for, like, three months. We go there on the way. I said, you know, why don't we do first class? We'll spend some cash and we'll do that. And my wife's like, oh, it's a lot of money. A couple thousand bucks, but it's also a red eye. So you're leaving Honolulu? Gives. I got a pulled hat. Whatever. Book's first class.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

Yeah.

[Brett Vesely]

Shouldn't matter.

[Jim Brewer]

You don't have an excuse for people.

[Brett Vesely]

Jim Brewer. You work for this. You earned this.

[Jim Brewer]

I've been around. You've done it, right? So we're in first class. So as we're about to board now, I do see those other crew members there. And I. And I said, we're looking at this pilot. He's got these flowers and. And the guy behind the counter to them. It's something sheepish going on. Yeah. I don't know. Maybe they know each other. Well, as we're boarding. As we're boarding. Okay. Handicapped.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

Military. James Brewer and Diana Brewer, please come to see me. And I went, are we.

[Brett Vesely]

We're done?

[Jim Brewer]

No, I'm like, oh, you're. I'm joking. Like, are we in trouble? I can't get upgraded to the pilot. Like, where.

[Brett Vesely]

Where you're in force.

[Jim Brewer]

What's going on? And he goes, no, you're not in trouble. We just had to downgrade you to row 18 in 19. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What are you talking about?

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

He goes, no, we. And he won't look me in the eyes. Holy. He's like, we. We. We overbooked first class. Hold on a second, dude.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

First of all, I know. You're like, you didn't overbook first class. You didn't. Over.

[Brett Vesely]

You.

[Jim Brewer]

You can't. I have a ticket in hand. I have my. I picked this six weeks ago, right? I already did my. I'm getting chicken Francese. I ordered chicken Franchese. I ordered it already. With a Merlot. I'm already in there.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Then keep them coming every five days.

[Jim Brewer]

You don't overbook When I put my menu slot in. Yeah, you're in, right? It's over.

[Brett Vesely]

Show me the guy with same ticket.

[Jim Brewer]

Yes. So I went, wait a minute. I said, no. I know a captain. I'm friends with a captain.

[Brett Vesely]

Okay.

[Jim Brewer]

And I'm also friends with a couple airline dudes. So I know how they have to get seats, and I know how they have to. But you can't take a paid customer seat. Yeah.

[Brett Vesely]

So first class, especially.

[Jim Brewer]

I. Exactly. I know it's going down right here.

[Brett Vesely]

Right.

[Jim Brewer]

However, it's 10:30 at night. We need to get home.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

So no options. There's zero options. So I'm getting. I went, oh. I said, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. That's not happening. We're sitting in there. And he goes, it's too late. We already. It's already done. Can we see it? Can we see a supervisor? I am the supervisor. You're the supervisor. Okay, so who'd you give my tickets to? That guy or that guy? Who'd you give the tickets? Yeah. And he's going, I. I can't tell you who I gift. He goes, your name was on a list.

[Brett Vesely]

Here we go.

[Jim Brewer]

What are you talking about? What list? When your name. When the names came up. Your names. So this is what we're dealing with right now. They're. They're boarding first class. Yeah, first class. Like, what the. Like, what is going. Like, what is going on right now?

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

So a couple.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

Real.

[Jim Brewer]

A couple. If my wife wasn't there, who's Ms. Christian? Jesus.

[Brett Vesely]

What?

[Jim Brewer]

This is at the end of our. Every night when I. When we talk at the end. Night, she's like, so what did God show you today?

[Brett Vesely]

Are you in Arizona? Oh, no, you gotta make something up.

[Jim Brewer]

Oh, yeah, yeah. So I have to think all day. He made me talk to the guy at the truck stop, and I laugh, wish him to be blessed. Judgment.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Well, that's great, Jim.

[Jim Brewer]

The loser at the truck stop shouldn't

[Brett Vesely]

be judged is what I learned.

[Jim Brewer]

He was dropping a douche next to the truck, and I. God said, give him toilet paper. Help him.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

I was a good Samaritan.

[Jim Brewer]

So she's. She's. She's. Now she's angry, but she's down here. And I pulled the old. So you're telling me you're taking a frequent flyer paid customer out of first class? That's what you're telling me right now? You give it to. And she's going, jim, Jim, Jim, Jim. And now. Now I'm like, yeah, I don't want to be the I don't want to be the guy that you see on Frontier Airlines losing his mind, you know, on a Carnival cruise, like

[Byron from MMP Guns]

walking out.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah. Trash bag full of clothes.

[Jim Brewer]

So I'm, I'm trying to keep my composure, but what the real part that, that bothered me a, I know it was an overbooked. And we deal with all this and people say what, Whatever they want to try to say. It's if it, let's say it was overbooked. If the guy said, and when it's overbooked, we all been there. They go, is anyone willing to.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

And we'll give you X, Y, Z. And then no one takes it. And they go, okay, we're upping the ante. This pilot, we're going to do two.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Vouch.

[Jim Brewer]

Yeah.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

You wait it out.

[Jim Brewer]

Yeah. And, and, and a rented car.

[Brett Vesely]

You might as well have Wayne Brady making the deals like there's another curtain. I wait for that.

[Jim Brewer]

There was no. If, if, I'm telling you, if this guy went, listen to me, we got to get these, these, these pilots need to be in first class and we have a situation. I, I, if we can put him in your seats and put there, we will give you two vouchers for a future first class flight. Done.

[Brett Vesely]

Handled.

[Jim Brewer]

We're done. It's handled. But he went first of all. He offered zero. Zero.

[Brett Vesely]

You're just taking the lump.

[Jim Brewer]

You take the hit and suck it.

[Brett Vesely]

Suck it, goat boy. Get in your chair.

[Jim Brewer]

Walk. Can you imagine going into a car dealership and you're like, I'm here. You go, here's my money. I want the Lamborghini. And they pull up with a Honda Insight. Yeah, no, this is what you got.

[Brett Vesely]

We overbooked the Lamborghini. Oversold, though.

[Jim Brewer]

But you sold it to me. You handed me the keys. Yeah.

[Brett Vesely]

Same price.

[Jim Brewer]

It's the same price. And good luck going through customer service.

[Brett Vesely]

There's no flight after, so you gotta eat this.

[Jim Brewer]

I gotta eat it. So then he goes, and you're in

[Byron from MMP Guns]

group 12 now,

[Jim Brewer]

and we have bags.

[Brett Vesely]

All right, dude, next year with a chicken on his head.

[Jim Brewer]

Like, it's the worst. I'm starting to lose my snot. So he goes, he didn't offer anything. Which was enraged me even more. I mean, if you're gonna, if you're gonna do that to someone, which I truly believe was foul play. They took it.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

Sure.

[Jim Brewer]

You, you better go. Okay, sir, here's your vouchers for a future first class. We highly apologize. No, you know, he goes, I can get you, I get You. How about I give you a $505?

[Brett Vesely]

That's not covering anything. Did that.

[Jim Brewer]

You get row 18 again? What is that exactly? I'm paying. That's what it costs for row 18?

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

If I'm lucky. I got up. Actually, no, it's more expensive because the 500 gets me on the plane. But. Oh, wait a minute. That's behind exit row. So technically, that's another $60 because you're only eight inches away from the seat in front of you, unless you want to go down three inches. Then you pay $380.

[Brett Vesely]

Unreal.

[Jim Brewer]

And you got to pay for your two extra bags because you're not in first class anymore. So now. Okay, now we got issues. So 500 bucks. And then he goes, my wife goes, hold on a second. Is there a flight tomorrow? And this banana goes, hold on a second. I can get you on the flight tomorrow night. He goes, the only thing is, I can't sit you guys together. We went, fine. Yeah.

[Brett Vesely]

All right. Each other all the time.

[Jim Brewer]

Yeah, totally. Good. And then I went, wait a minute. I come. I said, hold on a second. Is tomorrow night first class?

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

He goes, no, it's economy, but I can get you economy plus. Like, no, this is the supervisor. Oh, the supervisor. So anyway, I said, I just want to get on the plane. My wife's like, no, you're paying for a hotel. I'm not chasing all this money. I know how. I know how the system works.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

And if you don't like it, write a letter to the airline.

[Jim Brewer]

That's what. This is, what I get.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

So for three straight days, I will call people. I'll say, listen, I don't mean to vent to you, but. And I know you had nothing to do with this, but here's my situation. Every person I had to get to, like, the baggage claim people that like, oh, so your bag's missing? No, here's the situation. But I can't get anyone on the phone. She went, each one, here's what you do.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

You go on AA.com and you write your report and you demand what you want and say, okay, so that's what I did for three straight days. Two days later, I get a Anime, like an AI email that says, we're gonna rebirth you for $400. I still have the email. $400.

[Brett Vesely]

That's it?

[Jim Brewer]

Yeah. So then I. I, who. I can't. I mean, emailing someone that's not going to email back to me, get no answers. There's no answer. So then somewhat. Now, my Fan. Now I go on a live stream.

[Brett Vesely]

Did the email start? Dear Mr. Atta, please stop calling me.

[Jim Brewer]

I know what you're doing.

[Brett Vesely]

Well, don't get too upset, Muhammad. It might be right.

[Jim Brewer]

I understand you have a problem. What is going down there then? Thank God for fans. They said you got to go to the Department of Transportation. Geez. And file there. And dude, you filed that. They have to investigate all airlines in all situations. Nice. And all of a sudden, I did that late at night. I did that around 11:00 clock midnight, 5:00pm the next day, someone from the

[Brett Vesely]

airline calls a person.

[Jim Brewer]

Yes.

[Brett Vesely]

Hey,

[Jim Brewer]

I have to. We got your report from the Department of Transportation.

[Brett Vesely]

So.

[Jim Brewer]

Yeah. How about we just like, see, we

[Byron from MMP Guns]

cred you five whistling in between there.

[Jim Brewer]

Yeah, yeah. And, and, and, and how about we give you a credit for the. The amount that it cost for two tickets for the first class. I said, that's great. And all that. I go, what really bothers me is, what about the everyday dude.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

That doesn't have the platform? This is why I said to him and I went, it took you for me to file for the Department of Transportation before I got a decent.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

A decent response. And I'm still, I'm still bothered by this.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

I said, I'll take this for now because I don't want you to take it away from me. I don't want you to take it away me. I don't trust you. I don't trust your airline. I don't trust any of you anymore. I don't trust your product. I just don't trust you.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

And what consumers should at this point, after this is happening to me or anyone, it's not like I'm special. So unbeknownst to me, yesterday, I'm waking up like, dude, you're on tmz.

[Brett Vesely]

It's everywhere.

[Jim Brewer]

You're on fox, bro. You're on NBC. You're on People magazine.

[Brett Vesely]

Like, what, they ratted you out?

[Jim Brewer]

No, it, it went crazy. It went crazy. And I guess the thing was, it resonates with people, of course. So if you look at the messages. I don't have messages like, hey, Jim, I feel for you. It's like, oh, my God, this is 2018. I flew in the airline and I got. And I'm still looking for my damn my leg. So there's a line of people that have been through this experience and, you

[Brett Vesely]

know, and now that you're done and you got your money, just leave. Leave Jim alone.

[Jim Brewer]

I got her. And she said she called yesterday at the head chief of Miss America customer service. The American chick. And she, you know, she apologized up and down. I said, listen, and she goes, and I totally understand if you. If you don't even want the Chris and just want money in your account.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

I want to be honest with you. Credit is fine. Yeah. It's just. I don't want. I don't want this to happen to people.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

That You. You.

[Jim Brewer]

You have the opportunity to change all your policies. I said, you still have a supervisor that is willing to do this to customers. If you're gonna do this to someone and you know you're gonna do it, at least have lined up to make that person happy at that moment when you spring on them, hey, we're bumping you from this flight. Hey, I know you.

[Brett Vesely]

It's such a fixable problem.

[Jim Brewer]

It's such a fixable problem.

[Brett Vesely]

Would you have taken the money if the other offer was, you can fire the supervisor advisor?

[Jim Brewer]

And here's the thing.

[Brett Vesely]

Oh, I would have done it. I'd have eaten. And here's the thing.

[Jim Brewer]

I don't like. There were position. There was times where I'm like, I want this guy just to you. I want his head.

[Brett Vesely]

They can hire him back, but you get the satisfaction. Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

And I didn't. And I'm not. I'm not into that.

[Brett Vesely]

Or tell him you're downgrading him.

[Jim Brewer]

I would like to downgrade him. Yeah, you're. You're downgraded. So you file.

[Brett Vesely]

You get to do the Magellan sticks for, like, four months out in the. On the cap out there now.

[Jim Brewer]

Yeah. You go in the sky cab, you load luggage. Yeah.

[Brett Vesely]

How great would that be?

[Jim Brewer]

And then come back in three months when you're a real supervisor, when you get it, you know how to do

[Brett Vesely]

things, that we have some power over you. Wouldn't it be great if they'd offered you the opportunity to downgrade that guy?

[Jim Brewer]

I would have liked that.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

That I would take not to be mean, just for me to be mean. One week.

[Brett Vesely]

That's all it is for me. Bitterness and anger.

[Jim Brewer]

That's all I care about. That's it.

[Brett Vesely]

That's where I am now. That's where the world is for me. And I'm like, you know what? It's time to swing back.

[Jim Brewer]

And at the end of the day, she's like. She goes, do you really. Are you sure you don't need anything else? I want to be honest with you. I would like a plate of chicken franchise. I was dreaming for hours of eating

[Brett Vesely]

that, of airline Chicken.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

Well, you know what?

[Brett Vesely]

And you should get a whole bunch of it. And Jim, if you look out right now, American food and beverage is in our parking lot with your lifetime delivering the goods from our friends at American. That's, that's, that's a. Everybody's got a story about the airlines. Throw this.

[Jim Brewer]

It's horrible. Hey, now I started getting other pilots and like, hey man, fly.

[Brett Vesely]

So we'll bring in the cockpit and we fly redoubt.

[Jim Brewer]

Alright. Morning sickness. Medicate.

[Brett Vesely]

K u p D. Hey, it's Larry

[Byron from MMP Guns]

McFeely here with my friend Wayne from AMCO. Wayne, it's tax time. You filed and your refunds burn in a hole in your pocket.

[Jim Brewer]

That's right, Larry. Before you book a trip or buy something shiny, please remember your car. Tax time's the best time to take care of all the car repairs you've been putting off.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Sure, because nothing kills a tax refund buzz faster than a surprise car breakdown. I'll say.

[Jim Brewer]

If your car's been acting up, now's the time to handle it.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Should we wait for our refund before getting repairs?

[Jim Brewer]

No, Amco payment plans let you get repairs now and pay when you get your check.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Google AMCO for your nearest location. That's Amco double A MCO transmissions and

[Brett Vesely]

a whole lot more.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

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[Brett Vesely]

Holmberg's morning sickness. Because I almost got on a no fly list and well, I realized that my love for anyone is going to be trumped by convenience at any given time because we were in Denver and we had sea boarding seats for Southwest and my wife does not travel well, right? So she hates flying. And right before we got on the plane, her mom says flying out of Denver is really scary because it's bouncy on those mountains. So now she's like, done. So we get on the plane and there's only middle seats left. And she's got a real mousy voice and she says that's all I'm hearing. That noise that I know is, it's that little volcano before the volcano. I'm like, oh boy. Right in the middle of the aisle. She says, would someone switch seats with me? I'm a bad flyer and I would like to sit next to him and everybody like, had, like, a magazine in their face in a second, right?

[Jim Brewer]

They're not giving up their eye order.

[Brett Vesely]

I'm like, that's all right. You'll be okay.

[Jim Brewer]

And then she goes, no one will help me.

[Brett Vesely]

And I'm like, oh, here we go.

[Jim Brewer]

And then she goes, all right, everyone off.

[Brett Vesely]

I'm like, oh, we're getting on.

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I don't know this.

[Brett Vesely]

I don't know who that is. She's insane.

[Jim Brewer]

I'm not with her.

[Brett Vesely]

She should be removed. I'm not walking from Denver. She should be removed from the airline. I immediately, like, dismissed her as a human. I'm like, ah, this crazy bitch is not with me.

[Jim Brewer]

I don't know who that is. That was me.

[Brett Vesely]

She's lost her mind. I think she's a terrorist.

[Jim Brewer]

She's tripping. She knows me from the radio. She's calling my name out. She's profiling me.

[Brett Vesely]

Follow me around for ages.

[Jim Brewer]

Yeah, this woman's nuts. Groupy.

[Brett Vesely]

It makes you, like, not want to fight them, because in the end, they've got this ultimate weapon of going, all right, well, you don't fly now.

[Jim Brewer]

Correct.

[Brett Vesely]

And it's scary because when you get into that spot, you're like, they're going to pull it.

[Jim Brewer]

Right. And that's. Is the position I was put in. Yeah. It's the whole. The whole way they handled it.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

It's just. Just really that they didn't even try to do that. Yeah. I mean, it's not like you got upgraded.

[Jim Brewer]

You have, you know, a frequent flyer, and that's. You purchase the ticket. I purchased it.

[Brett Vesely]

It was done.

[Jim Brewer]

It's. Yeah.

[Brett Vesely]

No other business gets away with the. We sold a whole bunch of these, and you don't get your money back.

[Jim Brewer]

You know, a couple of them say, well, some of the boats have a contract at first class. I'm gonna put 99.9. According to. The friend of mine is a Cathy goes, that is true. However, you still cannot remove a paid first customer. And I did say. I said, so you stole it. You stole my money. I had a. I had a airline, a captain. I greet you. He goes, I'm really offended. I'm a proud captain, and I'm proud. He goes, the fact that you called us thieves. I said, I didn't call us thieves. Yeah, I called them thieves. Yes, that's. He goes, well, sometimes we're contracted, but, yeah, you're contracted. If it's open and you can get up there, that's the contract, and I don't care. It's not to take A paid first class. It's. It's really. Don't try that whole story. Yeah, I don't.

[Brett Vesely]

I don't know.

[Jim Brewer]

Yeah, let's try that whole story. My best friend's a captain. He tells me everything. I was prepped for the court. Yeah, good for you.

[Brett Vesely]

You're a proud captain. I don't care that you're gay. I just want my money back. Come on. Why are you giving me grief about your homosexuality? Just get me on that goddamn plate.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

Oh, my God.

[Brett Vesely]

Jim. Brewers at Celebrity Features got banned from flying.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

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[Jim Brewer]

It's official. You are homophobic and you're out. He called himself proud.

[Brett Vesely]

I was happy for him.

[Jim Brewer]

I don't know.

[Brett Vesely]

Look, you can be a power bottom or top. I don't care. I just want my money back. That's all I care about.

[Jim Brewer]

Agree.

[Brett Vesely]

My favorite thing about Jim Brewer, not only your comedy, which is now. Is it amazing that the time you spent doing this, do you ever reflect on that? Like, I mean, being all you've done over all this time? And then you sit. Because we're in our 25th year here. And it dawns at me every once in a while, like, my God, that's a quarter of a century of one job.

[Jim Brewer]

What weirds me out when. When I'm sure you'll have fans that come up and they'll bring something up. Like when you first started.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah. Oh, but they're still there. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

Like, are you gonna do the thing now you do and you remember the first year?

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

Why don't you do that anymore?

[Brett Vesely]

Our first week to continue, the theme was 9 11.

[Jim Brewer]

Wow.

[Brett Vesely]

So people remember our first week.

[Jim Brewer]

Remember that. Remember this? You're gonna do that again? Oh, no.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

We'll be right back after the brown.

[Jim Brewer]

That was awesome.

[Brett Vesely]

I remember.

[Jim Brewer]

I remember when you did that.

[Brett Vesely]

And you guys were awesome.

[Jim Brewer]

Oh, my God.

[Brett Vesely]

Listening ever since made me think you.

[Jim Brewer]

Like, you took me out of my depression.

[Brett Vesely]

What?

[Jim Brewer]

A bit. How long did you write that?

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Doing phone shams the whole time.

[Brett Vesely]

We're just kidding around. It does it dawns on you, though, like, you sometimes. I mean, you think I. I saw a rerun of Saturday Night Live on one of those channels that just does it all the time. And it was a like, 96, I'm guessing. And there you are, and I'm like, man, weird. That doesn't register. That. That's 30 years now.

[Jim Brewer]

No, it's so. You know what? I. Everything I do is I never look backwards. Yeah. I never. I. And I. It's so buried In God.

[Brett Vesely]

And it's crazy.

[Jim Brewer]

Whatever. I'm always in the now and I'm always going forward. But yeah, when I see it, I'm like, I feel, you know when you look like your childhood pictures.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

Oh, wow. I remember.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

I remember me and Tommy played with football. It's the same feeling.

[Brett Vesely]

Is it?

[Jim Brewer]

Oh, yeah. I was on Saturday. Yeah, that's right. I remember that.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

There's got to be. But there's also numerous times. It's like I did that.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Hey, do you remember this? You did this to me at one time.

[Jim Brewer]

Yes.

[Brett Vesely]

I don't remember that. I always say no just in case. Yes. I don't remember that.

[Jim Brewer]

I went to my first high school reunion ever. It was a 40 year reunion. And. And thank God everyone wore tags. There's a lot of.

[Brett Vesely]

They look horrible.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Oh my.

[Brett Vesely]

I know what you're saying.

[Jim Brewer]

And this is no disregard respect.

[Brett Vesely]

Except for the horrible.

[Jim Brewer]

Any females out there. But I don't know what happened. My. The guys.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

All look the same. I was like, oh my God. Oh my God. You're just a little heavier. You're a little thinner. You looked at. You lost some hair, but you're there. The females. I did a lot of like, hey, go zone in on that little name tag. Tracy, you look the. The same. Wow. Holy crow. That's incredible.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

You look great.

[Jim Brewer]

You look great. Diane, you look incredible. So amazing. She ate Tracy. Let me.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

The one that was right.

[Jim Brewer]

Let me give you a hug. Well, halfway. Halfway. She seems some of a hug.

[Brett Vesely]

Let's all hug her. We'll get around this.

[Jim Brewer]

You can't get past the halfway mark.

[Brett Vesely]

Sing Hands Across America. And yeah, he's got a theory. Always says men age like wine and lemonade like milk and it's mean. But reunions don't lie.

[Jim Brewer]

There was a lot of melted ice cream in that melted ice cream in.

[Brett Vesely]

I've always thought of you as a person that you were the bravest one. Before there were brave people. Like before everybody started to speak out that there's something going on.

[Jim Brewer]

CO2. But way before, way before that, when

[Byron from MMP Guns]

you started, when it first came in,

[Brett Vesely]

you talked about like the weirdness and like Hollywood and everybody started saying, oh, brewers lost it. And you're the Jose Canseco of comedy.

[Jim Brewer]

Yes.

[Brett Vesely]

Because it turned out you were right about almost every single thing you've said. It's true. And everybody said, but how many people. How many people were saying, oh, brewer's off the deep end. I don't know that he's off the Deep end. I think he just is seeing stuff different.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

I just like the fact. Guys, come on.

[Brett Vesely]

But you brought stuff, students that they're dealing with now.

[Jim Brewer]

Yes.

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[Brett Vesely]

I kind of get it now.

[Jim Brewer]

Yes.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

And. And

[Brett Vesely]

careful. Gets out of the air, we're not gonna fly.

[Jim Brewer]

I would tell everyone, like, when did I leave? I was. I was peaking. I wasn't on the down.

[Brett Vesely]

No.

[Jim Brewer]

I was on the up.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

I go, so that's the first common sense. You should really study.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

Right. And so. But I would get people like, oh, you jealous or you couldn't make it? Whatever. Whatever they said, I didn't care. But when I would. It just blew my. It blows my mind that now with information, it's. It's satisfying, it's humbling. I did trust in time, this eventually would unravel.

[Brett Vesely]

Was it ever a point where you thought to yourself, I should have shut my mouth?

[Jim Brewer]

No, no.

[Brett Vesely]

You were happy that you got everything off your chest.

[Jim Brewer]

100.

[Brett Vesely]

Because it was always great to hear that, because I, you know.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Did you feel like you had to be more quiet, though, during that time?

[Jim Brewer]

Well, yeah, because people, like, give me names. Like, I can't give you names. It's like. It's like putting out a mobster.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

You know, and people go, oh, you really. Why don't you always put out a name? No, you see, people get murdered. And then after they're murdered, would you. What are you gonna do? The listener or the fan? Then you're gonna go, oh, that's a bummer. Yeah. That's my. That's my prize for giving specific names. I can tell you the things that I. That I said that were going on and what I saw and what I'm telling you said to us. You gotta join a club years ago.

[Brett Vesely]

Exactly.

[Jim Brewer]

That's no choice. You said that.

[Brett Vesely]

And I was like, oh, maybe he might have just thought. And I didn't think bitterness or weird. But I just thought, oh, maybe just Jim stumbled into the wrong thing. And then 10 years, and it's like. And this. I'm not kidding. This is probably 2019, when it was like everything he said to us back in 2008.

[Jim Brewer]

Yes.

[Brett Vesely]

It's, like, happening. And we. And Brady and I say it all the time. Brewer said that way before. Without telling us. He told us. The old pioneer. Yeah. Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

You boys have no idea. Now I'm, like, in a shed with long hair. I left the Jedi world a long

[Brett Vesely]

time ago, hammering out typed letters like, ted Kaczynski, we need you back. Yeah. But it was We. Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

No, no, you'll never get detailed. All right, I'll train one.

[Brett Vesely]

It was great, though, because you said it. You gotta join a club. You didn't give details, but you said, the things I saw with young people, the things I saw in the business, the mistreatment of others, and we're like, oh, Jim's. You couldn't have been in all those rooms.

[Jim Brewer]

But that.

[Brett Vesely]

It was running rampant.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

I know.

[Jim Brewer]

So right there, you were on it right there.

[Brett Vesely]

And no one ever goes back. And Canseco's the same thing in baseball. They never go back and go, sorry, Canseco's still. Oh, he's nuts. But he was the only one that said, here's everything that's going on. Everybody's like, oh, he's lost his mind.

[Jim Brewer]

Right.

[Brett Vesely]

And he wasn't.

[Jim Brewer]

Because you're bringing down an empire. Yeah, you're not bringing down. But you're bringing down an empire. And a guy like Jose Canseco, even when I say the names they're putting in front of you with the files and all that, yeah, they are the Jose Cansecos. They're the Mark McGuires. But what people don't understand, like, with the. With the.

[Brett Vesely]

With.

[Jim Brewer]

People don't know. We're talking about the steroid era in baseball. And the lawyers, the agents were supplying. I know that firsthand. Oh, boy. Bro. I remember in mid-90s, so I could talk about now. Yeah. I used to be worried about getting whacked because we're talking about billions of dollars. We're not talking about billion. Trillion dollar industry. So I remember an agent going, you want it? He goes, first of all, did you know 75% of ballplayers are all. I'm like, no.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

He goes, 75. 75%. That's pretty much that. He goes, there's probably more. And then he was letting me listen to phone calls from players that we all know.

[Brett Vesely]

Oh, boy.

[Jim Brewer]

And one was a wife going, if he. If he. If he hit me one more time, I'm gonna blow all you up. This ain't worth no money.

[Brett Vesely]

That you.

[Jim Brewer]

He keeps getting aggressive. He hit me. He did. And then another one, like, yo, man, big series of the right side. I need my. It's not in you. I need my st. And this is a. These are lawyers and agents. Yeah. Yes. And they're with coaches, and they mingle with the. With. With. With the owners, everybody. And like, listen, we're gonna. Yeah, we're gonna keep you in business. It's gonna get ugly for a little while. But you got to go into public eye and take this hit for. Yeah, I mean, we'll take care of your pension. And. And that's the only thing is the public only sees and still only believes the nice little promo TV spot for their favorite politician, their bomb star. This. And that's all you get. It's professional.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

You're getting a taste.

[Jim Brewer]

You're getting a taste. And it. Everything. When you understand the phrase the world is a stage. It. It. It. When you truly understand that, your. Your mind will start to get blown and you realize it's not even real. Including the politics.

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[Brett Vesely]

Oh, that's the thing. They've made you tribal for a reason. So you don't question your side. It's religion. It has become this. Do not question me. And I always say that unbelievable Matrix. Truth loves scrutiny.

[Jim Brewer]

Yes.

[Brett Vesely]

Truth loves questions. So the second they say, don't question, I question everything. I'm turning into Alex Jones. I'm getting fat, turning red.

[Jim Brewer]

I'm turning everything to me. Making the frogs gay. Jam.

[Brett Vesely]

The frog are homosexuals that are pilots now. They're pilot.

[Jim Brewer]

Homosexual, pilot.

[Brett Vesely]

Frog tried to kick me off my flight.

[Jim Brewer]

What's happened to the men, Jim?

[Brett Vesely]

But, yeah, it's. It's just this crazy, weird thing where I'm like, I don't believe anything anymore, and I don't want to be that guy, but I like the Nancy Guthrie thing down in Tucson. I don't buy it.

[Jim Brewer]

I didn't buy day one. Yes.

[Brett Vesely]

I'm like, this is all something wrong, and it's going to come out where somebody's the winner.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

There's one of those quotes from the mother. Like the same from the movies of the lambs.

[Jim Brewer]

Yes.

[Brett Vesely]

Yes.

[Jim Brewer]

Wasn't that great? But this is what's incredible, though. To a degree. It's borderline chaos and borderline truth awakening. Meaning this is the first time in history where you'll have, like, a tragic event.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

No one goes, oh, my God, the guy. They go, hold on a minute.

[Brett Vesely]

Wait for it.

[Jim Brewer]

Let's look at the. Wait a minute. He's going into the establishment with Nike sneakers.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

He's coming out with Pumas. And he's like, wait a minute. They screwed this. This. I. I ain't buying it.

[Brett Vesely]

No, my new thing is they're screwing it up on purpose. That's the big flag. We watch. And then they're. What really is going on?

[Jim Brewer]

It's the great magician. It is.

[Brett Vesely]

We're arguing over the shoes. We're looking at the flowers over the camera.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Trying to figure out what it is. What is it? More fentanyl to come over or what are they trying to get by?

[Brett Vesely]

Your stories about your dad are legendary. Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

Can you imagine anyone kidnapping him?

[Brett Vesely]

What a relief that would be to the family.

[Jim Brewer]

Good luck when he traps a deuce in his pants.

[Brett Vesely]

Tell you that right now. Nobody takes an 85 year old human

[Jim Brewer]

being for a ride my car, let

[Brett Vesely]

alone holds them ransom. It's gonna be a nightmare.

[Jim Brewer]

Good luck.

[Brett Vesely]

You could have taken my grandpa at 85. You have him.

[Jim Brewer]

I mean, it was the goofiest.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah. I don't buy it.

[Jim Brewer]

I. I don't buy it.

[Brett Vesely]

I hate that it's happening to a family that is probably partially unaware.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

You turn just cynical.

[Brett Vesely]

Yes, but I don't think it's cynicism.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

It's like, wait, there's something going on.

[Brett Vesely]

You're taught it's cynicism. So you feel bad about questions.

[Jim Brewer]

Yeah. Yeah, it does. Well, that game is over. Yeah, that game is over. And I think the public now understands even, even whatever politics or this, their game was always accusing you and attaching you something that would be lunatic. In other words, for instance, if you go, wait a minute, I, I'm not sure I'm buying these whole Muslims taking over planes flying. Oh, so you're saying, so what? You're tell American troops right now. So would you talk to a. A mother whose son is sacrificing his life right now, getting shot out of that. And you're like, whoa, dude, I have a question. I just have a question. It's a little wacky, your story, that's all. It's 1 to 10.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

There's no in between.

[Brett Vesely]

Do you have anything that in your brain you're like, I'm not sure. But this thing might be something that you don't talk about because you think it might make you crazy. Because I have gone full Alex. Joe. I don't believe anything I see anymore.

[Jim Brewer]

I don't either, either, and I don't like it.

[Brett Vesely]

I want to believe.

[Jim Brewer]

All right. I do have some wax.

[Brett Vesely]

Give me one. All right, we're. I want to take a break and then we're going to do it. Jim Brewer is at celebrity theater tonight. Celebritytheater.com is without question the best night of comedy you're going to have. It is brilliant forever. One of my favorite people. Always, always getting ready or you got him fired up. It's almost like Tyson about to walk into the ring for the Rocky music camp. Damn. I'm a little nervous, but I can't wait now. Jim steers go see celebritytheater.com you can check it out. Your probably selling tickets as well.

[Jim Brewer]

Jim, bir.com is the safest.

[Brett Vesely]

Okay. That's the best way. All the rest of them will steal your credit card. Sphere prices. Oh my God. Did you hear? We're giving away the Metallica sphere. They announced. Did they announce it this morning? It got announced.

[Jim Brewer]

You know how hard it was not to blurt that out of my mouth knowing that was coming?

[Brett Vesely]

One month I've known that.

[Jim Brewer]

Yeah.

[Brett Vesely]

And I haven't been able to think about it. Yeah. And everybody said we'll sue you. And I'm like, did you hear about. No, I don't know anything about Metallica. It's fear.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

What do you say?

[Brett Vesely]

You're gonna go, what? Jim Brewer's here. We'll chat with him some more.

[Jim Brewer]

Next sickness. Medicaid.

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[Brett Vesely]

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[Jim Brewer]

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[Jim Brewer]

Oh, man.

[Brett Vesely]

Damn it.

[Jim Brewer]

We can't play another song?

[Brett Vesely]

Play another song. Oh, man. I can't have Mickey involved anyway. He didn't watch this. He's believable.

[Jim Brewer]

Dirty little mouse.

[Brett Vesely]

He is a dirty mouse. Jim Brewer series at Celebrity Theater tonight. I know. By the way, the 10 o' clock word for the Metallica contest is unforgiven. Are you going to go see that?

[Jim Brewer]

I'm seeing them in Dublin.

[Brett Vesely]

You're going to see them in Dublin.

[Jim Brewer]

I'm going to Dublin in June.

[Brett Vesely]

I got sphere up there in Dublin.

[Jim Brewer]

That's going to be a great time.

[Brett Vesely]

Of what?

[Jim Brewer]

They play creeping death. I haven't heard that thing live since that long time.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Do they have a dome there?

[Jim Brewer]

No, there's no dome. It's a football field.

[Brett Vesely]

We don't need it. We got clouds, we got alcohol. We'll make our own sphere.

[Jim Brewer]

We go down, we sing all great songs to kill Liverpool.

[Brett Vesely]

They just start singing soccer songs in

[Jim Brewer]

the middle of one. Death to the England.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

You Gotta buy a Metallica scarf, too. I bet you they'll sell those.

[Brett Vesely]

What the hell is this they're doing? Play whiskey in a jar again. The hell are you doing? You're making time. You're making a mockery at this entire event. Brewer even wants to hear it.

[Jim Brewer]

No more of this one.

[Brett Vesely]

It's depressing.

[Jim Brewer]

Don't feel good. No one says W in Aaron.

[Brett Vesely]

We didn't go to war with them. Now we don't understand this.

[Jim Brewer]

Whiskey in the jar. Let's do it.

[Brett Vesely]

Go.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

Three, two.

[Jim Brewer]

Come on, come on.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Give me fuel, give me fire.

[Jim Brewer]

Yeah, yeah.

[Brett Vesely]

Give me. Yeah, Fuel to fire.

[Jim Brewer]

Let's do fire. Do stuff like that.

[Brett Vesely]

I don't care about your American wars with them. Do your thing for home.

[Jim Brewer]

The bell toss. You haven't seen nothing. The Vikings came in. They took our children and women. It's been happening for centuries. That's why we see no one's invading us this year.

[Brett Vesely]

Why are you seeing them in Dublin? I mean, it's a great thing, but I mean, just because you're there and they're at the same time.

[Jim Brewer]

So I found a new. I found a new friend who. I live in Florida.

[Brett Vesely]

Good for you.

[Jim Brewer]

And he likes Judas Priest and Metallica. And we said, let's start. Let's start. Go see them.

[Brett Vesely]

Oh, so you're making a trip out of it? Yeah. Oh, okay.

[Jim Brewer]

Yeah. And then, you know, the chick's like, wait a minute. You're not going along?

[Brett Vesely]

Like, you know we are.

[Jim Brewer]

We don't want you going. If you want to come with us, I mean, you can come Friday night.

[Brett Vesely]

We're going to a pub and we're

[Jim Brewer]

going to see the concert Saturday. We're going to pub.

[Brett Vesely]

Two friends class. Metallica.

[Jim Brewer]

Yeah.

[Brett Vesely]

You get two free tickets.

[Jim Brewer]

That's right.

[Brett Vesely]

It's awesome.

[Jim Brewer]

I got tickets now.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah, it'll be. That'll be awesome. But Sphere in Vegas has something too. Have you been in there yet?

[Jim Brewer]

I have been in there, yeah. Who?

[Brett Vesely]

Just see, I saw the Eagles and it's boring.

[Jim Brewer]

Well, I mean, they're boring.

[Brett Vesely]

The show's probably.

[Jim Brewer]

The show is un. Put it this way. Way too much money. I spent way too much money. I'm dropping. I'm dropping. We went with a group and they're like, oh, you got to see the Eagles. So we go there. Take us like 800, 800 a piece.

[Brett Vesely]

Like, oh, my God, I'm.

[Jim Brewer]

I'm 15, 16 the hole before I show up. And of course, when you show up, the. The. The hotel was like, eagles are here. If you came here on Thursday. It was $110 special, but you're here. The Eagles is another $850.

[Brett Vesely]

Oh, my God.

[Jim Brewer]

I'm, like, 4 grand in the hole. They come out. I'm blown away by the spear.

[Brett Vesely]

Oh, it's amazing. So.

[Jim Brewer]

It's unbelievable.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

And what level were you on?

[Jim Brewer]

Section 300.

[Brett Vesely]

I was 400 right in the middle. Perfect, Right?

[Jim Brewer]

So as they come out, they come out of the gate. Now I'm a little heated from the amount of money I spent already. You know, I went to the. Every chef out there. It's. It's $200 for a piece of chicken.

[Brett Vesely]

It's the.

[Jim Brewer]

It's the tattoo. Midget Indian, Moroccan, you know, Hindu and Muslim at the same time.

[Brett Vesely]

Chef.

[Jim Brewer]

That you see on television. So therefore, he's allowed to charge you $300 for some chicken.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

All right. Swear. Everyone's a star. Dude. You're making chicken and a burger. Relax.

[Brett Vesely]

Oh, you're talking about Guy Fieri. Drives me nuts.

[Jim Brewer]

Yeah, I know.

[Brett Vesely]

He's the one that gets any of them. Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

Anyway. So anyway, the power of television.

[Brett Vesely]

It's amazing.

[Jim Brewer]

So with that said, we're sitting there, and they come out of the gate with Hotel California. I'm not gonna lie to. There's part of me going, they opened. That's a closer, dude. That's what I said.

[Brett Vesely]

I said that this morning.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

They've been doing that same.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah, they're running that list the whole time.

[Jim Brewer]

I said, I don't know how it's gonna go from here. Tell. Now I'm pissed about my money. And I said, just relax. I did finally relax.

[Brett Vesely]

It.

[Jim Brewer]

I gotta tell you, when you can't hide and. And the lyrics are coming down like you're on mushroom.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Raining. It's raining lyrics.

[Jim Brewer]

It was like, oh, my God, it looks amazing. And then Joe Walsh is like,

[Brett Vesely]

It's

[Jim Brewer]

amazing, and he sounds amazing. Yeah. And then the last song was great, great. And this. I'll never forget this moment they're doing. It's gonna be a Heartache Tonight. And I'm like, you know what? Screw the money we paid. This is worth it. I turn around, my wife's out. Oh, people are standing. The loudest song, and she's out.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

There was that chicken.

[Jim Brewer]

It got her, and she didn't nod off. She was out for songs because she was leaning. She's drooling.

[Brett Vesely]

When you got back to the aria and laid in bed, you say, what did Jesus teach you today?

[Byron from MMP Guns]

I was meditating.

[Brett Vesely]

You're sleepy and you wasted Money. That's awesome.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

So it's on the bubble. The, the money that spent on that particular show.

[Brett Vesely]

Worth it?

[Jim Brewer]

It's on the. It's wor. It's good. It was worth it.

[Brett Vesely]

I just looked at the clock. We're. We're doing somebody else's show now.

[Jim Brewer]

Who cares?

[Brett Vesely]

Jim Brewer, you're the best. No. Are you Sorry. I'll still go. I don't care. Yeah, I, I, I don't want to waste your day. What are you up to while you're here? You doing anything so special? Well, other than the show.

[Jim Brewer]

Family here in the car?

[Brett Vesely]

They're sitting up.

[Jim Brewer]

No, no, no, no. I have family in town.

[Brett Vesely]

Oh, okay.

[Jim Brewer]

I have a group of Die Hard fans. This was a little. Threw me back. They fly in from different states and they form, they, like, form their own little crew.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

And they're. They're here in Arizona, so I'm going to try to hook up with them later. Say hello.

[Brett Vesely]

Like a little Brewer cult that follows your nose.

[Jim Brewer]

They come in here, they go into Clearwater, Florida. The grateful brew.

[Brett Vesely]

Yes.

[Jim Brewer]

I love it. It's.

[Brett Vesely]

And are they normal?

[Jim Brewer]

They're super normal.

[Brett Vesely]

Okay.

[Jim Brewer]

Are you sure? No, no, they're. And it goes all different gen.

[Brett Vesely]

There's one of them you worry about.

[Jim Brewer]

There's always one. There's one you're like, you never let me guard down. 100.

[Brett Vesely]

The one with the eye looking at me and looking for me.

[Jim Brewer]

And is this one an informant? This one work with the most?

[Brett Vesely]

It's always the one in the group that wants to help you most. Hey, man, if you need me to do protection for you, I'm like, we're, we're at Applebee's. We're good.

[Jim Brewer]

I don't need that.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah, we're good. I'm here for you, bro. Mike, he wants to kill someone in my name. And I'm just say, there's always a guy, but, yeah, it's good. Well, it's good. You got that. That's. How many of them are there in your cult?

[Jim Brewer]

Altogether, there's probably about 20, but I think there's about eight to 10 that flew here.

[Brett Vesely]

No kidding. And who's that guy?

[Jim Brewer]

Kyle. Kyle's my. He filmed.

[Brett Vesely]

He's digital Kyle.

[Jim Brewer]

Kyle Digital Kyle. He's part of the digital team.

[Brett Vesely]

Okay.

[Jim Brewer]

Which I gotta tell you, at our stage, you need Kyle's. Yeah.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah. I don't get it.

[Jim Brewer]

He's 19, and the whole bus now is like, kyle, how do I post this? But I put music on it.

[Brett Vesely]

Kyle, do you think Everybody's stupid. It kind of makes it like, if you feel like a genius, doesn't it? Because everybody leans on you.

[Jim Brewer]

Not stupid, but a little behind.

[Brett Vesely]

A little behind.

[Jim Brewer]

That's called stupid.

[Brett Vesely]

Kyle, thanks for. Thanks for cushioning that blow.

[Jim Brewer]

So Kyle's part of a digital team, and I finally. They said, hey, we, like, you do your podcast and your live streams with us, and we want to take over your socials. And I went. And they said, dude, these kids, that's crazy. I'm not a businessman. I'm gonna assume you guys aren't either.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah, they take out computers.

[Jim Brewer]

Like. Okay, so your demographic is mostly Facebook, which is really phenomenal. But the consumer thing, you want to get on YouTube. So your YouTube hours right here, 120. We're gonna get you to probably three quarters of a million, hopefully by, we'll

[Brett Vesely]

say this time next year.

[Jim Brewer]

And like. And they did it.

[Brett Vesely]

They did it. Yeah. That crazy. It's just. It's just have to hear the word low key every other sentence.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Kyle first came in, he's 19. He's. Every place you're going for him is just, wow, those mountains are real.

[Brett Vesely]

Yes.

[Jim Brewer]

That's what I. And I get to teach him. We live and we go. You don't want to talk to that one one.

[Brett Vesely]

He's got wild eyes. Kyle. You don't want to talk of that one. Kyle, come with me. Come with me. Don't make me tighten this leash. So Kyle is. Kyle is nuts about terra firma, and. But digitally, he knows everything.

[Jim Brewer]

Yes, but he's.

[Brett Vesely]

You're literally the touch grass kid. Like, you got to get out and see this world without looking at it through that little screen.

[Jim Brewer]

He. He even said, we st. We were in Dallas. I said, how was your day? He goes, oh, it's real good beef. So I went to the area where they shot Kennedy, and I don't know, it don't look right solving Kennedy's murder.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Make the shot.

[Jim Brewer]

I don't know how they did that shot. I'm just saying, I'm not one that's that tight, but, bro, he probably filmed

[Byron from MMP Guns]

it from the angles.

[Jim Brewer]

Wait a minute. You ready for this before we left? And here's what's amazing about. As you see, he's a good kid, right?

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah, sure, sure.

[Jim Brewer]

And. And they're all like this. Yeah, they're all like this.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

It's a human being.

[Jim Brewer]

So.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah, wait a minute.

[Jim Brewer]

There's like. There's like six of them all back in Florida. So they said, Kyle, God, this sounds

[Brett Vesely]

an awful lot Like a file I read. A whole bunch of teenagers back in Florida waiting on me.

[Jim Brewer]

So as we leave, we're ready to go. I'm like, kyle, do you have everything you need? I go, yeah, you got anything special? Brain Rome. He goes, yeah, I'm bringing my, my bear, my teddy bear. I said, oh, did you just say that on a live stream? You didn't just put that out there, right? I said, who gave you the teddy bear? Like a girlfriend? He goes, no, my boss. And you got to know his boss, the kid. He dresses like Freddie Mercury. He's got, he's got the mustache, teeth, he wears sunglasses at night.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Hey, baby.

[Jim Brewer]

Yeah, like, you know, we hit a half a million listeners and we're making income. And like this kid's wearing t his sunglasses, he's dressed like Freddie Mercury, and he's given Kyle teddy bears.

[Brett Vesely]

I don't like this at all.

[Jim Brewer]

Well, now everywhere we go, and of course when it happened, there were women in the room. My wife was there. She's like, thank you, Praise Jesus, let's pray for the teddy bear. And all the women were like, oh, that's so cute. Now I wanted to go a whole different route.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

But all the women were there. I'm like, yeah, okay, we'll get you.

[Brett Vesely]

Hold off, give me.

[Jim Brewer]

Well, now everyone shows up at venues and they go to Kyle and they're giving him stuffed animals.

[Brett Vesely]

He gets emotional support stuff.

[Jim Brewer]

Yes. Oh my God, it's unbelievable.

[Brett Vesely]

Well, that's pretty. Well, Kyle's making it. He's making it happen then.

[Jim Brewer]

Can you imagine 19, single male with a teddy bear.

[Brett Vesely]

Yes.

[Jim Brewer]

With like this.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Really?

[Jim Brewer]

Right. You better watch. You know he's going to come for you, Kyle. Like the 40 and overs Cougars always nodding for that. Yeah, you like the mothers of three. Oh, golly, golly, that would be nice. Last night we start was the first night. It was like me, him and my opener, Brian McKenna. We're like, I go, Brian McKenna, let's, let's blast some music. And the bus Left at like 1am so it's 10pm and just us three are on there. What kind of. And we're having some fun. We're catching little buzzes. Brian, what do you got going? He goes, you know who I love? I. I grew up Eminem. And he's explaining why he loves Eminem. I said, oh, so Eminem's your Metallica? He's like, yeah, listen, this what he's saying here. He's all right, all right, all right. I, I play my. I go, kyle, what do you got he. What was the Nardis by Bill Evans? Nardis. That's not even a word by Bill Evans. It's Bill Evans, 1930s.

[Brett Vesely]

Boom, boom, boom.

[Jim Brewer]

Like old jazz.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Pull it up.

[Jim Brewer]

And we're watching. And I'm watching Kyle, literally, he's. He's doing every slow instrument. I went, wow. This kid's. This kid's like from.

[Brett Vesely]

He's a time travel from another portal.

[Jim Brewer]

This is.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

This is new.

[Jim Brewer]

This is his jam.

[Brett Vesely]

It's ancient stuff. It's like literally 40s music.

[Jim Brewer]

70s, 70s. But to him, damn, that's to us.

[Brett Vesely]

That's the 40s. Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

But yeah, this guy's. I'm like, I got my towel, I got everything. And Kyle's like, this gets me going. This gets Kyle you.

[Brett Vesely]

Do you know this song?

[Jim Brewer]

No.

[Brett Vesely]

I'm gonna ask a weird question here. You know you're old enough to do dry hump your teddy bear when this is going on. This seems very serial killer is kind

[Byron from MMP Guns]

of tucking it between the legs in

[Brett Vesely]

the well kind of music.

[Jim Brewer]

I see real ocean on this. Actually gave me a whole different perspective that he's.

[Brett Vesely]

Yes.

[Jim Brewer]

Like, he's very well grasped. Like there's something special about him. 19 year old kid is pulling out.

[Brett Vesely]

No scary animals. The scary ones. See, this is where my. This is where my cynicism kicks in. Goes out. He's gonna kill someone.

[Jim Brewer]

This kid's gonna make me.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Did you dissect animals growing up?

[Jim Brewer]

Good.

[Brett Vesely]

If he does. And then later you can say, I knew him before he started murdering all those old ladies. Because the way he was nodding about 40 year olds.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

No idea.

[Brett Vesely]

He likes a woman who's like a, you know, a water slide at one

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of the fun parts.

[Brett Vesely]

There's kids flying out of her like crazy. And you're gonna walk on the bus

[Byron from MMP Guns]

one day and there's a frog splayed out.

[Brett Vesely]

I did this for you, Jim. I did this for you. And he's filming it. So much beauty in the world. I just can't stand it. Anyway, Tim Brewer's here at Celebrity Theater all weekend long. What do you got there? Oh, God. Oh. 1958 is where Nardis is. 1958 where it came from? Yeah.

[Jim Brewer]

Written by Miles Davis. Oh, Miles Davis. You're a big Miles Davis. Crazy no good family.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah, it's great. Comes from a good stock. Allowed to go out on the road with you and see things.

[Byron from MMP Guns]

Teddy.

[Brett Vesely]

It's pretty awesome.

[Jim Brewer]

Got the. Keep the Teddy close Teddy.

[Brett Vesely]

Oh, that's crazy.

[Jim Brewer]

Now my opener has a freaking stuffed animal.

[Brett Vesely]

Do you have one yet? Have you caved?

[Jim Brewer]

If I get one, it's gonna be for a whole different reason.

[Brett Vesely]

I don't even know. He wants a real bear. Is it to shoot everybody through it?

[Jim Brewer]

My wife's been gone for a while. Just saying this thing. I might go to. Wow. I might go beyond, if they're still open, to get a nice fluffy pillow. Maybe a couple others. Make them watch. You're gonna a teddy bear? That's terrible. No, Teddy.

[Brett Vesely]

Teddy Cuxpin would be a good thing. Put that on your thing. Look that up later. Kyle Brewer. It's always good to see you. Jim Brewer, everybody. Celebrity Theater tonight. Grab your ticket. Celebritytheater.com. you can check it out at Jim's website. Jim Brewer.com, i assume.

[Jim Brewer]

Is that right?

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jim Brewer.com. get your tickets and go. Have a great Wednesday. Right there. We're done. We'll see you guys tomorrow right here in the morning. S back.

[Jim Brewer]

Arizona's most powerful power radio station.

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