Mel Brooks Turns 100, Grilling Myths & More | Morning X 6/29/26
Trevin & Sawyer In The Morning | Austin, TX | Monday, June 29, 2026
🎙️ First Hour
First Segment Analysis
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Topics & Stories Covered
- [00:00:11] “Don’t Grill These Foods” Internet List — Trevin and Sawyer react to a viral online list claiming certain foods shouldn’t be grilled, including burgers, filet mignon, pizza, pork chops, and foods with melty cheese. Both hosts push back on most of the claims.
- [00:03:41] MLB Standings Update — Brief sports rundown covering the AL West race, with the Astros, Rangers, and Mariners all sitting at 42 wins at the halfway point of the season.
- [00:04:16] FIFA World Cup Match Previews — Sawyer previews the day’s World Cup matchups: Brazil vs. Japan at noon, Germany vs. Paraguay at 3:30, and Netherlands vs. Morocco in the evening, with comedic food/cultural pairings for each game.
- [00:05:01] NBA Free Agency Teaser — Brief mention that NBA free agency is two days away, though no deeper discussion followed.
- [00:05:04] Ugliest Cars List — The hosts react to a compiled list of the ugliest cars ever, including the Cybertruck, Toyota Prius, AMC Pacer, Chevy Lumina van, Nissan Cube, and Kia Soul, with plenty of tangents and opinions.
- [00:08:57] Target Now Selling THC Beverages in Texas — Trevin reports that nearly every Texas Target will stock around nine brands of THC beverages for customers 21 and up, amid ongoing legal uncertainty around hemp products in the state. A Travis County lawsuit over smokable hemp regulations is also mentioned.
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Austin/Texas News Stories
- [00:08:57] Target THC Beverages in Texas — Target rolling out THC-infused drinks statewide, including brands called Find Wonder, Stigma, WYLD, and WYNK. Future of smokable hemp in Texas remains legally uncertain.
- [00:09:43] Travis County Hemp Lawsuit — Hemp businesses and organizations have filed suit in Travis County against state officials challenging new regulations that would ban smokable hemp products and add fees on retailers and manufacturers.
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Sports Topics
- [00:03:44] MLB / AL West — At the halfway point of the season, the Houston Astros, Texas Rangers, and Seattle Mariners are all tied at 42 wins. The Astros briefly held a wild card spot before the Rangers had a strong weekend.
- [00:04:16] FIFA World Cup — Three matches highlighted for the day: Brazil vs. Japan (noon), Germany vs. Paraguay (3:30 PM), Netherlands vs. Morocco (evening).
- [00:05:01] NBA Free Agency — Mentioned as two days away; no further detail.
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Funny Bits, Debates & Memorable Exchanges
- [00:00:34] Grilling by the inflatable pool — Sawyer describes grilling close enough to his inflatable pool that it might be melting the plastic, refusing to get out of the water to flip his wings.
- [00:01:07] Smash burger dig — Trevin calls the anti-grilling-burgers guy a “dumbass” and accuses him of being a smash burger fanatic.
- [00:01:23] Filet mignon take — Trevin declares filet mignon an “overrated cut of meat,” drawing laughs.
- [00:02:14] “Loading the back end” — Sawyer’s pizza-on-a-Weber explanation involving loading charcoal “in the back end” leads to an obvious double entendre riff.
- [00:02:51] Cooking by time vs. temperature debate — A genuinely spirited back-and-forth: Trevin insists you cook by temperature with a thermometer, Sawyer argues time is part of the process. Trevin holds firm: “If you’re cooking with time, you’re cooking incorrectly.”
- [00:05:57] Cybertruck schadenfreude — Trevin says bad things happening to Cybertrucks make him laugh every time, comparing it to “old people falling down.” Leads into a jab at Elon Musk’s Nazi salute controversy.
- [00:08:07] Lumina van tangent — Trevin compares the Chevy Lumina van to the DFW airport tram; Sawyer notes “Lumina” is also a sleep/depression medication.
- [00:08:33] Kia Soul / Richard Gere / hamsters — Sawyer riffs on the Kia Soul hamster ad campaign, calling them the “Richard Gere models” and claiming “Richard Gere owns about four of them” — a gerbil urban legend callback.
- [00:09:57] Target prices joke — Sawyer quips: *”You got to be high to want to pay Target prices.”*
- [00:10:09] “Target” pun — Trevin closes the THC beverage segment saying he knows who these brands are “Target-ing,” landing a clean wordplay sign-off.
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Summary
The segment opens with Trevin and Sawyer gleefully dismantling a viral internet list claiming certain foods shouldn’t be grilled. Both hosts are united in their contempt for the list — calling out bad takes on burgers, filet mignon, and pizza — though they have a genuinely fun debate about whether grilling should be managed by time or temperature. Trevin comes in strong as the grill nerd, advocating for a Thermapen and proper resting technique, while Sawyer just wants to sit in his inflatable pool and not get out to flip wings.
Sawyer takes over for a sports rundown that covers the tight AL West race — with the Astros, Rangers, and Mariners all deadlocked at 42 wins — and previews the day’s World Cup matches with a comedic bit pairing each game with culturally appropriate food or activities. The segment is loose and funny, with Sawyer earning a “well done by you” from Trevin for the bit. NBA free agency gets a brief mention as a tease before the show pivots to a list of the ugliest cars ever made, which sparks a wide-ranging riff on Cybertrucks, old Priuses, the Chevy Lumina van, the Nissan Cube, and Kia Souls — including a detour into Elon Musk’s recent controversies and an inexplicable Richard Gere/gerbil joke.
The segment closes with Trevin’s headline about Target rolling out THC beverages across Texas, with brands like WYLD and WYNK now available for customers 21 and up. The hosts poke fun at the brand names while touching on the real legal backdrop — a Travis County lawsuit challenging new state regulations on smokable hemp. Sawyer gets the last laugh with a crack about needing to be high just to afford Target prices, and Trevin sticks the landing with a “Target-ing” pun to close it out.
⏰ Second Hour
Morning X — Transcript Analysis (Middle Portion, ~00:10:10–00:20:49)
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Topics Covered
- Spare Hands Students organization (College Station/expanding to Austin)
- Brendan Sorsby football career saga
- Buffalo Bills new stadium
- Beabadoobee concert ticket giveaway (Germania Insurance Amphitheater)
- San Antonio underground house parties in a construction zone
- “Funflation” / World Cup spending
- “Shrinkflation,” “Boy Dinner,” trending social terminology
- Bar/restaurant name drops (Daisies, Señorita Señor, Fuego, Lane’s Fried Chicken)
- BlueChew ad read
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Austin & Texas News Stories
- Spare Hands Students (00:10:27) — Founded by Zach Miller in College Station, the platform connects college students with locals needing help around the house (yard work, odd jobs, etc.). Has completed 10,000+ jobs across Texas, paid out over $700,000 to students, and is now expanding to the Austin area. Trevin called it “the best thing to come out of College Station since Fuego or Lane’s Fried Chicken.”
- San Antonio construction zone parties (00:17:24) — A San Antonio home builder reports hundreds of people (500+, 100+ cars) throwing unauthorized parties in under-construction residential neighborhoods, advertised on social media about an hour in advance with a cover charge. Incidents include property damage, bonfires, gunshots, and drug paraphernalia found on-site. Private security has been deployed.
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Sports Takes
- Brendan Sorsby (00:13:31) — Ongoing saga: the NFL canceled the supplemental draft, eliminating one path for Sorsby. The Canadian Football League also announced it will not allow any team to sign him. Sawyer joked he may end up dealing blackjack in Atlantic City.
- Buffalo Bills new stadium (00:14:23) — The Bills’ new Highmark Stadium is open. The hosts noted — with dry approval — that OJ Simpson will not be honored there. Trevin quipped, “You can say OJ Simpson didn’t make the cut.”
- NFL season tease (00:14:19) — Sawyer noted the NFL season is “11 Sundays away.”
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Austin Music, Venue & Event Mentions
- Beabadoobee (00:14:42) — Coming to Germania Insurance Amphitheater on October 17th. The show ran a ticket giveaway segment, asking callers to identify the “through line” between: peanut butter & jelly, black & white, Batman & Robin, and Thunder & Lightning. Tickets go on sale Thursday, July 2nd. Station phone number: 512-835-1015.
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Food & Restaurant Discussion
- Daisies (00:10:10) — Briefly name-dropped as a bar/restaurant, described positively.
- Señorita Señor (00:10:13) — Another establishment mentioned in passing; Trevin speculated they sell drinks.
- Fuego and Lane’s Fried Chicken (00:10:31) — Referenced as the best things to come out of College Station, used as a benchmark compliment for the Spare Hands Students story.
- Boy Dinner (00:20:39) — Defined by Sawyer as “a box of blue box mac and cheese and a six-pack of Miller Lite tall boys.”
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Funny Bits & Memorable Host Moments
- Trevin jokes about furnishing alcohol to minors (00:12:29) — While riffing on the Spare Hands Students story, Trevin said he’d send college workers home with “responsible roadies,” prompting Sawyer to call him out: “Trevin doesn’t even care if you’re 21.”
- “College Hunks Moving Junk” (00:13:18) — Sawyer floated the idea of opening a strip club with that name just to receive the cease-and-desist from College Hunks Moving Junk.
- Beabadoobee spelling debate (00:14:42–00:15:06) — Extended bit about how to pronounce “Beabadoobee,” with Sawyer concluding the English just “use vowels wrong” and connecting it to Trevin’s name being spelled with an “in” instead of an “or.”
- BlueChew “Funflation” ad read (00:20:08) — Trevin pivoted from the Funflation segment into a BlueChew sponsor read: “That’s what happens when you take a BlueChew after a good date night. That inflation that gets fun.” Sawyer’s response: “Gross.”
- Ticket giveaway callers stumped (00:16:14–00:17:00) — Two callers (Becca and Diane) came very close with answers like “things that go together” and “opposites that go well together” but neither landed the specific answer the hosts were looking for.
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Pop Culture & National Topics
- “Funflation” (00:19:04) — Discussion of the trending term describing inflated costs for bucket-list experiences. Sparked by a Virginia couple spending nearly $10,000 following the FIFA World Cup through Boston, New Jersey, and Miami (tickets ~$800 each, parking ~$175, plus airfare/hotels/rental cars).
- “Shrinkflation” (00:19:12) — Briefly defined as products getting smaller while prices stay the same.
- “Girl Math” / “Boy Dinner” (00:20:29) — Riff on the trend of giving cute names to arguably unflattering behaviors. Sawyer defined Boy Dinner; Trevin seemed genuinely unfamiliar with the term.
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Summary
This portion of the show opened with a feel-good Texas news story: Trevin spotlighted Spare Hands Students, a College Station-born platform founded by Zach Miller that connects college students with community members needing help around the house. With 10,000+ jobs completed and $700,000 paid out to students, the organization is expanding to Austin — and Trevin couldn’t resist adding that it’s “the best thing to come out of College Station” since Fuego and Lane’s Fried Chicken. The segment quickly spiraled into a riff about trade school regrets, blue-collar beer culture, and Trevin joking — somewhat incriminatingly — about handing roadies to underage workers.
Sawyer took over for Morning X Sports, delivering the latest chapter in the ongoing Brendan Sorsby saga: not only did the NFL cancel the supplemental draft, but the CFL has also banned teams from signing him, leaving his football future looking grim. The hosts also touched on the Buffalo Bills’ new Highmark Stadium and its conspicuous decision not to honor OJ Simpson. The segment transitioned into a Beabadoobee ticket giveaway for her October 17th show at Germania Insurance Amphitheater, complete with a riddle contest and a drawn-out debate over how to pronounce her name — with Sawyer blaming England’s general misuse of vowels.
The back half of the segment covered a pair of trending topics. Trevin reported on San Antonio residents throwing massive, fee-charging underground parties in under-construction neighborhoods — complete with bonfires, gunshots, and drug paraphernalia — while Sawyer found the entrepreneurial angle mildly admirable. The two then riffed on “Funflation,” the phenomenon of bucket-list experiences becoming increasingly expensive, using a Virginia couple’s $10,000 World Cup road trip as the case study. The conversation wound down with a BlueChew ad read, a definition of “Boy Dinner,” and the general conclusion that society is coping with hard times by giving them cheerful nicknames.
🏁 Final Hour
Monday, June 29, 2026
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Topics Covered
- “Boy Kibble” — the trend of men eating ground beef, rice, and sriracha as a lazy meal
- Morning X Sports with Sawyer Stull [00:21:35]
- CJ2K / Chris Johnson ALS diagnosis — NFL news [00:21:39]
- Scotty Scheffler Monday playoff — Travelers Championship vs. Victor Hovland [00:22:10]
- Sucking in your stomach health segment — ab gripping, hourglass syndrome, pelvic floor discussion [00:23:02]
- Mel Brooks turning 100 — birthday celebration, filmography discussion, AFI list update [00:25:33]
- Muse’s new album “The Wow Signal” — Trevin’s weekend listening [00:28:08]
- Vince Staples new album — Sawyer’s weekend listening recommendation [00:28:39]
- Defunct retail stores riff — Circuit City, Staples, Radio Shack [00:28:44]
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Closing News & Sports Updates
- Chris Johnson (CJ2K) diagnosed with ALS at age 39; appeared on *Good Morning America* with Michael Strahan [00:21:39]
- Scotty Scheffler (UT Longhorn alum) forced into a Monday playoff at the Travelers Championship against Norway’s Victor Hovland [00:22:10]
- AFI 100 Years, 100 Laughs list updated to honor Mel Brooks’ 100th birthday, moving *Blazing Saddles* from #6 to #1 [00:27:25]
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Music Mentions
- Muse — *The Wow Signal* (new album); Trevin praised the opening track as a standout, comparing it to *Absolution*-era Muse [00:28:08]
- Vince Staples — new album recommended by Sawyer [00:28:39]
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Show Wrap-Up & Teasers
- Teased more tickets to give away during the week [00:29:40]
- Emily returning as a guest for the second half of Tuesday’s show [00:29:41]
- Listener contest: send a photo of your car for a chance to win Foster the People tickets [00:29:53]
- Trevin hinted at a “special surprise” before the Fourth of July holiday break [00:29:57]
- Social plugs: @TrevonOnTheRadio (Instagram), @SawyerStull, @MorningXAustin [00:29:48]
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Funny Closing Moments & Memorable Quotes
- On “boy kibble”: *”Just because it’s easy doesn’t make it good.”* — Trevin / *”Sometimes when it is easy, it does make it good.”* — Sawyer [00:21:06]
- On abs in swimsuit season: *”My two-pack? Yeah, it’s in the fridge. That’s where I keep it.”* — Sawyer [00:24:29]
- On Mel Brooks’ *Blazing Saddles*: *”If you don’t laugh once during Blazing Saddles, you’re not allowed to be my friend.”* — Trevin [00:27:54]
- Sawyer riffing on defunct store brands: *”Vince Staples, Vince Circuit City, Vince Radio Shack…”* [00:28:44]
- Trevin on Victor Hovland being Norwegian: *”Hey, the Norwegians are taking the country by swarm. They keep doing that boat row for the World Cup.”* [00:22:45]
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Summary
The final segment of Monday’s Morning X opened with a quick comedic riff on “boy kibble,” the internet trend of men eating bare-bones ground beef and rice meals, before pivoting into the Morning X Sports block. Sawyer delivered genuinely sobering news about former NFL running back Chris Johnson (CJ2K) being diagnosed with ALS at 39, followed by a lighter golf update on UT alum Scotty Scheffler forcing a Monday playoff at the Travelers Championship. The segment stayed loose, with the hosts briefly getting tangled up debating whether Victor Hovland is Swedish, Norwegian, or Viking — and whether any of that matters.
The back half of the segment leaned into lifestyle and pop culture. A health discussion about why sucking in your stomach can actually cause harm — including pelvic floor issues and “hourglass syndrome” — gave both hosts plenty of room to riff, with Sawyer earning the biggest laugh connecting the pelvic floor to his mom’s reaction to his jokes. The segment then shifted into a warm, enthusiastic tribute to Mel Brooks turning 100 years old, with both hosts debating his best films, quoting *Spaceballs* with evident joy, and noting the AFI’s decision to bump *Blazing Saddles* to the top of their comedy list as a fitting honor.
The show closed on a breezy, upbeat note with new music talk — Trevin championing the Muse record and Sawyer recommending the new Vince Staples album, which spun off into a comic tangent about defunct retail chains. Wrap-up duties included social media plugs, a Foster the People ticket giveaway tied to a listener car photo contest, a tease for guest Emily on Tuesday, and a mysterious hint from Trevin about a “special surprise” before the Fourth of July. The hosts said their goodbyes with the easy chemistry of a show that clearly had a good Monday.
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Analysis generated from archived transcripts. Hosts: Trevin Smith and Sawyer Stull. Morning X — 101X Austin, TX.
