Comedy Mayhem from a Midwesterner’s Mind
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.8 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Comedian John Branyan celebrates the sensibilities of those who live in the Midwest……what some people from the West and East coasts refer to as “Flyover Country.” The “coasters” think their big cities and beaches are special, but the Midwest contains all of America’s food! After riffing on a variety of subjects, John closes with a very encouraging word picture about the value of every human life.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, comedian John Branion shares some unique insights on a variety of topics, including why we do the jobs we do. |
| 0:12.0 | But you know what? We don't really get paid according to how difficult the job is. We don't. |
| 0:17.0 | We don't get paid by how hard the job is. If we did, trapeze artists would be the highest paid people on the planet. |
| 0:24.7 | Wouldn't they? |
| 0:25.7 | They swing upside down and have to catch other people. |
| 0:30.7 | That has to be harder than your job. |
| 0:34.8 | Oh, we're so glad you could join us for a little lighter episode of the show. I'm John Fuller. |
| 0:40.1 | John Branion is one of our more popular comedians here on Focus on the Family, and I'm sure |
| 0:45.7 | you're going to get a kick out of what he asked to share today, especially his closing story |
| 0:49.8 | about the unique value of every human life. John has been in the entertainment business for over 25 years and has also written some |
| 0:57.8 | humorous books. |
| 0:59.4 | John, his wife, Lori, have four adult children and 11 grandchildren, and he says there's |
| 1:04.6 | a lot of laughter and joy in their home. |
| 1:06.8 | Well, I'm sure there is, and without further ado, here's John Branion on Focus on the Family with Jim Daley. |
| 1:14.6 | All right, I will tell you, I don't have to tell you, but I'm taping this in Indiana. |
| 1:19.5 | I'm taping this in Hoosier land because I'm a Hoosier. |
| 1:21.9 | I'm a native. |
| 1:30.3 | Yep. And I like living in the Midwest, and I will tell you why. |
| 1:34.3 | Because I think in the Midwest, we have heart, we have spirit, we have, we have |
| 1:38.3 | sensibilities that are different from the rest of the country. |
| 1:41.3 | Now the rest of the country, particularly the coast, either coast, pick one, East Coast, West Coast, |
| 1:45.3 | doesn't matter, West Coast, more so, |
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