Here’s the KC area farm where Mahomes brought his family on Netflix show. ‘It’s great’

This summer, 80-year-old Betty Bolles’ phone rang. She answered to hear her friend’s voice holding back a giggle on the other end.

“Betty! You’re on ‘Quarterback!’”

Bolles listened, wide-mouthed, unsure what to think.

“You’re kidding me,” she said.

“You greeted Patrick Mahomes.”

Well, I did, Bolles thought. Last fall, she’d ushered the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback into the Fun Farm in Kearney, north of Kansas City, where she works.

And yes, NFL Films had been there that (20-something-degree) October evening, along with Patrick Mahomes, several other Chiefs players and their families as they petted animals and sipped cider.

But she didn’t expect to appear in the Netflix docuseries starring Mahomes and two other NFL quarterbacks. The show came out in July, months after Mahomes had visited Bolles’ workplace.

“Well,” Bolles said. “I guess I need to watch it.”

Sure enough, in the second episode, Bolles stood with her back to the camera. Draped around her, an oversized red jacket with the words “Fun Farm” spread across the back.

“Welcome to the Fun Farm,” Bolles said as Mahomes approached, with daughter Sterling and wife Brittany bundled-up beside him.

“You even have lines,” Bolles’ grandson joked after watching the episode.

Camera crews followed Mahomes as he zipped down a slide, fired apples out of cannons and propelled footballs at targets. A drone gives a full view of the property — from red barn to mountainous jumping pillow. With the farm’s fall festivities coming to a close, Bolles said a few customers reported throughout the season that they discovered the Fun Farm from its two-minute cameo on the “Quarterback” series.

Bolles has even been recognized once or twice.

“I was sitting in the window, and one of the guys looks at me and says, ‘I hear your voice — you were on ‘Quarterback,’” Bolles said. “They were all excited they met me.”

The lifelong Chiefs fan, originally from western Kansas, wasn’t disappointed with her interaction with the football star, either. Mahomes is especially kind. Everything you hear about.

“He seems very down-to-earth,” she said. “Just a normal gentleman.”

Owners Tommy and Anna Christopher found out their farm would be the backdrop of a “Quarterback” episode a week or so before it came out. It was Mahomes’ managerial team that spearheaded the farm visit with the Chiefs players and their families last October.

The Christophers had agreed to host the team, thinking they were simply providing players with much-needed family time. They had been told NFL Films would come that evening, but they had no idea what the footage would be used for.

The couple signed release forms and let the crew venture onto the 300-plus acre property, which was closed to the public for the event.

“I’m a mega Chiefs fan. I love football, so that was fun for me,” Anna said.

In the episode, footage of Mahomes and his young family rolled as the quarterback spoke.

“I want to spend as much time as I can with my family,” Mahomes said. “I don’t want to miss these days of Sterling growing up.”

Other players, like Mecole Hardman, were with Mahomes that evening but didn’t make the final cut in the Netflix show.

Throughout the eight-episode series, viewers hear from Mahomes, the Minnesota Vikings’ Kirk Cousins and the Marcus Mariota, who was with the Atlanta Falcons, during the 2022 football season.

While not expecting the publicity, Anna said the Netflix appearance was still a “pleasant surprise.”

“It’s great for us to have that exposure as a business,” she said.

During the fall festival season, which runs throughout October, families can pick pumpkins and find their way through a zig-zagging corn maze. The farm offers berry picking during the warmer months. Tulips bloom in the spring.

But, as Anna pointed out, this isn’t the only time the farm has welcomed a film crew.

Comedian Trey Kennedy shoots his annual “Girls During Fall Be Like” video on the property. This year’s garnered 2 million views on Instagram.

In response to a photo of Kennedy sitting in the Fun Farm’s flower-adorned swing, a wide-brimmed hat atop his head, movie star Taylor Lautner commented: “This is me. I am this.”

One might expect all the buzz would cause a boom in business. But it’s hard to say. The pumpkin patch has grown steadily since its inception 10 years ago.

“We’re weather-driven, as far as business goes,” Anna said.

One thing, perhaps, has become more popular: Bolles joked that her friends ask for her autograph. “That comes with a price,” she tells them.

“It was a fun deal,” Bolles said. “I’d love to do it again.”