Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - April 06 - Jono Went Down Another Internet Wormhole...

Episode Date: April 5, 2021

Kia Ora! On today's show, we chatted about your childhood dream job and whether you ended up pursuing it. Over the weekend, we received the loveliest compliment from a stranger, but what happened 2 minutes later was not what we expected! Finally, Jono went down another wormhole, this time, giving us 29 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT BRAD PITT. (We didn't let him read out all 29, don't worry!) ENJOY THE PODDY!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Welcome to the podcast on a, what? Can I say the date?

I don't know, go to the, uh... Say the date, but you told me this is a rushed podcast intro. Yeah, I'm going to go look after children. They're not even my children. I'm just going to find some children to look after. You're like, oh, God, we haven't got long. 6th of April, Tuesday, 6th of April. Okay.

And it's Easter Tuesday here today, which really bamboozled us. We didn't even know it was a thing, but all kids get Easter Tuesday off. Who else gets Easter Tuesday off? You said a law firm, Juliet. Yeah, some law firms, I think it's like a tradition. My friend, my lawyer friend called me yesterday and was like, yeah, I've got tomorrow off. And I was like, oh, lucky. But isn't Easter already a tradition?

Aren't they traditioning a tradition? Yeah. They've added an extra day on it. But Easter Tuesday is a thing for kids, and it has been going for 30 years, we discovered. 30-odd years. I never enjoyed it when I was experiencing it. Oh, because surely we all went through it.

Did you know about it? No, I had no idea. This is the first I've ever heard of it. Surely this is like a late April Fool's joke they're all playing on us. Anyway, it's exposing some shocking disorganised parents around the country. Me being one of them, I didn't know about it. I didn't know either. Me, you didn't know about it.

No. You said to me, I was like, nah, not my kids, mate. Must be one of your, one of the school your kids are going to. One of the Catholic school your kids are going to I picked them up on school Thursday oh we get a Tuesday off I was like what

oh my kids mate so I'm going to send them to school even though it's not open they're going to school today so that's what I'm doing I'm going to hang with the kids it'll be fun actually

it'll be fun hanging with kids and what's coming up on the podcast oh we've got time for that haven't we yeah I'll give you some time for that make it quick though

I'll make it quick I've got kids to look after. One of the favourite things we talked about today was we had a lovely compliment and then we got abused within the space of 30 seconds. Oh, in Otaki. Yeah. It was comical. And spoke to Laura Daniel, too. Comedian Laura Daniel, who's part of a new show

with Bill Bailey, UK comedian, which is going to start this week as well. Enjoy that on the podcast. Two dads just trying to fill some airtime. Some may say it's pointless, but the main thing is it fills in some air time for us. That is the main thing. John and Ben,

breakfast on the hits. We've been away for Easter, haven't we? It was fun. Yeah, it was a fun little trip away. Went to Otaki, which is, what, two hours out of Wellington,

pretty much, in the hot of Finland. And what I really appreciated about Otaki is five o'clock rolls around, everything shuts. Especially on a holiday. Yeah, everything shuts. I went to the supermarket at 1 minute to 5, there's a guy

standing at the door, he's like, mate, we're shut. I was like, what? It's 5 o'clock. He's like, you're in Otaki, why haven't you done this before 5 o'clock? It's a very good point. He's like, it's not like there's much else to do here so you could have come to the supermarket. I was like, hey, you raised a great issue. But there was a lovely thing that happened to us

the following day year. Cool, yesterday morning wasn't it the two of us walked up the road and there was a little coffee cart in Otaki and we were like, you know, ordered a coffee and there was a lady in front of us and she turned around and I guess she noticed and she obviously, she went oh okay I think I know who these guys are, these two

idiots hanging out together. Two turkeys Yeah, but she said look guys I hope this isn't weird, but I'd like to pay for your coffees for bringing a lot of joy to people. I think she must have thought we were someone else. Yeah. We didn't actually specify. We didn't say who we were, but we took the Fletch and Bourne.

And we were like, no, you're Fletch. Yeah, she probably thought we were Fletch and Bourne. But I was like, oh, that's so lovely. Both of us are lovely. You don't honestly have to do that. A compliment is a lovely thing. Oh, for our fragile egos. A compliment goes a long way in the bank currency.

No, but she was like, no, I'd like to do this. I was like, oh, okay. When she led in with a, I hope you don't think this is weird, but I'd like to ask you a question, we were like, oh, paternity tests. Do you mind taking this paternity test? It was a lovely moment. So then we kind of thought we'd pay it forward

and we'd pay for the person behind us because we were going to buy coffee. She got a soy latte? Yeah. So it was really good. And we got our coffees and walked away. We felt good. We were like, damn, we're riding on a high here,

walking on cloud nine. I think we both said to each other, what a lovely, lovely moment. We were like, let's move to Otaki. It was lovely. That's how good. And then at that moment, a car comes hurtling past at 80 kilometres an hour.

This is two minutes later. Two minutes later, 80 kilometres an hour. Just as we said, that was the loveliest moment that's ever happened to us. Driver hanging out the window. He's got an arm out the window. He's like, Jotter, you bull prick. You suck. The high highs and the low lows of a New Zealand crab liberty.

That guy definitely knew who we were. Jeez, that made me laugh. That made me have a hearty laugh. And you're really good. You know, when you're throwing abuse from a travelling motor vehicle, you've got to time it perfectly. Or else, you know, you miss the message. The recipient misses the message if you go too early or you leave it too late.

So his timing was impeccable. A lot of respect. Because, I mean, he wouldn't have known we were in Otaki. No. He would have gone, is that? And it was an on the spot too. Oh, it is. And then just come up with that.

It was great. Window down, ready to go. I mean, that's incredible. And if he just knew the full overarching comedic timing of what had happened two minutes previous. Yeah. He's beautiful. Oh, hey.

Well done. Play of the weekend. Well done, man with mullet with black woolen jersey. Comedic hero, Jerry Seinfeld, step aside. Experts in semi-accurate,

half-remembered information. Vaguely known information, but maybe not correct. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Now, we've just discovered that a member of this programme

lived out our childhood dreams and probably the childhood dreams of many New Zealand children. Millennial Max, welcome to the program. Hello. Lovely to have you here. You just dropped the bombshell after the show Thursday. As a child, you used to be a what?

A teleop. I'm what now? A what now teleop. Did you watch what now and want to be a teleop? I did. It was a really cool, it's just such a dream. You kind of think of it as like a magic fairyland that's just unattainable. Yeah.

Basically. Yeah, you're right. You're right. You know, when you think about it, it's child labour at its absolute finest. Child labour call centre. Wonderful. What's the salary of a telly op? I think I got, oh, maybe like $13 now.

$13 an hour. Although that was probably minimum wage back then. But still, as a child. Yeah. Did you want to be a telly op? Oh, absolutely. I still want to be a telly op. I'd love to be a telly op.

Take us behind the, you know, peek behind the scenes of the, you know, your run-of-the-mill telly op. What time are you getting in in the morning? You're getting in probably 6am, 7am. Show's live at 8, so. Why don't you just turn up at 5 to 8? Because aren't you just answering phones? Great question. No, you've got to do a lot of set up.

A bit of set up. What, practice lifting the hand set up? Yep. And what sort of calls would you get? Children. Annoying children? I think mostly children. What do they want?

What do they ask for? Gunge. Prizes. Gunge me. I can't, you idiot. You're on the phone. Do you send out gunge? Well, I did later in my life at What Now?

I used to send out the gunge and make it. Was that a promotion or a demo? Well, it depends which way you look at it. When you hit the gunge department. Wow, yeah. That's the big leagues, isn't it? That's awesome. And so is it enjoyable?

Absolutely. How'd you get the job as a telly hopper? I applied for it. Really? Yeah, well, I mean, I was living in Christchurch. The show is broadcast out of Christchurch, and I just applied for it. Did they give you big questions

where you see yourself in five years? Do you know what? The interview was pretty overwhelming. They put you in a room, and there was a fancy glass table and got interviewed by the producers of the show and then got the job. With fancy glass? How fancy was the glass?

Like a glass table. Thick glass. All thick, powerful glass. Wow. Yeah, one hand. So when they said, where do you want to be in five years? We were like, the gunge department. And I was. Oh my God, this so when they said, where do you want to be in five years, we were like, the gunge department, and I was.

Oh my god, this guy. He's got aspirations. He's got upper management written all over him.

That's crazy. Are you doing the job that you wanted to do as a child? That's what we want to chuck out there,

0800 the hits, 4487. I was one of those weird kids at 11 years old. I knew from a tender young

age that I wanted to. You wanted to be radio now. I did, yeah. I wanted to fake laugh at mildly amusing things and annoy everyone by talking over the beginning of their favourite songs and telling the time and things. I knew it was a weird thing.

You used to harass radio stations around Auckland. Yeah, I did. I did. I was that kid. I don't know if I'd give back if the kids started phoning us like that. Well, not every day. I was every day. I was every

day. I was ruthless. What a pain in the arse child I was. Yeah. But it's... You? Did you want to do this? I was really keen on broadcasting, but also cricket. Cricket was my love, mate. I was a cricket nerd. I would wear full whites and sweatbands around for a time.

To school. Or beige. I had a beige kit and I'd wear that around and my parents would be like, oh God. Oh God, he's embarrassing. Push him out of the car. But it wasn't quite good enough to play cricket for New Zealand.

But you wanted around dressed like it though. That's the main thing. Full whites with sweatbands and everything. But it's not like NBA merch. It's not cool. I know. Who's that strange kid? And a woolen, like, the vest as well over the top.

Oh, like the Richard Hadley style sleeveless vest. What a nerd. I'd end up bullying myself. All right, so the question is, what did you want to be as a kid? Are you doing it now? We'll start with you, Tessa, in Auckland. What did you want to do as a child? I wanted to be a chef. And are you a child? I wanted to be a chef.

And are you a chef? I used to be. Boom! Oh, you're used to the work. Was it all it was cracked up to be as a child? Yeah, absolutely. And I also was a pastry chef as well. A pasty chef?

No, a pastry. Oh, pastry. As in I thought you had the same skin complexion as me. So pasty a chef in the game. Don't let him outside. What did you do, darling? Oh, that's awesome. So pace your chef in the game. Don't let him outside. Oh, that's awesome. And so, chefing, it was all it was cracked up to be?

Yeah, absolutely. I was at three and a half. I was standing on a stool and helping mum bake. And by the age of five or six, I just knew I wanted to be a chef. Oh, that's great. And I went into it when I was 18, you know, and my mum, my dad was really quite sick. So mum was basically the main

earner of money in the house. And at the age of nine, I was making full meals. So I cooked like four nights a week so she didn't have to worry about doing it. That is a sweet story. Finally, I had my kids cooking for me. That's adorable, Tessa.

Thank you for your call. Appreciate it. We'll head to Christchurch. Ollie, you're on the air. Morena, how are you? Good, how are you? Oh, we're doing well. What did you want to be as a kid?

As a kid, I always liked messing around on the computer, so I wanted to do something on the computer. And what are you doing now? I'm a web developer. He's developing the web. Still messing around on the computer, so I wanted to do something on the computer. And what are you doing now? I'm a web developer. He's developing the web. Still messing around on the computer. Yeah. That's awesome.

And when you were a child, what did you think the job was, and is it anything like that? Well, I didn't have any expectations. I just like messing around, clicking buttons. Do I get to click buttons? Yeah, you can click some buttons if you want, I guess. Great, I'll take the job. Hey, good on you, Ollie.

Appreciate that. Same before that, you know, both of us really wanted to get into radio at a young age. When I got into it, my uncle, who was, you know, he was a labour man, you know, he worked with his hands and stuff. And his first question was, they pay you for that? And I said, yeah, you get paid for it.

And he's like, what good is it doing for the world? And I couldn get paid for it. He's like, what good is it doing for the world? And I couldn't answer that question. I don't know what good is this doing for the world. It's true. It's debatable, right? Yeah, it is debatable. We'll go to Wendy. Welcome from Kitty Kitty.

How are you? I'm fine, thank you. What did you want to be as a kid? I always wanted to be a nurse. And? Don't tell me you're on Shortland Street? Not quite. Are you a bona fide nurse?

I am a bona fide registered nurse, yes. Oh, that's awesome. You followed that through. Yeah, I went to university at 59 and became a nurse at 62. Oh, my God. A grandmother nurse. Yep, that I am. Oh, that's so cool.

I bet Chris Warner would also have an affair with you as well. Dr. Love, he'd be like, oh, I've got a new one. A new nurse has entered the building. Hey, good on you, Wendy. That's fantastic. What a wonderful story. Thank you. Appreciate that.

A lot of kids that I talk to nowadays as well, which makes it sound like I go around having rich conversation with children. You usually just talk to everyone everyone though, you do. I do. They want to become TikTok stars. Yes. Don't they? Yeah.

But what's the lifespan of a TikTok star? I mean, it turns into a bleak environment when I'm grinding away to Cardi B's wap nowadays. It's not a good look, is it? You're like, mate. Yeah. You've got a very short period, like a professional rugby player is a TikTok star, don't you? Yeah, exactly. Hey, well, thank you very short period, like a professional rugby player is a TikTok star, don't you? Yeah, exactly. Well, thank you very much for your calls. Really appreciate it.

From stealing Mike Hosking's car to stealing the hearts of New Zealand. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Tomorrow night on TVNZ2, there's a brand new show. It looks really funny. It's called Patriot Brains, and basically they take the best comedians from New Zealand and Australia

and it's a competition to work out which is the better country. It's hosted by Bill Bailey who's a very funny UK comedian. Yes and a dear friend of ours who we used to work with now we have to go through official communication channels to get in touch with her now. TVNZPR team is the one and only

Laura Daniel. Morning Laura. Hello. Lovely to have you on. You sound confused as if you weren't meant to be on here. Hello. We still have your number. Although last time we tried to call you, we realised we didn't have your number.

You'd changed your number on us. But now we're back in number form. Yeah, yeah. That was intentional. Now, Laura's part of a brand new show which is hosted by UK comedic legend Bill Bailey. It's called Patriot Brains on TVNZ

and gee whiz, what an honour. What an honour? Are you kidding me? Bill Bailey. No, I'm saying what an honour to be talking to you. Oh yeah,

that is a huge honour for you. Thank you guys. It is. And quite an honour for you to be working with Bill Bailey. Yes, yes, that too. So you take on a panel of Australian comedians, do you? Yeah, we do.

So three New Zealanders versus three Australians. Yeah, and I guess it's just like some big chats and then Bill decides who wins. Sounds like a very flimsy format. It does. Some big chats and at the end of those chats, we all say some words

and someone wins. But it's basically trying to discover which is the better country, who's got the better comedians, that sort of thing, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, we didn't need to do a show to find that out, but sure.

Did you film the show? Like, were you on the show? I feel like, like... Or were you just, like, instructed from TVNZ just to talk about it, even though you weren't on it? I mean, you were on the show, right? No, I was on the show. Oh, good.

Good, okay. Yeah, no, I was there. Are you suffering from amnesia? There was a bit of wine in my cup, but you know. I think I filmed a show. So who's on the New Zealand team and who's on Team Australia? Well, so it changes. So generally you'll have your male Bracewell will be there for most episodes

and then different comedians slot into the other sides. So you've got people like, well, myself, Ben Hurley, Rhys Darby, I, I don't know,

just a huge range. We'll take your word for it. A huge range of people. Sounded off so good. Yeah. Now, Laura, you... Please don't,

we won't dive into the huge range. Yeah, well, you... Let's not worry, I dive into the huge range. Yeah, well, speaking of very funny comedians, Joseph Moore, not only your comedic partner, but also potentially your lifelong partner. You guys got engaged recently. We did. I was there. Yeah, it was awesome.

How did Joseph... Did you propose to Joseph or Joseph proposed to you? Wow, he proposed to me. Yeah. Can you believe it? What did he do? Anything special? Yeah, it was actually, it was a bit chaotic.

We went to Waiheke and he proposed there, but there was a big comedy of errors that happened, including him telling me that we were going to go on a picnic, but not packing any food or anything. He kept saying he wanted to swim at the beach. I was like, you hate the beach. What are we doing? And then no drinks, no nothing. And then he's like, we like sat on the beach.

And I was like, I said to him, shit picnic. And then he proposed. And you're like, oh, I get it. That's sweet. I mean, he really liked, why did he not get any picnics, though, even as a diversion? Oh, that's beautiful.

Now, Laura, it was your birthday last year, as every year. Yeah. Did I drop the present off at your right house? Yes. I did. Because no one was home, and I was like kind of, I was creeping around your yard, and I was looking in windows, and then I didn't, and then the neighbour was like kind of I was creeping around your yard and I was looking in windows and then I didn't and then the neighbor was like what are you doing and then I

can you put my washing away because I drove away from there going I think I think I might have left it in someone else's house no no no I've got it with a beautiful candle correct yeah now oh did you go care I mean I love a candle but it's what's wrong with it let's be got it, with a beautiful candle, correct? Yeah. I mean, I love a candle, but it's... What's wrong with a candle? Let's be honest, Laura, it's a pretty generic present. What's the thought process behind the candle, you think? Yeah, well, maybe, I don't know. I appreciate it.

I burn two candles, like, you know, one a week. Yeah, she burns it at both ends, mate. Yeah, and to be honest, I don't give you anything, so Jono's already doing one better. You're right, a candle does seem like a pretty stock standard. I love a candle, but it's, you know. Yeah, I know what you're saying. You know, it's just nice to hear from one of the comedy dads.

You know, it's nice. Yeah, no, the reliable dad. What about the shaky one who never calls you? Yeah, well, Ben said he was going to take me for ice cream, and it never happened, so. So we'll deal with that. Every second weekend I get you, right? Yeah, yeah.

Thanks, Laura. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hips. Had a fun weekend travelling around. We were just filming a show for TVNZ and we were travelling around Otaki and Ikatahuna over the

weekend did some fun stuff barefoot water skiing which it's a wild wild sport how is that possible

well you hold onto a rope and you know how you usually have water skis well you take them off and you do it with bare feet we saw people doing jumps like

banging in I don't know how fast they were going they were going at 75km an hour on a ramp doesn't that not cut up your feet a wooden ramp I think you're just going so fast you just slide't know how fast they were going. They were going at 75 kilometres an hour on a ramp. Doesn't that not cut up your feet? A wooden ramp. I think you're just going so fast, you just slide up the ramp.

And they were landing on their head. We spoke to a man and we're like, are you okay? We were interviewing him and I was like, is he concussed? That's terrifying. And that speed, the water, you know, like it's water, but it becomes quite, you know, almost like concrete, I imagine. When Ben first did it, oh my God, I was crying. He was like,

you know how it's a really windy day and you peg your T-shirt on the washing line? Yeah. It was just blowing around. There was times where he was like literally vertical holding on to the bar. Oh, you were? Oh yeah, because you learn on a bar,

like you don't learn behind a rope. And so I was sort of holding on, like don't let go, don't let go. But I was just going, and he landed on his face. One time I did let go, I broke the first rule. Landed on his face. One time I did let go, I broke the first rule. Landed on his face, and he had quite the black eye for a while there.

Oh, dear. It was like me going to fight club and then telling everyone about it, and I broke the first rule. Yeah, it was. Oh, my God, it was comical to watch. But, yeah, so we stayed in these motels around the areas, and I don't know why, but I feel obliged that when I go into a hotel room, I must do a clean sweep of all of the mini shampoos, moisturisers, body lotions and conditioners.

Oh, you're one of those people, eh? Just a clean sweep. There's none left in the area. And you take them home and you never use them. Especially me. Why have I got nourishing conditioner? I've got nothing to condition. Nothing needs nourishing. Are you one of those people as well? Because I've seen other people do it as well with the tea and coffee little sachets as well. Oh, they do a clean sweep of that?

Oh, yeah, as well. Like they just went there and they drank so much tea and coffee over 24 hours. It's like no one drinks that amount of tea and coffee. Not even the Queen is drinking that much tea over 24 hours, but some people just take all, I'll pay for this, day and all. Do you swipe out the motel room?

I'm a bit of a culprit with the mini milks. I just take them like shots. I love the mini milks. You just need just a little amount of milk, not too much. Yeah. I just love the taste of them, just in the little pottles.

I would down all of them. Two drops. Well, we were saying one the other night, there was no water in the room and that's all I had to replenish my thirst was just two droplets of milk that dissolved instantly. But there's never any consistency to the storage with those in the motel room.

Some are on the bench, some are in the fridge. You notice the mini bottles of milk? Oh, yeah. Yeah, you're right, actually. Anyway, another thing I liked about staying in motels, you can just recklessly throw your towels in the shower at the end. Yeah, that's such a good feeling. I wouldn't get away with that at all.

It's like every towel. I've thrown myself, but now I'll put that on the floor. And I just use every towel just so I can just throw it in the shower. Even when they're like, we're trying to conserve water. I'm like, I don't care. I'll pay for this. I want to put 29 towels in a massive mountain at the bottom of the shower. I travelled with someone from work. Yeah, John.

And he used to be our old boss. He doesn't like living out of a suitcase. So no matter how long he's at a hotel for, he takes his clothes out and puts it in a drawer. Really? In the hotel. Even for one night?

Even for one night. But he's like, sometimes I've driven away the next day and gone, oh God, I've left all my clothes in there. Left my suits in the cupboard. But even for one night.

But that's like about half an hour, both ends, isn't it? Yeah, I know. It seems like a lot of admin, but that's one of the things he likes to do. Hey, well, there you go. That's some relatable hotel banter. Yeah. Yeah, hopefully you enjoy that and we'll move on with the program.

Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Time for Jono's internet wormhole. What is this? A new part to the show that I was trying to bring forward. Yeah. Oh no, we had a meeting with Craig, our manager. Remember he's like

you guys should do the internet wormhole. Oh yeah, but Craig says some stuff. You don't have to follow up on everything he says. It's like a common thread is Jono getting lost on the internet and then reading out lists. Lists of top 30 things that Ben always whittles down to give me the best four or five. Yeah, well,

when you go 30 things, and I'm like, that's too many. That's my day-to-day life. I get easily distracted on the internet. Yeah. Don't you? There's a lot out there to distract you. Oh, it's terrible. Here's 10 surefire ways you can seem more powerful in a business meeting. And I'm like, okay, I need to seem more powerful. You won't believe

what Hollywood celebrities suffer from psoriasis. Well, you don I need to see more powerfulness. You won't believe what Hollywood celebrities suffer from psoriasis. Well, you don't need to find out, but you always kind of want to know. And I feel like the annoying thing is that the picture that they use is never the first thing that pops up. You always have to scroll through. And you end up seeing 49 pages.

Before you get to that picture that you wanted to see. You won't believe what Jono Pryor looks like now. I'm like, oh, jeez, I want to know. And I work with it. So here's an intro. 29 interesting facts about Brad Pitt. 29 interesting facts. Yes.

Patricia Juliet, come on in. How many do we want to hear here? Max three if they're quick fire. Okay, well, can I do four? If they're quick fire. Okay, okay. They couldn't even round out top 30.

Surely they could have made one more to go Brad Pitt enjoys walking onto movie sets with his legs or something. He's number 30. Okay.

He used to be a limousine driver, Brad Pitt. Oh. Julia, oh. Thank you for that. That's interesting. He can pull up to my limousine.

Very hard to parallel park, I imagine. She's a bad nightmare. Well done, Bradford. Did you know he was once, I knew he went out with her, but I didn't know he was engaged to Gwyneth Paltrow. Did you know that? Interesting fact.

Oh, yeah. One of 29. And so Gwyneth Paltrow, then Jennifer and, the high-profile relationship is Angela and Jolie. Oh, when you speak about Jennifer Aniston, would you like to know the backstory of how they met? Okay. Friends?

Not through friends. Oh, it wasn't through friends. Oh, he was on friends. He was on friends. the backstory of how they met? Okay. Friends? Not through friends. Oh, it wasn't through friends. Oh, he was on friends. He was on friends. But was that when they were in a relationship? No. His agent

booked a blind date with her. Is that the role of an agent? Oh, we've got an agent but I don't want Imogen like meddling in my love life. Yeah. Particularly because I'm married as well.

We got any roles for me? No, I haven't. But hey, how about I book you a blind date? I've got a date. What am I paying married as well. Brad, ring it up. You got any roles for me? No, I haven't, but hey, how about I book you a date? I've got a date. What am I paying you for? Yeah.

Hey, well, that worked out for, well, a couple of years. Did you know Brad, while playing the role of Achilles in Troy, tore his Achilles?

Oh. You like that one? That was a good one. Okay. And in 1999, a lady called Athena Rolando broke into his Hollywood home, put on all his clothes, not just some of his clothes,

put on all of his clothes. A lot of his clothes. Seems like too much. Too many clothes. And waited for him in his bed. And then from that point on, she was ordered to stay 100 yards away from him for three years. Surely he could have gone for, how about forever years?

And quite a lot further away. Yeah. So those were 29 29 those were 4 interesting facts out of 29 interesting facts about Brad Pitt were you happy

with those do you want to continue this on the internet wormhole Craig our oh like as a segment our on air coach

not just on Brad Pitt though no no you'll talk about I'll find us some other facts

how you can seem more powerful in business meetings we're proud of New Zealand go New Zealand if only New Zealand was proud of that They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand!

If only New Zealand was proud of them. Shano and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Now, of course, this show, we're friends with Skinny. Happy, happy, ho.

They're awesome. It's an awesome relationship. It's great to be friends with Skinny. What is this, marriage counselling? No, things are going great. This is an awesome relationship.

We don't need to go to counselling. Things are going so great. Save the money on the counselling. But one thing we have noticed, you know, talking about Skinny and hearing their commercials is the Skinny Care Team. They talk a lot about the Skinny Care Team, but being so caring. Yeah. And do they care?

That was always our question. I was like, I think they're lying. So we went and we infiltrated the Skinny Care Team Centre, didn't we? Yeah. And this is the helpline that you call up if you want to talk to the team. They call it the care team because apparently they care so much. And we're like, well, why don't we ring up? They're award winning.

Don't forget their awards. I saw the awards on the wall when we were in there. You're right. So we snuck in there and secretly filmed them and recorded them. And we wanted to see how much they would care. Were they care enough to help us out with an unrelated telco issue? So we started with a conversation that potentially could be tied into Skinny and then you veered off. You did a big dog leg, didn't you? Please hold while your call is transferred.

Good morning, this is Pia speaking. How may I help? Hey Pia, how's things? Good thanks. How are you today? I'm doing alright. Hey, just a's things? I'm good, thanks. How are you today? I'm doing all right. Hey, just a quick question. I bought a mobile phone about 48 hours ago. Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah, I'm just borrowing my friend's one right now because my one's just gone dead.

Like, I'm pushing it and it's not doing anything. It's like the screen's gone all... I see. Sorry to hear that. You have run out of the battery, right? Can you try charging it and see if it can come back on? Oh, in the box, there's a cord with... Yeah. Looks like it plugs into the wall.

Is that what that's for? Okay, okay. Oh, thank you. So I just plug that in. Oh, hang on. Oh, yes, that's working. Oh, that's awesome. It's starting to...

Oh, there you go. You've got the little apple. Oh, that's great news. That's great news. It's starting to, oh, there you go. You've got the little apple. Oh, that's great news. That's great news. Hey, I'm sorry, just before you go, really quickly. Another thing, I was just listening to the radio before. I was listening to the hits and they were playing the song from Maroon 5. Sorry, I am not too much into songs.

That's all right. Well, anyway, that's fine. It was like my mate was singing along to it, the same mate who told me about the phone. He was saying that it was trying to do what llamas do, was the lyric. And I was like, surely Adam Levine and Maroon 5 wouldn't write a song saying trying to do what llamas do.

Okay. No, I have no idea about those songs. Sorry about that. That's alright because you're going to go just quickly. Have you got the internet going? Could you just quickly Google Maroon 5, trying to do what llamas do and see if it comes up? Sure. I can

absolutely do that. So, Maroon, how is that spelled? Sorry. M-A-R-O-O-N and then the number 5. Okay. Oh, lyrics. Okay. Maroon, how is that spelled? Sorry. M-A-R-O-O-N. Oh, yes. And then the number five. Okay. Oh, lyrics.

Okay, what I can do, Maroon 5 lyrics, okay? Okay, yeah. I put that in and see. Trying to do what I'm listening to. There we go. Memory's a good song. Is it Tears to the One that we got? No, no. Not that one? No, not that one. That's Memory's. That's a good song, though. Next time you ever Ones that we got? No, no, no,

not that one. That's Memories. That's a good song though. You read it next time, you'll never listen to that one. It's good. It's one of my faves, one of my top five faves. My top maroon five. Let's see here. You're very helpful. Thank you. I really appreciate the effort you're going to. I really have too much effort,

to be honest, but I'm appreciating it. Is at all is this the one say say say hey hey now baby yes say say say now baby that's the one

it gets you through the course that's the one that's the one okay say say hey how hey now baby get one thing straight

now baby okay that's good tell me if you love me or not love me or not love me or not. Love me or not. Love me or not, yeah. Yeah, I'll bet the house on you.

I'm lucky or not. You've got to tell me if you love me or not. Yeah, yeah, okay. We're getting to the chorus here. I'm going to hear it today once I go home. Yeah, you should. You should. It's a good song.

Yeah, as you said, you know, ooh, ooh, ooh, been wishing for you. Yeah, here it is, here it is. No, lovers do. Lovers, yes, I'm right. Oh, thank you so much. You've just won me $50. I was telling him it was llamas. Yeah, you're wrong.

It's not llamas. Yeah, it is lovers do. If it was do what llamas do, you'd end up with a lot of llamas put in your face. It would, it would. Hey, thank you so much. That's been amazing and my phone is charging. I've got the lyrics. This has been awesome. Thank you.

No problem. Have a good day. That was 15 minutes of her life she'll never get back. That was edited down. Incredible though, how much she cares. Well done. The Skinny Care team, we might try that again tomorrow, but Jono, you can come up with something. Will we? Mildly inconvenience hard-working call centre workers.

Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, I'm 800 the hits. I want to open this. Is it okay to tell a little white lie to your partner? Because...

Just to what? To stop... To not hurt their feelings. To not hurt their feelings. Because Jen, who's my wife, she was away over the weekend. Because... Just to what? To stop... To not hurt their feelings. To not hurt their feelings. Because Jen, who's my wife, she was away over the weekend. She was talking to a friend of hers. And then she told me. So this is quite gossipy. And now I'm gossiping about it on the radio. This will be the first question.

Is it okay to take a story that you've heard from your wife about someone else and talk about it on the radio? Oh, I'm going to say yes. Otherwise, I'm going to have nothing else to talk about right now. Were they talking about you? No, not talking about me. Which means they were, but you didn't get that part of the conversation passed on to you. No, well, maybe they were talking about me. Maybe there's little white lies that Jen's telling you, like,

oh, there's a hair on your head. You look like George Clooney. Oh, thank you. You're not so bad yourself. But no, she was talking to this lady who, she was like, my husband keeps asking me, have I put on weight? And she keeps saying, no, darling, but he is. But she doesn't want to hurt his feelings.

At the end of the day, it doesn't matter too, you know? It doesn't matter about the weight situation. Well, you keep telling me I'm not fitting into my pants. Ben takes the passive approach where he gets me to try on suit pants that I used to fit. And he'd be like, those used to fit you about 12 months ago. No. Yeah.

They are your pants and that's on you. But, you know, I guess if you're asking that question to someone, you're probably like, oh, maybe I have. But then you do this weird dance where you know they're lying to you, but you want the affirmation that they're not, maybe. And should you lie? Can you get away with lying to your partner about stuff like that? Or what happens if you go, yeah, you are?

Oh, yeah, no. That's a brutal response. No one wants to, yeah. Like, yeah, I feel like you can. I feel like you can tell a little. I mean, surely there must be people out there that tell, you know, just little lies just to make people feel better. I mean, I had to spend 45 minutes squeezing into a wetsuit over the weekend.

Didn't you, Ben? There was a team of nine fully grown human beings trying to pull up the zipper on me. And I said, have I put on weight, Ben? You're like, no, you look great. You do look great. I look like a fat seal in that wetsuit. So, yeah, that's what I want to chuck out. Four, four, eight, seven as well.

Do you lie to your partner? White lies purely not to hurt their feelings. You know, like I think I've spoken about this before, but I bought my wife Amanda a top in New York that I thought was cool. A zip-up New York, you know, New York Knicks top. She doesn't like basketball. Not a fan of the New York Knicks.

She would, I gave it to her. She's like, oh wow, that's so cool. She, I'm pretty sure, was telling me a little white lie to not hurt my feelings. Has she ever worn it? She hasn't worn it. But, you know, in that moment,

it would have been a bit like one of those occasions she's got, oh, this, I don't like this. I'm not a fan of the New York Knicks. No, no, but to be fair to Amanda, it seems like a present that you bought

when you went to watch the New York Knicks and you'd forgotten to get her, it seems like a present that you bought when you went to watch the New York Knicks and you'd forgotten to get her a present. You're like, oh, I'll go to the merch store. Is that what happened? It may or may not have happened.

It's like there's no thought gone into it. I'll get her a New York Knicks singlet. She'll be like that. I thought it was cool. I thought it was cool, you know, New York. So that's an occasion

where I'm pretty sure she was probably telling me a little white lie, but I appreciate it. So, 0800, that's get in touch with us this morning. Do you tell your partner white lies? I imagine a lot of people would lie about cooking. You know, if someone's cooked a meal and you don't like it.

Oh, yeah. That goes on all the time in relationships. Or pretending to be into something. What, like a TV show or something? Oh, yeah. I don't know how much cricket Amanda's watched with me since we started going, you know,

but at the time when you first start being together, you're like, yeah, I'll come to the cricket with you. Oh, she's not coming to watch

Bangladesh play the other day, is she? Where were those offers? It started, you know? So, she was a cricket babe. That's what attracted you to her.

Oh, cricket, yeah. She liked domestic cricket, all forms of cricket. She's like, Northern Districts are taking you on Central Districts. Let's go watch them. Oh, I love it, you know, but yeah, things domestic cricket, all forms of cricket. She's like, Northern Districts are taking on Central Districts.

Let's go watch them. Oh, I love it, you know, but things like that, you know. And her enthusiasm for cricket has waned over the course of your marriage. Sarah's on from the capital. Moirina, Sarah, how are you? Good, thanks, guys. How are you? Are you good?

Are you a liar? Do you lie to your partner? Well, apparently so, yes. What are you doing? Oh, just everything. I think you know. I lie about everything.

I don't even love him. Our whole relationship is based on lies. So if for example he said oh you know do these clothes look good on me?

This shirt that I'm about to wear to work or wear out to a dinner. What would you say if it looked shocking? I think maybe that one I'd probably be honest about so that he looks good. But I guess things like, I don't know, if he's good at something and he might not be that good at it, it's all right to boost his self-esteem. Well, let's say he makes you a meal and it was like,

eh, it's not the best meal, yeah, but you wouldn't say that to him, right? Oh, maybe I would. Oh, jeez, you're really backtracking on these lies. Yeah, like, everything you're saying is leading me to believe that he's shocking at lovemaking. And you've been... He's alright. He's alright, but it's okay to lie just to pump each other up, eh?

Yeah, I'd say so. Oh, well, good on you, Sarah. Alright. Sarah's happy for it. She's got no morals. Someone's texting 4487 as well. I'm always lying to my boyfriend to say he looks good when he heads off to work, but there's at least three business shirts he wears that I hate. Oh. But won't tell him. Also on the text, I thought this was interesting.

Someone, she travels a lot for work. Sometimes she says I miss you to her partner when she doesn't mean it. She hasn't quite gotten there long enough to miss them, but you're like, yeah, you feel like I miss you to her partner when she doesn't mean it. She hasn't quite got there long enough to miss them, but you're like, yeah, you feel like I miss you, but probably enjoying the night away. Get to sleep in. Yeah, you know, like just do my own thing for a little bit. It's only been 12 hours.

Why would I miss? I haven't got time to miss, but I'm sure with longer, you'd get to that stage, wouldn't you? You've been away from work a bit lately. Have you done that? Yeah. Oh, no, what? No.

Have you said I miss you to your family when you haven't missed them oh no no no i haven't done that i wouldn't do it no i've missed them terribly that high voice you worded the question in a way like one of those ones where would you mind if i did this and you're like yeah oh hang on no what i might you. One of those ones where, would you mind if I did this? And you're like, yeah. Oh, hang on. No, what I might. You know, one of those. Okay, I'll word it differently. I'll word it differently. You've been away a lot with work.

Yes. Have you phoned your family and said, I miss you? And have you not missed them? Is that worded better? Because you're still pausing and looking up into the room. No, look, I miss them. The point of it is I miss my family, okay? When?

When I'm away. Now. Even now, going to work. I miss, I miss, the point of it is I miss my family, okay? When? When I'm away. Now, even now, going to work, I miss them. I'm going to text them right now. Tell them that you miss them?

Yeah, yeah, they won't be asleep. Oh, thank you for your calls and texts on this one. So it turns out it's okay not to hurt feelings.

70% of people on the rogue text poll 4487 have said, yeah, I lie all the time to my partners not to hurt their feelings 70% of people on the rogue text poll 4487 have said, yeah, I lie all the time to my partners not to hurt their feelings. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Mmm. Shono and Ben,

breakfast on the hits. It's time for this. Five words for 5k on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. This is my second favourite time of the day. Do you want to know what my favourite time of the day is? And the third. And the third?

Yeah. Why? First and third. I don't know, you prepared something for first. I just thought I'd throw something at you. Well, my first favourite time of the day is when my alarm goes off at 3.40. Love that. And then my third favourite time of the day, Ben, when she chucked in there.

I haven't really thought out a top three list But I'm going to say spending more time with you Because we don't spend enough time together No we don't, it's nice to spend time So the competition between you and my family As to who I spend more time with in my life You know how this works Five words, five thousand dollars

It's the Game of Word Association We tell you five words You tell us what pops into your head If they match with ours you win five grand Let's get Michaela on from Whakatane. How are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you guys?

Listen, we're doing well, Michaela. What do you do for a job? I work at the Whakatane Holiday Park. Oh, what a wonderful place to work. You know, producer Humphrey is from Fairleigh and he wants to go back home one day, Hometown Hero returns, and purchase the Fair Feely camping camping ground

and he wants to call it Feely Intense I mean that's pretty cool he's already got business cards made up as well it seems like the wrong way to go about it

but anyway he doesn't even own the place very presumptuous but he's he's spoken to the guy and he's going to be the first oh it looks like a

lovely holiday park there oh thank you. Yeah, we're just constantly upgrading it. What do you do there? What's your role? I'll just say absolutely everything. It's easier to narrow it down to that. Yeah, right.

You're cooking, you're cleaning, you're scrubbing. Cooking, cleaning, lawn mowing, maintenance, repairs, yeah, all of that. Oh, good on you, Michaela. Well, right now, $5,000 could be all yours. Who are you going to send into the soundproof booth to match five words with? Oh, we'll go Ben this morning. Oh, good. He's changed lives previously, and that's not overstating the importance of what this guy does. He's out here in a novelty soundproof booth doing God's work, Michaela. I've got facemask.

So five words that you need to match with Boney Ben Boyce, okay? All right, let's go. The first word, new. Old. New, old. Lock it in the opposite. Book. Oh, gosh, it is harder when you're on the radio, isn't it?

I know, everyone says that. That's right, you're doing well. You sound sprightly, charismatic, and like a winner. Hmm, either bookmark or... page. Just go... Oh, shit. We can come back to book if you want to move on. Yeah, let's move on for a minute.

We'll put that one on a bookshelf, so to speak, and we'll come back to it. Body. B-O-D-Y? Is that what you said? Yes, B-O-D-Y. Mm. Is that what you said? Yes. B-O-D-Y. Is there another body? No, no.

Just confirming. My phone crackled. I thought, goodness, body. Body. Body parts. Body parts. Camping. Hey.

Hey. Hey. Did he hear where I work? That was already in there, wasn't it, Producer Humphrey? Yeah. Hey, irony. Wait, did I just answer camping? No, you haven't yet.

What are you going to go for camping? Let's go either tent or camping ground. Tent. Tents. Tents. Pastor. P-A-S-T-A. Not as in a religious pastor. Oh, there's a lot of options for pastor.

Yeah. Pastor, source. And we'll go back to word number two, which was book. Shelf. Shelf? Yeah.

Those are the five words. You happy with all five, Michaela? Oh, I'm not feeling lucky, but yeah, let's go. That was a good effort, mate. That was a little bit confusing at times, isn't it? It's a bit harder when you're playing. Definitely tougher when you're on the radio as opposed to just shouting them out in your car.

Let's unleash him out of his weird den. Den of iniquity. Come out here, Benjamin Boyce. Come on, Ben. The stuff he's done in that den, I couldn't even talk about on the radio. Because he hasn't actually done any stuff. I'd be making it up.

You got this, Ben. You got this. Michaela struggled on a couple of words. Did the old thing. It's a lot harder when you're actually playing on the radio. But if anyone is going to come through for Michaela, who actually, I don't know if she didn't mention this at the top, she wants to start not only run her camping ground,

but also start an orphanage for Instagram influencers who haven't quite made it on the platform. So they can pout and hock off their diet pills and fit teas that give you the squits. We've got to do it for that thing. Okay, you're doing it for the Instagram, okay. Yeah, she's doing it for the influencers. Okay, she wants to start that orphanage. Here's word number one.

New N.E.W. N.E-W. Oh, I'm going to go opposite old. Oh, he's going opposite. Well done. Ben, one for one. Come on. Book.

Michaela struggled with book. Ooh. I've got a couple that's gone through. Well, if you could please answer them, because we're at five minutes now. I'm going to go bookshelf. Oh! Bookworm, bookreads was the other.

Two from two. Michaela. I'm going to be honest, I didn't have much faith in this, but it's coming together. Okay, well, I'm feeling good about this now. Body. Wash. It was body what, Michaela? Body parts.

Body parts. You should know, because you're always shaming? Body parts. Body parts. Body parts. You should know because you're always shaming my body parts. No, that was... Hey, Michaela, you did well. What would you have got on the rest of them? Come on. Camping.

Tents. Pastor. As in P-A-S-T-A. Not a church leader. Okay, thank you. Fettuccine. Three out of five. Pretty solid, pretty solid.

Michaela, listen, big hugs to you. Thanks for listening to the program. Thank you guys very much. I hope you have a great morning. You too. Sorry we couldn't quite win you $5,000 today. It's back again tomorrow. Broadcasting live and mostly awake.

Jono and Ben, New Zealand's Breakfast. On the hits. Spy. The What's Up Spy.co.nz Speaking of our wonderful producer Juliet, here she is with some spy to present the news that our proper newsreader Rachel Jackson-Lees is probably above

presenting. This is Spy Entertainment. So there has been a Twitter poll that a lot of people on Twitter have responded to regarding what the best movie in the world of all time is. Of all time. Of all time. Now, in that top four list was The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, The Godfather Part 2, and The Dark Knight. And The Shawshank Redemption was voted as the best movie of all time.

Now, those four movies were decided just because they were the top four films on IMDb, that movie and television site. So those were why those were the four that were on the poll. But Shawshank Redemption came out as the big one. What about when they put Dwayne The Rock Johnson and Kevin Hart together in a movie? Did they? Central Intelligence. You are offended.

You're like, oh, you love movies with The Rock. You love movies with Kevin Hart, but put them together. Oh my mind blowing. And you have a buddy cop comedy. Not in there? No, none of The Rock's movies were there. Maybe that was fifth. Yeah, true, true.

You don't watch many movies, do you? I'm not much of a movie guy. And then if I do watch them, I forget what movies I have watched. One that really sticks in my head is, and I've spoken about before, Soul Plane. Soul Plane. Where Snoop Dogg is the pilot of a plane load of stereotypes, right, basically. And he pilots the plane, but he's smoking marijuana.

Obviously not getting drunk tested by the airline. Very irresponsible piloting. But yeah, that was one movie that... I think Kevin Hart was in that. Kevin Hart's in Soulplay. Dwayne The Rock Johnson wasn't in it.

Snubbed, mate. Hart, Johnson, Dog, all snubbed. Very disappointing. And trending at the moment in the weekend, he has donated a million dollars to fight hunger in Ethiopia, which is something that he's very generously done. He just throws away his cash, doesn't he? I mean, this is for a good cause.

But we're the type of people who avoid the collectors outside the supermarket when they're in the little bit outside the front door. The Weeknd's giving a million dollars to Ethiopia, Ben. That's awesome. Why won't you give to the SPCA when they're outside Countdown? I will, but I'm just running late for a meeting. But when I'm not, I will. He spent $7 million on his Super Bowl halftime show. Of his own money.

Yeah, of his own money to make it epic. I was reading actually over the weekend, ironically, that he would make that money back and then some in ticket sales. Because apparently when Maroon 5 did the Super Bowl halftime performance, their average earnings from a show went from $200,000 to $1.5 million. Per show. Really? Following a halftime Super Bowl.

So it's a good investment. Because they don't get paid to do the Super Bowl performance, the artists. No. It's more like if you are on the Super Bowl, this is an opportunity for you if you perform. It's like coming on the John Irving show on the hits. That sort of exposure. Priceless.

I mean, you could... Exposure of who? Whoever he helped out of interest. I don't know. Central Intelligence? Maybe I want to watch that tonight. Yeah, Soul Plane. Maybe we've got a couple of streams up for Soul Plane.

And Katy Perry, she's obviously one of the judges on American Idol. After a particular contestant's performance, she said something that made all mothers go can relate. And as a new mother, I don't have very much time, so I've quit shaving my legs. But when you sang,

the hair on my legs grew an inch and a half. So she was obviously comparing that her hairs were raised, but she has given up shaving her legs because she just doesn't have the time, which is fair enough. Well, maybe she's given up, but she can pay a poor person to do it for her.

That's what she could do. She's funny, Katy Perry, isn't she? She is. She's doing well. There you go. What's the longest you've not shaved your legs for, Juliet? Ooh, probably like a month and a half. That's a good effort.

It is something that I just do not even really care about. Yeah, but I imagine it's administration that just would take, you know, if you're shaving, you know, everything, it would be like an hour, wouldn't it? I've obviously got less shaving time acquired. It's a bit of a hass. Like, it is such a hass. The legs are just really low on my priority list, to be fair.

You should just take a, yeah, I guess probably the lower down your body, the less concerned you are about it. Every woman in winter will tell you that they basically grow, like, bear-like fur on their legs because they just don't shave it over winter because there's no point. Don't blame you. Yeah. Don't blame you.

Do you shave, Ben? No, no. I did once, like, in the, like, secondary school, I shaved my legs because I thought I'd be better at touch rugby. Aerodynamics. But it didn't make me any better. I should have concentrated on ball schools and stepping and things like that. But I was like, maybe if I show my legs, I'll be faster.

It made his already toothpick legs look skinnier somehow. And that is five. For more, you can head to the hits.co.nz. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Hey, we went over the weekend. We're doing a bit of filming for a show that's coming up on TVNZ,

but we ended up in Ōtaki and Ikatahuna. Wonderful weekend. That was. Away, wasn't it? Tell you what, once you've been to those places, something changes inside of you. Yeah. And something literally changed inside of Ben on Saturday.

Yeah, before we headed down the line, we went and checked out a strong woman and strong man competition. And, man, they're incredible what these people lift. They're 300 kilograms. Holy moly. 300 kilograms. And it makes you just, after a while, you become numb to it. You're like, oh, yeah, oh, yeah.

Saw a guy lift a heavy weight and popped his shoulder out, the poor fella. I know. But you feel like there's so much pressure going down on their bodies, it's going to, I tell you what, later in life arthritis will be playing a big factor. And there was a guy that I saw there, actually he won the strongman competition in the weekend.

He's enormous, as you'd expect him to be. Colm? Colm was his name, yeah. And when I saw when i saw him i was like oh that's the guy and now i'd met him twice before for tv and radio things over the years and he'd wedgied me as part of what we had to do there he is juliet okay there he is i'll show you a photo of him uh he's represented new zealand all around the world uh he's incredible. But yeah, he's one of these people that I was like, well Oh wow. He's a giant. He has muscles.

And the first time I met him, I was actually promoting the Jono and Ben TV show and it was actually on the Edge radio station. So I tuned up with Jeremy Corbett because we were doing Seven Days and Jono and Ben on TV. So we're just going to go along and talk you know, radio interview about the show. So I was like, oh great, turn on up.

And then they decided to do some wacky radio stuff when I was in there. And they were like, hey... We're all part of the wacky radio game, mate. Don't start judging them. I know, but I just thought we were just going to talk about the show. Just, you know, have some light banter. Don't come in here and peddle your crappy TV show.

They were like, oh, we thought Jono and Ben were going to turn up, but it's just Jeremy Corbett and Ben. So we're thinking one of you guys could get your nipple pierced and the other one could get wedgied from a strong person. And they were like, look, to be honest, we can't get Jeremy Corbett to do that. You can't do that to a senior citizen. So they were like, hey, could you take the hit on both of these things?

Because we've organised like a pierce, someone to come and pierce and also the strong man who was calm to come down and wedgie me. Was there an option to cancel the piercer or the strong man? That's what I was kind of angling towards without saying, but you're too polite in those situations. You're like, oh yeah, I guess,

I think I had to sing Lord Royals or something. There was some sort of tie and I was trying to do karaoke or something. And so I walked out five minutes later with my nipple pierced and having been wedgied by this guy, Colm,

and my undies ripped clean off. They were pretty much cleaned off in bits. He said, well, the guy's 155 kg. He's a monster. He like lifts me up like a toothpick.

And then, so you saw him again on Saturday and we relived, regaled the tales of this wonderful wedgie. Because then we did it again on a TV show

later to the date and we were like, oh, we'll get a strong person. And he showed up and he's like, this is the second time I've done this to you. You're right. So on Saturday, Ben went for the hat trick. Ben's like, you've got to do it again. I think you're still removing pieces of underpants

from your interior, aren't you? Yeah, still. There's still quite a lot of them. We're going to have to send a search party in there to retrieve the missing part of your underwear. We would not recommend it and that's three times. I know.

It's like in the space of three seconds your underwear becomes in a wear. He lifts them up about a metre and a half in the air with no trouble at all

and it got the crowd going. The crowd loved it. Is it on camera? Somewhere will I see it at some point? I'd say so. Maybe, yes. I hope one of you filmed it.

You brought it upon yourself though. I know. I felt like we're here and I was like we're here now. We've got to do it. And they were good und You brought it upon yourself though I know, I felt like we're here And I was like, we're here now We've got to do it And they were good undies too You know, when I looked down I was like, oh, these are my favourite undies

Now you've got a favourite pair of undies Well, now I get to wear them every day Because you've got no choice Add these two men together And somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal man The Hits With Jono and Ben for breakfast Scrolling through your feed.

Here to deliver the news that news sites have already risen for him. And I proudly present, doing none of the heavy lifting, my friend Benjamin Boyce. Now it was Easter over the weekend and a man on YouTube in the UK ate 50 cream eggs for an eating challenge in 24 minutes. 50. That's two. Two per minute.

Two per minute. That's a good turnaround because they do get quite sticky, don't they? Quite a sticky texture, the cream egg, once it explodes inside there. 1.3 kgs of sugar in a single setting, basically. That's their carbon drive. And did he get a Guinness

World Record? No, I didn't. No, it was just for... He got the gift of diabetes? Yeah. Lifelong? He felt a bit worse for the next day. He had a bit of a sugar crash. These are all things that he experienced, but he decided that that was what he wanted to do on YouTube.

To poor people in the UK, let them out of the house. Let them out of lockdown. The poor buggers. I mean, jeez, you feel sorry for them. They're resorting to this. Yeah, and this, I it it's a good warning for everyone there's a function

I don't know if you know about this producer Juliet that you can set on your Google photos basically to recognise facial recognition

and so this lady had it set up to send photos of her son to her well basically the son's grandmother or her mum

so every time she'd take a photo of her son it would recognise the face and send it away like that. Right. Automatically.

Automatically. Oh, this has got room for error. Yeah, this is the thing. So the lady then decided, the mum then decided to make a bit of a racy video for her husband in the kitchen. And what she didn't realise was

there was a photo of her son in the background of the shot. Oh, I knew it. Google facially recognised the son in the back of the shot. And so Google facially recognised the son and went, oh, her mum or grandma will love this. Grandma will love this. And automatically sent the video

to her mum slash to the son's grandma. And her mum was like, oh, that's unusual. So yeah, it just seems like, why is that a function? Why are you, and what purpose does it have? Like, just forward it on yourself. Yeah.

That doesn't need to be a thing. Dangerous. Take it to TikTok to warn other people that this function can result in sending. I mean, the cloud must get people in trouble. The bloody clouds. What is the cloud up to? All sorts of nonsense up there. Yeah, you're right.

Isn't it? Because people get, when they take photos, it uploads straight away to home systems, to the cloud system. They're like, oh. I had a story about,

I'll say a friend of a friend, who, again, same level of content that was being produced, and all their photos would automatically flash up on their television at home. And so the family were all over and the TV,

you know when you stop watching TV, it just automatically defaults to photo, the photo montage of just, you know, it was a 50-inch screen as well, full gens on display for the in-laws over there. He said he was in the kitchen and he heard his mother-in-law go, oh!

Oh! You would just be panicking. And you had every button you'd try and push to get rid of it. It wouldn't work and you'd probably be like,

oh God! So good. And then you'd have to have dinner after that as well. I don't know how you come back from that. And that is some of the weird and wacky news

from around the world. Yeah, yeah, no. Yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. The whole movie. Yeah, nah. She'll be right and at the end of the day

Jono and Ben breakfast on the hits. Time for the Google Games. This is a fun new game we've only been playing for a week or so. You basically phone us up 0800 THE HITS

you ask us a question if we can't Google the answer within 10 seconds, you win a hell of a pizza voucher. And I actually just got off the phone to the organisers of the... You were wondering who I was on the phone to during that wonderful song from Kelly Clarkson. It was the organisers of the Tokyo Olympics.

Oh, really? Wanting to have this as a potential sport in the upcoming Olympics. Well, the hell Olympics could be done on Google. Is that going ahead of the Tokyo Olympics? I think they're still boxing on at the moment, yeah. Really? Yeah. No spectators, international spectators, though.

I suppose with the vaccinations, getting all the athletes vaccinated, you'd be fine, wouldn't you? Yeah, well, that's true. Okay, I'll demonstrate how the Google Games works. Okay, Ben, can you please Google who is the head of the Olympic Committee? You have 10 seconds. Who is it?

I really want this hell pizza voucher. I don't have dinner tonight. It is, of course, Thomas Bach. Bach. Bach. Thomas Bach. Bach. It is, of course.

I love how he leads it. It is, of course. My problem is that I start, I get into a panic when you give me 10 seconds. I know. And I start going, who is the head? I should just go, head of the Olympic Committee. That's the thing. I mean, you type things into the computer every day,

but all of a sudden you add a ticking clock in it and you lose all finger function, don't you? We'll start with Gemma in Fielding. Morning, Gemma. How are you? Good, thanks. How are you? Oh, we're doing very well.

What are you doing in Fielding, Gemma? I'm a choreo driver. It's Friend friendly fielding. Do you feel the pressure that you've branded friendly fielding to always be friendly? Sometimes. Yeah. What if you're having an off day?

What if you're not having a friendly day? You're a foot today off. Oh, good on you. It's an off day from work and also being friendly. Okay, what's your question, Gemma? We'll get Ben to do this one. How much money is in a game of Monopoly? Oh, that's a good question.

Game of Monopoly. Monopoly each player starts with an odd. Yeah, start of the game is... No, it's... Oh, was it $28,580? No. Total amount per game. No, okay.

That's what it says on the internet. How much is it? Oh, $15,140. Oh, are you talking about how much is in the whole bank, Ben, maybe? Yeah. Not how much each player starts with. Yeah, they got me. I see Not how much each player starts with. Yeah, they got me well. I see friendly Gemma having an off day in fielding.

But not having an off day on the radio. Congratulations. You've got yourself some hell pizza. Great, thanks. Simple as that. That's how the Google Games works. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits.

Buy the WhatsApp by doco. Spy, the what's up. Spy.co.nz Tell you what, who would have thought as a young girl emerging from broadcasting school that one day she would be here working with her heroes, Hilary Barry and Stacey Morrison in the afternoon. Unfortunately, she's stuck here with us in the morning. Juliet, what's happening in Spy?

So, something that we've been all waiting for, and it's not the vaccine, and it's not the travel bubble. It's the Friends reunion. It is finally... It's dragged on longer than COVID this lead-in, hasn't it, to the Friends reunion? Oh, so long. Honestly, it's been announced that they're going to start

filming it this week, finally. So it was delayed because of the pandemic, and so finally they're going to be filming it this week. Finally. So it was delayed because of the pandemic. And so finally they're going to be filming it. It's going to be like a sit-down special. It's like they chat about... It's just an interview. It's just a chat, you know? It's like last night on the Behind the Rows of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette.

They talk about the show. TVNZ whipped that together in a couple of weeks. Yeah. It's not like they're waiting on scripts. No. Or you know edit notes. I understand there's

a whole lot going on with the pandemic overseas. Do it over Zoom. Just get it done. Yeah I know right. Knock it on the head. I know. We should just do

our own reunion. Why don't we take the bull by the horns and do our own friends reunion. Because they're only filming it this week. It's not going to be out

for another few months. What do you mean? We get our own guests. Our own guests from friends. Hello Jennifer Aniston you want to come on the show? Yeah. It's not going to be out for another few months. What do you mean? We get our own guests. Our own guests from friends. Hello, Jennifer Anderson, you want to come on the show? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, you know. It's quite ambitious. What about Gunther? Gunther from the cafe. I thought it was

you. Was that not you? Never seen the two of you in the same place at the same time. You know, someone over the weekend came up to me and they were like, I just love you on Have You Been Paying Attention? It was a classic bald and they were like, I just love you and have you been paying attention? It was a classic bald confusion thing. They thought I was Vaughan Smith.

I took the credit though. I was like, oh, thank you. You are really good on that. Yeah, well, thank you. You're really good. So if I can pretend to be Vaughan Smith, I will. I'll ride that one out. They even took a selfie with me as Vaughan Smith.

Did they? Yeah. Did you just ride that wave? It was just nice to get a compliment about a show. Might not have been ours, but we got a compliment. And Lorde, she performed, did her first live performance in five years, a few years or so, I think it was. You're a bit shaky on the years.

Yeah, I thought I wrote five, but I wrote live performance, and so maybe it was five years, maybe it wasn't. Surely she was, oh no, maybe it was five years since, no, since her last album. She did it all through America. It has been a long while. She hasn't released an album. I think she was going to, but then her pet died,

and so she was quite traumatised by that, and so didn't want to. Well, Greenlight was big, right? That was the song Melodrama, 2017, so it probably has been. Oh yeah, four or five years. Wow. Hey, well Juliet, you were right.

Thank you, my shaky information ended up being correct. Now, so basically Marlon Williams, he performed in Auckland and brought out Lorde as his special guest

that no one really saw coming and they performed Bruce Springsteen's song Tougher Than The Rest together, which was quite a nice surprise for everyone to see. That's cool. Yeah, and so

hopefully this is the beginning and she can get back on stage soon. He's cool, Marlon Williams too. They're both amazing. He was in what was the one with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper? A Star Is Born.

Yeah, he was in that, right? Was he in A Star Is Born? Yeah, he was playing at the Grammys. Was he? Oh, when Bradley Cooper pees his pants. Oh, you feel so sorry for him. Have you seen that movie? Yes, I have.

It's so sad. And when he pees, you're like, oh, Bradley Cooper. Oh. Yeah. And Pink's there and she's like, oh. And Halsey's there and going, oh, no, he's peed. That's very embarrassing. It's a sad film, isn't it?

It is a very sad film. I didn't realise it was a remake. No, they've had about three or four times they've done that movie. Have they always done that scene when the poor guy pees his pants on stage? I don't know if they've done the Grammy scene, but I think no. Well, they added that in. I love that it's the scene that you can't only remember. Oh, it was quite...

I felt so. And then him and Lady Gaga were like, hook up, hook up. And everyone's like, well, he's married. In real life. In real life. They're hooking up. They better up, hook up. And everyone's like, well, he's married. In real life. In real life. We're like, they're hooking up. They better be hooking up. But at the same time,

Tristan Thompson had just cheated on Khloe Kardashian and we were like, how dare he? But then we were watching Lady Gaga or Bradley Cooper and we were like, he's a married man. We need to get our morals, our moral compasses along with the show. I know, it is. It is a bit of a mess.

So yes, Friends reunion filming, and Lorde has done her first performance in five years, and that is Spy. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys weekdays from six on The Hits and via the iHeartRadio app. Jono and Ben on The Hits Breakfast.

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