Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - April 14 - Ben Haaaates Being Called ONE Particular Name

Episode Date: April 13, 2021

Hello! On today's show, Ben shared the one nickname he hates being called because it feels condescending. This OPENED THE FLOODGATES, and we had many people share the nicknames that get under their skin. We also discussed what the best seat you've ever sat in was - did you get upgraded on a plane? Did you sit next to a celebrity at a restaurant? All that and more random chats in today's podcast!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. It's Wednesday the 14th of April 2021, and it's a good day because we get paid tonight at midnight.

Benjamin Boyce, my colleague, friend, cohort, and just a wonderful philanthropist. You're always across the payment things, aren't you? Yeah, and I do like... You say you're a shambles with their thing, but I reckon you're behind that. You're actually on top of things. I know when it comes in, but then it all goes out.

Like, Jean takes it out, and she then, you know, manipulates it into offshore accounts. Barbados. The Cayman Islands. Some tax benefits. Little tax havens around the world, and that's how we dodge the Inland Revenue. That's good.

I'm glad we didn't incriminate you talking about this right now. It goes into my account. I get rid of it. My hands are clean. What happens with that cash from that point on? Nothing to do with me. But yes, wonderful show today. Had a really good show, didn't we?

Yeah, the wheels are in motion for us. What's happening next Tuesday? We're going to try and sit on the lucky seat at Eden Park, the biggest sports stadium in New Zealand. We're going to go basically a big game of musical chairs. One by one, we're going to sit on the seats. We could get to 50,000, hopefully not. But at one stage, we will hopefully sit on the lucky seat

that activates 50 tickets to give away for 660. Yeah, thanks, 660, for not just sending us 50 tickets and making us go through this arduous task, but we put it upon ourselves. We asked for the tickets, they've got the tickets, and they said, well, you can't have them exactly for free. We want you working your little soft TV hands off. We want you to put some hard work. We're going to work our butts off

literally by using them to sit on all these seats You know I'm watching outside through the window here where we are at NZME New Zealand Media and Entertainment It's a conglomerate of radio stations and the marketing department there are having a big conference been and on the screen there's someone talking on stage

and on the screen they are presenting a talking on stage, and on the screen, they are presenting a whole bunch of Super Bowl commercials, and how the Super Bowl commercials become the most talked about. Oh, are you going to be looking at that? Well, am I not allowed to look over there? Where do you want me to look at? I don't know. Yeah. Oh, that's interesting, isn't it? Super Bowl commercials. We found out some interesting facts about those Super Bowl commercials, didn't we?

Yeah. One of them was spent like $200 million for one 30-second commercial. Like Jeep or something. Yeah. Remember that Jeep? They had Bruce Springsteen in. Then they found out he got done for DIC, didn't they? Oh, yeah.

But then he actually didn't get done for it. No, then he got let off. Yeah. So it was all... They played the commercial once, pulled it, because they thought, uh-oh, the boss has been drinking a joint. And then it turns out he wasn't. Yeah. And then they got let off. Yeah, so it was all... They played the commercial once, pulled it, because they thought, uh-oh, the boss has been drinking a joint, and then turns out he wasn't. Yeah.

And then they ruined all that. The marketing they had, but maybe they got more marketing out of it. I don't know. But that was the cost of the production of the commercial. How much to book a Super Bowl fight you need? Here we go. At least.

So once you've made the commercial, and all of them are of movie quality You need at least $5.5 million To book a 30 second ad Five It must They must get returns on it though Well yeah

It'd have to be Because so many millions of people see it Going back to the very first Super Bowl in 1967 It was $37,000 to book one commercial. Now it's $5.5 million. $5.5 million. Do you know how many people that reaches? No. 100 million consumers at once.

Wow, at once. So you're getting your dollar value. Yeah, your money's worth, yeah. Oh, there we go. There's some Super Bowl facts that you didn't even know you needed. As well as a podcast. Enjoy. We'll catch you tomorrow on the next one. They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand.

If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. I don't know if you guys have this, but sometimes people will call you a name, and it's a name that they don't mean any offence by. It's an affectionate sort of term,

but it just kind of, I don't know, it kind of irks you a little bit. I do. I do. I hate it when people call me Dennis, I don't know, it kind of irks you. I do. I do. I hate it when people call me Dennis and I'm like, my name's Jono. That really winds me up. Is that what you're talking about? No, I mean, like, for me yesterday, someone called me champ.

That's condescending. Thanks a lot, champ. And I'm like, look at me. I'm definitely not a champ. You're a champ in our eyes, mate. A champ is a winner. Like, a champ is someone who's I'm never going to be champion of anything.

And when someone goes, yeah, thanks for that champ, it just feels a little bit condescending. I don't know. I don't know. Maybe it's just me. And I'm sure they don't intend it to be that, but I got called it yesterday and I'm like, oh, I'm not a champ. Juliet, you're a champ. Thanks, champ. Are there words that, are there

names that wind you up? Yes, when females call another female, and I know this among my friends as well, and me, when they call you hun, but it's in kind of like a condescending way. Hey, hun. And you're like, shut up. You don't like hun?

I like hun. What about like sweetie? Yeah, that's just a bit weird from a girl, I think. Love? Love's the same. Love feels very condescending. Thanks, love. We used to have a boss that would call everyone,

and I was like, this is pure. She'd almost just set the timer until the bomb goes off. You love legend, too. Hey, thanks, legends. And I'm like, are they legends? I'm just... But anyway, it's nice. I do, yeah.

You mean it in a positive way. I'm pretty fast and loose with the term legend. Yeah. My bar for a legend is set very low. Like if you were putting people on $5 notes, it'd change. A weekly. He gave me my car keys that I dropped on the ground. He's now on the $5 note.

There we go. Sorry, Hilary. A person just put me in for a doctor's appointment. Thanks, legend. We'll put you on the $10 note. Get out of here, Kate Sheppard. The one that my wife hates, she really dislikes being called mate.

Doesn't like mate, sort of, for some reason. Do you call her mate from time to time? By accident. It's when I flip into autopilot. I've probably called you guys mate 39 times this morning without even knowing. And we did a test, didn't we? We did a test.

See how many mates I could slip into conversation with Jennifer. Hello. Hey. Hi. You busy, mate? Am I what? Busy. Busy what? Are you busy this morning? Yes, I'm always busy. Good.

What's for dinner, mate? Can you stop calling me mate? There we go I don't know what the opposite of mate is But I was it after that phone call I get it Do you like being called mate? Oh it's fine

Yeah I'm happy But I understand if a husband was calling a wife mate You'd be like I'm more than your mate I think I mentioned that last time I accidentally called a man and my wife bro once And it just slipped out Thanks for that bro Sweet bro than your mate. I think I mentioned that last time I accidentally called a man and my wife bro once. Just as slow as that. Thanks for that, bro.

She's like, bro. And I'm like, oh my God, I didn't, oh, that just was a weird note. Was it after a kiss or something? Thanks, bro. Thanks, bro. So what is the word for you?

Maybe it's one of the ones we've mentioned. Maybe there's a whole nother word that I'm sure people don't mean any offence by it But it's just a word that kind of gets a little bit under your skin When they call you Yeah, I've also in emails now I go, hey gang

Yeah Do you notice that? Hey gang Do us a hey gang One or more Because I used to go, hey guys But then that's another one that Some people are like, well I'm not a guy

Don't call guy But I sort of assumed guys was a group of humans of any gender. I see what you're saying. Yeah, so now I go, hey, gang. So we're now affiliated as gang. Yeah, gang members.

I mean, women can be gang members too. Yeah, I guess so. You're right. It's 2021. Everyone can be in a gang. All right, so 0800 the hits, 4487, what's the word? That really irks you.

We'd love to hear from you. Let's make a list and then we'll agree not to call people any of these words. One that gets Ben going. And, Ben, you're usually a placid guy, but sometimes when you push him over that threshold, that vein will start throbbing out of his neck. And what's the word? Champ.

Champ for me. When someone calls me champ, I'm just, I'm not a champ. I know I'm not a champ, you know. Yeah, no, I'm not. I'm not a champ. You're a champ. You're a champ in my heart, mate. Anyway, g'day a champ. I know I'm not a champ. You know? Yeah, no, I'm not. I'm not a champ. You're a champ. You're a champ in my heart, mate. Anyway, good night, champ.

Thanks, champ. I'm not a champ. Juliet hates being called hun. Olivia, you're on from Christchurch. You're the same as Juliet. You don't like hun. No, I don't. I find it real condescending.

It's, yeah, it was always used as, used as sweetener, something that we've done bad. Yeah, what about sweetie, sweets? Oh, nah, it doesn't flirt with me. I've never been called it, but it's not a word that I'd love to be called. No, it's all in that same sort of bracket, isn't it? Yeah, there's a lot of text coming through about being called the missus. Oh, the missus. What about, Olivia, if your partner through about being called the missus. Oh, the missus. What about you, Olivia?

If your partner was to call you the missus? I get referred to the missus quite a bit when he's going with friends. It doesn't really bother me, to be honest. I think it's an easier word than partner. So, if missus is just easy. She's okay with the missus, just don't call her hun. Are there any other words, Olivia? Yeah, bro. It's okay with the missus, just don't call her hun. Are there any other words, Olivia? Yeah,

bro. It's kind of like mate. It kind of sums up bro, and it's like, well, I'm a little bit more than your bro. I've made that mistake once, and I would never do it again. Ben unleashed the bro bomb. Thank you, Olivia. You're going to have a great day in Christchurch. Hey, we'll see you Thursday night for the Five Words Tour, the world

tour at the Good Home Ferry Mead. We'll see you there. Hey, we'll see you Thursday night for the Five Words Tour, the world tour at the Good Home Ferry Mead. We'll see you there. Yeah, we'll do. Thanks, guys. She's definitely not coming. She's definitely not going to be there, though. Let's go to Hannah in Christchurch. Welcome, Hannah.

How are you? Good, thanks, mate. Names you. Good, thanks, mate. All right, bro, you tell me. What's the word you hate being called? I'm Hannah. And my mother-in-law started calling me Henny,

which rhymes with Fanny. Henny Fanny. I call my mum that, Henny Fanny. No, it's awful. I hate it. I think all Hannahs hate it. So annoying. Henny, Henny.

I didn't even know Henny was a thing. No. But what I do know is a thing is the Five Words World Tour. Thursday night, Christchurch, Good Home Ferry Mead. We'll see you there, Hannah. Oh, thanks. No, she's not coming as well. No, Hanny won't be there.

She kind of just said some words and went, phone's breaking up. Chris, you're on from Nelson Morena. Nicknames you hate being called. How you going, guys? I hate kiddo. Kiddo. Oh, thanks, kiddo. I hate that with a passion, mate.

I want to kick someone in the throat. You hate it. Kick you in the throat. Oh, it does feel very condescending, kiddo. All right, kiddo. All right, kiddo. Thanks, Chris. You have a great day.

4487. I'm pretty sure Humphreys doesn't like the term fella. Like, he doesn't mind fellas, but when someone goes, hey fella, he feels the same for me probably a little bit as champ. A lot of people with bud too, bud and buddy, they find as a talking down.

And let's go to Lagan. Welcome from Hamilton. How are you? Hi, I'm good, thank you. Good to have you on, Lagan. The word you hate being called, the nickname. Cute.

When someone calls me cute. Oh, that's cute. Like, what? Like, oh, that's cute? Or, like, referring to you? Um, yeah, like, oh, that's cute. Oh, you look cute. Like, I don't know.

Like, when a girl calls me cute, like, I feel like it's better to say, oh, you look good or something. Like, I feel like it's, like, I'm not, like... God, sorry. You're like, I'm not seven years old and adore the Explorer t-shirts.

Yeah, yeah. That makes sense. If anything, you look fully grown and well-dressed. Good on you, Lagan. You have a great day in Hamilton. Oh, thank you.

Bye. 4487, another one coming through. Chick or chickie? All right, chick. Okay, chickie. I imagine that a lot of females might call each other that, Producer Juliet.

Yeah, but Hun's still worse We'll end on Cat Welcome you're on the air Cat Nicknames you hate being called I hate being called Madam Madam Who's calling you Madam? How often is that happening?

You always look behind me and think Where's the old lady? If you're in a dispute and someone calls you Madam It really raises it up a couple of levels. That's a farce, actually. I imagine. Definitely. And another text here, I hate being called G.

I've got an apprentice on site who goes, all right, G, all good, G. I imagine anyone over the age of 40 would have a problem with being called G. Yeah, well, there you go. There's a list of names that you probably should not be using to refer to other people. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's

Breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. We're hoping to have a whole lot of 660 tickets to give away. Jono and Ben's 50,000 seat musical chairs. The only thing that stands between them and 50 free 660 tickets are 50,000 seats at Eden Park.

Well, I hope we get the tickets because we're spending a lot of production time on that introduction. It'll be a complete waste of Aaron's time if we don't. Sounds like an official thing, though. So just to get you guys up to speed, if you're wondering what this is all about, we spoke to Chris Mack from 660. He's the bass player from 660.

You know, I put a note in my phone, bassist from 660, Chris Mack bassist from 660. You know, I put a note in my phone, bassist from 660, Chris Mack bassist from 660, and it auto-corrected to Chris Mack racist from 660. He's not. And he's the opposite of that. But that's a shocking profession. Yeah.

But it easily confused in auto-correct form. So we asked him for 50 tickets. We put him on the spot this week, and we gave him 24 hours to come back with a bit of a plan and he talked to the guys in the band and this is what he came back with. Here's what you can do. If you want these tickets you can get them at Eden Park you can go down there and you have

to sit. It's like a musical chairs kind of thing. If you sit in the right seat, I'll give you the 50 tickets. So that's all we need to do. So all that's standing between us and 50 tickets is 50,000 seats. So this could be five minutes or five days. We don't know how long it's going to take,

but one thing's for certain, we are going to sit in those seats like they have never been sat in before at one to two second intervals before we move on to the next one. Now, Producer Humphries, you're kind of our go-to person behind the scenes here on this. Now, we'll know when we sit in the seat.

Do you know what's going to happen? I feel like someone's playing a joke on us. Yes, so I've been-to person behind the scenes here on this. Now, we'll know when we sit in the seat. Do you know what's going to happen? Like, I feel like someone's playing a joke on us. Yeah, so I've been talking to Chris behind the scenes, and we have set up a bit of a rig on the special seat. And trust me, you'll know when you sit in the specific seat. So you won't change the seat multiple times to mess with us. If we sit it within 10 minutes, it's all over? If you pick the one lucky seat out of those 50,000, it's over.

You will burst into flames. You'll sit in there, you'll combust. Now, a lot of assumptions have been made on behalf of the members of 660 and us as well as a radio programme that Eden Park are totally cool with us just doing a novelty promotion in their grounds. So I have contacted Eden Parker as well. Does this count as one of their six times a year they're

allowed to do something else on the sports games or not? Because I've got. I think we've managed to find a gap in the calendar and so we are going to kick this off next Tuesday which is going to be a big day. A big day for you. A big day for me because I'm also going to be having a baby on the Tuesday.

But you guys... So which is more important to you? This is really going to wear you along to life. I'm not going to be there, but I tell you what, you guys... He's always said this radio

shows his little baby. Yeah, so he won't be at the birth of his baby to help us at odds. What a great guy. And he'll be changing our nappies halfway through the challenge as well. No, I'm leaving it to you guys.

But I do want to... You know, Chris mentions it's like musical chairs. Musical chairs is fun. 50,000, you know, sitting down is quite easy. But sitting down 50,000 times potentially, that's 50,000 squats. It is. Yeah, well, between us, so 25,000. But still, that's so. Oh, that's easy.

That's only 25,000 squats. I mean, Jono, you're practising right now, though. I'm sitting down right now. I've had a wonderful sitting career over the years. I've sat on many great things. Now stand up. There we go. Now sit down.

Down again. There you go. Do that 25,000 times, potentially, while moving across a couple of bits. It's got to be exhausting. I'll be able to crush my laptop with my buttocks at the end of this. I'll be violent.

I'll be crazy. We'll be very strong in my laptop with my buttocks at the end of this. I'll be violent. I'll be crazy. We'll be very strong in that region of the body. So from Tuesday next week, if we sit on the seat, we'll be able to give away these tickets, hopefully. Exactly. So we'll kick it off. We'll broadcast live from Eden Park on Tuesday morning, and then you guys get into it, and we go until we find those tickets.

We do not stop until we find those tickets. Does it include the seats in the office chairs in the administration area? Oh, yeah, the changing rooms. Are they part of the 50s? They're corporate box seats. You'll be into the corporate boxes. You'll be into the sheds. Oh, my God.

Okay. A lot of seats. We're going to get game plan there as well. The toilet seats. Oh. Yes. Those are those. lot of seats. We've got a good game plan there as well. The toilet seats? Oh. They're just in those? Because it may be something tricky like that. You'll know when you sit on it,

you explode off the toilet. A rush of water comes firing out. Well, Tuesday, we're hopefully winning you guys. If you want to go to 660, the historic event, we'll hopefully have some tickets for you from Tuesday next week. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Shono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Very excited because in the next week,

we are going to attempt to win you 50 660 tickets. When you roll all those numbers together, it really confuses me when I say 660 are having a gig and we could win 50 tickets. Yeah, that's right. So 25 double passes is what we could win. Chris Mack from 660 has issued us a challenge. It's like the world's biggest game of musical chairs.

We're going to go to Eden Park, hopefully within the next week, and start sitting on seats. If we sit on the lucky seat or when we sit on the lucky seat, let's be confident, we unlock these 50 tickets. Apparently when we sit on the seat, we'll know. But there's a flaw in the plan. Like Chris Mack, he plays four strings on the bass guitar and has he played us like fools?

Because he could leave it to the 50,000th seat and we could spend all week doing it. Just squatting, sitting up and down. But he could keep moving them round. How are we going to know if he's sticking to the same seat? Are we relying on his Aussie honesty? He's Australian. Can we trust Aussies?

Originally, I don't know if we can. I don't know if we can. Producer Humphreys, hopefully you can be, you know, the person that can, you know, liaise with them and to know that we know that we're actually going to sit in the seat. When we do, we sit in the seat. Because you're right, it could take five minutes, it could take five days for us to continually sitting on seats.

We could catch butt COVID. Oh, yeah. Because there's so many butts that have sat on those seats and we're getting on there, Ben. Yeah. We could have pants on. I thought pants were optional. Oh, God.

Everyone sat on the seats that had pants on. Oh, right. And we've had pants on. Yeah, right. Okay. Clothing not optional. We've got to turn up in clothing. So what we want to do right now is throw this open.

The best seat you've ever sat in. Now, we're not talking about, oh, once in 2010 I sat in a wonderful reclining lazy boy. Just on a Sunday afternoon, I remember it like it was yesterday. We're talking about seats where you're sitting next to maybe a famous person, maybe someone who gave you half of their life savings. Maybe you got upgraded somewhere, just amazing. So the lucky seat, because obviously

we're going to be sitting in ideally a lucky seat that's going to unlock 56 60s tickets. Here's an example. We spoke to this lady last week who got sitting in this amazing seat, the best seat next to Victoria Beckham on a plane. Hi, I sat next to Victoria Beckham on the airplane in America. She was actually really nice.

She asked if I'd gone to see David Beckham play soccer when he came over, and I was like, ah, no. Geez, now I'd like to think, imagine all the people that have sat next to Victoria Beckham and they've told everyone they know that they sat next to Victoria Beckham, but not once would have Victoria Beckham told tales of sitting next to those people. Isn't that amazing? She wouldn't have got off the plane and gone,

David, you'd never guess who I sat next to. A lady from New Zealand who didn't see you play soccer. Yeah, she would never have regaled those tails. But everyone who's had an encounter with Victoria Beckham would have. But that's a great seat. Great seat to sit in. I love planes. It's a great, it's like a flying conversation cage that no one can escape.

You love that guy on the plane. Yeah, I do. I do enjoy it. I do enjoy a conversation on a plane. You get to know people. You go so deep. Like it's an Oprah interview. And I'm like, just, just.

The lady from Wellington, remember her? I've told this story so many times. What am I going to say? Is the one that worked for Buckingham Palace? She was flying from Wellington to Auckland to get a connecting flight to the UK to start a job cooking in Buckingham Palace. Now, I wouldn't have known if I hadn't started a conversation, would I? If I hadn't punished her from Wellington to Auckland.

The best seat I've ever sat in was Graham Norton's red chair. We both got to do that. That was a pretty surreal experience sitting on that iconic show in the UK, live in the UK, and sitting on a chair

that the celebrity on the couch was like Tom Cruise, Charlize Theron was there, Coldplay were there. It was pretty amazing. This is one of couch was like Tom Cruise. Charlize Theron was there. Coldplay were there. Yeah, it was pretty amazing. This is one of those situations where Tom Cruise hasn't regaled tales of meeting you. But you've definitely told him.

This is a guy from New Zealand. He told him about sticking super glue in his granddad's eye. The red chair I found a lot more underwhelming in real life. Yes. When you see the warts and all of the red chair, you're like, oh, gee whiz, it's sexed up for television, isn't it? Because, you know, there's some poor zitty intern who has to help flip the chair and it's kind of

like in the, just sort of a back area, isn't it? With cords and cables everywhere. It wasn't quite as luxurious as I thought it was going to be but that was still the best seat I've ever sat in. And when they're like, when you flip, you need to flip your legs up so it looks violent. They want you to make your fall look violent.

But it's not. It's actually quite a soft gentle. Health and safety is probably. But then you fling your legs up so it looks like you've been tossed back. That was the one instruction we had from the production team on Graham Norton. So 0800 the hits, the best seat you've sat in. Would love to get your texts and calls. 4487, get in touch with New Zealand's Breakfast.

We've got Nicole on from Auckland. Morning, Nicole. How are you? Good to have you on, Nicole. I'm going to keep saying Nicole and pretending like she's going to come in at any stage. Here she is. I'm here. Sorry.

No, don't you ever apologise to us, Nicole. It's lovely to have you on. What's the best seat you sat in? I sat in an aeroplane. I was living in Australia and coming back to New Zealand for a wedding, and I sat next to the owner of a franchise. We obviously never met, and we got chatting. He offered me a job.

I was kind of a little reluctant to start with, but met him for a coffee a few days later and ended up working for them, and it was probably the best job, one of the best jobs I've ever had. How cool is that? Do you mind mentioning what the Solution franchise was? They were a very cool hip burger bar. A hip burger bar? That's really cool that you could get an in to a job just from a chat on a plane.

Yeah, so I got to go overseas and open stores. I got to travel around New Zealand, meet lots of different people, really discover culture. Did you get free burger fuel all the time? Yes. I got to travel around New Zealand, meet lots of different people, really discover my culture. Did you get free burger fuel all the time? Yes. I did, that's how it was. Oh, I love it.

They opened one in Dubai, didn't they? Yeah, I was there for the Dubai opening, yep. Oh, that is just all from a conversation on a plane. Yeah. That is awesome, Nicole. What a wonderful story, and what a wonderful Franchise owner too Yeah that's very cool Best seat you've ever sat in I don't know if we can beat that

But let's keep going On the texting course Let's go to Sharon Welcome How are you from Auckland? Good morning all you Yeah we're doing well You sound like you are

Bright, bubbly Jacked up on coffee Ready to murder Wednesday Absolutely Heading on right now As we speak, actually. Good on you. What was the best seat you sat in?

Oh, mine was the Emirates business class. They're not as good as Nicole's experience, but I didn't speak to anybody because I had my own little booth. So, yeah, it's absolutely beautiful. So you talk to me about business class. Emirates business class. You're a better class of traveller, obviously. You can look down your nose at the us economy slobs.

What's up there? What isn't up there? They've got a water fountain. I got to go into first class and have a look. And you've got your own little bar and cocktail area. You've got your own seating area. Yeah, it's absolutely beautiful. And the best of it was, oh, I got a free upgrade coming home,

so I didn't have to pay for it. Oh, my God. And can I just say, a water fountain seems hugely unnecessary on an airplane. Is it made from all the tears of the passengers back in the economy? Probably comes from kettle pass.

Now, is there a bar? Like a stand-up bar? I've seen those, yeah. So there's a stand-up bar and there's a little seating area as well and you've also got like your little TV up there and oh, it's just, yeah,

it's absolutely beautiful. What a wild world. Yeah. Front of the plane. I know, you've got to do it. Get your lost upgrade the next time you fly. Gee whiz.

I remember the one time that we did go, not quite as cool as that, but we went to, when we got upgraded to business class on a work trip and you were so tired you slept from even, we'd even taken business class on a work trip and you were so tired you slept from,

we didn't even take it off and you slept till we landed, Joe. And the person kept coming along to give you your meals. Three times they'd come along and they'd put it in front of you

and then they'd come back and take it away. And then he came back and put the little napkin out and you didn't wake up once. You said he would sort of create like a mountain of food trays.

I'm like, mate, he's not waking up. I fell asleep, 13 hours, non not waking up. I fell asleep. 13 hours, non-stop sleeping. Non-stop flight, non-stop sleeping. As soon as you stop talking, you go to sleep. That's what happens.

Love your work, Sharon. You go and have a great week, eh? Thank you. You too, Pop. Let's get Adrian on the phone from Wellington. Best seat you sat in, Adrian. It wasn't me. It was my friend.

She sat next to Ed Sereran on a flight from Wellington to Auckland when he came to New Zealand the second time. Oh, I hope she gave him a good old punishing. She said he was really shy and reserved. I suppose he would be. Yeah. You know what? He's not going to get on there and go, guys, guys, guess who I am?

It's Ed Sheeran. He's just arrived. Who wants me to play some affable songs on my guitar with my charming British wit? Did she talk to you? He flew like general economy as well. He didn't fly business class or anything,

so it was just general. I heard him talk about this actually because someone was saying in an interview, why don't you fly on private jets? And he's like, well, if I gave you, for example, $100,000 to fly economy, of course you'd take it. And it's the same for me.

Why spend $100,000 on a private jet where I can save that money? Because you're Ed Sheeran and you've got millions and millions of dollars. It just seems like a ridiculous amount of money in his head, which is so cool. But you'll make more money tomorrow. He's Ed Sheeran, you're right. You'll sell out two more stadiums tomorrow. He'll probably write four songs on his private plane that'll get him like nine times more than that.

But anyway, that's his rationale. Do you know what's funny? You mentioned that. Remember we were working at the Edge and we bought out

Jason Derulo. You know him. Yeah. On TikTok. He's quite a somebody. Somebody hit songs. One of the big

things about US stars is they don't like, they like private jets, not propeller planes. Apparently that's a thing. Yeah. And so they were like, oh no, we need to transport Darulo around New Zealand.

How are we going to do it? Because they were going to hire a little plane, but it had propellers. They booked him on Jetstar. They booked Jason Darulo on Jetstar. Didn't they? They got seat 1A, mate. They got seat 1A. He got seat 1A.

But then the lie that we had to keep up to his management was they thought Jetstar was an airline for stars, like celebrities. And so everyone on the tour had to be like, oh yeah, you're on this very special airline. And he,

so he was business class on Jetstar, very front row. 1A, I don't think. Yeah, 1A. And what he had to do also, you know,

do the emergency exit. He got the run through from the steward about, you know, here you need to pull this handle down and help the other passengers out. Broadcasting live

and mostly awake. Jono and Ben New Zealand's Breakfast on the hits. Now, I don't know if you have this, but sometimes you have something happen to you and you just want to have a little bit of a vent. You want to like someone to listen to your problem without going Was this you banging on about being stuck in traffic

for three hours yesterday? No, that was another thing, but you listened to me and I appreciated you listening to banging on about being stuck in traffic for three hours yesterday? Well, no, that was another thing. But you listened to me and I appreciate it. You listened to me. Ben was stuck in traffic for how many? Three hours? For about three hours I was non-stop driving around everywhere and it was just like, man, some people do this every day.

I know. And then I had to go here, and then I had to go there, and then I got home and had to drop the kids off and I was like, I've got to go back out again. But you vented and I took it. Yeah, you did. And you just listened to that rather than going, oh, it was your choice to do it.

Because I had an occasion last night. But mind you, I did think when you were telling me, you were like, I phoned the guy that cuts my hair. I was like, oh, can you do a haircut? He's like, yeah, meet me an hour away. And you're like, yeah, okay, I will. You had a choice then to go, I don't need to go. This is my problem.

Because last night when I got home, because it's rubbish day today, so I was going to put the bins out. We had a lot of recycling because we cleared out the garage. So we had lots of boxes. It got to that stage where I couldn't quite get all the boxes in my recycling bin. That's when you jump on top of it. That's what Jason Gunn did, didn't he?

Oh, jeez, it didn't work out so well. Got him some good press coverage though. And so then I looked around and I was like, oh, look, you start on the street, you look at other people's bins and you go up. And I was about 100 metres up the road until I found a bin. It was like half full. So you're distributing.

And I couldn't put any in, but I put them in the bin. I mean, it was already out on the road. I was like, oh, this is fine. I'll put this in. And just as I closed the lid, this guy's like, what are you doing? And I was like, oh, sorry. I was just putting my stuff in your bin.

Because mine was overflowing. This is happening tomorrow. Would you like me to take it out? And he's like, yeah, I would just putting my stuff in your bin. Because mine was overflowing. Because it's happening tomorrow. Would you like me to take it out? And he's like, yeah, I would. I was like, oh. But I've just told you my thing. But I'm like, are you going to put some more stuff in it? He's like, no, but it's my bin.

I'm like, oh. So I had to take all the stuff back out. Then I walked home. And I walked inside to the house and talked to Amanda, my wife. Did we look deflated? Yeah, I was a little deflated. I was like, you know what just happened? And I wondered,

this is my moment to, you know, to vent, to get this off my chest. And I was like, I was just going out there, the street, the guy wouldn't let me do this.

And she's like, well, were you putting stuff in his bed? I'm like, yeah, but that's not the point. You know, when you vent,

he should have said, yeah, no, that's fine. Yeah. But she was like, but you were, you were putting stuff in his bed

and you didn't have permission. You're like, you're my wife. Contractually, you're meant to agree with me. But you're right. But when someone, I was like, just you were putting stuff in his bin and you didn't have permission. You're like, you're my wife. Contractually, you're meant to agree with me. But you're right. But when someone, I was like, just listen to what I have to say. Don't give me the rational response. Yes, I was doing exactly what you see.

What do you want her response to be? Just go, oh, he didn't, did he? You tell me, you go, tell me. Okay, so I went out there. You know how a bin's overflowing? Went down the road. This guy needed a half full bin. I put the rubbish in his bin.

And then he came over and said, take it out. He wasn't going to put any more rubbish in his bin. But were you putting rubbish in his bin? Yeah, I was, but he wasn't going to take it out. But you were putting rubbish in his bin. So that's exactly what she did. I'm glad I'm not the only one now with rubbish distribution

issues. Usually it's on me. I'm doing illegal dumping all over town. Dumping in waste management bins. I was outside the back one now with rubbish distribution issues. Usually it's on me. I'm doing illegal dumping all over town, dumping in waste management bins. I was outside the back of a shop and they... Oh, you got told off, didn't you? I got severe roasting. I was outside the back of a shop. I had a bootload of...

I've always got a bootload of rubbish. I'll tell you what, I think I'm the problem for the ozone layer. I'm just dumping so much rubbish. And I was dumped it in the back of this, you know, sort of those ones behind shops, the big ones with the big lids dumped it in and then all of a sudden i hear what are you doing and you turn around you're like oh you know same thing you had you got no response i was like i'm just i'm just uh she's like what you're doing is worse than dumping

animals and i was like well no no it's not no i'm not dumping animals. And I was like, well, no. No, it's not. No, I'm not dumping animals. Like, it's not a crime. Yeah, now this is just cardboard boxes. She really elevated it. And it was a good, I loved going into that shop, but I can't go into it now. And you had to degradingly take stuff out of it.

And I was like, I can take it out. She's like, yeah, do. And so I had to climb into the bin, to climb into the bin, pick it all up. And she stood over me. She was like, that's not ours. That's not ours so I had to climb into the bin. To climb into the bin, pick it all up. And she stood over me. She was like, that's not ours. That's not ours. I had to pick everything back up.

Oh, my God. But were you putting it in the bin? And did she give you permission to do it? Yeah, but I just want you to go, oh. Were you putting it in the bin? Yeah, I was. And did you ask for permission to put it in the bin? No, no, I didn't.

And was it their bin? Yeah. Yeah, well, I see the point. Oh, and it's a lot more fun when you come back with that. I like this side of the argument, the other side of the argument. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram.

Now, a little bit of a back story. We'll peel back the curtain just a smidge. We have a run sheet for the radio show every day. Yes, this is planned, this radio show, or some of it. Yeah, you wouldn't believe it, would you? In fact, it probably makes you think less of the show where you're like, oh, they actually put effort in. I found out with the TV show, people would say,

they're like, oh, do you actually go and... You actually write that stuff. And then they judge you even more. They're like, oh, you've tried. That's what you came up with. And you've still ended up on this level. But anyway, so this round sheet we have every day. I've had a little chat bit, we call it.

You know, we just chat about stuff. So this will be your spot that year. This is my spot. This is all about me. And you just had honest waiter. I've had the honest waiter chat. And no one knows what it is. But for four days it's been...

No, six days on the trot. It's been bumped. Oh, really? Six shows on the trot. Now, finally it gets its airtime. This better be hot fire content. Highly anticipated chat, but this. Ring, ring, hello, radio awards.

I think we may have a winner for next year. 2022. Too soon to say. No, not too soon. No, tell them to print the certificates now. Oh, hey, are you still there? Oh, they've gone. Call them back.

Call them back. Ring, ring, hello. Yeah, radio awards. It's me again. Print the certificates right now. Honest waiter. The honest waiter. Is that what we're called?

Yeah, that's the one. No, but we've been travelling around a bit for this new show we're filming for TVNZ called Good Sports. And it takes us to some smaller locations around the country. It was really fun meeting everyone. And I was on my own and I went to a little eatery slash bar Ben Boyce, brasserie I think they call them and

the way, I think I had met the most honest waiter I've come across through my whole eating career where I walked in and you know, he goes how are you and you give the stock standard human response of I'm'm good, thanks.

And nothing else. You don't follow on with anything else. That's what we all do. We're all happy in that space. Yes, you're right. You don't actually really deep dive, really. And I asked him, how are you? And he said, he comes back with, what's got two thumbs

and just got a pash at lunchtime? And I was like, well, this is a fun game show, but there's no one else in here right now, so I'm going to guess it was you. And it was. He had hooked up with a fellow staff member, and it was a really good day for him. This is where his honesty comes out.

He's like, this is my last day as well, and I finally got the pash that I've been working for. How sweet is that? Work romance. He was on cloud nine just telling random customers he'd been patching out the back in the kitchen. And then I went through the menu and I was just looking at little bowls of chips and stuff to eat.

And he had checked out so much that he was like, he literally ran through all the dishes of the menu. He's like, that's crap, crap, crap, crap. Probably need a couple of drinks to have that. Crap, crap. I'd give that about a 7 out of 10. And I was like, you don't get honesty like that nowadays. He probably would have been fired

if it weren't his last day. But don't you appreciate honesty like that? That's probably quite nice. You're right. But that's their job to probably say that everything is amazing. It's good. They lie to you, don't you appreciate honesty like that? It's probably quite nice. You're right. But it's their job to probably say that everything is amazing. It's good. They lie to you, don't they? Well, he's like, no, that's a shocker, mate. You don't want to have that.

The aioli will stay on your breath for months. You won't get pashed in the kitchen. Oh, yeah. What a day. Yeah. And what a day for you, too. I mean. And won a radio award.

Yeah. Just now. Just now. From that honest way to chat. Just come through. Herald updates. Yeah. Just now. Just now. From that honest waiter chat. Just come through. Herald updates. Yep. Breaking news.

Jono Pryor wins 2022 radio awards. Entries aren't even open. Shut the awards down. Shut the awards down. Were you filming that as well? Probably get best video on that one too.

Yeah, we were filming that one. Best video 2022. Jono Pryor. The honest waiter. There we go. Standing ovation. Thank you, Bed Voice. Thank you, Juliet. Producer Humphrey, youo Pryor. The honest waiter. There we go. Standing ovation. Thank you, Bed Voice. Thank you, Juliet.

Producer Humphrey, you're applauding next door. I'm not worthy to work on this show. He's finished radio. There we go. Change the game just then. Add these two men together and somehow you'll get three quarters worth of a normal man. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. It's time for five words.

Five words for 5K on the hit. You're only five words away from a massive payday. It is our Game of Words Association. Five Words for $5,000. The World Tour kicks off. Well, it's kicking off. It's already kicked off and we're going tomorrow night. We're going to be in Christchurch at the Good Home Ferry Meet.

So come on down after work and you can win $500. I've also just signed a Netflix deal too for the Five Words World Tour, which will be a warts and all behind the scenes of the tour documentary. I'll be dropping very shortly as well. You'll be happy to know. Let's welcome in Rebecca from Morrinsville. Morena! Hi! How are you?

Bex, alright? Good, thanks. How are you? Yeah, good. Are you a Rebecca who likes to be called a Bex or you just prefer full-blown Rebecca? I normally have a nickname, but it's not either of those. Okay, good. Are you a Rebecca who likes to be called a Bex or you just prefer full-blown Rebecca? I normally have a nickname, but it's not either of those. Okay, well let's call you by your nickname. What is it? Chicken.

No further questions. We'll just call you Chicken. Alright, Chicken, yesterday I don't know if you were listening to the program, were you? Yes, I was. Sarah took home $5,000. The last word this morning to took home $5,000. The last word this morning to win Sarah $5,000 is farm. Farm.

Animals. Oh! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! What are you doing? I'm sitting on the side where I cry. Oh, Sarah, you've just won $5,000.

Yes. Oh, my God. She's very happy, and Producer Humphrey letting off his confetti cannon. I'm still, the confetti everywhere, I'm still pulling it out from inside of my body. I don't even know how it ended up there. But that could be you today, Rebecca, and we want tears, okay? Okay. Well, if we win, we want, yeah. Even if you lose, we want tears.

Just tears at the end of this. Who do you want to send into the soundproof booth to match five words with? I'll go for Ben. Oh, yeah, Boney, boys. I would have thought Jono on a hot streak. It would have been, okay. The soundproof booth, he's entering now. Cutting edge commercial radio technology, that soundproof booth.

If you had told me 10 years ago that one day I'd be hosting a show with a Soundproof booth, I would have said to you, well that's probably quite plausible given the way that the industry's heading. But that aside, Rebecca, you need to come up with five words that are going to match with Ben's, alright?

Okay. The first one, chicken, is poker. Match. Poker match, okay. What did you get for that? Me? Hmm.

Face. Poker, oh, the Gaga song. Yeah, but that's because we always play Lady Gaga, so that's why it's always in my head. We won't sing the second part of that now. The second word for you, Rebecca, is baking. Oh. Bowl?

Baking bowl. We can come back to that if you're a bit shaky on it. Yeah, we'll come back to that. Yeah, we'll put that one on hold. Third word, sink. First word that comes into your head when I say sink. Dishes. Dishes. Good call. Word number four, California. Girls? Oh, the Katy Perry song. Well, we've rudely edited out Snoop Dogg's hard work in that song on the hits.

Do you notice that? We don't play wah, wah. And the fifth word, fashion. Show. Okay, we'll jump back to word number two. You had baking. Cake. Oh, nice.

Great option. Those are five good words. Well done, Chicken. We'll get Ben Boyce out of the soundproof booth. The game. That is sweeping the nation. Put your vacuum cleaners away because this game's already swept the nation.

And he emerges out. So looking a little dishevelled, a slight sheen of sweat on him. I don't know what he's been doing in that booth. Just reflecting On life choices Listen Chicken did pretty well Chicken did

She did do pretty well There are a few curly words She got trapped on word number two That's all I'm going to say We'll get Juju to hit the music Any parting words for Ben? Rebecca? Don't stuff it up.

I'll try my best for you, all right? Almost threatening words. Yeah, it was. Threatening words. Love those words. It was tricky. It was tricky. Your first word, Ben, is poker.

Face. And just like that the dream is over sorry poker face from the high highs of yesterday to the low lows of today's sewer casino, cards

what did you go Rebecca? match poker match second word is baking. Soda. Sink. Dishes. Oh, we got one.

Oh, okay. Number four is California. Oh, I would have said girls, but I don't know if going on with the song titles are good. But girls? Oh, okay. And fashion. Show. Three out of five. The song titles are good for girls. Oh, okay. And fashion show.

Three out of five. Not bad. Okay, we started bad. It wasn't a complete pantsing. Rebecca, thank you so much for listening to the program. You did promise tears at the end of this, win or lose. Can we have some of those, please? No, not quite.

Sorry, Rebecca. I'm sorry about that. Another chance to play tomorrow morning. Five words, $5, please. No, not quite. Sorry, Rebecca. I'm sorry about that. Another chance to play tomorrow morning. Five words, $5,000. And don't forget, we'll be at the Good Home Ferry Meet Christchurch Thursday night for the Five Words Live Tour. Yeah, you did that. Yeah. Nah.

Yeah, no. The whole movie. Yeah, no. She'll be right. And at the end of the day. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. Spy.

No, what's up? Spy.co.nz. Around the office, we call Juliette's Lamborghini because these celebrities are going to have to strap themselves in and get ready for a wild ride. Over to you, Lambo. So just trending at the moment, Kim and Kanye have both agreed on joint custody over their kids in their divorce, which is usually kind of surprising.

You usually hear a bit of, you know, he wants one thing, she wants another. But it's nice that they've sort of agreed on that. Listen, divorces are messy, aren't they? No one likes breaking up and everyone's, you know, I can imagine probably an amicable divorce in history. Mind you, I don't know many divorces. But some do better than others, you're right.

Yeah, it's good that they've agreed on joint custody. Do it for the kids. They're the most important ones during this time. Yeah, you're right. 100%. That was a very sensible comment from me. And David Beckham, he is going to be coming to Disney+. So he's going to be mentoring young football players

in a new reality series called Save Our Squad. So young kids who are struggling in the football area who want a bit of coaching, David Beckham's going to be teaching them. Which will be really cool. Is it the acronym SOS? Save Our Squad? Must be. That's quite good. Is it like David Beckham's going in like Gordon Ramsey

for Kitchen Nightmares? What the f*** are you doing? Just tearing strips off the kids. Is that a free kick? My mate gets old. He won't be as brutal, sure. You couldn't save money, let alone a goal. Just ripping the kids to...

I hope it's like that. I'm sure it won't be. Being on Disney, I'm sure it will be. And yesterday we were discussing that Chappelle Corby, people were surprised that Chappelle Corby was on Australians Dancing with the Stars. She was the woman

who very famously was convicted, I think, of smuggling drugs into Bali and served time in a Balinese prison. So she was on Dancing with the Stars. Everyone was like, why is she on Dancing with the Stars? That's quite funny, but she's already been voted off last night. Oh, first night. You only mentioned it yesterday. I only mentioned it yesterday.

Short-lived, so I mean, maybe dancing wasn't her thing. Did her time in prison. Did her time on Dancing with the Stars. That's Chappelle Corby done. Exactly. Oh, that's fun. It's always good when you have, you know,

you can't imagine David Bain entering our Dancing with the Stars, would you? You know, our famous criminals. We've got convicted international drug trafficker, Barry. On Dancing With The Zod. Oh, we're going to do the Paso Doble today, you know? That would be a very interesting watch, though, wouldn't it? But you would imagine in bigger countries, they kind of Martha Stewart, for example,

we're talking about her. She went to prison for tax fraud. And now she's hosting a cooking show. They'll love it. They'll make jokes about her time in prison. Now she's friends with Snoop Dogg. Yeah. She is friends with Snoop Dogg. She is. They're good mates. They'll make jokes about her time in prison. Now she's friends with Snoop Dogg. Yeah. She is friends with Snoop Dogg. She is. They're good mates.

They do cooking together all the time. Bigger countries, you get a second chance. Not here in New Zealand, mate. Where you get one chance, you screw it up. We'll continue to chop your poppy down to nothing until you're dust. And that is five and more. You can head to thehits.co.nz. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone.

Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. I was having my morning food this morning. Otherwise, no one has breakfast. My morning food. Why do they call it morning food? They should call it morning food. That's a cooler name for breakfast. Then I got through, halfway through the Vogels,

and then I realised it was very mouldy. You know when you're not concentrating when you're eating? In room temperature Vogels, I tell you what the mould clings to that like I've clung to Ben for the last 10 years. Doesn't it just like, you leave Vogels out for 10 minutes at room temperature, boom! Covered in mould. I had the experience, I still remember

at school eating those little box of sun-made raisins and having at school going, you know how you just basically just tip them up. Yeah, because there's no way to eat those. I always had to hook my finger in to get them out. Yeah, so I did that at school and I remember like eating, chewing and going, these raisins taste a bit weird.

Looking down there and it was full of ants. I was like, you know. Had you already consumed them? Well, you started to consume them. You're like, ah. You're like, blah, blah, blah. Yeah, it wasn't really, you know, now I'm like, we've got to check the raisins.

Yeah, it was our fault from the pantry at home, not that I bought them like that, but yeah. Yeah, you always feel like your taste buds have been viciously cheated on when something like that happens. You're like, ugh. Yeah, I did that with the sour cream strawberry yogurt. That's right.

A few months ago as well. You've really got to be on your game first thing in the morning when you're eating, don't you? Because it can really get away on you. The good thing is that the penicillin levels, they're riding high right now. Oh, from the mold. Yeah, because it's good.

Mold is good for you. Yeah. Isn't it? I don't know. It's just had a bad marketing campaign, mold. But I guess it's good for you sometimes, but not good enough. Well, let's have a look. Let's have a look.

Houses that are full of mould is not good. Blue cheese has mould, and that's fine. It does. Cheese is just mould, isn't it? Yeah. Some moulds are helpful. Other moulds are harmful. What's like this?

Like good fats and bad fats, you know, like the fatty, you know, whatever. Yeah. Avocados are good fats. Then you've got like fried chicken would be bad fat Or whatever it is If it's outside mould's wonderful If it's inside mould is undesirable What do you mean? Inside a house

What about inside your body? It's fine In the natural environment i.e. outdoors Mould is very important And desirable because it hastens The decomposition Decomposition Because mould is very important and desirable because it hastens the decomposition of organic materials such as fallen leaves and dead trees. Yeah, so that's a...

But when it comes inside, that's when it becomes problematic for your lungs. Right. So it's got its benefits. Oh, there we go. I didn't think we'd start talking about that. Doesn't it say anything about if it's on Vogel's toast and you're eating half of that?

Is black mould good for you? Black mould. No, no, no. You don't want black mould near you. It causes allergy symptoms and can cause some severe respiratory issues. Oh, jeez. Black mould, which I guess is the stuff you can find on ceilings of damp houses and things.

So we get away, buddy, what do they call it? HRV? Oh, yeah, true. Do you got a dehumidifier in your house? No, not as such. No, we've got one running all day. Yeah. All day.

And honestly, it sounds like a 747 is taking off in our lounge. I don't know why, but we should turn that thing off. We're all very dry. There's not one bit of moisture inside of us. That's right. Jono's actually only 19. I'm not those raisins that you ate. We apologise in advance.

Sorry about that. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you into this. I'm sorry you've been dragged into this. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the heads. The heads. The heads.

The A to Z of New Zealand. It is the A to Z of New Zealand. Something we like to do on the show. We're calling a different town and city in New Zealand and calling them in alphabetical order so we learn about every town and city in our beautiful country. We're heading to Matamata today. It's located in the Waikato region

at the base of the Kaimai Ranges to Matamata today. It's located in the Waikato region, at the base of the Kaimai Ranges, Matamata. And I tell you what, if you weren't a fan of The Hobbit, or you have a dislike for words being repeated twice, then Matamata is probably not for you. It was filmed there, The Hobbit. Peter Jackson, Sir Peter Jackson filmed The Hobbit there, amongst many other locations throughout New Zealand.

Local time is 6.34, it's 11 degrees. The wind is running at 3 kilometres an hour and 98% humidity today in Matamata. And joining us on the phone from the local information centre is River. Good morning, how are you? Hi. It's Jono and or Ben, it doesn't matter which one, calling from the Hits radio station. How's it going?

Oh, we're doing really well. Have we got hold of the Matamata Eye site? Yes, yes. That is where I am at the moment. Now, this is not checking the eye side of local people in Matamata. No, it's not like Specsavers. No. No, this is for information, isn't it?

Information centre, yes. Okay, tell us one thing about Matamata. One thing about Matamata. Obviously, we're quite known for Hobbiton, fair enough. A lot of Hobbits around. Yep, right. You really hear it.

Force racing. Really nailed your foot to the floor in the old Hobbit theme, really, didn't you? Yes, yes. I don't know if you guys have been past the eyesight at all, but obviously, we're very well in themes. Yes, you are. You look like something from Lord of the Rings

or the Hobbit movie. You're from the outside. From the outside, yes. From the inside, just the normal, boring information. I'm trying to change that, though. If you come in a couple of months, there are a few changes. We're trying to theme the inside. Oh, what?

Theme like the outside. You wanted to flow on into the inside where the magic is lost at the moment. That's my goal. Oh, that's awesome. Do they make you wear novelty ears or something, like sort of hobbity ears? I wish. I suppose if we wanted to, we could pop

those on, but I guess it's a preference really for the team. A nightmare when you're on the phone though. Definitely. Aren't they falsies? And it's a crime, and I feel bad even saying this. I haven't seen any of Lord of the Rings. I've actually been to Maramata and been to the Hobbiton set and it was awesome.

Like, I had such a, even, you know, my daughters who were quite young at the time hadn't obviously seen the movies, but it was cool. The little Hobbit houses

and you walk along there and you go to the tavern. It's really cool. Yeah, I always try to encourage people who haven't been just to go, even just to have a look,

you know, so it's pretty sweet out there. It's really impressive to think, you know, they set this whole thing up for the movie and to see this massive, massive area of, you know, all it's pretty sweet out there. It's really impressive to think, you know, they set this whole thing up for the movie and to see this massive, massive area of all the Hobbit village.

It's cool. Yeah, yeah. I used to work out there, so I know how cool it is. Oh, you used to work, what do you mean? I used to be a tour guide out there. Oh, a tour guide. Oh, okay. Well, you must know a lot about Lord of the Rings.

Oh, I can talk up that place till the cows come up. I can talk about Lord of the Rings. We've got some cows. They're currently lost. They're away from home. We'll keep talking until they come back, okay? Okay.

Sounds good. So when about was this all filmed? Through the whole Lord of the Rings trilogy and then The Hobbit as well? Was it all in Matamata? I mean, not all of it. I mean, there's about

198 different locations throughout New Zealand. So I'm sure maybe you've probably even been to one that you haven't even... Yeah. I think you've been there, you know? 198? Like, is that where Peter Jackson would have gone, to 198 different places to film?

Yeah, of course. I mean, New Zealand's always quite a big location, so lots of cool places around, you know, South Island and... Yeah, and so what's the one fact that surprises you when you say it? Oh, goodness. One fact that surprises me. I have to think about when I was a tour guide. Goodness me. Well, I mean, the one

fact that I do enjoy, well, I used to enjoy telling everyone is that, and I mean, you guys have said you haven't seen the Lord of the Rings films at all, but in the party scene where Bill goes party. I've seen it. Jono hasn't seen it. He, I don't know why. It looks like everyone's drinking and they're being merry, but actually

all the alcohol that you think that they're consuming is non-alcoholic and it's actually a drink that you used to be able to buy down in the South Island called Sobering Thoughts and it actually only had 1% alcohol in it. Oh, so it was kind of like 0% beer before there was 0% beer.

Yeah, pretty much. So, you know, but they wouldn't tell the cast or the extras that, so they just thought they were getting drunk. Oh, they mind-tricked them into being... For the placebo there. Oh, that is an interesting fact. I don't know what you're talking about or what you're referencing, but I like the fact.

It's a hobbit party. You've heard of the hobbits, you know them? Now tell me, Matamata, how long you live there? So I've been here for about four and a half years now. A lot of free parking? Oh yeah, free parking for sure, definitely. Good Robert Harris I've been there, we've talked before. Lovely

subway, you know, it's got it all. Yeah, it's across the road. It's got it all. Good eatery. Robert Harris and a lovely subway. I've been there, I've been to both those occasions. Is the subway lovely or is it more lovely than other subways? No, it's nice. It's one of the, a lovely subway. I've been there. I've been to both those occasions. Is the subway lovely or is it more lovely than other subways? No, it's the nicest. Yeah, one of the loveliest subways I've been to. Don't they look the same?

Yeah, but hey, it's lovely. It's a mutter mutter. Yeah, and you're a good person too, River. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Well, you're laughing like you're not a good person. Oh, no. I think, you know, my friends would tell me that.

And low-level radio announcers will tell you you are as well, okay? Thank you. You're good on your river. You keep safe down there. Oh, thanks, Gary. You too as well up in Auckland. Oh, well, she was awesome. That's the A to Z of New Zealand.

It will continue again until we're phoned and annoyed every town and city in New Zealand. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the New Zealand. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Scrolling through your feed. It's time for Scrolling Through Your Feed, probably one of my top five favourite parts of the show, Ben Boyce. Oh, really?

Yeah, why do you sound surprised by that? I guess it's one of the five regular things that we do, so I guess that's why it's in your top five. But it is good for us to look at what's happening in New Zealand and around the world. Yes, and I tell you what, there's nothing, there's no bit of news that this man is not across. And on that note, congratulations to Tony and Denise on their three-year wedding anniversary. Ben Boyce, what's been happening overnight? Well, Popstars is back on TVNZ, the new series of Popstars.

That was the show that launched True Bliss' careers many years ago and sort of kick-started the format. The format that became Idol and X Factor was started here in New Zealand. So it's a new series of Popstars. You would have seen it on TV and people have been complaining about it. Well, because it was an unorthodox move

and we were discussing it yesterday from Television New Zealand, TVNZ, who played it on multiple channels at the same time. Smart move from them because, you know, it reaches a wider audience.

Maybe people on TVNZ1 go, oh, I like that. I'll continue watching that on TVNZ2. Well, they did it and I thought the ratings was awesome.

Combined ratings of over 700,000 people watched on both channels and then also on demand. So there's a heck of a lot of people watching the show. But guess what? Uh-oh. What?

Backlash. Up in arms. I love Backlash. Backlash. Not in 2021. Surely no Backlash. There's Backlash. Juliet's already got her arms hanging up in the air to prove.

Her arms are up. Producer Humphrey's got his arms in the air. Up in arms. Why are we up in arms? to prove Producer Humphrey's got his arms in there up in arms why are we up in arms backlash after Popstars replaces Fair Go this is a joke

so people fired up because one week Fair Go was not they're not just fired up mate viewers are calling for heads to roll really heads to roll

at TBNZ we want to decapitate their heads over the fact that Popstars replaced Fairgo for a night? This seems reasonable to me. One irate viewer called the decision brain dead. I'm never watching television again. They've retired from television viewing. After this, after one night of Popstars, another viewer was like,

ugh, time to renew my Sky subscription! I don't want my choices taken away from me, reads another viewer from Timaru. You've still got choices though, haven't you? You still do have choices, yeah. But obviously your choices are slightly limited for that one hour of that night. Mitch from Ashburton

said, you never hear the same programme at the same time on two different channels. Well, it's never happened before, has it? What are you thinking? Well, the good thing is, the good thing is that, you know, thank God there's not a worldwide pandemic to put things in perspective. That's a good point. It's almost like, let's release a bit more COVID back into New Zealand,

have another lockdown, then see if we've got things to complain about. Go outside and eat a sandwich. Something, I don't know, do something. I saw over 100,000 people complained in the UK about the Prince, too much Prince Philip coverage on the TV. And they're in lockdown. So maybe it's valid complaints about Fair Go.

There we go. Fair Go will be back. They'll still be bloody... You know what? They'll be investigating too, Fairgo. Them taking off the airways for a week. There'll still be money-grubbing used car salesmen putting their palms in front of the camera.

I'm looking forward to Pivowitzel going into TVNZ with the cameras going, what has happened? Why is Fairgo off the air last week going up to the bosses? That'll be a fun wee shoot. And that is scrolling through your feed this morning. Morning. This show contains traces of Jono and Ben.

The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Spy. The What's Up. Spy.co.nz. She's our gossip guru. The queen of Kardashian. The Dalai Lama of drama. The pope of pop culture.

The Ronald McDonald of ruthless takedowns. I've run out of these now. Producer Juliette at Spy. That was wonderful. Thank you very much. Now, the Friends reunion has been filmed, and there have been reports among many, many celebrity entertainment news sites and web magazines and everything

that Jennifer Aniston reportedly dropped some baby news during the reunion. So the word on the street is that she's adopting a baby girl from a little Mexican orphanage that she's always been a supporter of. She doesn't have any kids, doesn't have a partner. But then everyone's like, oh my goodness, oh my goodness, going to tune in for this, to watch this announcement.

But then TMZ has now come out and said that it's false. So it's all a little bit of a, is it true? Is it not? I guess we'll have to find out. One of the cast took a photo or something or posted something I saw or something and then they deleted it or something from the Friends reunion.

Yeah, Matthew Perry posted a photo of himself getting all made up for the reunion, but then quickly deleted it because apparently he wasn't supposed to reveal that they were filming. But then it was a bit different because the official Friends Instagram account had posted and that's a wrap. So it was obvious that they were filming. But then it was a bit different because the official friend's Instagram account had posted, and that's a wrap. So it was

obvious that they had filmed it already. So I don't know why that was a bit of a story. I thought it was the photo, like, revealing something a bit more than that. Yeah, yeah. A bit bizarre. Oh, he's using Mac Foundation. Oh, I see what sort of reunion this is going to be. They're all going to have flawless complexions.

Oh, good on her adopting. A friend of ours went to try to go through the adoption process, overseas adoption process. It is a mission. Really? Yeah, it got to the point where she's like, I just can't actually. Wow.

She's already got a child, but she wanted to adopt a child from like a Russian orphanage. And international adoption, there's just so many hoops to jump through. Well, it's a big thing. You're relocating a child. Yeah. I understand that. But it almost got to the point where she's like, ah, it's just not worth it.

Wow. You don't want people that are actually doing it for the right reasons. Yeah. And they actually can help out to go, oh, can't be bothered. That's the thing. And there's so many orphaned children out there that they need to be adopted. For sure. Yeah.

So she ended up adopting the child? Nah, she pulled out. Yeah, no, it was too much of a mission. She had to, yeah, they really, it was like, she tried for like

a year and a half. She gave it a good crack. Wow. Yeah, but it wasn't going to work out for her. But yeah, that's the thing. Very hard.

I don't know why people get into adopting for wrong reasons though. No. No, true, you're right. Unless you're a, you know, child collectibles sort of person.

Like that one of, what was the... Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The child catcher. That's a wild movie, have you seen that? I love that movie. I haven't for a while, but reflecting back on it. It's just like, this creepy guy rolls into town with his child catcher, like, call the police! So what's your job here? Says you're a child catcher Child catcher Yeah mate Yeah It's not my full time job It's a bit of a hobby Okay so more of a hobby Yeah

I just go around towns Collecting all sorts of kids And put them in my weird vehicle And we shoot off You all good if I pop in? Yeah we're okay Yeah Yeah alright

That was a wonderful redact It was Beautiful And just quickly Trend trending at the moment, Bridgerton has been renewed for season three and four by Netflix, so it's not going anywhere. And if you're a big fan, then there's a lot more binging to be done. No, I haven't seen a lot of it other than the awkward sort of ten minutes I watched

with my mum Jenny, and it was a little bit saucy. Was there a saucy Bridgerton? Oh, yeah, it was a bit saucy. And it was a bit awkward being her sitting in the lounge up north and watching that. Nothing more awkward. But one of the lounge up north and watching that. Nothing more awkward. But one of the main characters is not coming back. There was a lot of news and they reckon the rumour is that he might be the new James Bond. Ooh, that's a bit juicy.

So if that means something to you, that could, because it means nothing to me. This is going all over my head. Yeah, mine too, but apparently he could be the new James Bond. What was going on in the saucy scene with you and Jenny? Oh, not me. We weren't doing anything. I was sitting here having a cup of tea

and I've never finished a cup of tea faster in my life Turn it off Turn it off Turn it off I had a cup of tea

before being able to watch a little bit of British and I was so old my god I don't know I have done now Nothing more

awkward Well gee it was one of you had to leave A scalding hot liquid that I was drinking very quickly My esophagus is burning

but I cannot watch this movie with a scene with my mum. And that is five more. You can head to thehits.co.nz Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office, those two. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's Breakfast on the Hits. It's 8.53, you're

on the hits. It's BTS Dynamite. Jono and Ben with you. Now Millennial Max was like he detests that song. How could you hate that song? It's BTS Dynamite. John, I want to be in with you. Now, Millennial Max was like, he detests that song. How could you hate that song? It's such a happy song. Someone with no ears would still love that song. It's amazing, that song. It feels like that song has used every songwriting

slash commercial pop trope that you could use in a song to trick our brains into loving it. It's so catchy. You're not a human if you don't love that song. No, it's a great song. And they're coming to get us too. 5G, watch out for it, guys. Tinfoil hats.

Watch out for us, though. We're heading to Christchurch. The Five Words World Tour, the game we play every morning at 7.45 on the hits. We're taking it to the pub, the Good Home, Ferrymead and Christchurch tomorrow night, Thursday night. Come down after work.

Book in a babysitter and come join us. You can win $500 cash. I love how you keep saying book in a babysitter and come join us you can win $500 cash I love how you keep saying book in a babysitter is it like even if I've got no babies I just need someone to come and

stay at my house and I'll pay them $10 an hour yeah true on that occasion don't book in a babysitter you need to stipulate these things also the Herald

New Zealand Herald have just reported people already camping outside the venue for the 5 Words World Tour well that's silly you just register your spot at the hitstock.co.nz while they're camping outside well venue for the Five Words World Tour. Well, that's silly. You just register your spot at the hitstockco.nz. Well, they're camping outside.

Oh, they don't need to. They just go onto the hitstockco.nz and you can register for the Good Home Fairy Maid Cross Church tomorrow night. They could just be drunken patrons who have fallen asleep after a big night too. Probably, yeah. Yeah. But yeah, the Five Words World Tour. It's big.

It is taking the live scene by storm. First world tour since the pandemic, this one. And, you know, other radio competitions, they're trying to get on the bill. Secret Sound's phoning up saying, can I have an opening slot? Oh, really? Beat the Bombs like, can I get on there?

No. No, you can't, guys. This is all about five words. $500. The Good Home Ferry meet. And also tonight, we must say, because we had no accommodation, we just recklessly started promoting this world tour

and Ben was a bit worried about where we were going to stay. Yeah, well we're going down there, we've got nowhere to stay but the people from Orange Homes have gifted us a show home for the evening. Not a proper home. Not like an actual Airbnb or anything like that. Yeah, but a show home. They'll just be like, the taps won't work and there'll be nothing in the cupboards.

But it'll be a fun place to stay, the Orange Homes, plus we also get our daily intake of vitamin C. So it's a win-win thanks to Orange Homes. See the tie in there. Took me a while though. I was like, wow, they're leaving us vitamin C in there as well. Here's some baroccas. Have a great night in our show home.

That's all I need for a good night. Just give me a tin of baroccas in a show home. So that'll be plenty of fun. In the next couple of days we're down in Christchurch as well as that. We're on a mission to sit in the lucky seat at Eden Park. It's happening next Tuesday to hopefully unlock 50 tickets to 660, their concert. And we go in and we start to do some training over the next couple of days as well. Tomorrow, we're going to be talking to a Guinness World Record holder. This is someone who holds the Guinness World Record

for the most amount of seats sat in in a stadium. Why? I don't know. I don't care. But he's going to fill in some radio airtime for us tomorrow and we'll see if he's got any tips. You have yourself a wonderful Wednesday. We'll catch you tomorrow for the World Record holder,

Guy Williams, and much, much more. See you then. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from 6 on The Hits and via the iHeartRadio app. Jono and Ben on The Hits Breakfast. Much, much more. See you then.