Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - April 15 - Michael Galvin, Win An Ad, Iso-Legends

Episode Date: April 15, 2020

Jono's COVID19 complaintShortland Street's Michael Galvin called inWin An AdBen got his tucker stuck in the bathroom drawArt Green called inWe reward another Iso-LegendSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the ISO Luncheon! Please welcome your hosts, it's Jono and Ben! Welcome to the podcast, it is the ISO Luncheon in our second week now. How are you feeling about how things are going? With what, our careers in general? No, just this whole thing, yeah. Because we're number one on the iHeartCharts. You keep saying that, but you've never once checked and I don't think we are. Like, we're having fun.

We're having fun on the iHeartCharts. Are we even on the iHeartCharts? Are there iHeartCharts? Yeah, we are. Okay, well, listen, if you're listening to this, you're listening to the number one podcast on the iHeartCharts. I haven't checked, I'm only assuming. But homeschooling at the moment, isn't it?

The kids, how's that going for you? First day it's going great for me because I'm in here at work and the kids are at home with my wife Amanda who's also a teacher. Yeah, I'm a shocking teacher. I'm just, I just get angry. Right. I'll be one of those angry teachers. The one who goes out

and smokes behind the bush. Oh, we've got Mr. Pryor today yeah with a red face and turn up bloody hung over and be like oh yeah no I'll be that guy

well yeah it's a good thing you're not teaching full respect to the teachers though they're doing some good I think after this you know after this

everyone's going to go wow the teachers even more respect for the teachers having the parents having to do some of the teaching right now

literally no respect for the teachers all they're doing is loading up a dock on bloody google drive so but when they get back to their job a lot of respect for the teachers and today's podcast you can catch art green from the bachelor we've got dr chris warner michael galvin as well we try and surprise someone in fiji with uh dr chris warner because it's the biggest show in fiji we found out yeah and as well as that a really truly, truly amazing ISO legend, someone who's doing great work for New Zealand.

So enjoy the podcast. Jono and Ben's ISO luncheon on the hits. Jono, you've got a complaint. I do have a complaint. I don't want to bring the tone of the show down, Ben. I mean, we're family-friendly fun now. That's right. The three Fs is better than the three Ks.

Yeah, that's right. And the other F word. We could have said that in the past, not anymore. No, no, no. Not us. Get that filth. Get that smut off my earwaves. Yeah, exactly.

All right, this is fun for all ages. Yeah, yeah. Anyway, I have a COVID complaint. Now, you know, I... It's not the time. It's the time. Well, why else did I get into radio? Okay.

If I can't just force my opinions And complaints on others It's a questionable COVID complaint And you know Let's take aside the Horrendous death toll that This virus has had and also the disastrous Impact it's had on the international economy Granted that stuff's happening

And that's not nice but My complaint is When you're wearing a mask and sunglasses, it steams up your sunglasses and you can't see. Your visibility's at an all-time low. Right. That's my COVID complaint. I suppose, yeah, and then you're not meant to touch your face,

so what do you do? I know. I'm driving down the Southern Motorway literally blind, swerving over four lanes. Yeah, if you're wearing it in your car, that's your problem. It's just you in the car. I think you're okay, aren't you? So, yeah, that's my COVID complaint.

Yeah, have you got a questionable? Oh, I under the hits if you've got one. Oh, yeah, can I chip in with one? No. In the morning. I like watching breakfast TV. I get up in the morning. But they seem to, like, go, oh, the weather today.

It's going to be beautiful and sunny. And I was like, don't tell me that. I can't go outside. Why do I care for 10 minutes about the weather? The weather's just wonderful out beautiful and sunny. And I was like, don't tell me that. I can't go outside. Why do I care for 10 minutes about the weather? The weather is wonderful out there, but you can't go and experience it. It's like rubbing my face in it every morning, and they do it on the half hour. That is a very good point.

What is your questionable COVID complaint? 0800, that hits the telephone number. Let's hit them phones. All right. Who's this? Oh, Sean, welcome. Hey, boys, how's it? Oh, good, thank you.

Sorry, I'm a bit shaky. I don't know where to look with this phone system. Like there's names everywhere. Sean doesn't care, mate. Yeah, I really don't. This is enough that you need to worry or concern yourself with Sean. What's your questionable COVID complaint, mate? Well, usually when I'm on the phone,

I try to end the conversation by hitting them with, I better get going. But now people have started calling me out because they know I've got nowhere to go. So whenever I say it, they're just like, well, where are you going, mate? That's a good point.

You've got nothing to do. You can't ramp up conversations. On the flip side though, on the positive though, you can imagine how many niggly events this COVID thing has got people out of. I'm sure there's been a few weddings that people couldn't really be bothered going to.

Yeah, that's true. There's a plus side. Let's not focus on the negative. Yeah, a very small plus side. Hitting Christchurch. Charlotte, you're on the air. Welcome. So my COVID complaint is the surgical gloves that I'm wearing.

So my hands are just getting so sweaty inside of them. And when I take them off, it's almost like I've just been in the bath for too long. And they're so wrinkly. And obviously, there's no mutations or anything open. And my nails are completely ruined. Oh when I take them off, it's almost like I've just been in the bath for too long and they're so wrinkly. And obviously there's no beauticians or anything open and my nails are completely ruined. Oh, I feel your pain. I feel your pain, babe. I take mine off and they look like a prune

that has been sitting in a rice cooker inside a sauna for nine hours. They do. We've been wearing them for the ice at lunch and just to keep safe, haven't we? And they smell. Yeah, not good. It smells like,

my hands smell like the inside of a contraceptive. Okay. Well, thank you. There we go, my hands smell like the inside of a contraceptive. Okay. Well, thank you. There we go. COVID complaints. We can take one more. We've got Marty on the phone. Welcome, Marty.

Hey, g'day. How you going? He's an essential worker. You're driving a truck. Oh, good on you, Marty. I am. Good on you, buddy. What's your COVID complaints?

Sorry, I'm having a shock in here. You're talking. I'm talking. Can we get a Marty talk? We hear enough from you, Giorno. Marty, what do you want to say? Gior, you're the bloody same as what you were on the Rock Boys. No better.

That's for sure. You'd think after doing this for years you'd improve. They just keep moving us on to other stations. Yeah, I think you might run out by now. This is our last hope, Marty, that we need this call. Marty's slowly followed the downslide of our career. Hey, we're on the up now, mate. What's your questionable COVID complaint, Marty?

I can't buy a coffee anywhere. What about, like, your BP goes? I don't think they can make them in there at the moment, right? No one is selling coffees, even though they've been told they can, to the truck drivers. No one will sell us any. Oh, mate, you're going to have to take amphetamines. No, no.

It's the only option. Look, Marty, I'm going to hook you up with a Griffin's isolation snack pack, all right? Oh, thanks, mate. We'll send it your way. There's got heaps of yummy stuff in there. Griffin's Bickies, Eater Chips and Nuts, Huntley and Palmer's Crackers, all that is coming your way, all right? Awesome.

Keep up the good work. All he wanted was a coffee, mate. The ISO Luncheon with Jono and Ben on the hits. Shortland Street on air Monday to Wednesday on TV2 and available on TVNZ On Demand. And we've got a legend from Shortland Street on the phone with us right now. Dr. Chris Warner, Michael Galvin,

how's things in your bubble? You know, great, actually. No, it's very cool. I've got my daughter through the week and then at the weekends I drop her at mum's. So we've just been entertaining each other. I read somewhere that it's very important to maintain a structure. We haven't been doing any of that.

I find, too, this week's kind of been a tipping point. I mean, I came home yesterday, the kids were, like, eating the curtains. Yeah. I feel like the isolation's starting to unravel this week. Yeah. Been thinking a lot about Shortland Street. You guys must be getting anxiety that you're running out of episodes you've filmed, and when you go back to work, you're going to literally have to film 24 hours a day.

Yeah, pretty much. Pretty much. Yeah, because we shoot studio and we shoot location, and the location is a lot slower to shoot than the studio, so I think the plan would probably be no location, so we all do studio so rather than doing five episodes a week we're doing like you know six or seven or suddenly you've got a whole uh whole weeks with the episodes just based in the ivy yeah or how about doing it live shortland street live five nights a week shortland street live. This is genius.

There you go. Because at the moment, Shorty's on air Monday to Wednesday on TV2 and available, of course, on TVNZ On Demand. But how soon are you going to run out of episodes? I don't know the answer to that, honestly. I haven't – I don't know how many I've got up the spout. Ben, I don't know if you're a fay with Shortland Street, but Chris's main job is dealing with the DHB.

Not how many episodes they have in the bank. Okay? Have you guys ever played the DHB drinking game? Somebody told me about it. Or did you guys invent it? What's that? No. Well, when you're watching Shortland Street, whenever anyone says DHB, you have to take a drink.

Do you get to 7.30? Actually, speaking of Shortland Street, I was reading something online about you while I was looking up stuff to talk to you about. And Shortland Street's massive in Fiji. And you guys are huge stars. Oh, my Lord. Yeah, like the first time we went,

because we shot there twice, the first time we went over there, we were being driven from the airport to our hotel in Fiji and the cab driver was saying, oh, yeah, so this was like early 2000s, and Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake were like, you know, they owned the world. And he was saying, oh, yeah, we had Cameron Diaz

and Justin Timberlake here last week, but everyone's much more excited about you guys. Oh, really? I bet Cameron and Justin went travelling in a Battler cab from the airport. What we're going to do, we've got Michael Galvin with us, Dr Chris Warner from Shortland Street. Huge in Fiji, Shortland Street. We're going to make someone's day in Fiji right now.

Are we? What are we doing? We're going to call Producer Jude. I can see Jono's handing laptops around the studio. I don't know what's going on here either, Michael. I'm cooking something up here, Michael. Okay, what are we doing? I don't know if this is going to work.

It might not work. Millennial Juliet, we're going to phone through here, Michael. Okay, what have we done? I don't know if this is going to work. It might not work. Millennial Juliet, we're going to phone through to Fiji. Okay. And we're going to say we've got Dr. Chris Water on the phone. If you said that, they probably won't know who I am. This is going to be one of those change, change your life moments. You reckon?

Yeah. I don't know. Bula, who's this? Bula Vinaka is speaking with Vika. Vika, it is Jono and Ben from the hits in New Zealand, the world's highest rating radio show. How are you both? We're doing all right.

You'll never guess who we have on the phone. Ah. Sunny Gu? Sunny Bill? No, not Sunny Bill. That would have been good, though. Sunny Bill would have been great. We wish.

Sorry, Michael. Sunny Bill. Okay, so you might be a bit disappointed. We have... Do you watch the show Shortland Street? Yes, I do. Oh, you do? You'll never guess who we've got on the phone.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's Dr Chris Warner himself, Michael Galvin. Oh. Hello, Bula. Bula Vinaka, how are you? I'm very good, thanks. I'm very good. I'm all kind of self-isolated and everything. How are you?

I'm well, thank you. Oh, good. And do you watch Shortland Street? Yes, I do. Out of all the days you've had in your life, where is this ranking as the greatest? Don't say that. Top three? I'd say top five.

Top five? Okay. I think you're being very polite. Sorry I'm not Sonny Bill. Yeah, that would have been top one or two if you were Sonny Bill. I really do. I really wish I was Sonny Bill. You have a great day. Likewise. Thank you a great day. Likewise. Thank you for your time.

See you again. Listen, that could have gone one of two ways. It sort of middled. It did. It went all right. Hey, we'll take that one. We'll take it middle as a win. Do you think Dr. Chris Warner now is less famous than Nurse Jenny from Invercargill?

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, it doesn't take much to be more famous than me, so yes. Yeah. I would say yes. Shoreland Street needs to find a way to weave in Dr. Ashley Bloom yeah, yeah. No, it doesn't take much to be more famous than me, so yes. Yeah. I would say yes. Shoreland Street needs to find a way to weave in Dr. Ashley Bloomfield. Oh, yes. Maybe he comes in. Yeah, that has to happen.

Has a rampant affair with someone. I don't know if that's quite his style. That has to happen. Oh, my God, that has to happen. That would be a brilliant cameo, wouldn't it? And everyone's, like, totally starstruck. And we could have, like, Sonny Bill Williams at the same time. Just get him in there. Maybe he could have like Sonny Bill Williams at the same time. Just get him in there.

Maybe he's operating on Sonny Bill Williams. Getting him back to play for the All Blacks after going to league. And then we phone the lady from Fiji and it is the greatest

episode ever. We've written it and we're doing it live. We're doing it live in three weeks time, all right? Yeah, and she'll be very polite

and she'll say, this is definitely in my top 10. Oh, well, you're doing a great job. Thank you so much for chatting to us. Stay safe in my top ten. You're doing a great job. Thank you so much for chatting to us. Stay safe in your bubble. What's he doing a great job of? He's doing nothing.

He's doing a great job. He's doing a great job and you guys, you guys are doing a great job. Thank you. You guys are awesome. Well, I don't know if you just heard our call to Fiji, but we'll take that. Thank you. Stay safe, Michael. Lovely talking to you. These two germs are the 0.1% hand sanitizer can't get rid of.

Jono and Ben's IsoLuncheon. All the hits. Don't tell the sales department because it's Jono and Ben's Winning Ad. Yeah, we were going to do Winner Dad, but Ben didn't want to face his child support issues. No, that's right. Not on this family-friendly station in my house. We'll hide those away.

Yeah. Brush those secrets away. So this is basically a very simple game. We're going to phone up a hard-working New Zealander and give them a chance to win an ad on the radio station. All they need to do is fill in the blanks. Yeah, they just don't know they've won an ad yet. I think that one's engaged.

I do. That's the old engaged. Producer Juliet, are you on a task? Under height, you're stressing out now, Julie. Yeah, look at the hill of it. I'm going to try again. Okay, so we've got to go through to a four square, I think, in the South Island.

Let's see if... There's two in a row there. Two and a whole. A couple of black marks against your name there, Julie. I've got to another four square, shall I? I mean, this is priceless at the moment, too. Literally, because these people aren't going to be paying for it. No, that's right.

We're handing out free advertising. Free ad at the moment. They've just got to fill in the blanks. That's how it works. I've been actually dialed through this. We've got to. How are we going to do it, Paul Jr.? We can keep talking about Mark Morrison returning the Mac, if you want.

This is a four square. Thanks. Thanks, Drew. I like how she handles herself under pressure, too. We were just laying on the garbage there And she just did not She ignored us Yeah, well

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And their wonderful staff, who sometimes like to reveal a secret about themselves live on the radio. My favourite underwear colour is my tartans. Oh, tartans. That's a great secret.

So make sure you check out Stuart Island Foursquare, that's a wonderful secret. That's a great secret. So make sure you check out... Stewart Island Foursquare, pride of the deep south. Oh, wonderful. Well done. How is Stewart Island at the moment through lockdown? Well, you've been in isolation for years. Yeah, that's it, hey.

We've just been testing the money so far, and now it's the time to put it on the table. So, no, we're all good. We're all good. Everybody's happy and healthy, and we're pretty stoked that we've got a double border going on. You know, that's our biggest up right now. I suppose you have, aren't you? Because you're an island and also that, yeah.

Aren't we lucky? A border inside a border with a free mate from Mother Nature. And what are they stocking up on on the island? What's the biggest selling item? Biggest selling item, we've seen a small increase in alcohol sales, so that's something that's happening. Yeah, my wife's sitting here next to me and she's saying Stone's Ginger Wine.

That's the one. Yeah, right. I love the first thing all New Zealanders do in the face of Armageddon is literally run to the booze shop. Have I got enough booze? You're sort of doing mental calculations, aren't you? If I'm going out, I'm going out drunk.

And so now we're all starting to understand what happens after a big night on the booze and why the toilet paper increases. Maybe that's why everyone's stocking up on toilet paper. Hey, you have a lovely day in Stewart Island. Stay safe and thank you for all the work you're doing for the community. Good one, boys. Appreciate the plug. Have a good day. Appreciate your work too.

Jono and Ben's ISO luncheon. All the hits. Now, a lot of people at the moment are in lockdown, you know, and you relax your standards. That's what happens, you know, because you know no one's going to come over and visit. Yeah, you do. My standards have not done anything.

Maybe they got better. Yeah, they slipped a very long time ago and I've just kept them in at their very low bar. But over the weekend, over the Easter weekend, I was like, well, hey, I'll just stay in, you know, pyjamas for the day. But I want to send out a public service announcement that maybe that's not a good idea

because I had a wee pyjama-based incident. So I so i wore my pajamas through the day and i was like this is great loving it the freedom you know it's sort of but you'd be in like the little thomas the tank engine number what are you in i don't know some simpsons pajamas simpsons pajamas yeah long pajamas you know like the pants ones but you know you nothing underneath you know you're just kind of you're relaxed what do you mean nothing's underneath well you know, you're just kind of, you're relaxed. What do you mean nothing's underneath? Well, you know, like, not much is underneath. Oh, not much is underneath. Oh, and no underwear. No underwear underneath.

Yeah, right, okay. You're just enjoying freedom. But then I was like, I was relaxed, but I wasn't too relaxed because I was like, well, maybe I need to trim my beard. You know, maybe I'll spend half a day doing that, you know, like. Are we talking about the beard on your face? Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm very confused.

Yes, I am. So I was like, I'll go take the clippers to the mirror in the bathroom and trim the beard on my face. It looks good. Thank you. So I was fishing for a compliment. That's all I wanted to talk about. No, but what I did.

I hadn't paid tribute to his three-day growth. That was my roundabout way of getting to that. No, what I did though is I went, you know, when you shave your face, you lean into the mirror. So you lean in quite close to check what you're doing. But what I didn't realise is that under the cabinet, the drawer was partially open and because the things were kind of a bit loose down there, my bits and pieces had gone into the drawer and I pushed the drawer shut, but I had no idea where the pain was coming from because

I'd pushed the door shut on my bits and pieces as I was like, oh my God. And you're kind of stuck. You're stuck. Because the pressure of your legs is against the air. Yeah. I was like, oh yeah, like, and it took me a little bit, like honestly, it took me about 10 seconds to work out. Did you're kind of stuck. You're stuck right up. Because the pressure of your legs is against the air. I was like, oh, yeah. It took me a little bit. Honestly, it took me about 10 seconds to work out.

Did you have to cut them off? No. What? Seems like the only way out. No. Like that guy who chopped off his arm in that movie. 127 hours. I don't know what to do.

Sorry. I chopped them off. Darling, get the scissors. The ISO Luncheon with Jono and Ben on the hits. You'll know him from The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Your Dreams. It's Art Green. How's it going, buddy? Yeah, good.

No matter what the circumstance, he always sounds so sprightly, fit and handsome. And I can't even see you right now. Well, I can assure you I'm very handsome today. I'm glad, I'm glad. I mean, I had spoken to you earlier in isolation. I was like, please don't let yourself go. You did say that to him, right? Yeah, I need something to look at on the internet,

some little shining light. What's been the laziest thing Art Green's done during isolation? Oh, wow. Have you pulled chips out of your belly button or something? Well, actually, if you look at Art's Instagram story over the last 24 hours, you were in your garage shirtless doing workouts, so I don't know if he was pulling chips out of his belly button, Jono.

I mean, I've had a couple of days where I've just sat around and binged out on some shows. From one extraordinarily fit man to another. I'm referring to myself there. Yeah? Oh, okay. Well, don't say it like that. Don't be like, oh, okay.

I was like, who's coming in? Who's going to ask this question? Oh, wow, you've got Sunnyville. Sunnyville. Please welcome Sunnyville. Are you doing the Les Mills workouts on TVNZ with those bloody people jacked up on supplements

in the middle of Lake Wanaka for some reason? Yeah, they're all on pre-workout. It's just buzzing. No, I haven't. I didn't even know. I hadn't even heard about them. Haven't you seen it? Well, Art, you've been recommending,

I was actually reading online, a seven-minute workout, which sounds quite intriguing. Yes, i have actually it's like 12 different exercises um and they're all just using your body weight you don't need any equipment and you can make it as hard or as easy as you want yeah it's this workout called like the seven minute scientific workout or something like that and you can run through it as many times as you like but yeah i think it's great there's quite a few um programs on youtube free ones we're talking about the other day jonah and i have been

getting into this guy joe wicks who's like a uk uh health coach guy and he's he's great he's pretty cool i love him because he's like oh that's savage you're like whatever mate you're fit you're not you're not feeling that at all but jonah's watching one with a guy with prison weights oh yeah it looks like he's uh just been released from prison for aggravated robbery or something. And he's like in a junkyard, bench-pressing Rottweilers. I often think about that. You know, you see those movies and these guys are just in prison lifting weights all day.

And I think, you know, that would be the upside of going to prison is that you could just solely focus on just getting real jacked. That's the thing. The problem is there's a lot of downsides. Now, Art Green, speaking of what you do with your health, we were on a Zoom call with you the other day

and you showed us your freezer and inside there was a very unusual thing inside your freezer, I would say. Yes. Dead bodies. And that's why he's talking about the positive side of prison because he's about to go there. No, I've got it filled with water.

I fill my freezer with water and I turn it on and I've sort of kitted my freezer out first. I've sealed it all and made it all so that I'm not going to die and be electrocuted. So then the water gets down to about 4 degrees Celsius. It freezes over on the top, so it's like lots of chunks of ice.

And I just sit in there for about between 2 minutes to between 2 and 10 minutes. And what is this doing to you? What is this doing apart from shrinking important body parts? Yeah, it definitely shrinks those body parts. I bet it does. It might have shrunk just hearing you talk about it. The main reason I do it is for the mental health benefits of it. And so that to do with kind of building resilience and stress relief

and, yeah, like basically increasing my stress tolerance. So the idea is that I can kind of control my stress response in that stressful environment, which is in the cold. And then that means that stressful things don't stress me out as much in the real world. Because you're like, there's going to be no more stressful moment in my day than currently sitting in Arctic cold water.

Sitting in my freezer under my house. Wanted to look at the video. Got Art Green with us on the phone. Now, of course, Art, you were New Zealand's first Bachelor. And when that show was on a few years ago, Jono, you had a theory. He went around telling a lot of people about the theory about Art and Matilda. What was the theory, Jono? Oh, listen, every time we talk to you, Art or Matilda, he always brings this up.

We're on our 89th radio station now, so we need to tell the people. He always brings this up, but my stance has not changed. Art and Matilda's relationship is based on a contract they signed with MediaWorks, and this baby, Mike McRoberts, I thought you were going to call the baby. Yeah, McRoberts, yeah. McRoberts, yeah, that's part of the contract.

So, John, I thought you guys were like, oh, they're only staying together because they have to. They're not a real couple. The house they're living in is a TV set right now. Exactly. Art knows it. He's not afraid to admit it. How many years in now?

Five years into the contract. Five years in, yes. I must say, as each year goes on, my argument tends to become a little more watery. They've got babies, they've got chickens. No, meatyweights have got deep pockets.

Meatyweights do, they do. Nothing wrong with that company. Art Green, listen, love your work, mate. You're a bloody great man and always an inspiration. What am I saying? I don't know.

You're trying to end on something nice. I'm an inspiration, say it. He's an inspiration. From one fit man to another. I would hope I inspire you as well, Art. All right. Stay safe in your bubble. It's always good to catch up, buddy.

Yeah, love you guys. See you, matey. One hour of mildly entertaining radio. It's Jono and Ben's Iso Luncheon. On the hit. We're going to end the show by rewarding another great New Zealander. Yes, the Iso Legend. You can nominate an Iso Legend. Just text who that person is to 4487. Isolungin, on the hit. We're going to end the show by rewarding another great New Zealander. Yes, the Isolengin.

You can nominate an Isolengin and just text who that person is to 4487. A little bit of a back story about what they're doing through these tough testing times, Ben. Yeah, thanks to GrabOne, we're going to reward them with a $250 GrabOne voucher. Hi, Mel speaking. Mel, J and B. Hi. It's J and B. We were going to go with B and J But we decided not to Not on a family friendly station

Mel you're on the air You're on the hits Someone has nominated you For today's ISA legend Oh wow that's so awesome Yeah tell everyone what you do I'm a nurse at the moment Working on kind of the front line

Working with COVID-19 patients. Oh, so you're doing the testing? Sometimes, kind of. I'm more working in like an isolating facility. Oh, my God. So you're putting your body on the line here. Are you shoving bloody half a metre rods up people's noses to do the tests?

Hopefully not half a metre rods. May have exaggerated that by... Not that far, not that far. Don't scare people, but it's pretty far. Yeah. I imagine each day you have to be so meticulous and careful with what you're touching, what you're not touching, all that sort of stuff.

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, we've got good personal protective equipment and we're good at using it. Yeah, interesting change for me because I normally work in an ED where it's all busy, busy, but this is very organised and you have to be very accurate.

But yeah, I'm really liking it. Good. I thought you were going to say interesting change for me. I was working in real estate and just got into this last week. No, no, I knew what I was doing before. Can I ask a question?

So what happens to you when you go home? Are you having to self-isolate? Are you having to be by yourself? I don't go home. I stay. Oh, right. At the hospital? It's not the hospital.

Oh, the unit, sorry. I stay on site just because I am in close contact with people and I don't want to spread it to my family. Do you get paranoid? Like, oh, have I got a temperature? Do you get that sort of thing that goes in your head because being rounded all day? Nah. I'm pretty healthy at the moment. I'm not too

worried because I've got lots of good equipment and know how to use it. So it's just more of like a precaution for my family at home. You sound like an assassin there. I've got a lot of good equipment and I know how to use it. Hey, listen, you, out of all the people we've spoken to have been absolutely brilliant. Don't rank them. I'm going to rank them.

She's currently our number one seed. Okay? The rest of you pick your game up. It's not a competition. No, what you're doing is amazing. So thank you so much. Oh, thank you. That's so kind.

That is a selfless act you are doing there. Good on you. Hey, you've got a $250 GrabOne voucher. And I tell you what, you can buy yourself. Oh, that's awesome. You can go and get yourself some premium export quality New Zealand beef, baby. Oh, really? It's amazing the things that are on there.

Do you want a set of printer cartridges? Go grab them if you want. I'd rather have like a nice massage or something. Well, that's always there. I'm sure that'll be on there as well. You can enjoy that after lockdown. What did you say you want? A pack of meat patties, did you?

Well, go and buy them on Grab One. Your everyday essentials delivered today. Thank you to Grab One and thank you to you, Melissa, for what you're doing GrabOne. Your everyday essentials delivered today. Thank you to GrabOne, and thank you to you, Melissa, for what you're doing right now. Oh, thanks, guys. You're awesome. Cheers. Lovely to talk to you, mate.

What an honour. Yeah, you too. Great New Zealander. Again, I stole that from Radio Hodakings. Make it our own. Tomorrow on the show, The Ice of Luncheon, we're back from midday on the hits, and a very exciting guest joins us.

The biggest doco, it seems like the biggest show in the world right now is the Tiger King documentary on Netflix. Even if you haven't seen it, you would have heard about it. You would have seen pictures of Joe Exotic. Well, we're joined by Jeff Lowe, who's one of the stars of the documentary.

Here's a wee taste. Jeff, what I also really appreciated through the documentary was when you were telling your side of the story and you would reenact Joe Exotic's bits, you would put on Joe's voice, which I thought was a bang-on impression of him. Can you give us a little taste of Joe Exotic?

I'm Joe Exotic, the Tiger King. Get back, you bitch. It's a family show. Well, they watched the Tiger King. The Tiger King wasn't really a family show, but that was a great impression. Does Joe appreciate the impression of him?

You know, I don't know if he's ever heard it. So yeah, Jeff Lowe, tomorrow one of the stars of the Tiger King. We ask him all the big questions. Does he think Joe is guilty? Is he Carol Baskin's first husband? That's a rumour going around. And what's happened to the Tigers now? Yeah, this is tomorrow.

Very exciting. New Zealand, you stay safe. Stay sanitised. Good day, Aotearoa.