Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - April 30 - We Were Joined By The Great Richie McCaw!

Episode Date: April 29, 2021

Richie McCaw has a new video series out with his wife Gemma, called "McCaw's on Tour", where they tour NZ and participate in a bunch of unique activities, so we caught up with him about it this morning. Jono also reckons his dad has had the most amount of jobs, and we wanted to see if anyone could beat him with the most amount of jobs they've had in their lifetime. Finally, Ben brought a fun wee game to the table called Grandma's Green Underpants... Enjoy the 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 potty today, Friday the 30th of April 2021. Now this means nothing to the podcast audience. But Ben Boyce, you've switched microphones and positions today, and it's put me out of kilter. Yeah, it's put me out.

Yeah, it has, because the mic's not even on. Oh, there it is. I told you it put me out of kilter. Are you on now? Yeah, I'm on now. Yeah, it's put me out of kilter a little bit as well. I was used to sort of being over the other side, but now I'm in the middle.

No one really wants to hear. It's a boring story, but the headphones weren't working. Well, no, it'd be like, you know, let's just say the Silver Ferns go out to play a game of netball, and it's like... Didn't wear your shoes. Yeah, didn't wear your shoes. Or, hey, should we all just for fun swap positions today?

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, that's an example. Okay. You know, I'm sure you'd get by, but it wouldn't feel right, you know? And it's a little bit weird, but anyway, I'm here in the middle of the studio, which sounds the same. So, actually, does that render this whole conversation redundant? It probably does, to be honest.

Today on the show, Richie McCaw. Now, Richie McCaw, we've never had on the radio before. But for some reason, you had his number. I don't know how I obtained Richie McCaw's number. Weird. I'm not a number guy. I'm not like, oh, I've got to get your number. Yeah, I don't know where you got's number. Weird. Yeah, like I'm not a number guy. I'm not like, oh, I've got to get your number. And I don't.

Yeah, I don't know where you got your number. You had it like for about the last sort of 10 years you've had his number. And we have tried, without a word of a lie, 50 times probably throughout the various radio stations we've been working to call Richard McCaw. Oh, call Richard McCaw about this thing. We'll call. Not once has he argued.

We even talked to Kieran Reid, who played with Richard McCaw in the same. Not once has he argued. We even talked to Kieran Reid, who played with Richard McCaw in the All Blacks, took over from Captain C, and we got him to call Richard McCaw on the same number from his phone, and he still wouldn't answer for Kieran Reid. Remember that? That's right. So he doesn't answer for anyone. And so listen, we've been doing this job a long time, never interviewed

Richard McCaw. Harassed him a lot. Is it harassment if he doesn't answer the phone? Probably not. Because we never left the message. Yeah, so he would never know that he was being, well, he wouldn't have known that we tried to harass him. No.

We attempted harassing. Yeah. So this is the first time we've interviewed him. Yeah. There were a few Ts and Cs. Don't talk about rugby. Why would you want to talk about rugby with him? Well, it wasn't about rugby, though.

No, no, it was a travel trip, though, but surely. So why are we going to get into rugby? And don't talk about personal stuff. No, I know it was a travel trip though, but surely. And don't talk about personal stuff. But then I noticed you delved into a few Gemma questions. That's because you're a good interviewer.

The things are about, no, we covered it beautifully. We covered it beautifully. It's an excellent interview. Well, because the

thing is, it's a really cool idea. They're doing it for Tourism New Zealand. You can catch it on stuff.co.nz. Richie and Gemma are travelling around New Zealand, so of course I'm going to ask them about Gemma because they're travelling together. You can catch it on stuff.co.nz. Him and Richie and Gemma are travelling around New Zealand

so of course I'm going to ask them about Gemma because they're travelling together. But they said no personal questions. No, it was personal questions about the relationship. And you asked him what he likes to cook

and I was like that's a personal question. No, but that was in relation to what they were doing on... I see the game you're playing, mate. No, they cooked on the show. On the little share. What you're doing,

it's an interview tactic that's been used in the past. You're using the initial subject i.e. travelling around to then bounce off into personal areas. No, I'm not. Therefore, tricking the interview subject into answering personal questions. Believing it's under the guise of their initial topic that they're

there to promote. No, that's it. You've done it for years and now I'm outing you. You won't even look me in the and now I'm outing him. He won't even look me in the eye. I'm outing him. It was all relating to what we were there to talk about. Because they were like,

I'm sure Richie would have no problems talking rugby and no problems talking personal stuff, but that's what we were there to talk about. Yeah. You know?

And I know he sucks at the brief. I remember you went to Jumanji to interview Kevin Hart and The Rock and you're like, Kevin Hart and The Rock, talking about Jumanji, how are your relationships with your children? And I was like, that's a great play,

because they think it's initially a Jumanji question. Well, you pretty quickly segued to something else. Yeah, I know, but enjoy the Richie McCaw interview. I've got a plunger today. I don't know, what's this plunger for? Is this for when you were trying to stick it on my head? Yeah, I saw something online on the internet where a guy would run around and put a plunger on bald people's heads,

bald men's heads in particular. And I thought, oh, great, so I got Millennial Max to get us a plunger. And I was like, this is going to go great. I'm going to follow John around all day and stick it on the head. It didn't stick to your head at all. No, which makes me believe, or leads me to believe, that maybe the internet video might not have been as pure

as you mentioned. Yeah, maybe that's it. It lied to me. That's the problem. We've all become so... Speaking of plungers, I noticed you plunge a lot with your family.

How are your family? Well, it's funny you say. Things are on the rocks, actually. And thank you for getting me here for this plunger interview. Good on you. Have a great day. Enjoy the podcast. Two dads just trying to fill some airtime.

Some might say it's pointless, but the main thing is it fills in some airtime for us. That is the main thing. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Now, Tourism New Zealand has teamed up with Richie and Gemma McCord to showcase epic experiences from for more around New Zealand, inspiring Kiwis to get out there trying something new, getting amongst it, because there's some amazing things to check out in New Zealand.

And on the phone right now, we have got Richie McCaw. He's talking about his new series, as I just mentioned. You can catch it this week on stuff.co.nz. It's called McCaw's on Tour. I think he's there. Hopefully he's being handed over. Have we got Richie? Hey, guys. Richie here. Oh, Richie McCaw. How's it going? I think he's there. Hopefully he's being handed over. Have we got Richie? Hey, guys.

Richie here. Oh, Richie McCaw. How's it going? Sportsman of the decade, Richie McCaw. How you doing? I was surprised you don't answer the phone with sportsman of the decade, Richie McCaw. Do you ever say that?

No. No, I don't. Yeah, no. If I was you and I ever got into a disagreement, I'd be like, are you disagreeing with the sportsman of the decade? Richie McCaw. How you been anyway, mate? Very good, thank you.

Real good. This is a very exciting thing you and Gemma are doing, travelling around the country. McCaw's on tour? Yeah, it's been a lot of fun, actually. I'm pretty lucky to get a chance to do that. Obviously, show Kiwis that we can do a lot of things in our own backyard over a weekend.

Been pretty lucky. Had a good look around the Bay of Plenty and down Chorlund and then, yeah, the third one we're looking to get up in Taranaki. So, yeah, now we've been a bit lucky. Now, Richie, I'm going to ask you an honest question here. I want an honest answer. Was this just a free way to get a great annual trip away with the family? Well, it saves him to think too much more about holidays.

It sort of helped out just with the planning. But I think what I've been reminded of is how cool our place is, our country is. And actually, you know, you think of all the areas you'd go, all the things you'd go to that you know about, there's so many other things that actually I would never have even thought about or looked into.

So you went to where Gemma was, spent some time growing up in the Bay of Plenty, right? Did you find out anything interesting going there that you didn't know about your wife? No, I didn't find out anything about Gemma. I didn't know, really. The one thing is, she actually kept under... I didn't know exactly what we were doing

and ended up, we went out fishing. And I thought, oh, that's just sort of kept me happy. But it turns out, I didn't actually realise, but she used to go out with her dad fishing all the time. She left her two brothers at home, but she was the one that was out there. That's cool. Oh, so she's been hiding her secret fishing from you.

I love fishing. If you've seen the video, you'd see she didn't get on too good with the fishing rod. She didn't find a fish. Well, I see, because I can imagine you're both professional athletes. Your marriage must be very competitive, because I've seen the vitamin commercial

you guys are competing as well does everything turn into a fun little competition in the relationship? There's a few things that do turn out like that if you're playing a board game that becomes quite competitive I've stacked the dishwasher nine times this week

you're only on eight those sort of stats In one of the episodes you came out you're cooking with some of the stars from MasterChef. I want to know, Rich McCaw in the kitchen, do you have a go-to meal? Is there something that you're really good at? To be fair, I'm pretty useless in the kitchen.

Talking about the dishes, I'll do the dishes any day. Food's put on the plate. But I've got to say, those girls treated us, well, it's fish, well, I was going to say we caught, I caught. Just remember that one. You won that competition. It was really simple, and I've taken that home, given it a crack,

and actually put that in the top of the list for me now. Well, I imagine growing up in Kudo, every meal was just meat on top of meat on top of meat, Richie. With some potatoes on the side, right? A few veggies and stuff. Got Richie McCall with us on the phone. A new series on stuff with himself and Gemma. The McCaws on tour travelling the country.

And it's funny that you say that we do have a wonderful backyard because so many overseas travellers, they come to New Zealand for a holiday. Yeah, like I've got mates that can tell you every attraction and place that you've got to go to around the world. And you say, oh, you've been to this in the North Island or the South Island, they go, oh, I haven't done that. So I actually think it's tough as it's been over the last year.

One thing it's done is it's meant we've had to stay at home and I know for myself starting to think about things that I haven't seen in the own country. And when you start looking, it's amazing what's there. And you probably go talk to overseas people that have been here, they would have seen it all and said how great it is and we're sitting here going oh yeah, I'll see that one day, but actually this is sort of, I guess for me, got us

going to do it. Take it for granted. Is there anywhere you travel in New Zealand that you're not recognised? Well, yeah, I'll tell you, actually, you go into schools now, I think the age is about seven, anyone, any kid younger than seven has got no idea. The age group's starting

to work its way up. Yeah, they're like, we've heard of Sam Cain. Yeah, exactly, yeah. You're like,

yeah, well, before Sam Cain, there was me, mate. No, you know, Kiwis leave you alone.

They like to come and just say hi and maybe a photo, but it's nowhere near like it was when I was playing. But it's still pretty cool, the small areas that you wouldn't normally have gone to. I imagine when Richard McCaw turns up in Te Awamutu, the town would lose their mind. It's funny.

I can't remember which little town it was, but there was people that just left their shops. Just come out in the street. Which was quite a goal, yeah. I was like, man, interesting. Now's a great time to shoplift this whole town. Oh, Richard McCaw, it's an awesome thing that you and Gemma are doing, stuff.co.nz. McCaw's on tour.

What's one standout thing you did over the series that pops into your mind where you're like, that was probably the coolest thing we did? Oh, jeez, hard to... Hard to narrow it down. Yeah, but I'll tell you that the first one we did, and it was in the first video, paddling on Rota Mahana where

I got a real interest in things like eruptions and hearing the history around especially from the local iwi about what happened in the eruption of the Pingawai Terraces. To me, that made it, their understanding was pretty cool. And there's a lot of stories like that, and I think that's what we've been lucky to do is meet some of those people who tell those stories.

So that sort of hit home to me. You hear about those things, but actually to be there and understand it was pretty awesome. Oh, well, listen, I tell you what's been pretty awesome, having you on the show this morning, mate. It's been lovely talking with you, Richie McCaw. No, pleasure. Good to chat, and we're lucky to do what we do. Oh, awesome, man.

Take care of yourself. Say hi to Gemma, and we'll catch up with you guys soon. Thanks, guys. Cheers. Ben, can I ask a question? Have you ever met Gemma? And why are you saying to Richie to say hi to Gemma? I just thought it was a nice thing to say. Yeah, probably a fair point, Jono.

Will you tell us if she sees his eyes back, Richard? Experts in semi-accurate half-remembered information. Vaguely known information, but maybe not correct. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits.

One thing my dad is very proud of, John Pryor, is the amount of places he's lived in. He's lived in a lot of countries, hasn't he?

Just through various roles he's had. He was in the Air Force, so he lived in America, and he was based in the islands, the UK. But I didn't realise how many jobs he had had. I was talking to him last night about how many jobs he's had through his career. And I don't reckon you'd beat the amount of jobs that my dad, John Pryor, has had.

So this is what I want to check out there. So are these through the Air Force? Are these the different types of jobs or different actual jobs? Actual different jobs and different offices and locations. Now, I want to check. 0800, that hits 4487. Who listening has had the most amount of jobs? And I'll see if you can beat my father next.

What have you had? We've heard about the harrowing tales of the plug factory. You want to hear more about the plug stuff, guys? I worked at the plug factory. If I hear another story about the plug factory, I'm going to electrocute myself. So the circuit is wired with switches, and there's a hot hole,

and it's connected with a wire that supplies the electrical current, guys. And neutral holes connected to the wire. Are you taking all this down? I feel like you're not. Julie, give me a fork and show me the plug circuit. So when you plug in a lamp into an electrical current, turn on the hot part of the outlet.

It allows electricity to flow through the lamp. He's just going to keep talking about plug straw. And it turns into the light bulb. So he's had two jobs. Two jobs. Once he worked in a plug factory, and now his microphone's off. Can't hear me.

So this is his microphone running through electricity, which is... He's off. He's off. And so those are his two jobs. I did a few holiday jobs. I worked at the plug factory. I actually worked as a groundsman assistant.

I really enjoyed that at a school. That was lots of fun, hanging out with the groundsman, rolling the cricket pitch, and mowing lawns, and doing gardens and stuff. I love the that at a school. That was lots of fun, hanging out with the groundsman, rolling the cricket pitch and mowing lawns and doing gardens and stuff. I love the school grounds operator. Weren't they always the

friendliest people? Just so relaxed and just always lovely and you could go to the incinerator and help them burn all the rubbish. Oh, it was fun. This is when you used to burn rubbish. Not nowadays. The ozone layer affected that. Now, it was fun. This is when you used to burn rubbish. Yeah. Not nowadays. Not nowadays. The ozone layer affected that.

And now, Juliette, so how many jobs have you had? I have had the current one that I have now. And I used to work at Tank, the juice bar. I like Tank. Yeah, Tank's great. Good juice. Yeah, yeah. I also applied as a summer holiday job to be one of the elves at Santa's Grotto in Smith and Coie's

but then I got turned down so maybe I'm underqualified to help out. You would have made a good elf. You would have been, yeah. I'm like two centimetres tall

so like it would have been really, really good. And you're bubbly, you've got good personality. I've got really high tits so I can be high. Yeah, slap some ears on there. It would have been

champagne out. I know, the missed opportunity. And then I also applied to be a rubbish picker-upper at the Christchurch races but also underqualified for that apparently. Yeah, because you applied to be a rubbish picker-upper at the Christchurch races, but also underqualified for that, apparently. Yeah, because you called the job rubbish picker-upper.

You're always getting wasted with the people there. Yeah, that's right. Ironically, it was all your stuff that you had on the ground. I should get a pay for this. Okay, so 800 there. So this is what we want to throw out. The most amount of jobs. How many jobs have you had

You can text 24487 Because like I say I don't think you're going to beat my dad The one job he failed at Was raising me properly Look how I turned out Doing a lot of other things He had a lot of other jobs on the go

Alright Jono has laid down the challenge How many jobs have you had We'd love to hear from you 0800 the hits is the phone number We'll start with Chelsea in New Plymouth You've had how many jobs, Chelsea? 13.

Name them all. Oh, wow. In quick succession, if possible. All right. My mum's cast was my first job, and then the dairy we own. Then I worked at a supermarket. Then I looked a cook at a pub,

a cleaner at a motor camp, and then I was a cleaner in Hamilton. Then I was one of the big top things in Avon and Hamilton. And then, what have I done? KFC. Another food market down here,

a cleaner down here, and now I'm a baker. Wow. You've had more jobs than seek.co.nz. Bloody impressive. And so many skills you would have acquired over all those years. Oh, just a few. What was your favourite of all the jobs? The one I do now.

Oh, that's nice. Which is? There's somebody I've forgotten. Baking. I'm a baker. Oh, nice's nice. Which is? There's somebody I've forgotten. Baking. I'm a baker. Oh, nice. Good on you. You have a great one.

You too. Yeah, lovely work. That was really impressive. 13 jobs. When you're struggling to remember your employment history, that's when you know you've had a lot of jobs. Shall we go to Lee, who's on the air from Auckland? Welcome, Lee.

How are you this morning? On this Friday, buddy. How many jobs, Lee? I've had 15. 15. Okay, you've got 15 seconds to name them all. Go. You know, the carriers, Atlas, and a bunch of other driving jobs.

I've forgotten half the names of them, to be honest. Yep. Well, you named those very quickly. You named two jobs and forgot 13. I've forgotten the names. Yeah, right. There's all been driving jobs, apart from one at Placemakers and one at the Hammerhand.

All driving-related jobs. Yeah. Yeah, over a 20-year period. Oh, well, an illustrious 20-year driving career. Well done, Lee. Still not beating my dad, John Pryor. Why, more than that? No, he's had more than 15.

I feel like maybe you've just kept bumping them up because you haven't told us beforehand. So you're like, oh, no, he's definitely had more. You're going to get to list them all. Michaela from Wellington. How are you, Michaela? Now, it's not you, it's your dad who's had how many? Yeah, well, a couple of years ago,

we started counting how many he's gone through. So from about age of 15, he's had roughly about 48 jobs. 48? Yeah, and he's had a couple of jobs since then. So he might have created 50. What does your dad look like? An international con artist or something? Why has he had so many jobs?

He's actually just an electrician, but he just likes moving around. Yeah, he didn't get fired from all these jobs? You think he's like... Yeah. No, so he... I mean, some of them have been engineering jobs and stuff like that, but he's always kind of upgraded and been kind of a headhunter from companies. So he's done well for himself, that's for sure.

Yeah, well, he's either very skilled or very scared of commitment. One of the two. That's impressive. Probably both. 50 jobs. Well, that's for sure. Yeah, well, he's either very skilled or very scared of commitment. One of the two. That's impressive. Probably both. 50 jobs. Well, I tell you what, you still haven't beaten Job. No way. No.

Really? No. No, you know what? I'll tell you the honest truth. Dad's had five jobs. Oh, my God. Well, I've even beaten him. I've had six.

Oh, so you used to hang up on Michaela. I thought five jobs was quite a lot of jobs. Most people listening probably had more. Don't you hate it when the listeners blow your one out of the water? It happens all the time.

I appreciate you calling Michaela. Richie McCaw joining us. I don't even get to name his five jobs. You're so bored of it. No, no one cares anymore, mate.

From stealing Mike Hosking's car to stealing the hearts of New Zealand. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Actual hearts being not bestowed. Now, Ben, we went out for dinner in Tauranga last week, weren't we?

And we went out for dinner Friday night. And one of my things I like to do in a group dinner situation is to order garlic bread for the table. Oh, this is your eating time. Yeah. So Jono doesn't eat during the day, as we know. I find it very bizarre. So we go out for a lunch, he won't eat. Or if there's lunch going on, he doesn't eat.

But then, come dinner time. Revenous. The little possum comes foraging. But yeah, I like to make a scene when I'm ordering the garlic bread too. I'm like, garlic bread for the table. It's on me. It's on me. It's on me.

He waves his dozen of them. To the hand. And I make quite a, you know, quite a commotion. And I'm hoping that, you know, on the sidelines, there's someone filming on Instagram going, look at this hero shouting garlic bread for the table. For the table. I need to do it for everyone.

Yeah, because someone else bought some, I think, it was like olives or something for the table. Yeah, Tim came in and he's like, oh, I bought some olives. But he didn't make a scene. Because it arrived. And he was like, who bought that? He said, oh, I did. But I did like to make a scene.

Like the whole mate over here who made quite a scene. He's like, help yourself, you know. But the funny thing I find with, you know, sharing garlic bread or a platter of any description is everyone's very tentative to start. Yeah, especially if you haven't ordered it. If you haven't ordered it in this situation. You're waiting to have your first piece of garlic bread.

But as soon as one brave soul takes that leap and takes the garlic bread, it is like a pack of, a pack of, a school of sharks just going in on a wounded whale. It is. It is a wild feeding frenzy. But then until it gets to the last piece of something.

Exactly. And then everyone goes, oh, back off. Everyone wants to be polite. I've had two bits here. I probably can't do another one. It's all guns blazing up

until that last piece. Yeah. And then it becomes a sort of a like, oh no, you should have it. No, no, no. You should have it. But you know everyone

at the table is starving and wants it. But everyone is polite for some reason feels they need to say no. So I respect a person who's like, you should have it.

And they're like, yes I should. And grabs it. I like that person. See, I enjoy, I like the fact that you front foot, you order it and you say, you should have it. And they're like, yes, I should. And he grabs it. I like that person. See, I enjoy, I like the fact that you front foot, you order it and you say, I'll get this. Like, I really do appreciate it. Because sometimes people go, we'll get

that. And you're like, well, hang on, are we? Someone takes the order for the table, orders a whole lot of stuff. And then at the end, you're like, oh, I guess we're all splitting this. We're paying for this. Oh, he's back to his split bill situation. Everything comes around to paying this. I like how you front foot paying this I like how you front foot it I like how you front foot it

you're like well get this but I'll sort this out because you wanted it you make the call but sometimes people make that call and then later you're like well I don't

I didn't hear that or I didn't have that you know like I appreciate that yeah that's fine but I tell you what when you say you're shouting it boy they're going hot they're going hot

on the old garlic bread although we have a group whatsapp for when we go away for filming and we're out for dinner that night and this is your eating time so we went out there on the old garlic bread? Although we have a group WhatsApp for when we go away for filming and we're out for dinner that night and this is your eating time. So we went out there, you ordered your garlic bread,

you had the lovely main. What did you have for a main? What did I have? Pizza. Yeah, that was good. It's a garlic bread, you went to pizza, you had dessert too.

Yeah, tiramisu. And then we all got back into rooms and we all got back to the hotel later and then 10 minutes later on our WhatsApp group going, trying to go, hey guys, I just went to BK. Yeah. our WhatsApp group going, Jono going, hey guys, I just went to BK.

Yeah. And we're like, we went down to BK, I wanted to try their new fish and chip burger. But we got back to the hotel. We'd all gone to our room, said goodnight

and then I was, I was kind of like, well, is this a joke from Jono? But if it is, it's a strange joke. I'm not getting the punchline why he's like,

guys, I just went to BK. I'm like, oh, good on you, mate. I was still hungry even though I ate my garlic bread.

Except for the first and last piece Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben Breakfast on the Hefts Yesterday I was hanging out with one of my daughters because the other one

was on a play date and she taught me a new game that I hadn't played before and you know it's what I do I record I record these things for radio content Before we have a daddy daughter moment let me just get my She taught me a new game that I hadn't played before. And, you know, it's what I do. I record.

I record these things for radio content. Before we have a daddy-daughter moment, let me just get my phone recorder rolling and now continue on. Well, we played the game. I was like, eh, it's quite fun. Let's do it again for radio purposes. So you can ask anyone a question, but their answer has to be Grandma's green underpants. And if they laugh, they lose and they have to replace you.

Right, so you've just got to not laugh when the answer is Grandma's green underpants. Yeah. Okay, all right. Give me an example. Oh, what are you wearing on your head today? See, I laughed. Grandma's green underpants. Yeah, but I laughed, so I'd lose.

Yeah. I've got one for you. What did I... Oh. What did you just blow your nose with? Grandma's green underpants. Oh, you're good. My turn.

Oh, your turn again. Okay. What did you clean your teeth with last night? I'm terrible at this. Grandma's green underpants. It was a good game. So Grandma's green underpants. You can ask any question you want. The answer has to be Grandma's Green Underpants. It's a good game. So Grandma's Green Underpants. You can ask any question you want.

The answer has to be Grandma's Green Underpants and you're not allowed to laugh. What are you blowing your nose with? I'm so bad at not laughing. Grandma's Green Underpants. What did you steal off your neighbour's washing line? Grandma's Green Underpants. What did I leave at your mum's house?

Grandma's Green Underpants? Why? What did I leave at your mum's house? Grandma's green underpants? Didn't make sense. Why? Didn't make sense. Why have you got those? And then why are you planting them at my mother's house? I don't know. I was just asking a question.

Fun with game. What's in your pocket? Grandma's green. See, I'm not good at this game. No, but you do have an affinity with, an affinity, don't you, with, didn't you, wasn't you a little cosy toy when you were younger a saucy negligee from your grandmother?

Oh, it was. A lacy little jobby? Yeah, petticoat. Yeah, petticoat. It was my comforter. It was a petticoat as a kid. So maybe this is, yeah, maybe this is for me. This is in my sweet.

How did you obtain that petticoat? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. It's one of those things. I don't know. What was it next to? Where did I find it?

Grandma's green underpants. You're good at it. You're very good. You laugh afterwards, but at the time. And also the game's got a little flora. So, you know, that generation, they usually opt for a tan, tan colour, don't they? I think you get to a certain age in your life where you're like,

no, no wild underpants colours for me. I'm just going to go full skin colour. Oh, so Grandma's not wearing green underpants. Skin coloured, tan coloured underpants. Have you ever seen a grandmother with anything apart from... I don't know, to be honest. I'm not really rifling through the... I don't look at my grandmother's underpants. Yeah, I don't know how

you know this. Oh, it just feels like they're not wearing any other colour apart from tan. When you go into like farmers and stuff and you look at underwear for, you know, that demograph. I haven't. Well, I'm telling you. I'm telling you. It's all tanned.

And they can mix it up a bit. Feel free to mix it up. Maybe they are. You know a lot about this subject, Jono. Yeah, you do. There's something dead to my heart. Okay. Grandma's green underpants.

Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. It's time for... Five words for 5K on the head. You're only five words away from a massive payday. It's a game of word association. We play it every morning at 7.45.

We tell you five words. You tell us the first words that pop into your head. If all five match with our five, you win $5,000. Now, your wife Amanda, Ben Boyce, was saying that this first words that pop into your head. If all five match with our five, you win $5,000. Now, your wife, Amanda Ben-Boyce, was saying that this is her favourite part of the show. Yeah, she's like, you need to keep doing that. We're like, we're trying to. She loves five words more than she loves you now.

You're actually having to move out of the house. Yeah, five words is moving in. Five words is moving in is going to raise your children. Yeah, well, yeah, it's popular. That's right. And we'll go to Imogen from Christchurch. How are you this morning in Chichar, Immy? Oh, good morning. How are you guys? Good Chichar, Immy? Oh, good morning. How are you guys?

Good. Is it a chilly morning? Freezing. Yeah. Christchurch does get the old frosty mornings, doesn't it? But I tell you what, not a fine afternoon. I think we've lost Imogen somehow. She dropped off.

Good. What? Should we go to the next call-up? Oh, no, we'll give Imogen the chance to call back. Yeah, we'll flounder around. Juliet, you've had a good run with this game. You've only been introduced over the last week and a half as one of the people you can send into the soundproof booth.

You've already won $5,000. Yeah, but you feel a lot of pressure when you go into the soundproof booth and then you come out and you're like, I really hope I can get this person $5,000. We've given away $30,000. It's a lot of money. The Inland Revenue is starting to wonder if this is a money laundering scheme. We've given away as much. There was some

champagne airtime filler right there because Imogen's back on the phone. She's back on just like that. Hi guys. Bit of drama and I tell you what, you put us under an immense amount of pressure there Imogen just to talk, to do our job to get you back. So you know how the game works just to talk, to do our job, to get you back. So you know how the game works?

I do, I do, yeah. All right, you need to pick one of us now. Jono, Ben or Juliet, they are your three options. One of us is going into the soundproof booth. I'm going to go Producer Juliet. Producer Juliet, she's a crowd favourite. Now, Juliet, I've actually installed in there a floor-to-ceiling mirror so you can take a good long hard look at yourself in the soundproof booth, okay?

Thank you. Head on over there right now and we're going to ask Imogen, what her thoughts are when we say these five words. Hit the dramatic music, Millennial Max. First word this morning, Imogen, is rich. R-I-C-H, rich. Money. Money?

Oh, yeah. Money seems like it, yeah. That's a tough one. I don't know what I would have gone for. Money makes sense. Yeah, it does make sense. Grill is the next word. G-R-I-L-L, grill.

Barbecue. Barbecue. Barbecue grill, yeah. Not like the rapper's grill that you put on your teeth, Ben. I like that look on you. It looks good.becue. Barbecue grill, yeah. Not like the rapper's grill that you put on your teeth, Ben. I like that look on you. It looks good. Brain is the next word for you this morning, Imogen. Brain.

Teaser. Brain teaser. Oh, that's a good one. Yeah. I don't know. I was just like brain transplant. Oh, yeah. I don't know why I was going, yeah. No, that's a good one. Yeah. I don't know. I was just like brain transplant. Oh, yeah. I don't know why I was going. Yeah. It's other options.

Brain teasers. You're doing really well at this game, Imogen. I'm glad you called back. There's some tough words this morning, Imogen, for you. Touch is the fourth word. Touch. There's a couple floating in my head. Talk to us.

Talk to us, babes. Talk them out. Talk them out. All right. So, like, the most obvious, I think, would be, like, touch ID. Like, if you'd use the iPhone, touch ID. Yeah, touchscreen, touch ID, yeah. Yeah, and then touchscreen was my other one.

I had also thought of a sport, not to lead you down a garden path. But what would Juliet think? Oh, touch footy. Yeah, but is Juliet a... Is Juliet a touch footy, touch rugby type of person? But hey, I don't know. I don't know. Can I come back to that one?

Okay, that's all right. We've had a chat. We've had a think. We'll come back to it. The final word this morning, Imogen, is animal. Animal. Ooh. Ooh.

What are you whacking in the background there? Oh, gosh, I'm just, like, thinking to myself. Animal. I'm thinking between zoo or farm. Both great options, Imogen. You are on fire, Imogen. Let's go animal farm. Okay, Imogen. You are on fire, Imogen. Let's go Animal Farm. Okay, Animal Farm.

And now we're going to go back to the fourth word, touch. This is a toughie. Let's go with touch screen. Touch screen. You have played a rock solid game. Yeah, I think you've done a really good job. I'm proud of you. I don't even know you and I'm proud of you like a daughter.

Some tough words. We'll get producer Juliet out of the soundproof booth. Come on out, Juju. She's a little bit locked in there. Lack of oxygen. She's looking a little faint. You do look a little faint. You look like you're confused. What went on in there. Lack of oxygen. She's looking a little faint. You do look a little faint. There you go, mate. You look like confused.

What went on in there? Like you've just had a head injury in rugby and you're like, oh, get him off the field. Get him off. Hide him. I'm nervous. I'm nervous. Okay.

You sort of stumbled your way out of there. Imogen had tough words but played a really good game. Okay. Really good game. So I think... It's all on you to lose it for her. That's right. No pressure. Hashtag lots of pressure. Here's the first word. First word we you to lose it for her. That's right. No pressure, hashtag lots

of pressure. Here's the first word. First word we sent to Imogen. Five words, 5k. This morning was rich. R-I-C-H. Rich. Poor. Oh, what? What? What did you say? Isn't that obvious? I'm glad I put

that mirror in that soundproof because you can go back and have a look at yourself in that. Money is what Imogen said. I can see how you got poor as well. Okay, we're going to go through the rest of the words now. Grill, G-R-I-L-L, grill. Oven? Brain was the third word.

Brain? Yeah, brain. Oh my goodness. She's using her brain right now. I actually don't know what I would have come up with for that. Morbidly tumour. Oh, from three so far. Oh my God, this is terrible.

Touch was the fourth word, touch. Rugby? Oh! Imogen, how are you feeling right now? Oh, just, you know, a little bit disappointed. Yeah, I'm disappointed too, Imogen. Well, we talked about touch rugby and we said maybe not, but there you go. What did you say, Imogen?

Touchscreen. Oh, okay. And the final word we said was animal. Zoo. One of the two options. We were so confident. What did you say for zoo? Farm. I mean the two options. We were so confident. What did you say for zoo? Farm.

I mean, animal. Well, the wind's been taking out of Imogen's sails this morning. I'm so sorry. You seemed really cool and I wanted to win you money. It's all good. Thank you. You notice she didn't say you seem really cool, babe? You used to seem pretty cool about three minutes ago.

Hey, listen, back 7.45 Monday morning, five words. 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. Now, we were talking to a friend of ours, Chris, yesterday,

and discovered something about him that we never knew. He names all of his motorcars. All of his vehicles he's named. He's got a Toyota at the moment, like a Corolla, a 2002 Corolla, he's named Betsy. He's had Mavis, the Mazda, previously. He says the first thing he does when he gets a car,

I'm sort of thinking the first thing he should do is probably register it. Get a warrant, make sure it's warranted. But he's named all the cars. It's a little confusing because we didn't realise that. He's like, oh yeah, I'll go down in Betsy. And you're like, what? We're going to take Betsy down?

You know, who's Betsy? You know? Are you dating a 90-year-old? Yeah. He's like, oh, no, Betsy's the car. I'll take that down. But it made a lot of sense then to us when he explained what was going on. Do you name objects?

Not really. I've never really been a car, well, I'm not a car person. Cars, well, apparently 25% of car owners name their vehicle. Did you name yours?

You had a very distinctive, yeah, well, I see I'm not a car person. Old Holden. Old Holden, yeah. Old Holden, Kingswood. No, I didn't name it. I called it a few names

when it kept breaking down. Abused it quite a lot, actually. Yeah, so that's why you named it. That's what happens when you have a car from 1975. Motorings advanced a long way since 1975. Do you name objects, Producer Juliette? I know someone who's named their phone,

but it was quite a rude word that they named their phone, so I'm not going to say what it was. But we also used to have a bright red Toyota Prado from the 2000s or the late 90s, and we just named it the Beast, because it literally just took us everywhere, never broke down until a couple years ago, but the Beast was famous. And kids, you can run the hell, a Toyota Prado, you're just kicking the seats, hand marks all over the windows. So good.

Yeah, well, do you know naming things? I looked into this Is called anthropomorphising Right And generally you go It's childish to name an object But apparently it's a sign Of high intelligence

Because you're humanising something Because there's that documentary On that lady who bloody She married the Eiffel Tower Didn't she? That's right She married the Eiffel Tower But she would

She would connect with the Eiffel Tower Yeah anyway That she? That's right. She married the Eiffel Tower, but she would connect with the Eiffel Tower. Yeah, anyway, that confused me a little bit. But you'd be jealous, because the Eiffel Tower sees a lot of people every day. It does, that's what I'm thinking. Other people would be like, how come you got to? Stop touching the Eiffel Tower.

I'd be very territorial if I was dating the Eiffel Tower. Exactly. I don't know how loyal this tower is to me. Seems like thousands of people. This tower's seeing thousands of other people. So what we want to chuck out this morning is, have you named an object? You just tell us the human name that you've given it,

and we'll try and work backwards and figure out what the object is. We don't really name anything at home like this, but we do have a term, my daughter Sienna. We have a Sennie. If you pull a Sennie, it's a great thing. She's very good at helping out at a job. I do this as well. And then sort of phasing yourself,

secretly sort of phasing yourself out of that job after you've looked like you started. Drying the dishes, I'm here, guys. And then suddenly you look around and you're like, oh, she's gone somewhere. Well done. She's got a great, it's pulling a CENI. It's just a little, you get in there and you're like,

oh, thanks for helping out. You get the credit. And then you just sort of slowly phase, but you don't often notice that they've disappeared. Very cheeky. What's her departure tactic? You don't know. I don't know.

You just look around. You're like, oh, she's trying the dishes. This is awesome. And then you're like, oh, I ended up trying the rest of those dishes. At some stage, she'd vanished. Wow. She's like, oh, yeah, I was just getting something from the... She's like Dynamo the magician.

Yeah, very clever. Yeah, okay. Oh, 800 the hits. What have you named? And we'll try and figure out what it is. You've named a certain body part of mine, haven't you, Ben? My big, bald, ugly head, you call it? That's my head.

Yeah, old baldy locks. Yeah, a lot of people name biceps, don't they? Oh, yeah. Thunder and lightning and guns and ammo and that sort of thing. Yeah, people do that, eh? Yeah. Des and Troy because together they destroy. Yeah.

Jeff and Bezos because they take care of business. Things like that. I've always wanted to be able to say that, but I couldn't because my biceps are. They've taken care of no business. They haven't even turned up to a board meeting. No. In fact, the stock market on those biceps has crashed. Who's on line one?

We've got Barbara. Babs, how are you? Hi, I'm good, thanks. Good on those biceps has crashed. Who's on line one? We've got Barbara. Babs, how are you? Hi, I'm good, thanks. Good to have you on, Barbara. Okay, what's the name? The name is Bessie. Bessie. B-E-T-T-Y.

I'm going to pick Bessie as a... No, that's not right. It's B-E-S-S-I-E. Oh, Bessie. Sorry, my bad. Bessie. That's not right. It's B-E-S-S-I-E. Oh, Bessie. Sorry, my bad. Bessie. That's all right.

I am going to pick... Bessie. That is your... I'm going to go a couch. I'm going to go like a sewing machine or something. No. What is it? Both wrong. Okay, what is it?

What's Bessie? You're both wrong. Yeah, okay. All right. Babs is loving drawing this out. Yeah, but what is it? What's Bessie? You're both wrong Yeah, okay, alright Barbara Babs is loving drawing this out Yeah, but tell us What is it? You want me to tell you what it is?

Yes, yeah Yes, I do Just when you're ready That's my work van Oh, Bessie the work van What sort of van are we talking here, Barbara? We're talking a Hyundai Ilo Oh, I love Hyundai Ilo.

Oh, I love an Ilo. Why Bessie? Why Bessie? Any particular reason or it just felt like a Bessie? Just felt like a Bessie. I name all my cars, so. Okay. What have you had in the past? Well, I've got a Mustang.

Her name's Shelby. She's not a Shelby. Yeah, Shelby. Oh, yeah. There's a Ford Mustang. There is a version of the Shelby, isn't there? Well, there certainly is. of the Shelby Isn't there? Well there certainly is, my dream car Oh good on you Barbara

Can I put a plug in for work Seeing as I'm in my work van Well jeez mate, you're running the show at the moment May as well Alright, well you're gone Okay, I work for Rack Auto Electrical In Whangarei And a big shout out to the team there.

They're amazing. Come and see us if you need anything to do with your automotive. Oh, good on you. Go see Barbara and Bessie. You have a great day, Barbara. Really appreciate you listening. We'll go to Sharon in Wellington. Morena, Sharon, how are you?

Hi, I'm good, thank you. Okay, the two names. We'll try and figure out the items that you've named. Sure. Rosie and Breeze. Rosie and Breeze. Rosie and Breeze. So it's a double thing. Okay.

I'm going motorbikes, his and her motorbikes. I'm going to go your kneecaps. I don't know why. Rosie and Breeze. What was it? Okay, they're my bikes. So not motorbikes, but bikes. Oh, like mountain bikes or something.

So when COVID came, I got an older style bike for exercise, which was called Rosie. She was red. And then my partner bought me a new mountain bike, and her name was Breeze. Oh, lovely. And do you make a habit of naming things? Yeah, I do.

Yeah, it's a personal tip. Apparently a sign of high intelligence, as I was saying before. Absolutely. Honoured that you're raising the IQ level of this show at the moment. Thank you, Sharon. Appreciate that. A couple of texts come through. Just rudely cut her off, didn't we?

I was savage. Okay, Ben, a text here. Here's a good one. Michael. Oh, is that the name or something? Michael's the name. Try and figure out What the object is A microphone

Okay There you go Television Michael Be awkward Can someone turn Michael on You're like What's going on there

Yeah Rebecca you're on From New Plymouth What's the name We'll try and figure out The object So I've got two One is Wally

And the other is Fozzie. Wally Fozzie, okay. I'm going to go your nickname for your chest. No, I'm not. Oh, jeez, okay. Wally Fozzie. I'm going to go appliance is the toaster in the kettle. Nope.

What is it? Fozzie is the washing machine. Oh, you've named it. It's right, name The washing machine. Oh, you've named it. It's right, name the washing machine. Okay, no, that's nice. It makes washing, I imagine, a lot more fun when you're hanging out with your friends. Yeah, he's even labelled Wally the washing machine. Actually, you can play this game now, Rebecca.

Someone's texting 4487. Can you figure out what Brian would be? Brian. Brian, yeah, have a guess. Someone's texting 4487. Can you figure out what Brian would be? Brian? Brian. Brian, yeah. Have a guess. It's an appliance as well. Oh, Brian the blender?

The bread maker? No, Brian the bread maker's great, but the vacuum cleaner. Oh, Brian the vacuum cleaner. So I don't know if there's a Brian who's quite old and dusty and sucks quite a lot, but he's been named after a vacuum cleaner. Hey, listen, Rebecca, I'm going to give you a job to do, okay? Okay. Go and have a vacuum cleaner. Hey, listen, Rebecca, I'm going to give you a job to do, OK? OK. Go and have a great weekend.

Awesome. And report back Monday. Appreciate you. I appreciate your call, Rebecca. You have a great weekend, as Johnno said. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Johnno and Ben on the hits.

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Kim Kardashian's shapewear range. And what's the latest inspired you? So, not quite Kim Kardashian, but trending at the moment, Kanye West

has spotted still wearing his wedding ring. He was visiting DJ Khaled. DJ Khaled! Still wearing his wedding ring, He was visiting DJ Khaled. DJ Khaled! Still wearing his wedding ring, even though he's getting divorced from Kim Kardashian.

He might like the ring. Not sure why. He might like the look of the ring, or he might not be over the marriage. I don't know. Why am I speculating? I live in New Zealand. He's never even met me.

No. Why would he care about my opinion? Maybe he'll take it off once the divorce goes through. Maybe he can't get off. You know, sometimes the knuckles swell up. And then the more stressed you get about not getting a ring off, the harder it is to it off once the divorce goes through. Maybe he can't get off. You know sometimes the knuckles swell up. And then the more stressed you get about not getting a ring off,

the harder it is to get off. Yeah, you do. You get in full panic mode. Yeah. My finger's going to be stuck in there. Yeah. That's very fair call.

That's going to hate good on him. Yeah. Is that what you're saying? I don't know. I don't know. That's what you say. And Netflix is denying a report that The Crown

is struggling to find an actor to play Prince Andrew. Why? So, well, I don't know. It's just saying that no one supposedly wants to play him. Oh, morally, I see. Yeah, yeah.

But Netflix has said, nope, this is not true. But, you know, rumours spread. Yeah. Who would want to play Prince Andrew? I think Taika, I remember reading something about, you know, because of Jojo Rabbit, the movie about, you know, Nazi Germany. And he was like, the Hitler, you know, having a character in Hitler. And he was struggling again.

He was like, oh, maybe I should just do it. You know, that was the reason why he did it. And he did a very good job of it. I'm asking other people to be in this movie as Hitler. Maybe I should be the person that does it. Yeah. And he was saying, because he had to be dressed as Hitler through the whole thing, obviously, but he was also directing. And he said one moment he had to catch himself because he was yelling at people as a director, but then looked in the window and saw himself dressed as Hitler through the whole thing, obviously, but he was also directing and he said one moment he had to catch himself

because he was yelling at people as a director but then looked in the window and saw himself dressed as Hitler. Oh my goodness. Very bad for anyone like that.

That is so awkward. That's not a good combo. I mean, they were listening to him. They were doing what he said. Oh no, not the right costume. Not the costume you want to be in

when you're telling people off but also, Gwyneth Paltrow, so she is, you know, she's done her fair share of unique business, sort of businesses. The vagandal that we call it?

Yeah, she had the candle. She's had some, you know, toys that are meant for the adults, not kids. And her next business venture is being a wellbeing advisor on a luxury cruise ship. So she's partnered with Celebrity Cruises, which is just, I was like, oh, is this a cruise specifically designed for celebrities?

But no, it's just a brand of cruises. Celebrity Cruises. Yeah. So she says she's always happiest by or in the sea, so she's going to be the well-being advisor, whatever that means. So she won't be on the boat, on the boat, you say? Oh, I think she might be.

I think she might spend a bit of time out at sea. So she's just going to live on a cruise boat. And what makes her a well-being advisor? Go around handing out sick bags when people spend a bit of time out at sea. So she's just going to live on a cruise boat. What makes her a wellbeing advisor? Go around and handing out sick bags? Get a bit seasick? Yeah. Well, you've got a quickie, you've got a bit of indigestion. Yeah. But with COVID, I feel like cruises have really taken a turn

for the worse. Not so much the cruise industry going on that we know about, but I mean, I imagine it'll bounce back. If Tom Cruise doesn't start a cruise liner, the Tom Cruise. Go, the Tom Cruise. Go on, the Tom Cruise. Jeez, there's a business venture. Yeah, that's a brilliant idea.

Anyway, good on Gwyneth. She's made millions and millions of dollars from her well-being, whatever that means, her well-being ventures. Website or empire, you could say. Yeah, smart, smart woman. Yeah, maybe she'll bring back cruises from this because she's done very well with her other products.

And that is Spy from where you can head to the hits.co.nz. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Shono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Yesterday we were talking about the quickest time from people meeting someone to getting married. I even spoke to a lady, what was it, two weeks. Two weeks she met her husband and got married. They went to the registry office and did it without their family around. And then they had to put on a fake engagement about six months later

because the family didn't know they were married and then had to come clean and say they were already married. And, woo, tell you what, family turned on them. Because a wedding's not about the two people at the front. It's about everyone else, isn't it? It's about making everyone else happy. Well, it shouldn't be, right? It should all be about the two people and what they want.

But we talked yesterday to you, Producer Juliet, and we're trying to give you an example. And you're like, I don't know if I'm ready for marriage. Which is fine. But then we said, well, what if Harry Styles comes along? And you're like, straight away. 100%. I would marry him in a heartbeat.

Like, he is just so... You don't even know him. You don't like him. He might be a monster. He's probably not. He seems like a lovely guy. What if you're not compatible? You move in with Harry Styles,

it turns out he's an absolute slob. I don't know, you like to keep things tidy. I would struggle internally for a long time and then I'd probably end up divorcing him. But then getting half of his money. Yeah, exactly. So it's a win-win. We talked a lot after the show, actually.

People had questions for you in the office about it. And I like the fact that you thought that you'd obviously take, you said you'd take his name. Oh, yeah. I think Stiles is a really cool last name. My mum's a good friend. She has the last name Stiles. I don't think she's related to Harry Stiles,

but it is quite a cool last name. Juliet Stiles. Juliet Stiles. Isn't that cool? And they were like, well, what if you divorced? I'd still be Juliet Styles. You'd keep the name. Yeah.

Yeah, because then I'd ride Harry Styles' coattails until I died, basically. So is Harry like a business transaction for you? What is this marriage? You know, you've got the marriage and if it works out, it could be like

an arranged marriage. So if it works out, it's wonderful and we're happily married and have children and have a beautiful life together. But then if it doesn't work out, then at least I get

a little bit of that ticket, you know? Well, listen, if this was married at first sight, you know, and it was one of those things where Harry's brought you back to me, I'm his family

and I'm grilling you, I'd say, it feels like you're using Harry as a stepping stone here. I'd say, no, he's got, you know, a wonderful personality

and I'm very in love with him and his musical talents and you know, I know what to say to please the parents. No, I don't. Say, no, he's got a wonderful personality and I'm very in love with him and his musical talents. And you know, I know what to say to please the parents. No, I don't. I can put on a front for 10 minutes. But really, you want to be married to Harry Styles. Don't blame you.

Or Justin Bieber. I'll take both. All right, you'll take both. Thank you. Yes, okay. So do both know that you would leave one for the other? Oh, maybe I'd have to. Oh, yeah, let's say it's like The Bachelorette.

It's come down to the final two. Do I have suspenseful music? I think my mouth's doing a... Oh, no, this is doing a better job, your music. Okay, so final two, Juliet. Are you beefed just to be Robbie Harry Styles? Oh, God. You need to make your decision. Hello, geezer, I thought we made a real connection now.

Oh, baby, baby, baby. Oh, pick me. I don't know why I sing my song badly. Remember my song about watermelon? Okay, Harry, I'll go for you. There we go. Decision made. Broadcasting live.

And mostly awake. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees and this is the B**** News. All right, so over to our chief censor now, producer Juliette. You realise when you beep out certain words in these headlines that it makes them very hard to decipher.

That's the game, though. That's the game. Weird headlines beeped out. You ready for your first one? Yeah, let's go. Thousands of b **** cause havoc by invading a singular Australian street.

What invaded a single Australian thousands of, I don't know, cheating Australian cricketers? That caused some havoc. There you go. Thousands of door-to-door charity collectors. Ah, yes. We had one of those the other day. Did you donate? No. Oh. No. Ah, yes. We had one of those the other day. Did you donate?

No. Oh. No. Well, I got into a situation previously at our old house where the person was like, oh, hey, we're... He kind of engaged in conversation, talking about my car,

and I thought, oh, this guy looks like a friendly neighbour. And then eventually it segued into what he was really there for. And I said, oh, I can't donate, mate. I'm on my own. The kids are inside. I I can't donate, mate. I'm on my own. The kids are inside. I'm just, I'm kind of really busy.

I'm on my own here. He's like, oh, well, who's that up on the deck? And Jen was standing out really behind me. So I called out and lied there for charity workers. Thousands of cockatoos cause havoc by invading a singular Australian street. Thousands of them. Yes. So this is a video that's gone viral on TikTok.

And it almost looks like there's a lot of kids on that street that are awaiting their letter from Hogwarts. Like all these birds are just literally in this one street. There's no particular reason why, but people think that the trees that used to be in this little housing development or street was the home for these birds, and they somehow came back to that spot, but there are houses there instead of trees.

Birds en masse scare me. Scary. Yeah. Are you a bird person? Like on a small scale, like you say. Like I don't mind one or two. I'm happy to hold a bird or whatever, but yeah. You're en masse.

En masse. And seagulls, like, ugh, when they come near you, you're like, get away from me. Yeah, seagulls are en masse. And they know they work well in numbers, seagulls, like ugh, when they come near you, you're like get away from me. Yeah, seagulls are a mass. And they know they work well in numbers, seagulls, don't they? Yeah, they very much do. Next story. Louis Vuitton launches bag in the shape of an a**

that costs almost the price of an a**. I'm going to go Louis Vuitton launches bag in the shape of a bag that costs almost double the price of other bags. I'm going to go Louis Vuitton launches a bag in the shape of a bag that costs almost double the price of other bags. All right, here we go. Louis Vuitton launches a bag in the shape of you

that costs almost the price of the rights to the royalties for an Ed Sheeran song. Okay. Louis Vuitton launches bag in the shape of an airplane that costs almost the price of an airplane. So this bag is over $50,000 and it's got the traditional Louis Vuitton logo over it. It's got wings with jet engines underneath it as well. And on eBay, you can find a used two-seater plane

from the 60s for $44,000. So technically, this Louis Vuitton bag is more expensive than that plane that's being sold on eBay. Isn't that nuts? Do you remember Dan Carter did a Louis Vuitton bag and it was in the shape of a rugby ball and it was like the ball bag.

Dan Carter's one. Yeah, yeah. Did you see that? No. He did that around the World Cup a few years ago or something. And it was like, I haven't bought Dan Carter's ball bag. Yeah.

And it was shaped like to carry a rugby ball, but a rugby ball doesn't need a Louis Vuitton bag. It might be Dan Carter's balls though. I don't know. And the final one. Man arrested after dating 35 different women at the same time in a bid to get... 35 different women at the same time? In a bid to get a busier schedule.

He's like, you know, I need to get some more things into my life. Fill out the calendar. Yeah. I'm going to say man arrested after dating 35 different women in a bid to get featured on the news and beep segment with producer Juliet on the Hits radio station in New Zealand. I like that answer, but man arrested after

dating 35 different women at the same time in a bid to get more birthday presents. So he gave each woman that he was dating a different birthday, so he had a constant stream of gifts throughout the year. But he's currently being investigated for defrauding dozens of women by pretending he was basically serious about each of them.

But how he got found out was some of the women found out about each other and then they all like united and joined forces and then reported him to the police. Has anyone... Listen, I'm going to chuck out a rogue text poll here early in the morning. It's only six o'clock hour. Has anyone busted their partner dating multiple people at the

same time? Did you rally against them? Imagine what would have happened. It would have happened. Especially with social media now. Yeah. You're a brave soul to be going any more than one partner aren't you? You've got confidence in your dating. Text 4487 if you're busting

someone dating multiple people. And there's the news and beats. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Scrolling through your feed. Welcome to the closest we'll ever come to presenting the news. And to be honest, if we ever end up hosting the news,

something terrible has gone on with the industry. That's right. But here's something a little bit newsy that I've been doing some investigating on. So Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister, he's in hot water at the moment. I've been hearing people talking about his curtains. They're like, what's going on? So basically he's renovated the house where he lives in Downing Street. Number 10?

Yeah, number 10, which is the... I know that from love, actually. Yeah, the Prime Minister's house in the UK. And he gets an allowance every year. Whoever's the Prime Minister in the UK gets an allowance for doing up the house. But apparently he's dipped into party funds to spend on doing up the house. And he said he's paid it back, but people are now starting to investigate and they've come up with some great headlines.

It's curtains for Boris Johnson and it's wallpaper gate and all sorts. So I've really enjoyed some of those headlines. So that's what's going on at the moment. This headline says damaging allegation. Is curtains falling into a damaging allegation? I know, I was like, why is big news about curtains? So that's what's going on.

But then I got digging as well. You get into those internet holes. Jono does it from time to time. And it got into what presidents have put into the White House over the years. So Harry Truman in America, President Truman, he put in a bowling alley. Is it still there? No, I don't know. I don't know if it's still there.

Hillary Clinton built a music room. Obama's built a basketball court. And then the Trumps changed that into a tennis pavilion as well. So yeah, so some of the additions that the presidents have made to their presidential place.

No one's drilling down on the basketball, the lavish basketball court. The lavish basketball, no. I want a basketball court in here. This is the Oval Office. I don't care. Put one in. You can just make wild,

just make some ludicrous demands if you're the president. I don't mean it. in. You can just make wild, but just don't make some ludicrous demands. Yeah. If you're the president. I mean, if Obama wants a basketball court, why not? When has he got time for basketball? I guess maybe. He's got a good basketball, our old Obama.

And a mother in the UK was left a little red-faced after she basically got flagged by Interpol. Now, she put some funds through into her account. Now, she's had a horse that is called ISIS. Now, the horse was had for many, many years before ISIS was obviously an international terrorist organisation. They did some damage to the brand ISIS, didn't they, the terrorists? Yeah, and so she had that horse for many years

and she put some funds through to the horse trainer under money for ISIS and it got flagged by Interpol and a big investigation, much like Boris Johnson, into what this money was going. She was like, what, why Interpol investigating my funds? She's trying to donate to ISIS, which of course is her horse and not actually the terrorist organisation.

Well, the generous terrorist, I mean, that's an open donor to a terrorist organisation, putting it on the bank statement. Yeah. Money for next terrorist campaign. Yeah. So basically her friend, a terrorist organisation, putting it on the bank statement. Money for next terrorist campaign. Yeah, so basically her friend a few days later was like, you haven't paid me, who's the trader, you haven't paid me. She said, I'll put the money through, I'll put it through.

And then realised it had been flagged by Interpol saying there was a problem from PayPal. Anyway, ISIS got a couple of new nukes out of it, so that's not too bad, it went to the wrong account. And so that is some money news happening around the world. Some money news. From our money news segment.

I've just looked at Boris Johnson's curtains. They are lovely curtains. Has he done a nice renovation? Yeah, beautiful curtains. Yeah. I'd say curtains are well worth the controversy. Controversial curtains. Add these two men together and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal man.

The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Ben Voice Productions Limited proudly presents Jono Pryor's worst moments of the week. A little something I like to do on a Friday is reflect back at some of the worst moments from Jonathan Richard Pryor. Thank you. I mean, it's only a four-day week as well,

but you said still a buffet of blunders. Producer Juliet, you've spent most of the morning going through the archive of footage. There's been so much. We had to narrow it down. Yeah. It started on Tuesday. We were doing a show in a dairy,

and a little game we were playing where Jono was getting directed around the dairy to win prizes for you, and here's how it turned out. Left, right, and then grab whatever. She's got some original white vinegar. Straight ahead and reach out whatever is there. She's got some Libra maternity pads.

Okay, all right. So there we go. It's almost worse she wasn't pregnant, but it's almost worth getting pregnant for just so you can use them, isn't it? We gave away kerosene to a lady as well. Yeah, there was some unusual things. The jury's just got everything. It just got everything. Ben was like, off air you had to check, isn't it? We gave away kerosene to a lady as well. Yeah, there was some unusual things. The jury's just got everything.

They've just got everything. Ben was like, off-air you had to check she wasn't an arsonist that we were sending kerosene to. I don't think we could post out kerosene. Yesterday on the show, you spoke to someone off-air about something we were doing. A topic. The topic was in regards to, I forgot what the topic was.

Online shopping blowouts. Thank you, Producer Juliet. There's another moment I've just given you for the what the topic was. Online shopping blowouts. Thank you, Producer Juliet. There's another moment I've just given you for the rest of the week. Online shopping blowouts. And this lovely lady rang up and she was, well, she texted through. And she was clearly texting a different hits radio breakfast show around the country. But you still decided to put her on anyway. And she was confused.

I was confused. We're all confused. 0800 the hits. Your online shopping shocker. What did you have, Joanne? Oh, I had speeding tickets. Well, you purchased those online. Well, you get those kind of online.

I don't know if you purchased them, right? Oh, okay. I'm going to ask you a question, Joanne. Have you phoned the right radio show? No, I think we've crossed wires somewhere. And that's how we get one listener at a time

by accident. Well, also yesterday we were talking about my nudes for some reason. So powerful, isn't it, the media? They can really dictate the narrative of

a person's career. Pick up on it and the more it They can really dictate the narrative of a person's career. Pick up on it, and the more it sort of, you know, gains traction, the bigger it sort of becomes. I mean, we've been trying to get Ben's nudes out there for how long now, mate? Ten years? Yeah. No traction, no pick up.

Nothing. Not even on OnlyFans. No, come on, mate. I'm his OnlyFans. There you go. It's the only account on OnlyFans. You actually just feel sorry for the person, isn't it, Ewan? Well, you don't think you've had a blemish-free week either, my friend.

Oh, mate, really? Oh, yeah. Well, Nigella Lawson. Producer Juliet was talking about Nigella Lawson in Spy Entertainment News. And I don't think you will see anyone literally in the history of coat-t, switch sides more quickly than this. She used to encourage people to take leftover wine from people's glasses at dinner parties, put them in an ice tray, freeze them,

and then bring it out when she needed wine and cooking. Because you know how sometimes you need a splash of wine and cooking? That's not a bad idea. But then she got roasted by a meningitis society. Oh, that's a terrible idea. In the space of five seconds, Ben's voice has turned on Nigella. Oh, well, let's just all just agree

that we've both had shockers. It's a shocking week. Yeah, there's not many radio shows who like to focus, drill down on the bits that didn't work. The shockers, yeah. Let's hopefully management weren't listening to this. We did it nice and early on the bits That didn't work The shockers Yeah Hopefully management

Weren't listening to this So we did a tour Nice and early in the morning Yeah yeah nah Yeah nah Yeah nah The home of yeah nah 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 Alright She's put on a wetsuit

She's slapped a snorkel In her gob And she's strapped on An oxygen tank She's ready to deep dive Into today's celebrity stories she's put on a wetsuit, she's slapped a snorkel in her gob, and she's strapped on an oxygen tank. She's ready to deep dive into today's celebrity stories. What's going on, Jew and Spy? So a video has gone viral on TikTok of a waitress working at IHOP in America, and that's like a...

International House of Pancakes? Yeah, it's like a breakfast chain across America. And so she posted security footage of her telling someone, oh, sorry, there's a 30-minute wait. There's no tables. You're going to have to go somewhere else. She didn't realise at the time until after the fact that it was actually Adam Sandler.

But he had a face mask on, so it probably was a little bit harder to recognise him. But she turned away Adam Sandler, and now she's absolutely kicking us out for it. Yeah, he didn't wait the 30 minutes. He was saying, fair enough. He was probably like, I'll go somewhere else. I mean, it's IHOP, so it's not super high quality food.

And Adam Sandler, he dresses like me. He's like a bit of a slobby dresser. He's dressed like an everyday sort of person, doesn't he? Yeah, yeah. So you wouldn't pick him out probably. No, no. But how gutted would you be afterwards? You'd be like, that was Adam Sandler.

But at least there's proof that she met him and stuff, you know? Because it's viral on TikTok. Adam Sandler's going to the International House of Pancakes. Yeah. Isn't that great? I don't know. He could probably have a Michelin star chef cooking pancakes. Oh, true.

Just keep it real. Keep it real. Yeah, true. Maybe he's missed out on all the nice, well, not nice. I don't know. I don't know what the quality of IHOP's like. But, you know, in lockdown. It's a fine, it's a family sort of restaurant.

It's like Denny's, isn't it? Oh, yeah. And they make awesome pancakes. That's what they do. I mean, International House of Pancakes. You'd expect them to make pretty good pancakes. Yeah. It's like Subway going, oh, our sandwich game's a little off, to be honest.

The cookies, you should try the cookies. And in a bit more local news, Benny is teaming up with a couple of 66-piece orchestras for a series of New Zealand concerts. So she'll be performing with her band and a couple of orchestras in Auckland and Wellington, sorry, performing her songs, but with a bit of a twist. That's awesome.

I'm sure that'll sound amazing. Yeah. Imagine her singing with a bit of a twist. That's awesome. I'm sure that would sound amazing. Yeah. Imagine her singing with cool instruments in the background. It would make her, she's already cool. It would make her even cooler. That's a cool flute. That's a cool saxophone. So is it the same 66-piece orchestra,

or she's got two 66-piece orchestras? She's got two 66-piece orchestras. So 112-piece orchestra. Well, you went on a fly. I mean, flying around the country with 66 people. Yeah. So she's got two 66-piece orchestras. So 112-piece orchestra. Well, you went on a fly. I mean, flying around the country with 66 people. Yeah. Yeah, so she's performing.

Make your own way there. Carry on with cellos and all sorts. Yeah, that would be a lot of admin. So Auckland, it's with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. And then in Wellington, it's the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. So a couple of shows in Wellington at the end of July and then a couple of shows in Auckland in September. That'd be really awesome. Pretty cool. Speaking of orchestras,

my son's learning the saxophone. Whew, that's a journey. Is he? The saxophone. I tell you what, it's an instrument that you're like, well that looks hard to play and I can vouch for it. It is hard to play. It sounds like it's hard to play, doesn't it? Sometimes him and his mates come over and they have sax, sax-offs. And I'm like, what's hard to play. Sometimes him and his mates come over and they have sex. Sex offs.

Tough work, Ty. Hard to listen to. Just put some noise-cancelling headphones on. And that is Spy. For more, you can head to the hits.co.nz. Yeah, you did that. Yeah. Nah.

Yeah, nah. The whole movie. Yeah, nah. She'll be right. And at the end of the day. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. Right, now we want to find out who's having the best weekend.

Hey, feeling good? Yeah, we're going to judge. We are going to sit here up on our high horse and judge you, Jodie. What's happening this weekend, matey? I'm heading to Christchurch for a girls' weekend to celebrate my birthday. We've got pedicures, hot pools, dinner out. Oh, that sounds like a great weekend. Oh, listen, can we join you on that girls' weekend?

I thought you said just for the girls, but it sounds like a great time. Yeah. That's true. If you have a problem with gin, you can join. Yeah. When was the last time you had a pedicure, Ben? Oh, it's been too long. It's been too long.

Good luck after yourself. Yeah. How many are going down? Four of us from Auckland. Yeah, right. That sounds like a wild weekend. And meeting up with the South Island ones in Christchurch. Oh, the South Island chapter.

The girls weekend happening in Christchurch. That's not a Island chapter. The girls' weekend happening in Christchurch. That's not a bad one. We'll keep you on hold, Jodie. See if that wins best weekend this weekend. Ryan, you're on. How are you? What are you doing this weekend, Ryan? I'm going to Kelly Tarlton's with my kids

and then going to a first birthday and a 60th. Oh, jeez. Well, you're spanning the age there. The age demographs there. First and a 60th. Kelly T jeez, you're spanning the age there. The age demographs there. First and a 60th. Kelly Tarleton's is always fun, isn't it? Listen, I'm going to say

both of you win. Both of you get Hell Pizza this weekend, okay? Oh, there you go. You guys have a great weekend. Everyone listening as well, thank you so much for listening to the show.

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