Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - August 18 - Jono Has A Sponsor, Wendy Petrie, Ben's Broke His Wife's What??

Episode Date: August 17, 2020

Ben's in the dog box because he broke something that his wife LOVES... Jono also managed to get our show a sponsor, WOOHOO! But there was a catch and Ben wasn't happy! Finally, producer Juliet spends way too much time on her phone and we wanted to see if anyone's screentime was longer than hers. Turns out there are other people more obsessed with their phone than she is! Enjoy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Welcome to the podcast. Is it Tuesday? It was a fun day today, Ben Boyce. It seems weird coming in here, no one in the building, doesn't it? Yeah, it is unusual at the time. Unusual times all year though, isn't it, really? In fact, I'm more used to having no one around than having people around now. Is that a weird thing to say?

Yeah. Probably is. Yeah. Because I've clearly spent more time of the year with people around me, so I don't know why that's... Or you've become used to it. But I guess everyone keeps banging on about the new normal, so maybe a lot of these things are the new normal.

And pivoting. I hear a lot of the word pivoting. Have you pivoted? How have you pivoted? No, I haven't really pivoted. No. If anything, we're stuck with commercial radio that we know is going to be around

for years to come. Do you reckon radio is going to be around in years to come? I'm just not going to do that now. That makes me sad thinking about it. I think it will. There's going to always be a need for someone saying something into a microphone from a local level. Podcasts are great, don't get me wrong.

We're on one right now. I love them. I wouldn't say a bad word about them. okay. You know? All right. Like, podcasts are great, don't get me wrong. We're on one right now. I know, yeah. I love them. Wouldn't say a bad word about them. Some of my best friends are podcasts. But I think years to come, you're living in, where are you living? Wisconsin. Okay.

You want to know what's going on in Wisconsin, don't you? Right, so you want to, and you reckon that radio is the most immediate way of doing that? Well, yeah. I mean, you can't have a Conan'Brien, as much as I respect him. He's not going to delve into the issues of New Zealand. What about social media, though? If I want to find out, well, I find it from all the news. But you're in your car.

Oh, yeah. I can't be too chicken-headed. A car's still a thing. I mean, in this hypothetical situation. If you're in the car, maybe they're intertwined. Yeah, as long as the car's around, we'll be around. As long as cars are destroying the planet, we'll be here. Well, electric cars are

fine. There we go. That's a hypothetical start to the podcast this morning. We've got a big show today. Nanogirl, a scientist, we want to talk about the new normal with her. Should we be wearing masks no matter what level? Or should we pivot away from masks? Yeah, maybe we should.

Wendy Petrie from One News said after 14 years, she's no longer going to be reading the news on One News. But she catches us today. We're really happy about that. And you find a sponsor. I get a sponsor for the show. And there's a twist. There's a bit of a twist, isn't there, Ben?

A twist that you didn't know about. Yeah, I got surprised. I got ambushed by this and it's been revealed all over the country, the sponsorship. It's out there. It's out there. It's official.

The radio version of Morning Breath. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. I'm in trouble at home. What's going on now, man? I love it when Ben brings his marital issues

to the show. And I look like I covered up a mistake and I'm going to tell you what happened and you're going to go, oh, you covered it up and you weren't going to admit to it. I was going to admit to it. Did you're going to go oh you covered it up and you weren't going to admit to it

I was going to admit to it did you find out about your affair I just went about it wrong because I've been covering for a long time haven't I Juju Juju's in it as well

she's in this web of lies we walk outside and it's like has Ben having an affair and I'm like no definitely not man of my wife can I just say

he's not having an affair thank you I just want to clear that up That's what we're told Hey Juju That's the one we're sticking with Man of my wife loves She loves display pillows

We've talked about this in the past Yes I love display pillows How many pillows have you got on your bed? Oh too many There's like 12 or something Every day you take those pillows off And put them back on

You don't just lie on them You can't put your head on them But now her new love is plants. So now she's moved on. I think we've got enough display pillows, but now she's like, she's a plant person. She watches this guy online, the Swedish plant guy. He's 25 minutes.

I love him already. A few YouTube videos of this guy. They're 25 minutes. And I sit there and it's playing in the background and I try not to laugh at the things that sound kind of rude, but they're just plant stuff here like this. The Monstera has a very thick very extensive root system there should be a combination of thick roots and small fine roots as well and today you're going to get

all you need to know about the fiddle leaf fig. I have to talk a little bit about what we have to do to make it bigger, thicker, and more lush. He's very good. Grow up. He's very good. Grow up. I'm not laughing now,

but he's very good. Because you were laughing all the way through there. I could see you. Not at all. You're like a... Not at all. He's very good at his job.

But Amanda, she's into plants. And now our lounge has got a lot of plants in one area. It's like you're living in the Rimutaka Ranges. Yeah, it's like I'm in a budding plant barn or a Palmer's plant barn or something. And so when you walk towards our table,

there's these plants there close by. And as I was walking past the other day, I was just home with my daughter Indy, I kind of caught one of the plants, one of the big leaves in the plant, and it snapped. I was like, uh-oh. Indy's like, uh-oh. We had a little moment. I was like, and I was like,

I said to Indy, I was like, this is a lesson I need to own up. When Amanda, you know, when she comes home, I need to own up. That's an option or we could try and cover it up. Well, yeah, no, I was like, no, I'm going to own up. But then, you know me, I like to tidy up stuff and I was like, oh, I won't forget about this. This is a big, this is a big incident. This is a plant thing. I'll just, as I'm tidying up, I'll throw

the plant out in the garden. I don't know if breaking a leaf is a big incident. Oh, this was a big incident. It's a big incident. Especially because over the weekend, a week later, Amanda was doing some gardening and then came inside holding up the plant leaf. Oh, did you throw it out? Oh, I put it

outside just thinking I'd remembered to tell her but I had forgotten to tell her. I was like, oh, that. I was going to tell you about that. But I was like, well, were you? Because you threw it in the garden. You've hidden it. Yeah. Amongst other leaves. I was like, I didn't need to show you. I could have showed you where I cut it off the thing. And she's like, you cut

it off? And then we had to watch 25 minutes of the bloody Swedish playing guy, whether that was a good idea. And cutting it off was a lot of trouble. Yeah. Cut cutting off the leaves. And it looked like I covered it up. Like I looked like and honestly

I was going to admit to it. Wow. The sounds of the Swedish plant guy is getting his roots working. I don't know if yours are going to be in the due distance future. This is your new breakfast.

Health Star rating still pending. It's Jorgo and Mano Mahets. Got home yesterday and homeschooling the kids and stuff like that and doing TikTok videos and things like that. Basically, I'm just the camera operator.

Right. There's one that's like Leg Day. Have you heard the Leg Day song? Oh, no, I haven't. Yeah. They tried to put me on the cover of Vogue, but my legs were too long. Yes, I have heard that one. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, every day is leg day.

Thighs, calves, all the way. So, yeah, I was filming videos for that song, and it's stuck in my head now. But, you know, we're just chilling outside, and I noticed ants. You know, it's a stock standard, run-of-the-mill ant. Yeah, as opposed to your... Notice ants. You know, it's a stock standard, run-of-the-mill ant. Yeah. As opposed to your more fancy sort of ants that may be holidaying.

Your pool-run ants. Right. Ant-man. Yeah, gotcha. I'm just talking about your little ants. No one pays attention to them. No, they're just going through life. Especially when they're outside.

Maybe when they're in your house, you're like, ooh. And when you do pay attention, you just spray them with a can of Raid. But jeez, they are running. They're busy. They just do not stop. They're the Ben boys of the insect world. Just constantly going. If that was a human, you'd be like, you're on the verge of a breakdown, mate. You're running.

They just don't stop. Yeah, right. Always, if someone said, hey, I want to be an ant, what's it about? You'll be born and you will not stop doing stuff. Just keep going. There's a line sometimes, come on, guys, we're taking these crumbs out of here. Come on. Where are they going?

What are they doing? Yeah. You're right. You look at a fly. A fly will rest on the roof and stuff like that. Yeah, they chill. But ants still go. Bees, they'll stop on a flower and stuff.

And ants like Juliet at Rhythm and Vine. Never stop. Shacked up on Guarana we're going to keep going we're going to keep going we're going to party until 2026 exactly I just wanted to

shout out to the ants they don't get enough respect that'll mean a lot to them I also praise that they can carry massive fat crumbs on their heads as well

if you really look closely they're like da da da da da oh yeah the ratio I've read the ratio on the internet it's wild praise that they can carry massive fat crumbs on their heads as well. If you really look closely, they're like... Oh, yeah, the ratio. I read the ratio on the internet. It's wild. It's like a human carrying a boulder or something. Every day is leg day for the heads.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Some people skip breakfast, the meal, and also this show. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. I feel like something's up. What? I feel like something's up. You? I feel like something's up. You've been saying that you've got to find a sponsor for the radio show. Yeah, I've spent the last, what, five or six days

finding a sponsor for the radio show. I never know, because Ben, producer Humphrey's filming at the moment. I never know where to look when people are filming and you're talking on the radio. It's quite anywhere. We won't dwell on that. Because there's more important things, Ben. We have a sponsor for the show.

You look on edge. You look anxious. I don't like not knowing things. You know? And right now you've got something. You've been lording it over me. You're a details guy and you like to be across details. So you've organised a sponsorship.

I have. And yesterday we sent you out of the room. And I won't lie, we talked behind your back. Yeah. Okay. And we decided what would be the best way to present this new sponsorship to you. Why? Can you just tell me?

Hey, mate, there's a sponsor. This is the sponsor. This was the final decision. Dave's from Whangarei. Your thoughts. How do we break the big news to Ben Boyce tomorrow? I reckon put it in a classified in the newspaper. If Ben reads anything in the newspaper, it's the classified.

So it's going to be so attractive in there. You can put it in the Herald. If you want to put it's not attractive enough. You can put it in the Herald. If you want to put it in the New Zealand Herald, put it in the Herald. Tomorrow. That's a fun way to find out. Okay, so you agreed to this form of delivery? I did. Now, this is like a big surprise, like when I got you a hummus and carrot cake for your birthday.

Oh, that was a great day. You love that hummus and carrot cake. I love hummus. So, Ben Boyce, the new show sponsor is in today's New Zealand Herald. Okay. It's on the front page, just inside the front page.

It's on the classifieds. Not in the classifieds. No, we went above the classifieds. We're classier than the classifieds. So you just open that page and then you will see who the brand new sponsor of the programme is.

Today's New Zealand Herald, Tuesday, August 18th. Okay. Fact. So where am I opening to? Just the next page in. What does it say? What is this?

What is this? So there's a massive ad on... Describe it. Don't just laugh because people can't see it. I'm just taking a moment. Are you okay? Take it. I'm taking a moment.

So there's a massive ad on the inside page. So that would be quite an expensive ad. Yeah, that would just cut cheap. But we've got sponsors now. We can spend that sort of money. Well, yeah, but it's a picture of the two of us, and I have been crossed out. And my name, so it just says Jono,

and the NBN has also been crossed out. It says, Jono, sponsored by Skinny, tune in for more. Well, I couldn't afford to Photoshop you out of the photo. That was quite costly in a short space of time. So what? So that was the best option was to scribble your name out and cross your face off. Now, the reason being, Ben, you're probably like, why?

Yeah, what is this? Why? What is this? Why is Skinny only wanting to sponsor Jono? Well, that's because, my friend, they're all about keeping prices low. Okay? And so they've gone with the cheaper option of the two. All right.

And come on board with me, not you. So they're not sponsoring the show. They're just sponsoring Jono. The bottom line's still the same. Still money coming into the company. Well, I'm not part of it. No, you're not.

No. But by association, you're here. You know, you play some role. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you. It's just you're not part of this deal. I don't know how I feel about this. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you. It's just you're not part of this deal. I don't know how I feel about this.

I wasn't quite excited. It's like Christmas. We've got a sponsor. We've got a sponsor, baby. You've got a sponsor. Skinny, proudly bringing you Jono. Jono and Ben in the mornings. What do you mean?

No, not you. I'm not part of this? No. Okay. I don't know how I feel about this. Should I play a song? Yeah, play a song, Juliet. Yeah, it's getting awkward.

He just keeps rapping. Are you going to need me to wrap these things up? I don't know. I'm just quite surprised by what is all this. Wake up and smell them. Actually, no, please don't smell them. That's odd. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

And don't forget, Jono brought to you by Skinny. Skinny does award-winning prepaid mobile phones, plans, and broadband. There's great prices across New Zealand. It's that simple. So how much of this are you having injected into the show? I'm not part of this deal at all. If you just tuned in to the show, I've discovered that Jono's sponsor he found for the show

is just a sponsor for him. Yeah, a little about keeping prices low, and so didn't want to pay for both of us. And I was at the lunch. I was whining and dining, passion and cash, and scrouching and felching, doing it all, Ben. Right, right. Okay, that's how I got the deal at the lunch. I was whining and dining, passion and cashings, scrouching and falching, doing it all, Ben. Right, right.

Okay, that's how I got the deal across the line. But it was that or no sponsor. What do you prefer? I don't know. I was expecting, I thought it was Jono and Ben, but anyway, okay, Jono. Brought to you by Skinny.

Sponsored by Skinny. Yes, does award-winning prepaid mobile phones, have I said that? Yeah. Plans, broadband, great prices across New Zealand. Hey, on a serious note, you know, Mike,

my friend Mike, who comes in here and drops baked goods. Oh, yeah. So he's a mate of mine who's just started a cafe, but he picks up the baked goods from across the road

and every morning before he goes to his cafe, he'll be like, plug my cafe. So I better plug his cafe. That's called The General. I went there yesterday after work. And I walked in to get a coffee.

And, you know, everyone's in masks and things like that. Yeah, well, of course, yeah. Contact list. Yeah, it was click and click. Thank you, man. It was click and click. And there was a Spanish lady there who is going to work with him. And he's like, oh, have you met my friend Jono?

And the Spanish lady's like, oh, no, no, I haven't met. And he's like, you've probably seen him on TV. And I'm like, oh, stop it. I'm in a mask, but hey. This is why I have to wear the mask. These things. These things. He's like, you might have seen him on TV.

She's like, oh, really? And then he's like. At this point, you're like, oh, here we go. Here we go. Tell everybody, because, you know. Get your phones out. Get your skinny mobiles out. Take a photo.

Yeah. And then she's like, okay, you were on television. He's like, yeah. He was on that show, Naked Attraction. And I'm like, uh-oh. He was on that show, Naked Attraction. And I'm like, uh-oh. He was on that show, Naked Attraction. He was the one with the really small Franken-beans that no one would date.

And so I was like, oh, this is funny. I'll play along with it. I was like, yeah, it's a shocker. Lonely. I kept getting wheeled out naked, and none of the babes would put me. You played along with it. I played along with it.

You're thinking clearly, yeah. And then she was looking at me like, oh, no, that's no good. But she thought it was true. You poor thing. She had the look of sadness in her eyes for me. You can tell even though she was wearing a mask. She was like, oh, my God. Yeah, it's not quite like the disappointment of a poor lady going,

oh, you're the guy from Naked and Attraction who no one wanted to date. Did you realise? You must have realised midway through. Yeah, but then I... That wasway through. Yeah, but then I... That was a joke. No, but then I can't overcompensate. Well, clearly,

because I'm undercompensating. So that's me now. Another guy who couldn't get a date on Naked Attraction. That's a wild show. Have you seen that? Yeah. The producers

and the camera people must get so sick of seeing Frankenbeans and Foo Foos and bits and pieces. Oh, yeah, it's right, right, yeah, right up there, isn't it? Even the host would be like, oh, not another beer.

Wheel them out. It was shocking at first. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. The election and the referendum for cannabis and pro-life is happening a month later now, October 17. Is it Pro-Life or did I just make up Pro-Life?

End of Life. It's the opposite. We're trying to off them, not keep them going. Yeah, Pro-Life, you know, I knew what you meant. Thank you for helping me out.

I couldn't quite... No, but I didn't help you out because I just made something up and I went with it. I apologise. And you're listening to an inferior radio programme, let's be honest.

They're not expecting much and that's the good thing when you come to Jono and Ben. Jono bought you by skinning. It's a good thing because the bar's set very low and we've done that for ourselves and it's just moments like these. You know, if we're upstairs at ZB,

you couldn't get away with this nonsense. No, what's that they call it? The pro-life? Yeah, the pro-life. It's killing the man. Yeah, okay. Anyway. But anyway, we're going to do our referendum.

But it's important, New Zealand. I know the voting's been delayed, but it's important that we have something to vote on. That's right. We. But anyway, we're going to do our referendum. But it's important, New Zealand. I know the voting's been delayed, but it's important that we have something to vote on. That's right. We've got to vote for something. So we can vote on this right now, and it's to do with sandwiches. We were having this debate yesterday,

and it's an age-old debate. It's happened before, and it'll happen again. And when you're making a sandwich, where are you cutting them? Are you cutting your sandwich straight down the middle in two sort of rectangular shapes, or in a diagonal, and get two sort of triangle shapes.

Again, you wouldn't get away with this on New Souls EB. No. But you can because we've set this bar. Oh, because the fine lines would blow up. You know, it'd be too much, too much, too many calls. I'm diagonal. It's a superior cut. You know it's a superior cut. It fits better with your hands.

You feel like, I don't know, mentally or subconsciously, you're getting more sandwich, don't you? You're a square. Yeah, straight down the middle. It just seems like you're- It's like the missionary version of sandwich cutting. You don't need all that razzmatazz, all that sort of fanciness when it comes to a sandwich, just straight up the middle.

Straight up the middle. Diagonal razzmatazz. What are you trying to do? You're not in a fancy cafe, yeah? You're just having a sandwich at home. Okay, so this is the referendum. 0800, sandwich cutting, diagonal, rectangle. It's over to you, New Zealand.

Claudia, you're on New Zealand's Breakfast. This is the referendum. Sandwich cutting, your thoughts. Well, I actually straight up and down. I'm with you. I'm with you. Why, you don't need all that fancy diagonal stuff, do you? No, my mum always does it straight up and down. I think I'm. I'm with you. Why, you don't need all that fancy diagonal stuff, do you? No, my mum always does it straight up and down,

and I think I'm just a creature by habit, but I do understand the argument. Yeah, it's been passed down through the generations, rectangle cutting. What happens at a restaurant or a sandwich shop? You get a sandwich and it comes out diagonal, and you're like, no, no, no. No, no, I'm happy with it.

I understand both sides of the argument. Okay. This is just what you do. This is your thing. I'm with you on this one. All with it. I understand both sides of the argument. Okay. This is just what you do. This is your thing. I'm with you on this one. All right, Elizabeth with us on 0800 The Hits. Welcome, Elizabeth.

Triangles or rectangles for the sandwich cutting? I love to cut mine diagonally into the triangles because it looks so much better. Yeah, it does. And I think a lot also needs to be said for what filling is inside the sandwich. Okay. You know, if you've just got a Marmite cheese, whatever, whack it down, I can see the rectangle cut.

Yeah, yeah. But if you're running a bacon, lettuce, tomato, maybe a chicken avocado, you know, maybe a hummus aioli pastrami. You want to go diagonal. Right. It's a better presentation. Thank you, Elizabeth. Ben, you want to settle this with an official word.

Oh, yeah. We're going to Jacinda Ardern. She's got nothing else to do at the moment. No, you want to settle this with an official word. Oh, yeah. We're going to Jacinda Ardern. She's got nothing else to do at the moment. No, she's busy. She's busy, okay. So this is, we're going to Ashley Bloomfield. He's got, no.

It's a serious sandwich question. So we're going to the serious sandwich shop. Good, this is Ben Smith. Terry speaking with Dom. How can I help? Is that the serious sandwich? It is not, sorry. Their store has closed down here.

Oh, this is awkward. Okay, who are we running? It's Burgers and Beers. Oh, Burgers and Beers. You don't deal in sandwiches? I mean, technically a burger's a sandwich. I mean... Come on down. Technically.

Hang on. Well, we're here now, so we're going to talk with you. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Oh, goodness. We were here on sandwich- we're going to talk with you. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Oh, goodness. We were here on sandwich-based issues. I tell you what, I used to work at the sandwich shop. Oh, here we go. I got passed along with it, so I can probably answer some questions.

Okay, all right. You've got a career in sandwich making. Last four jobs I've had was putting things between breads. Kind of become a habit. Last four jobs I've had. All right. Sandwiches. When you're cutting a sandwich, do you cut straight down the middle

or do you cut diagonally to the side? That's a big question. I think it depends on the bread. If I've got a square piece of bread, I'm going to cut diagonal all the way. You get that nice first corner bite. And the best thing since sliced bread has been what? Best thing since sliced bread? Thicker sliced bread. Oh, since sliced bread has been what? Best thing since sliced bread? Thicker sliced bread.

Oh, thicker sliced bread. A thicker piece of that sliced bread. Yeah, that's a good answer. Hey, thank you very much for your time. We really appreciate it. You've been a great help. Thank you. Bye.

Diagonal the way to go. The referendum has been decided. It's been settled to one on that one. Making poor life decisions every morning. It's been settled to one on that one. Making poor life decisions every morning. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. For the past 14 years, Wendy Petrie has been a regular part of all our lives, reading One News and covering news events all over the world. We're very sad to learn that Wendy Petrie is finishing up on One News very shortly.

We're very happy she joins us right now. Wendy Petrie, thanks for your time. Hi, guys. You sound a bit croaky, Wendy. I know, I know. What's going on, mate? You're just waking up. Oh, look.

It's like a whole new world of sleep-ins again. You know, that lockdown feeling. Home schooling. I've just got the 10-year-old to work with maths and let's hope something comes out of that. The frightening thing I find about home schooling is how uneducated I am. Oh, mate. Tell me about it. Just like, let me just check

with your old assistant about that fraction. I'm not quite sure. And I'm also like, well, this is not going to serve you any good later in life. Well, that's your attitude, which I don't think is a good attitude, John. You just go, maths. When do you use maths? I'm like, every day? Yes, yes. The calculator, actually, I use that. Yeah. And there's nothing Siri can't solve. Exactly.

Google check. What about you in the morning, Wendy, with the family? Do you read the headlines out? Does everyone sit around the breakfast table? Or is that something, that's what I would do if I could read like you, read the news like you. No, it's really weird. Well, often, you know, it's a normal life. You know, we're so busy.

We're up and I've got a couple of, a rower, would you believe it, it's really weird. Well, often, you know, it's a normal life. You know, we're so busy. We're up and I've got a couple of, a rower, would you believe it, and a swimming daughter. And so it's always so, I'm probably up at the same time as you. I'm so silly.

I know. It's very, very hard work. The rowing teams, I always remember at school, I'm like, do you have to get up this early? Like, you can still do it at lunchtime.

No, why can't we just do it like a normal sport? Do it in the afternoon? Yeah. Why do you have to do it at three in the morning? It's awesome that you're doing that. Now, Wendy, 14 years ago, you drove into Judy Bailey's car park. You took over that.

Does it seem like yesterday? You know what? It's so weird because it seems so long ago, but also not that long ago. It's sort of like so much has happened. I mean, since then then I had another child, you know, my kids are now teenagers. And, you know, I've got eyes, you know, like the old saying when you're old,

oh, but I don't feel that old. I don't feel that old. But, you know, we have. I don't sort of, when I look back at photos of myself when I was, you know, just coming into that role, I do look, you know, so different and young and the hairstyle looks different. And, you know, so you look back at it and go, well, it actually was a long time,

although it just feels like a blink of an eye. Yeah, oh, you do. I end up saying that I'm still young at heart. The stuff I say, my arteries are clogged. Still a young heart, Wendy. What has been an absolute highlight? 14 years, I don't know, It would probably be impossible to pick one. But one highlight for you.

Someone you spoke to, someone you interviewed, a country you went to. Yeah, as you say, this is the hardest pick. There's so many. I mean, I remember one when we were on set and Billy Crystal was here. And he happened to walk behind us. He did like something no one's allowed to do,

a walk behind Simon and I. And we actually got a photo of him in the middle, standing in the middle of us going, where am I? And it's like, this is Billy Crystal. That was really cool. The fist bump, of course, Wendy. A lot of people remember the fist bump. You did a live cross and

you're still on TV at the time and the fist bump, it's amazing how those things stick with you for so many years. I know, not my best moment. It's always like, Wendy, why didn't you just take two steps to the best? Then you could have done it this time. No one would have seen it. It was a long week.

We'd been down in Christchurch doing the David Bain retrial and it was like there was a verdict that meant we're going home. I was really happy to be going home. So anyway, anyway, it's one of those things that I can now laugh at, but at the time it was like, oh my goodness.

Who had to tell you that you were still on camera? Yeah. Oh, I don't even remember. It was just someone said, oh, did you know that you were still on camera? And I was like, what? What? Oh, no. Wendy, you're a crazy jogger woman you put on your Instagram page.

So what does that involve? Like how much are you running? Oh, I run all the time. It's sort of like my head space. After I had pissed, it was like, what am I going to do that's quick that I can just get out for half an hour and go for a jog and listening to podcasts or music and just something and I just finally get back from that run and I just feel so good.

And it's something that gives me the head space away. I don't know, it's that head space that I need to start my day, I guess. Are you sweaty? Are you quite a sweaty person? Oh, I'm definitely sweaty. Yeah, I'm a sweater. I'm a shocker. That's a weird question. That was a weird line of questioning. Apparently when you get sweaty, you're supposed to be, because you're

bitter or something. I don't know. You're bitter? I'm drenched in it. Bitter or bitter? Very bitter. Oh, bitter. Jono's bitter. He's very bitter about a lot of things. Hair loss, those sort of things. Working with me. Oh, Wendy, we are very sad that you're leaving the co-hosting role. But I'm glad to hear that you are going to be still appearing on our screens.

And we can't wait to see what your future holds. You've been a massive part of all our lives and done such an amazing job. So well done. Oh, thank you so much. That's a real honour to hear. Thank you. We apologise in advance. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

Spy. No, what's up? Spy.co.nz. Coronavirus may have come back, but this virus that is celebrity news never went away. It's producer Juliet with Spy. What have we got? Thank you very much.

Now, Tiger King is potentially coming back for a season two, but Carole Baskin is asking for $2 million to take part because she thinks she's a massive celebrity now, I think. I think it's a reasonable fee given it's an international smash hit. You think of, I guess, a movie star? Yeah, or even like you heard about the Friends, you know, rumours getting a million, you know,

a show and stuff like that. Yeah. If that was the case, I don't know if it was. Imagine how many husbands she could marry and feed to the Tigers for $2 million. I know. Endless supply. Yeah. If that was the case. I don't know if it was. Imagine how many husbands she could marry and feed to the Tigers for two million dollars. I know. Endless supply. Exactly.

I mean, she jumped on Cameo to make a bit of extra bucks, didn't she? Yeah. With that celebrity video app. Because would it be a series two without her?

Like, if you didn't have her in series two. Joe Exotic's in prison. Yeah. I mean, obviously they'll try and get hold of him

in some way, but if she's not involved, she's probably like, oh, I don't have to. She's kind of the main deal apart from him, eh? I love her husband. Have you seen the... The new husband?

The new husband, yeah. Not the other one. I didn't get to know him. I'm sure he is a lovely gentleman as well. But the husband, have you seen their wedding photo shots? No. Where they're both kind of dressed like tigers. They've got little kitten ears on.

And he's on a leash on all fours. Very experimental wedding shoot. High concept stuff. He's got a tail on. He's on all fours. And she's got him wandering around like a tiger. What a day. What a magical day.

Look at that. Absolutely. You would never do that for me, Ben. Let me be your tiger. I've done some degrading stuff with you. Put me on a leash. Wow. And Delta Goodrum.

So she has posted a big video onto her Instagram account. Basically, she released a song called Paralyzed and the reason, the sort of inspiration, I don't know if that's the right word, behind the song was because after surgery that she had in her throat and in her mouth,

it left a nerve in her tongue paralysed, and she had to learn to speak again. This is audio of her learning how to speak after surgery. I'm taking this as like a rebirth thing. That's what it means. Rebirth. 24. So she's got a big, big lisp.

She had to, and like singing is her main thing. So that's a big deal. She's had some troubles, hasn't she? Oh my gosh. The fight against cancer, which she's through the other side of, and this as well. So wow.

She's been through a lot, hasn't she? A bit. People wish I had that operation. What's that? To lose my voice. Well, actually, speaking of your voice and Delta, we spoke to her. She was awesome. She's coming to New Zealand next year,

all going well for her concerts. And we did a little thing because she's the judge on The Voice. And so we sung to Delta to see over the phone to see if she'd be impressed by us. I sung badly. And then we had Vince Harder, who's a New Zealand pop recording artist, a great singer, was in the Lion King production. And we had him on the phone line secretly to pretend to be Jono. I'll sing something from the Lion King.

Okay, Delta Goodrum, here we go. You've got to give it more heart. Okay, more heart, Jono. It's the circle of life and it moves us all. It's not me. I mean,

I mean, I don't know how you did it. That was extraordinary. She's like, that's not you. And you keep going, wow. That's what I'll be doing if you were singing like that. At one point, I think I was even talking over myself singing. It was a poorly executed prank. Yes, absolutely.

For more spy, you can head to the hitstock.co.nz. Like starting your day with panda eyes. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Blockbuster Video. We had some stores in New Zealand for a while. They were worldwide. And there's one. They were like Pitbull.

Mr. Worldwide. The world's last Blockbuster Video store is in Oregon in the United States. And we just saw online yesterday it's listed as an Airbnb as well for some 90s themed movie sleepover parties so you can stay there the night and watch DVDs. Oh there we go. It's pretty cool actually. Cool set up. Well producer Juliet I don't know

who do I have to sleep with around here to make an international call mate? Not me. Okay not you. I'll go and do what I need to do after the show and let's just make this call through to Oregon shall we? Okay the world's last Blockbuster video store. Let's go. Blockbuster, how can I help you?

Oh, we got a Blockbuster. Is this the last ever Blockbuster in the world? This is, yes. Oh, wow. It's Jonbuster. Is this the last ever blockbuster in the world? This is, yes. Oh, wow. It's Jono and Ben calling from New Zealand, the radio station in New Zealand. Oh, gotcha. Yeah. Do you know where New Zealand is?

I do, yes. Just underneath England. No. It's underneath Australia. In between Italy and Greece. No. How are you? We're doing all right.

We're staying busy. We were just reading that you're the last operating Blockbuster, but you're not only a Blockbuster, you also are an Airbnb service. So that is only going to be a three-night one-off event. Other than that, we are fully a functioning Blockbuster video rental store. Oh, right. It's a very cool idea you're doing. It looks like a lot of fun to have a sleepover watching some movies.

For sure. Yeah, we're excited. Do people still rent videos? Oh, yes. We have a lot of people who come and rent movies. Like VHS videotapes? Or more DVDs? More so DVDs.

We only have a select amount of VHS for sale. Other than that, we only have DVDs for rent. Wow! And do you get all the new releases? So if a movie is released today, when would you have it? Probably the next Tuesday. Oh my god, you've

persisted. All the odds are against you and you're still in the game. Exactly. Oh, it's awesome, Mia, because it was one of my favourite things, going to the DVD store on a Friday night and you're choosing a movie you wanted to watch. I guess that you're still bringing that joy to people.

We sure hope so. Do you have an adult section? We do not, no. It's completely, it's a family store. A family store. Family friendly. It's like this radio show. It's family friendly. Because I was like, who's still going in there and renting those?

Because that's embarrassing. Yeah. Why is there no other Blockbusters in America? When the corporation just went bankrupt, this specific location has always been privately owned. Right. So when the corporation did shut down, we were able to stay open because we've had faithful

customers coming in before we were a blockbuster. That's awesome. Now do you ever like, geez you must feel filthy going on Netflix do you? Sometimes. Yeah you'll be like, oh this filth. Just give me a DVD and I'm happy.

What's the best DVD? What's your favourite movie of all time? Stand By Me. Oh, Stand By Me. Ah, the Stephen King one, yeah. Yeah. It's a good movie. Good movie.

I haven't watched that for a while. It's a good movie. What's your most hated movie of all time? I don't think I have one, to be honest with you. I like anything and everything. Really? Because I imagine that some movies you would have just, well, not so much hating for the content of the movie,

but you would have just seen so many movies on repeat, I imagine, in the store. I love them all. You love them all. That's what I say. I go to movies all the time. I said it was great. Jono says, no, you must have not liked one.

I'm like, I love them all. I'm with you. You know why he says he loves them all is because he gets free movie tickets and he's too scared to say anything mean in case he doesn't get any more. Oh, well, lovely to talk to you. You stay safe out there

and it's great to see that Blockbuster's still a thing and going well. All right, thank you so much. You guys as well. Look after yourself. All right, have a good rest of your day. Bye. I love it how you say going well.

There's only one store left. But it's going well. It's going the opposite of well. They went from having thousands of shops to one store. Glad to see Blockbuster's still going well. Yeah, but I mean, it's not up for them. They are one store away from being completely irrelevant. Yeah, true.

They were worldwide, but anyway, they're going well. Yeah, true. Okay, yeah. Positive. You're a positive guy. I love it. Low in calories and low in laughs. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

Now, our producer Juliette has just shown us a video from her phone of Donald Trump, US President, fresh off his press conference, having a go, having a go at Aotearoa. They're having a big surge. They're having a... And I don't want that. I don't want that. But they were holding up names of countries, and now they're saying, whoops. In fact, even New Zealand, you see what's going on in New Zealand. They beat it. They beat it.

It was like front page. They beat it because they wanted to show me something. The problem is big on in New Zealand. They beat it. They beat it. It was like front page. They beat it because they wanted to show me something. The problem is big surge in New Zealand. So, you know, it's terrible. We don't want that. Yeah, big surge. We had 13 cases. I think they had 42,000. Yeah.

Yeah. Big surge. You were never off your phone, Juliet. You were across. We were talking about how Ben knows everything on the internet earlier today. You are just constantly on that screen. I know. It's really bad.

It is. I don't know. I think it's when I get bored, I just go on it, and then I'm scrolling through Facebook, scrolling through news. It's a default, isn't it? I think you came out of the womb holding an iPhone. I did that too. You took a selfie and did a TikTok video in the birthing unit.

Yeah, exactly. You actually get your screen time, don't you? Yes, actually, you can check it, can't you? Do you want to check yours? Don't say what it is and we'll see if anyone out there on 0800 THE HITS or 4487 can beat producer Julie at screen time.

Let's go to Frankie in Christchurch. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, Frankie. Thank you for having me. I like the name Frankie. Yeah, it's cool. It's a cool name. Our friend Corey's got a Frankie, doesn't he? Yeah, we've got another friend, Frankie. It's a cool name. Our friend Corey's got a Frankie, doesn't he? Yeah, we've got another friend, Frankie.

It's a cool name. Yeah, what's your screen time? I'm at four hours and two minutes. Oh, has that been you, Juju? No, not quite. But four hours of your day. So let's just say you sleep, what, eight hours?

Four hours on top of that. Maths. Please don't do live maths on the radio. Now I'm doing live maths. That's a lot of time. A lot of time spent. You haven't beaten producer Julia yet though? No, she hasn't beaten me.

You've done a great job. What are you looking at? The dark web? Do you know what? I've mostly put it down to TikTok, to be honest. I don't know what it is. I had to get rid of my app. Not because of the Chinese government,

just because I'm spending too much time on it. And he's over the age of 30. Yeah, yeah. All right, let's go. Thank you, Frankie. You and your great name going. Have a good day. Jacob in the Waikato, welcome to the show.

What's your screen time? Can you beat Juju? Oh, I'm getting a bit of Juju. Oh, I love a delayed. I love a delayed live radio. Yeah, I think, and when they go, could you turn your phone off? I'm not nice. I say, no, hey, Jacob, if anything, turn the radio up. We're not a delayed live radio. Yeah, I think when they go, could you turn your radio down a bit? I'm not nice.

Hey, Jacob, if anything, turn the radio up. We're not a turn it down station. Turn it up louder, mate. Turn it up a bit? Turn it louder. Loud as loud as it can go. Yeah, that's what we want. As loud as it can go.

It'd be a bit too loud if I turned it all the way up. Okay, we'll do loud. You know no one wants us too loud in the mornings. What's your screen time? My weekly average was 12 hours and 16 minutes a day, and my total screen time for last week was 85 hours. 12 hours a day? People think I spend most of my time on TikTok,

but I actually deleted that about three months ago. So what are you spending most of your time on the phone doing? So it says 24 hours and 31 minutes with YouTube. Wow. 16 hours and 15 minutes with Snapchat. Eight hours and 23 minutes with Facebook. Five hours and 49 minutes for Trade Me because I do a lot of shopping.

Five hours and 41 minutes Messenger. Wow, you've done it. There's the stats. He's firing out the stats. Some great numbers there. Mr. Juliet, you've done it. There's the stats. He's firing out the stats. Some great numbers there. Did you do it earlier? You feel better now? Yeah, mine was only five and a half compared to that.

Well, well done. 12 hours a day. That's a lot of time. 12 hours and 16 minutes a day. You've got, well, you've got to. I mean, if we took your screen away from you, you would just end up swiping windows or swiping people's faces or something.

That's impressive. Wow, hold the line. We'll find something for something. That's impressive. Wow. Hold the line. We'll find something for you. That's impressive. Awesome. Thank you for that. For your addiction, we will reward you, my friend. That's what we do on this show.

You have a great day. Thanks for listening, Jacob. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Now we catch up with her to help us with all our scientific questions to do with coronavirus and masks and everything at the moment. Her name is Dr. Michelle Dickinson or Nanogirl,

and she joins us. Thanks for your time. Hello, I'm good. How are you? We're doing okay. Now, Michelle, you know how last time we were talking to you in lockdown and you were refusing to go out in public because you were concerned about how you didn't trust any of the other cretins to stick to the hygiene status. Have you been out since then or have you been in permanent lockdown since the first one?

Look, I'm pretty sensible. You know how it is. So I've been out to walk my dog because he needs a walk. I've been wearing a mask when I've been out. But that's pretty much the only time I've been out. It's amazing the first time that you did go out, you were around other people again and how that was such a weird sort of feeling. And then I guess gradually we got used to that. But then it seems like we're going to have to go back to that all over again. Look, I think what we need is a new normal, which is a sense of caution. It's about

going back to a new normal, but also remembering who you saw and minimising some of the contacts. You know, maybe not to go to a thousand person rave, if possible. 992 is okay. Yeah, that's okay. Not a thousand. Now, the cure. The vaccination.

The vaccine, yeah. How far away realistically do you think it is? Because I saw a story on the news the other night that the UK's gone and bought like a hundred million of like three or four different versions of the vaccine just hedging their bets. Is that a sensible move? I mean, it's sensible if you want to be the first guinea pig. Andrew Lloyd Webber is part of the vaccine test in the Oxford study.

So he is putting his life on the risk. It's going to take at least 12 to 18 months for the trials to finish and some conclusions to happen. So it's going to be a while yet. Let's not rely on the vaccine quite yet. Wearing a mask is obviously recommended, strongly recommended, and we're all for that at the moment in public. But just a couple of questions, because when you're driving in the car by yourself, I see some people wearing masks and also see, you know,

if you're going for a walk or a run around the block and you're not necessarily in close contact with people, is it still a good idea to wear a mask in those situations? So in the car by yourself, you're probably fine. You can take your mask off. If you're going for a run, it's harder to breathe. So I know people aren't running with them on. But even if you're going for a walk in your neighbourhood, I know it seems like you're outside, but there's been a lot of research looking at what we call the slipstream or how the virus lingers in the air and can maybe stay in the air for people who are behind you. And so just minimise the risk.

Just put a mask on. It's simple. They don't have to be expensive. They don't have to be clever. They just need to cover your face and try to keep everybody safe because you don't know. You might be coughing while you're on your walk. You might cough on a handrail.

It's really simple stuff that means that you can transfer it without you realising it. What I have noticed very hard, because, listen, I've moaned to you previously, Michelle, about fogging up my glasses. But the second thing, talking. So when you move your chin, it pulls the mask down beneath your nose. And I know many a news reporter have been suffering the same problem. Is there a right way and a wrong way to wear a mask? On your face, maybe?

I've been putting it around my knees. It's definitely right and a wrong way to wear a mask? On your face maybe? I've been putting it around my knees. Definitely right in a wrong way and I've seen people who have been covering their mouths but not their nose. The whole point is you cover both your mouth and your nose. I'm a smiler too. I like smiling at people in the night but it's very hard to do from behind

a mask. No but you know what you need to do is just stick a sticky smiley on the front of your mask and then you're constantly smiling. Constantly grinning like some sort of... You've really got to work your eyes, don't you? You've got to work your eyes in that situation. Michelle Dickinson, another question

about masks. Do we avoid touching them? Yes, if you can. So ideally, if you're going to put your mask on, pick it up by the ear loops or the elastic and place it over there. Try not to touch the inside that's going to be close to your mouth or the outside because your hands are contaminated. Also, before you put your mask on, wash your hands in soap and water if possible. But yeah, try not to touch the fabric part of your mask. Try to just only hold it by the elastic.

I've seen ones online with sort of ear vents and all sorts of air filters and stuff like that? I mean, obviously you've said things like a handkerchief and a scarf will do as opposed to anything else. But if you really want to be safe, should you be going to that next level? Look, there's two levels of air vents. I've seen some fashion masks put air vents on and actually those air vents are literally

holes between the inside and the outside. And so it's literally like having a massive gazing hole in there. So vents are not really great. There are special vents for N95 masks that have filters in them. Those are very different and those are much more efficient. But if you're seeing a special mask with a plastic vent in there, it's probably not doing you the world of good.

But it looks cool and that's the main thing. You look like Darth Vader. But it's still better than nothing. So if that's all you have, don't worry about it. Keep it on. It's better than not having a face mask. The parts of the country that are in Level 2, should they be wearing masks?

If you are sick, please wear a mask. If you are sick, please stay at home. If you're in Level 2, I mean, mask wearing would be ideal because that way, if there is any risk, you can minimise it. But I know it's weird. I know people aren't used to it. So my suggestion is get a hold of a mask just try one on get used to it once people start to see them as normal behavior it's um everybody will just feel comfortable doing it when they need to so yeah if you're sick please wear a mask stay at home if you're not sick

grab one anyway try it on for a few hours a day just get used to it um because we may all be moving to mask wearing if we have community transmission across New Zealand. Yeah, there we go. Because I was a big fan of the rubber gloves, and Ben was looking, I was wearing those for a long time, and you started judging. For quite a long time. I was like, oh, this is a new thing, is it?

If we all wore rubber gloves, it would be normal. So I see what Michelle's saying there. Michelle Dickinson, love your work. We will speak again shortly. Thank you so much for your time again, and have a wonderful week. Thank you. Wake up full of shame.

Wake up with these guys. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Scrolling through your feed. Yeah, this is all the news that's broken overnight. Someone should send bloody one news in Al Jazeera or a calendar invite to tell them we're coming for them. Just to find out what's a convenient day for them. But just once a day. Just once a day, we're going to come for them.

We lightly dust over some of the headlines and news stories happening around New Zealand, around the world. Well, you do a good job of gathering the news, don't you? You're across, Ben's across everything. You notice that, Richard and Juliet? You have a lot of knowledge.

Yeah, you do. Like, you mention anything, it's like, oh yeah, I saw that, I saw that. There's nothing you don't know on the internet. Oh, no, there's a lot I don't know, but I just try to be up to date with current stuff. But it serves me no real purpose in life. I'm not practical.

I can't do anything around the house. But you know stuff, so it's good. I mean, you're good to have a light dusting of a pub conversation. Yeah, if you want to have a chat with me, I'm fine. You want me to put up a shelf or something at home? I'm like, I don't know what to do. But he could have a great five to ten minute conversation with you. While you're putting up a shelf or something at home I'm like I don't know what to do but he could have a great 5-10 minute conversation with you

while you're putting up the shelf I'll be like oh did you see the election's been delayed to October 17 now is this a good thing October 17 well for who I guess I don't know because there was murmurs this is just what I heard

that Labour had an unfair advantage given that they're dominating all of the news and press coverage at the moment leading into an election. So the further away the date, the better, really. Judith Collins, of course, leader of the National Party, she wanted it next year, 2021, and she got asked eight times by News Hub, Tova O'Brien, yesterday about if she will accept the result

because it's happening a lot quicker, the election, than she wanted. News Hub asked Collins more than eight times if she'd accept the election result. I'm not staging a coup or anything like that, if that's what you're asking. I was asking whether you'll definitely accept the result of the election. Well, I would expect that I will be very happy being the Prime Minister.

But you've not yet said that yes, you will accept the result of the election, no matter what it is well i'm not going to speak in hypotheticals she eventually got there very hypothetical question of course i'd expect to well why wouldn't i i love that she did a gag and then i was like yeah great now will you accept that how many different times does she have to different ways that she answered the same question well producer humphrey came and he's like, well, anyone could roll the government if they don't accept the result of the election stage a coup.

He's like, but you'd look like an idiot. And Ben goes, yeah, well, you would, Jono. Ben said, even you to Jono. I would look like an idiot. He pointed to me, he's like, you'd look like an idiot. I was like, I'm not planning on staging a coup. And yeah, I would look like an idiot. I'm in ripped jeans and a camo jacket.

One of those people on the news, you're like, yeah, I can do it. You're like, oh, really, that guy? Come on, everyone, get behind me. And of course, COVID-19, we seem to be getting it under control at the moment. The tracing's working well. Ashley Bloomfield and the team seem to be doing a great job here as New Zealand

continue to be under Level 3 and Level 2, depending on where you are. But yesterday, there was a few places that are on alert. So some locations of interest over the last two days are a guinea pig show at the Auckland Cabby Club in Hall Road between 10am and 2pm on the 8th of August. A guinea pig show. You know what annoys me about that, Grab,

is the audio is only coming through one side. Nothing grinds my gears more than that. This is a bugbear for producer Juliet. Just to pull back the curtain a bit, tell us the problem, Juliette. So every time that TVNZ upload a video, it only comes through one audio channel. One channel. Oh, really? A lot of people might not have even heard that audio

in their cars. Yeah. So listen, apologies on behalf of the state broadcaster. Yeah. Well, hang on. What are they called? Channel One? Maybe that's why. Comes through on one channel. I only that's why. Comes from one channel. I like to put things through one channel.

Well, we can get like surround sound. No, no, no. Channel One. We've branded it. It's a thing. The guinea pig show. Who knew a guinea pig show

was a thing? Is it a competition or is it just come and look at some guinea pigs or? I don't know. I guess it sounds fun. I see it as being the sort of thing

that the kids would, my kids would love to go along to the guinea pig show they're very cute guinea pigs oh they are I just googled them

they are adorable they are a cuter rat aren't they rats would dream to look like a guinea pig well they're not related to pigs at all they are a rodent

I was looking up before the show they only sleep for short periods awake for 20 hours a day guinea pigs like you I'm like the guinea pig

always on edge they like to chat to each other. They are like me. So you need to keep them in pairs or small groups. And a guinea pig can run after only three hours. From birth to running in three hours. You really do have a lot of knowledge, don't you? Well, that one was all the internet.

But there you go. So they're born and they're sprinting within three hours. Up and at them, mate. Twenty hours a day. I'm the buddy who haps the wheel. Just for 20 years. A daily grind. From day dot, they are on the go. Wowee, there you go.

So that's the scrolling through your feed today. Thank you very much for listening to it. We'll see you tomorrow. I'm going home. Start your day the wrong way. It's Jono and Ben on my heads. The A to Z of New Zealand. This is where we call a different town or city in New Zealand.

We do one a day and we're doing it alphabetically. It's going to take us a good couple of years to get through every town and city in New Zealand. And today, Edgecombe, which is a town in the Bay of Plenty. And I tell you what, it has plenty to offer, if you know what I mean. And when I say plenty to offer, if you need to spruce up on your oral hygiene, why not visit the Edgecombe Dental Centre? Feel like some raw fish? Why not visit the Edgecombe Fish Supply?

Okay. Need some ointment? Why not visit the Edgecombe Pharmacy? Need some muscles? Why not visit the Edgecombe Temple Gymnasium, which we are about to do, Ben Price. All right. Let's go.

Let's give them a call. They'll be up early. Good morning. The Temple Medard speaking. Have we got a hold of the Temple Gymnasium Edgecombe? Yes. This is Medard Hojabri. Who am I speaking to?

Hi, Medard. It's Jono and Ben from the Hits radio station. Oh, hello, Jono and Ben. Lovely to hear your dulcet tones. And can I just picture you? I reckon you're running some wonderful pectorals, some finely chiselled biceps, and the abdominals where you could grate some pastrami on.

Something like that. Something like that. Are you speaking to Jono or Ben? Oh, we're speaking to both of us. It's quite confusing, isn't it? The same're speaking to both of us It's quite confusing isn't it? The same sounding nasally voices So it's quite confusing Anyway This aside

We've got your body make up Do you want to hear me describe my body? If you wanted to Feel free to A little It's like the worst 0900 call either Describe your body to me Jono Well a little squidgy in parts.

A little squidgy. A little jiggly. My pecs jiggle a bit. He's quite hairless. He's all like hair. No, none on his head. He's going balding. I've literally, this is without a word of a lie,

I'm wearing some pants right now that I can't even do up. So the top button's undone. Anyway, this is not why we called. We called to find out about Edgecombe because we call a different town and city every day and we learned something about the place and today is Edgecombe's turn. Oh, awesome.

What can you tell us about it? An amazing place to live, John and Ben. I mean, don't hear what they say about the bad towns of New Zealand. It's actually a really awesome place to live. Just a few minutes from Whakatane. Who's been talking smack about Edgecombe? I don't know. Sometimes social media,

you'll get people that don't actually live in the town saying what they think of it. And it's, yeah, I just want to say it is a great place to live. State Highway 2 runs smack bang through the middle of it. Yeah, we're not too far from Tauranga and Pepperma on the Mount, only about 45 minutes on the toll road freeway.

So, yeah, everything's pretty close to Rotorua as well. Tell me, if we were coming to Edgecombe, what should we do apart from see your magnificent body? Well, there's quite a few things you can do here. John O'Benn, you can do bushwalks, fishing, beaches pretty close. You've got Thornton and Ohope very close by. And just, yeah, some really amazing scenery. You can do

hikes. Yeah, we've got some really awesome outdoorsy stuff here. What if I came to Edgecombe and it was leg day? Is there a place that I could work on my legs? Yeah. Come over to the gym. Oh, there you go. You can get a free pass and we've got to keep the weights nice and light for you. Yeah, that's for sure.

He definitely would. His legs barely hold up his body. Leg day is just walking to the gym for me. You can skip leg day today. You can be forgiven. Usually people train chest on Mondays. Oh, right. Okay, gotcha.

So, and there's a vape store. Do you vape? Vape, I used to smoke back when I was a teenager, but obviously running a gym sort of got to promote health and fitness. Yeah, yeah. It's a bad move. I should probably take the thought I preached, but yeah, we're there next door to us.

I love turning up to a gym where the person behind the front desk is just smoking with an ashtray full of 90 cigarette butts. Oh, well, lovely to talk to you. You stay safe in Edgecombe, and if we're ever over your way, we'll come do leg day with you. Oh, awesome, John and Ben. You're more than welcome. And yeah, hopefully we see you guys around these legs.

Legs. Starting your day with old Joe Morning Coffee. It's John and Ben on my heads. Spy. Go WhatsApp spy.co.nz. If they've been pumped full of lip filler or lipo, you'll hear about them in this bulletin. Producer Julia with some spy entertainment news. Thank you.

Taika Waititi celebrated his 45th birthday recently. Had a big fat party in Malibu. Gerard Butler was there. Stella Maxwell, the supermodel, was spotted there as well. He was also photographed

hugging and talking quite closely to a female. And so everyone's like, ooh, is this a romantic interest? But you never know. I was reading the article there, and the Daily Mail really gets quite descriptive about his outfit. They do.

Oh, his outfit? Yeah, his outfit. Taika was dressed, just in case you're wondering. Oh, yeah. How was he dressed? Taika was dressed casually in a short-sleeved white shirt with some black piping, Ben. Okay. Do you know what he completed his look with?

No, you tell me. He completed his look with a pair of dark blue trousers, white sneakers, and what was on his wrist? It was a silver wristwatch. Oh, there you go. Did you want to know what she was wearing? His huggy partner. Who was his huggy partner? Do we know?

No, it doesn't say. His female companion, meanwhile, wore black bike shorts, very in vogue this autumn, and a mesh T-shirt. Do you know what she completed her outfit with? Black kitten heels and a tote bag, Ben. Well, there we go. Those are the details. Riveting. Don't say that.

This show doesn't dive deep. We really do, don't we? And Ed Sheeran, his first demo album, which he made when he was 13, is getting auctioned off for about $20,000. It's only one of 20 copies in existence and he said previously that he wouldn't want anyone to hear his first music because he just says it's absolutely shocking. I'd be like going back and listening to our first radio show.

Well, I listened to yesterday's show, I couldn't do it. Yeah, listen to what we did 10 minutes ago. But isn't it interesting that his first ever recording, Ed Sheeran, international music icon's first ever recording, is $680,000 less than an empty bag of air selling on Trade Me. Oh, yeah. That's been pulled. Australia pulled.

That's been pulled. Yeah, we're talking about that. COVID-free air. Hamilton Teenager put that on Trade Me. And it got up to over $100,000. And then Trade Me went, okay, it's not going to happen. You've had some fun. Yeah, it's been fun.

But no one's going to follow through and pay $100,000. I thought it was up to $700,000. Then did he pull it back down? I think there were some other bids that, yeah, I was trying to weed out the realistic bids. Well, maybe this one. We'll settle on a mad person who wants to spend 100 grand on this EBV.

A birthday present from Gerard Butler for Taika Waititi or something. Do you want to know what he was wearing? Gerard Butler. Here we go. I don't know. Okay, cool. He was wearing a black t-shirt, green pants.

Oh, yeah? Oh, there we go. He had a wristwatch. Oh, he had a wristwatch. It's quite a hard word to say, wristwatch. Wristwatch, yeah. Why don't they just call it a... Well, it's on your wrist.

I mean, it's not a leg watch, is it, Juliet? You need to stipulate what sort of watch it is. Yeah, true. For more spy, you can head to the hitstock.nz. Not a morning person? Sadly, neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Synchronise Odds-es.

This is where producer Juliet asks Jono and I a question. We have three seconds to come up with an answer and if we synchronise our answer, we take the prize off the listener. Oh, and jeez, it provides an electric amount of energy for this hour of the morning

if we sync up an answer. It does. Have you got an example, Producer Juliet? Here we go. Name for me something you'd find in a bathroom. Flannel.

That's too much for 6.10am. Something like the World Series or something. Just saying flannel. This is an 8.30 game. People are just waking up. Yeah, but then if we don't get synchronised and answer, which happens most times, it's a 6 o'clock game. Now, Ben, this is a little unorthodox.

Yeah. Okay. I'm going to make you choose who we go to. We have Jenny or Josh. You've got two people on hold. You make the callous pick. And then I want you

to explain to the person that you didn't choose why you chose the other person. Okay. I'd like to talk to Josh if I can. Josh, bring Josh up. Kia ora, Josh.

Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Great to have you on. Yeah, good to be here, mate. How's it going? Really good. And can I talk to Jenny as well? Can I just hear Jenny as well? Yeah.

Let's get everyone on. Moreno, Jenny. Good morning. Wonderful to have you. Now, this is the awkward bit. They sound good, don't they? Okay, Josh, I'm going to give you a chance to win with the game, okay? You hold the line.

Jenny, you're going to get a double pass to Reading Cinemas. You just won anyway, all right? Oh, God, he's such a loser. Well, there you go. Both have a chance to win now. He just wants everyone winning in life. You made that awkward for me. Well done, Jenny.

You walk away with something even though you've done nothing. Oh, fantastic. There we go. That's a great start. Josh, a good chance of you winning as well as who, my friend, all right? Oh, sweet. So well done. You've got the tickets already.

You've already won. It's our job to steal them off you if we synchronise up an answer. Take it away, Juju. All right, name for me a beach in New Zealand. Long Beach. Josh threw me. He chucked an answer in there at the same time.

Oh, well, Josh and I didn't sync up our answers, so that's good. Okay, next one, Juju. All right, name for me an occupation. Blacksmith. Oh, okay. This is the three-way secret. Josh, you don't have to play along, but it's great you are.

Yeah. Love it. Love the enthusiasm. I like it too. And finally, our last chance to sync up an answer. A New Zealand celebrity. Michael Galvin. Oh, there you go.

Hey, all right, Josh, well done. You keep the tickets. Jenny got tickets. Everyone's a winner. It's all unicorns and rainbows here. What have you got planned today, Josh? Oh, I'm at work. You sound shady AF.

What do you do? Nothing, I'm just in the office at the moment. Just keep it quiet. What are you hiding? Nothing. I'm just in the office at the moment. Just keep it quiet. What are you hiding from right now? I love it. Everyone. Everyone. You go and enjoy those movies, mate,

and thanks so much for listening to the show. Cheers. Appreciate it. See you, mate. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. We like to end the show on a positive note,

and it's been a big show today. If you missed it just after 7 o'clock, I found out the show had a sponsor. Well, I knew, Jono. I had organised the sponsors. What you didn't know was the T's and C's of that sponsorship arrangement. Now, Skinny have come on board, but they like to keep prices low, Ben. So they're just opting for an unorthodox sponsorship.

I'll admit that. You put it in the paper this morning, the New Zealand Herald page 2. And this is what happens when I found out what was happening with our new sponsor. So you just open that page and then you will see who the brand new sponsor of the programme is. Today's New Zealand Herald, Tuesday, August 18th. Okay. So where am I opening to? Just the next page in.

What does it say? What is this? What is this? What is this? So there's a massive ad on... Describe it. Don't just laugh because people can't see it. I'm just taking a moment. Are you okay?

Take it. I'm taking a moment. So there's a massive ad on the inside page. Massive. So that would be quite an expensive ad. Yeah, that would just be well done. But we've got sponsors now. We can spend that sort of money.

Well, you know, it's a picture of the two of us and I have been crossed out. And my name. So it just says Jono two of us and I have been crossed out and my name. So it just says Jono and the and Ben has also been crossed out. It says Jono, sponsored by Skinny. Tune in for more.

It's a good day. It's going to be at the music producer, Juliet. Jono brought to you by Skinny. Ben, just there. Just there. Ben's just here, yeah. Making up the numbers.

The and Ben. Not part of we should have just photoshopped him out of the thing eh Julian yeah more obvious yeah man

yeah I was crossing you out anyway well we've got a sponsor so it's a good day it's a good day to show you've got a sponsor baby I'm pleased for you

and pleased for Skinny in these turbulent economic times yeah well done get a sponsor on board why's it going to be a good day I need some positivity right now

under the hood 4487 why's it going to be a good day? I need some positivity right now. Oh, under the hoods. Four, five, seven. Why is it going to be a good day for you? It's bringing some positivity to the nation and we might reward you with something as well. Let's head to Si, shall we? Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Si, why is it going to be a good one?

I'm good. Hi. G'day, mate. How's it going? Sound like we caught you off guard there, Si. Why is it going to be a good day? Because it's Tuesday, second worst day of the week. The second worst day of the week.

You're slowly working your way towards the best ones? Yeah, yeah. And I'm hanging the fuck out. And still ain't got COVID yet. That's great, Si. I tell you what. I wish I was whatever Si's on, I'd love to be on right now. He's on happiness.

Flick your double pass to Reading Cinemas. Let's go to another call. I know at 100 the hits. Don't rap, Si. Just keep talking to Si. Chris, welcome. How are you, mate? Welcome, Chris.

How are you? Great. Yeah, what's going to be a good day for you? Because I've finally nailed down a builder Which is the most impossible thing to do Pun intended Oh, good pun Yeah, yes, exactly

And now that I'm very hopeful his name's not Si And he'll be arriving soon Armed with a nail gun I would love Si to come and build my place Yeah, he's awesome Hey, Chris, that's fantastic Because builders, I tell you what They must be the filthy new rich now, builders.

You reckon? Yeah, I think so, huh? Yeah. We're going to double pass to Reading Cinemas for you. Enjoy the day and hope the building goes well for you. Awesome. Thanks, guys. Love listening.

Thank you for listening. We appreciate it, mate. Listen, you guys are going to have a wonderful Tuesday tomorrow on the show. I think we're tracking down someone who's seen the elusive Ashburton panther. Oh, the mid-Canterbury panther, yeah. And that roams the hills around there. So we'll get them on the show tomorrow morning. Plus, my sponsor, Skinny, want to do some giveaways too.

Oh, great. If you want to catch the podcast, you can do that on iHeartRadio. We'll catch you tomorrow from 6. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from 6 on the hits. And via the iHeartRadio app.