Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Can you guess who this international TV star is?

Episode Date: February 27, 2024

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The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. Now we like to do this from time to time, get a guest on that one or two of us don't know who that is. Today we've got a big international guest that Jono doesn't know and we're going to play some guest who with him right now. Now I think our mystery celebrity guest Jono that you don't know about is on the line right now. Are you there? I am here. Okay. Now, Jono, you need to work out who this is.

You will know this person. Okay. Yes or no answers. I'm a great star. Are you putting on an American accent? No. Okay. It's authentic.

Authentic American, yeah. International, yes. Have we met before? No. No. Are you involved in music? No. Well, this is tough.

Entertainment industry. Entertainment industry. Okay. Actor of some description. Maybe. Maybe an actor. You don't seem confident on the actor part, Ben. No, I'm not.

You don't believe in this person's acting ability? I would say you probably will know him more as, let's say, a TV show. Let's try and work out the TV show this person was on. From a TV show. Huge TV show. Drama? Are we talking a drama? No. Oh my god. You suck at this.

He's not giving you much except for no. I love it. Is it like a popular show that's on the streaming services? Yeah. Okay. Have I seen the show? Yeah. I've seen the show. Yeah. We've talked about the many things that this particular show has done.

It was many, many years. Oh, gee. Okay. Is this Brad Pitt? Okay. It's not Brad Pitt. Okay. Hit a genre.

It's a genre. Yeah. Is it like reality TV? Yep. Maybe. Maybe. But you a genre. Is it like reality TV? Yep. Maybe. Maybe. But you said yes, he said maybe. He's a good actor too.

Reality conjures up a different kind of thing to what this is. So we're not Love Island. Not Love Island. No, no. Oh, God. Is it like a home renovation show? No. In the middle of guest two where Jono's trying to work out

who the big mystery guest that we've got on the phone. You know, he's American. You know, he's a star of a huge international TV show, but you haven't quite got who it is. No, so I'm texting, is it John Krasinski from The Office? Oh, that would be cool. Oh, that would be awesome. No, it looks clearly on him.

Have you got any more clues for us mystery guest? I can say that while it's not a home renovation show, it might be thought of as a home destruction

show. Home destruction show. That's a really good clue. What would destroy a home?

Being married at first sight? It's not married at first sight. It's not destroying a home, but you can destroy things at home, maybe.

Oh, look, I'm going to put you out of your misery because you're using up all our time with this particular person. It's Jamie from Mythbusters. Oh, Mythbusters! Yeah, the huge show. Oh my God, how did you get Jamie? I don't know. I feel like he's regretting it right now. Are you regretting that, Jamie? Not at all.

Well, yeah, so Jamie, 17 seasons, Mythbusters, 296 episodes. A huge, huge show. It's really nice to talk to you. Well, nice to be here. Listen, if I'd known we were talking to you, I'd be more prepared with questions. Jamie's in Australia at the moment. He's making a new sort of content series with Aussies and Kiwis for Employment Platform Seek. Now, did you have to apply for this job

for the hosting through Seek, or was that something they just came to you? They reached out to me. I've come down here, and we've done some really fun bits where there's, you know, fire and mayhem and explosions and all sorts of stuff. Well, geez, okay, obviously a big budget in the job-seeking community

if they've got explosions in their adverts. That's incredible. Have you seen Taylor Swift while you're in Australia? I have not. I'm a celebrity, but not quite in that league. I feel like she's overshadowing your trip to Australia, Jamie. Now, we know you, of course, from the beret and the moustache on Mythbusters. Are you still rocking both of those?

I am. I've had the beret on my head for a number of decades, like four or more decades. But the white shirt was something, basically, I just, when the show came along, I asked my wife what I should wear. And she said, well, let's pick something respectable, like a nice, clean white shirt. So that's what we did. The white shirt turned out to be one of the worst possible choices, given the work that I did. That's true.

Such an iconic show. And people must come up to you all the time talking about their favorite myth that you busted. Is there one in particular that stands out that people remember the most? For me, it was probably when you busted the myth with Titanic. Jack and Rose could both fit on the door. Yeah. I always remember that one, but what is it for other people? I would have to say the cement truck because, you know,

it was probably the largest explosion that we did on the show and that seemed to be the signature thing that people were attracted to. Because you were a special effects expert for movies and commercials for many, many years, did many Hollywood movies like Robocop. So I guess your safety standards were pretty good. But the show was incredible. I mean, I saw a photo yesterday when I was looking at you online. You hanging out with Obama, who was a fan of the show. Yeah, that was one of the high points, I think, for me.

And I was astonished at how good he was with his lines and everything. He made us look like rank amateurs. Did you film an episode with Obama? Yes, we did. He was supporting science education for you. Now, what happens when the president turns up to your film set? How many people does the president come with? Well, what happens is basically whatever the president wants.

And we sort of finished, but as is normal, they want safeties. You know, let's get another take to, you know, make sure we got what we need. But Obama said, no, I think we've got that. And everything stopped. So you didn't do a second take? No, no. Like I said, what the president wants, the president gets. I mean, when Obama's like, I'm pretty sure we've got it,

no one's barking back. I think you're moving on. We've got Jamie from Mythbusters here. He is filming something really, really cool for SEEK, as we said before, which you'll be able to see for Australians in New Zealand, the job website. Do people come up to you and say, do you know if this is a myth or not,

wherever you go in the world? All the time. I just tell them, that's not my job anymore. I left the myths behind. We busted all the myths. Did you do the food on the ground, the five-second rule? Five-second rule, yeah. That was a famous one, wasn't it?

Yes, we did that. I'm sorry you're asking that because you don't want to know whether it's true or not. Yeah, well, there's a croissant that's lying on the ground right now. I'm just wanting to know if it's fair game. I'd say don't eat it, right, Jamie? Don't eat it? Well, if you're hungry, you know, go for it. The five-second rule for memory is not a thing.

Yeah, I think the key one with that was that if it's wet, it's maybe not such a good idea. If it's dry, it doesn't stick to a bunch of things on the ground. Don't drop your soggy food on the ground. Hey, Jamie, this was a huge surprise. Lovely to talk to you, and good luck for the rest of your trip in Australia. Well, thank you so much.