Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - December 03 - Jullian Bell, Rules For The Work Christmas Party, Bad Guys In Action Movies

Episode Date: December 3, 2020

If you've seen 22 Jump Street, you'll know the face of Jillian Bell (she got to fight Jonah Hill in it!) We chatted to her over Zoom about her new movie Godmothered and my god she's hilarious. Yesterday Jono went and sorted his will out because he hasn't done it yet, but he took his daughter Poppy along to the meeting. But kids don't know when they need to act appropriately, they have no awareness! And she embarrassed him TWICE during the meeting which proves to us all, don't take your kids to meetings because it'll be a shambles! We also chatted about the movie scenes that always make you cry, and for some reason, Ben always cries during cartoon movies...! That and more on today's pod!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Welcome to the podcast on a Thursday, and the results are in for the podcasts,

the top podcasts in New Zealand over the past year. Oh, well, don't tell us, Ben. Most listened to podcasts in New Zealand have been revealed. Yep. Let me guess. On Apple and also on Spotify. So there you go. iHeartRadio figures taken into account here.

I'm not sure, actually. That's a very good point. I don't know if they have been. Can I have a guess? I'll have an honest guess. Because, you know, jokingly, I would say, oh, where are we, mate? Where are we on the list? You know, are we in the top five?

And I know the answer, so don't even tell me. Don't even hurt my feelings. I'm going to pick, what would be the number one podcast? You know where I'm going to go? I'm going to go with Joe Rogan. On Spotify, number one, Joe Rogan. There we go. It's different on Apple, though.

On Apple's top ten popular podcast in 2020 New Zealand. Joe Rogan, not even on there. Or is he only exclusive to Spotify or something now? Maybe he is. Yeah, he might be. Yeah, so that'll be wise. Oh, he's not even in the top 100. Shocker for Joe Rogan on the Apple book.

Yeah, because I'm not on there, mate. Okay, I'm going to go, what about another podcast? One of the there, mate. Okay, I'm going to go, what would be another podcast? One of the only few ones I know, I'm going to go Stuff You Should Know. Yes, number one on Apple. Is that on there? Yep, number one on Apple, number four on Spotify, Stuff You Should Know. That's a good podcast. So number one on the Apple podcast, let's just go,

Stuff You Should Know, number one, The Daily, number two, and Case File, True Crime. I'll be finished by guessing that. That's number three. Yeah, and there's no New Zealand podcast within the top 10. And then on Spotify, The Joe Rogan Experience, Ted Talks Daily, and Call Her Daddy, rounding out number three. So there you go.

There's the top podcast numbers coming through for you. But delivered in a very confusing fashion because I started guessing and it was all over. You were like, yeah, there's number three, there's number four. So there's a podcast out there. We don't know where we are. We don't want to know where we are. Don't tell us. No, don't tell us.

No, don't know. Oh, that's good. Do you do, okay, what podcast do you listen to when you're being Ben Boyce? You know, the real Ben Boyce. Oh, it's really boring. Like, it's really boring for most people. No, it's not the NBA one, is it? Yeah, listen to The Ringer. The Ringer, it's like an NBA podcast and they have various shows about that. it's not the nba one is it yeah to the ringer

the ringer it's like an nba podcast and they have various shows about that that's probably the one of my go-to or a espn show called the jump basically they just play that same show on a podcast form and so you can listen to you listen to it as a podcast now and again you don't see the highlight they're talking about see i'm already bored he said he just keeps talking blah blah blah yeah yeah he likes as well. Do you listen to cricket podcasts? No, I haven't found a good cricket podcast. I haven't been looking though, to be honest, so maybe I should. Maybe I should look for one.

What do I got? Stuff you should know I've listened to a bit. Oh, you like Conan? Conan's very good. I heard a fantastic podcast with Conan O'Brien and Kevin Hart. Is this the only podcast in the world where we just talk about how good other podcasts are? We talk about basically telling you to listen to other things.

Why are you still here with us? Go and listen to Conan O'Brien or Ben's Weird NBA Podcast. That's our advice. No, Conan did a really good one with Kevin Hart. And I tell you what, you don't understand how driven that man is, Kevin Hart. Yeah, very driven. He is. He's a very successful, driven man. So, yeah, it's a good Hart. Yeah, very driven. He is. He's a very successful driven man.

So, yeah, it's a good podcast. Anyway, here's a shocking one. Jono and Ben. Gillian Bell, she's a Hollywood actor. She was in 22 Jump Street in probably one of the funniest movie scenes I've ever seen. She ends up in a fist fight with, in probably one of the funniest movie scenes I've ever seen. Now she's a Disney godmother in a Disney film. Yeah, she's very

funny. She joins us on the show today. As well as that, we've got our Christmas party tonight. A new company Christmas party and we get some calls of what not to do. Juliet's already preloading. Producer Juliet's already preloading for Christmas. So, how are ya? So good night.

What's your favourite podcast? Don't have to say this. Joe Rogan asked the Jono and Ben one. I know, she's good. She's a corporate lady. She's a corporate lady, Julia. Even drunk, she knows. Yeah, she knows what she's doing.

All right, well, enjoy the podcast. Have a great day. The Songy Corn Flakes of Radio. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Hal, has anyone ever taken a child to an important meeting? A couple of times it's happened, yeah. Have you been in this situation before? Yesterday, I had to go and organise a will.

I don't have a will. Right. Yeah, so when I go, Ben, I've left you all of my holy Metallica T-shirts. Oh, thank you. Juju, I've left you my children, okay? You're in charge of my family. Right, I'll be their dad.

So it's all official now. It's all official. But no, I was like, I'll take Poppy along, my daughter. Well, because if I didn't, she would be left at home by herself. One of the situations, you've got to take the other child along. They would be deemed irresponsible, apparently, by Oranga Tamariki. It's one of those things you don't want to even think about the will, but it is a really good thing to actually do, right?

Yeah, but when you go into a meeting, an adult meeting environment, we all adjust our performance, don't we? As adults, we know how to behave. Kids don't have that barometer. They're like, I'm still going to act like I was acting 10 minutes ago at home. Yeah, I could have wandered in here with no shirt on and I don't care, but that's the problem. So I was like, oh, it's afternoon tea.

I'll pack you some classic Marmite and cheese sandwiches. Oh, some snacks? Yeah, some snacks, some little bits and pieces. And I put it in a lunchbox, which has got the zip lid. You know, how you unzip it and you lift it up. So we're in reception, and then the lovely gentleman comes in. He's like, okay, we'll go through to the boardroom. And Poppy's like, okay, great.

She stands up. She hasn't done up the lid. And then there's this busy reception. Everything spills out. We've got Marmite sandwiches everywhere, chips everywhere. There's a bit of yogurt that's spilled out. I'm like, oh, okay, sorry about this. And I can tell he's like, it's okay.

But he tells her it's not okay. This is a place of business. okay, sorry about this. And I can tell he's like, it's okay. But he tells her, it's not okay. But anyway. This is a place of business. And you're hyper aware of it as well. I know, yeah. So then we go into the boardroom and it's fine. She's chiming in on the odd thing just with stuff. Can I watch YouTube?

Yeah, you can watch YouTube. Yeah, because in that situation, whatever the child needs to be quiet, you're like, phone, take my phone, take a laptop, whatever it is, just whatever you need right now in this situation just to give us 10 minutes. Cigarettes, you want cigarettes?

Light one up, take it, I don't care. Whatever. Have a beer. Maybe not quite that far but you're right, in that situation you'd pretty much do most things

just to go, you're cool, we've got this adult conversation going on. So Poppy's over there, she's smoking cigars from Cuba and drinking fine whiskey. Okay, and I'm sorting out this will.

She's getting quite slurry and abusive. You won't leave me nothing. And anyway, so the meeting's done. It's all fine. It's about half an hour. And then we get up to leave again. She picks up the lunchbox. Uh-oh.

Not twice. Twice. I was like, I just zipped it up. I was degradingly picking it up off the floor. This is a new location though. This is a new location at the point. The same, all the same, because you couldn't eat it and it'd fall out on the floor.

All the same contents then spill out again. There's strawberry yogurt all over his boardroom carpet. I'm degradingly picking all the stuff up like we do on our male stripper nights, you know, with the cash at the end of the night. And yeah, so that was that. And he was like, oh no, it's fine. He kept saying it's fine.

And the more he said it was fine and the less it felt fine. Yeah, all those situations. So yeah, just don't take the kids for nothing. Did you write that into the will? And I'd like to leave my daughter Poppy all this food that's been picked up from the floor? She'll come and collect it when I die.

I had a situation, I think, at the bank where I had to take Indy. Same situation. And Indy was like, wanted to ask me something. I was like situation I think at the bank where I had to take and I had to take Indy. Same situation and Indy was like wanted to ask me something. I was like, hang on just a second because you're having

quite an important conversation. Just a second. You're like, what is it? What's so important? She's like, can humans survive without their head?

And I was like, oh my God, this is the question that you wanted to ask me? That's a big question. Yeah. That's worth stopping a mortgage conversation for.

Yeah. What do you reckon, mate? Who do you reckon? Shoes without heads? I'm thinking no, but... George, should we Google it? Remember to double pump

the vogels. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. You'll know American comedian Gillian Bell from her scene-stealing performances in the TV show Workaholics

and movies like Rough Night and 22 Jump Street with Jonah Hill. No! What? No! What were you doing?

What am I doing? Why did you try to kiss me I didn't try to kiss you yes you did oh you're so weird it's just very funny she's in a new movie out in time for the Christmas holidays

on Disney Plus it's out tomorrow it's called Godmothered also stars Isla Fisher it's about a fairy godmother who tracks down a young girl who's now grown up whose request for help

was ignored I'm going to print that people still need fairy godmothers i'm looking for a sad little girl named mackenzie walsh that is me no it can't be you you're old have you seen yourself security and she's joining us now over Zoom. It's very exciting. Gillian Bell, how are you? I can't hear you. Oh, you can't hear us. I can't hear you. We're still muted.

Oh, we're muted. We're still muted. Oh, here we go. Can we unmute? Oh, here we go. We are unmuting. Here we go. Can you hear us? Are we unmuting?

We did it. You did it. I always believed in you. I was sitting here thinking, these guys are going to get it. It's a fatal Zoom mistake that we all make. Usually my parents make, but embarrassingly, we just made it. How are you? I'm good.

How are you? Nice to talk to you. We're in New Zealand. Whereabouts in the world are you? I'm in Los Angeles. Oh, yeah. I've heard of that. Yeah, you've heard of that one?

Yeah, I have. We're kind of known. I love the setting you've got here. I do like your wooden Venetians you got behind there. The blinds. Thank you. Thank you. I have those put in.

They did not come with the house. No, that was a good decision. And no one's been asking me about the backgrounds. Oh, that's us. That's us. Exclusive interview. We probably should concentrate more on the movie. But anyway, we've talked about your rug.

We are going to grill you. Get ready. Oh, no. No. The movie, I watched it with my kids last night. I really, really enjoyed it. But it's kind of flips the script on the fairy godmother, right? You're not quite the Cinderella fairy godmother. No, she's very different. She has a lot of opinions. And what I love most about the script was that, you know,

we're used to seeing the fairy godmothers want to give young ladies a prince and a gown and a castle and this is definitely

a twist on all of that. It's more of a modern take, which I love. Can I just say, you know, Mickey Mouse is certainly not running a Mickey Mouse operation when it comes to

security of watching the movie online. You had to put in about nine different passwords. I had to receive four emails. A text as well. I had to hand over my passport number, my driver's license number. And then it had your name, like, embedded on the screen. So if we shared it, you're like,

you know where that's coming from. I had to share my darkest secrets just to watch this movie. I had to do the same, by the screen. So if we shared it, you're like, you know where that's coming from. I had to share my darkest secrets just to watch this movie. Yeah. I had to do the same, by the way. It's not different for me. I had to fill out my social security card and put in an eye scan.

They're very careful with it, but it's fun getting to see the first peak before everyone else, right? It really is. Now, I always wonder, as an actor, when you watch the film for the first time, is it a comfortable watch? Are you anxious? Are you like, oh, I did a better take in that scene? I definitely am nervous. I'm definitely not like, ooh, looking good. But I was, I have to say this was the first time time you know um when the titles come up and you see the disney logo with the castle in the background i mean that was a that was a goosebumps moment for

me it's been quite surreal because you would have grown up with all the disney movies yeah that's what i definitely watched all of them as a kid i still watch them as an adult so yeah so that's a pretty magical moment. Does this guarantee you a lifetime pass to Disneyland? Oh yeah, did you get that? I believe because you just said it out loud and I didn't. I think it just did. In the movie, you grant a young girl her wish, a fairy godmother wish.

But I understand as a young girl yourself, your wish was to be on Saturday Night Live that was your dream right it was my dream yeah growing up I had a very mature wish television show a very specific like sketch comedy show SNL yeah and um I did get that wish but I was a writer on it you didn't even go to New York I, as a kid on holiday because you're like, the first time I go is going to be when I'm on Saturday Night Live. True. Very true. And that's how it happened. I had never been to New York before and I got to audition and that was the first time I was in New York. Of course, you're in this movie, Godmothered as well. You're also in 22 Jump Street with Jonah Hill. And I read Jonah Hill said, Gillian Bell makes me want to quit show business. She's the funniest person I've ever met in my life. You're hilarious in this new movie but I want to know

has Jonah Hill quit show business because of you? No. I know he has become more of a director now but no I hope not unless, I don't know why he said that. I think that's so lovely. It's a lovely comment. It feels like he got swept up in the moment there though didn't he? That he was going. I think that's so lovely. It's a lovely comment. It feels like he got swept up in the moment there, though, didn't he?

That he was going to quit his job because of you. Yeah, you really put it out there that he was leaving the business. Now, you grew up in Vegas. Yes, I did. Las Vegas, Nevada. Born and raised. Is it a wild town to grow up in? It is.

It's odd. It's an odd place. I mean, you always go to a casino for a nice dinner or there were always slot machines at CVS's and Walgreens. Like any kind of grocery store has a slot machine in it. So I thought that was normal. So you could go to the pharmacy or the

drugstore as you guys call it and you can play the slot machines. Can you? Yeah. You can lose a hundred bucks when you go to pick up your prescription. So you've got to wait ten minutes, you can fill the time. Who is gambling in the pharmacy? You would be surprised. A lot of

people. Lindsay from Disney's just messaged us saying time's almost up. The clock is ticking, Gillian. Yeah, well it's been so nice catching up with you. We love your work. We love this movie on Disney+. I think it's just in time for the holidays,

which is great here in New Zealand. Lovely to meet you. Lovely to meet you, too. I hope we do it again soon. Serving bowls of loels for breakfast. Actual loels may not be served. It's Jono and Ben on the heads. Jono, you're watching that classic Christmas movie.

It's good to get a Christmas spirit. Love Actually the other night. Yeah, I like to get my juices up heading into Christmas, you know. It's a great movie. Yeah, you do it with Christmas movies, Love Actually, and we were talking about this yesterday after the show, and I always get a bit teary at the end. Fragile person I am, very sensitive.

Even though you've seen it so many times. Oh, yeah. I cry more at movies than probably most other things, you know. I've never seen you cry at anything real. Yeah, but you always cry during cartoons and things. Yeah, a lot of sort of Pixar. Pixar gives me a lot of passion. Paw Patrol.

Paw Patrol really gets him. Will Chase keep chasing. Does Dora keep exploring? But you know the end of love, actually, when Hugh Grant gives that speech and all the people are coming through the doors of the airport hugging their family. Whenever I get gloomy with the state of love, actually, when Hugh Grant gives that speech and all the people are coming through the doors of the airport, hugging their family. Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world,

I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed. But I don't see that. Seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there. Oh, isn't that lovely? Isn't that lovely?

People coming and hugging their loved ones. I know, they're real people in that scene too. Real people? I hope they've got release forms. Yeah, I think they did. I was in a Hollywood movie. Oh, no one will see it. I'd fly 24 hours.

I stank. I looked like a rat, a drowned rat. And you put me on a film? As you were saying before, it seems to be a lot of the animated movies I watch with the kids at the moment. You know, the scene from Up is one I always cry at. Toy Story.

Oh, the montage at the top. Yeah. Not often you begin to cry at the beginning of a movie. Straight away, they did well on that one. Toy Story 3 is another one as well where they're going into the furnace and they all hold hands, the toys. But then the other day,

the kids are watching Trolls, the movie, and they're like Poppy and Blanche, the trolls are caught under a pot and things weren't looking good, guys. And then Justin Timberlake, who obviously does the voice, busted out the most soulful version of this song. It's hard to take courage. Hasn't got a lazy voice. In a world full of people.

What do you get crying during cartoons? It's like you were crying about toys who are cartoons of toys they're doing a good job on you yeah and the other one as well was uh the movie inside out and she's all emotional because her memories of her childhood are there and and she's moved out of town and she wants to go back and i was just you need me to be happy I want my old friends I'll say the dance like He also cries in any scene That The Rock and Kevin Hart are in

Just because it's too much awesomeness for him There's two heroes Brings a tear to his eye These guys are amazing So this is what we want to chuck out there on 0800 The Hits You can text 24487 The scenes that make you cry Let's get these on So this is what we want to chuck out there on 0800THEHITS. You can text 24487. The scenes that make you cry.

Let's get these on. Let's get these on this morning. Love to hear your calls. Love to get your texts. It's all part of the business, baby. You come on. We've shared. We've opened ourselves up.

Yeah, we're vulnerable. Vulnerability. They always say share a bit of your personal life. I have probably too much. Too much. I think people have probably turned off now. I'm not going to listen to that weird man who cries during cartoons. It's like, oh, less.

Many of them share less about yourself. Jesus, McCormick's not over there on More FM going, oh, I cried during Flintstones. Gee, what? Do I want to listen to this guy? Gives a go right there. Let's go to the phone, shall we? Our good friend Gary's on from Auckland.

Morning to Gary. The scenes that made you jerk those tears. Hi, guys. Yeah, back in its day, E.T., the extraterrestrial. Oh, yeah. E.T. was dying and the flowers or the plant that was on his table started to die. That was the tug of the heart.

Then it all came back to life and I blubbed like a baby. I only watched it last week. It was the emotional movie, E.T., wasn't it? Looking at a picture of E.T., he kind of looks like me, doesn't he? Who wore it better, me or E.T.? Looking at a picture of E.T., it kind of looks like me, doesn't it? Yeah.

Who wore it better? Me or E.T.? You better look into him. You better look into him. He always had very long fingers. He did, yes. He could have wrapped

his fingers three times around a remote control E.T. Always wanted a phone home, didn't he, too? That was always his big thing, wasn't it? Oh, no. He's like,

just give me the bloody phone. I need to tell them where I am. Mum will be worried. Yeah, fair enough. I can see his dilemma. And no one could get him a phone. He's like, just give me the bloody phone. I need to tell them where I am. Mum will be worried. Yeah, fair enough. I can see his dilemma. And no one could get him a phone.

The movie would have been over a lot quicker, if they just found it. 2020, it'll be legal, mate. Yeah, they just brought this. Do you want me to text her

or FaceTime? Or Zoom, actually. Zoom, you want to Zoom? That's a new thing we started in 2020. Thank you, Gary. I appreciate it, mate. Thanks for sharing.

All right, let's go to our next one. Kitty, welcome from Christchurch. It's good to have you on in the Garden City. What's the scene that made you cry? Oh, morena, guys.

Morena. It was the Green Mile when they executed John Coffey and the innocent black man and they killed his mouse, Mr Bojangles. Oh, it was so sad. John Coffey, you have been condemned

to die in the electric chair by a jury of your peers. Do you have anything to say before sentence is carried out? I'm sorry for what I am. Please, folks, don't put that thing up for my face.

I was afraid it was dark. Oh, it did. And he... It's so lovely, yeah. It's making me tear up now. Remember when he... Yeah, me too. And he grabbed Tom Hanks by the ghoulies

and sorted out his problems? Oh, his problems, yeah. He sort of sucked it out and it came out like flies. It's magical boozies, isn't it? Miracle man, wasn't he? Ben does that to me after the show. He's like, I'm John Coffee at you, you what? All right, all right, move it. Nothing ever comes out of your mouth, though. I'm John Coffee at you You what? Alright, alright Move it on

Family show Nothing ever comes out of your mouth though Family show See, kiddie Have a good one Thank you for listening We're going to Sousa So we're going to Tracy

Welcome Tracy Good to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast The movie scene that made you cry Oh look When Wilson floats away on Castaway Oh the ball The volleyball The volleyball floating away.

It was a real thing. It was a real thing, the ball. Well, he got so attached that if you haven't seen the movie, another Tom Hanks movie, he's trapped on a desert island by himself, becomes sort of friends with a volleyball that he's got in his possession and becomes like his best mate, right?

And then he loses Wilson out to sea. Wilson! Wilson! Wilson! a C. Well done! Well done! Well done! When you think about it, it's just the volleyball, but you got so attached to that volleyball,

didn't you? Oh, yes. It was such a sad moment in my life. Yes, it was. But when you play it out of context, you're like,

oh, Tom Hanks is just crying about a volleyball there floating away. Get another one. Rebel Sports always having a sale. You get a new one. Thank you very much. Have a volleyball there floating away. You can get another one. Rebel Sports always having a sale. You can get a new one. Thank you very much.

You have a great day, Tracy. Appreciate it. And we'll get Hannah on, shall we? Welcome, Hannah. What was the movie scene that made you cry? Good morning, guys. Morning, bud. The cry from City of...

The scene from City of Angels where Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan finally find each other and the next morning she's driving on a bike, throwing her hands out. You can see all that emotion on her face and then the truck ends up in front of her. Oh, that's a hell of an out. It's more of an alert if you haven't seen it.

It's an out gag. Meg Ryan gets flattened by a truck. Yeah, that's right. Now Juliet's mouthing, I don't have that scene. So can you reenact it for us, Hannah? Oh, I just did. Oh, you's right. Now, Juliet's mouthing, I don't have that scene. So, can you reenact it for us, Hannah? Oh, I just did. Oh, you just did.

She explained the whole thing. End scene. Hannah, thank you so much for your call. We appreciate it. I've watched that movie so many times. Good on you, Hannah. Appreciate it. We've got one more.

It's Susan in Wellington. Welcome from the capital, Susan. We're talking about tear-jerking movie scenes. No, we went one too many. Why did I go Susan? We went one too many. Yeah, and I was like, don't go Susan. We went one too many.

I tried to push the boat out too far. Much like Wilson in Castaway, I'm floating off into the distance. Eggs for breakfast. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Who's for you? Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. You're breakfast. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Who's for you? Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. You're on the hits, Jono and Ben,

on a big day in the world. The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, if you hadn't heard in the news, has been approved for use in the UK with officials saying it'll be made available for next week. Stick it in me, mate. Stick it in me.

You can't actually. We're a bit down the pecking order. Even in the UK, they're starting with, as they should, the elderly and the most vulnerable, and obviously the workers out there doing it in the hospitals and then slowly working their way around. So that's exciting.

But next in Spy, we have a very unusual story, producer Juliette. Yeah, a celebrity reckons he's never had an argument with his wife the time they've been together, which is a bit cool, big cool. Some passive-aggressive behaviour is going to blow up soon. Oh, yeah, because they've been together a while, right? This couple have. It'll be at least five years, right? I'd say so, yeah.

Yeah, we've got a child together. They've got a child. They never argue with a child. You go and put them to... Okay, 0800 the hits. Just before we get to Spy, can we, in one song, find anyone in New Zealand who's never had an argument with their partner?

How long have you been together? What's the trick? Probably like 35 minutes this morning. Are you living in separate islands? Yeah. It is sickening, the amount of calls and texts coming through. We've been together for eight years, never had a disagreement. Eight years!

I'm having a shocking run in my relationship. Well, I must be doing a lot of stuff wrong. You imagine though, like you sort of just go, and they go off and you know. Maybe they go to their car and go, No! Come back and go, yes, yes. No, no, fantastic.

Well, let's find out how you do avoid them because Alex is on the phone from Rotorua. Welcome. Never had an argument with your partner, Alex? No, never had an argument. How many years have you been together? 29. What? No.

29 years. Have you had a heated discussion? No, never had a heated discussion either. What's the way? How do you function? What's the key? What's the... A lot of patience.

Do you go to cars and scream in the confines of a vehicle? No, not really. What do you do? Do you want to let it out on the radio now?

No, we don't want all that screaming. Have a good scream. Go on, Alex. Let it out. There's 29 years of pent up frustration So impressive

So what happens if you disagree on something? How do you navigate your way through that? How does that conversation play out? Normally it just goes quiet But then after that we're just talking again So you just ride out your anger in silence. No one talks for a few days? It was fine.

But that's really impressive. Well done to you guys. Yeah. Alex is like, we've been together 29 years. I haven't spoken to him for 22. But we haven't had an argument. That's the main thing. That's really impressive, Alex.

Thank you so much for listening. You go and have a wonderful Thursday. Great. Thanks. You too. All right. Let's find out who that celebrity is in Spy. Spy.

Thanks to Sharesies, New Zealand's fastest growing share platform. Shares made easy. And the celebrity is George Coluni. Oh, George and Amal. Can they get any more perfect? I know. He's so good looking for a 50-wood,

however old he is. He's great. He's a great looking dude. But yeah, they met in 2013, been together pretty much since then and they've never had an argument. For seven years, right? Yeah.

Yeah. I think they got engaged in 2014. So they've been pretty serious for a wee while. And he mentioned that a lot of friends, especially in lockdown, they had arguments because, you know, you're quarantined with your partner 24-7,

but they were just fine. It's been easy. They're in a massive mansion. Yeah. Separate wings probably if they. Fine in their massive mansion. Yeah. Separate wings, probably, if they needed it. Five kilometres apart. Yeah. But I felt like George Clooney, he had his, you know,

he had his pants man years, didn't he? Oh, he was a bachelor. He was, yeah, an eligible bachelor in Hollywood. That was all the thing. He was never going to settle down, was he? Yeah, no, he kind of got it all out of his system, didn't he? So now he's probably, he's ready to settle down. He had a pet pig

for many years. It was like his best mate, a pet pig. He used to live in his house. Really? Wow. Yeah,

he really loved that pig. He loved it like he loves an espresso coffee. And a mile now. I would drink that pig. But yeah, and I had a train of thought but it's gone.

It's fine, don't keep going mate. Just settle on it. What was it? George Cleaning, we were talking to Mal, they've been together a long time. I can't remember what I but it's gone. It's fine. Keep going. Just settle on it. What was it? George Clooney? We were talking to Mal. They've been together a long time. I can't remember what I was going to say.

That's really annoying. And it's on the radio. You need to pick up milk on the way home. Maybe. Should I wrap it up? Put it in your CV for another radio show. Yeah, there we go. Have you got a Pilates class after the show?

What's going on? I might go have a nap after the show. There you go. And that's bye. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. We've got our first work Christmas party for

this new company because of course we're only been working at the Hits this year. So all the radio stations and the New Zealand Herald as well get together for a Christmas party. I'm nervous. It's going to be fun. Like a Christmas tree, Juliet's going to get lit. Like a Christmas pudding, I'm going to get stodgy.

I'm a little nervous about some of the do's and don'ts. So we'd love to hear from you today on Oh! 100 Hits. I'm glad there's no Secret Santa attached to this one. I think it's too many people for that. But that can be quite an awkward experience in the office. Oh, yeah. We both had a questionable history

with Secret Santas. Dean, who we used to work with, wonderful Dean Campbell, he was one of the employees at the radio station. I got him for Secret Santa and he had a good, we always joked that he had a wonderful torso. But not to him. Did we not joke to him?

Oh, was it behind his back? Was it behind his beautifully muscular back? Not that he, I think he was ashamed of it. I don't think he even... Oh, was it behind his back? Well, yeah. Was it behind his beautifully muscular back? Not that he... I think he was ashamed of it. I don't think it was the public. Oh, because we were like, oh, look at his rig. We kept calling it the rig.

And we'd all joke, geez, he's got a great rig. And then so I was like, well, this would be an amusing present. I bought some baby oil and then I got a label printed out and called it the oil rig. Yeah, the oil for the rig.

Yeah. And he shows it up and he's like, oil for the rig, oil for the rig. And you're like, it's in the rig. You're like yelling out even though it's a secret. It's a different giveaway. It's because you've got a good body. Why are you using a rig? Because of the rig.

Rub it on your body. Do it now. Trying to explain the joke even though it was meant to be secret. I had the same thing. I had a message on a golf ball for someone who plays even though it was meant to be secrets, I had the same thing. I had a grave golf, like a message on a golf ball for someone who plays golf and there was meant to be a funny slogan.

She just saw, oh, golf ball's great. And I was like, who's the best? I've been graved. You're trying to yell out so they can see the thing. Fine line between everyone having a laugh and also bullying someone through the secrets.

They could go wrong. It's almost like a friendly form of bullying. I've spent money on this bullying and I've wrapped it up. And you're like, oh, sir. Don't go wrong. It's almost like a friendly form of bullying. I've spent money on this bullying, and I've wrapped it up. And you're like, oh, thanks. And now I'll shame you in front of all your colleagues. But, you know, Christmas party tonight, we wanted to open up the line, Christmas party, no, no, no's. I thought we were going to do that in sync.

Oh, sorry, yeah. Christmas party, no, no, no's. Yeah, no, it goes, because obviously it is our first Christmas party here, and we're nervous, and we want to know the do's and don'ts. Maybe you've had some experiences in the past that we could learn from. Just hearing off here, and I don't think we can tell some of it,

but Producer Juliet, you've had some things. I've had some shockers. You've had some shockers. So I'm even more worried about hanging out with you tonight. Well, we're usually on a Friday, and so today's obviously our first. Yeah, we're back at work tomorrow, so yeah. I think I'm going to be a bit more controlled,

but I can't promise anything. Well we went out with you in Taupo and you ended up in the middle of the night going you can't mute me. That was one of your big sayings.

Well no one's trying to mute you. I went to a Christmas party once, it was like an indoor beach party theme and they put a little bit of a sand pit down, you know.

Oh right. And then I watched one of the interns and one of the upper management had started wrestling, like friendly wrestling. Oh, man. Oh, and then it was messy, sandy, bloody. Oh, really? Like UFC. Yeah, yeah.

Like Israel would have been very impressed. Yeah. Yeah, no, it turned into it. And it was all quite awkward. Everyone was like, do we break this up? Or are we still going yay? You know, at that point you didn't know which way to take it. Okay, so we'll write that down on our list of things

not to do. No, no, no. Write down no wrestling on sand with the boss. Yeah, clothes were ruined and so were dignities in that sand fight. Let's go to Lucy. She's in the Waikato. Welcome Christmas party. No, no, no. Nope, nope, no's. Sorry, we made that awkward.

Sorry, Lucy. What is it for you, Lucy? Not sleeping with your boss. Not sleeping with your boss. Okay. Okay, no sleeping with the boss. I can't sleep with Todd. Okay, all right.

What boss, Todd? It's very awkward the next day. Did you do it? Not going to answer that. Oh, well, then that definitely means... She doesn't have to answer that. Yeah. Oh, yes, me. Did you do it? Not going to answer that. Oh, well, that definitely means... She doesn't have to answer that. Yeah. Oh, ask me.

Did you do it? Not going to answer that. There you go. Yeah, but then that means you have. Well, no, it doesn't necessarily. It just means I don't want

to answer that. But if you hadn't, you'd go, no. Well, no, maybe not. Why do I need to answer that? It's like saying, we're in the top 10 towns, but then you're number 10.

You know? It's the same sort of thing. No, not going to answer that one either. And was it awkward, Lucy? I mean, sorry. It's the same sort of thing. No, I'm not going to answer that one either. And was it awkward, Lucy? I mean, sorry, would you imagine it would be awkward, Lucy, if that happened? Yes.

It would be very awkward the next day, I'm sure. Hypothetically, what would happen to your professional relationship from that day forward? Not being you, obviously, but what would you see happening? Ding it. What's that, sorry? No. It just becomes awkward, doesn, sorry? No. Just becomes awkward,

doesn't it? Yeah. No, thank you very much, Luce. Appreciate that, all right? Yeah. That's Lucy who definitely didn't sleep with her boss.

Yeah. Thank you very much. Justin, you're on from Invercargill. How's Southland this morning, mate? Southland's beautiful as always.

How's it up in Auckland? It's beautiful as always. Traffic's not moving and we don't have any water. Yeah. Apart from that, we've got a work Christmas party on tonight, so we want to know some of the no-no's. Yeah, big no-no is don't get so pissed that you quit

and then you forget that you quit and turn up the next day like nothing happened. Going out in a blaze of glory. Hey, you know what? I think you can take your job and shove it. Hey, guys, how are you? Ready for another big day on job and shove it. You can come in the next morning and go, hey, guys, how are you? Ready for another big day on the floor? What a night last night, eh?

It was fun. Anyway, back to work. Did you have to be reminded that you quit? I did. I just no longer work there. Oh, that is great. Thank you very much for your call. Charlotte's on from Wellington.

Welcome. How are you? Hi, good. How are you? Yeah, good. Christmas party. No, no, no. Don't get too confident with your dancing. Jump on a table and swing your handbag round and hit your boss in the face.

I feel like this is something you would do, Producer Julia. Oh, yeah, totally. I'd get so carried away. Okay, so handbags down if we get on the table. Yeah, so what we've learnt is let's try not to sleep with Boss Todd. Let's not quit our job and forget we've quit.

At least we want to quit. That's fine. And just try and not stand on tabletops and swing our handbags around. Yeah, I've got these and some great things. Yeah, fantastic. Thank you very much. You can keep them coming through 4487 on the text. And we can report on tomorrow how things went. Sometimes it's good to have the Christmas party on the last day of the year so that you know, when you come back and keep them coming through 4487 on the text. And we can report on tomorrow how things went. Sometimes it's good to have the Christmas party on the last day of the year so that

you know, when you come back in Jan, all of your despicable acts are forgotten. Everyone's kind of moved on, you're right. There's been some time has passed. How was your holiday? You're focused on the holiday, not pre-holiday. Good Christmas to the family. Great. Weather was not good. Yeah, all those things. Can't remember anything previous to that.

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with Christmas only just over 20 days away, and this came up. Christmas Eve, Santa's Day, we'll have delivered one present, and it's always pyjamas. Oh, so everyone gets Christmas pyjamas. That's awesome. No, my husband doesn't.

Oh, he doesn't? Why has he been the Grinch? He sleeps commando. He actually does, but that's not a good look. That's a great call. But yesterday I actually got a pair of Christmas pyjamas, which is pretty cool. I noticed you got a Christmas jersey as well.

Yeah. You were at the Santa's Parade. Was it too hot? No, it was actually good. I was worried about being too hot because obviously the Christmas jumpers are normally designed for the winter conditions, you know. But it was actually not a great day.

So it was actually fine. It worked well. Yeah. Played into my hands. Yeah. We're at the opposite ends of where, you know, your traditional Christmas movies come from, middle of New York, snowing. Yeah. Played into my hands. Yeah. We're at the opposite ends of where, you know, your traditional Christmas movies come from. Middle of New York, snowing.

Yeah. And I've always looked at the movies and thought, I really want a Christmas jumper. Now I own two. Now we're down here blazing down in 35 degree heat. Ben Boyce has got his sweaty jersey on. But I got some Christmas pyjamas yesterday. And one thing I noticed, and I feel like it's unnecessary,

is the fly, the sort of flap that opens up at the front of the pyjamas. Oh, the slit. Unnecessarily. Yeah. Why? Because you're not really going to wear underpants under your pyjamas generally, right? Well, maybe it's just for the lazy individual

who can't be bothered just sliding down just a couple of centimetres. I mean, those are valuable centimetres. It seems unnecessary. Are they long pants or are they little shorts? They're long pants. Long pants. And they've got like a sort of fly in the opening

and these ones have got pockets the whole thing confuses me I'm like why do I need to carry stuff in pockets I'm going to bed

that little fly is like a surprise curtain for the world's most disturbing puppet show it is surprise

oh oh sometimes you don't even know I'm traumatised by it. Well, that's when I was about eight or nine. I still vividly remember this. As a kid going to, and we had a whole lot of friends and family over

and it was one of those occasions you're like, you've got to go to bed. Go in the lounge and say goodnight to everyone. And you went to the lounge in my pyjamas and I didn't realise that little Ben had popped out. And everyone was like laughing. And I was like, I'm being the showman that I was like, I'm getting a laugh so I'll keep

laughing and dancing. What were you doing dancing? Were you just going, doing a show dance? Good night everyone. It was kind of like the sound of music. Good night, farewell. And then I realised what everyone was laughing about. Like one of those little turtle heads that pop out at the arcade

and you've got to whack with the hammer. The whack-a-mole. And they go back in the whack-a-mole. Oh, bang. Traumatised by the unnecessary fly in pyjamas. It feels like someone invented that little hole as a prank and they couldn't be bothered changing the design. I agree.

It doesn't seem to be there. No, you're right, Ben. So anyway, that's all I've got to say on that. And we won't change anything about it, will we? We're not here to go and change the design. We're just here to talk about it. Yeah. Yeah.

It's not obviously just, it's just generally for the male pyjamas, right? I think so. Well, I don't think I've ever come across a pair of pyjamas with a fly. Sometimes underwear has them too. Who is using this? Who is using this?

Oh, yes. It's pulled open. There's no more disturbing image than that with the thing, you know. Well, especially you because you like to go to the bathroom in primary school style with your pants right down around your ankles. I take them down to my ankles. I can so imagine that. Really, when you're standing next to the CEO like that,

it really levels you both. New Zealand's breakfast. Just don't eat them. They're chewy. It's Jono and Ben on the hit. I went out for a run this morning and I noticed, you know, your humble hedgehog. You know the hedgehog.

There was two of them just planted in the middle of the road. Like prime. Oh, risky for them. But they always, they spend in the middle of the road. Like prime. Oh, risky for them. But they always, they spend so much time on the road. Why has the word not spread throughout the hedgehog fraternity that the road is not a good, like, live in the hedge. It's in the title of your name. Stay in your wheelhouse.

Well, don't go out on the road. But maybe they need to go across there for something. But someone also needs to tell them there's nothing across the other side of the road that isn't on the current side of the road you're on. There's nothing more important over there than where you are right now. You can't get back there. I've got something for you, sorry.

Why did the headchild cross the road? Because he wanted to see his flatmate. Oh, that is good. That is good. Well, because that's the problem, isn't it? They take so long to cross the road. And it must be such a painful existence for them. It's like, I just want to go there.

Just there. But I want to go... Here I go. ...at an excruciatingly slow pace. An hour later, I'm going to make it. I'm going to make it. And then a car comes out of nowhere. And bang.

I know. I mean, the front left tyre of a Toyota Corolla is the worst predator for the hedgehog, isn't it? I don't think they get killed any other way apart from just being run over. It's quite impressive how they roll up in the ball of sort of spikes. We had one in the backyard a while ago and the dog was, you know, barking away and you're like

what's that? And they just sort of roll up into a ball and it's like, they're very cool how they can protect themselves obviously not from cars, but they can protect themselves from other animals, which is kind of cool. Well, who else apart from a car is going in on the hedgehog? Well, the dogs, you know, dogs are barking at them they're quite small, but they roll up,

and they're basically like a ball of spikes. What's their point? Why are they here? There must be something. Yeah. Because we were talking about wasps the other day, and apparently wasps do a good job of controlling insects and bugs for the garden. What's our point, too?

Why are we here? Why are we all here? You and me. Yeah. I know, because we refuse to say the name of the day. Yeah. That's why we're here. That was our main function, to tell everyone what the day was. I mean, why are we all here? Your last two. Oh, yeah, you and me. Yeah. I know, because we refused to say the name of the day. Yeah. That's why we're here. That was our main function, to tell everyone what the day was.

I'll go, what do hedgehogs do? Have a guess. What do you think? Hedge your bets here. Quite literally. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nice one. Hedge your bets.

I don't know. They forage for something. What are they doing? Isn't it when you see a hedgehog out in daylight, they're quite sick? Like, isn't that a thing? Oh, really? Yeah, I learned that as a kid.

Whenever you see them out wandering, because they usually kind of keep to themselves in their little dark little holes or areas where they are. But when you do see them, they're sick. Yeah. Help me, help me, help me. They're either getting run over or they've got the cold. What's the point?

Okay, here we go. The hedgehog is seen as an indicator species for the health of the natural world because they feed on soil, so a big decline in hedgehogs implies the quality of the environment has significantly decreased. So they're a barometer on how well the world's going.

So you can either test the soil or you can have hedgehogs out and about doing their thing slowly painfully going across the road yeah possum's another one I think I told you guys about I had a possum in the backyard and again it's unusual to see possums around around the city as well and that was the one that was like hissing at me

and like jumping towards me and the dog. And I was very scared by that. Yeah. I went back inside. We moved out of the house. The rat now lives there. We're paying rent. Oh, here we go.

And here's another thing. Hedgehogs, they can't see properly as well. Their eyesight is weak. Oh, man, it's all uphill for the hedgehogs, isn't it? The poor things. Let's spare a thought for the hedgehogs. We have. We've spent a lot of time.

We've dedicated three minutes. Maybe too much time three minutes and 55 seconds morning it's Jono and Ben on the Hits the A to Z of New Zealand we're calling every town

and city in New Zealand we made it our mission when we started here on the Hits and we're making our way around the country alphabetically we're committed people

committed to our wives and to this segment Ben's probably even more committed to this segment than he is my wife yeah no I can say that yeah I am Amanda won't be over yet

hey we're going to a place called Kaitangata now I know usually we sort of describe whereabouts in Aotearoa these locations are but today we'll play a bit of game

I haven't checked where it is where do you think it is you can oh let's go up north let's go up north we spend a lot of time up north in the K Oh, let's go up north. Let's go up north. We spend a lot of time up north in the Ks, so I'm thinking up north too.

I'm thinking maybe close to Cape Brianga. Yeah. Up the top. All I know about Kaitangata is there was an article saying it's got a number of clubs. In 1864, there was a cricket club formed there. 1864? You would have loved that. You love cricket.

Yeah. And there was another club called the Ancient Order of Oddfellows in 1865 that was formed. Okay. Just slightly unusual people. Yeah, all the people that really love the mint. And they temper it. The oversized mint. Or just sit there crunching mints.

It's too big a mint. No one needs a mint that large. It's a lot of mint. Yeah. And the Temperance Society, which was set up to abolish drinking in New Zealand. Oh, wow. Yeah, there we go. So it's a fan of clubs, but is it up north?

We'll find out. We'll go through to Kaitangata. See you later. Thanks. Hello, fish shop. Hello, fish shop. Have we got hold of Kaitangata? Yeah, how areata? Yeah.

Yeah, how are you? Good. It's Jono and Ben from the Hits radio station. Oh, how are you? Oh, we're doing well. Who's this? Neville. Neville.

Oh, nice to talk to you, Neville. Yeah, nice to hear from you. This is Kai's TNP takeaways and butchery. Nah, it's just Kai takeaways now. Oh, the butchery, okay. Okay. Oh, yeah, the butchery wasn't pulling the numbers. Now, how's your slice of paradise? Yeah, it's good.

It's perfect, actually. Great place to live. Whereabouts is it in New Zealand? South of Targa. It's about an hour south of Dunedin and about 10 minutes from Balclupa heading towards the coast. I see, and I imagine there's some hard human beings there. No, most of them are pretty good.

Oh, I thought the babies would come out rolling cigarettes with one hand sort of thing. No, no, no, no, no, no. You don't have smoking, no smoking babies? No smoking babies. No. A coal mining... Holding a spate, so they come out holding a spate?

Not a... Yeah, well, there's been a bit of that drunk down here over the years. A bit of an old coal mining town, is that right? It is, yes. That's what we're based on. Okay. But no longer anymore? Yeah, no.

We've still got one mine going here. Yeah, it's all open cast now. It's good. I imagine you have very, like, strong hands. There's some big boys in town, yeah. Big hands, big hands there. I'm just trying to picture the people there. And would you drink a, let's just say, a Cosmopolitan there?

No. Okay, what about a soy flat white? No. Okay, all right. What about a regular flat white? One or two might, but not many. Not many, okay, all right. What about a regular flat white? One or two might, but not many. Not many, okay. Four-wheel drives, do they have mud on their tyres down there or not?

They do, yes. Oh, they do? I've heard of those in Auckland, but I haven't seen those. Have you ever moisturised your face? No. Would you ever put any form of moisture on your face? No. Well, rain, rain, rain would fall on your face.

That would count, wouldn't it, Jono? Yeah. There's not much rain down here. It's a pretty good place. Oh, yeah, the weather's beautiful, I imagine, down there. Yeah, it is, it is, it is. Just enough rain to keep the grass growing. What's something we should do if we ever come to your town?

Well, there's white baiting, fishing, hunting. There's a BMX track, skate park track. There's wild horses up on the hills. You can go see those. Wild horses? Do people ride the wild horses? No, people do not ride the wild horses. No, they're wild.

How many of them are there? Oh, there'd be 40 or 50. Wild horses. Could they drag you away? Sometimes. Sometimes, yeah. Good references there. Yeah, but the...

Rolling Stones. Rolling Stones, yeah. So what... These wild horses obviously procreate in the wild and they just roam around the hills, do they? Yep, they sure do. All right, that's crazy. There's a few locals here that keep an eye on them,

make sure they're healthy and not annoyed and looked after. So what do they forage on? Just the grass and that. All right, and do they come close to the town or not really? Well, if it gets dry up in the hills and there's no food, they'll come down into the town. Oh, wow. Do they have an attitude on them, the wild horses?

I think they'd look down their nose at human beings. Oh, no, they're not too bad. That's amazing. Who knew they were wild horses, eh? And what about the store that you run, the takeaways?

What can we get? We come in there, we've got $5, what are we buying? Well, we still sell chips for a dollar. Chips for a dollar? For a dollar?

Enough for two. Enough for two? Yeah, just about anything you want for $5. You can feed two people on a dollar's chips there two. Enough for two? Yeah, just about anything you want for $5. You can feed two people on a dollar's chips there from your takeaways? Yeah, yeah. Are you chucking a deep-fried sausage? Are you chucking a sausage in the deep fryer?

Yeah, we do. Oh, I love that. You're doing a burger? Yeah, all the burgers, yeah. And what's your signature range? Well, our main range is just fish and chips. We sell a heap of those. But I'll sell you anything.

Like we sell Kimmingwoods, T-shirts, toys, groceries. Oh, you do merch? It's a one-stop shop. Oh, wow. You've got medicines. Yeah, all sorts. You can do prostate examinations. It does it all.

Yeah, no, we don't go that far. Yeah, right. We're friendly, weren't they? Friendly. Open-heart surgery. It's a one-stop shop. What about your T-shirts? Have they got funny slogans on them?

Yeah, they have, actually. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Kai rules. Oh, Kai rules. Is that the local saying, is it? It is, it is, yeah. Kai rules. It's spelled a bit different, though.

How's it spelled? It's K-A-I-R-U-L-Z. Oh, you've gone with the Z option. It's always the funkier option, isn't it? Yeah, that's been around for years and years Yeah, tight rules Okay, well, that's awesome Lovely talking to you today

Really appreciate it Yeah, not a problem What more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram Scrolling through your feed Okie dokie. This is the most inaccurate

recollection of news stories over the last 24 hours presented by my friend Boney Ben Boyce. Yeah, well, good news. Seems potential good news for the world. The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use in the UK and will be made available from next week.

Next week it's happening. It's been rushed through. It's never been, never had something like this done before but obviously we've never had a pandemic like this before.

Yeah and a lot of people, I know there's some chit chat out there that people are like oh I don't know if I trust the vaccine. It's you know like you

say you just said rushed through but it actually hasn't been rushed through. It's just, we spoke to nano girl Michelle Dickinson the other day, scientist, and she was saying

there's just never in the history of science has so much money been put towards one project internationally. Yeah, you're right. With 23 different laboratories

all trying to find the vaccine. She's like, so it's not rushed, it's just extraordinarily well funded. Yeah, a lot of investment into it actually. Nanogirl,

speaking of nanogirl, we also asked when we could expect a vaccine in New Zealand. Here's what she had to say. Hey look, in New Zealand it's. Nana Girl, speaking of Nana Girl, we also asked when we could expect a vaccine in New Zealand. Here's what she had to say. Hey, look, in New Zealand, it's still a while, okay? It's not going to be probably before March and there are lots of different reports

from lots of different companies, but right now in New Zealand, we only have agreements with two of those companies for two different types of vaccines. So you'll see some vaccines that we might not even get here. And now there's a bit of a pecking order, isn't it, in terms of who gets the shot first? So Pfizer in the UK, at least, is going to be... First, it's going to start with elderly people in rest homes and the workers in the rest homes.

And then, obviously, the... That's good for me because I look old and nearly dead. So I can get them. The social workers as well, the medical team. But also Pfizer, they'll be used to Pfizer in their rest homes as well because they also do Viagra, as we learned as well. Am I here for my Viagra? It's Pfizer.

You'd be very disappointed if you thought you were going to get a little pep up and it was just a boring flu shot of a shot for the COVID-19 vaccine. Now, Ben Boyce, will you take the vaccine? Yeah, I think, yeah. Yeah, I will. I think it's something that I think would be good for the world to have. I mean, obviously, you have those concerns that,

you know, is there going to be long-lasting health effects? But there's a lot of concerns and worry about this virus spreading around the world as well. Do you guys get the flu vaccine every year? Do you? Yes, yeah. Yeah, absolutely. And I'll tell you what,

there is no more painfully slow minutes than the 20 minutes you have to sit there and wait after you've had the injection. You're like, I've got stuff to do. I need to go. I need to go. So as long as those minutes aren't involved with this thing, I'll happily do it.

I always sneak off. I'm like, 16 minutes. I'll be fine. If I haven't rashed up or dropped dead by now, what's another four minutes going to do? And keeping with some COVID news, the All Blacks have returned home from Australia and they're in quarantine. And All with some COVID news, the All Blacks have returned home from Australia and they're in quarantine and

All Black halfback Aaron Smith on his Instagram was giving a bit of a like a display, a little tour of his hotel room. Got the laptop, my books and my sups. Most importantly we've got the PlayStation set up. We move over to the gym. Pop bike, workout bands, go into the bedroom.

I'm quite lucky I've got an amazing view so a bit of fresh air, balcony and an ocean view. I'm quite lucky I've got an amazing view. So a bit of fresh air, balcony and an ocean view. So I'm very lucky. What are SUPS? Oh, supplements. Yeah. You made them sound cool. I know. Yeah, really good. I've never really had SUPS before. Yeah.

Not enough at least to say SUPS. You're not a person who can have SUPS, mate. No. Look at you. What would you do with SUPS? What do you think SUs are going to do for you help me gain some muscle that'd be nice

wouldn't it just don't even think about supps mate it's like when you try and put skins on I wear skins you wear compression

tights I'm like Ben your little tiny legs don't need to be compressed if anything they need to expand don't make your legs look skinnier.

Yeah, true, they do. I have to wear them with shorts over the top. It's a risky game, I think, and it's not for me. I admire the people at the gym, the dudes that will wear no shorts. There's no shorts over the skins. Yeah, some people do it. Some of the Warriors players do it, I've seen in training,

but yeah, not for me. Not for me. Maybe I had some of the Pfizer stuff. Maybe I... No, you don't want to be wandering around the gym with one of them. I've just been vaccinated. Oh, no, I haven't.

Here's the other Pfizer, the product. Oh, here's my barbell. And that's Scully VFB. More painful than your alarm clock. It's Jodo and Ben on the hats. I've been watching a few movies lately with the kids, and I think it was one of the Marvel movies I was watching the other day, and I don't know if you've noticed this before,

but when the good person is fighting and then they have the baddies come up, they seem very polite often in these fight scenes, the baddies. They always come up sort of one by one to fight our hero. Oh, yeah. They swarm all at once and you're like, you've clearly got them outnumbered. Why are you being so polite? Work as a team, guys.

Teamwork makes the dream work, you know. If you go two on one, you know, there's ten of you there. Even two of you attacking at the same time, you've got a huge advantage. But you're right. They politely wait in line. Is that the rules? Is that the unspoken rule when you're a baddie?

Because you're a baddie because you're a baddie surely those rules go out the window but they all wait there like it's my turn I'm going to oh no oh yeah

but they could always outnumber our hero it's a 10 on 1 combat situation but they're politely waiting in line to get their arses kicked oh no you

you go my good sir oh it's me I'm up I got third I think in the raffle I went second last time you go oh you were

out the wife and kids yeah they go you're right they're probably having a little conversation to the sides aren't they I got third, I think, in the raffle. And I went second last time. You go. Oh, you were joining in. And the wife and kids. Yeah, they go, right. They probably have a little conversation to the sides, aren't they, going, yeah. In no fight in the history of fighting have 10 guys ever lost to one. No. Ever.

No. No, these are all like big burly individuals, right? Yeah. They could just be like, they could swarm the hero, no matter who it was. Even if you had Israel Adesanya there, our UFC fighter, and 10 of us,

I'm sure at some point we'd get a little advantage. Because you know what, if you all swarmed at once, right? Yeah, even if I, you know, I always like to think I would start tackling them. I'd really catch them off guard.

What are you doing? What is he doing? Just a little distraction? I wasn't expecting you to be punched in the throat. No, no, I'm just tackling you. I'd really catch them off guard. What are you doing? What is he doing? Just a little distraction? I was expecting him to be punched in the throat. No, no, I'm just tackling you under your armpits. That would put a fighter off. I thought they could do that in the UFC. What, tickle?

Yeah, I thought, well, it's all go. There's no rules. Well, yeah. They do everything apart from tickling. If we ever get to speak to him, I'm going to be like, mate, try tickling. I think it was a documentary from David Farrier about that one. I think that's his own other sport.

Yeah, so anyway, just to spare a thought out there for the baddies. They're doing great work, but they also could be doing better work by all swarming at once. And they must go back to their boss and be like, oh, boss, we lost again. He's like, what? I sent 20 of you there. How many of you? One of them. You lost again?

Oh, yeah, well, we politely wait. Why'd you wait? Oh, well, now I'm going to have to hatch an evil plan where I capture this person, but they've probably got a 70% chance of getting out of this. That is a Hollywood movie script. Not a morning person? Sadly, neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

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Juliet with Spy. I spend my evenings with the computer screen on E! News. Now, Taylor Swift, her original recordings from her early albums. A while ago, they were sold. They've been sold a couple of times, basically meaning she was no longer the original owner her early albums. A while ago they were sold. They've been sold a couple of times, basically meaning she was no longer the original owner of those albums. A scooter brawn, isn't it?

Justin Bieber's manager swooped in and purchased them in some evil plot. Well, yeah, she's not very happy about that, right? No, but then he sold them off to another big company for millions of dollars. To an oil magnate or someone even more evil. Yeah, so she's been recording all of her old music and

she's released a snippet of Love Story, one of her very first big hits but before I play it, it sounds really similar to the original actually, but we were kind of chatting like what's the point in her re-recording her old songs when you know, all the views on YouTube, people are probably still going to stream

the old songs, but she gets dozens of requests People are probably still going to stream the old songs. But she gets dozens of requests every week from companies wanting to use her music in ads, movies, TV shows, things like that. So by re-recording her old music, she can then license those songs to them and then make money, rather than the money going to the owners of her old music.

If the melody's the same, the lyrics, I assume, are the same. Yes. Then isn't that falling into copyrights territory? Well, yeah, you'd think that some of the, it's anywhere that some of the owners now of her music would have claim to these new recordings, right? Because of that, even though she'd do it, you know.

She's doing a cover of her own song. Yeah. Yeah, but here's Love Story. So it sounds pretty similar. I was expecting it to sound kind of different. I mean, if you know the song really well, you can kind of pick up on some slight differences in her voice because she's, I think, 31 now. A bit older.

Yeah. A bit older, a bit raspier. Got a taste of scepticism in her voice. What's the original? I'm going to try and find the original and we'll compare them both. Okay, on Disney Plus at the moment of course there's a whole documentary from Taylor Swift

about her recording recently and Jimmy Fallon's parody. Have you got that audio around? Yes, I do. Everybody stared at me. This moment didn't have to be. But I had too many iced teas and I peed my pants in an Applebee's. It's quite a random little collection of songs that he's created for his own documentary. Yeah, I think it's like a complete replica of the set of her documentary. Very clever. Here you go.

Here's the original. Okay. What is it with you today trying to play? We know we've got the original in the system. You're playing it through your computer.

It sounds like it's coming through your computer. I think she's added some violins in. Hasn't she? Oh, I don't know. But all I know is that I do have the original. Oh, play the original for your one. Why am I playing it on my computer?

I don't know, that's what I'm wondering. She sounds younger. Yeah, and then play the new one. Oh, here we go. Is that violin? She's like, oh, no, I've got a violin. It's a completely different song. It's a whole new song.

The violin goes, and I'm older. Yeah. Don't I sound older? Graspier. So, yeah, so she's, and I think she's missing out on a few awards ceremonies as well because she's just like nailing down on recording all of her old songs. So, and also they're presuming that when she releases

the new music fans will start to listen to the new recordings therefore devaluing the old recordings. Do you want to record all our old Jono and Ben skits? Should we go back and film all those again so we own them? Yeah. I couldn't think of anything worse. I'll start filming you now on my phone.

Oh, post-its of my house. Oh, what? And that is Spy for More. You can check out thehits.co.nz. Like starting your day without your morning coffee. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. Why is today going to be a good day? Love to hear from you this morning.

Of course, the vaccine is going to be rolled out in Europe. It feels like we're just turning the corner in the fight against COVID. All going well, so that's very cool. Yeah, we should be getting into March next year. Starts with the elderly and those that work in rest homes and then works their way down through essential workers, I think, doesn't it? And slowly it'll get down to the dregs of us schmucks,

us gutter rats. They reckon after you've taken two injections, it takes about a month to be fully immunised from COVID. So it's not, if you have COVID, you have this injection and it'll go away? No, I think it's preventative. As far as I know, but hey, I'm no scientist. Make sure you don't believe.

Pretty convincing job. Well done, Brooke. I don't know why I'm congratulating you. Well done, Brooke. How's Tauranga this morning, Brooke? It's good. Busy. Why is it going to be a good day for you? Yes.

I am picking up my wedding dress today. Oh, nice. You're getting there. You're putting a ring on it this weekend. Yeah, we are. And I'm here with my fiancé and my mother-in-law at the Castle of Girls.

Oh, hi, guys. Hi, guys. Hi. Very exciting. Whereabouts in the country are you getting married this weekend? Welcome Bay and Taranga. Oh, lovely.

Listen, I was going to turn up and thinking of wearing white. Is that going to be okay? I'm not signing the bride. You can't do that, Jono. Hey, Brooke, we're going to send you off to Reading Cinemas. You and your new husband can go and watch the movies for you. It has to be this Saturday, though, so I hope that you've got nothing else on. Oh, thank you.

Have a great wedding and congratulations. That's awesome news. Thanks, guys. See you, buddy. See you. Sharon, you're and congratulations. That's awesome news. Thanks, guys. See you, buddy. Sharon, you're on the air. You're on the air. It's going to be a good day for Sharon in Auckland. Why?

I'm going to have my hair done and my nails done before I start the COVID swabbing. Getting your hair and nails did. Awesome. I can't do one of those two things. No, you can't. But I've got beautiful nails. I'll vouch for that. Good on you, Sharon. You'll head off to Reading Cinemas. You go to the movies, okay? can't. But I've got beautiful nails. I'll vouch for that. Hey, good on you, Sharon.

You'll head off to Reading Cinemas. You go to the movies, okay? All right. Thank you very much, guys. All right. Quickly, we'll take one more. Tara in Taranaki. It's a good day in Taranaki.

Oh, it's a beautiful day in Taranaki after a heap of rain, so that's why it's going to be a good day today. The sun is shining across New Plymouth. You and your mullet go and have a good day, okay, Tara? Want more Jono and Ben?

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