Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - December 14 - Sesame Street's Grover, We Debut Our 2020 Christmas Song, Ben's Good Deed

Episode Date: December 13, 2020

Kia Ora! Today we were joined by the one and only Grover from Sesame Street. He's the loveable blue character with the big red nose and my god he made us laugh. Jono also did a very good deed that Ben witnessed last week, that Ben also wanted to do. So he attempted it. But it backfired and just got awkward! Finally, we have released our very own Christmas song! Called 2020 CAN KISS MY CHRISTM-ASS. And it's really good, but only because we feature in about 5% of it. Kiwi singer Vince Harder was the reason it turned out so good! All that and so much more on today's poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Now, on the podcast form. I love how you always say on the podcast form. So we've just spent three hours in the broadcast radio on radio form you get a more relaxed casual j and b don't you on the podcast we've checked out yeah now something we want to do right now i've been i keep getting click baited uh you know by by thumbnail images of shocked faces like i see those online and they'll go, you won't believe what made such and such. And I'm like, I won't believe it.

And I'll click on it. And half the time it turns out to be not quite as shocking as the face on the image online makes out to be. Yeah, the suggesting face always, and it's just a split second of a moment of about two minutes where they're paused at the exact moment where you're like, whoa, something really devastating's just happened to this person. What's gone on?

Radio is champagne for it, isn't it? I mean, a lot of our stuff that goes online, it's like, there was one the other day and I had food in my mouth. What was that thing in my mouth? I didn't even click on it. It was like a big yellow thing. I can't believe the way this bald guy eats his lunch. I think that was it.

So what we want to do is spend the entire podcast intro trying to create the most shocking faces for the cameras here in the studio. And then we'll put it online and be like, you won't believe what Ben Boyce's shock reaction was to Jono Pryor's shock reaction. Yeah. And it'll just be shock reaction after shock. So it's a bit of a face off. Yeah, but of course you'll know the real story. And when you click on the thing, there will be no story as well we've just basically we've we've click baited you with a shocked face so when i play the music are you coming with your

shock reaction i'm such a bad actor you are so am i thanks thanks for that confidence so am i though so am i i'm just gonna be like okay okay here we go ready that was good that was good He did a lot of If I could describe it Not good for audio form I just realised So I'm going to have to describe his look

He did his mouth open Eyes wide And just like moving his head Like what What's just happened Hands in the air Oh my goodness What's happened

Okay So Jono Your shot reaction now He's got his hand. You put your head in your hands. You're shaking your head. You look like something that really got you down.

Oh, Juliet's saying more eyes? Yeah, well, you covered your face. I covered my face. You won't believe what it made him. Come on in, Juliet. Come on in. Sorry, here's a bit of a director's note. What's going on, Ju?

Sometimes when you cover your face, you can't tell if you're sad or if you're happy. So more face, more face. Just more faceless hands. So take two of Jono? Yes. Take two of Jono?

Okay. Okay. Quite hammy. He did like the Macaulay Culkin sort of Home Alone. Isn't it too hammy? I don't know. I need to look back at the camera. Am I doing take three?

Yeah, I think take three. Yeah, I think take three. Yeah, I think take three. Take three. Take three, I think, Julia. Yeah, I reckon. Like, really short. Like, let's see if you can put your best acting. I'm trying really short.

Acting chops, you know? Okay. We're not in, like, a... A pantomime. Yeah. A primary school. All right. No, he's not good, eh?

No, is he not good? So dramatic. There was Millennial Max saying the worst year. Are you trying? Yes, I'm trying. Actually, try and do it acting. Yeah. Does it have to be a shocked face, though?

You could look like you're crying or because, you know, tears. He couldn't even do a shocked face. Let's not ask him to give tears. He's covering his face again doing the crying thing. I'm trying here. He's not good. I'm trying. This whole idea is, yeah. the crying thing. I'm trying here. He's not good. I'm trying. This whole idea is, yeah.

Oh, look, I'm trying. I'm sure we can work with one of those. I've seen you actually act quite well, so I feel like you're putting it on now. Okay, okay, okay,

one more. Okay, let me start. Wait a minute. He's quite confused. No, you're not. Confused anger. Forget about this. Here's the podcast, guys.

Enjoy the podcast. Two dads just trying to fill some airtime. Some might say it's pointless, but the main thing is it fills in some airtime for us. That is the main thing. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Now, Sesame Street's 48th season premieres on TVNZ On Demand today, and the Not Too Late show with Elmo premieres in January on TVNZ On Demand.

And I'm so excited about this. Joining us over Zoom, I can see him on there now. The lovable furry blue monster with his pink nose is Grover. Can you hear me? Can you hear us? Yes, can you hear me? We can hear you. Grover, I am so excited about this. Can I be honest? They say never

meet your heroes, but right now I think I'm meeting one of my heroes. Oh, really? Yeah. Who is that? You. It's you. He literally is a huge fan. He dyed himself blue for a large part of his life. I even bought him one of my favourite books. There's a monster at the end of the book. One of your books.

Yeah, I do not like that book. I haven't read the whole thing yet. It's taken me a while. There is a monster at the end of the book. There is. Do not read that book. It's terrifying. It's a little spoiler alert.

48th season of Sesame Street about to start in New Zealand on TVNZ On Demand. 48, I mean, you look good. Can I say it for your age? You look amazing. Oh, thank you. Factoring in, you didn't start when you were zero,

so you must be sort of late 50s, early 60s. You look incredible, Grover. Yes, in monster years, that is not very old. I have not even hit adolescence yet. Oh, that's good. Well, you're doing better than me. I'm way younger than you, and I look about 90. No, I do not believe you.

Yeah, I was fishing for that. Thank you. Thank you, Grover. A compliment from Grover. And you're also doing publicity for Elmo's chat show as well, which is awesome. He's got Lil Nas. He's got the Jonas Brothers. He's got Lil Nas, he's got the Jonas Brothers,

he's got Jimmy Fallon. It's the Not So Late Show. Why is Elmo not doing his own publicity? Is he too big time now? Ooh, that is a good question. No, no, you know, I am his friend. I am fine with doing this. You know, he is a busy monster.

He's very much in demand because Elmo has his notes on his note cards, but he cannot read yet. I'm not really sure what those note cards are all about. They make you look professional if you've got them. We've got them as well. Ben can't even read your book yet, but he's still got notes.

Yeah, but it looks good. Grover, you've been learning about conflict resolution. We had a bit of conflict. Jono, we were watching Sesame Street together. You know, it was our show. We watched as friends. And then I wasn't there one day and he watched a few more episodes

and he got ahead of me. And, you know, that upset me. I was in the zone. I just wanted to knock a few eps out, you know, over the weekend. Not really. You know, it's not like we do cliffhangers or anything. Yeah, I know, it's just swept up in it.

Yeah, it's not like, oh my goodness, what is going to happen to the letter A? Will it be followed by the letter B? Well, I needed to find out. So he watched ahead, and it was our show we watched together, so it caused some conflict. What would you suggest for us to get through that conflict? Well, first of all, you should listen to each other.

Okay, thank you, Grover. Thank you, Grover. Make sure you listen. That is the most important thing. If somebody needs to say they're sorry, they should do that. He's doing his head on the side. And then try and forgive and move on. Okay, good.

I feel like this is a group therapy session held by Grover. But, you know, to be fair, you've got 48 seasons, so I really need to dig it in and try and get through them. All right, then. You do that. Now, you guys have some big celebrities that always come and join you on Sesame Street. Josh Groban, John Legend, Ellie Goulding. Do you get starstruck?

I mean, well, Kate McKinnon, she came by Sesame Street and she was not watching where she was going and she kind of bumped into me, but that is the closest to being starstruck. Struck literally by a star. Kate McKinnon for Saturday Night Live. Now, can you tell us, Oscar the Grouch,

he's traded off a grouchy brand, hasn't he, for a number of years. In real life, is he really that grouchy? When the cameras are off. No, he is not that grouchy. Oh, really? He is much more grouchier. Really?

Oh, yeah. Yeah, he is, you know, it's all an act. He turns it on. But then, you know, he's minding his P's and Q's. Now, is Big Bird really that big? Big Bird? You get that crick in your neck looking up at him. Yeah, he is big, all right.

And Elmo's really that ticklish? You know, I do not tickle him. Right. I've seen what happens when he is tickled, and he just goes crazy, you know? He goes crazy, and you've got to get out of the way. Hey, Grover, it's so nice catching up with you. As I say, we're big fans.

The kids in New Zealand, old and young, love watching you and the rest of Sesame Street on TV for many years and it's so exciting to have you back in the world the world needs some laughter needs some fun and it's great to have you guys around experts in semi-accurate

half-remembered information vaguely known information but maybe not correct Jono and Ben New Zealand's breakfast on the hits Jono you did something the other day

and I want to mention it was a lovely thing that you did and Patricia Julia I think we should talk about this lovely thing. Now, we went out for a meeting, a work meeting with someone the other day, and it was around lunchtime, and I think you had like a coffee or a juice, and I had a sandwich, and the guy we were with had a sandwich for the meeting, and you had to leave.

You were going somewhere. Another assembly. So many assemblies. I've attended about nine assemblies in the last week. Anyway, so you went away and left a meeting early. And then when I went to pay at the end, the guy's like, oh, your friend has paid for your meal. He paid for your sandwich.

That was lovely. I mean, you didn't even eat a sandwich. So I texted you straight away and I was like, hey, thanks for that, man. It was really, really lovely of you to do that. I really appreciate that. So it was a lovely thing you did. Well, it was only, to be honest, you want to know the honest truth? I was just waiting for him to bring it up on radio. It's the lovely thing you did? Well it was only, to be honest you want to know the honest truth? I was just waiting for him to bring it up on radio

It's the only reason I did it It was so that he could publicly thank me and I look like a better human being than I actually am, so thank you bad boys It's taking a week, you're like hurry up mate I keep trying to nudge him towards it How was the lunch? You want to talk about that sandwich? It was a good sandwich wasn't it?

Well it has stuck with me what you did It was a nice thing and I I thought afterwards, I thought, if I ever get the opportunity to try and do something like that for someone, I'll try and do that. Pay it forward sort of thing. Yeah, pay it forward. I think it's a good thing, particularly this time of year. And so over the weekend, Amanda and my wife and I,

we went up the road and we had a couple of drinks and some dinner. And we ran into some friends who were there as well. And so we ended up sort of joining the table with them. And then we left. We were the opportunity. We left Italy. Oh, here we go. Oh, here we go.

Boyce is going to look like a philanthropist. Move aside, Gareth Morgan. So I was like, hey, when I went up to the counter, I was like to the guy there, I was like, I'll pay for mine and can I pay for the couple over there? And he's like, yeah, no worries. And then so I went away and I was feeling quite good. I was, you know, I felt good.

You know, I mean, you don't do it for the response back, but. Well, you do it for the accolade. That's why we do it. That's why we do it, baby. Yeah. So anyway, I got home and I'll be like, any minute now, I'm going to get a text from my mate going, hey, thanks. You know, just like I'd said to my mate, Jono, thanks for that.

Oh, nothing came through that night. I was like, oh, okay. Oh, you know, maybe, you know, got busy and, you know, Jono, thanks for that. Oh, nothing came through that night. I was like, oh, okay. Oh, maybe I got busy and things. Yeah, things happen. I thought next morning this will be prime time where texts would come through. He's woken up. He's gone, jeez, Ben did a lovely thing last night. Nothing, nothing.

Not all morning, not until the afternoon. I'm like, oh, this is getting a little bit. Did you almost want to send him a text and go, how was the meal? Yeah, I did. And so in the end I was like, look, I'm going to call him because I had something I had to talk to him about. Very important conversation that I had. I need praise. It is

important. Oh, that came up during the conversation? Great. But it wasn't why I called him. I just had something very important. Anyway, I was like, hey, great to see you last night. Chatted about the very important thing that we did. How was the fact you didn't have to pull out your wallet at the end of the night? And then I was like, so how did everything work out with the rest of your night?

And he's like, yeah, good. I said, you know, when you went up. Yeah. To the till? It was all good. Did the guy behind the till say anything to you? He was like, yeah, no, it was all good. And then he called me out and he's like, well, why are you asking?

I was like, well, because, you know, pay for your. He's like, oh, did you? Because they didn't mention anything. So nothing was said. So either I, you know, pay for you. He's like, oh, did you? Because they didn't mention anything. So nothing was said. So either I pay for someone else's random meal and got no accolades back. Not why you do it, but of course it's kind of why you do it. Nice to get accolades.

Or the person at the counter, great play by them, just shut up and let them pay for the meal. So I don't know, either way, I'm like, I just. Oh, so you either say it's a clerical error or some family who you're never going to meet and they never know who paid for them, you've shouted their dinner. I figure like it was, yeah.

So I figure like I've just paid for some other random... Which is true charity, Ben. You're right. That's the charity, yes. It's the charity that you want. Now, if that family's listening, right now would be a great time for you to phone up. 0800 the hits.

Maybe after the ad you can come on and go, oh, that was you. It's not why you do it, but it is why you do it. I mean, the phone's going now. She'll go to it. Ange is phoning up. Ange, did he pay for your meal, did he? No, he didn't. He's coming

to our meal on Saturday. Oh, right. You can go and pay for Ange's meal on Saturday, though. You're going to get the manager, mate. You're going to freak him out. And if you want your meal paid by Ben, two ticks, four, five, eight, seven. No, no.

Charitable guy. No, no, no. But Ben's charitable. Oh, Ange, okay, wrapping up. That'd be right. From stealing Mike Hosking's car to stealing the hearts of New Zealand. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits.

Actual hearts being not bestowed. The A to Z of New Zealand. This is something we do every day where we call a different town or city in New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Actual hearts be not bestowed. The A to Z of New Zealand. This is something we do every day. We call a different town or city in New Zealand. We call one a day and we're slowly making our way right around the country. Met some truly wonderful people on this journey, haven't we, man? Some truly shocking ones as well. We've probably been the most shocking, Ben, along the way.

But today we're here to Karatu, which is in the northern region of the North Island. The Karatu River flows from the Russell Forest through Karatu, which is in the northern region of the North Island, the Karatu River flows from the Russell Forest through Karatu and joins the Kawakawa River shortly before it flows into the Bay of Islands. Very descriptive about the river there. Not missing any detail, but it seems like much of this land has been untouched for years, much like myself. I just yearn for human-to-human contact. And the school has only 50 children.

And we headed through there on Friday, I just yearn for human-to-human contact. And the school has only 50 children. And we headed through there on Friday, and we caught the principal in the middle of an outdoor excursion. Kia ora, Ken speaking. Kia ora, is that Ken from Karatu? It sure is. Ken from Karatu, it's Jono and Ben from The Hits. How are you?

Unexpected. Good, good. Sorry, it sounded like we've caught you at an outdoor, where are you? A park, a beach? I'm standing with my ankles in the water at Long Beach and Russell looking at a bunch of rugrats from Karatu School of Swim. Oh, I love Long Beach and Russell. My favourite beach is up there. The little coffee cart open today?

Well, it should be. That's the only reason I came. What an Auckland thing to say. I was talking about a beach and it's got a coffee cart, but it has got good coffee. Can you park your Range Rover on the beach there? Oh, you don't want to go too close with Auckland tyres. You get mud on the tyres. Now tell us, the water cold,

Ken, is it that classic New Zealand summer thing of it's okay once you're in? Well, it doesn't stop the kids, but I must admit I did gasp with my ankles that week. Oh, this is alright. And what is this, just a bit of filler content for the end of school year, is it, Ken? We always take the kids on a beach trip

at the end of the year. Oh, awesome. And I bet they love it. They do, they do. When are you wrapping up for the year, Ken? We finish next Tuesday. Have you hit the mode where you start playing Home Alone and all the movies? No, no.

We never do that. We teach right up to the last minute. It's not the Ministry of Education here. Oh, yeah, the radio. I'm sure that some of them may have radio coverage, so I'm sticking to my gun. Fair enough, fair enough. Love your work, Ken. Now, how long have you lived in the area?

I was born and bred in Kauakaua, so yeah, all my life. Wow, a local, a local. And okay, for someone who has never visited that part of the town, what should we do? Where should we go? If you want to come,

well, I just said to the kids when we caught the car ferry across from Opua that two weeks ago we took the senior class out on the Artaka Thompson for the day. It's a sailing ship. Oh, yeah. And that's just magic. So we're thinking of doing that every year. Is everything all right there, Kev?

The soundtrack and kids in the background. Oh, yeah. Now, whereabouts in relation? So how far is the drive, let's say, from Wellington? Well, you won't get here in a day, probably. Well, you've said you know Russell, you know Long Beach. Yeah. Yeah, so to get to those places,

you have to go past a very famous place called Kawakawa with its Hundebassa toilets and Te Honunga building. Yeah, the Hundebassa toilet, that's a big thing in Kawakawa, right? Yeah, Hundebassa himself, Friedrich Hundebasser toilet, that's a big thing in Kawakawa, right? Yeah. Hundebasser himself, Frederick Hundebasser, was an Austrian artist, and he came to New Zealand in about the early 70s, I think, and then he was interested in designing a few things. He actually wanted to put Kelly Tarlton's in. Oh, really?

Kawakawa, yeah, well, in the Bay of Islands. But Hundebasser designed our toilet block. Oh, you're like, we can't give you Kelly Tarlton's, but can you designassa designed our toilet block. We can't give you catty-tailed ones, but can you design the public toilets for us? Oh, well, you've got to see them to believe that they're magic. They're very cool, actually. They're really cool. I'm showing Josh some pictures up there now. They're all sorts of these

amazing sort of tiles. It's a really cool thing to see. I'll tell you what, something else I really like doing, you cycle over from Russell to Kawakawa, basically. You can cycle along there, the old railway line. Yeah, it's a magic cycle trail. In fact, the cycle trail goes past my house.

So it's awesome for us to get on and go for a ride. Oh, listen, mate. Well, thank you so much for your time today, Ken. Karatu in the north sounds like a wonderful place, and it sounds like you have some kids to go swimming with there, Ken. It's too cold for me, if I'm honest. I'm waiting for a coffee. Go see that coffee car. Hey, nice talking

to you. Take care. Have a great Christmas. Cheers, Jono. See you guys. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the Hefts. A dear friend of ours, Laura, who we used to work with, Laura Daniel, you know her from Seven Sharp now, she celebrated a milestone birthday

a couple of weeks ago, didn't she? And I was like, I'm going to be organised. I'm going to buy a present. Okay? Good on you. Yeah, and I was like, the first time in my life, I was like, jeez, you've never been this organised. I even got the present like a week before.

Right. I was like, I must get there. I put it in my calendar and I got it. And her birthday was a long time ago now. Yeah. And I still haven't given her the present. Oh, she had a party. Yeah.

You organise to get the present, but you're not organised to go to the party. I didn't make it to the party, but I had a present. Now, some would say my priorities were all out of kilter. She probably would have been like, well, just turn up at the party. It would have been nice. But every time I'd email or text, I'm like, hey, still got that present. What's your address? She's given me the address and I still haven't dropped it around.

And I'm built like the anticipation for this present is just building day by day. And it's not like it's a candle. You know, it's not a present you want to build. But I keep going, I've still got that present. And she emailed the other day and I replied on a group email that you're on, Ben. I was like, I'm sitting here. I've got the present. It's in my car.

But now the question I want to throw to you is, at what point, what's the cutoff that I can ride this out and it just becomes next year's present? No. Sorry, Julian. I was looking at Ben when I asked that question. I feel like I didn't respond to that. No. You've got an opinion on this.

I would ride it out. Yeah. I would write it out, yeah. Yeah. I would write it out. Well, once Christmas goes, this next year, like 2021,

she doesn't want a present Well, once you've missed the window, like, What is the window then, Ju? No,

you've already told her that you've got her the gift, so like, she's expecting it, so you can't just be like, yeah, I'm going to wait, wait for another year

and give it to you then. But have you got her a Christmas present for your mum? Like, she'd love that. Annie would love't just be like, yeah, I'm going to wait, wait for another year and give it to you then. But have you got a Christmas present for your mum? Like she'd love that. Annie would love a candle. Yeah, she could, you know, but you've got, so far you've almost got the accolades of the present without actually following through. You're like, oh, John, I got a present.

He's been going to drop it off. Yeah, he's still got that present. Like literally he's messaged me about six times about this present. That's never turned up. Like for all she knows, I probably haven't bought a present, but I keep saying I've got a present. So Juliet's saying I need to deliver this. You do need to deliver it.

Is it pre-Christmas? I think it should be because then, oh, there we go. It can be a double up. You can consider it a double up. So it can kind of cross over as a Christmas present and also a birthday present. Well, you wouldn't traditionally give her a Christmas present. No.

You can claim it as well. No. Have they moved into a new house? Could it be a housewarming present? Have they moved into a new house? Could it be a housewarming present? Have they moved into a house? I think she got engaged. Oh, she got an engagement present. Here we go.

So it's not affiliated with the birthday now. Yeah. But then they got engaged months ago, didn't they? I kind of find that because we've got friends, some mutual friends are really good at giving presents, but then it becomes almost like a burden because they give a present and you're like, oh, let's agree to not do this.

Ben, I don't think I've ever gifted you anything and you've never gifted me. I appreciate it. No, and we love each other. The only gifts we give each other is entertaining each other every morning. And I mean, what price do you put on that? I would be weird.

Yeah, like at Christmas, you were like, oh, Merry Christmas, mate. I'd be like, oh, now we're doing this, aren't we? Don't say, because Sharon, who we used to be with, lovely. Yeah, she's so giving. A great present buyer. Great present buyer, and she would get you some really thoughtful presents. But you did feel obligated to come back with something.

No, no, no. Got to get Sharon a present. And every time it was always a last minute, non-thought out, like, here's a box of roses. Here's a candle we've had rolling around in the back of the car we were meant to give to Laura Daniel. Just so you're on the card that says, to give to Laura Daniel. Just on the card it says, To Laura, happy birthday. Just cross that out, don't worry. It's definitely been for you the whole time.

Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. We want to open up Jono and Ben's show assembly. It's assembly season around schools, isn't it, at the moment, as they wrap up for the year. And if you feel that you deserve a certificate, we're not going to ask any questions.

You just phone us up. You tell us what you do. Maybe an achievement, something you've achieved in 2020. It could be funny. It could be heartfelt. Whatever you take, why you deserve a certificate. And we're emptying out the prize cupboard for the school assembly as well. So I'm 100%

I'd phone up and go, Hi, I've been a semi-reliable husband this year. That's good. Okay, yeah. I've forgotten to pick the kids up once or twice. A couple of black marks.

A pass. So you pass more times than not that you have. So that would be a pass mark, right? So I'd like a certificate in being a semi-reliable husband. I'll put up with you all year

so that's all that deserves for that. For putting up with me. For putting up with the semi-reliable husband. Yeah, so therereliable and a semi-reliable radio host but I went to the school assembly on Friday and it was lovely, my son Oscar

he won the Kapa Haka trophy and it's this beautifully carved trophy that I'm just going to be stressing out about over the next 12 months about looking after it because you have it for a year and then you need to return I think this thing is going to be stressing out about over the next 12 months about looking after it. Right. Because you have it for a year and then you need to return.

I think this thing's going to come on holiday with us. It's like a third family member now. So, you know, that was lovely. And the other thing was that the kids started all singing 660 The Greatest. It was so nice. What a lovely song for children to sing. Yeah, it's cool. Yeah, no, it was good.

And it was good. And the other thing that I noticed too about Don't Tell 662, they might want to sue those kids. Yeah, they got the APRA performance. Yeah, probably not actually. Right to play the song in the, we'll get the name, we'll pass it on to APRA after this. Imagine marching from 662 to go over with it.

Hey, did you get the clearance To play this at the school Yeah lovely Lovely Lovely song Lovely singing Kids I'm going to sue your ass Yeah And the other thing

You don't notice about Assemblies is How much clapping You have to do Yeah there's a lot So much clapping And you start with Full gusto

Don't you Then you sort of Eventually end up with A half ass pat of the thigh You know you start Sort of just gently Patting your thigh By the end

Because yeah At my daughter's, well, yeah, my daughter's school assembly there, so one of my daughters last year at primary school, much like your son Oscar, and so, yeah, they were doing the Leavers little awards, and every kid that was leaving, you're like, we're going to clap for every kid? We're going to do this now?

Yeah. But you're right, by the end of it, you're like, whoa. And your hands, it fatigues, doesn't it? It really does fatigue. Yeah. And I always thought, you know, I'm a good clapper. I thought I was a good clapper over many years of clapping. I had the clap and I was clapping away until we started doing a TV show.

And I'm like, I'm an uncoordinated clapper. I had to rethink the clapping game. When I saw it on camera, I was like, I can't clap. What am I doing? I got played by my daughter, was like, I can't clap. What am I doing? I got played by my daughter Sienna before her school assembly because she's like,

oh, it's the primary school leavers assembly. I'm like, is that a thing? It wasn't a thing when I was at primary school. It was like, go, get out of here, kids.

We've had enough of you. She's like, oh, everyone's getting a new dress. We've got to go to the mall. I was like, oh, everyone, are they? Oh, yeah, we've got to get my nails done.

You're like, do you? What? And they got there talking to some of the mums. Oh, some of them got played. Others were like, no, we didn't. Oh, jeez.

Oh, so you got a new outfit. Yeah. And then I felt bad because I bought one for Sienna and then Indy's there as well. She's like, oh, I suppose you need one too. They're like little assassins sent to drain your bank account, aren't they? For no reason.

But we're all doing this. And you get there the next day, they're like, no, they weren't. They weren't all doing that. Oh, the amount of apps you get conned into buying in moments of weakness I got a message the other day going little Petty McGee

hasn't been fed in two weeks I'm like who is Petty McGee why is he on my phone and why does he need feeding pay $4.99 just to feed him

please or else he'll die and I'm like oh no I can't I tried to deny it and then I ended up feeding him

I can't let this thing starve. So, 0800 the hits. This is what we're opening up. It's our end of year assembly, the show assembly. Yeah, why do you deserve a certificate? What have you achieved this year? Be it big, be it small, doesn't matter. We'll take them all.

That sounded like a Dr. Seuss rhyme, actually. 0800 the hits is the phone number. Give us a call. We're clearing out the prize cupboard. Let's go to Hayley. You're on the air. Welcome, Morena. Hayley, you'd like to give yourself a certificate?

Morning, guys. Yeah, I paid off my mortgage this year. Oh, that just has a certificate? Wow, that's awesome. Yeah, for... Aren't they meant to be like a 30, 40-year thing? Well, my brother did it by the time he was 40, and so I wanted to do it by the time I was 35

And I did That's impressive What's going on? I haven't eaten in 14 years No, just baked beans the whole year Just been baked beans But at least the house is paid off That's impressive

Really impressive Paid off the mortgage Well, we will send you out a certificate Well done What a year for you, Hayley Find something from the prize cupboard That's over I'm shifting that over to producer B Humps on that one Yeah out a certificate. Well done. What a year for you, Hayley. Find something from the prize cupboard. I'm shifting that over to producer B Humps on that one.

Yeah. For services for assigning tasks to others. Ben Boyce, you get a certificate. Well done. Well, we've got Logan in the Coromandel. Welcome, Logan. Morning, guys. We're doing well. It's our end of year show assembly. What do you want to give yourself a certificate in?

I only had one sick day this year. Oh, jeez. Well, that's, I guess that's impressive. In the past, I'd say it's impressive, but in a COVID world, is that... You should have had more. Yeah. Shouldn't have gone to work with a sniffly nose.

That is impressive. And that deserves a certificate. Were you in lockdown? Did you work from home? Or were you essential? I'm a builder, but we had a house to build up there. We were building on our own section. Oh, you could work away in your own bubble.

Only one sick day this year. Well done. Should he have had more? Who knows? Ask Ashley Bloomfield. Thank you very much, Logan. We'll send you out something from the prize cupboard. Well done, my friend.

Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you, Logan. Morena, Tricia, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. It's the end of year show assembly. You're giving yourself a certificate in what? Sorry, hi? Hi, Tricia. What do you want to give yourself a certificate in, mate?

I was a diehard Laura Sam and Tony fan, but I think I need a certificate because you convinced me to stay on this channel. Oh, jeez. You guys are awesome. Oh, thank you, Tricia. That comment could have gone two ways. Yeah, I know.

I was nervous. I was a diehard Laura San Antonio fan, and I wish they were still on here, and YouTube never existed. Oh, Tricia, that's a lovely comment. I hadn't heard of you guys at all, but you guys are just so hilarious. Thank you so much for making my morning. Oh, Trisha. We hadn't heard of ourselves either, to be honest, but it's lovely

to do this job. It's a real privilege and lovely to wake up with you guys every morning. So thank you so much. Producer Humphrey's going, Jono, I need you to cry. Start crying. He wants an emotional bit of radio. He's doing the crobbling you've had, mate, so you should take it. Well, Tricia, for services to listening to us.

For services to listening to us and pandering to our fragile egos, you will get a certificate. Hey, well done. You get a prize. Thank you. Merry Christmas, guys. Merry Christmas, Tricia.

That was lovely. They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand! If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hit. Jono and Ben. Merry Zoommas.. On the hits. Jono and Ben.

Merry Zoommas. Now 2020 has been a really tough year in New Zealand and right around the world and Santa wants all Kiwi kids to know nothing stops Christmas. We've teamed up with themarket.com to organise some very special one-on-one chats over Zoom with Santa himself and a little bit of a surprise when we turn up dressed as elves at the front door with maybe some Christmas items they want. You can still register at the hits.co.nz, allthankstothemarket.com.

And we did our first one a couple of days ago when we showed up at the house of Josh and Cheyenne's. And we're talking to their mum, Janine, on the phone right now. Nice to have you on the show. How's things? Hi, how are you? Oh, listen, doing well. Beautiful day, isn't it, out there?

Oh, last week for us. Likewise for me, too, actually. Oh, very nice. Now, it was lovely to meet you and the kids the other day. Likewise. They've been looking forward to catching up on Facebook to see what it is. Oh, yes. Telling all their friends, like, oh.

We're going to put the video up later on today after the program, but we met Josh and Cheyenne, who are your two lovely children. That's right, yes. So it started off, they were having a one-on-one Zoom meeting with Santa Claus himself in front of all of his Christmas-y trees in his Christmas boardroom.

Hey. Ho, ho, ho. Hi, Joshua. How are you? Good. Do you guys want a bit of a surprise? Sure. Why don't you go and have all clues at the door?

Yes. Oh, yeah! Yeah, so that was at the end of their chat. They rushed over to the door, and then we were there as elves with our camera crew, and we had a couple of surprises for the kids. They had no idea we were turning up. No idea about the surprise. So what had happened is Santa being Santa,

he had known what they had wanted on their present wish list. And he had given the presents to us to deliver them at the door as dressed as elves. And what you don't factor in as an elf is a serious lack in pockets. Yeah. In an elf costume. Yeah. They must have no personal items they need to store in a pocket.

They don't need to carry a cell phone or keys. They're elves. Yeah. So that was, anyway, I had my keys down my trousers. This is stuff that doesn't matter now. And so we're at the front door, and then Josh and Cheyenne walked out. Hello? Are you Joshua?

Come out here, Joshua. Yeah, good. Oh, look, Santa sent a fully professional camera crew with us. He usually takes all the credit on Christmas Eve. We do all the heavy lifting. Yeah, but normally he delivers the presents Christmas Eve, which is fine, but we're breaking protocol today because we hear you got a great report this year. Just for you, buddy.

Did you want some Nerf guns? That's what he told us, but sometimes in his old age, he gets the messages mixed up. But did you ask for some Nerf guns? There you go. Thank you so much. Big fan of Harry Potter? Huge fan.

Oh, there you go. So that was a lovely wee moment that we got to have there with your kids. Tell us about your kids, Josh and Cheyenne. Yeah, they're good children. Josh is absolutely Christmas mad. We've had the five elves that we've got out since the 1st of November. They came early this year being COVID instead of late like everything else. Oh, so you've got five elves on the shelf at home.

Five elves on the shelf. So your kids, as a lot of children have, had to navigate their way through a complicated year and got some stunning school reports. They did actually. Joshua especially struggled through COVID. He didn't cope very well with it. So took him a term, almost two terms, to get back into it at school.

And, yeah, the school was very supportive with him, which was wonderful. And, yeah, he got a wonderful report at the end of the year. Oh, that's so good. And sold his art piece when they had a big art exhibition. So he's very proud of himself. Oh, good. Yeah. Well, that's what it's been such a...

All A's report, which is the first time. All A's? Yeah, all A's., which is the first time. All A's? Yeah, all A's. I was like, well done. A's for effort. Jeez, yeah, it's been such an unsettling year for kids in New Zealand and all around the world, you know, trying to get through what's been happening in New Zealand.

Exactly. Yes, no, you're right. It's amazing the resilience they have, though, yeah? At the end, yes. Well, he sounds like a deserving little chap, and I'm glad that Santa sent us over there. So am I. Thank you so much. It was so nice to meet you all, and you guys have a great Christmas.

You too. Safe travels. Also, a little bit of audio that I'm gathering you probably don't want us to play, Ben, but I think it's only fair. Cheyenne was the head of the Backgammon Club at school, which is a popular board game, and we just got talking about your love of games with the kids too. He likes playing games, although they get him in trouble. He spends too much money.

Yeah, yeah. Gambling. Gambling addiction. That's not what this is about. This is a wholesome Christmas message. What he wants for Christmas is a percentage of his crippling debts. Here we go. Just the old gambling elf.

He's in deep. Thanks very much to themarket.com. We've got some more surprises for some more deserving kids happening all this week and themarket.com. Over 2 million products. They're doing free shipping and free returns, as I said before. So head to themarket.com for all your Christmas needs.

Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. Let's get into Spy. Spy, thanks to Sharesies, New Zealand's fastest growing share platform. Shares made easy. So many times I'm like, how did I get this job?

How did I get this job? Listen, what's got two arms and can copy the pace, the snot out of a celebrity story from the internet? It's Juju with Spy. Thanks very much. Now, if you remember sort of towards the end of last year, Stephen Colby, a late night talk show host, he came to New Zealand and did a special episode called The Newest Zealander.

There's nothing we love more than celebrities coming to New Zealand. We dine out on it and I see we're dining out on it again. I know, we really are. We've already eaten them up. No, we're doing another Colby a meal. So we enjoyed it the first time it all played in America, all these segments, and they're great segments around New Zealand. We've seen Colby got to enjoy New Zealand things,

but now he's doing a slapped together best of show of the year. Slapped together best of show. I think that's what this thing is every day a slapped together show and it's back again so we get to relive it all over again it's back so he's done a special edition

episode segment of New Zealand and with more footage of what he got up to when he came to New Zealand last year like his bungee jumping and everything

and then he also talked about how epic New Zealanders are with our response to COVID and also gave a shout out to Jacinda Ardern. I've long been a fan of Prime Minister Ardern

since she personally invited me to visit, drove me around Auckland and then invited me to join her family and Lorde for a barbecue. That's right. I was greeted by the Prime Minister

and the nation's biggest pop star. Your move, Justin Trudeau and Michael Bublé. So I was already impressed by the Prime Minister, but my admiration went up a notch or two when I learned that she had handled the pandemic with a strategy that relies on science and empathy,

both things our current president considers a hoax. So he gave a wee shout out, and I'm like, yes, when Americans froth us, I just froth it. I love it, love it. Our dear friend actually filmed all of his stuff when he was here. And she just said, like, when they would go out for dinner at night, he would make a point of going around and sitting down and talking with everyone at the table. Really? Wow.

Getting to know them personally. Laura McGoldrick from the 3pm Pickup got to go down and meet him and I think do a sporting thing. It might have been a rugby. Oh, yeah, one of the segments. Yeah, yeah. She said it was really cool down in Queenstown getting to meet him and see what it was all like behind the scenes.

I quizzed her like a thousand questions, of course. But, yeah, very jealous. Isn't it nice that he's a nice gentleman on screen and off screen? Yeah. Yeah, none like us. And monsters. What I found really cool, he went around and explained to everyone how the COVID app worked.

And he's done a really good job of doing that, apparently, to everyone as well. Did he? He didn't take him two goes. No, three goes. He knew all the details. He didn't take him two goes. Three goes. He knew all the details. He wasn't saying anything he didn't quite understand. Just throwing false information out there.

That was really good. And already a tense climate as well. It's what we didn't need. No, no. And I'm going to wrap up Spy before Jono makes up something else. That is Spy for more. You can check out the hits.co.nz. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes.

Mmm. Shono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. December 14, we're just, what, 11 days away from Christmas, so we thought it's time to drop our Christmas song. We got together with Vince Harder. Can we say a big thank you to Vince Harder for singing on this? He's got an amazing voice. He does, a killer voice.

And right now he's also got a new single out with his wife, Vince Harder and Abby Lee. Their single Closer is out now. It's an amazing song as well, so go check it out wherever you get your music. Yeah, well, we realise that we're never going to get to number one, so what we've done is we've got a recording artist who can get us to number one. I mean, the closest thing we've got to number one was Ben's last visit to the lavatory before. Yeah. When you said I'm off to number one. Okay, cool. It's the closest we've got to number one was Ben's last visit to the lavatory before. Yeah. When you said I'm off to number one.

Okay, cool. It's the closest we've got. But 2020 has been one heck of a year. Let's put it lightly. So we thought we'd say goodbye to 2020 by putting some of these things into a song. Now, feedback is appreciated. Is it?

4487 on the text. What do you think of the Christmas song? I don't ask for feedback. Do you want to hear more of it? I saw something actually earlier this morning I said to get your kids you know like

into a world where they're going to get you know social media why don't you put one in their pictures up they've drawn and then underneath write mean comments

about it on the fridge just to prepare them for a world of social media it is good someone put that up on social media builds resilience that's the world we live in right

who drew this a four year old yeah I am four, actually. Anyway, here's our Christmas song. As we said, feedback greatly and not so greatly appreciated. It's all about 2020 and how I can kiss our Christmas.

2020 can kiss my Christmas Locked down in our homes You gifted COVID-19 Now jab us with Pfizer's vaccine An elbow bump under the mistletoe 2020 can come and kiss my Christmas Sanitizer galore The scariest sight to see

Was a dude coughing next to me Panic buying loo paper at the store In lockdown I drank all the wine I could take No matter the time of day I put on five kilograms, meetings on Zoom In my living room with no pants And mom and dad did a shoddy job of homeschooling the kids 2020 can come and kiss my Christmas

Time for you to go Not ideal if you want to marry weddings move faster than Meghan and Harry stuck at home watching Tiger King What are you doing? I was just gonna do this Michael Buble doesn't do a rap, but I just thought we should get anonymous. Oh, no, please don't. Because we wanted Buble, but there's probably no way because he doesn't sing for free. COVID app that tracks Ashley Redfax. We went to alert level three. TikTok to lock 15 second shots.

Dancing along to Benny. Guys in tinfoil hats. Spotted off that. We work to trust 5G. Trump said go and Jake inject some dead dough, now he's refusing to leave. The referendum could end your grandmum, but you still can't smoke any weed. Can't leave your place without a mask on your face, 2020, go and take a hike. So wash your hands, cancel your plans, We out, my David Clark on a bike.

Actually, Jono, that was fun. Now back to you, Bitsada. 2020 can come and kiss my Christmas. This year you're now behind me. Now it's time to go behind my hips, pucker up your juicy lips, and kiss me on my knee. Broadcasting live And mostly awake Jono and Ben New Zealand's breakfast

On the hits Of course Christmas not too far away And we're getting into the giving spirit With an amazing prize right now This is our Merry Quizmas With a chance to win A GHD hair straightener Name a prize I have zero use for

But many people want Unlike you a GHD Wish Upon a Star Limited Edition Platinum Plus Gift Set Recommended Retail Price of $395 could be all yours. We've got a Christmas quiz. I love it when you read out the recommended retail price.

He's like, tell me the RRP on this. I need to get out the recommended retail price. It shows how much it's valued at. At a recommended retail price. It's a great value. Because every queen deserves a good hair day. So if you want one of those, you've got to get three out of five of our Christmas

quiz questions correctly, and you'll get that on 0800 quiz. 0800 quiz. 0800 the hits right now. Yeah, it's the quizmas. It was purely based off the pun, but we actually ended up getting a fantastic prize. We'll go to Norena. Welcome from Pukekohe this morning, Morena.

Morena. Lovely to have you on. You'd like your hair straight? Yeah, definitely. All right. Well, you can have a good hair day with GHD. That's what it stands for, isn't it? GHD.

Yeah, I think you're right. A hair day. Yeah, yours is good. It's consistent. Yeah, it's consistent. It's a consistent hair day for me. You never have a bad hair day, do you, Johnny? you're right. Hair day. Yeah, yours is good. It's consistent. Yeah, it's consistent. It's a consistent hair day for me. You never have a bad hair day, do you, Johnny? That's right.

Let's ask you some questions here, Nardina. These are pretty tough ones. You've got to get three out of five to win the hair straighteners. Question number one. Kevin McAllister is a character in what Christmas movie? Bone Alone, Home Alone or Moan Alone? Home Alone. Well done.

I've seen that first one. NSF dubs. Okay. I'll go with Snoopy's Christmas. Ooh, no. It was Do They Know It's Christmas. You've got to get three out of five to win the GHDs. Although Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas has become number one for the first time in

the UK. That's right, yeah. Okay, name one of Santa's reindeer starting with D. Dasher. Yeah, well done. You got two. Back on track, Noreena. The traditional colours of Christmas, green, red and gold,

what do they symbolise? Do they symbolise Santa's favourite NBA team? Colours that go well with Santa's skin complexion or green symbolises life, red is the blood of Jesus and gold symbolises wealth? I'll go with the last one. And you would be correct. You've got three out of five.

We don't need the final question. So you've just got yourself a GHD Wish Upon a Star limited edition platinum plus gift set recommended retail price $395. Woohoo!

Awesome! Jeez, that's a mouthful for some hair straighteners. It's so good. It's an ideal Christmas present for those who deserve good hair days all through 2021.

ghdhair.com slash NZ for the full collection. What's your plans for Christmas? Just spending it with family. Lovely. Yeah, just the kids. Usually we go to Aussie, but we can't do that this year.

Oh, right. So is everyone coming to your house? You're going to someone else's? What's going on, Norena? Nah, everyone's coming to ours this year. Oh, all the pressure's on you. I've never hosted a Christmas. Have you ever?

No, have you? Yeah, a couple. We've done it again this year. Is it too much? Is it a lot of No, have you? Yeah, a couple. We've done it again this year. Is it too much? Is it a lot of admin, I imagine? There is a lot of admin, yeah.

There is. And I'm not looking forward to that admin. Yeah, but it's kind of fun. But lunch, you know, lunch in your hope was around 12.

Sometimes it goes to 2, to 3, you know, because of late lunch. We do late lunch, early dinner. Yeah, that's the way to go. And yeah, you come over for lunch

but expect it to be dinner. In Ben's household. That's how late he's going to be running. Well, you have a wonderful Christmas and thank you so much for listening to the show, okay? No, thank you. You've heard of hard-hitting news. Well, this is a light caressing, maybe even a gentle tickle of the news

presented by Benjamin Boyce. We are getting into the Christmas spirit this week on the hits and worldwide it's the same. Mariah Carey, now 26 years, 26 years after its release, you know this song? Well, it's reached number one for the first time in the UK. It's never topped the UK charts.

I suppose that song we just heard, Do They Know It's Christmas, probably dominates the UK charts at Christmas time. Yeah, but when it was first released in 1994, a band by the name of East 17, which I hadn't heard of before, they looked almost like a UK version of the Backstreet Boys who were just watching the video.

This song, Beat Mariah Carey. Baby, if you've got to go away Don't think I could take the pain Stay another day. So I've never heard of them or that song, but they got number one

the first time. They do coordinate their dress beautifully, don't they, East 17? Yeah, they do. So you can see why they were so popular. Yeah, no, okay. So they beat Mariah Carey. So she was number two the year this song came out.

And then it's been 26 years before she's finally got number one. I read a great social media post in the weekend going, and that song, Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas, great song, but it's almost like the best burn on someone ever because she says, I don't want a lot for Christmas. And then she says, all I want is you for Christmas and then she says all I want is you saying well yeah I could have better stuff

but I guess you will do and I was like that's really true it's quite it's the best burn on you she's looked the same age for the last 20 years Mariah Carey

doesn't she look you sort of feel like her and Beyonce lead the most perfect lives and off camera there's just a team of 50 stressed out people

making sure not a hair bops out of place. And the song also written in one hour too. One hour, all I want for Christmas. By who? I'm not sure. Don't ask. Don't ask. No follow up. No follow up questions. Song written in one hour, that's all I know. You can google

that. And speaking of music news, this is interesting as well. Wellington's world famous cat about town now. In Wellington there's a cat called Mittens and he kind of lives everywhere all over the central city. He's kind of world famous. I think the mayor gave him the key to the city earlier this year. Well there's a song

for kids written about Mittens the cat and it's beaten the likes of 660 and Taylor Swift to reach number one on the New Zealand iTunes charts. Here it is. Mittens the most adventurous cat in the world. So it's like a theme song for Ben. And that's number one on the charts. Ben was like, don't mock the song, it's for children.

That's what he said to me off air. Yeah, I know. And I'm like, I know, why would I mock that? It's a great song. I just know you sometimes. You'll just start mocking. I'll go, it's for kids, mate. It's not written, but it's got number one.

So that's awesome. It's beating Benny. Yeah, 660, Taylor Swift,'ll go, it's for kids, mate. It's not written, but it's got number one, so that's awesome. It's beating Benny. Yeah, 660, Taylor Swift, all the songs at the top of the charts. It's number one on iTunes in New Zealand.

Chris Sanders and Natalie Conaty wrote Mittens for a kids album and it won a Children's Tui Award finalist. Oh, that's great.

Yeah, so the cat just kind of sort of has forced itself upon all the businesses in the CBD. They didn't want him. I know. He's got. Yeah, so the cat's just kind of a, sort of has forced itself upon all the businesses in the CBD. They didn't want him. I know. He's got sort of a rogue homeless cat, a wild cat who has been loved by the city.

Now, just going back to who wrote All I Want for Christmas for you, a wonderful man by the name of Walter Affenseith, who's had many hits. Do you know he wrote the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack? Oh, did he? He wrote the Aladdin soundtrack, the Hercules soundtrack. Do you reckon, because I said he wrote it in an hour,

do you reckon he forgot one of those occasions where you're like, Oh, okay. Where's that song you're like, you know, I've got that. Go on, just a second, just a second. Let me check my emails. Oh, we don't have emails. It's the 90s. I can't connect to the printer.

Hang on, just give me a second. And he's just quickly trying to bash out. I don't want a lot for Christmas. All I want is you. There we go. Just printing that out now. You know he's written most of Kenny G's songs as well. Yeah.

Oh, wow. Very impressive. So there you go. He's got a number one hit for the first time. And that is scrolling through your feed this morning. Add these two men together and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal man. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Since the 1990s, they've been one of New Zealand's

most iconic bands with hit after hit. Of course, we're talking about The Feelers. So many hit songs and they're back together. We're very excited about this. The Feelers and Alamina P, they're getting together over summer this year. You can see them in about four or five locations around New Zealand over summer. And joining us in the studio right now from the Feelers, Hamish G. Nice to see you again, buddy.

Oh, it's been a long, long time. It's been a long time. One of the good bastards of New Zealand music, Hamish G, you are? Thank you, boysie. Yeah, no, you really are. Now you're a music teacher now, teaching the youth. I've been doing that for a few years now, yeah. Yeah. I coach bands as well. So I try and place a lot of students in bands

and there's no way to get better than being in a band. What a great job. Are there kids that don't listen? Oh, I've thrown a few drumsticks. Pulled them a few choice words that you're not allowed to. I can't repeat in here. Kids are looking at me going, you can't do that. And I'm like, yes, I can.

I'm not a real teacher. You're in my house. I can't get fired from this job. It's like Stool of Rock. I love it. Now, do you guys reflect on, I mean, a serious question, the feelers and, you know,

like, because you guys, I mean, it was, what, 25 years ago I was reading you guys started busking in Cashelmore and Christchurch and then just going on to just having, you know, amazing success and touring the world. Do you reflect on that?

Yeah, yeah, we do. And it took a while. It wasn't an overnight success. I think when we came up from Christchurch to Auckland, I think a lot of people thought, geez, this has all happened quite quickly. But we were, James and I were chipping away for years. Well, you won the South Island Battle of the Bands, right?

We won the Spates Battle of the Bands in 1994. Yeah. And part of the prize package was actually a record deal. But the thing was, we moved to Auckland to do that and being Cantabrians we had, you know, there's a certain way that we're trained to think about Auckland and Canterbury, you know. I only hear fond things from Cantabrians about Aucklanders.

Wearing panini eating, you know. But to be absolutely fair and I do endorse this when I go back down south, we fell in love with Auckland. There was so much going on. Supersystem, they spent 54 weeks in the top 50. No, I hear all these stats and I try to ignore them because, you know, it's not good for them.

Well, it is good for the ego. The success of bands like Drax Project, 660, you must feel like you guys paved the way for that to happen. Yeah, I think we did a wee bit because in the mid-90s, you know, there were record companies, it was their main job really at Warner Music, it was to sell the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Madonna. You know, there wasn't a lot of investment going into local artists.

And James Southgate at Warner Music, you know, saw something in us, he took a risk, and it, I suppose, paid off. And then I think a lot of other record companies thought, hang on, we've got quite a bit of talent here. He's actually quite good at music. It's funny, in a small country, they call thought, hang on, we've got quite a bit of talent here. New Zealand's actually quite good at music. It's funny, in a small country, they call it the cultural cringe, don't they?

That we don't sort of feel that we needed to, back then, accept, you know, whether it would be TV shows, bands, comedians, movies, you know, they didn't sort of. But now, I guess, thanks to people like you, it's sort of made it acceptable to like New Zealand stuff. That still exists as well. I still get some students who, you know, I say, hey guys, let's learn a few songs, a few Kiwi songs, we'll put on a gig. And I've got students that will go, oh, I don't listen to New Zealand music.

I'll go, what, as a rule? In any of it? Which particular one? Or just all of it as a, you know? Because there's a lot of genre. There's a lot, you know, there's a lot of genre. And I've actually said, do you like Lorde? And they've gone, I love Lorde.

And I'll say, she's from Glenfield. Her name's Ella. And they don't know. And Benny. And Benny, of course, now. So many. So you guys are going on tour. The Fearless, LMNOP, Corrigland, New Plymouth,

Taupo and Paihi as well. Very exciting to get together. Did you find now you've almost got a new generation of fans? That's right. I get younger people coming up to me in the street and going, oh, I love your band. And I'm going, no, you don't. Dad does, you know.

Until the other day I had someone go, no, no, pop. Well, speaking of dad, producer Juliet, who's 22, her dad is a massive fan of you guys. And this is how she's come to know all of your music, Juliette has. Hello, Juliette. Hamish, do you mind if we call Juliette's dad, and we won't say who we've got. We've got one of your favourite musicians.

Phoning Dave now. We've never spoken to Dave. No, we haven't. Dave Rock, good morning. Oh, hello, Dave. Hi there. Sorry, it's Jono and Ben here. We work with your daughter, Juliette. Hi, Jono and Ben. We've never, Dave. Hi there. Who's that? Sorry, it's Jono and Ben here. We work with your daughter, Julia.

Oh, Jono and Ben. We've never... Lovely to meet you. Yeah, nice to finally talk to you. We work with your daughter every day. You're a very lucky man. Yeah, no, you've raised a wonderful daughter, Dave. Yeah, she's awesome.

All credit to her mother. And to pay you back, we have in the studio one of your favourite musicians. Now, we're going to play a little game with you, Dave. You get three guesses to figure out who it is. So you've got the person in the studio. In the studio.

So it's a Kiwi band. Oh, he's figuring it out. Yeah, Kiwi band. Yeah. Okay. So I've got three guesses. Three guesses, yep. Marco Road.

No. Oh, my. Three guesses, yep. Marco Road. No. Come on, Dad. Fat Freddy's Girl. I feel that he might get it on the third guess. I feel that he might. 660. Oh, Dave, I tried to do a feelers thing as well. Oh, God, I didn't hear that.

Hamish G, the drummer from the feelers. They're right up there, of course, absolutely. Oh, you need another 50 guesses. Clearly not in the top three. They told me I was in the top three, mate. Stink. Seen them live many times. Well, I tell you what, Dave,

should we send Dave along to one of the shows? Yeah. Oh, there we go. Yeah, no, they're on tour over summer New Year's, Dave, so we send Dave along to one of the shows? Yeah. Oh, there we go. Yeah, no, they're on tour over Summer New Year's, Dave, so we'll get you a double pass. Love to go. Ironically, your daughter will probably send it out. We look forward to meeting you, Dave. We'll have a beer as you're backstage.

Oh, cool. That's awesome, mate. I look forward to it. Good on you, Dave. Have a good one. Okay. That's awesome. See you, Dave. Yeah, yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. The movie, yeah, nah She'll be right and at the end of the day Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits Just Juliet, I want to talk to you about this

On Friday, Jono and I caught up with a friend and colleague A fri-leg that we worked with for many years And we caught up with them for a beer on Friday afternoon after the show Yeah, and after the beer. Now, here's where it gets weird. Here's where it gets weird. After the beer, I was like, hey, should the three of us get a hotel room? No, I wasn't.

So we did. So we did. And we've been able to look each other in the eye since. No, no. After our meeting, Andy's his name. I said, good to see you, Andy. And I put my hand out and I shook his hand. Right.

But then Ben was here as well. Yes. And I was like, good to see you too, Ben. And I shook Ben's hand. And he looked at me and was like, you've never shaken my hand before. It just felt weird. Why are you shaking my hand? I mean, I see Jono at least five out of the seven days a week,

sometimes six. And it was just weird. In the moment, it felt rude not to shake your hand as well. And you're like, you shook my hand and we sort of looked at each other like, why are we shaking hands? Why did you shake his hand when like, I feel like if it was a business meeting, if you shook the business guy's hand and then you went to shake Ben's hand, it all feels very official.

But if you're a friend with this guy, surely it's all just cash cash, you know? Oh, it's good. I haven't seen it from anyone. He deserved a handshake. He deserved the gentle caressing of my palms against his. He did.

And maybe Ben didn't, but I did anyway. Just to be like, it would have been weird if I shook his hand and was like, see you Ben. It would have felt like

my hands didn't care about your hands as much as they cared about his. Yeah, I get that. But in hindsight, it felt weirder that you shook my hand.

Yeah, I've made it weird. You know, it was just weird. We used to have a rule when we used to work with Sharon on The Edge that, you remember, that was like, outside of work, we it weird. You know, it was just a weird, we used to have a rule when we used to work with Sharon on the edge that, you know, remember that? It was like outside of work, we would hug, you know, like if you see someone,

but it would be weird turning up to work each day and hugging, you know, but then you see someone for some reason, a social function, you know them all, you're like, hey, Sharon. But then if you see them, yeah, it'd just be weird. Yeah, we don't walk in and hug Juliet every morning, do we? But that'd be quite weird if we did, right?

Yeah, I'd be like, are you all right? Is everything okay in your life? And then I imagine if I saw you during the Christmas holidays, we'd probably feel the need to hug. Yeah. You'd be like, hey! Outside a business house. Yeah, or a handshake.

Which in hindsight is quite weird. I don't think I've ever hugged Juliet in any sense. No. In or out of work, professional or unprofessional. I think the furthest we've gone is to elbow each other in the middle of COVID. But it's an unusual thing, isn't it? Well, I guess you just don't know what to do

because you need to greet someone and you need to greet them in some fashion. Yeah, but this is post-media. So we'd gone to the meeting together to catch up with them. So that's fine. So it wasn't a handshake at the start because we'd been together.

We arrived together. But as we were leaving and going separate ways, it was just like, it was weird because we'd been hanging out together all day. We hadn't left each other's side. And then suddenly you're like, very good to see you.

And then I thought, well, you were catching the lift. I was like, this is going to be weird if I stand on the lift here. So I left. I left. I was like, you two catch the lift down. I've shaken hands. I've turned things on. You guys can discuss it.

Yeah, so we'd said goodbye to you. Then we got down. And then Andy and I got to say our goodbyes as well. Did you shake his hand? No, I gave him a hug. Oh, you hugged. Oh, you hugged. Yeah, I hug'd said goodbye to you, then we got down to them. Andy and I got to say our goodbyes as well. Did you shake his hand? No, I gave him a hug. Oh, you hugged? I gave him a hug. Oh, you hugged?

Yeah, I hugged. Oh, you gave him a hug? Yeah, I gave him a hug. And I'm getting weirded out by shaking your hand. Andy and I, we've got a hug relationship. You and I hug? Yeah, we've got a hug relationship. Okay, I'll give you a hug.

But would it have been odd if I'd hugged you? Would that have been weird if I'd hugged him and then hugged you? Or would that have been what you wanted? No, it would have been weird. All right, Andy, good to see you. And Jono, I'll see you probably in about 48 hours. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits.

Bye. Thanks to Sharesies, New Zealand's fastest growing share platform. Shares made easy. Fueled on avocado extract and youthful exuberance, we proudly present Millennial Juliet, a.k.a. Mildew, with another edition of Spy Entertainment News. Thank you very much. Now, you may remember back earlier this year, Simon Cowell,

he broke his back after riding on an e-bike, a very, very powerful e-bike. That went from zero to 100 miles in eight seconds or something. Something crazy. Crazy. So he fell off and he was in hospital for a while. He couldn't work for ages. But now he's considering taking legal action

against the bike manufacturers and he could get up to 18 million New Zealand dollars for medical bills and loss of earnings for the time that he didn't work. Oh my, wow. Wouldn't they be like, hey, Simon Cowell, you shouldn't have gone full throttle on our super bike. When does it go from an e-bike to a high-powered motorbike?

Yeah, true, true. But then I'm like, if the bike's got the capabilities to go from zero to 100 really quick, then, you know, surely that's the bike's fault, is it? Oh, no. Well, you shouldn't have bought a bike that goes from zero to 100. It would have warnings on the back. Hey, just be careful.

If you pull down full throttle, this thing goes very fast. Yeah. Yeah, so whether or not he will do that, I think that's just what he's sort of thinking about. Not that he needs the money. No, well, and it happened in America, isn't it, in the healthcare system over there. If you're not insured, jeez, you pay megabucks, don't you?

Yeah, I think that's the case, right? Yeah, and so I imagine someone like Simon Cowell would have the money to take them into the cleaners if need be. Yeah. The bike company. But we spoke to David Williams, who's a co-judge on Britain's Got Talent with Simon Cowell. And we got discussing his boots.

He's got a very special set of boots, apparently, Simon. Yes, Simon does. This must go no further. But he also has these shoes made from Baluti because he's not very tall. And they have a heel on them. One time we were travelling by plane and you know you have to take your shoes off

to go through the scanner. Well, out of the corner of my eye, I saw this tiny little person. Who's that? You know when you see someone out of the corner of my eye, I saw this tiny little person. Who's that? You know when you see someone out of the corner of your eye? And I looked and I'm like, oh my God, it's Simon.

He's like, it's you. Maybe that was the problem. He had too much heel. And with the bike, on the bike situation, he couldn't really feel where the pedals and things were. And he says,

whoa, where he went. Then he can sue his shoe manufacturer now. So maybe it's the shoes and the heels fault. Yeah, exactly. And he also wears the same t-shirt all the time

and he said, David's saying, he gets the made in Italy, bespoke t-shirts, made in Italy. He's got 50 of them. Wow. Who needs that many t-shirts?

Probably Simon Cowell. He's probably a very sweaty end of it. No, I'm just kidding. I'm not going to think about that. Anyway, Taylor Swift fans, they,

when you meet a group of fans... Are they Swifties? Yeah, Swifties. They're very dedicated, as are a lot of fans. You've got your Beliebers, you've got your Directioners. You were a Belieber. You were a paying member of the Beliebers, weren't you? I was.

And nothing can get between a fan and trying to stalk and figure things out about their favourite celebrity. Now, their fans are reckoning that they know the name of model, supermodel Gigi Hadid's baby, newborn baby, through one of Taylor Swift's songs. So earlier this year, Taylor released, or she's released two surprise albums this year. Folklore is the first album,

and so August is track number eight on Folklore. And they think Gigi posted a photo on Instagram saying, August waiting for our girl. And then the track number eight corresponding track on her new album is called Dorothea. So they're like making all this links with August being the eighth. It's just, yeah, it's all very bizarre. These kids need to get out there, do some vaping, do some dabbing, do some planking.

It all sounds very confusing. I tried to get my head around it and I was like... You're in deep. You're in deep. When you're, you know, it's like, what was that? Homeland. Carrie from Homeland. And you walk into her room and she had pictures everywhere.

Yeah, yeah. I imagine that's what a Taylor Swift fan's room's like. One of Taylor's songs on her first album that she released this year is called Betty. And that's the name of Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively's third child. So they're kind of like, oh, it's likely that she might have named another baby as a song on her album. So I don't know. She's just jumping the gum on naming other people's children.

Yeah, exactly, exactly. So whether or not that's true or not, they haven't released the name of the baby yet, but, you know, who knows? We apologise in advance. Sorry about that. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you into this.

Sorry you've been dragged into this. Jono and Penn, Breakfast on the Heads. The Heads. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you into this. Sorry you've been dragged into this. Jono and Pam, breakfast on the hits. The hits. The hits. We want to end the show on a positive note. Why is it going to be a good day? Love to hear from you on 0800 The Hits. This week is going to be reckoned with 30 degree temperature

throughout some parts of New Zealand. Sorry, I'm just watching Breakfast TV on mute. I spent a long time this morning saving a inflatable whale. And they've done it all morning. I don't want to phone Breakfast and tell them that's just a blow-up whale, that's not a real whale.

But they've spent three non-stop hours splashing water over it. It's probably for a good cause, I'm sure it is. We can't hear it. The TV's on mute. I hope they haven't been caught up in another hoax. Because when someone tells them afterwards, it's not a real whale that they've been helping out. I hope it's for a good cause.

Otherwise, they've just wasted about three hours. They keep putting water on an inflatable whale. I assume it's the effort you have to go to to save a beached whale. It's an inflatable whale. That whale will be fine. Yeah.

But yes, let's hope they can tell the difference when the real one lands. Let's go to the phones. Why is it going to be a good day? Cathy, you're on the air. How are you? Good morning.

Good, thanks. Lovely to have you on. You tell us why it's going to be a good one, Cathy. Oh, it's my son's 7th birthday today. So school drop-off was awesome because he was happy and wanted to go to school so I didn't have to scream

and so it's been a brilliant day so far all year he's been screaming and kicking but there's oh you know school drop offs

yeah oh mate amen sister no I don't actually we used to we used to sit in the cushy studio we used to do school drop offs

last year when now when we're now we're on the breakfast show school pick up so you get the good part of the day the drop off's always

the hard part it is uh huh yep and there's a lot of like you know just put on put on your pants Now we're on the breakfast show at School Picker, so you get the good part of the day. The drop-off's always the hard part, right? Uh-huh, yep. And there's a lot of, like, you know, just put on your pants. Put clothes on. Everyone does it.

And that's what Jono's kids are saying to him. They're like, hurry up, put on your pants, Dad. We're going to school. And every day I turn up in no pants, and they're like, this is a shocking look at the school gate. Kathy, you go and have a wonderful Christmas, and thank you so much for listening. No worries.

Hold the line. We'll get you something from the price cupboard. We're clearing out the price cupboard this week. Awesome. Thank you. It'll be some expired meat bars or something. Probably. Let's go to Tracy.

Morning. Tracy, you're on the air. Why is it going to be a good one? Good morning. Well, my taekwondo club, we're having our Christmas party tonight. So it's going to be really good fun. Are you going down to the Rovers return? Oh, don't.

Not quite that far. That's going to be awesome. The Taekwondo, how long have you been doing Taekwondo for, Trace? Six years. Gee, you must be dangerous. Well, I'm a red belt,

so I'm supposed to be dangerous as a red belt. You have a great day, Trace. Enjoy that party. Thank you. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from sex on The Hits and via the iHeartRadio app.

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