Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - February 01 - Lexi Brown (The Bachelorette 2021), Putting On Sunscreen, The Longest Time You've Watched TV

Episode Date: February 1, 2021

Kia Ora! Today we had the new Bachelorette in studio, Lexie Brown! We decided to test Lexie's memory with a fun game involving a bunch of men from the office. The Bachelorette debuts tonight on TVNZ 2 at 7.30pm and it looks to be a goodie! We also talked to a lady from a town in the West Coast called Kumara, who hadn't watched TV in YEARS AND YEARS. When you find out how long, you'll be baffled. The boys also had a big rant about the difficulties of putting sunscreen on your kids, one of the many logistical nightmares when it comes to Summer! Enjoy!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, Monday's podcast. We're in at work today.

It's a holiday in the 09, and so a lot of the office not at work today. Yeah, a lot of the North Island not at work today, but we're here and we keep banging on about how we're here. I don't think I've ever once celebrated an Auckland anniversary in this business, in this game. I mean, it's a game where you don't, any regional or local anniversary you don't celebrate

because, you know, we broadcast across the nation, Ben. And so why favour one over the other? Exactly. Exactly. That's why we're here, but the broadcast across the nation, Ben. And so why favour one over the other? Exactly. Exactly. That's why we're here, but the rest of the office aren't. Well, the alternative is we take every anniversary day off. Even like Marlborough. I like that.

The Grey Mouth. You know, that might be the way to do it to show appreciation for all the regions that you broadcast into. Yeah. I'll pitch that to Boss Todd. I like that. See how that goes. Now, you know what?

What I've figured out over the weekend, we don't have nicknames for each other. See how that goes. Now, you know what? What I figured out over the weekend? We don't have nicknames for each other. We need a nickname. No, we don't, do we? You try to get JP. JP, you sometimes sign up for emails. JP, JP. JP.

Hey, JP. And you always patronisingly go, JP. Is it an auto thing that comes up in your emails or do you type it in? Sometimes it says thanks JP and it's off as a little thing and I'm like

oh yeah yeah that's nice nothing wrong with it I'm just saying if it was like a an auto thing that you've got that comes up automatically

I haven't no I haven't gone into settings in mail and put in JP oh so it's something you actively yeah that's fine it's just a lot of emails

you're like thanks JP but it often comes in a slightly different font So that's why I thought you must have auto Millennium Max has walked in with a bemused look on his German face What's going on? You guys just said you don't have nicknames

Your names are not Jono and Ben Jonathan and Benjamin He's got a very good point actually We already have a nickname that is stuck And we use it in all day today But not a comical nickname Don't try and railroad where I'm heading with this, Millennial Max, because I've found a nickname generator on the internet that I'd like to.

So, agenda. You are male. We'll lock that in. Okay, yeah. Relationship. You are my friend. Step three. Type of nickname.

Badass, cool, cute, funny, geeky, sporty. Go funny. You want to go funny? I want to go funny. Okay. Are you ready for your nickname? Did you put my name in? Did you?

No. It's not based on my name. It's just based on just giving a rant. This is very random. Okay, go. Okay. I'll sort by popularity. Find nicknames.

Acid Bunny. Someone. Well, it's funny. Someone who got lost in some LSD years ago and he's never quite emerged. I don't know if I want that one around the office. Okay. There are other options. Get on Acid B't know if I want that one around the office. Okay. There are other options you can choose. Get old acid busted.

No, no. Get acid bunny onto the case. Oh, okay. No, let's go one for you. Okay. Or you've got chum chum as another option for you. Oh, chum chum's all right, yeah. Or you can be cranky cracker.

Okay. Or my little pooky beer. What do you want? I like acid bunny. We'll call him acid bunny. Okay. There we go. Today on the podcast, we've got Lexi Brown. She's

New Zealand's new bachelorette. Signed up for The Bachelor. The show The Bachelorette is on tonight, TVNZ2. So we meet her. She was a lot of fun as well as that classic Acid Bunny always forgetting what was on the show. Yeah, there's some other stuff.

Lots of other stuff. Just take Ac acid buddy's word for it enjoy jono and ben or as they're known in the office those two jono and ben new zealand's breakfast on the hits the bachelorette is on tv tonight tv and z2 at 7 30 and we're joined in the studio by lexi brown she is new zealand's uh next to bachelorette and lexi is it hard to find love in a sort of TV environment? I think I didn't find it too hard. I definitely kind of had to adjust there. I think some of the guys

found it harder and it's always really interesting having an interaction on camera and you know, you think you're getting to know people but it's so hard and you're not really

your true self and as soon as the cameras are being packed up, like you just get more from them then they're more jokey or like you know do you see more glimpses of them off camera yeah well you've got i mean you're going on a date not only with the date but also sweaty barry the soundman yeah the soundy the like boom the yes i'm here make her hard to be natural in that environment i I imagine. It can be, yeah. I felt reasonably comfortable and I tried to do my best to kind of make them

feel comfortable as well but we all got used to it. Does that make it harder because I guess you're going, well, this person I'm dating is not probably relaxing fully so hard to actually, for you to get to know them.

Do I actually know these people? Know the real person, yeah. 100% and like the other thing I was just talking about earlier is when you just- On another radio station? No, just with your producers.

Just out here. I thought this was an exclusive. Don't you give a go on here. Don't you talk on any other show. Greater already. Just talking about the fact that if you went on a handful of dates with someone and you only met them and not their friends or not their family, you don't really know a lot about them. You get so much context

on somebody from meeting their friends and their family. And on the show, all you meet is these people as themselves. And who really are you when you're just alone? Can you social media stalk them? Can you go through their... So I had my phones. All the boys had their phones taken off them.

Oh, you can't do that. I didn't know a lot of their last names. No, they cram in a bloody meet the parents, meet the friends in the last episode. Don't they stick into the last episode? They're crammed in, yeah. There's a lot of meetings that go on. I was reading that you kind of signed up for the show as a joke.

Are you meant to admit that to the producers? I mean, they know. When I signed up, it was very on a whim and I had a real laugh with my application process. I didn't take any of the questions too seriously. But I think that's probably part of why they liked me. Right. You know, like when they asked why I was doing it,

I wasn't like, you know, I just really need to find the one. I didn't say anything like that. The thing I have a concern for you is then when you watch the shows, particularly when it's guys chasing the affection of one lady, it looks like the world's biggest stag do. Like a boys weekend. A boys, boys, boys, boys. And your dates

are interrupting their fun time. That's when they're doing bombs in the pool and all sorts. It is like that. It's like they're on school camp and they get to have

so much fun. I really felt like I missed out sometimes. Every time I saw them I was like, what have you guys been doing today? They're like,

Tony, let's go on a date. He's like, oh, I've got plans with the boys. We're going to play PlayStation for a bit. I had like, what have you guys been doing today? Yeah, you're like, Tony, let's go on a date. He's like, oh, I've got plans with the boys. We're going to play PlayStation for a bit. I had a golf game at three. We'll be back by then. We'll be back.

You're like, I don't worry about it. So you're looking for a relaxed Kiwi guy, I was reading as well. Not allowed to tell us what happened, but just blink if you found the man in your dreams. Oh, she's trying not to blink right now. Damn it. Let's try for a scoop. Because, I mean, I don't know whether you have or you haven't,

but keeping that a secret is going to become a mission. It is, yeah. It's been, I do feel like, because it was filmed last year, so I've had a couple, I've had a bit of time to practice keeping my mouth shut on things. Yes, lying. So I think I'll be okay. Oh, that's so nice to meet you.

Now, Lexi, now one of the things we admire about shows like The Bachelorette is you have to learn people's names and remember who they are. There's 18 bachelors, you know, hoping to, you know, to end up with you. So we wanted to put you to the test today. Don't. So what we've got is we have 10 gentlemen. I think we've got some people from the office. We want to get them to tell you their names

and then they're going to come back in again and see how many you can remember. Really? This is really throwing you under the bus. So they're going to walk in, they who want to see, get them to tell you their names and then they're going to come back in again and see how many you can remember. Really? This is really throwing you under the bus. So they're going to walk in, they're going to go,

hello, my name is, and then they'll walk out and then when they come back in you've got to remember their name. Here's the first one. Hello, my name's Rowan. Hi, Rowan.

You've got Rowan. Hello, I'm Aaron. Hi, Aaron. Hello, I'm Gareth. Hi, Gareth. Gareth, okay. Hello, I'm Aaron. Hi, Aaron. Oh, two Aarons. Oh no. Hi, Iareth. Gareth, okay. Ah! Hello, I'm Aaron. Hi, Aaron.

Oh, two Aarons. Oh, no. Yeah, yeah. Hi. Hi. Gary. Gary. I've met you before.

Yeah, we know each other. My call, you're from Newlands. Kia ora, I'm Sam. Kia ora, Sam. Okay. Oh, God. Going. There's two more to go.

Lexi Brown from The Bachelor trying to remember 10 names. Hello, Max. That's Max. Max. And the final one here. I'm Ben. Oh, and this is making it really confusing. The one that no one ever knows.

This is Jono and I'm Ben. Okay. No one knows which one of us is which. So if you get all these right, we'll see how you go. Alexi Brown, The Bachelorette on tonight, TVNZ. Okay, we'll start. Should we go in order? Should we try to go in the order?

Yeah. Go in the order that the guys came in. Who's first? Would you like to step forward? Far out. Can I say Rowan? Well done. One for one.

Thank you. One for one, Nixie Brown. Here we go. She's on fire. Would you like to go in order? You like to pick out names that you know, eliminate people? How are we doing this? Yeah, let me do ones that I know because I need to remember yours.

Gary, I know you. It's like a rose ceremony. Yes. Ben. Max. Yes. Johnny Ben. Oh, wow.

So casual, too. There is another. There is two Aaron. Is your name Aaron? Yeah, okay. Oh, wow. So casual, too. There was another. There was two Aaron. Is your name Aaron? Yeah, okay. Oh, yeah, she got it. Okay, so we've got two more. I think we've only two more, right?

Yeah. Can the two gentlemen step forward like a rose ceremony? And then now we need to pause for a really long time. Lexi Brown, okay, who have we got here? The last two names. I don't have it. Can I get some, like, pointers? One starts with G, one starts with S.

Gareth? Yes! Sam? Yeah! That was impressive. That was impressive. That was really good. That was awesome.

So nice hanging out with you. So nice to meet you. And all the best for the series. I hope you... Thank you for having me. I hope you watch and have a lol There's a lot of testosterone In the studio right now

It's like the Bachelorette right now This is very familiar to me Morning This show contains Traces of Jono and Ben The hits With Jono and Ben for breakfast Now really really hot weather

Over the weekend Yesterday I went Strawberry picking Actually And done that for I don't think I've only done that once What a wholesome activity Yeah for the family We were like Let's go strawberry picking went strawberry picking actually hadn't done that for I don't think I've done that once what a wholesome activity

we were like let's go strawberry picking my wife Amanda suggested it and I was like it sounds like a fun idea

was it fun in theory it sounds so fun so enjoyable and relaxing but you know when you get there you're like

oh it's hot there's prickles stabbing my fingers I didn't really it was hot it was really hot but it was like five bucks per person, but all you could eat strawberries there.

And then you'd like whatever you'd take up at the end that you could pay to take away. Too many, too many strawberries. You overdosed on strawberries the whole time. Are they still in good nick? Because the ones I'm seeing at your supermarkets, Ben, they feel like they've downed. Remember when they first came out

and they were literally like nine kgs each, these strawberries. These were amazing ones. And we were like, where are these from? They're like, we usually send these overseas, but we can't because of COVID. And we're like, why have you been hiding these from us? It felt like we were getting in amongst the strawberries

that were meant to be for overseas. It was like these. A better class of strawberry. Yeah, but because it was hot, I was like, kids, you've got to put your sunscreen on. It seems to be the normal thing I say to kids, to my kids, not just any kids. Hey, little Timmy.

What? You've got your sunscreen on, mate. It's the most offensive thing you can say to a child, though, isn't it? Can you please put on some sunscreen? Oh, yeah, and they get so sick of me saying it all the time. I feel like they think I've got shares in the sunscreen company

because I'm like, put your sunscreen on. You've got to put your, like, yeah, Dad, we'll put our sunscreen on. But it's important. I remember my mum really doing it much to me when I was little. No, I would come home, like, the colour of a farmer's red dot sale. And Annie would be like, oh, good, I ought to burn off in a couple of days and you'll have a nice summer tan.

Now I'm going to the bloody mole clinic every three weeks. But there's so many different sunscreens as well and you try and buy some that are like SPF 150 or whatever it is, but it's just like they're putting on house paint. They walk around and then they touch the car and they touch the seats at home. You're like, leave.

You can't get that off there. No, SPF 87 sort of stuff. Once you go over that 50 threshold, which I'm a big fan of, you really do have to apply some. I always thought a great adventure would be like a sunscreen pill that you take. Yeah. And it lasts for six months, you know, and you're protected.

God knows what horrible chemicals would be in that pill. But I say we take it. But still, yeah. Pfizer, forget about this vaccine for COVID. A sunscreen pill. Wouldn't that make things so easy? Because what frustrates me as well is it's always a two-person job when you have to get your back, you know?

And it's like, you know, it'd be nice if you could just do that all by yourself and not have to rely on someone else, you know? Because it just feels like you have to inconvenience someone else. Have you ever put that task in the hands of your children? Don't ever do that. They're like watching TV or watching their iPad but half-heartedly smearing it on your back. Every time I've done it, I've been burnt. Yeah, well Amanda, my wife, she gets really frustrated

because I'm just like, you just gotta get it done. You know, put the sunscreen on and away we go. But she's like, oh, I don't feel like you're enjoying doing this. At least, you know, make it into like an experience. What, like a sensual? The kids are here, mate.

Just like something. And I'm like, it's just putting sunscreens on. She's like a sensual? The kids are here, mate. Just like something. And I'm like, it's just putting sunscreens on. She's like, oh, your voice is so quick and it's all over. And I'm like, yeah, well, that's me. That's me. I like to be quick. I like to be efficient. I do that when I'm massaging Jen.

I count down. I'm like 10, 9, 8. She's like, that does not make it enjoyable. You're counting down from 10 seconds. Anyway, here's a big sunscreen. Guy gets us to put it on in the morning, doesn't he, Juliet? He's rubbing it into us every morning. He's counting down from 10 seconds. Anyway, here's a big sunscreen. Guy gets us to put it on in the morning, doesn't he, Juliet?

He's rubbing it into us every morning. He's rubbing it into my thighs. You never know, the rays can get through the roof and even in this studio. He stays away from Juliet, which is great.

Yeah, I do. I don't. You just throw it at me. Put a rash shirt on, Juliet, or something. 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. Jodo and Pen. Breakfast on the Heads. The Heads. The Heads. The A to Z of New Zealand. We call a different town or city in New Zealand.

We call one a day. We're making our way around New Zealand alphabetically. It's going to take us over two and a half years to call every town and city in New Zealand and learn about the towns as we go. And today we're heading to Kumara, which is located on the west coast in the South Islands. It was a gold mining town back in the day. So let's see what gold we can mine for this radio show from this tiny area. Now Kumara has a population that you could count on two hands if your hands had 309 fingers.

And we're not going to get into a weird uh finger ratio debate about remote locations in new zealand okay ben okay i know that's where you want to go i know that's where you want to take it so we're going to head through to kumara now hello green cemetery kate speaking hello kate hawkins hello morena to you it's jono and ben Hello, Green Cemetery. Kate speaking. Hello, Kate Hawkins. Hello. Morena to you. It's Jono and Ben here from the Hits radio station. Hiya.

Sorry to catch you off guard. You sounded like you were in the middle of chores. No, no, just making a coffee. First coffee of the day. Important moment. It is. This is a vital moment in any human being's day. I don't know what I would do without coffee at the start of my day.

How many are you ploughing through a day, Kate? How many coffees? Oh, no, just generally the one, actually. It's that first one, and then I'm a tea girl. Oh, but sometimes I get up to five, and I'm like, this is too much. Too much caffeine. I'm frazzled. Yeah.

That's when your hands start shaking, eh? They do, and you start to feel like you're sweaty. Yeah. I went over that five threshold the other day, and I was like, I don't need this. No, it's quite a lot of caffeine. I was a very volatile individual that day. Could have snapped at any moment.

I was very scared of him. Kate, you live in Kumara. Yeah, that's right. On the West Coast. Lovely, lovely, untouched land. Apart from you, who has touched it? Oh, yeah, just gently, though. Gently.

Gently caress the land. So whereabouts on the West Coast is it? About an hour from Arthur's Pass. So it's a brilliant location, just basically in the middle. And from here, you can explore north and up to the Pancake Rocks, which is an hour away, down to Hokitika and the Gorge and en route to the glaciers. So it's a spot on spot.

Gold digging country right back in the day, right? People would look for gold and things like that? Absolutely. There was a whole heap of hotels here. It was a bustling little town with John Seddon, the Prime Minister here for quite some years in his political time. What I know, the only one of few facts I know about the West Coast is the New Zealand Communist Party started in the West Coast,

the Labour Party essentially. Yeah, I think that was just north of Greenwich in Blackpool. Now, we talk about the Wild Food Festival that always happens on the West Coast once a year. I think it's coming up in March. Yeah, it's a good, fun day, really good fun, and everything from fairly safe foods, you know, scallops and bacon and that kind of thing,

things like chicken heads and really horrific things that you struggle to eat. Some of the things you like, surely no one's eating this on the regular, but they put it in the Wild Food Festival, right? It's, yeah, come up with the most disgusting thing and you think, oh, can we actually get people to pay to eat that? Yeah, it reminds me of an episode of Fear Factor.

It does. You remember that show Fear Factor with Joe Rogan? Yeah. I'm afraid I missed that. Not much of a TV one, but... It's pretty much it. I can imagine the concept. It's pretty much the Wild Food Festival,

wasn't it, with Americans. Have you not watched TV in many years? Not in many, many years. How many years since you've watched TV? It would have been... Oh, 16 years? 16 years since you've watched television. So would you recognise someone from Shortland Street like Chris Warner?

Would you know who he was? Not a clue. Would you know who Simon Dello was? No. From the news. Wow, that's fascinating. Would you know, or we're just going to keep naming people and you're going to go, no, I won't know them because I haven't watched TV in 16 years.

Exactly, exactly. Oh my God. What do you do with your time? I work very hard. Yeah. I practice a lot of yoga. And the coast has got everything else that you need. It's got waterfalls and local walks and beaches.

And, you know, it's a different type of environment. Good on you. You're getting out and about. It sounds like the things that we should be doing. You know, we should be not looking at a screen and getting out there and doing what you're doing. So that sounds, yeah, it sounds awesome. But you're not going to know if the teams on the block are going to renovate their houses and sell them at a loss.

Yeah. No, but I, you know, I can read the odd local newspaper and I'm sure I can gather the general gist. What about who the Bachelorette's got to choose tonight on TV? You're not going to know? No, I think I can probably live without knowing. This is my, listen, I know we phoned about Kumada, but

we've really got it fixated on your non-TV viewing. You're like, you're part of the problem killing network television. This is our lifeblood. It's okay, you have to diversify like the rest of us. Yeah, you're right. Hey, you're a wonderful, that's really interesting.

It's probably not that interesting to you. You've been doing it for 16 years. Exactly, exactly. It's not a big part of my life. But hey, you know, last night I had friends over and we played an amazing game called Dixit. Have you heard of that? What? Sorry?

It's called Dixit. It's a card game of pictures. Honestly, look it up, read the reviews and you are going to find a whole new world which doesn't involve TV. Well, so you've introduced something to us, we've introduced TV to you. It's been a wonderful conversation. I feel a responsibility to phone

you every day and update you with what's been happening on television. Would you like that? Or maybe weekly updates? We can just give you a quick call and go, oh, The Bachelorette, she's not going to choose this person. Hey, as much as you guys are lovely to talk to, I think we're going to have to give that one to me. Chris Warner, he's in his seventh marriage. Okay, alright, alright.

That's amazing. It's so nice to talk to you and you're living a far better life than us. Enjoy it down there on the West Coast and take care of yourself. Will do. Hey, thanks, you two. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits.

Oh, geez, too, Oscar, my son, it's his birthday, Waitangi Day. He's a Feb 6, yeah, and he's like, oh, I want a bike for my birthday. You know, it's a stock standard present, isn't it, for a child's birthday? Gee, have you seen how much bikes are nowadays? I went into a bike shop.

One bike was $18,000. $18,000? No wonder Lance Armstrong was on drugs. You'd have to be on another level to spend $18,000 on a bike. Jeez. Apparently there's a shortage at the moment in New Zealand because of things coming into the country. We can't get things in as easily because of COVID.

So yeah. And everyone's got, well, not everyone's got more money to spend, but people that would normally spend on a holiday maybe think they might get a bike to bike around. You might spend $18,000 on a bike. That thing better be winning you two in France. I'd not even have to pedal, and that bike better win me that championship.

But yeah, you're right. Oscar can't get a bike at the moment because all the kids' bikes, they're all waiting, all back ordered at the moment. So yes, the problem, though, I have with this is after the bike shop, which was an eye-opener with the price of bikes these days. Did you huff and puff in the store, too? I imagine they'll be like, oh, my God.

Rolling your eyes and stuff. Imagine you're one of those in the store. It's just so much money to spend on something that you're inevitably going to get abused at by motorists. Yeah. And also judged when you walk into a to get abused at by motorists. Yeah. You know, and also judged when you walk into a cafe with full sponsored Lycra. And some kids are awesome on it,

but other kids just live in the garage, you know, for most of the year. Yeah. Ride me like a bike. I'll pretend to be a bike instead of spending that amount of money on it. So we left there anyway. So we went to the escalators at the mall.

These are popular, aren't they? Yeah, they are. Escalators. Great way of getting up andators at the mall. These are popular, aren't they? Yeah, they are. Escalators. Great way of getting up and down in the mall. Yeah. And then speaking of huffing and puffing, I find there's two types of passengers on an escalator. There's ones who are like, I am going to enjoy the technology

and all the hard work that has gone into the construction of this escalator so my legs don't have to do any work for a brief period of time. And then you've got the people who are like, I'm going to use this as an accelerator to launch. Yes. Double speed of what I usually can walk. I'm a passenger. I like to just sit and enjoy the view.

But are you over to the side? No. Oh, no. You're not. The lady behind me is... I can feel her. I can feel her behind me. And almost it made me want to stay, hold my ground even further just so I'd hold her I could feel her behind me and almost it made me want to stay hold my ground

even further just so I'd hold her up like I'm holding her up by 20 seconds I almost want to just enjoy it someone's put a lot of work into this

yeah but it's the longest longest 20 seconds have you ever like I've been this person before there's a supermarket in one of the malls here in Auckland and if you take your trolley

on the escalator you're going at speed to the escalator you're like here I go and as soon as you get going at speed to the escalator. You're like, here I go. And as soon as you get in, it just locks. And it locks pretty much in the middle. And you just can't. Yeah, you cause a log jam behind you.

You can't move it around or anything. And so you're like, uh-oh, uh-oh. And you're kind of locked in the middle. And it's just like, it's the slowest, most painful ride up the escalator. Because you've got people. Everyone likes puffing. Juliet, I imagine you're a runner up the escalator.

Oh, yeah, absolutely. You've got to maximise the time. I'm an efficient human being. I just like to get up there. Yeah, I imagine you're a runner up the escalator. Oh, yeah, absolutely. You've got to maximise the time. I'm an efficient human being. I just like to get up there. Yeah, Ben, you'd be. Generally, if a supermarket trolley wasn't halting your... Yeah, I would like to sort of get up. Get up, get moving.

Keep momentum going. Yeah, but the kids love it. They love holding on. Don't touch the sides. There's germs. It's like the worst thing you can do for some reason. It's a lot for a child to wrap their head around, isn't it, Danessa? First, when they're on the debut of the escalator.

Yeah. You're like, what is this? It's like stairs, but they're moving. But then when they're not going, you get on the escalator, and it's just stairs, but your brain just goes, whoo. Oh, yeah, bamboozles you. It does. You're like a giraffe learning to walk, a little baby giraffe.

You're like, this is just stairs. Holding the sides. I know how this works, but for some reason, I feel like it should be going, but it's not. With a puffing person behind you. Yeah. They're just stairs. I had my shoelace about six months ago

get caught at the top of the escalator into the side, and that was a harrowing ordeal. It only lasted about probably 10, 12 seconds, but it was just like, I was holding people up, and I'm like, oh my God,

this is how I'm going to go. I'm going to go. And I bet they were still huffing and puffing too, even though you're about to lose your leg. Yeah, I took my shoe off. Oh, this guy. Stay in the left lane. Want more Jono and Ben?

You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. I mentioned it earlier today. I went strawberry picking yesterday with the family, which was nice. Basically, it's just a bit of a recce for my new business, Boyston Berries, which is coming up in Boyston Berries at some stage. I tell you what, it's criminal a bit of a recce for my new business, Boysenberries, which is coming up, being Boysenberries at some stage. Yeah, I tell you what, it's criminal you haven't launched that,

so you need to diversify your portfolio, my friend. The family business. But we were driving back from the strawberry farm, and there was, you know, sometimes when you're driving along the roads and there can be a smell from outside that comes into the car. But one of the kids was like, oh, who did a pop-pop? You know, it was what they said, and everyone was like, no, no, it's from outside. But I kind of thought kids was like, oh, who did a pop pop? You know, it was what they said and everyone was like, no, no, it's from outside.

But I kind of thought at that time, pop pop has just been a word that we've used in our family for, you know, a smell that someone may, you know, and it seemed like a nicer way of saying. Of passing wind. Yeah, passing wind. Yeah, right. So, but you, hey, one thing,

one of his big hates is bodily function comedy. Yeah, that's it. He just, as soon as. I don't know why I'm so highbrow with it. I know. Have you looked at the rest of your comedy career? No, no, no. I shall not go anywhere near flatulence.

Yeah, I don't know why. I don't know if for some reason I just don't find it funny. So you've installed this in your family. Some people do and some people don't. But I kind of thought there must be other names out there that parents have come up with

for things that the body, you know, whether it's smells the body emit or just names of the body that they've said around the kids. So cuter names that are still worked, you know, that they still mention to today. Yeah, mum always used to call it my what's it. She still does. I come home and she's like, that's your what's it.

The what's it the what's it I only learnt when I was 25 what it was actually called that's my what's it people still go what's that oh it's a what's it makes it sound deformed what is that

it's normal right I know what she was trying to do. But that generation kind of like to dance around there. Yeah, I understand. The medical terms for these parts of the body. So, yeah, what we want to do is we want to play a little game. Have you maybe grown up with a term for a part of the body? And you just tell us what the name is,

and we'll try and figure out what the part of the body is you're referring to. I've got a few here, but these are actual names for parts of the body and I want you to try and figure out Ben, what they're actually naming, okay? The Helix. H-A-L-L-U-X. Which kind of sounds like

the latest ute from Toyota. It does. I don't know. Helix. I'm going to go knee. It's your big toe. Oh, really? The Helix. Is it to go knee It's your big toe Oh really The helix Is it actually A medical big toe Yeah

The go pen Which sounds The go pen Which sounds like A bit of fitness Equipment you'd buy On television Is it actually

A part of the body It's a part of the body Yeah It's a part of the body That your body can form It can form a shape The go pen It's when you

Put your hands together And form a bowl It's the go pen Oh yeah Yeah okay you put your hands together and form a bowl. It's the go pen. Oh, yeah, okay, wow. The dactylion. The dactylion elbow. Fingertip.

But just for the middle finger. None of the other fingertips are named. Oh, middle finger. Just the middle finger. So if someone's giving you the dactylion, that's giving you the middle finger. So you say what you want about this show, but I tell you what, we'll copy and paste stuff from the internet to make ourselves sound smarter.

All right, well, let's not go medical terms. Let's go cute names that maybe you come up with in your family, around your kids. You say the name and we'll try and guess what you're referring to in your household. We'll see if we can do that next. Love to hear from you on New Zealand's Breakfast. 0800 the hits is the phone number. 4487 on the text.

We'll head to Hamilton, Maurina. Alice, how are you? Good, thanks. How are you? Doing well, thank you very much. No follow-up questions. All right, what's the part of the body? This is so embarrassing,

but my parents and my grandparents used to call something your clapper. Okay. Okay, listen, I'm going to keep this. I'm going to go your hands. Yeah, I'll go hands as well. Your clappers. Get your clappers out. And I hope it's hands.

Oh, God, stop saying that. Okay. Why don't you whisper it? It was your mouth. Oh, okay, your mouth. Shut your clapper. Oh, okay, your clapper. Okay, well, that was...

I guess your lips clap together in some form, don't they, when they're talking? Very embarrassing when I grew up and realised that wasn't a normal thing to call me. Yeah, no, fair enough. I know Poppy, our youngest, used to call Jennifer a certain part of her body, her pockets. Her pockets.

Oh. Yeah, because it looks like you're storing a lot in there, I guess, aren't you? What's in the pockets? How you doing, because it looks like you're storing a lot in there, I guess, aren't you? What's in the pockets? Yeah. How you doing, Alice? Have a good one, buddy. We'll head to Jane in Auckland.

Welcome, Jane. Name, what was the nickname? Perry Winky. Oh. I'm going to go, is it the one we're thinking of? I hope so. It's a nice one. It's a nice one. It's a nice one.

Oh, okay. I'm going to go nose. No. My grandma used to call it my little toe. Oh, your periwinky? Yeah. Oh. My grandpa just made me think of it.

He used to call his behind his Arthur's Pass. That was the way he went as well. The Arthur's Pass backed up today. I was like, oh, you can actually say one of those. Good on you, Jane. Appreciate that. A couple coming through on the text. 4487.

Ben, you can guess these. Your knobblies. I'll go knees. Well done. Oh, hey. Knees. Your nukies. Your yanukies.

I don't know how to pronounce it. Y-A-N-U-N-K-I-E-E-S. I-E-S. Oh, yanukies. This guy-E-S. Oh, yeah. It's got ears. Yes. Oh, wow. Two from two.

I'm on fire. And your penis. Okay. Well, I can guess what that one is. Yeah, you did not. Yeah. Nah. Yeah, no.

The whole movie. Yeah, nah. She'll be right. And at the end of the day. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday.

I always get a bit nervous around about this time because the pressure falls on us, Jono, to try and win someone $5,000 and we try our best but it doesn't always happen. Yes, it's New Zealand's favourite game along with unreasonably panicking over one COVID case. And we've got Linda

joining us on the phone from Auckland. Happy Auckland anniversary to you, Linda. Thank you so much. Happy anniversary to you. Lovely to have you on this morning, Lindy. Can I call you Lindy? Are we at that stage of our relationship? You can call me anything you like,

as long as you give me some money. We'll try our best for you. I don't know what transaction's about to take place. Okay, you know how the game works? Yes, I do. You've been playing along for the last couple of weeks, and I know a lot of other people have, and we do appreciate you hanging out with us.

So, the big decision. Who is heading into the soundproof booth to try and match words with, Ben or myself? Who's the smartest man on the block? Ben. I don't know. It depends. Ben got school certificate.

You're really scraping the bottom of the barrel with us. It depends who you think would think similar along the same lines as you. Oh, God. I'm going to go for Jono. Oh, Jono. Thank you. Don't do me proud, mate. Do her proud.

I'm honored you would choose me, Linda, but oh, God. Okay, all right. I'm into this booth. All right, mate. Do her proud. I'm on it. You'll choose me, Linda, but oh, God. Okay, all right. I'm into this booth. All right, Linda. Don't be a dick. Don't be a dick was her words. He couldn't hear that, but I'm passing that on to you. Linda said don't be a dick.

Are you just making stuff up that Linda's saying? No, I'm not, actually. You can hear that back. It did sound like something I'd make up. Now, Jono has made his way into the corner of the studio. He has locked himself in the soundproof booth. He can't hear what's going on. In the naughty corner.

In the naughty corner. Exactly. He is in the naughty corner. Now, I can hear him banging on the wall there in the soundproof booth. Now, Linda, I'm going to say some words. You tell me the first words that pop into your head. If those words match up with Jono's words, you win $5,000. All right.

All right. Oh, this music makes this way more intense, doesn't it, Juliet? Okay, first word is cardboard. Cardboard. What? Box. Yep. Okay, cardboard box.

Second word is hair. H-A-I-R. Hair. Cut. Ooh, hair cut. Mm-hmm. Okay, something that Jono hasn't had for a long period of time. But hopefully he'll think about this.

That's true. Our next word to try and match up is treasure. Hunt. Treasure, hunt. Okay. Happy with those words so far? Yep. Okay.

Sand. Who? Sand. S-A-N-D. Oh, sand. What? Sand. S-A-N-D. Oh, sand. Pit. Oh, yeah. Okay, a few options for some of these puppets you hit.

Yeah, some of these words, you can have so many different options. And that's the hard thing about this game. And your final word, Linda, is speaker. Speaker. Okay, they are your five words. I'm going to cover those. I've written them into my computer screen. I'm going to get Jono out of the soundproof booth,

and we'll see if we can... Oh, he's... Just turn that handle there. There you go. All right, he's making his way back. He looks very frazzled. I was doing that lip fish thing on the windows, you know? Oh, yeah, okay, yeah.

I had to clean the window. We're going to have to give that a wipe down. Okay, I'm covering my screen right now as Jono makes his way back around. Can I say that was the cleanest dismount from the soundproof booth we've seen yet? Yes. Usually the lock gets jammed and you start to worry if that's how it's all going to end. You panic a little bit right now. Okay, we've got five words from Linda.

If those five words match up with your five words, she's $5,000 richer. Don't be a dick, she said, Jono. I'll have that ringing through my head, Linda, as I attempt. Did Linda go all right? Yeah, Linda, I think really well, but there was some words that definitely have multiple options that first pop into your head, so that's going to be the tricky thing.

Try and think like Linda, like Lindy. My mate Lindy. All right, your first word, Jono, is cardboard, cardboard. Box. Yes. One for one, Lindy. Cardboard. Box. Yes. One for one, Lindy. Here we go. My mate Lindy. Alright. Second word to try and match up. Five words, $5,000.

Hair. H-A-I-R. Hair. Got a couple. Okay. That is one I know what you mean when you say a word that could have multiples. The obvious one I'd think of would be haircut. Yes!

Yes! Oh, we're down! Two from two, Lindy! We were talking about how... No, anyway, we won't get there. Oh, was he saying some stuff about my bald head, was he? Yeah. Classic Ben.

Classic Ben. Okay, well, no, great start, he was. Yeah. Classic Ben. Classic Ben. Okay, well, what a great start. I was surprised. I thought you might go brush. The other thing I was thinking was hair straightener, but I was like,

it's a little bit obscure. Okay, next word. Treasure. Treasure. Chest. Yay! Where did you go? Hunt.

She went hunt. Treasure Hunt. Oh, Lindy. Lindy, we started so well. Thank you, Lindy. Let's play the rest of it because we'll see how well you could have gone. Oh, I'm sorry. Jono, sand.

Bags. Pits. And speaker. Phone. Oh, we were three from five. Three. What did you go for sand, Linda? Sand pit. Sand pit. Oh, that were three from five. Three. What did you go for sand, Linda? Sand pit.

Sand pit. Oh, that's a good option. I'm so sorry. You were right. You said don't be a dick and I was a dick. You tried your best. Thank you so much for playing, Linda. Hopefully we get to do it again.

Thanks, guys. Love your work, Linda. Thank you for listening. Add these two men together and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal man. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Now, early this morning, just after six o'clock. Previously on Jono and Ben on the mornings. We spoke to a lady.

We were doing our A to Z of New Zealand. That's where we call around every town and city in New Zealand. And we stumbled across a lady who told us she'd never, she hadn't watched TV for the most amazing amount of time. How many years since you've watched TV? It would have been... since you've watched TV? Um, it would have been... Since you've watched television. Oh, so would you recognise someone from Shortland Street

like Chris Warner? Would you know who he was? Not a clue. Would you know who Simon Dello was? No. Okay, wow. This is fascinating. You're not going to know if the teams on the block are going to renovate their houses and sell them at a loss. No, but I can read the odd local newspaper and I'm sure I can gather the general gist.

What about who the Bachelorette's got to choose tonight on TV? You're not going to know? No, I think I can probably live without knowing. Amazing, isn't it? That was Kate from the West Coast and the South Island. Yeah, she was awesome. She's like, why do I spend my life doing... When she said it, you're like,

well, that's how we should spend our lives, really. Yeah, now the amount of time that she hasn't watched TV astonished us. I mean, she never would have tuned into a 1pm COVID update and heard Jacinda tell us all to be kind. Never. Yeah, now we beeped out, obviously,

in that phone call because we want to see if anyone can beat it. And if you missed it earlier, you won't know how long it was. So how long has it been since you watched TV? Or someone that you know, maybe in your family,

doesn't have a TV or hasn't watched it for years and years. I wouldn't have gone two days. I would not have gone two days. I think you're keeping 3D television alive. I love it.

I love tuning in, you know, mid mornings and watching Suzanne Paul hock off that frightening looking massage chair. Or cooking rocks in a fry pan. Yeah. That chair looks like a torture device.

Have you seen that massage chair? Yeah. Everyone looks locked in there and very frightened for their life. I think I've mentioned this before, but probably the first three years of my daughter Sienna's life, we didn't have a TV connected to like 3D air TV. We just sort of

watched Netflix or we'd watch MySky or things like that. So she'd never seen commercials until we finally got it working. And when she did, it just blew her mind. She was like, we were in the supermarket one day. She's like, Dad, Dad. I was like, oh, what's going on? We've got to get this.

And I'm like, what is it? I think it'd be chocolate or candies. She's like, it's Vanish Gold. It removes all stains and all fabrics. I'm like, okay, cool. I've seen it on the ad. I remember when I got my first bottle of Vanish Gold, just like it was yesterday.

She was like, this is the thing. I've seen it on TV. Yeah, no. That's how commercials work. Yeah, she didn't realise at the time. She was like, wow, this is a big deal. So we won't tell you, we won't reveal exactly how long Kate hasn't watched TV for,

but it's a phenomenal amount of time. So what we want to do is open this up, a bit of a competition. I don't think we can beat Kate. No. No way, no. Oh, no. No, no, no way. It's almost like you're baiting the audience to call up. Because you're not going to be able to beat Kate. Trust me, we know you, and you

could not beat Kate. Not even someone you know could beat Kate. No. But if you think they could, then now would be a timely moment for you to call us. 0800 the hits 4487. How long has it been you know could be Kate. No. But if you think they could, then now would be a timely moment for you to call us. 0800 the hits, 4487. How long has it been

since you've watched TV? And we'll reveal Kate's stats very shortly. We'll get Hell Pizza Vouchers up for grabs as well. We'll go to Rachel, though, kicking it off

in Christchurch. How are you, Rach? Good morning. I'm good. Lovely to have you on. More than that, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Now, how long has it been

since you've watched television? It's actually been about five years. Oh, my God. What a shallow life you must lead. Not watching stranded celebrities on islands. Who fills that void for you? I know. I kind of get into a deep, dark hole on YouTube, and that's about it.

Oh, yeah, you can get lost on YouTube. Yeah, yeah. We just couldn't afford a TV five years ago. It was poor students, and I just kind of got used about it. Oh, yeah, you can get lost in YouTube. Yeah, yeah, we just couldn't afford a TV five years ago. It was poor students and I just kind of got used to it. Do you have a TV in your flat, Ju? Yes, we do, but I don't know how to work and I feel like a boomer. I don't know how to work the TV.

What is this thing? What is this thing? Literally, you see there's a red button there. I know. You just turn that on and these numbers kind of correlate to channels. How do I type into it? You know, like, yeah. It's so confusing.

I can imagine your whole flat just trying to swipe it with your fingers. How does a big iPad work? Make it bigger. Make that bit bigger. Like doing the pinch thing. Oh, that doesn't work like that.

Rachel, you go and have a wonderful Monday. You got kids starting school today there? No, I don't. Oh, well, lucky you. Thank you. Good on you. Have a good one. All right, see you you. Thank you, sir. Good on you.

Have a good one. All right, see you later. All right, we'll head to Invercargill. Rachel, not beating Kate's time? No, well off. Five years, well off. Rachel, well done to you. Thank you for calling.

Now, let's go to Sarah. Welcome from Invercargill. How many years since you watched TV, Sarah? Well, I think I'm going for a solid eight years this far. Oh, eight years is a good effort. It's still not beating Kate, but why? How did this lead? Oh, just, you know, couldn't afford a TV after I left home

and then just never really went for it, you know? Well, nowadays you can watch a lot of it on your laptop, on your computer, right? You can watch on demand. So maybe there's, oh no, I'm not going to say that because we work in TV. There is the need for it. You need to get a TV. You can illegally download a lot of stuff now, can't you? Do you illegally download

stuff, Julianne? No, I'm not a criminal. No. I would never do that. Not publicly. Sarah, go and have a wonderful Monday. Have you got kids starting school today? Uh, no. No? Right. You were just trying to remember if you had kids? Do I?

Do I? Because I've forgotten about the kids and school today. How you going? You look after yourself, Sarah. Thanks. Alright, mate. Have a great one. Alright, it's time to reveal Kate from the West Coast in Kumada. The amount of time she hasn't watched television for. How many years since you've watched TV?

It would have been 16 years. 16 years since you've watched television. That is a long time. That's impressive. But she spends her life out and about. She's like, we're busy. I go out and about and she's doing stuff. She's away from her screen, which is awesome.

She must miss a we're busy. I go out and about and she's doing stuff. She's away from her screen, which is awesome. She must miss a lot of news. Like, she might have been very delayed to find out the world was in the midst of a pandemic, I imagine. Well, yeah, I mean, maybe she's checking news on her phone and things like that, but you're right. Did she get the paper? Yeah, well, the paper that comes through. Oh, yeah, there's other mediums. You're right. Well, that was interesting.

That was interesting. Thank you for your calls. Really appreciate it. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake. Jono and Ben.. Really appreciate it. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits.

We're joined just after 8 o'clock by the brand new Bachelorette. It's on TVNZ2 tonight. Alexi Brown is her name. We get to meet her for the first time and to find out why she wanted to go on a show like The Bachelorette. Spy.

The WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. I don't mean that in a way that negative towards the show. It's just, why did she decide to put herself out there for the show? Because I know you would never mean it that way, but that's how I love to envisage that people heard it Why on earth

would she do that show? That's what people are said to ask on Jono and Ben, the TV show Not the Bachelorette It's the same question people ask producer Julie Why are you on this show? Why do you want to go on this show? And she's like a rabies-laden animal sitting there frothing for a celebrity to slip up so she can report on it and spy.

What's happening, Ju? So if you're a big follower of Friends and watched it as it all came out, you may remember that Julia Roberts was in one episode when it came out in 1996. Now, how it all came about for her to be on Friends was Matthew Perry, who played Chandler, he reached out to her and said, we want you to appear on Friends as an old classmate of my character.

And Julia replied saying, if you write me a paper on quantum physics, I'll be in. And so the next day, he faxed her a paper on quantum physics. No idea why. I tried to research why she would be... Was she studying it at the time? Yeah. Was she just like...

Can you send this into my university professor? Yeah. Then I did some research and I was like, well, she doesn't really have any history of science or anything.

So maybe it was just one of those things that's just a random thing to see how much they really wanted her on the show. Yeah, and so that was the transaction.

She then went on Friends and then her and Matthew Perry dated for a little bit afterwards as well. Well, thank you for that topical news from 23 years ago involving a fax machine. Hey, it's interesting.

It is interesting. It's just like, why has Julia Roberts held on to this for 23 years? Tell you what, in 2021, I'll release that exclusive. Now's the time to tell everyone about this. And they also flirted over fax machine, which is so boomerish. The slowest flirting. What's he drawing? Oh, it's a picture of a...

Oh, is it? Oh. Oh. I mean, back in our day, mate, it took a while to see those pictures, Juliet. Yeah, true. You had to wait. I mean, friends, isn't your defence is very topical right now? They've got a reunion this year.

They're getting back together. So, yeah. But thank you for reunion this year. They're getting back together. So, yeah. Thank you for that dated story. You're very welcome. And now in another story that's probably hopefully not as dated, just a question for you two. Can either of you sew? No.

I could give it a bit. I did sewing glass at school. Did you? Yeah. With a sewing machine or just needle and thread? A bit of both. I can call it. Oh, yeah. A little bit. I need to get a sewing machine or just needle and thread? Or a bit of both. I can, oh yeah, a little bit.

I needed to get a sewing machine set up for me. I could never set it up. So I said, what's a set up for me? You're fine. Weeds are all so shorts and I remember I,

I sewed shorts but I sewed over the pockets so you couldn't put your hands in pockets and I missed a few points on the marking there. Rookie mistake. But the reason why

I'm asking you that is George Clooney has revealed that he sews a lot of his kids' and wife Amal's clothes, which is quite surprising. You wouldn't think that he'd have a lot of, oh, I guess COVID. But he makes their clothes. I like Clooney. He's a man of his own.

He cuts his own hair with that red machine. He sews his clothes. He is so nifty. He doesn't go out for bought coffee. He just makes it at home, you know? Yeah, but then we know to say that he's very much a handyman. And if we were on an island and you had to pick somebody to help you survive, he would pick himself because he can just make things out of things.

And he's very, very nifty, very handy. And so, God, I'd like to husband him up if he can do that sort of thing for me. Go out and buy some pants, you tried us. You're George Clooney. Give me a kiss of... And I was like, thanks for these uneven chinos you're sending me to work in to be a humanitarian lawyer. You better wear them, I made them for you.

One leg's longer than the other. Although he did buy larger shoes than he actually needed. I was reading that the other day. You know how you get your hands and feet, some Hollywood actors on the Hollywood Boulevard? Like in cement? He was like, I don't want my feet to look too some Hollywood actors on the Hollywood Boulevard? Oh, yes. Like in Cement? Yes. He was like, I don't want my feet to look too small. So he turned up in sort of bigger size

shoes than he normally wears. Just so his feet look a bit more impressive. Oh, you know what they say about men with big feet? They can sew. They can sew, exactly. And 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. Now, if you've got a room at your house that you want to get redecorated, repainted, you can head to the hits.co.nz. We're doing something called Colour My World. Thanks to Razine, but the catch is you've got to get your kid to come up with the colour scheme. And joining us on the line right now is someone who's brave enough to let her kid do it. I think, what, Rachel?

It's Amanda. It's called Trey. Amanda, you there? How are you? Hi. How's it going? Doing very well. First day of school back for Charlotte, the little one, is it?

No, no, no. She's still here. Oh, she's still there. You're not back in school mode. You're in holiday mode still. No, no. We're still on holiday. Oh, good. You're not back in school mode. You're in holiday mode still. No, no, we're still on holiday. Are you one of these smart people who are taking the four days off

and then you get like a two-week year? Oh, God. No, I am. You're organised. I hate that. You always hear those stories of, you should take these days. Oh, I haven't. And now I'm too late for me to do that because everyone else has.

Well, good on you. You've done better than us. Now, are you up for this Resign competition? You know what it's all about? Yeah, yeah, yeah on you. You've done better than us. Now, are you up for this Resene competition? You know what it's all about? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So what room are you wanting to renovate, Amanda? Oh, to be honest, I don't really care that much. I'd just sort of probably leave that up to the kids.

Oh, so they get to pick the room and what colour they're going to paint it? They can stay away from my bedroom. Okay, so your bedroom's a no-go. Well, we'll talk to Charlotte. She's what? How old's Charlotte? She's six. Okay, we'll have a chat to She's what? How old's Charlotte? She's six. Okay, we'll have a chat to Charlotte,

see what room she would like to decorate and what colour. Yeah. Okay, all right, I'll put her on the phone. Hello. Hey, how are you, Shez? Good. And now you may get to decide what room in your house that gets painted. What room do you think needs a paint job?

Probably my room. Oh, you're going to zhoosh up your room. What are do you think needs a paint job? Probably my room. Oh, you're going to zhoosh up your room. What are we going to chuck on there? Some unicorns, rainbows. What would you like on there? What colour? Like maybe gold and purple.

Gold and purple. Yeah. What about mum's bedroom? What colour would mum like your bedroom, if we could paint it? Maybe black and brown. Black and brown. mum's bedroom, what colour would mum like your bedroom, if we could paint it? Maybe black and brown. Those are lovely colours, aren't they? Mum said to us, just before

she handed us over to you, she was like, I really want Charlotte to paint my room. As a surprise. Yeah, Charlotte's not buying this one either. You're six years old, you're smarter than us, Charlotte. But black and brown, that's a lovely this one either. You're six years old. You're smarter than us, Charlotte. But black and brown, that's a lovely colour palette for a bedroom.

Yeah. What if we were to head to the kitchen? Maybe like a rainbow. Like a bit of each colour. A bit of each colour. Now, I like this idea. Great. It's almost like you're the interior decorator for a kindergarten.

I love it. I love it. I love it. Well, all the best. You enjoy your holiday, okay? I have no idea. No idea. I have no idea what this is about. And I hope we never speak again.

Well, I can tell you, if you want to register, you can register at the hitstockcode.nz. Colour My World, thanks to Rosene. Get one room in your house painted by a professional, but it's all chosen by your child what colour scheme we go with. Dotco.nz, colour my world, thanks to Resene. Get one room in your house painted by a professional, but it's all chosen by your child what colour scheme we go with. And Resene colour shops have quality paints, wallpapers, colours, and wood stains as well.

Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. It's the Chainsmokers featuring Halsey. Just announced actually last week she's pregnant. So congratulations to Halsey, who won't hear this message, but it makes me feel... Hey, Juliet, can you send this audio to Halsey, please? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's awesome. It'll mean a lot. It's funny because during lockdown, obviously, you don't see a lot of celebrities and stars, and all of a sudden they pop out pregnant. They've been in hiding. Where did that come from? Imagine there'd be a few kids sort of popping up.

You'd be like, I didn't know they were pregnant and they had a child during the whole thing. UK, Producer Humphries is saying this morning, going to be the school's not opening up till March and particularly some other places like businesses might not be opening up till April. They're saying that already and it's only just ticked into February.

Woo! They are in the trenches. Aren't they, Jeff? Those poor bats. Oh, my God. Yeah. You just forget about it, don't you? I know.

Yeah, we're all crapping our pants over one case. One case. Yeah, I know. I know. Which, fortunately, hasn't seemed to have gone into the community, which is awesome. And were you saying Cairns, Producer Humphrey? No, Perth.

Oh, Perth had one case boom lockdown really first case since April their first case so they haven't had a case for a long long time and it sounds like

their first case and they're like yep we're going into a five day lockdown so yeah they sound like us they do they just wanted a holiday

so on Friday we went and did a video shoot for a commercial for the five words five5,000 competition, which we do at quarter to eight every morning. And I got a little self-conscious. What?

Didn't I? My shiny head became the day's most difficult cast member. Yeah. My big shiny bald head, which has been known to legally blind people in the past if the light hits it on the right angle. Yeah, because we're in a TV studio, so there's a lot of lights

and there was a camera there and someone recording the sound and there was a lot of whispering going on. You could sort of tell. We were standing there and you hear people shiny, shiny head.

So shiny. It would have made me quite nervous if I was just an actor turning up because I would have thought oh, they're going to cut me. I felt like that was a sort of

whisper when they're not happy about something but I was like, oh no, this is for us. This is for Jono and Ben's game on the radio. They can't cut us. But then you're right. We heard these shiny head sort of comments pop up in the whisper. And then, coincidentally my sister-in-law Susie was doing makeup and she would come out and boom, boom, boom

powder the shiny head and then go away. I tell you what, it's still too shiny. If you tap my head, there just would have been a cloud of makeup. I mean, if there's a makeup shortage, don't worry, because there's enough on my head. Just come and scrape some off. Juju, if you need some powdering later on today, just scrape it off the top of my head.

Did you have to sort of chisel it off when you got home? You know, get a hammer and sort of like sort of, felt like they were putting a lot on your head, eh? My head feels a lot heavier now. That's because I'm carrying around 5kgs of makeup on top of it. You've got a bobble head. Sort of rocking back and forward.

But it was good. I think we managed to get the ad filmed despite your shiny head. Yeah, no, well if I'm if my face is pixelated, you'll know why. It was too shiny for television. They couldn't put it on television. I didn't feel like it was that shiny.

A lot of whispering going on about it. I thought they should be more worried about our acting performance because that was shocking. But your head will look great. When they go back and watch, they'll go, they didn't say any of the lines

we told them to, but God damn it, that head's not shining. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. Scrolling through your feed. I tell you what, he's a safe pair of hands

when it comes to bringing us news from overnight, but he's a shaky pair of hands when it comes to parallel parking in a Westfield mall, but here he is. For sure, that makes me very nervous. Now, after a 30-hour labour with her first son, a Waikato lady thought she had plenty of time to get to hospital for her second baby. And this happened over the weekend.

She had a two-hour drive between her place and the hospital. She thought it'd be fine, it'd be fine when she felt the contractions going on. Contractions got worse and worse over the two-hour drive until it got to the stage when they arrived at the hospital, her husband ran up to knock on the door to get things sorted, and the baby came out in the ute, in the back of the ute with her son there. From the uterus in the ute.

Yeah, in the ute. The baby arrived. Yeah. So the baby was born in the car park. So while he was knocking on the window, the baby came. So he missed the birth. He missed the birth. The doctors, the nurses, everyone missed the birth,

except for the three-year-old son and the mother. So congratulations to them. Jeez, you'd be wanting to take that thing to Wash World, wouldn't you? The car, yeah. Give it a bit of a vac out. Yeah. You'd need the shampoos. You know how you can rub the shampoo brush into the...

There'd be a lot of stuff going on in that ute. Oh, yeah. Impressive, though. It's amazing how these things happen. So did she walk in with her baby into the hospital, I assume? You wonder? Yeah, I guess. I mean, I would imagine the medical staff would have come out

and sort of helped her with that then and gone, Oh, yeah, we've really dropped the ball on this one. We haven't quite got there. Just missed the birth. But amazing how it happens. You hear these stories from time to time of just babies being born in remarkable locations. Yeah, no, the thing you don't realise too is when you have a child, and this is what I found quite confronting, the umbilical cord, difficult to cut.

Because I'm left-handed. Right. And I don't, you know, left hand doesn't work well with the right-handed scissors. Are they called scissors? They're probably not called scissors. They're not your classic primary school snips or anything like that. No, but they're like scissors, yeah, yeah. You really got to heckle.

You do. Really? It's a lot more. Did you find that? No, I did not. Or did you have a clean cut? From memory, it wasn't quite as hard as it was for you, but I understand I'm right-handed and you're left-handed.

Yeah, I made a massacre. The nurse actually had to help me. She had to wrap her hand around my hands to give a good bit of pressure, but we got there in the end. We got there in the end. I used my teeth in the end. And sparklers, you know, the classic sparklers you have in fireworks. They come in a little box.

Well, apparently, according to a study by Auckland University, playing with a sparkler for eight minutes, which is about the average length a sparkler lasts for, is the equivalent of breathing in a day's worth of air pollution from one sparkler. From the chemicals that are made up. Sparklers are always fine too, just so underwhelming.

You're like, hey children, have some sparklers. They're like, yes! Because they've just watched exploding fireworks. They're like, what is going to happen with us? This seems like a shocking parenting decision, but yes I'll take exploding fireworks in my hands like, what is going to happen with this? This seems like a shocking parenting decision, but yes, I'll take exploding fireworks in my hands and then you light it

and they're like, and they do a few circles. Yeah, trying to write their name or something. And they're like, oh, there's another seven minutes to go

of this and it's destroying my lungs. Yeah, well, now it is apparently, so now we've learnt that as well. What do they use to make something like

nuclear waste or something? What's the chemical? The study also found that some backyard fireworks can emit harmful metals like arsenic, lead and chlorine as well. So there's some cheery news for you Monday morning. Just imagine the poor people of Washington with Katy Perry's inauguration fireworks performance, which we're all like, it looks so good. But everyone's died of chlorine and arsenic

poisoning in Washington. Very impressive though fireworks aren't they? Love them. You're not a big fan of fireworks are you? I like public public displays of fireworks.

I'm just not so I'm just not a fan anymore of the backyard fireworks. Giving it you know like no one should be given be able to buy a box of fireworks

and go let them off in your backyard. It's called like the big bazoonga or something. I'm just kind of like over the years I'm like oh this

doesn't seem like a good idea. Remember the wild west days of radio and you'd be like if this was the 90s Juliet he'd have skyrockets in

his ears right now. If he'd even mentioned fireworks we're like well after 8 o'clock bed boys. He doesn't like fireworks we'll see

if he likes it. We're going to shove some double happies up his nose. Join us, 8.15, The Hits. And that is scrolling through your feed this morning. They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand. If only New Zealand was proud of them.

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Juju. So The Weeknd, who you'll know from this big hit song, he is performing at the Super Bowl halftime show next week. So I think it'll air Monday next week around midday for us in New Zealand. The guy from the Mercedes commercial. Is he a singer? Yeah, he's got a lot of songs, a great back catalogue. But he is spending money, his own money,

$9 million it is equivalent to in New Zealand dollars to make sure it is perfect. Now, I didn't realise that people who perform at the Halftime Super Bowl show, it's obviously a huge audience. There's millions and millions and millions of people watching it. The artists don't get paid. And so I think the reason for that is because it's literally just... The world's biggest commercial.

Yeah, yeah. So you get so much value from it back. Like J-Lo, last year she performed and her Spotify listenership increased by 335% after the Super Bowl. So it's like unreal advertising for you as an artist. And so he's spending $9 million just to make it perfect and to make it what he envisioned. And other costs like the production costs

and things like that are covered up to $10 million. Yeah, so this is on top of what's already covered. So this is almost like a $20 million production on the one event. But you understand why, because it's a huge showcase for his music. Yeah, I mean, we're happy with, you know, when it's a rugby game, halftime performance of Dave Dobbin came out with a sparkler

and a recorder. That would be blowing the budget here in New Zealand. I'm expecting big things. You know, I'm just looking here. To book a commercial during the Super Bowl halftime between 5.1 and 5.3 million. That's just to book the slot, let alone make the commercial.

Then we have like Ryan Reynolds or another Hollywood actor or something. It's super common for celebrities to be all in all the Super Bowl commercials. So Pepsi and Coke and all the brands will pay the big bucks to get this high celebrities in the ads. But he's been snubbed from the Grammys as well, hasn't he?

Yeah. Which is the following week. Yeah, I know. So apparently he had said yes to the Super Bowl so the Grammys were like, nah, well, you're not going to get any nominations. Apparently it's very political. Because if he performs at the Super Bowl,

then they feel if he performed at the Grammys, lesser people would want to watch that. Because they've already watched him five days before blow $719 million on a performance. Yeah, exactly. So, who knows? But I'm sure it'll be an unreal performance. I mean, he's a great artist. And in other

news, spicy gossip from the Royals, Meghan Markle has changed her name on Archie's birth certificate. Of course she has. Of course she has. The devil. No, I'm just kidding. That's very mean. But it's hardly like when you actually read it, the name is kind of confusing. Well, the headline was, Meghan Markle

removes name from birth certificate. And you're like, oh, click, click, click. So initially it said Rachel Meghan, Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Sussex, which you didn't realise, Jono, her real name is actually Rachel. That's her first name, but she goes by Megan. What else has she been lying to us about? I know, but it went from her first and middle name, the Duchess of Sussex,

to Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Sussex. So she's literally just almost focused in on the fact that she's a royal. I thought she would have removed the royal. Yeah, you would have thought. Pull the royal stuff and just be Rachel Markle. I know. I know. Who knows?

I don't even know what they're up to. They've got Spotify podcasts and everything. Have they? Yeah, I need to listen to it. I need to listen to it. What's the podcast about?

It's basically about conversations with people all over the world to kind of talk about their experiences and life experiences. I guess it's just conversations.

This is very vague. That was actually the pitch about their podcast. It's just,. This is very vague. That was actually the pitch of their podcast. We'll be talking words. People will be on. I'm in, I'm in. Say no more. Thank you for that.

You're welcome. It's very loose description. To be honest, it's Megan and Harry. They come in there like, of course they're going to sign up. Exactly. Ben and Jono

call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hips. Wrapping up our show for a Monday. Want to know why it's going to be a good day for you? Can be big, can be small. We just love to hear from you on 0800 THE HITS. Get the day started right with some positivity.

Why is it going to be a good day? And we've got some hell pizza up for grabs for anyone that gives us a call. It's going to be a good day for a large part of the country who are on holiday, but the rest of the team of five million, we're all here keeping the country moving. We're keeping the cogs turning. Be kind. Being kind to people.

It's the most important thing, right. So 800 the hits has been mentioned. If you want some free hell pizza, all you have to do is use those wonderful fingers of yours and dial us up. Much like Gina has. Welcome from Cambridge. How are you?

I'm good, thank you. How's the mighty Waikato this morning? All right? Beautiful day. Not a cloud in the sky. Can't go wrong with the main street of Cambridge. I've never stopped, but every time I drive through, I'm like, this is a postcard here.

And you've got nothing more to say on that? The reception's quite bad. We're just going through some windy corners. We're just heading down to the lake to go wakeboarding. Oh, Lake Katapero. Yeah. Oh, awesome. That's going to be a good day.

Yeah, it sounds like a great day. We're going to send you out some hell pizza ride as well. Fabulous. Thank you. No worries. Enjoy your day. There we go. That sounds like a great day.

Have you ever wakeboarded? No. No, I wouldn't picture you as a wakeboarder. But I'm not. No, I haven't. Why not? He doesn't look like a wakeboarder, does he, Julian? I feel like you could.

Yeah. I know. You would like a biscuit. I can see you riding on a biscuit and loving it. That looks fun. That looks fun. I just need to be friends with people that boat. Because I couldn't have a boat myself.

Yeah, but that's a shocking reason to be a friend with someone. Have you got a boat? Yes, but I've committed many humanitarian crimes. That's all right. I'll forgive those because you've got a boat. I can go on your sea biscuit. I've made a friend with a boat. I got injured on a sea biscuit once.

Did you? On Lake Taupo, yeah. My friend was going wild. And it really picks up velocity when it's doing like donuts. If the boat's going around in circles, you're going around like, I almost went sideways. I caught up with the boat. Oh, terrifying.

And then you come off at that speed and I tell you what, it's like concrete, the water at that speed. You skid along for five kilometres. So there we go. That's what Ben Boyce is doing today, learning how to wakeboard and say shaka. Should we go to Adele? Adele's phone through on 0800. The hits. Why is it going to be a good day for Adele?

Let's go You want some hell pizza first off Adele? It's going to be a great day Because it's a beautiful day here in Auckland And we get our public holiday Oh yeah Stop showing off about your public holiday Some people do

We're in here We're battling away Saying words into microphones're in here. We're battling away saying words into microphones. You can never say we're battling away. You can't be a radio host to go, we're in here battling away.

That never works. Well, you go and enjoy your holiday, Adele, and we'll send you out some hell pizza, eh? Okay, thank you. Thanks for listening, mate. Appreciate it.

Tomorrow on the show, we're back. $5,000, five words, returns at 7.45. We got three of the words today. Yeah, we did. Three out of five. You've got to match up all five're back. $5,000, five words, returns at 7.45. We got three of the words today. Yeah, we did. Three out of five. You've got to match up all five words to get $5,000.

This happened once in our 11 attempts. And tomorrow, actually, we've got Art Green, host of The Bachelorette. And tomorrow, maybe we could get him to try and play the game. Let's do that. Also, a Botox specialist. Is it the right thing to get? Join us tomorrow.

We'll see you there from six. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from six on The Hits and via the iHeartRadio app.