Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - February 02 - Art Green, Your 10 Second Talents, What Significant Dates Have You Forgotten?

Episode Date: February 2, 2021

Kia ora! Today we were joined by Bachelorette host Art Green after the debut of The Bachelorette NZ season 2, which was on TVNZ 2 last night (and again tonight at 7.30pm). We revisited some old moments from his season as The Bachelor, what a throwback! Also, if you watched the Bachelorette, you'll know the many ways the men try to impress Lexie. Basketballs, songs, drawings etc! So we wanted to see whether you guys had any special talents that you could impress us with. It was the 10 Second Talent Line! And my word IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT! You guys have some mighty fine party tricks. Finally, Ben's wife absolutely humiliated and roasted Jono in the middle of a busy intersection... classic!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. Good show. It was a really fun show today.

So, yeah, make sure you listen to the podcast today. Let's get straight into just, I know you've got some Disneyland stuff that you really want to talk about. But I just want to say. Producer Julia, you're still in here fresh off the show. No, before we start jibber jabbering, I just want to say straight off the bat. We've got Art Green today. You're so efficient. The Bachelorette, I just want to say that.

Because it's a big show. Botox, ever thought about Botox? We've got a lady who's done a very in-depth report onto some of the pros and cons of Botox, as well as some of the 10-second talents that people ring. They're incredible. Remarkable talents. Yeah, they actually were. I thought, oh, these are all going to be duds.

You know, when you do a phone topic, you're like, this is going to be an absolute snotter. But really good. Now, anyway, over to you, Jono Pryor, with your Disneyland banter. The reason I wanted to bring you in, and when he was like, oh, your little Disneyland banter, it sounded like he didn't want to hear the Disneyland banter the reason I wanted to bring Judy in when he was like oh your little Disneyland banter sounded like he didn't want to hear the Disneyland

I do I love I love hearing about Disneyland what do you think Judy the house the mouse that mouse's house I just think you're

a very efficient human being Ben and you like to let our audience know what they're going to be listening to before we go on to some Disneyland banter

sometimes I do try and listen to the podcast later and I'm like man we talked for three minutes about nothing and then I go oh the podcast blah blah blah and I vaguely remember some later, I'm like man, we talked for three minutes about nothing and then I go, oh the podcast blah blah blah and I vaguely remember some stuff

and I'm like, does anyone get through those three minutes or not? Or sometimes some Disneyland banter is quite what I want to hear. Exactly. So you're saying you'd like to menu what's coming up at the top of the podcast. I'm just trying it different. You know, there's a good call. And now I'm easing things back

into you for some Disneyland banter. Well, my son Oscar, he was watching TikTok. And he's learned something about Disneyland that I don't know if it's true or not, but I wouldn't put it past that little mouse to pull some shenanigans like this. That they have a permanent odour of Disneyland. And that odour is the smell of freshly cooked popcorn just everywhere. And it pumps out little, from poles. It's got like a little air pole, like air fresheners.

Like a little air demister sort of spray thing. So the place is permanently smelling amazing. I mean, who doesn't love the smell of freshly popped corn? And I followed on the conversation with him that the rubbish bins, did you know this at Disneyland? There's not actual rubbish bins in the bin. So you put it on, you know how you lift a flap up and put rubbish down. There's not a bin there. What do you mean?

It just goes, you never want to see someone emptying a rubbish bin at the most magical place on earth. Oh, so it goes into a little sort of chute system, does it? Yeah, there's like drain, there's air suction drains underneath the ground. Wow. Suck the rubbish into a suction drains underneath the ground. Wow. Suck the rubbish into a big organising sorting area. Wow. I don't know if that falls upon Goofy or Pluto to sort out the rubbish underneath.

Who would be sorting out the rubbish? There you go, very interesting stuff. I thought you would have some Disneyland gear. You've been to Disneyland? Yeah, I have. I don't have a lot on the rubbish. The reason it came about, the reason it came about The trash system,

but it's interesting. The reason it came about is because he was like throwing out some old stuff and he had big Mickey Mouse mitts. And that reminded me you purchased some

salad service. Mickey Mouse salad service. Did you? So I got swept up in the Disney magic. Of course you did. And I was like, oh, these salad servers

are Mickey Mouse's hands. So they were like a metallic salad service with the hands. And I was like, oh, these salad servers are Mickey Mouse's hands. So they were like a metallic salad server with the hands. And I was like, oh, these would be great. But when you took them home, practically they weren't great because they never really picked up anything because they were quite rigid, the hands. They'd be trying to get your salads

out of the... They looked great. Yeah. But they didn't quite pick up the salad that I'd hoped for. At dinner parties, you should have them out on the table and as soon as your guests come to you, they'll be like, no, no, no, no, no, no, those are just for display.

Thank you very much. Display, yeah. Would anyone pick up a single piece of lettuce or would the lettuce fall through the two hands? Oh, yeah, but you feel very, like it'd take a while. You have to work. You have to work hard.

So that's fine. Yeah, there we go. Well, that was the Disneyland banter. Three minutes of just a name shit chat that didn't make it to the radio show, but for some reason, we'll do it at the front of the podcast. Here come the show today, so make sure you check it out.

Here's 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, New Zealand has a brand new Bachelorette. Her name is Lexi Brown, and the first episode of The Bachelorette was on last night at 7.30 on TVNZ2, and we got to meet Lexi Brown and the first episode of The Bachelorette was on last night at 7.30 on TVNZ2 and we got to meet Lexi Brown and the male contestants. There's another episode

tonight hosted by New Zealand's first Bachelor, Art Green, who joins us in the studio right now. How's it going, Art? It's going really well. Nice to see you. It's good to see you, Art. It's like the picture of perfect health, Art Green, isn't it? Yeah, you always do. We're polar opposites. I'm a before, you're the after shot.

What a transformation, though. Jeez, I mean... I love the... Should we do that? Are we doing a transformation? Yeah, let's do it. It's so good from one to the other. You'll be like, oh, wow, they really...

You've turned from Gollum into Prince Charming. Well, I saw you actually stalking your Instagram recently on the beach over summer, and Speedos seems to be your choice of togs. And I don't blame you, to be honest, but is that something you would normally do?

I don't know why. I've just slowly progressed into, they're actually funky trunks. Oh, okay, sorry. Did you get the brand name on there? Sorry. Hashtag gifted. I kind of just started wearing them

to take the piss. Yeah. And it all started when I was having to do a Women's Day shoot, a Women's Day photo shoot. The rule 101 for Women's Day shoots is like, oh, it's always got to be bright, colourful clothing.

We could just wear whatever we wanted. So I got these bright coloured Speedos or Funky Trunks and I wore them and then they had to use these photos. And they were the only shots. Yeah, they were the only shots they had of us walking down the beach in our togs. So they had to put them in. And then when I wore them, I was like, you know what? I really

like these. I tell you what, you've got to be really confident in your ability to rock some speedos. I couldn't do it. Or maybe after you transform into a green, you know, with some weights. That's part of the transformation. You'll get some speedos. No one needs to see these milky white thighs. Obviously excited about The Bachelorette being back

on TV, but excited about having baby number two on the way. Yeah, man, we are. We're very excited, slightly nervous, having a little one-and-a-half-year-old already and then having a newborn and trying to figure out how to manage that is a little bit daunting, but I'm sure people have been doing it for millions of years.

I love how Milo just looks like he spends a lot of his day looking out the windows at machinery and transport and trucks and everything else that's going on outside so cool it's weird how kids love machinery oh they love it don't they the ultimate rainbow's in for a uh toddler is take them to a building site they love it it's the greatest day ever and like rubbish day is just such an excitement we hear the rubbish truck coming we run outside and you get so excited I've got Art Green with us Bachelor tonight now the Bachelor filming process which you know

you obviously have been a part of and you know there's been long term question marks that I've held over yours and Matilda's legitimacy of the relationship the longer it goes on the more babies you have

the less argument I have but you've been part of the process you've been in the machine and now you're hosting the machine. What do you enjoy more? Oh, I definitely enjoy hosting more. Being in it is stressful. You know, like being the bachelor or bachelorette or one of the contestants on it.

Because you're breaking up with 20 people. Oh, yeah. It's pretty gnarly. Like, it's a very strange scenario. And so trying to then be relaxed enough to form these natural relationships while also thinking about all these things is quite difficult. Obviously, being through it as we mentioned

before, do you offer advice to the likes of Lexi, the contestants? Or do you just stand back? Sometimes I stand back and just watch it all unfold. But I'm always there for yeah, I was there for Lexi quite a bit. She's not really allowed to talk to anyone else about it,

but also even if she tried to, no one would really understand because it's such a unique position to be in. So being that sounding board for her I think was quite helpful. Awesome. We've got Art Green with us now. Well, we've got some audio clips here of moments from The Bachelor, yours and other seasons. And I would like you to just try and guess what happens next.

Okay. The first one is from your series. Have a quick listen. Taking Poppy to a beautiful spot on the beach with this amazing overhanging putakawa. This is pretty magical. Yeah, you've taken Poppy to a beach under a lovely putakawa tree. It's a romantic setting. What happens next, Dark Green?

I mean, and I knew this was going to be the first one. Yeah, a memorable moment. And she was so awesome how she sort of owned it. Of course, you know what we're talking about. It was when you took Poppy out on a date and she made a pass wind. She just passed. I flipped in the sun.

Well done. She was very honest about it. Yeah, she was great. Well, yeah, I felt a little bit awkward because I could have just let it slide, but I hit her up about it. You did. You were like, did you just start passing away?

Well, it was like, it was, you know, it was loud enough that we both knew that we'd both heard it. I was like, I've got to do something. But a great icebreaker on any date. Certainly. I imagine the conversation was easier after that. Here's the second one, Art Green. How did you know who to put on the hit list?

I mean, we're stuck in this mansion, but... Not from your series. This was Naz, who was really entertaining on The Bachelor. I don't know, but all I can remember from that episode was when Naz stands up and is giving the fingers at the crowd, I think. That's pretty much what happened. She had a wee bit of a back and forth with the uh with some of the audience members do you want to come here and say it i dare you you guys have no idea what it's like well done

well done very entertaining telly you're not yeah all right third and final one this is uh i agree trying to guess moments from The Bachelor. I still have reservations, and so I genuinely am just really confused at the second. Okay, so this is... This is from last season of The Bachelorette. What happens here? Big shock moment in the series. I think it might be when Lucina decides to choose no one.

This is such a hard decision for me. Like, I've decided that I didn't want to take anyone to the final rules. No one. Out of 21, guys, none of them were good enough. I love it. I agree. Now, I know you were planning on going right now, but can you hang around because we want to put more pressure on you,

not only with that quirky game, but with a game that actually matters. You could win someone 5K. Okay. All right? Should we do the... Oh, we're going to get up to play for one of us today. Yeah, we'll do the five words 5K

with Art Green. We'll get him to hang around. We'll do it shortly. Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered information. Vaguely known information, but maybe not correct. Jono and Ben,

New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Last night, and again tonight on TV, The Bachelorette on TVNZ2 at 7.30, and we've got a special celebrity edition of our new game with Art Green, the host of The Bachelorette on TVNZ2 at 7.30, and we've got a special celebrity edition of our new game

with Art Green, the host of The Bachelorette. Five words for 5K on the hit. You're only five words away from a massive payday. You can win $5,000 with our Game of Word Association. We give you the five words. Tell us the first word that pops into your head. If all five words match up with our five, you're five grand richer. Art Green, our special guest going into the Soundproof

booth today. A celebrity edition of 5K. Oh, we're really mixing up the formats. Sharon, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. How are you? Oh, good, thanks. How's Harwood? Uh, sunny. And we've got Art Green. Would you like to meet Art? Oh, sure. He's here. Hi, Sharon.

How are you? Good. Sharon, um, can I call you Shaz? Sure. Everybody else does. Can I call you Shazza or is that too far? No, that's fine. Locking in Shaz. Awesome, Shazza.

Shaz Marwada. So you know how the game works, Sharon. We'll say five words. You say the first word that comes into your head. If Art emerges from the soundproof booth and matches with your five words, you've got 5K. Oh, yes. That'd be lovely. We've got this, Shazza words. You got 5K. Oh, yes. That'd be lovely. We've got this, Shazza.

We've got it. All right, Art. We're going to send you over to the soundproof booth like a little confession room on The Bachelorette. Some despicable things have gone on in there, Booth Art, so you can do whatever. No laws in there, buddy. It's a lawless society.

Oh, this is quite good because the pressure is on Art Green right now and I feel confident. He seems like a safe pair of hands. I hope so. Okay, Sharon, the first word. Bow. Tie.

Fishing. Boat. No, a rod. I only said boat because we own a boat. When we go fishing, we're on the boat. What are you going to lock in? Boat. Boat.

Hydro. That's the first thing that popped out of your head, so it seems like a smart choice. Yeah. Table. Cheers. Fry. Bacon.

Okay. Pan. Bacon. Pan. Bacon, pan. No, pan. Go pan. Fry pan. And royal. Queen. They are your five words.

Okay, we're going to lock those in. We're going to get Art Green to come out of the soundproof booth. Come on in. The lock's a bit jammy, too. You can kind of get stuck in the soundproof booth. Another person walked in the soundproof booth? Come on in. The lock's a bit jammy too. You can kind of get stuck in the soundproof booth. Another person walked into the soundproof booth. They didn't come out

for two days to send in a rescue party. All right, Art. Emerging. Sweaty and steamy from the booth. The things that I've done in that booth.

He's shirtless for some reason. Which is great. He's put his shirt back on. Green. Sharon had a good run. Good run with their words. So it's pretty simple. You match up with Sharon's words.

All five of them, five grand. Let's hit the music producer, Juliet. First word is bow. Tie. Oh, well done. One from one. Yes. All right.

Green, fishazza, as we like to call her. Yeah. The second word, word art is fishing boat we're going to have to we're going to have to yes that's correct we might have to just

put Shazza on hold right now so it's not influencing Art Green because that might have been certainly hurt Shazza what have we done episode of who wants to be a millionaire

where they I wasn't sure if I heard in real life or I was just like okay we got our own hold now okay I'm sorry imagine if I heard it in real life or I was just like... We got our own hold now, okay? I'm sorry. Imagine if you were like a complete...

You're like, Rod. Two down for Art Green, okay. Table. Top. There we go. It was cheers. Cheers. It couldn't... So many other options. Let's just go through the final couple, see cheers. It was cheers. Cheers. It could have so many other options.

Let's just go through the final couple, see how you would have gone. Fry? Pan. Yes. And Royal? Family. Oh, two queens. So you won a three out of five.

It's a very good effort. Hey, no way. Damn it. Sorry, Shazza. Oh, it's all good. Oh, next time. Maybe. Boat, boat, boat. Say boat. And let's be honest, there's not going. Oh, next time. Oh, maybe. Boat, boat, boat.

Say boat. And let's be honest, there's not going to be a next time. Chesire. No, Chesire, you're lost. Sorry. Chesire might call back. It's not going to come back. Love you, Chesire.

Look after yourself, and thank you so much, Art Green. The Bachelorette tonight, TVNZ 2. 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 be not bestowed. Now, last night, The Bachelorette was on TV in Z2, and The Bachelors all came out, and they tried to impress Lexi Brown, the new Bachelorette, with something, you know, whether it was spinning a basketball, whether it was singing a song, whether it was a poem.

They've written some perfume. Someone had written perfume, made perfume. Yeah, some, yeah, real attention-grabbing sort of, well, I suppose they need to make an impact too when there's 21 others garnering for the attention as well. But I would have thought, hey, what about just emerging from the vehicle and introducing yourself like a normal human being?

Well, that's not what the producers want. You know there's producers going, come on. My name's Gary. Nice to meet you. What's your name? Lexi. Oh, nice to meet you, Lexi. I'll see you inside. You know, something. It doesn come on. My name's Gary. Nice to meet you. What's your name? Lexi. Oh, nice to meet you, Lexi. I'll see you inside.

You know, something. It doesn't make good telly. We wanted to know this morning, how could you impress us? The 10-second talent line is open right now. Now, we've got Wendy on the phone. Impress us in 10 seconds. I have a Guinness World Record. Oh, I am impressed already. Oh, wow. That's awesome. Yeah, you've impressed us straight away. What's the Guinness World Record. Oh, I am impressed already.

Oh, wow, that's awesome. Yeah, you've impressed us straight away. What's the Guinness World Record for? Don't get excited. It goes downhill from there. Okay, so should we end the conversation now? Yeah, yeah, yeah. We started on a high.

Okay, well, there we go. I feel like we need to know, right? Let's just say she, well, listen, mate, can we try and imagine what you've done? You sound quite athletic. I think you and your 14 cats did non-stop backflips for 24 hours. No, but that would be really cool. Okay, all right, it's not that.

It's not the backflipping cats. Was one of those ones when people pop their balloons with their behind and stuff like that in 60 seconds? No, no. You're kind of heading towards the more cool factor. You're going the other way. Have you grown your fingernails in extraordinary lengths? Not to date. Not to date.

Okay. Well, what is it? How did you get into the Guinness World Record? Prestigious honour. I have the world's largest collection of zebra-related items. So how many is that, four? That is it. I've got four zebra teddy bears, zebra plushies, and that'll do.

So how many items with zebras on them do you have? I think the record was 508. And it kind of started as a joke and now it's just the gift that keeps on giving. Because I can imagine that friends would see zebra stuff everywhere and go, oh, I've got to buy it for Wendy. Yeah, the Guinness World Record didn't help that. I now have strangers doing that to me as well.

So, yeah, I'm working on my cool points. Do you like zebras or has it become a burden? I've learned to love them. So where did the first one come from and then how did it develop into a collection? It started when I was a kid and everyone in my family collected a thing. I guess it made birthdays and stuff easier for everyone else.

Yeah, gotcha. And my mum said to me, right, you need to collect something. I was probably like five. And me thinking I was pretty clever for a five-year-old thought what was the most obscure thing that I could think of that nobody would be able to find, and zebra was what came to mind. That is really...

My family rose to the challenge. Yeah, and so getting a Guinness World Record, do you have to apply for it, or they come knocking and they're like, hey, Wendy, heard you got the largest collection of zebra-related items. How's about a record, or how does it work? You go and apply to them. So I kind of got to the point where I'm like, I don't even know what this is anymore.

Maybe it's a thing, maybe it's not. And I thought, well, you know, let's just throw an application together and see what happens. And, you know, at least it would make, you know, 500 and something zebras mean something as opposed to being like, hey, I have a whole lot of zebras.

And do they send over an official and it's like, you're right, you do have the largest amount of zebra-related items. No, no, I didn't get to see an official call person, so I just had to do lots of other stuff. Well, they just took your word for it. Sort of. It's quite a process, but I obviously convinced them.

And you've got to obviously, you get a certificate, you get your name in the Guinness Book. Where are all the zebras kept in your house? They all currently reside half are in storage and half are in just like a cabinet. My house doesn't actually look like Crazy Zebra Lady House, is what people

think. Oh, that is so brilliant. Can I also just say the format was 10 Second Talents. This has turned into 210 Second Talents. This is so really good. Can I also just say the format was 10-second talents. This has turned into 210-second talents. Oh, this is very interesting, though. It's probably our fault. We need to stick to the time. So many follow-up questions.

Wendy, that was so interesting. Thank you so much for giving us a call. No problem. I reckon we'll keep this going, shall we? 10-second talent line? 10-second or 4 minutes and 20 seconds. We'll take whatever. It was really interesting. How can you impress us?

The talent line is open. Jules from Kiteboy, welcome to New Zealand's breakfast. Why, thank you very much. What's your ten second talent, Jules? Well, I can do a car alarm. Oh, says Jules, we've had this before. This is so awesome. Yeah, yeah.

Now, Jules does this with her mouth.. This is so awesome. Yeah, yeah. Now, Jules does this with her mouth. She doesn't just set off her car alarm. That's what's impressive about it. Yeah. Jules, all right. With your mouth right now, the car alarm sound. Okay, hold on.

That brings me an unreasonable amount of joy. I love it. Every time I hear you do that. Are you using the bottom of your throat? How are you actually making that work? No, so you tilt your head all the way. You try and fully extend your neck, and you go a high pitch, and then you kind of karate chop just above your Adam's apple. So if you do it, you sound like that.

Not quite. Jules, that's so impressive. Hold the line's apple. So if you do it, you sound like that. Not quite. Jules, that's so impressive. Hold the line. We want to send you out something, okay? All right, thank you. How did she figure out that she needed to karate chop her Adam's apple to make a car alarm noise? There's a lot of planets need to align for that.

We've got Remy on the phone. Morning, Remy. Your 10-second talent. What is it? Good morning, guys. Bonjour. Bonjour. Bonjour, Remy. Bonjour. Oh, the what is it? Good morning guys Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour Remy Bonjour! Oh the most

sophisticated sounding person we've ever had on this program. Thank you, thank you, really appreciate it guys, how's it going for you guys? Oh it's going great! I'm in love with Remy more Remy on the show how about instead of Jono and Benny we'll have Jono and Remy? He should have been on the Bachelorette. What's your talent?

My talent is sabrage. Have you ever heard of that? Sabrage? No. Sabrage. What is that? So it comes from the French word sabre. And that's how we open a champagne bottle with a sword. Oh, I've seen this. I've seen that. Are you doing it

at the moment down at the Viaduct in Auckland for the America's Cup around the village? Exactly. With the Moom Yacht Club, so I am the Moom Champagne Ambassador in New Zealand. So you chop open champagne bottles with a giant sword. Exactly, not so giant, to be fair.

A small sword. Exactly. Basically, by knocking the top of the bottle, we can break the glass and the cork that goes with it. We use a couple of techniques. We've been doing this in France for more than 200 years. Wow.

I can imagine a lot of New Zealanders trying that this weekend and ending up with quite bloody lips. Yeah, so maybe don't do that. Yeah, they're all safety issues. It's a good show, to be fair. My best party trick. And even sometimes when I'm nice enough, I even teach some people to do it. So you're more than welcome, guys, to come to

visit me at the Moomiot Club and I'll teach you with great pleasure. Oh, I'd love to see that and then to learn that because, yeah, I imagine you need to be a professional to do this properly. So it'd be awesome to see that. You think? I hope I help to be friends. Oh, listen, I could just listen to Remy. I say we stop friends I could just listen to Remy

I say we stop playing music and just listen to Remy talk because it is it's beautiful Remy would love to come by and see you do that and also see you you're more than welcome to visit me guys oh my god I've just googled now if you're listening I've just googled

a picture of Remy imagine in your head what you want Remy to look like, and it's what he looks like. You could not be a more perfect specimen. Who created you? The French. Oh, my God. Oh, Remy, you're awesome.

Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the Hefts. First day back at school for some New Zealand kids, but then it seems to take place over the next week, schooling. It's a bit of a staggered approach to school. How does it work? Why don't they all start on the same day and all finish on the same day? It seems to be related to when the school finished at the end of last year,

that they go back. So some are going back early. school finished at the end of last year that they go back. So some are going back early, obviously, if they went early last year and others go back later. And when kids change schools, some kids are getting gypped on weeks.

You know, hey, my school finished late but now I'm starting early. It's like, oh. And maybe you're a part of the, maybe you're a teacher

listening right now. Text us and tell us why. Why the confusing approach? I thought my daughter was going back today. She doesn't go back for another week. Another week? You've been on holiday for nine months?

Wild. Anyway, yesterday, Ben, I didn't tell you this, but highly embarrassing public shaming from your wife, of all people, Amanda. Oh, really? I was leaving. We were working at TV and I was walking out of the building and now TVNZ is on the corner of a pretty busy intersection in the city.

You know, it's quite busy. There's a lot of cars and a lot of pedestrians around. So I'd say on this intersection any one time, probably 50 cars and... Lots of people around, it's busy. Yeah, pedestrians, I'd say probably in the 60s range. And I walk out and she's going, she's at the intersection. Amanda loves making a scene.

She does. My wife loves it. Really? She loves to go and have a bit of fun. She's a scene maker. Yeah, yeah. She could be a great director. Yeah.

And she can also whistle like a high country sheep farmer. Yeah, she's got a very good whistle. Don't you have it in the system, that whistle? Oh, yeah, somewhere. We need to get this whistle. Anyway, she's got a very good whistle. Don't you have it in the system, that whistle? Oh yeah, somewhere. We need to get this whistle. Anyway, when she whistles deaf dogs in Cambodia can

hear her. Anyway, so she's at the end. I hear like the horn has gone for the past. Who's getting tooted at? Some cars. And she's like, winds down the window and your kids are in the back. She's like, look kids, it's Ben from the TV.

Ben, everyone. And she's like yelling at the motorist next to her, like, honk, honk, look who it is. It's Ben from the TV. And I'm like, oh, dear God, don't do this. Trying to hide my head in show. Here we go. We found her whistle.

Here we go, Julia. And she's doing that as well. Oh yeah, they love it at home because often when I go out, you know, with the kids and the family, if we're,

on the occasions that I get recognised from the TV or the radio, it's people first thing go, oh Jono, hey Jono. That's what, I'm just answering to Jono. The kids were confused at first

and now they just roll with the fact that I just go, yeah, it's easier for me to go, hey, how's it going mate? But now they all go, come on Jono. The kids and Amanda when I'm out and about, come on, let's go the fact that I just go, yeah, it's easier for me to go, hey, how's it going, mate? But now they all go, come on, Jono.

Kids and Amanda, when I'm out and about, come on, let's go, Jono. I'm like, oh, here we go. Oh, it was a fiasco. And then the lady next to me was like, do you know? Do you know who? And I was like, no, no, I have no idea who that is. I'm trying to turn my body away. Oh, good on you, though.

Great play, Amanda. Great play. Public shaming. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up player. Public shaving. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Now, Botox seems far more common these days. Men, women all over the world are doing it,

particularly in New Zealand. It seems simple, quick, and safe, but is it? Joining us on the phone is a reporter who did a very in-depth article on Botox, around Botox, for last weekend's Canvas and the Weekend Herald. Her name is Joanna Mathis. How's it going? Oh, good. Thank you. How are you? Lovely to have you on, Joanna. Now, Botox, something that everyone's probably thought about at one stage or another. Yeah, I think so.

Apart from children. Children probably don't think about Botox too much. But a really, really interesting article. my wife spent a good probably 20 minutes. I was like, we've got to go. She's like, I'm reading this article. She found it so fascinating. I know. Well, it's quite shocking. And, like, I mean, probably, like, most people,

I had no idea that this was even a thing. Like, people get so ubiquitous, you know. Everyone in the bloody world getting it. And you've got, like, I don't know, the Kardashians or, you know, all the sort of Instagram celebrities all seem to be pumped full of the stuff. And you never hear any information about the side effects, but they can be quite significant.

So you've done an in-depth research piece into this. So the pros and the cons, you've looked at both sides of the Botox argument. Would you get Botox? No, I mean, I would never have got Botox anyway. Like, I'm not a Botox argument. Would you get Botox? No, I mean, I would never have got Botox anyway. Like, I'm not a Botox person. Like, I think everyone's got different attitudes about it, and there's kind of broader things, issues around Botox

than, you know, the health and safety thing. So it's not something that I would have done myself, but I have no judgment of anyone who does get it. A lot of people have it, and there's, like, no problem at all, and I think the reactions are quite rare. But the thing is that they can be incredibly severe and actually kind of, I don't know, probably not so much with cosmetic Botox,

but Botox is used for other purposes. When it's used for other purposes, medicinal purposes, off-label, there have been people who die from having this botulone and injected into them. So, you know, it's not 100% safe like most people seem to think it is. Well, yeah, as you said before, we're not here to judge anyone, each to their own. You can obviously see why people do it. What I found really fascinating was Botox is actually one of the most dangerous things

you can put into your system in some ways. Well, yeah, it's the deadliest poison that's ever been identified. So, you know, that's pretty severe. And if you get botulism, it's the deadliest poison that's ever been identified. So, you know, that's pretty severe. And if you get botulism, it's incredibly dangerous. It's a very, I mean, it's a lethal neurotoxin. So, you know, if you have more than like a mini, mini, mini microdose, you're going to die instantly, basically. So what's happening with these people is it's spreading beyond the injection site

and they're basically being poisoned by it. And in some cases, their systems kind of start shutting down, and it's really terrifying because no one knows about it, even the people who are the representatives of, like, the big cosmetic organisations don't seem to know about it. And when people get these symptoms, they're told, oh, well, you've got the flu.

But sometimes, in one woman's case, it's gone on for two years. So no one knows about it. So when they inject it, okay, so my old beaten-up, weathered face that I have, I'm getting some injections all around my eyes and my forehead. Are they just injecting a tiny, tiny amount? Yeah, yeah, they're injecting an absolutely minuscule amount. But, I mean, even a minuscule amount of the most lethal toxin known to humankind can be harmful. And the thing is, it's paralysing your

muscles. So if you can imagine, I mean, this doesn't happen often, but if it travels, say, to your throat and you couldn't swallow or whatever, or you couldn't, you know, often. But if it travels, say, to your throat and you couldn't swallow or whatever, or you couldn't, you know, because it's for paralyzing things and if it moves around, it can be pretty dangerous. You don't really hear too much of the side effects

or the potential side effects that could happen. I mean, it's a scene. Yeah, no, you don't. You don't hear anything about it. And I think that's the issue. When I started investigating this story, it took me a long time to do it, actually, because no one in New Zealand seems to know anything about it and I think that's the issue. When I started investigating this story, it took me a long time to do it actually because there's no one in New Zealand who seems to know anything about it

because it kind of lives in this sort of grey zone between medicine and cosmetics and you know, the doctors don't really know much about it and often the people doing the cosmetic side of things don't know anything about it. You only have to actually be practising in a clinic where someone in the clinic has got the licence

to prescribe prescription medication. So you can, like, you know, anyone can do it, really, as long as you're in a clinic where someone can prescribe something. That seems loose. So I could just wander in and start jabbing needles in Ben's face. If he's in the right clinic. Well, yeah, there's no regulations around it. Well, I mean, they probably wouldn't let you just wander in there.

Who's the strange bald man who's walked into our clinic? I don't think that would happen. You'd probably have to be hired and have a chat with a doctor. But it's fair. If that was the direction you were wanting to go in, yeah, you could. Now, I'm just looking here,

Joanna. Now, we've got Joanna Mathers with us who's done an in-depth research into Botox and the dangers associated with it. It's only been used for cosmetic purposes since 2002. Now, in the grand scheme of medicine, that's not that long to know what any long-lasting effects would be. Well, no, it's not. And there actually are pretty much no longitudinal studies.

But there were 303 patients in Germany who received at least six botulinum toxin injections within two years, and 75% of them had adverse side effects. So that's significant, but you don't ever hear about these. My hope would be that people just be educated around that, that, you know, it is rare,

but people can get incredibly sick from it on rare occasions. And, you know, I've had, like, countless people contact me from around the world telling me about how sick they've been from it. Yeah, by the way, I guess, just, like, if you're thinking of getting it, ask the person at the clinic. You know, say you've heard that there can be rare occasions. Ask about information about what sort of side effects they can be. Just do your research. Don't go in there thinking it's completely harmless, because in some cases it can be rare occasions. Ask about information about what sort of side effects they can be. Just do your research.

Don't go in there thinking it's completely harmless because in some cases it can be quite bad. Oh, really fascinating. Very surprising and no more so surprised than the people who've had Botox who look permanently surprised. That was really interesting, Joanne. I really appreciate your time. No, no, it's totally fine.

They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand! If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand! If only New Zealand was proud of them. New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Hey listen, I've realised I'm not a good friend. I'm shocking.

Sorry. Nothing, you carry on. I'm a shocking friend. There's a guy who's a dear friend of mine and fastidiously every year will text on my birthday. Go, happy birthday. I have no idea when his birthday is. And you've talked to other people,

and he does the same thing to other people's birthdays. He's got a calendar system, so when he finds out your birthday, he puts it on the calendar, sends you a message. Just a wonderful touch. I wish I was that generous with my time, but I wouldn't have a clue. I don't even know when your birthday is. Are you sort of August-y?

Yeah, you're August-y. You're kind of November-y, aren't you? Yeah, I'm November-y. I'll send you a generic text around that time. I just text Ben every day. Happy birthday this month. It's birthday month, enjoy. There it is.

I wouldn't even know what date in August. Some people are like that, and other people are like us, and you just forget things. One day, actually, out there right now, on our 100 The Hits, have you forgotten a really important date? I've forgotten our wedding anniversary before, and it's tattooed. The date's tattooed on my arm, and it's...

You've no excuses. No, and there's nothing quite like the thrill of forgetting a wedding anniversary to spice up the marriage. Surprise. I, and there's nothing quite like the thrill of forgetting a wedding anniversary to spice up the marriage. Surprise? I really surprised you with nothing. My dad, as well, speaking of me, I got him to pick us up from the airport.

Oh, that's right. He's a safe pair of hands, Wellington Airport. He forgot to pick us up. And it was the bleakest Tuesday night. We arrived and the plane was delayed. It was like 11 o'clock. I was like, I just need a great lift from my mate's dad who said he would turn up. And we were waiting there lonely, like the airport had emptied out. I rang him. It was like 11 o'clock. I was like, I just need a great lift from my mate's dad, who said he would turn up.

And we were waiting there lonely. Like, the airport had emptied out. I rang him. He was like, oh, yeah, no, I'm on my way. Like, you haven't even left yet, have you? We'll just get an Uber or a taxi. No, no, no, no. I was like, oh, no.

Yeah, so anyway, he got 24 hours wrong. He thought it was the next day. We'll go to the phones. What important dates did you forget? We've got a full board here, baby. Back on deck. All cylinders firing. Jill, welcome to New Zealand's breakfast.

What did you forget? Hi, guys. So about two years ago, I actually forgot the time of the flight that I was meant to be catching. And it was for my own wedding. You missed the flight to your own wedding. Surely it wasn't on the day of. Oh yeah, it was the day of the wedding, like the morning of. That's a risky move.

Yeah. I've got a job where I just kind of couldn't drop everything so I had to catch the flight the morning of. Did you get there or did he marry someone else? I'm still married. Oh, good.

We had a fight two hours later. That's like having a stag do or a hens do the night before. I'm like, what do these people do? Why? Turn out with shaved eyebrows. Yeah, hungover. Oh, Jill, I'm glad you got married. And Ben was like, jeez, how quickly do you move along?

Oh, she's not turning up. Who else is keen? I'll pay for the ceremony. Good one. You have a great one. We'll head to Rotorua. Morena to Carlene. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast.

You forgot what? Forgot my husband's birthday. Uh-oh. Oh, no. Yeah. How many births? Well, we've been together like 22 years,

but we were moving two years ago and he stayed at the house that we were moving to the night before and the next morning me and the kids got up and we were moving and we've done a couple of loads we'd seen him been back with him forwards and then it wasn't until about half past 10 in the morning i said to the kids

oh my god it's dad's birthday we forgot and um yeah so when we finally caught up with him again at the house again he's like i wondered how long it was gonna take oh no did you go buy a panic cake or anything like that no well i had, I had, like, presents and stuff sorted, but they were sort of, like, in boxes ready to go. Nothing quite like that feeling in your stomach. You're like, oh, how can I lie my way out of this? Yeah. There was no lie.

Good on you, Carleen. We're going to send you out some hell pizza, all right? Awesome, thank you. We'll go to Whanganui. Laura, welcome. You're on the air. What did you forget? So I forgot our wedding anniversary.

Why did I forget? I just gave him the present a month early. It's better than a month late. It's better than a month late. You're right. True. I thought he'd be the one that would forget or muck up, but it was me.

He would have been freaking out in that moment going, oh God, have I got this wrong? I've got nothing. He was just like, oh, a present, like what for? And, you know, obviously the cards and the three. Yeah, it didn't go well. A month out is, that's... Organised.

Yeah, organised. That's very impressive. Hey, good on you. Have a good one, Laura. Appreciate it. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits.

Boys, I just see a note on our run sheet that we all refer to what's coming up on the show. Yeah, you'll go a little bit shocked by this because, and I was shocked too, because I think my wife, she's overstepped the mark. You know, I know marriage, you know, it's all about sharing. You know, it's all about, you know,

and you can use each other's stuff. It's all, you know, one big thing. Do you share toothbrushes? Not on the regular, but we could, you know, and you can use each other's stuff. It's all, you know, one big thing. Do you share toothbrushes? Not on the regular, but we could, you know, occasionally you could. I wouldn't think anything of that. Now, that's fine. But what I think happened the other day was actually yesterday. I was a bit shocked by this.

So yesterday I went to, I was going to give my beard a bit of a trim. I've got some clippers, some hair clippers. You do run a lovely sort of three-day growth situation, a consistent three-day growth. I don't shave, you beard a bit of a trim. I've got some clippers, some hair clippers. You do run a lovely sort of three-day growth situation, a consistent three-day growth. I don't shave, you know, like with a razor. I've just got some sort of clippers. And I was like, you know, I'll give myself a bit of a tidy up. And I went to use the clippers and I was like,

oh, these are, you know, these feel a bit jammed. They're not going very well. Oh, they were clogged. Yeah, and I was like, oh, I know you just sort of started, but I opened it up inside and a whole lot of sort of white, grey hair was inside. And I was like, oh, and I was like, oh, I know you just sort of started, but I opened it up inside and a whole lot of sort of white, grey hair was inside. And I was like, oh, and I was looking at myself in the mirror going, have I really gone a lot greyer over the last couple of weeks since last time?

I'm like, surely not. I was sort of confusingly looking at myself in the mirror. And at the time, my wife sort of walked past the bathroom. You never want suspicious, unknown hairs in your clippers, do you? And so my wife was walking past the bathroom, the door, and she's looking at it and saw me sort of a little bit confused. She's like, oh, yeah, that's right. I shaved the dog.

I was like, what? Did the dog need a shaving? Yeah, I was like, what's going on here? She's like, oh, well, you know, obviously we've talked about this before on the radio. We've got a big, white, fluffy Samoyed bow dog, and he gets very hot in summer. And sometimes we clip clip you know like not

not like a uh shave to the skin but just that clipped his fur a little bit so especially on the tummy so it's not as yeah okay i see so she shaves the dog with your how long should she be shaving the dog with your face trimmer i don't know this is the first time i've like i was like well you gotta ask me about this thing these These are my personal trippers. The parts that you have shaved your body with. One, Ben is very smooth. He's smooth like a seal, fresh from a deep sea dive. So I was a little bit like, have you overstepped the mark here? These are my personal clippers used on the dog.

And I understand they were used for a good reason. I mean, the dog's a lot happier. And you've got a very itchy, flea-laden face now. Thanks for sharing your trimmer with the dog. But the dog's been trimmed I imagine for a number of years and you've only got one trimmer in the household and you're just finding out about this now. How long has this act

been going on for? Exactly. How long has the dog been using my clippers? How long has this been happening? Because it's a little game I play in the house because the dog he molts quite a lot. White fur everywhere and you're like is this fur? Is this from me? Is this a white house because the dog, you know, he molts quite a lot. White fur everywhere. And you're like, is this fur? Is this from me? Is this a white hair from the dog or a grey hair from me?

I have a genius idea. For Amanda's birthday, you should buy her some hair trimmers and then she can use them for the dog. It's one of those dig presents, you know? Yeah, a passive aggressive, a passag present. Oh, that's a good idea. Or you're suggesting that she needs to shave her legs or... Yeah, I don't.

It could be taken two ways there. Exactly. Yeah, maybe not a great suggestion. And he hasn't got a good history of presence with his partner. Not true. No, we've heard about the frying pan. Yeah, let's not bring that one back up. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes.

Mmm. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. Spy. The what's up spy.co.nz alright now time for us to talk some smack about celebrities

we will hopefully never have to explain ourselves to here's producer Juliet with Spy so Sex and the City is getting a reboot with HBO Max

and Sarah Jessica Parker has talked about the fact that it will cover COVID in New York City because the reboot is going to be about three women, who is Carrie Bradshaw, Charlotte York, and Miranda.

Kim Cattrall's character will not be returning, unfortunately, as they navigate love and friendship in their 50s. But it's going to be kind of COVID-themed, which is interesting. They probably have to explain why everyone's wearing masks in the scenes. Yeah, yeah. Don't they? It'd be interesting filming in New York City too with the proximity of the population so tightly packed in, you know?

We were talking to someone the other day who lives there and he's just, well, who has been living there and has just come back to New Zealand. He was saying that a lot of people, it's a lot quieter obviously because there's not so many people out and about and if anyone's got a holiday house like the rich people out, they've all just gone to their holiday houses away from New York. Oh, so it's a lot quieter obviously because there's not so many people out and about and if anyone's got a holiday house like the rich people they've all just gone to their holiday houses

away from New York so it's a lot emptier compared to the New York you're used to yeah true so that'd be interesting and her and Samantha do not get along

in real life if I'm trusting the articles that I read on the internet that's the rumour tumultuous off screen relationship they tell me

much like Ben and myself. Yeah, we don't get on off-screen either. Do you know, and I highly offended poor Sarah Jessica Parker when we spoke to her tonight, because I was like, oh, she's done some wine with In Vivo, which we were talking to her about, which was lovely and delicious, and I said, oh, you're busy doing everything,

you're hocking off shoes. And she's like, excuse me, I don't... Hock off shoes. That's the way you said it. Like, it's such a Kiwi thing to say, you know, like you didn't mean it with that sort of, you're like hocking off, but she's like, I'm not hocking off anything. These are like well thought out, well crafted.

Well, you know, like she took it as a slight on the quality of her shoe, of her footwear collection. But it turns out, great footwear. Someone else used to like to put one of those shoes in there. And if you remember back in 2016, there was that big, big situation where Kim Kardashian got robbed in Paris. Oh, that was terrifying for her.

Yeah, that was huge news back in 2016. But one of the men who was accused of robbing Kim Kardashian, and I think he's still awaiting trial, has written a tell-all book about it, and it's going to be released in France this month. And he explains that, you know, when it was happening, Kim was trying to call 911, but he's like, well, that's not very helpful when you're in France

and the number's 112 for an emergency. And he also said that as they were running away, this is crazy, why would you write a story on, I don't know. Anyway, and he said that as they were running away, this is crazy. Why would you write a story on, I don't know. Anyway, and he said that as they were leaving, he was holding Kim's phone and Tracy Chapman was calling her. And he got a bit of a fright because he was trying to run away from police,

but Tracy Chapman's calling. And it's all a bit of a thing. And it's like, well, if you're awaiting trial, why would you release a tell-all book? Yes, correct. And well done for you because it was all written in French too and Julian actually deciphered and translated. Yeah, you're

welcome. Terrifying experience for him, yeah. Tracy Chapman's on the phone as well as after a fast car. Is it so that... Has it gone through the court case or not? No, I think it's in the middle of it. So why would... Exactly, exactly. Maybe trying to make a bit more money

from what you already... A tell-all book how you're a complete twat. Yeah, exactly. Very, very bizarre, but I thought that was quite interesting. And there's a spy for more. You can check out the hits.co.nz. Broadcasting live and mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. First day of school for some kids in New Zealand,

although it seems to be staggered from today until next Tuesday. And then some kids started yesterday, obviously. Oh, yeah, did they? Particularly in the South Island. Higgledy-piggledy. The start part. Sort it out, education system. Oh, just start on the same day.

Finish on the same day. I thought my daughter was going back to school today. She got another two months off. No, it's actually next week. Yeah, right. Sounds better. Hell of a ride, the school holidays. So long, eh?

So long. But, you know, a lot of kids starting school at some point over the next two weeks. So we can vaguely have this conversation for the next fortnight and be safe. Today, though, my youngest daughter and your son are both starting school today. Yeah, first day back, right? How's Sienna feeling about it? Is she nervous? Well, Indy's going to school today.

Sienna's not as nervous. When does she start? She starts on Thursday. So Indy's today. Oh, Indy's on Thursday. And Thursday is... Well, is Indy going to a new school? No, she's not. She's going to... No, Sienna's... She's not. Who's going to a new school? Sienna is. But she doesn't start today.

No, she starts Thursday. But Indy goes back to her old school. Today, yeah. That's how it works. But she's actually quite anxious her old school. Today, yeah. Yeah, right. That's how it works. But she's actually quite anxious because it's, you know, it's a new year, new class, new teacher. Yesterday we actually bought her a little necklace to take with her, you know, as a little thing because she's a little bit anxious to sort of take us with her if she feels a little bit anxious.

Because it is. It's quite unsettling for kids on their first day, even if you've been to the school before. She's not the one going to the new school. So who goes to a new school? Not everyone has to go to a new school? Who's Indy in this story? Hopefully mine. Otherwise I bought a kid I don't know a necklace.

And said, good luck in there, think of me. She was a bit thrown out last night though, because I love, Indy's quite particular. We talked about this before. She's got underpants with the days of the week on them. You know, that same Monday, Tuesday. Yeah. And so she's like, where's my Tuesday undies for tomorrow?

She was getting organised. I was like, I'll just wear it. I can't wear it. I forgot. It's Tuesday tomorrow. I've got to wear my undies. So I was like, oh, we better find these undies. Did you find them?

We did find them, yeah. It's always hard when you've got a mound of washing just sitting on the bed. Hard to find underpants, the specific period, and hard to match up socks. When you match up socks in that mound, you're like, wow, that's a good day. I've got the days of the week socks. Now, I don't mind wearing a Monday with a Thursday or whatever. Oh, no, I couldn't do that. I'm the same.

Socks. Yeah, it's like the same type of socks. It doesn't matter. Why have you invested in days of the week socks if you're going to mix Fridays with Tuesdays? Yeah, well, that's... What's the point of that? That's some people's theory. Yeah.

Anyway, Oscar, my son, he's starting a new school today. Who's Oscar? What school? He was up at... He's so excited. He was up when I left this morning at 4.30. Oh, you said that coming into work. He's like, is school ready yet?

I was like, mate, a couple more hours. But he's pumped and, you said that coming into work. He's like, is school ready yet? I was like, mate, couple more hours. But he's pumped and you know, we buy, we've bought him school shorts which are grossly oversized. You've got to though, right?

Yeah, they're going to grow into them. Grow into them. He's never going to grow into those. Like, I bought shorts for Sienna that I couldn't even fit. You'll grow into them.

It's a classic parent thing. You'll grow into them. Yeah, but you were saying yesterday actually that Oscar is giving you strict instructions where to drop him off and pick him up. But no, he's like, I want to be,

you drop me at the gate and then we pretend we don't know each other. I pretend like I didn't create him. Yeah, right. Hello, my good sir. I'll introduce myself to him. But we did a dummy run of him leaving because he got to cross roads and things, leaving the school

on Sunday. And I was like hanging out, I was parked down the road and I was hanging out the window waving. I'm like, oh God, I'm one of those parents. I'm embarrassing myself. I wouldn't want to be my own dad. How committed to the role is he? Like, as far as not knowing you.

When you get into the car, if he was like, excuse me, whose car is this? He's like, I don't know this guy this is where you're like no he's not he's not i've never seen this man before in my life you're embarrassing me stop talking you're like you're like i just don't know how committed he is to the role well i'll find out when i'm in the police station won't i what more jonathan ben you can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram.

Gelda, I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees and this is The F***ing News. Yeah, this is where producer Juliet beeps out pivotal words

of news headlines in order for us to learn the story. Some would say it's possibly the most tedious way to get to the details of a story

but hey, we do it anyway. It's quite a lot of fun trying to work out what the actual news headlines are. Over to you, Producer Juliet. Alright, your first one. Four men eat to avoid paying extra baggage fee at airports. Four men eat something to avoid paying extra

baggage fee. I'm only going to say they eat their bags. It's the obvious thing. Eat their bags. That kind of makes sense. We can still travel with this inside of us. I'm going to say they eat the airline customer service employee. Oh, okay. That's also something very interesting. The real answer.

Four men eat 30 kgs of oranges to avoid paying extra baggage fee at airports. Now, I don't know why they had 30 kgs of oranges, but... They wouldn't be able to bring it into New Zealand, would they? No. No, we're fine with oranges. Apples we've got to bugbear with for some reason. One apple, a single apple. But they would have had to pay, I think, about $60

if they wanted to take the oranges with them in this bag, and they were like, well, nah, we're just going to eat them all. And then they suffered mouth ulcers because they just ate too much citrus. But that would make your stomach so uncomfortable. You would have thought they would have handed them around. Everyone wants an orange. Yeah, but anyway, okay.

Why are they tripping on 30 kgs? I really don't know. I tried to look more into it, but the story was just very, very basic. But technically then they're still putting the 30 kgs on the plane though, but just inside of them. That's what I wonder too. You hear those stories of people that their bags are too heavy and so they put on

heaps of clothes like lots of four jumpers and three pairs of but they're still technically taking the same amount of weight on the plane aren't they

just not in a bag but imagine also turning up to the airport and just seeing four guys just neck back all these oranges that's just a weird sight to see

because I always take like I was talking about this the other day I just pack everything when I go away. It's always such a nerve-wracking moment when you try and lug the thing on the weighing station. You're like, is this going to be over? Oh, God. So stressful.

Or if you've got the 7kg, just like the hand luggage, and if it's low-key over 7kgs, I'm like, okay, Juliet, when you're putting this in the overhead locker, look strong and don't look like you're struggling, because then it will show that it's over 70 kgs. I love people who are like forcing it into that cabin. Oh, yeah, in the plane above the seat, yeah. They're like, it's not going to go in there.

I'm like, yeah, it is. How did you get it through that little, you know, when you meant to put it in that little thing to see if it can go on the plane? Yeah, I don't think they tried that, right? No, no, no. Our next news headline from the world that's been beeped. Was set for a comeback in 2021. Oh, something's set for a comeback in 2021.

I'm going to say smoking while pregnant. Oh, shit. Had a few rough years. No. Controversial. I'm going to say Jono's hairline. Oh, we wish. We wish.

Bebo is set for a comeback in 2021. Bebo. This is legit. I saw this floating around. I was like, this must be fake news. Yeah, so I think it's making a comeback in 2021. Bebo. This is legit. I saw this floating around. I was like, this must be fake news. Yeah, so I think it's making a comeback, but it's not going to have all of the old profiles. So I think everyone was really excited.

Oh, my God, I'm going to see all of the old stuff of me with my mullet and my horrendous hair dye and kind of all that. So it's like a reboot of Bebo. Yeah, yeah. So it'll be called Bebo. So this is before Facebook, before all that. I think if you were a teenager in the 2000s, it was kind of your prime. The original social media sort of page.

Yeah, which will be interesting to see. I was never on Bebo. I'm too young for that. I miss the boat. I don't even know about it. I'm not going to say it because it's going to make me seem... You've been silent. You've never heard of Bebo, though, have you?

No. Have you not? I've never heard of Bebo. What about Myspace? I've heard of Myspace. It's around about the same time. It's the same era. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We should get you on there when it comes back. You're on Bebo. I'm like, how out of touch am I that I don't even know about a thing that was around? I'm just looking at an article here in 2003. Yeah, I know. You're having to educate me. I know. And the final one.

Rent a... takes off in Tokyo with the man receiving thousands of requests. I'm going to say rent an unused Olympic stadium taking off in Tokyo. That's quite good. Maybe it's a gold medal. Maybe you can rent a gold medal.

That's what I was thinking. Yeah. Rent a person who does nothing takes off in Tokyo with the man receiving thousands of requests. What do you reckon? What? So his whole shtick is that he doesn't do anything?

Yeah, so basically he rents himself out to people who want just company. So he's gone and gone on supermarket trips with people or if you just want to go for a walk, especially in COVID, a socially distanced walk, and you don't really need to talk to him, he's just there with you, just a little bit of company. Oh, see, someone who does nothing and in a relationship

send this to my wife. I'm always doing nothing and there's money to be made in this. And that is your news and beeps this morning. Add these two men together and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal van. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Scrolling through your feed.

Listen, a lot of news organisations, they're out there publicly proudly boasting that they're the most trusted news organisations. Well, we're proudly the least trusted. You should definitely be getting your news from better sources. But we'll do. Ben Boyce, what's been happening? Now, the National Party obviously didn't go so well in the election last year, but they booked out the Basin Reserve, which is normally the cricket ground in Wellington,

for their caucus. They've got a sort is normally the cricket ground in Wellington, for their caucus. They've got a sort of two-day caucus in Wellington. And it took place yesterday and today again. And at lunchtime, some of the National Party out there in the middle of the field playing a bit of backyard cricket on the Basin Reserve, which makes me think, is that why they hired the Basin Reserve? Well, it's to be on National, we've got nothing to do for the next four years. So, play, if you're filling your days

playing cricket... It's team building, I guess, in some ways. It's not really backyard cricket. If anything, it's like the highest setting for cricket you could ask for.

I remember going to the Basin Reserve as a kid and... Because, you know, you're basically surrounding the pitch and you could run on at that stage

after the game. Oh, that's right. You know how to run on and steal the wickets and steal the players' clothes? Well, my mate got the ball because they had a four to win the game, and the ball ended up next to us, the one-day ball. And my mate just grabbed it. And then the uppers were like, oi, come back here. My mate just scarpered.

And we had, for weeks, we had this one-day, the actual one-day ball we played with until we lost it in the creek. But it was fun. It was a wild riot, wasn't it? At the end of rugby games, you could just come on and down-trail your favourite rugby players because there was just so many kids just menacing kids, stealing the pads

off the posts. Some of them would get like a 50 or 100 people would run on and pat the player on the back. Security was very relaxed back in those days. Didn't you get busted wagging school on television at the Basement Resort? I did, actually. Yeah, the guy was filming.

Ben's a cricket fiend. He loves the world's most boring sports. Bad boy, Ben. I got a note from my mum. It was like, yeah, mum, is it all right if we go over? And she was like, yeah, OK. Which, in hindsight, wasn't really it. He told his mum it was a Saturday.

Yeah, we went over there and the guy was filming. And, you know, filming the crowd. You know, they get crowd shots. I was like, oh, please don't, don't focus on us. He sort of knelt down in front of us. I was like, go away, go away. And one of our teachers was watching. Don't know why, he wasn't concentrating on school.

Why was he watching cricket when he should have been teaching? Should have could have thrown it back in his court. And New Zealanders are being warned by the country's official cyber security team to update their iPads and iPhones urgently to the new system because of hacking. If you're using a system that's not the new one, they can get in, they can hack your stuff. This is a load of rotter.

This is just Apple getting you to update the system, then slowly your phone stops functioning, which mine is doing at the moment. And I didn't even want to do the update. I accidentally hit the yes, I'll update button. Oh, that's what we're saying. Then it takes like yes, I'll update button. Oh, that's the most, and then it takes like 20 minutes out of your day. Yeah, it is.

Those are painful minutes. But then over, you know, three or four weeks, the phone starts slowly malfunctioning and then what do you know? You've got to get a new phone. Yeah. So you reckon it's a conspiracy theory? Oh, yes.

I also don't trust 5G, Ben. Oh, here we go. You know this. But it's been widely publicised. I think they were taken to court over that, weren, Ben. Oh, here we go. You know this. But it's been widely publicised, that. I think they were taken to court over that, weren't they? Apple would. Yeah, I think they had to admit that they were intentionally slowing down some old phones so that people would have to upgrade.

I guess from Apple's point of view, they'd go, oh, well, this is the latest running software, and it's not capable for what the old phone can do. I guess that's probably their defence, isn't it? But they get their claws into you, don't they? Once you do, once you... And it's just, all it is, it's just a pain in the prost area to change. That's right.

I tried it once, and I was like, no, I made my decision. I remember you had a Samsung phone and an Apple computer, and you were like, they don't sync. They do not sync up. Both are great individually, but they just wouldn't. It's like you and me, Jono. I just can't work together. We're in separate countries right now. You can never tell.

That is scrolling through your feed this morning. Yeah, yeah, nah. Yeah. Nah. Yeah, nah. The home of yeah, nah. She'll be right. And at the end of the day.

Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. The A to Z of New Zealand. This is something we do every morning on the show. We call a different town or city in New Zealand. No doubt you would have heard it by now because we're trying to call every town and city in New Zealand alphabetically to learn about each place as we go.

We've had no crowd feedback on this, have we? Text us. Do you like us doing this? Other than our boss going, how long is this thing going to take? And we're like, strap yourself in, boss Todd. It's going to take over two years. But every person in every town we talk to, it's like, wow, it's really cool to learn about their town.

Yeah. So, I mean, Texas, do you enjoy us calling every town? Please say yes. Because otherwise, I don't know what we're going to do. We need to do some research on this. But today, we'll plough on. We're heading to the wild, wild west, Auckland, and beyond the sea of burnout smoke and mullets is a land full of wineries and fine eateries that my parents would like to attend with their retired friends.

I'm talking about Kumu. Oh, lovely. I've never been to Kumu. Have you not? You would have driven through Kumu. Maybe I've driven through Kumu. Yeah, I'm sure you would have. Yeah, well, we're going to see you head through to the QB.

The Pie Shop, which apparently is one of the best pie shops in Aotearoa, so we'll go through now. The Pie Shop, QB, Rihanna speaking. Rihanna! Hello? How are you? I'm good. It's Jono and Ben from the Hits radio station.

Hey! Good to have you on. Thank you. Did you know you were on? No, it's actually my boss that's supposed to be on. Oh, well... I'll pass you on. Oh, okay.

Good fobbing. Good fobbing, Rihanna. Cheers. Hello. Champagne fobbing off from Rihanna we got there. Who have we got now? Oh, you're talking Oscar. Oscar.

How are you, mate? I'm very well. Lovely to hear from you. The QMU Pie Shop. Indeed. Now, pie makers, you must be getting up at 2 o'clock in the morning, I'm guessing. No, no, we get up at normal human hours. Oh, okay, I take it back.

You must be getting up at sort of 6.30, 7 o'clock in the morning. That's the one. How many pies are you churning out a day, Oscar? That's actually a state secret. I'd probably be killed if I told you. Oh, so you don't talk about it, okay. No, more than one, less than a million, that sort of thing. So what are some pre-sanctioned questions we can ask you about your pies?

What can we ask you? I mean, look, I can't tell you what's in them. I can't tell you how they're made. Okay. I can't tell you their political affiliation. Nothing. Okay, all right. Are they nice?

They're great, yeah. Good, good. Okay, I can ask that. Now, how long have you lived in Kewmew for? Oscar? A couple of years now. Yeah, you like it? Yeah, well, you've got some, what do you call it,

the showgrounds and all that sort of thing. And obviously, well, you know, I don't want to bring it back to it, but the pie shop is some sort of a magnet, really. That seems to be doing something. And you've got wineries, you've got vineyards, you've got orchards. Oh, they're deep. There's Mirawai down the road. There's actually a lot of lovely little restaurants. There's a tasting shed. It's a got wineries, you've got vineyards, you've got orchards. Oh, they're deep. There's Mirawai down the road. There's actually a lot

of lovely little restaurants. There's a tasting shed. It's a really cool area, actually. Do you get, does the filling get too hot for some people? I mean, probably, yeah. There's that cooling down period.

Oscar, I've got a son called Oscar. Who? He had a pie yesterday, but fatal mistake. No cooling down. He didn't do the cool down period

and you sort of end up with a mouth load of nuclear hot mints in your beard. You still consist, you don't spit it out? For some reason, as a human,

you feel like you need to swallow it. No, isn't it? There's a period where you're holding the pie in your hand and you lose all control. You know,

you wake up on the other side of it and you just wonder what's happened to you if you're ever eating it again, you know? With the other side of it, you just wonder what's happened to you, if you're ever doing that again, you know? With a burning esophagus. Yeah.

Hey, Oscar, well, listen, pleasure. If we come to Kume, apart from the pie shop, you tell us an activity that only the locals would know about. Oh, hmm. There's a lovely little market. I'm not sure if it's only the locals, but there's a lovely market, like a farmer's market. It's in the showgrounds every weekend. That's really nice.

Okay, farmer's market, showgrounds. Go there, go QMU, go Oscar, go Pies, and go Rihanna who fobbed us off at the beginning. G'day, lads. Have a good one. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits.

Spy, go WhatsApp, spy.co.nz. And we actually learned yesterday Spy is splashing 7 million of his own dollars. No, 9 million of his own dollars. On top of the 10 million that we think he's rumoured to be getting. Not for himself, just on the performance. They basically don't get paid any money. They just spend it all on their performance.

It better be bloody good weekend. The weekend. Do I call it weekend or the weekend? How does he like to be referred to? I don't know. I think his real name's Abel, maybe. Better be good, Abend. The Weekend. Do I call him Weekend or The Weekend? How does he like to be referred to? I don't know. I think his real name's Abel, maybe. Better be good, Abel. Yeah. Better be good.

All right, here's another Spy Celebrity Update brought to you by today's sponsors, Command C and Command V. Thank you very much. Juliet with all the copied and pasted news from the internet. Here we go. Now, on the topic of the Super Bowl, Mila Kunis. So the commercials are a very big deal for the Super Bowl because there's just so

many people around the world that watch it. Five million dollars to book a slot. It's crazy. It's crazy. And now they're doing little teaser campaigns for the commercials. You get a little bit of, oh, this is Seymour at the Super Bowl. It's amazing. Yeah, it's really cool. I suppose you really want to milk it, don't you, if you're a

client. And they always usually get celebrities involved in the commercials. Now, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, they filmed a Super Bowl commercial for Cheetos. But the main reason, obviously apart from the money that they would have got paid for doing the commercial. Yeah, the main reason. But they were like, get...

And their love for Cheetos? Yeah. Would you like a Twisties or a B-Rex? Oh my God, I love Cheetos. Yes. Only for the free Cheetos, Yeah. Would you like a Twisties or a B-R-I-N-S? Oh, my God, I love Cheetos. Yes. Only for the free Cheetos, eh? That is so good. But, no, they did it as well because they were like,

we need two days away from our kids because they were offered two days of filming out of lockdown to get away from their kids. And they're like, yes, please save us. Please save us. So, literally, that was part of the reason. There's no shame here. It was to escape the children

yeah pretty much and the billions of dollars they got paid as well but yeah Cheetos they leave like this orange dust on your fingers

that it forms quite the layer to actually have to scrape off the orange dust alright and once you start a packet oh addictive

addictive yeah I noticed I noticed my friend bought some back from America. I think they taste better, the American ones, than the New Zealand ones. Oh, it's one of those situations.

Yeah, more processed goods on the American ones. The Super Bowl commercials, little teasers, looks like Jimmy Kimmel was doing a teaser for one with Matthew McConaughey. Cool. And also, if you love Wayne's World, it looks like Wayne and Garth are back for a commercial for Uber Eats. They've reunited.

As well with the original cast of Mike Myers and Dana Carver as well. So, yeah, that's pretty cool. So, it's exciting that they're getting all these sort of big actors and big names back for Super Bowl. I don't care about the Super Bowl. Let me just watch the ads and all the celebrities in them. It's the halftime performance and the ads that's the big thing, right? Exactly.

Lily from Big Soap Furniture. She's booked herself a slot. Frisco, who's they having a sale? Now's the weekend to tell everyone. The Mad Butcher's on there too. Imagine the Butcher just did it. This week tops $8.99 a kilo. That'd be the New Zealand Super Bowl commercial.

And then Harvey Norman. We've got a great sale this week. Flat screen TV. Oh wow, these are great. And in slightly other news, James Corden. He is obviously from the UK. He does the Late Late Show in America. And he has openly said that he's quite homesick

and kind of wants to go back to the UK. I think he's been doing his job in the US for about five years now. But apparently he's set to be offered double his $13 million salary to stop him. No, I'm no mathematician. That's $26 million. That is crazy. Crazy. So, I mean, but he's

pretty set up. If he wanted to go back to the UK he could kick Graham Norton off his red chair and do his job. He'd probably get a show over there straight away wouldn't he if he came back to the UK so yeah he wants to move from one COVID hotbed

to another COVID hotbed yeah lesser of two evils I guess yeah you may have more money caught in but you're not in New Zealand where it's sort of

COVID free okay Ben you're James Corden yeah you get offered another 13 million dollars to stay in America are you doing it

yeah yeah definitely okay Ben you're Ben Boyce but I don't have the emotional attachment to you get offered another $13 million to stay in America. Are you doing it? Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Okay. Ben, you're Ben Boyce. But I don't have the emotional attachment to Britain, so it's an easy decision. But, you know, I don't go, my friends and family and my parents are all there.

I just go, yeah, that's sweet. I'm only thinking the money right now. Yeah, no, okay, Ben, you're Ben. You're Ben Boyce from Jono and Ben. You're offered $13 to get away. Yes, absolutely. And that is fine. Ben Boyce is offered $13.

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