Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - February 11 - The Most Controversial Breakfast Combinations

Episode Date: February 10, 2021

Today on the show we tried a weird combination that "Weetabix" (the UK's version of Weetbix) claims is a great breakfast meal. That combo is Weetbix & Baked Beans.. Bizarre! We tried it and it was surprisingly not as bad as we expected. We then chatted about other odd breakfast foods. One person eats pancakes with mustard! That's a crime! We also chatted to a band from the Waikato, whose gear had been stolen (worth $100K). But they then found it all dumped on a farm, all in their original condition. That is an incredible stroke of luck! Finally, Ben had something happen to him at a clothing bin that is just reeeaaally not ideal! 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. Now, I had a bit of a shocker with a clothing bin. Basically, it's Weetabix, but it's called Weetabix over there.

And the official Weetabix account has tweeted something that has shocked a lot of people. A controversial breakfast, many are saying, where they've got Weetabix and then they've put baked beans on top. So the Weetabix are basically acting as the toast. And now, being a commercial radio show, it would only be doing radio an injustice. Yeah.

Wouldn't we? We would. If we didn't try this out. This is one of the lessons, you know. Millennial Max, thank you very much for popping to the local supermarket to buy these ingredients. So Ben and myself are going to try these now. I find that there's no moisture in the Weet-Bix. They're not moist-Bix. The, I find

the dry Weet-Bix is almost like the dehumidifier of the mouth. Yeah. As it saps every last bit of moisture out of your mouth. So generally I like to have my Weet-Bix is almost like the dehumidifier of the mouth. Yeah. As it saps every last bit of moisture out of your mouth. So generally I like to have my Weet-Bix covered in milk, moisten them up a bit, and then pour like a kilogram of sugar on top. Because you know they're quite healthy. I like to cancel out that with a bit of diabetes.

It looks like the baked beans have been sitting on this Weet-Bix for quite a while. It's starting to get a little bit softer. So I'm going to go with that one rather than the hard one. Still very hard, though. Still very hard. Still quite dry. It's not bad.

It's okay. I want to go, oh, oh, this is the worst. It's okay. But it really is exactly what you'd imagine eating a dry Weet-Bix with... Baked beans on top. Oh. Oh, yeah. I mean, so this is...

So what you're listening to are the sounds of Jono and Ben eating an adequate meal. That's not for breakfast. Coming up next, listen to us eat some toast before nine o'clock. We'll finish off a bowl of...

Maybe I'll put the jug on and we'll have a cup of tea or something as well. Just like... Is this what radio stunts have become? It's like ASMR. Maybe I'll put the jug on and we'll have a cup of tea or something as well. Is this what radio stunts have become? It's like ASMR. Yeah.

It's fine. Yeah, sorry. Give it a go if you want. You don't have to. We just thought we were going to get more of a reaction. Make sure you chew it properly. You know, like all those things that would be extra safe,

you know, but it's really not going to. Maybe that should be the crux of our breakfast show. Just us eating breakfast the whole time and talking. If you want a breakfast show with the host, actually, it's the end of it. What are you going to go after? Oh, some bacon eggs, okay.

Okay, yeah. And we have three meals, so we start with continental, cooked, and then maybe some probiotic yoghurt or some five-grain toast after 8 o'clock. Hey, it wasn't bad. No, it wasn't bad. So what we want to chuck out,

this wasn't actually that controversial in the end, but we thought it was quite controversial. A lot of people saying it's very controversial. Yeah. We want to chuck out New Zealand's most controversial breakfasts. Now, we're not talking about listening to the Myakoski breakfast. That wins, hands down. We're talking about what food intake

you have you were saying before the show Ben yeah friends of ours they like to have they'd order like Chinese food maybe on the evening

and then the next morning they love it cold cold the next day it's like their breakfast a cold chow mein yeah they love it

they think it's even better the next day yeah for breakfast yeah it is better the next day but like you for breakfast. Yeah, it is better the next day. But like, you know, lunch and beyond. Yeah, yeah. Breakfast is like... Breakfast and cold.

But yeah, they love it. They can't even use the excuse, well, at least it's dinner time in Shanghai because it's not. They're actually five hours behind us. It's 3am in Shanghai. So yeah, 0800 the hits. The most controversial breakfast.

I know your kids got fed ice cream for breakfast. Oh yeah, by my mum. Yeah, so yeah, that's right. Yeah, she breakfast. Oh, yeah, by my mum. Yeah. So, yeah, that's right. Yeah, she was like, oh, yeah, grandma being grandma. That's not Big N. It's not for breakfast. Grandma being grandma.

Or grandma being irresponsible. I don't know. It's what category it falls in. So you can only eat ice cream for breakfast if you're part of the move and pick ice cream empire. We just tried the wheat, bix and baked beans combo before. And it was probably quite underwhelming listening. There wasn't much torture that either of us went through

and we both finished the meal. It was lovely. Give our compliments to the chef. It was delicious. Australia wheat bix. There you go. Oh, there we go. Tracy, you are on the air.

Welcome to New Zealand's breakfast. Controversial breakfast. What are you eating? I have cereal, so it's my breakfast. Oh, get her off! Disgusting! You put milk in it as well? I'm very boring, but my daughter has soup. Soup?

Oh, yes. What sort of soup? She's 25, and she's had soup since she was a teenager. And it's the only thing she ever has for breakfast is soup. What, are we talking like a creamy pumpkin? We're talking, well, she likes the wafi very special tins and there's tomato and capsicum. She has chicken and corn.

Minestrone? Wow. So every morning she'd get up and make herself a nice hot bowl or cup of soup? Yeah, yeah. It's such a strange thing. I don't even know where it's come from, but that's what she had for breakfast. Someone's just texted in, Tracy, which might beat soup. I eat pavlova and cream at least once a week for breakfast.

For breakfast. Yes, it's delicious. Well, it's delicious after dinner as well. Yeah, I guess so. It would still be delicious in the mornings. It's just I don't know if my brain could handle that first thing in the morning. We've got Gary on the air.

Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, Gary. Controversial breakfast. I have the breakfast of champions, boys. Coffee and a cigarette. That is a breakfast of champions. Or a breakfast of a cancer patient. Yeah, I don't know how many championships you're winning

with that breakfast. I haven't got a championship ring yet. Coffee and a cigarette, and that pulls you through till when? Lunchtime, Gary? I don't got a championship ring yet. Coffee and a ciggy, and that pulls you through till when? Lunchtime, Gary? I don't eat till I get home. Oh, really? So your body is fuelled

on nicotine and caffeine? Yeah, most definitely. Good on you, Gary. If I eat breakfast, I'll feel sick for the rest of the day. Oh, you're a finely tuned athlete. Hey, Gary.

The ciggies don't make you feel sick. A wholesome breakfast does. Appreciate that, Gary. The sickies don't make him feel sick. A wholesome breakfast does. Appreciate that, Gary. Thank you very much for your call. We have another text here, which I find is, my son every morning has pikelets with mustard. Controversial breakfast. Pikelet mustard?

Yeah. Kids don't know. They're not old enough to have comprehended all that. It doesn't quite fit with that. So they're just like, oh, that tastes good. I'll roll with it. Yeah. Yeah, until they're outed on the radio.

We'll go to Nate. You're on the air. Welcome from Auckland to Controversial Breakfasts. He's gone. His controversial breakfast was black pudding. What is black pudding? I've never had black pudding. I've heard of it.

Oh, that's an English thing, is it? Black pudding. Is that like off? Has it got something to do with animals' blood? Yeah. Is it? Oh, it's got livers and blood. Made from pork blood.

Oh, good. Pork fat. Okay, stop talking. Okay. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. Put the romance into your Valentine's Day with Jono and Ben and Food Snob.

I always feel like we're going to do an episode of The Bachelor when I hear that introduction. It does sound a lot like that. Now, of course, we're doing Food Snob, which is amazing hampers that you can get. You need to check them out online. Amazing cheeses, crackers, antipasto, all that stuff inside an amazing hamper. And you can win one every day this week leading up until Valentine's Day. And everyone that wins a hamper goes in the draw for a night away with their partner and a fancy meal as well just in time for Valentine's Day.

Well, let's head to the manawatu. Morena, Nikki, how are you? Good morning, guys. Good, thank you. Lovely to have you on. Now, there's so many beautiful cheeses on this food snob platter that you will probably have an affair with one of those beautiful cheeses.

It'll make it quite awkward on Valentine's Day because you'll have to tell your partner, I'm sorry, I'm leaving you for a vintage camembert or something. It's how good this cheese is, okay, Nicky? Okay, that sounds amazing. You still want to win it? You still want to win it? Yeah, definitely.

Okay, great. He's like, I did, but maybe I don't. It could come between you and your partner. Now, what's your partner's name? His name is Matt. Matt. So basically, we're going to give you the hamper, and also for some reason, we're going to, in a race against time,

write a poem for you in a song, just so you can... Well, it's like a food snob have done their part. They've given what they can give, and all we can give is a shoddily put together poem in the space of three and a half minutes. Yeah, so we'll write that for you and we'll read it to you in a song's time and you can decide if you want to read that out to Matt or not, alright?

Let's get some details about Matt. We know you live in the Manawatu. What does he like to do? What does he like to drink? How does he like to relax? He's definitely outdoorsy, loves anything hunting, fishing I think in my entry I said he

loves a good whiskey but we can only buy the cheap shit so Sorry about that That's alright Quite like the human realising that they've shared blasphemy on international airways Yeah So yeah, loves a good whiskey,

loves getting outdoors, hunting and fishing. What does he do for a job? He works at a school. He's a deputy principal. Oh, okay, nice, nice. And where was your first date? At a hospital.

At a hospital? What happened? We were supposed to have a date, but I had injured myself and ended up in surgery. But I didn't know that he'd also injured himself on the same day, but hadn't said anything. So when I phoned him the next day to apologise for not making the date, he said, actually, I'm down in the emergency room. Oh, OK.

So we ended up having our first proper date in the hospital. In the hospital? There you go. And any parts of his body that you really like? I put his chicken legs. His chicken legs, great. in the hospital. In the hospital? There you go. Any parts of his body that you really like? Yeah. I put his chicken legs. Oh, his chicken legs. Great.

Actually, after asking that question, I'm glad you came back with chicken legs. Yeah. All right, so I think we've got some information and we're going to quickly put together a poem.

You hold right there. Okay. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Mmm. Shona and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Now, you can register online at the lattes. Mmm. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Now you can register

online at thehits.co.nz to win a personalised love poem by Jono or Ben. We'll do one daily and you'll get a beautiful

food snob hamper and be in the draw to win an amazing night away for you and your partner with a fancy meal. It's all to do with Valentine's Day

and all to do with food snob, which basically it's like Paris in a hamper. Oh, cheeses, crackers. The Eiffel Tower. Okay.

It's like a... The Arc de Triomphe. Okay. Yeah. Not all of Paris in a hamper. I was just trying to set the scene. Oh, okay. Yeah.

So it's... What? It just got the check. So it's nothing like Paris in a hamper. No, a little bit when it comes to the fine food. When you say Paris in a hamper. No, a little bit when it comes to the fine food. When you say Paris in a hamper, big claims, my friend. Nicky, well done.

Well, you've won Paris in a hamper. Awesome, guys. Thank you. Bonjour. And we have also made you stick around because we've quickly written a poem for your partner, Matt, that you can choose to read to him on Valentine's Day or not. Up to you. Okay.

No, you don't even have to read it. You can record this and play him. Play him for the podcast. This touching poem. So we learned some stuff about Matt before. He's a deputy principal. He likes drinking cheap whiskey. You live in the Manawatu.

You went to hospital on your first day. All that sort of thing. So we'll try to put some of that into the poem. Are you ready, Nicky? I'm ready. Do you wish now that you could have just hung up and won the platter? Pretty much. Matt, we live in the Manawatu, and hopefully that is not news to you.

Now that we've cleared that up, here's a poem, because for you, you are my boo. You love hunting, fishing and being outdoors. I love cuddling, kissing and being all yours. You like a cheap whiskey that tastes like paint thinner. Despite that toxic poison, I think you're a winner.

You work at school to earn a buck. Well, let me tell you, I just passed NCEA love struck. We reside on a farm in the mighty Manawatu and like one of our cows, I want to milk you. Now, Jodo, I didn't like that line

but we'll put that in there anyway. Do you like it, Nicky? I love it. She loves it. She's happy with it. She likes milking. I was so lovesick we went to Tauranga Hospital on our first date. Turns out I just had gastro from some dodgy seafood I ate. It wasn't gastro, it wasn't, Nicky.

It wasn't, no. No, can you just roll with it? I said to John it wasn't. Nicky didn't specify why she was in hospital. She did, but you're like, it rhymes with date. So anyway, Matt, you have the legs of a chicken. I want to eat you for dinner right after our free food snob platter because you're a winner.

That's it. We paused like there was more, but there was no more. What do you think of that wonderful piece of work there? It was fantastic, thank you. Oh, you're a good sport. Happy Valentine's Day, Nicky. Broadcasting live and mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast.

On the hits. Big news. Small town. Town, town, town. Now, you know what I was thinking? You know we do the town, town, town. Don't old F and V on ZM go back to the day, day, day, day. So we're just going town, town, day. So we're just going downtown.

Are we just doing a lacklustre version of something they've done fantastically for a number of years? Maybe we need to go back to the drawing board on the big news intro. I wonder why it was so... It was comforting. It felt familiar. It felt nice. And that's because it's a competing radio show's jingle. Yeah, exactly.

Anyway, we look at the big news stories from the smaller towns. Today, this is phenomenal. This could actually be a big news story from a big town because a Hamilton covers band had $120,000 worth of their equipment stolen from a storage facility two weeks ago. Then, boom, out of nowhere, it miraculously turns up. Up, up, up, up, up, up. And Simon, the bass player from the Munros, the band's with us now.

Welcome to the big news, Simon. This is amazing. Yeah, I have to say we've been riding high. I mean, this is not often how this sort of narrative plays out. And, yeah, we haven't got our trailer back, but we've got all the band equipment, and that's what we were really worried about, and the show's going to be able to go on,

which is amazing. So, this wasn't stolen from a gig or anything. It was obviously in storage, was it? Yeah, so, I mean, this was a pretty slick job. It was in a professional storage facility. Yeah, like, it was my stuff that got stolen, but, jeez, this was a pretty slick job. It was in a professional storage facility. You're like, it was my stuff that got stolen, but, jeez, I was impressed with the operation. I mean, you've got to tip your hat to the guys.

The somehow evaded alarms, the somehow evaded CCTV. Wow. They did it on the worst rainy night, so every time someone was picking up some CCTV, it was hard to see them. But I think if, you know, someone was picking up some CCTV, it was hard to see them. But I think if, you know, they handed it all back unvandalized and in good nick. And, you know, for what it's worth, you know, maybe these guys or girls,

whoever it is, it is 2021, could have been either. You know, maybe they did have a little bit of heart and, you know, realised that it wasn't actually the music gear they wanted in the first place. So, you know. Because it was a lot. Enjoy the trailer. It's not like just the odd amp here and there

or guitar here and there. It was a lot of equipment. A hundred grand's worth of stuff. Is that right? Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it was our PA. It was our lighting. All of us have been in the business for 20-odd years,

so, you know, over years you accumulate, you know, good quality equipment. And the thing for us was we knew darn well that no one was going to be able to ever play that beautiful golden DW drum kit or my bass guitar anywhere on a stage in New Zealand because it's sort of quite bespoke gear that someone out there would notice. And especially the musical community or a tight-knit community would go around quickly.

The gear all miraculously, out of nowhere, just turns up in the middle of a farm. Yeah. And it looked. So basically last Wednesday, it had been a fortnight, and the police had kind of been following a few leads in this thing. But we'd been holding on to some CCTV footage of the vehicle showing our trailer.

We released that on social media, and literally the next morning, on the outskirts of Hamilton, a farmer is putting his cows onto another paddock. He looks across, and behind a house, I guess it looked a bit, someone might live there, but it looked a bit derelict when we were there, and just sort of notices a whole lot of road cases and there they all were. And no one's at the house,

so us and the police went there and we literally just picked it all up, put it on our trailer and left. Oh, wow. And everything's all fine? You've got back? Everything's all good? Nothing has been touched.

I mean, that's the miraculous thing. It's like, you know, I mean, if that's the one thing that we're grateful and thankful for is just simply that no one's gone and played tennis with or cricket with our bass guitars. As tempting as that might have been, yeah. Jeez, what do we do with these guitars? I can't play them. We can play some tennis. I can play them.

No, I'm loving reading up about your band. Now, how long have you guys been together performing? So we've been together about 15 years. You know, our claim to fame is we're the only band that's ever played in Invercargill and India. About five years ago, we went over there and all got sore stomachs and left again after one gig. What's the song, what's the most requested song

that you would get over the years of being in a cover band? Is there one song you're like... You know what, I reckon I've had to play 500 miles 500 million damn times. Someone was walking there. It's a long walk. Yeah, I know. And if I have to play Summer of 69 one more time in my life, it's just one of those

songs. There's certain songs that just over 30 years, they just keep coming up. Is there a song that the dance floor is always packed to? You know, here you go, we'll save this one for later in the night. I always think the funniest one is Living on a Prayer because even Jon Bon Jovi can't sing that properly anymore.

And then you always look out in the dance floor when the key change happens and these boys, you can see their mouths wide open and no one in their wild mind is actually hitting the note. It's a hell of a song, isn't it? Oh, it's just the... We're halfway there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right up there.

Great song. I normally pull out myself and let Nicola Elsinger take over from that point. Oh, that's brilliant. Well, listen, thank you so much for your time. Glad you got the gear back safe and sound. I really do appreciate you joining the big news, mate. Well, thank you so much for all your support, you guys, and for all your listeners. You know, this is a happy story, and we're not taking it lightly.

We're very happy. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. and for all your listeners, you know, this is a happy story and we're not taking it lightly. We're very happy. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Just gone 7.45. Five words for 5K on the hit. You're only five words away from a massive payday. You need to tune in every day at 7.45

if you want to win $5,000 with our new game. Five words for 5K. So far, I've only been playing it for a couple of weeks. We've had two winners. Two winners. Two lots of runs on the board, which is fantastic. And we'll welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, Dan. Come on in from Auckland.

Morena, mate. How are you? Morena team. I'm incredibly nervous. We're nervous as well. We're quite nervous because we really want to give away the money. As much as our boss, boss Todd doesn't want to, we want you to get five grand today, Dan, all right?

That would be fantastic, Zayn. You would be helping out in amazing amounts. Okay, all right. Well, you need to make the decision right. No, actually, before we get into the decision, we must remind you of the careless whisper rule that if we hear any whispering out of those sweet, sweet lips of yours, Dan,

whispering the answers, this will air on the radio. George Michael with the hip-swinging careless whisper. I'm a fan of the sex, but I won't be saying a thing. Okay, all right, so keep hush. We've had some whispering incidents, but we've got over those now. Yeah. But it's just timely. All right, so one of us. We've had some whispering incidents, but we've got over those now. Yeah.

But it's just timely. All right, so one of us is going to go into the soundproof booth. You need to decide which one of us is going to do that right now. Benjamin Boyd. Oh, good on you. He's a safe pair of hands. Get into the soundproof booth. After work, after the show, Ben likes to go into the soundproof booth and cry

following meetings with management, and it's good because you can't hear his sobbing through the soundproof booth, which is fantastic. Alright, Dan, it's just you and me, my friend. We've got five words between you and $5,000. We'll get into it. Oh my gosh. Take your time. Take your time. No need to rush.

Word number one. Backstreet. Boys. Word number one Backstreet Boys Number two Flip Stick Oh yeah, why'd you go there? Did you say lip?

Oh no, flip F-L-I-P Oh, I'm glad we elaborated on that I was like Stick's not the first thing that comes into my mind No no I think you said lip As in tucker Okay flip

Oh dear There's a couple There's a couple in my head Now talk to me Danny So I'm thinking either back For backflip Or I'm thinking Coin

Oh okay Like slip a coin Backflip or I'm thinking coin. Oh, okay. Like flip a coin. Yeah, both logical. But I'm going to think about Mr. Benjamin here. Yeah, what would he do? Flip. I'd say backflip.

Locking in there, okay. So back or flip, backflip. Locking in that. Okay. So back or backflip. Queen. Wow. Okay. The first thing that came to my head was King. But then obviously there's Freddie Mercury. But I'm going to stick with King. I'm going to stick with King.

Freddie Mercury. That's a good one. I didn't think about Freddie Mercury. Okay. So you're going to stick with King. I'm going to stick with King. Stick with King. Freddie Mercury, that's a good one. I didn't think about Freddie Mercury. Okay, so you're going to go with King. Burger. You could also say... Oh, dear. Oh, that's a tricky one

because if he does say King, it's going to be fresh in his mind, isn't it? It's a good tactical play from you. What do you reckon, Jude? I reckon it's a very one, because if he does say king, it's going to be fresh in his mind, isn't it? It's a good tactical play from you. What do you reckon, Ju? I reckon it's a very good tactical play. We've never come across something like this before. No. I mean, the first thing that came to my head was fuel,

burger fuel, and the same thing. It's a burger joint, right? Oh, no. Fuel. Going to go burger fuel. Fuel. Going to go burger fuel. Yep. And the fifth and final word. Dance.

These are quite hard words today. I'm impressed because you listen during the weeks and, you know, you come up with pretty similar words, but I can't imagine everyone's thinking the same stuff as me today. No. Yeah, they're hoping. It's like a floor, Jono. Floor.

All right. Tough words today, but I think you navigated your way through pretty nicely there, Dan. We'll bring Ben Boyce out of the soundproof booth. Come on out, Ben. He's locked in there. We've bring Ben Boyce out of the soundproof booth. Come on out, Ben. I love it when he emerges from the booth. We've got some we've been talking about the faulty lock for many

days and I thought he was actually going to have to Oh, he didn't think I'd get out of there. I'm going to have to send a search and rescue party in there. Now, Dan did pretty well. Pretty well. What he didn't tell you though is that Don't do this. Don't do this. He actually volunteers at the local rec centre,

and a greedy developer is wanting to bowl down the rec centre. Says the plot to dodgeball. High-rise apartments, so he needs $5,000. It's not a dodgeball tournament. That's what we need to do. Let's save the rec centre. All right, Juju, let's hit the music. Anything you want to say to Ben, Dan, before he heads off?

Good luck, fella. Oh, thanks. I'll do my best for you, my centre. All right, Jojo, let's hit the music. Anything you want to say to Ben, Dan, before he heads off? Good luck, fella. Oh, thanks. I'll do my best for you, my friend. All right. The first words. Backstreet. Boys.

Easy one to kick off with. Flip. F-L-I-P. Flip, yes. Oh. So I'm thinking, oh, there's like flip-flops. There's also the tramp. When you do a flip, I go, oh.

Flip-flop. Oh. Dan. What did you go, Dan? Flip-flop? What the heck? Well, flip-flop. Yeah, flip-flops. Yeah, flip-flops.

Oh, like jandals. You mean jandals and then thongs and then flip-flops. I went back. I think I said backwards, didn't I? Like a backflip? Yeah, backflip. Yeah, I had a couple in my head too, Ben. Sorry, mate.

Now, you have the choice of rattling through the other words to see how far you would have got, or you can pull out now, Dan. The choice is yours. How much pain you want to put yourself through. Oh, go on. Do it. Okay.

Queen. King. Or Elizabeth was the other option. Yeah, no king there. Burger. Bun. He went fuel. And the fifth word was dance.

Floor. Oh, well, if there's any consolation, there was, you know, three out of five. Not bad, Dan. Sorry, Dan. No, that's okay, guys. Love your work, mate. Thank you so much for listening. Keep safe and back tomorrow, 7.45.

Add these two men together and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal van. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. You may have seen this online. Kim Kardashian, she's hitting back at some critics who were giving her daughter, were basically calling her out for something that her daughter did. Northwest.

Yeah, put out a picture of her holding a picture that she'd drawn, she'd painted. A painting. And gee, fantastic painting. It's like a bit of a forest and a river and a tree. A mountain and all sorts. It could sit comfortably in any art gallery. Yeah.

And so, you know, the natural pessimist in all of us goes, well that kid didn't draw that painting. The kid's seven years old, that stupid kid. That's not how kids, you know, draw. Kids, stay in your lane kids. And then Kim Kardashian has since responded to all the internet criticism

saying that North West and a friend have been taking art classes for many weeks, the painting's taken weeks to do. And then she even posted a picture of North's friend with pretty much an identical painting that he had painted as well. So, I mean, jeez, Kim Kardashian is actually part of a very special group of parents who don't have to blatantly lie to their children about how good their artwork is. You're like, here's a... I drew a portrait of you with some mayonnaise and macaroni. You're like, here's a I drew a portrait

of you with some mayonnaise and macaroni and you're like, oh, it's so good. So beautiful. The painting that's at North Westage, that's not a fridge. Don't slap that on the fridge. Frame it and put it up in an art gallery. Yeah, that's amazing, right? We'll put it up on the Hits Breakfast. It's an amazing piece of art.

You're right though, you don't have to, there's no faking involved in saying how good that one is. Yeah, no. I always think, too, because back in the day, it felt like people were better at art, generally speaking. And I would just wonder if it was as much of a pain in the arse as it is for parents nowadays. They're like, Michaelangelo scribbled all over the roof

of the Splitton Sistine Chapel. You're like, go to your room, mate, you know? It felt like people were more naturally gifted at art, and we've just slowly downgraded. Thanks to things like iPads, we've ignored the... See what the dog did out on the lawn? Yeah, when I used my fingers to paint a bush. Yeah, and someone painted with their faeces.

Someone did. Yeah, I think it's Picasso. Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci did, yeah, famously. Okay. Yeah. Oh, it's art, baby. Is it?

Is it? Yeah. Yeah, that's the one I'm putting up on the fridge, that's for sure. But we want to know this morning, like Kim Kardashian, she gets to brag about her daughter, North West, being amazing at painting. We want to open up the line for parents, fellow parents, to brag about their kids.

Have you got an overachieving kid? I mean, did your child fly to Europe and help Pfizer design the COVID vaccine? Great. We'd love to hear that call, right? It's a possibility. I'm trying to think of any other examples. I don't know.

You've got an example. You got an example? Oh, I mean, it could be big. It's more just something you're really proud of your kids. One of my daughters, Sienna, she keeps telling me she's on TV more than me.

Yeah, she's like, I'm on TV more than Dad. You know, she's really good at performing. She's great at performing. She's really naturally gifted in that. And then my other daughter, Indy,

I love the fact she's so organised. Makes a bed, gives lists for me. She makes me lunches from time to time. Fist pumped at a salad when we went out to a restaurant. She's like, yeah, salad, yeah.

She is like growing up. Oh my God, I'm looking at a miniature version. Me. It's like a combination of both extremes. She's using hand sanitiser every seven minutes. Extremes of my personality. Once I'm performing and I'm like, the other one's very like, okay.

So it's kind of cool, you know. I like that fact. Okay, overachieving kids, what have you got? Has your child just finished nine marathons over the weekend? Probably not. A kid in Auckland just got two hole-in-ones over the last couple of weeks. 11 years old. Have you seen Junior Masterchef?

Yeah. I'm like, what is wrong with these children? Have I failed as a parent? They're so good, eh? They cook better than you would cook, right? They would. And me, and 90% of the,

you know. Like, here's a prawn linguine with a red wine jus. You're like, wow. Jesus, you're seven years old. Yeah. I always want the judges

to be a bit more brutal though. They're a bit too nice. The kids. One of them's going, poof! What is this dog's breakfast? And break the kids down, you know.

Yeah, but they don't. They don't. Because it's kids, MasterChef, you've got to be nice to them. Yeah, exactly. Oh, Andrew, this is the phone number

4487. Love to hear from you this morning. The parent brag line, it's open. Give us a call. Olivia, you're on from Christchurch.

Morena, take it away. So, my eight-year-old son started playing with his dad's dartboard out in the garage over the past couple of weeks. And he has become freaky good at it.

And he can now literally get bullseye after bullseye. We just cannot believe it. Wow. Wow. And then slowly over the years, you'll watch your son turn from a child into a man with a giant beer gut holding a pint of beer. One of those darts heroes you see on TV. I love the darts heroes.

It's the best sport ever. It's almost like the more unhealthier you are, the better you are at darts. Have you got serious risk of cardiovascular failure? Well then, jeez, darts is the sport for you. Can you smoke and hold a pint of beer and throw a dart? You can make it in the game, baby. And that's the future of sport.

John O can still make it big in. I like it because it's so achievable. It gives you hope, right? It does, that's right. That's pretty impressive that he's been able to nail that, though, your son. Yeah, yeah. No, we honestly can't believe it. Yeah, that's awesome, Olivia.

Hey, I'm Olivia. We'd like to send you out some hell pizza, right? Oh, thank you so much. Good on you, matey. We'll head to Tūrua. Kimbo, you're on the air. The overachieving kids, you've got one? Yeah, yeah. That would be my daughter. Sienna must be something, because her name's

half, but she's nine, and every year at school she cleans up with all the awards. She gets the Academic Worker of the Year award every year and even with her animals at Calf Club, she cleaned up with her goat and her chicken. So yeah, she's the nerd of the family. When she's up on stage You're like, nerd! We're kind of like Oh yeah, again, no surprises

Oh, that's awesome That is so good Have any of you got any academic ability Or she's just Well, I guess with my family I'm the only one who's got a degree out of the whole family. But, yeah, I don't know. She's just a natural talent and complained this week.

Oh, Mum, all the teacher gave me for homework was that I had to make a card for someone. You're like, come on, teacher. Just to lift your game. Lift your game. You're like, all right, nerds, calm down. That's so cool, Kim. That's really awesome. Isn't it amazing at that age, sort of they reach about 10,

you're like, I can pick exactly what sort of adult you're going to be. Yeah. The personalities really come through, and she's going to be a very successful woman. We'll head to Rachel Nelson. How's it this morning, Rach? All right? Hi.

Not bad. Lovely. We're talking about overachieving kids. Parents are phoning up and unceremoniously bragging. Usually other people don't like to hear parents brag about their kids, but we're turning it into a radio topic. Yeah, exactly. Take it away.

So my daughter is actually incredible at piano. She's 10 years old and she's been playing for about five years. I don't know how she did it because I'm on coast, her father's on coast. I don't know where she gets it from. Now that's a good sport. Is it a sport? It's a sport for your fingers. It's a finger sport.

Your fingers are getting a hell of a workout. Oh, that's awesome. So she's been taking lessons, obviously? Yeah, yeah. So she's been taking lessons since about five years old, and she performs in local productions and stuff, and I'm amazed every single time. She's just incredible.

I don't think she'd be good as Ben, because Ben actually got a piano that was left on the side of the road. Now, just have a listen to this, Rachel. Does your daughter compare to Ben's? Now, that was a Beethoven symphony. Yeah. I don't know how your daughter stacks up to that. That's all I hear in my house because we get given a free piano

and no one's really taking lessons. So it just makes a lot of noise. Going to have to get on to those lessons then, I reckon. Yeah, okay. You're putting me to shame. That's awesome. That's so cool. We're going to send you out some hell pizza, right?

Thanks so much. Yeah, yeah, no. Yeah. Nah. Yeah, okay. You're putting me to shame. That's awesome. That's so cool. We're going to send you out some hell pizza, right? Thanks so much. Yeah, yeah, no. 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. Now, a big earthquake happened overnight in New Caledonia just off the coast there and it means that there's a bit of a warning for rough seas

and big waves around New Zealand and you were just saying before the big waves have actually arrived. This is just coming in now, breaking news, Ben. Some big surges coming in Northland and Great Barrier Island. Here you go. We'll keep you updated throughout the morning. But they are saying just stay away from the beaches if you can.

Have you ever been for a morning swim? Bloody refreshing morning swims. Yeah, but not super really, I wouldn't imagine. Yeah, I went for a 6.30 one. Wakes you up. Gets you going. Gets you going. It does.

You couldn't think of a better way to start the day. You see those old people who are like, I've swum every day for 106 years. They drown out there, obviously. Eventually. They lose all the energy. But, you know, they have a good 106 years of swimming. And they always look so full of life, don't they?

Well, not. They're doing more than most of us. My grandma does that. What are you trying to say? Oh, she's a fit and healthy lady. How old's your grandmother? Oh, I don't want to say. I think she's in her 80s. Yeah, right. Well, good on her. I love those.

I have a lot of respect for those people. Now, my photos stream on my phone. You know how you take photos with your phone? And you just take photos. Nonsense. Just filled up with nonsense. I'm always like, you go to a concert and people are like filming us. Oh, yeah, when are you going to watch this distorted, blurry vision of Justin Timberlake concert back? When are you going to, or like Bruno Mars?

Oh, I tell you what I feel like doing now is hearing distorted music and then the lights would blare out the camera, obviously. You're right, you never really, I mean, maybe the day after you might show someone,

but they get bored pretty much when they're through. If I wanted to see it, I would have gone. And here's the other song, Wait Till We Do Now, yeah, uptown fuck. You're like,

oh, okay, yeah, okay. It was really good at the end of the life. I've been going through my photo stream because it needs a good clear out, much like my did that. Yeah, uptown fuck. You're like, oh, okay, yeah, okay. Yeah. It was really good there in life. I've been going through my photo stream because it needs a good clear out, much like my colon at the moment, this photo stream. And I've noticed a lot of similar photos

is Oscar, my son. He likes to sort of catch me off guard with his photography. With your own phone? Yeah, my phone. Like he's on fair go, like you're a bad car dealer or something. Exactly. And so basically there's about 130 photos of just the palm of my hand. phone like he's on fair go like you're a bad car dealer or something. Exactly and so

basically there's about 130 photos of just the palm of my hand trying to block, stop filming like some sort of investment guy on fair go like you say who's been ripping off people. He's like surprise bang and then there's shots of my nostrils and blurry ones of my double chin

What does he think you're going to use them for? Nothing? He just enjoys surprising you with... He just enjoys catching me off guard with photos and I've never taken time to delete them until yesterday. I was like, there's too much of this stuff. And then they upload to the cloud, they upload to your computer and then suddenly they fog it up your computer with 12 photos.

The internet doesn't need to be burdened with blurry shots of my double chin. And I have ones of a lot of my handbrake. I have a thing, yeah. And that's not a euphemism. You see, he's always sending us pictures of his handbrake,

hey Juju. Not appropriate. I've had an issue before where I, anyway, we get into the debate where I think I put the handbrake on

and my car is rolled and I had, you know, so now, as a security thing, I just, I take a photo. So I go,

yeah, cool. I can look at it later. I go, yeah, the handbrake has been, has been put on by me. But now that clogs up my photos. 9,000 photos of handbrake, yeah. You should take all that footage

and start some sort of bespoke website on the dark web. Like an OnlyFans account. Yeah, like. Why is it like handbrakes? Naughty brakes. This one's off. This one's only half on. The car could roll at any moment.

Oh, this one. Oh, this one's fully up. Fully erect handbrake. Oh, yeah, we're moving on. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Spy, the WhatsApp.

Spy.co.nz All right, Julia, it's here to tell us two uglies. What celebrities have been bumping uglies? Spy, what's happening? So a pair of Nike basketball sneakers that were made for President Obama are going on sale, and obviously this is not going cheap. They're $25,000, but they're a special edition. It includes the number 44,

because he was obviously the 44th president of the United States, and the official presidential seal stamped on there as well. Not like the marine animal, though. That'd be cool to have an official seal. Yes, that would be. Not only did they use child labour to make the shoes, they also killed a seal and attached that to the toe. It was the official seal

the official seal the presidential seal but only two pairs of those shoes exist in the world Obama owns one pair and then the other pair are being

sort of auctioned off how cool I've looked at them they look very cool but I'm always like you buy them and you can never wear them

you see those crazy shoe collectors the sneaker collectors that just have... We've got Phil who we used to work with. Yeah. DJ Severe.

He's got a locker like at a storage facility. Of Air Jordans, right? Just full of Air Jordans. Really? In boxes. Wow. I think he's got nearly

every pair of Air Jordans. He won't obviously wear... I mean, he's got some he wears but some you'd never wear, right? Yeah, I was like, how did you even use them? He's like, I go in on a Sunday and he picks seven out for the week.

Wow. Takes them and then swaps out for another seven. Wow, that's amazing. That's crazy. So many of them. Did you see those, I think it was Nike. Ben, you showed me this. Those new shoes that Nike had designed where you sort of slip into them

and it's made for people who might not be able to reach down and tie their own shoes. It's like accessible shoes. Oh, it's like old men like us with sore knees, Julia. So you pretty much don't have to touch them at all. They kind of just have a little heel that comes up. You put your foot in them and it just locks straight back down. It's amazing.

It's like slip-on shoes but in advanced versions. Without even having to put your finger in there. Oh, because sometimes you get lazy and you push with your heel that one down the back, you know, and you just wear them like slippers to the supermarket. Yeah. Well, they've done it for us. Game changing. And Rihanna's Fenty fashion label is going to be closing down after two years.

So she's got this whole brand Fenty where there's a lingerie line and a fashion line and a makeup line. Which is her surname, isn't it? Yes. Robin Fenty is her real name. Yes, her real name is Robin Fenty. And so the fashion part of that is going to be closing down after less than

two years in production What are you Ben's like oh Robin Fenty oh yeah Yeah I never put the two together but it makes sense

This is like this reminds me of the moment that we both found out that Flowrider is actually Florida and we were like oh yeah

and surely you know Will.i.am, William. No, I didn't. Oh, my gosh. I did know that one. He's just put full stops in between a couple of letters in his name. Oh, that's sad for Rihanna. Yeah. What would you diversify into?

I've always thought lawn mowing would be my thing. Oh, you like your lawn mowing. I like lawn mowing. It's an easy job. I'd like to do lawn mowing in a sleepy beachside town where you just mow people's batches, but they're not there for the most of the year. And then you just have a panic mow session in November,

but just before the holiday season. That's good. So I'd do nothing for eight months of the year and then furiously mow for one month. I was talking to you the other day about my boysenberries, the boysenberry business. I still think that's, the pun name works. Hey, they're no fashion labels, but it's getting us out there.

Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Well, thank you very much for that, Producer Juliette. No worries. That's spy. You can head to the hits.co.nz for more. 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. Shono and Penn. Breakfast on the hits. The hits. The hits. You know when you're trying to. Sorry you've been dragged into this. Shoto and Pen. Breakfast on the heads. The heads. The heads.

You know when you're trying to look for a place but my cell phone had died and you just rely so much on Google Maps to get you from A to B

nowadays, don't you? Yeah, you do. So I left you yesterday after work and I had to go to... You're going to the shore. You're moaning about having to go to the shore.

Like in the... It's like, oh, I have to drive all the way over to the North Shore. I was like... The irony is it the shore. It's like, oh, I have to drive all the way over to the North Shore. The irony is it's actually closer to where we are than where I need. Yeah, and it's like 1 o'clock in the afternoon. It's not like there's traffic. You're like, oh, I've got to go all the way to the North Shore.

Well, you chuck a bridge into the mix, and for some reason you feel like it's further away than, you know, oh, it's over a bridge. Actually, it didn't take long at all. It was six or seven minutes out of my day. You're moaning about it all morning. which actually it didn't take long at all. It was six or seven minutes out of my day. You can worry about it all morning. Yeah, but anyway, I was trying to find this place that I needed to go and I couldn't find the location and my phone had died.

So I did, you know, what we used to do, a 1992 map where you go in and you rely on the honesty and goodwill of complete strangers in a petrol station. So I went old school. And I asked someone behind the counter at a petrol station. But what I've realised is I'm the type of individual, and I

don't know if you experience this as well, is that when you ask for instructions or someone's telling you something, my mind wanders off. Well, I get the first part. I get the go down the second row to the left. I'm like, sweet. And then they'll go, then take a right,

then take a left. I'm like, I'm never going to remember all this. Yeah, and you spend your time going, oh, well, whatever. Let's pick up some milk on the way home. Oh, this is special with the thing. Yeah, it's Whittaker's bars. You know, I lose it.

And then come back for the last 5% of it. You're too embarrassed to go, oh, no, what was that again? So you just go, oh, yeah, thanks. But then this was the problem yesterday is I think he could tell my eyes had glazed over for the middle part of his presentation. And then at the end, he's like, you got that? And I was like, yep, all good.

He's like, okay, so what do you need to do? And I was like, oh. Like getting you to repeat it back. Getting it to repeat. Because he wanted to know that I knew where I needed to go. Why did he do that? Who's ever done that to someone? What a monster of a crime.

The same thing has happened to me before when someone goes, hey, do you remember me? And I'm like, yeah, of course. And then they go, where from? It's like, don't. That's a drill down on where from. It's like, why put me on the spot? It's like,'t you know like that's not drilled down on where from it's like yeah of course i remember you're the guy with the arms and the legs they're like where from and i'm like oh you're really that second question what do you do when they when they said where from to

you i need to come up with something like oh i just oh what there was a place there was a roof no we're outside oh that's right there was a yeah, there was a roof. No, we were outside. We were a cliff. Oh, that's right. Yeah, no, we were outside. It was at the bush. No, not the bush. Yeah, where were you? It was the beach. No, I've never been to a beach. Yeah, it really puts you on the spot.

Yeah, so I had to come clean. I was like, listen, mate, to be honest, I completely checked out midway through your whole ramble of where to go. So then he had to write it down for me, which I appreciated. So there. Don't forget. And it's my fault. I went in asking for instructions.

Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. The A to Z of New Zealand. Something we do every day on the hits is we call a different town or city in New Zealand. We call one a day. We're slowly making our way around New Zealand,

learning about each place as we go. And we're heading to a little location north of Taranaki, Lepiton. Have you heard of Lepiton? No. No, I haven't. No, never. Back in the day, lepers would give an arm and a leg to live in Lepperton.

Wonderful location. And the good thing about Lepperton is that the town's name certainly hasn't been mercilessly mocked over the years. But I tell you what, we're very lucky because I think we have Jess Lepper on the phone. Hello, welcome. Hello. From Lepperton. That's right. The town's named after you.

Well, not me directly, but yes, my family. Take the credit, Jess. Oh, yeah, well, Princess of Leviton right here. That's incredible. So give us the story. How did the town come to be named after your family? Oh, it's one of those good wartime stories, isn't it? My great-great-great

grandfather, Colonel Lepa, got gifted a whole lot of land and he gifted the church some of the land that he was given and there was a bit of confusion back in the day. It wasn't in Manatahi for a while, but the province of

Taranaki had two Manatahi's so they changed the name to Lepiton after Colonel Leppiton. Wow. There you go. And you must use this to your advantage around the town. No, definitely not. I keep it very quiet. Oh, okay.

So you don't use it to your advantage. It's a village. I should correct you on that one. It's a very small village. What have we got in there? What are the must-dos when we come to Leppiton? Oh, Leppiton. Gosh.

There's not a lot to see and do in Lepperton, but there's a lovely tennis court, AstroTurf tennis court, bowling club. Oh, AstroTurf. Nice. There's a new school. So it's been quite popular, actually. They've rebuilt the school last year.

Ben Boyce is very impressed with AstroTurf. I do, yeah. Oh, AstroTurf. I wasn't expecting an AstroTurf, you know? What were you AstroTurf. I do, yeah. Oh, AstroTurf. I wasn't expecting an AstroTurf, you know. What were you expecting? A concrete. I was thinking concrete.

Or grass, you know. They fancied it up and now I've got AstroTurf now. Oh, fancy. Get out of here with your flash AstroTurf turf. Oh, that's good. And roaming,

I'm reading an article here. One of the big problems is roaming sheep, roaming through the village. All right, okay. You've got the annual lawnmower races. Alright, okay. You've got the annual lawnmower races. Great, yep, that's a hit.

I feel like we're telling you about this for the first time, but anyway. He doesn't know about that one. Yeah, this is your town, Jess. Oh, well, you know, I've moved into the bigger town of Plymouth. Oh, you're in the big smoke. Yep, I've moved up. There was a book written once,

and the title of the book about Leopoldin was Even the Dogs Have Forgotten to Bark. Might tell you something. Oh, wow. And there's a general store as well. There is a general store, yes. So you can stop and grab a pie and probably a can of Coke and a bottle of milk.

It's not often you can talk to someone who has a village named after their surname. Yes, my family still live in Lepperton. There's quite a few lepers roaming around. Is there a... Do you feel like the family's obliged to stay there now? I think so. Do you think they're like, we'd rather live somewhere else, but we're stuck here now.

Yeah, the lepers have got to stay in Lepperton. That's right. Yeah, you've moved out. You have 10 minutes up the road, don't you? I'm lucky enough to have been able to change my last name, though. Oh, right. I recently got married, so I'm no longer a leper. You're no longer a leper.

Did it bode well at high school and stuff? You know, there was a bit of mockery, you can imagine, having the last name Lepper, and when people found out, university was worse. Oh, university. Really? You expect more from people that were growing up and educated people, you know, wouldn't you?

I know you would. You're like, come on, guys, we're past this. Don't knock me down at the knee. Yeah, come on, we're meant to be doctors and lawyers. Oh, you're right. Oh, Jessica Lepa from Leviton. Well, listen, thank you for your time. That's really interesting. Oh, you're right. Oh, Jessica Leper from Leviton. Hey, well, listen, thank you for your time.

That's really interesting. Oh, you're welcome. And if any of your listeners swing by Leviton, you know, you can always go have a coffee from the local store.

Morning. This show contains traces of Jono and Ben. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Morning. Rolling through your feed. Tell you what,

this guy has been through more news feeds than an ad telling me I can earn more working from home. If I just click this button. Come on in, Ben Boyce. What's been happening? Oh, this made me laugh a whole lot.

So there was a court case going on in Texas over Zoom. And so they had the judge there. Both the lawyers were meant to pop up on the Zoom meeting and they were going to do the court case. And one of the lawyers had a filter on and it was a fluffy white kitten filter. It was adorable. I saw it. So every time that he would speak,

it would be the mouth of a fluffy white kitten. But this guy's a respected defence lawyer. Yeah, yeah. Like this was meant to be a trial and he's like popped up as a cute fluffy white kitten and he didn't know how to take it off. And so many hours were spent trying to teach him or talk him through how to take off the filter.

Yeah, the judge and the other lawyer had to go, well, this is what you need to do, and he had, I think, someone in the background trying to help him. Yeah, as he sort of... I think it was nice. Yeah, he had a cute kangaroo in the background trying to help him. I mean, the thing is, too, if you've got a defence lawyer and he can't turn off the simple function of a cat filter,

you'd be really questioning it, wouldn't you? Do they see the trial through? Is the cat defending a criminal? No, I think the cat is sort of tapped out for the proper lawyer at some stage. But the cat is available for your next court case. Do you know I really respect the people when you see them on Zoom with the cool backgrounds? I don't know how to do a cool background.

They're like, look at me, I'm in Hawaii or I'm in the Caesar's Palace or somewhere. Yeah, quite cool. How do you do that, Ju? Oh, I think, wait, you should know this. We released our very own

Jono and Ben Zoom backgrounds. I don't know how to use it though. I just, yeah. No, we just do, we just do. The show ponies just turn up, mate. You do all the heavy lifting. Make us a background. I don't know how to use it, though. I just... Yeah, no, we just do it. We just do it. The show ponies just turn up, mate. You do all the heavy lifting. Make us a background. I don't know how to use it.

Will anyone use it? Who knows? Did anyone use the Jono and Ben Zoom background? Because it was both of us going, this person's working really hard, and we were doing thumbs up. Yeah. I actually don't know.

I can safely say probably not. Probably not. But I probably produced Julia half a day on Photoshop to make up. So we appreciate that. No worries. Thanks, Julia. At least you know what you're doing. And there's a town in the UK at the moment,

because obviously the UK's all sort of gone back into lockdown again as they try and ride things out and make things better with coronavirus. So the town has decided after turning off the Christmas lights, they've all voted to turn the Christmas lights back on in February, for the month of February, just to brighten up the town. They're like, hey, we did it during December, we turned it off for January, but now we've decided to turn them back on just to try and brighten up.

It's just a great smoke screen for someone who can't be arsed taking the lights down. Yeah, I feel like that. Let's brighten everyone's mood. Let's crank these things up till July. Gary, I thought you were going to take the lights down. No, no, no. Get the vibes up. Morale.

You're right. Gary, it's July. You still haven't taken them off, no, no. Get the vibes up. Morale. You're right. Gary, it's July. Still haven't taken... No, I need a couple months till Christmas now. Ride it out. Keep the mood up. It's a good play.

I did think about just leaving the Christmas tree up this year for a whole year. We spoke to someone last year in December. We did that phone topic. Have you still got... Have you had your Christmas tree

up since last year? And there was many people who have just written it out. Because it's fun putting it up. But taking it down is just devastating. And then you just do pretty much the same thing again. Yeah, so you might as well just leave it all up. I like to get onto it early.

You know, four o'clock Christmas Day, I'm packing it down, everyone's like, what are you doing? Christmas is over, guys. It's done. All the good parts are done. If everyone's drunk now, she's asleep on the couch,

let's wrap this thing up. And that is scrolling through your feed this morning. Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office, those two. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Spy. No WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. All right, it's time for Juju to jump behind the microphone.

And here's your latest in entertainment news. If you want your entertainment news any earlier, well, then my advice is to go onto the internet. Otherwise, here's a delayed version. So The Wizard of Oz is getting another remake and it's going to be directed by, I don't know if you guys ever watched Watchmen? Have you heard of that?

Oh yeah, I have heard of it, yeah. The guy with the, looks like my father. The bald guy. Is he on Watchmen? No, I think you're thinking of X-Men. Guy in the wheelchair. Yeah, Professor X. I could have played Professor X.

But you're not an established actor. No, I'm not. The only thing we have in common is hair loss. So maybe I couldn't have played Professor X. No, but the director of Watchmen, Nicole Castle, is going to be directing this version of The Wizard of Oz. And this comes more than 100, it's about 121 years since the original book came out.

The original book came out in 1900, I think it is. 1900? Is that right? In the original book. The original book. We talked about the original movie a couple of months ago. Wild stuff was happening behind the scenes. Remember that?

Oh, my God, yeah. The tin man had to go to hospital because of the makeup they put on his face because it had lead in it. It was toxic. It was burning his skin. The Wicked Witch was burnt when she was caught on fire. She actually had to go to hospital. They were like, where are you, mate?

You've got to come back. They were jacking bloody Judy Garland up on amphetamines. Wow. She actually had to go to hospital. They were like, where are you, mate? You've got to come back. They were jacking bloody Judy Garland up on amphetamines. Wow. She was a child, but they're like, we need more energy out of this child. It was a while behind the scenes.

You should read about that. And were there little people? The munchkins. The munchkins. The munchkins were apparently out of control in the hotel. A lot of group munchkin activity going on in the hotel

and the hotel had to shut down. They weren't allowed to stay there anymore. It was wild. Very promiscuous behaviour. You've got garlands there not blinking. You've got little munchkins up to all sorts next door. People in hospital, all sorts. Well, let's hope this version is going to be a little bit more responsibly made than that one.

1900, you're right, Juliet. The original book. And then the original movie was 1939. that's the one with Judy Garland. But this one won't be a musical, it'll be like a completely fresh take, so whether or not it'll be well received or not, we shall see. And in other news, Britney Spears, there are rumours that she's going to be working on her own documentary to sort of tell her side of the story. Whether or not this is true, because technically she's still kind of controlled by her father,

and so her father probably wouldn't want her to be making her own documentary, but that's just the rumour. She did post on Instagram kind of a cryptic sort of thing with a caption, no matter what we think, we know about a person's life, it is nothing compared to the actual person living behind the lens. And so people are like, is this a response? Is it her? Like, yeah, what's going on there? So there's a big documentary about Britney Spears

that's just dropped in the States, and it sort of shows behind, you know, like what the media's portrayal of her and all sorts that kind of led her to, and her family, you know, obviously her dad very controlling. I saw a great social media post yesterday that sort of put things into perspective. They're like, Donald Trump for many years had

the codes to the nuclear weapons. So Donald Trump, where Britney Spears couldn't even use an ATM. When you think about that, I was like, that's very true. So she can't even take out any of her own money to go supermarket shopping. And you've got someone like Trump who had his finger on the button.

And it's crazy because apparently her dad didn't really have a lot of involvement in her life kind of growing up and wasn't really that close with her. And then as soon as she had her 2007 shaved head and all of that jazz, that's when he swooped in and was like, nope, she needs to be looked after by me. So he kind of didn't, yeah, isn't that a bit weird? So how does she get by? Does he pay her rent and things? He just probably has control over her bank accounts and everything

and she needs to ask him permission. She wants to spend money or do something in particular with her life. Oh, poor lady. Anyway, producer Humphrey was saying the New York Times, who made the documentary, didn't actually want to speak to Britney Spears because they thought they wouldn't get the true story of what had happened to her

from her. Because she's obviously still trying to protect her own income and not ruin the relationship with her father who might go I'm going to turn the taps off baby. I know. Much like Ben turned the taps off on our love life. Didn't you? Oh that's sad. You've never looked at me the same way ever since.

Oh I'm sorry. It got awkward for a while there. Didn't it? Now it's getting awkward again. I'll wrap this up then. That's fine. Or you can check out the Hits website. 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.

Let's end the show on some positivity. A feeling good. Okay, let's go kick this off with Andrea. Why is it going to be a good day for you, Andrea, in Auckland? Double A's. Hello. Not AA's, it's Alcoholic Anonymous. But why is it going to be a good day?

It's my 50th birthday today. That's why it's going to be a good day. Oh, my gosh. What have you got planned? Just a family dinner tonight. I'm going to work today. But the big 50 Arg

Arg Arg Halfway through life Well you know Technically Maybe Yeah I won't I won't delve

How are you feeling How are you feeling Halfway through the game I won't be bad actually My son said to me This morning That I only look about 30 So I'm not sure

Whether he is telling the truth But you know Oh that's awesome Do you know I'm a sure whether he is telling the truth, but, you know. Oh, that's awesome. Do you know, I'm a little bit younger than Jen, my wife, and Poppy goes to me yesterday, how come you look so much older and wrinklier than Mum? And she's all, there's a... Jen's the opposite.

Jen looks 30 and I look 70. I look like Joe Biden. Joe Biden looks younger than me. Oh, well, happy birthday. We're going to send you out some hell pizza as well as a birthday present from us to you, all right? Oh, that's wonderful. Thanks, guys.

Have a good day. Thanks for listening, team. We're back tomorrow from six, so five words, 5K at 7.45. Yeah, can't wait to hang out with you guys then. We'll see you then. Have a great day. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from six on The Hits

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