Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: A Basketball & Money-Winning Filled Show!

Episode Date: July 9, 2021

Kia Ora and happy Friday! On today's show, thanks to the new movie, Space Jam: A New Legacy, we gave listener Steve and his son Cody the opportunity to take 10 shots at a basketball hoop, and for every shot they got, they took away $1000. For every shot they missed, we gave it to a listener on the phone. How much did Steve and Cody walk away with? Have a listen to find out! We also spoke to our friend Andy who had a bit of a test for our listeners - without Googling, what are the 11 independent countries that have only 4 letters? Enjoy the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's Friday the 9th of July. It's John and Ben coming at you from the YMCA. Now yes, this morning we've just had a really fun morning actually. The Simpson family took 10 shots. Well, Steve and his son Cody took 10 shots. Each shot was worth $1,000 thanks to Space Jam and New Legacy.

They walked away with quite a bit of money. They did. You'll capture all of the highs and lows of the event this morning in the podcast. But there was a point there where I was like, uh-oh, they need to get more shots in. Had the drama, didn't it? Yeah. There was a bit of a rocky patch in the middle. He started strong.

He first walked into the stadium and I was like, let's just take a shot. You know, get warmed up. Swished it. Oh, no. Swished it. And it wasn't for anything. Yeah. And then every time we had in between, because we had a few gaps and he would go down the

other end, you'd see it was gnarling shots, you know. He's in very good form. If you're in the village people been what would you which character would you have been i reckon i don't know what would have been your favorite character i don't know i don't know oh the cowboy i want to be the cowboy okay he was good the cop oh yeah the motorcycle yeah he was good too the guy in all leather looked fantastic, too, didn't he? He was the motorcycle guy. And actually, speaking of YMCA, we found out this morning it was where the game of basketball was invented.

1891, Springfield, Massachusetts. A 30-year-old PE member, teacher, basically, at the YMCA invented the game of basketball. He was tasked with creating a game that could focus young men. Young men. Young men. To be played indoors in the winter. And he was given two weeks to come up with it. And that's what he came up with.

Basketball. What a great. That's a really productive two weeks. That's a big fortnight. I think I've got it. I think I've got it. Big fortnight. Because he would have had to design the backboards and the hoops.

Yeah. Like the whole, to design an entire game in two weeks. So he wanted a game that was interesting to keep attention to the players. Yeah. Easy and safe to play. Tick. He drew up his knowledge of a childhood game called Duck on a Rock. A game involving smelling, involving throwing, sorry,

a small rock placed on top of a large rock. Never heard of that game. At a duck? Yeah, I don't know. Do the ducks get injured? Combined his knowledge of rugby and football to come up with basketball. A game with only 13 rules at the start. They rode on a scratch pad in less than an hour.

She was. No contact at the day. Obviously the sport has evolved. At the first game, the height of the goals were placed at 10 feet. 10 feet? Determined solely by the height of the Wise Indoor Running Track. So, yeah, there you go. So he basically invented the sport of basketball.

Pretty awesome. Pretty awesome he'd come up with that. In a fortnight, if I said to you right now, you've got two weeks to come up with a new sport that's going to take off, would you back yourself? No, I wouldn't back myself. Especially when there weren't many sports

around. You're like, guys, you're putting a lot of pressure on me. This is a game. And so many mandatories. Got to be inside.

Got to be safe. Got to be this. Got to be this. Oh, gee whiz. I don't know. What are we going to be sitting around doing?

Well done. YMCA, the inventor of basketball. Well, listen, you guys go and have a great weekend. You guys enjoy the podcast. You know what I'm going to say, Ben?

Oh, yeah? I'm going to say thank you for being you. Yeah, well, can I just say, or can I jump on one after that? I know that was a bit of a wrap-up. But I just want to say, also on the podcast today, we catch up with the voice of Bugs Bunny. And he's amazing. The impersonations and the impressions that he can do are incredible.

All the Looney Tunes characters, he does a whole lot of them. And he's been celebrities as well. We check a whole lot out and it's amazing. So check it out on the podcast. Do you know this intro has gone over the entire length of the 3 minute 43 YMCA song by the Village People? I know. I got into the history of basketball. I thought you could have just zeroed in on a couple of little points there.

I was reading on the fly because I hadn't. I was like, ain't it? It was even at the height of the goals. I was like, that's not interesting. But I started reading it. Anyway, we're here now. And I'd wrapped up. So what I'd said before to wrap up, just imagine that again and put that there.

Yeah. The challenge is about to begin. After putting dads in a jam. My wedding day. Yeah. Okay. We now have Steve Simpson and his son, Cody. Every shot they get earns them a grand. All right. My wedding day? Yeah. Okay. Right.

But every shot they miss, we give it away on air. Oh, are you kidding me? This is Space Jam and New Legacy's 10 Shots for 10K. Juliet said we had a big dog intro. It was. We had a big dog intro. I am excited about this. I'm nervous as well because Steve is going to be taking 10 shots for $10,000 very shortly.

It's all thanks to Space Jam A New Legacy, the new movie starring LeBron James and the Looney Tunes. In some of those right now, every shot he gets from the free throw line, he gets $1,000 for their family. but every shot he misses, we go to 0800THEHITS and we give that money away. So my suggestion would be start jamming up our phone lines right now. Oh, you reckon? 0800THEHITS. Get in line because as soon as Steve misses,

you can savagely steal the money from a young family. Just trying to put food on the table. Now, Steve has just arrived with the family. We'll go across over and talk to him soon. He's just having a couple of practice shots down the other end of the YMCA gym. He has the look of a nervous dad

who's been put in an awkward position by his son but he's got a good shooting style. Yeah well yesterday he said he was, we spoke to him on the phone, he was running at about 40%. 40% he reckons out of the 10 shots. He feels like last night went a little better, by the sound of it. Look at us sounding like sports commentators.

We're coming here from the YMCA on the North Shore in Auckland. And can I just say, it's lovely for Ben to turn up to a court that doesn't have a judge. Just for once. Just for once. You're right, it is nice. Don't we all agree? You know, one that doesn't have repercussions. I saw her wear a suit for some reason.

I just thought, just go to court, guys. I've got to wear a suit. No community service. You can just be. It's part of the community. And the service today that we're giving away is $10,000. You could be winning some of it. As very shortly, Steve takes his first shot.

Thanks to Space Jam and New Legacy. That's in a few moments. Stick around. And as the hits, you've got Jono and Ben. Welcome to the Space Jam and New Legacy. That's in a few moments. Stick around. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Welcome to the Space Jam. Today, Steve and Cody Simpson take on the challenge. Space Jam and New Legacy.

Ten shots for 10K. I'm getting nervous because Steve is about to step up to the free throw line. He's going to have ten shots over the next hour. And every shot that he gets in, he'll get $1,000 thanks to Space Jam and New Legacy. Every shot that he misses, we'll go to 0800 the hits, and you could be winning $1,000. Now, Steve, I've seen some form. And can we rebrand you Stephen Adams? I think we'll legally change your name.

It's going to be a nightmare for your driver's license and all your personal bank accounts. How are you feeling going into this? Nervous. Nervous, yeah. I'm nervous for you. I mean, because we've got some lights here, some sort of neon lights. It's quite spacey,

and it kind of adds to the pressure, doesn't it? It does. It does, yeah. And then you've got two idiots barking at you holding microphones. Cody, you put your dad in this awkward position. How much money are you going to be happy to walk away with? Maybe $4,000. Oh, that's good. That's good. I like that. I'd be happy Maybe $4,000. Oh, that's good.

I like that. I'd be happy with $4,000 if you walk away from here. Okay, so the first shot is about to take place. This is shot number one. Space Jam, a new legacy. Ten shots for $10,000. Shot one. Okay, so would you like us

standing here? Ant, would you like us here? Okay, we're here. Ben, you know we're on the radio. I know that. I know that. I'm just making sure because I don't want to do this again. We're trying to film this as well. You'll be able to see it on the hits breakfast on Instagram. That's the problem when you're trying to film stuff and do radio.

There's a lot going on. Yeah, I was trying to motion towards you, but you didn't move. So I was like, I'll come to you. Okay, all right. Here's the first shot. Is this a ball that you bought from home? It is, yes. Okay, he's familiar with this ball.

These are balls that he knows. Okay, first shot, Aotearoa. Here we go. Oh, man. Oh! Someone call Katy Perry. It's a swish, swish, swish. Oh, my God.

Steve. Wow. That was clean. $1,000. Great start. What's going through your mind as you throw in that ball? I was just happy not to miss. Yeah, that was so good.

That was clean. It was a great start. Must fill you with a bit of confidence with number shots. A little bit, yeah. A little bit. Everyone on 0800 The Hits right now is very disappointed, but we're quite stoked for you right now. It's awesome.

Yeah. Okay, shot number two. Space Jam, a new legacy. Ten shots for 10K. Shot two. All right, we've got nine shots left, New Zealand. Here he is. He's up.

The ball's in. And he misses! Just off to the right. Bounces off the rim and the backboard. That means we go to the phones. The first grand that's gone begging for Steve. And let's go to the first caller. Who have we got, Juliet?

Alicia from Waikato. Thank you so much. She's coming hot. She's coming with a woo-hoo-hoo. Alicia, you've got $1,000. I'm going to put my headphones on Steve. You have to tell him that you've stolen this money off him. Here we go.

Steve, you've given it to my seven-year-old son. Thank you so much. Oh, that's all right. Steve's like, oh, OK. I try not to give away too much more. We are one from two right now. Steve has had two shots. He's got $1,000.

Someone has also won $1,000. We'll be back very shortly. Thanks to Space Jam and New Legacy. Instant buzz right now as Steve continues to make 10 shots for $10,000. It is the hits. New Zealand, this is your breakfast. It's Jono and Ben coming to you live courtside with Space Jam and New Legacy's 10 shots for $10,000.

Good morning, New Zealand. Just got 8 o'clock here with Jono and Ben on the hits. We're here at the YMCA this morning where Steve is taking 10 shots at $10,000. Thanks to Space Jam and New Legacy and Cinemas right now. So far, one from two. So you've taken home a grand so far, Steve, and we've given away $1,000. You've been practicing in between. You're in good form, I think.

I am, yeah. He's feeling good. I like the confidence. It's good. There's some confidence. No one's watching. There's no money on the line well you got cameras here you got the pressure of us there's a lot going on right there's a lot going on every time I see your first shooting you have the concentration of a man trying to remember a password for a website yeah it's very focused very focused and young Cody 11 years old uh how do you think Dad's going today, my man? I think he's going pretty well. Yeah, I think maybe he just needs to get, maybe, don't make it flat, maybe get it more

arc. Oh, more arc. He wants more arc from you, Steve-O. Yeah. I thought he was going to say just maybe he needs to get more balls in the hoop as the piece of advice. All right, we're going to take one shot now, so remember, if Steve misses, we go to the first caller on 0800, the hits.

This is shot number three. All right. Space Jam, a new legacy. Ten shots for 10K. Shot three. The ball goes up and it's just bounced off the rim. Oh. I know we're, listen, I know we're at the YMCA.

Steve, young man, there's no need to feel down. Young man, pick yourself up off the ground because we're going to be back with more next. All right. Very shortly, but that means we go to the first quarter. Oh, right now. 0800 the hits. Who wants the grand? Who have we got?

We've got Gemma from Wellington. Yay! Gemma! You did nothing, Gemma, but cool. Woo-hoo! Now, Gemma, you need to talk to a little child. A little 11 year old child Who you've just stolen $1000 off

I'll put the headphones on Cody And you say something Here's Cody right now for you Hey Cody, thank you so much You've got it, next shot Next shot, you've got it Thank you So polite

Hey Cody, can you cry? Do some crying Make her feel guilty. He's crying. He's crying. You've made a little child cry. All right. Seven grand up for grabs next.

How much will Steve take home? How much will you take home? We'll find out very shortly. But next on the show, one of the stars of Space Jam A New Legacy. We're talking to the guy who does many of the voices, including Bugs Bunny. We've got Bugs Bunny himself. Next on the show. On this program. I can't believe it. This is a career highlight, Ben Boyce.

That's next. It is the hits. Welcome to the Space Jam. Today, Steve and Cody Simpson take on the challenge. Space Jam A New Legacy. Ten shots for 10k. Space Jam A New Legacy is in cinemas right now starring LeBron James and

all of the Looney Tunes. It's a slam dunk for the whole family. And if I could be so bold to reference another movie in the middle of a promotion of one movie. What are you doing here? Where's he going? Where's he going with this? If I could reference the Brad Pitt film Moneyball, because that's what we're playing today with Steve, who so far out of three shots has sunk one. He's taken home $1,000.

But that also means that $2,000 has gone out the door. And if you call us right now on 0800, the hits if Steve misses, that cash is all yours. Simple as that. Steve-O, you're up to shot number four right now as he steps up to the free-throw line. Let's go, shot four. What's going through your mind right now?

Get it in. Get it in. Get it in. Would you like me to do the dun, dun, dun, dun, dun? Sure. Okay, I can do music in the background. Okay, Steve steps up. He's bouncing the ball on the ground. He's concentrating.

Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. Oh, it just bounced off the back of the rim. Oh, it's gutting. It was so close. That means, unfortunately for Steve, we need to go to 0800 the hits right now and give away $1,000. Okay, the first caller we have on the phone,

producer Juliette. Fiona from Auckland. Hi! Hey! Your cousin's so happy because they've just won. Fiona, you've just won $1,000. Yes! Thank you, Steve. Thank you, Steve.

Thank you, Steve. Fiona's saying thank you, Steve. What would you like to say to Fiona? Oh, no. I'm sorry. She's sorry, but she's not really sorry. If you were really sorry, you'd give the money back to her, but that's not going to happen.

Well done, Fiona. That's how the game works. All right. We're ready for shot number five now. Now, what we're going to do, what we're going to do is, there's a bit of a twist. As coaches here, we want to make a substitutional change as quickly. And we want to say, Cody, you can make a shot from anywhere you want. You can do a layup, you can do whatever you want.

And it'll still be worth $1,000. 11-year-old Cody, what are you going to do? I don't want to put a lot of pressure on Cody, but you can come on up anywhere you want to go. Ben is just stopping short of literally lifting Cody up to the hoop to get the ball in. So Cody's going to go for a layup for $1,000. Take it away, Cody. Yes! He got it!

It bounced all over the rim. It spiralled around like a toilet bowl. It did. Oh, my gosh. Well done. Another $1,000. Well done. How do you feel, Cody? Oh, good. There's a toilet bowl. It did. Oh, my gosh. Well done. Another $1,000. Well done. How do you feel, Cody?

Oh, good. There's a bit of pressure on that. I didn't mean to make so much pressure for you, mate, but you did so well. Yeah, thank you. Well done. Well done, buddy. That was awesome.

$2,000 they've taken home, which means we've still got five more shots to make, old Te Arawa. Ten shots for $10,000 with Space Jam continues on after this. Stick around, it is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Space Jam, a new legacy. 10 shots for $10,000.

The movie is in cinemas right now. We are at the YMCA watching Steve and his family take 10 shots for $10,000. Do you know that I was reading last night, the most amount of free throws made in a row 2,750 By a guy in America called Thomas Who was 72 years old He didn't miss one shot And then you said the gym had to kick him out

Because they were shutting down for the day We need to go home But I'm in the middle, I haven't missed Sorry, we need to go home 2,750 Quite an unorthodox shooting style He would sort of shoot the ball from his groin region, wouldn't he? Yeah.

Fling it up from there. But even NBA players have been watching a lot of the finals lately. They miss sometimes two from two at the line. There's a lot of pressure when you get put in the spot, and these are professional players. Yeah, so we've got Steve and 11-year-old Cody this morning taking 10 shots for $10,000. If you've just joined us, every shot they miss,

you call on 0800, the hits, you win one of the grand, $1,000. So far, they've taken home two, given away three. We are halfway through. Here is shot number five. Six. Shot. No, I was doing so well. No, you were.

It was real good. I didn't want to pull you up on it. But you did. You had to, though. You had to, yeah. All right, Steve. He's on the free throw line. He's jigging his knees.

He's dipping. That looks like it's going in. Yes! Yes! It bounced back and forth off the rim and then went through the net because that's what happens when a basketball goes in. At this point, I really realise we'd be shocking commentators because I get so caught up in the moment.

I've just got to watch my breath. I don't even commentate what's going on. Yeah. We really should. But it went in, and Steve I've just got to watch my breath go. I don't even commentate what's going on. Yeah. We really should but it went in and Steve has got another grand right now. Is this like a high school musical? Do we all start singing and dancing now with the basketball team? We could do that. How are you feeling? Good. Better now.

$3,000 they've got so far. We have a few more shots to go. Steve could be winning the money. You could be winning the money. It's all happening thanks to Space Jam. A new legacy. be winning the money. It's all happening thanks to Space Jam, a new legacy. It is the hits. It is the hits. Jono and Ben, good morning.

Friday morning, a very exciting morning. Welcome to the Space Jam. Today, Steve and Cody Simpson take on the challenge. Space Jam, a new legacy. Ten shots for 10K. Now, I was looking last night actually on the internet and I had LeBron James, who's the star of Space Jam, a new legacy. He had a question he put to a scientist, a mathematical scientist, about how many shots he would get if he took...

A mathematical scientist? Oh, he was something. He was someone who could do something. An arborist-cum-mathematician-cum-scientist. He's a scientist who did a lot of maths. He was someone who could do something. An arborist come mathematician, come scientist. He was a scientist who did a lot of maths. This was LeBron James' question. Hey everybody, it's LeBron here. I got a quick brain teaser for you. What are the odds of making 10

free throws in a row? Here's my good friend Sal with the answer. Now, it's good to meet Sal. Well, as I said before, mathematical scientist. And proctologist. And also, this is perfect because Steve is making 10 shots tomorrow. This is in the movie with LeBron James. It all ties in.

But then the mathematical scientists went on for a long time with answers like this. So I looked up your career free throw percentage, and you're right at around 75%. And one way to interpret that, if we have a million... Yeah, so I was like, oh, 7 out of 10. But no, it went on for five minutes. So I still don't know the answer to that one. I couldn't quite sit through it. Well, maybe he's confused because he's a mathematician and scientist at the same time.

He didn't focus in on one of those two careers. Okay, so far, $3,000. They're taking home Steve and 11-year-old Cody today for 10 shots, $10,000. If he misses, you call us on 0800 of the Hits. You get the grand. Here is shot number seven. Seven. All right, Steve.

Okay, Steve. You spin the ball around. You're bouncing the ball up and down. He's jigging his knees, bending his knees. He's going to arch it into the hoop. Here's the shot, ladies and gentlemen. Here is shot number seven, Steve. The ball's in the air.

And it bounces off the front of the rim. Tough rim job, that one. Okay. Okay. What do you do to gather yourself after the misses? And it bounces off the front of the rim. Tough rim job, that one. Okay. Okay. What do you do to gather yourself after the misses? Try not to think about the money. It's hard because every shot, you know.

Could have been a deposit on a Tesla right there. Oh, yeah. You said you were shopping for Teslas yesterday on the internet. And we now have to unfortunately give the $1,000 to the next 800 the hits juju we have imogen from christchurch everyone comes in imogen you've just got one thousand dollars just for listening to our program well done oh my god thank you so much imogen are you going to put the money to good use or bad use probably bad news actually yeah good on you some shocking investments or something buy some bitcoin Imogen, are you going to put the money to good use or bad use? Probably bad use, actually. Yeah, good on you.

Some shocking investments or something. Buy some Bitcoin, maybe. Oh, I'll probably go to the pub for a beer. Well, you enjoy that and feel no guilt from taking this money off an 11-year-old boy named Cody, okay, Imogen? You just go and have a good weekend. Sleep well. Sleep well. If you can sleep easy, that's fine.

That's up to you. That's all. Thanks. The Space Jam, a new legacy. Steve, we've got the next shot for you right now. And apparently, according to the coach, I just had a word in, you can take it from the free throw line or you can take a couple steps forward. It's over to you.

Where do you feel in the zone? What are you going to do, mate? Trying not to overthink it, right? Yeah. I think he's got a good range from the free throw line. But, I mean, it's over to you, Steve. He's been practicing. I didn't want to get into his head more.

I just wanted to give him an option. Can we all get a chant for Steve, ladies and gentlemen? Come on, YMCA North Shore! Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve! That's in. Yes! Steve got another one! It's a swish, baby!

There we go! Shove that in your bank account and smoke it, Steve! Four grand so far. We're going to be back in just a moment thanks to Space Jam and New Legacy with the final two shots. Two grand is on the line. Steve, he breathes out a big sigh of relief as he's got $4,000

in his bank account. Back with two more shots for 2K. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. I'm in love with the shape of you. It's each year in shape of you. It is the hits. Jono and Ben, we're in love with the shape of you. It's each year in shape of you. It is the hits. Jono and Ben, we're here today at the YMCA for this.

Hit the music. Welcome to the Space Jam. Today, Steve and Cody Simpson take on the challenge. Pull down that, mate. Pull down that. You'd like this one instead? We choreographed it. I said, hit the music.

Remember, we practiced off here. I was like, you hit the music, and you were like, yeah, I'll hit the music. You really wanted the YMCA music. Do you know what we just found out? I just want... Can I just say that the fact we found out, YMCA was where they invented basketball. They did. And what year was it, Clara? 1891. They invented basketball

at the YMCA. We're at the home of basketball. It's no more fitting a place to be taking 10 shots at 10k right now. We're at the home of basketball. It's no more fitting a place to be taking 10 shots at 10K right now. Thanks to Space Jam and New Legacy and cinemas right now.

The slammed up movie for the whole family and we've got a family, a New Zealand family right here right now who'll be shooting all morning 10 shots. We've dragged this thing out

for the poor family. They've got stuff to do. So guys, what we thought we might do is do the last two shots at 8 o'clock tonight Keep the broadcast rolling Keep things on tender hooks

So far, $4,000 you've taken home Steve with his 11 year old son Cody, he's done really well He has done so well Just explain the pressure Because I see you taking shots down the other end of the court When songs are playing, you're nailing them consistently But the pressure when you step up to this one

Yeah, it's tough, right? The lights, you're nailing them consistently. But the pressure when you step up to this one. Yeah, it's tough, right? The lights, you guys, everybody watching. Oh, the old celebs here, mate. They put you off. The old celebs. No one says celebs. What's it like meeting your heroes today, Steve? It's a highlight.

Highlight of his life. Highlight of your life. Yeah, of my life. His life. Did you hear that? No offence, Cody. No offence to Karen, his wife, getting married. No offence to the birth of his children. This is the highlight of your life? Yeah, my life. It was life. Did you hear that? No offence, Cody. No offence to Karen, his wife, getting married. No offence to the birth of his children. This is the highlight of his life.

Hugging one of his celebrity wives. Now you're getting a photo. They're posing for a photo. Alright, Steve, you have two more shots to go. $2,000 on the line. Remember, on 0800 the hits. If Steve misses the shot, it could be yours. Okay, let's go, Steve-O. This would be five grand you're taking home. That's a wonderful day at the hits. If Steve misses the shot, it could be yours. Okay, let's go, Steve-O. This would be five grand you're taking home.

That's a wonderful day at the office. Here he is. Shot number nine. Slash! $5,000! $5,000! Cody! Scream of emotion. Ah!

Sounded like a terrible crime was taking place there. Well done, Steve. He's found his rhythm late in the game. He's taking home five grand. What are you going to do with that money, Steve? Maybe a holiday. He's going to take that and he's going to stimulate the economy.

He's going to put that right in the economy, ladies and gentlemen. You guys have been awesome. One more shot to go. Final shot of the day. Now, we've got two options for you. You can take a free throw from here, or Cody can take another layup. He's going to give the layup to Cody.

There with your old Cody coming up right now. Everyone, come on, play MCA. Seamus, quiet, quick. Cody. Cody. Cody. Cody. There we go.

Cody nailed it. There we go! Cody nailed it! There we go! $6,000! The family are hugging! Here we go! Absolute scenes, jubilation, elation confetti, you name it it's going to be a messy clean up after today Ben That's all thanks to Space Jam and New Legacy

it's in cinemas right now, thanks very much to LeBron James and Bugs Bunny for putting that money in our bank account, which we're giving to Steve and his family right now. And we also want to thank the YMCA. And if we can all get along and have a good time. Everybody, it's fun to stay at the YMCA.

It's fun to stay at the YMCA. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Scrolling through your feed. All right, let's get scrolling through your feed. Ben's already looked through mine this morning. He said, I need more protein and omega-3, don't you?

Now, the Olympics are just two weeks away now, but they've just announced overnight New Zealand time that there's going to be no fans, no crowds. So a couple of days ago, they were saying they were going to run some stadiums, some events at 50% capacity, but not to exceed 10,000 overall, 10,000 people. But now they're saying none. Well, because we were talking to someone yesterday who's going over to the Olympics, and they were saying that they had hired 200,000 Japanese people.

Oh, mate. They can find something else to do because that's not happening, unfortunately. Do you put that in the job vacancies in the back of the paper? Wanted, 200,000 Japanese people. To what? To cheer at the Olympics? To politely applaud. Yeah.

It seems like the wise thing because you would hate to have an outbreak caused by the Olympics, right? It's a bad look for the Olympics. Exactly. Is it? It's already a bad look for the Olympics having Tokyo 2020 in 2021. Yeah. That's already a bad look for the Olympics having Tokyo 2020 in 2021. Yeah. That's already a bad look. It's got question marks over it.

But you think, you know, it's a shame because obviously they built these, you know, probably stadiums and events centres and stuff to happen. And now they're like, well, you don't need all these seats. I know. You know, it's a real shame. And even on a normal Olympics year, most of those stadiums post-Olympics sort of end up as derelict buildings throughout the world. Yeah. They're unused. They go unused. So now they're kind of probably like, oh, we didn't

even sell tickets to these things. I know. Most of Japan doesn't want it to go ahead. Well, you'd imagine so, because it's probably bringing in thousands and thousands of people into the country when obviously there's a pandemic. But very strict protocol, I think, because the same person we were talking to yesterday was saying that you have to be tested

pretty much every second day through the whole time. You're allowed five days there before in your own bubble to train and then you've got to be gone within 48 hours after your event or after you've been kicked out of your event. I was in Japan. We were for family holiday in 2019 so obviously

before the pandemic and got to hold the Olympic torch just walking through something. You never told me this. You were just walking through some sort of event centre place and this person's like, would you like to hold the Olympic torch, just walking through some... What? You never told me this. Yeah, just walking through some sort of event-centered place, then this person's like, would you like to hold the Olympic torch? You're like, yeah, OK. Just over there. And so you just went over there and got a photo with the torch.

I don't reckon it was the Olympic torch. Probably. Well, there was two of them. So, yeah, there was two of them. So I was like, well, me and my daughter, we both had one each. So you're right. You're like, really? Seems very relaxed security. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, they had little mascots there as well for Tokyo 2020 as well. Did you get a photo? Yeah, I got a photo. You should put the photo on the internet. I can put it on the internet. I can burden the internet with that photo if you want before it all happens. Well, we've got our own torch tour next week too. Yeah, we have.

Oh, what a wonderful segue. Yeah, because we figured that it didn't do the world tour that it usually does. So we're taking a battery-powered torch on tour, thanks to the Warehouse, who are proud supporters of the New Zealand Olympic team. We're going to be touring it up the country. If you get a photo with our torch, much like Ben got a photo with the Olympic torch, you can win $10,000 cash. And we're going to be taking it from Invercargill.

Oh, it starts this morning, actually. Just after 7 o'clock this morning, we can tell you exactly. We'll launch the torch tour. And we'll tell you where it can be. Actually, I'll tell you now. There's no secrecy. It's going to be at Invercargill Warehouse today. You can go down.

I thought it would be at the warehouse. You can go from 10 to 12 today. You can go to the Invercargill store at the warehouse. Get a photo with the torch. There's spot prizes as well. And you can win, as Jono said, if you get a photo with it, $10,000. Jeez, that was a wonderful segue into a promotion. It wasn't meant to be. It was not planned.

It just happened. It just felt natural. Did I bring it in alright? No, you did. I was like, oh, I see where he's going here. And you picked up the torch and ran with it. I did. Listen, we'll be on the road next week. Have a great day. We'll see you then. Are we done? No, we've still got

two and a half hours still to go. It is the hits. Yeah, yeah, no. Yeah, no. The home of yeah, no. She'll be right and at the end of the day. Jono and Ben, breakfast. I just want to talk to you. I went to the embroiderer.

You know the embroiderer that you see in the mall and they do like caps? Oh, yeah. Caps and t-shirts and stuff. You know, for vaping teenagers who want to get their gang embroidered on their flat pink cap. That's pretty much the bulk of their business, isn't it? But I actually go to the embroiderer a lot now because I've got a little deal with my mall embroiderer. Because remember I told you at Christmastime, Poppy, my daughter, was like, I really want some Charlie D'Amelio merch. Oh, you're doing knock-off

stuff, mate. Oh, no, yeah, see, I'm not part of that. So what I did I couldn't, because it made you get fired over that. You put on the interview, you're like, oh, it's a knock-off. But I couldn't get the Charlie D'Amelio merch. It was sold out. So what I did is I got an image from Google Images. I went and talked to my

mate. I was like, bud, can we slap this on a t-shirt? And he's like, sure. He's got no morals. It's not legal. It's not legal. And so I did it. Poppy's none the wiser that it's rip-off merch. Right. And then yesterday, she wanted something else, which I won't stipulate

what it was, what the brand was. But again, I went and got it from Google. Just put it on a hat. He's got no qualmsms you've got no qualms who's it on you you or him who's going to get

done for this when the big corporation comes along well I'm going to point my finger at him and he's going to point his finger at me but next week

I'm like jeez I might as well just like bring in like a Louis Vuitton label and get that put it on a you're going to be one of those people selling stuff out of the boot of their car this is where I'm like, jeez, I might as well just bring in a Louis Vuitton label and get that put on there. You're going to be one of those people selling stuff out of the boot of their car.

This is where I'm leading. Outside of a concert or something, you'll be like, Ed Sheeran merchandise. And you'll be like, well, no, it's clearly not. But oh boy, it's cheap. But there's a market for it. And it's doable. Apart from the huge copyright infringement which is taking place. I remember my friend went to Bali when we were teenagers

and he came back and he gave us all, they were Rolexes. They weren't Rolexes, but R-U-L-E-X. Have you ever bought knockoff merch from us? I do remember one of the funniest ones. My friend, I can't remember where he went, but he came back with a Nike singlet on the front, but it had a tag that said Reebok. And the tag, the clothing tag, he was like, this is amazing.

It's Nike and Reebok. And one t-shirt managing to annoy two massive corporations. He was like, this is incredible. It says this, but it's actually this on the front. And there's a doodass on the back. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast

On the hits But right now Jono We'd like to bring a friend of ours to the program His name is Andrew Robinson Formerly Formerly Fielding's favourite son Andy come on down

Jonathan Pryor, how are you? Lovely to meet you Andrew Robinson Lovely to have your acquaintance this morning Now you heard something on the radio the other day, Andy. You were saying, oh, Patricia Juliet was talking about how she knows all the states in America. Allegedly knows all the states in America, yeah. Well, Juliet's here. Is it allegedly or do you know all the states, Juliet?

Okay, I probably know about 75% of them now. I was going to say 75 states. I was going to say that. So, Andy, we had lunch with Andy and he said, I heard Juliet's claims and he says I also have a claim. What is your thing that you know?

In the world, there are 10 independent countries that have four letters in their name. And I'd like to know if Juliet can name all 10 of those. Oh, good lord! Are you going to put it on Juliet? So ten independent countries have four letters. I can only think of one four-letter starting with F, and that's Fiji.

Oh, yeah, that would be one, right? That would be one. Oh, my goodness me! Now, don't Google, Juliet. No, I'm not. No one's allowed to Google. No one's allowed to Google. Fiji?

Andy wants to throw this out to you, Juliet, and the wonderful Hits audience as well. Now, the rule is, and I haven't Googled the answer to this either, and you haven't too, Ben, is no one can use the internet. We need to use good old-fashioned 1991 research using our brains. Yeah. Okay. Or you can use the Encyclopedia Britannica as well if we're taking it back to the 90s. Gosh, I'm stuck.

Can you think of any? I literally can't. I feel like there's one in Europe. There's got to be one in Europe somewhere. There is not one in Europe. Really? Is Niue one? Niue.

Well, Niue is not an independent country. It's like a self-governing state. It comes under New Zealand. Oh, wow. I think I've got two. Okay, so name them. Iraq, Iran. Iraq, Iran, Fiji.

There's three. Oh, okay. All right. 0800. This is what's in my head. All right, here we go. Text 4487, 0800, the hits New Zealand. No one's Googling.

No one's allowed to Google. This is the rules. Andy is teasing our brains. It's like bullying for your brain. Hang on. Okay, so we've got three. We need to get seven more. Okay, 0800 the hits.

Help us out. Or 4487 on the text. Can we do it? I love Andy too because he's such a... If you were to pick anyone to know, 11 countries, all the others throughout the world, who would it be? It would be Andy. It would be Andy.

And Andy's the type of guy, he's so specific, he's like, I will meet you in seven minutes. And he'll be there in seven minutes. Not five, not ten, seven. So specific. All right, let's see if we can impress Andy next. Okay, so is it 10 or 11 independent countries in the world that only have four letters in their name?

So there's 10 independent countries independent countries in the world that only have four letters in their name? So there's 10 independent countries with Niue sitting outside of that because it's not a fully independent country. There you go. See, this is how specific he is. He's the type of guy who will start a Reddit forum. He will. Now, we were talking in that song, as many people were texting through and calling us on under the hits.

I think we're throwing out names like Bali, but Bali's not one, obviously. Is Bali not an independent? I think it's Indonesia, right? Yeah. Okay, so what the rules are, that no one listening, the team of five million, can't, come on, we took on a virus, we can take on this nerdy brain teaser.

The team of five million, we can't Google the answers. So, so far, we locked off three, didn't we, Ben? What were they? Fiji, Iraq, and three, didn't we, Ben? What were they? Fiji, Iraq, and Iran. And now we need a few more. And there's plenty coming through on the text. Yeah, we'll get Brian on, too, from 0800. On 0800, the hits.

Brian, more dinner, welcome. Hey, good morning. Cuba, what are we? What do you want to chuck into the list, Brian? Cuba. Cuba. Cuba, good. Beautiful.

All right, that's another one. Okay, you got any more for us, Brian, or are you just coming through with Cuba? What about Chad? Is that one? Is that in Africa? Chad, yeah. Oh, Chad, nice work, Brian. You were really handy.

Thank you very much. Okay, what have we got? Five out of the ten will go to Kirsty. There's, I don't know, 800 of the hits. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, Kirsty. Morning. Morning to you What are you going to add to the list? Peru

I didn't think of Peru You got any more or just Peru? Well I thought Bali And forgot it wasn't a country We did the same thing In the song when the song was playing. Sorry, I sounded really ungrateful. You did?

You like it anymore? She came through with one that we didn't have. Yeah, it was a beauty. It was really impressive. All right, we'll go to the text machine. What other names do we have on the text machine here that we could chuck towards Andy? We need four more.

Oh, Andy, how about Laos? Yes. Laos. That would be one. That's another one. Okay, all right. Have we got Chad? We've got Chad on the list. Oh, we've got Rachel on another one. Okay, all right. Have we got Chad? We've got Chad on the list.

Oh, we've got Rachel on the line. Rachel, welcome to the show. Hi. We're trying to name all 10 countries in the world that only have four letters, independent countries, 11th being Nui, that sits outside. Yeah, I think I've got Mali and Togo, maybe Peru. Oh, okay. Mali and Togo, Andy? Yep, Mali, Togo, maybe Peru. Oh, okay. Mali and Togo, Andy?

Yep. Mali, Togo and Chad are the three African ones. Okay. And so we're at nine. We need one more. Anything on the text? Someone has just texted in with a classic, and I can't believe we didn't think of it, Oman.

Oman would be the 10th. Oh! We did it, New Zealand! Well done, New Zealand. Jeez, the pressure there. You built that up to a good reveal. Yeah. So why did you learn this?

How did you learn this? Oh, because I'm a bit of a nerd. And I used to go to pub quizzes quite a bit. And they used to have categories where you had to name 10 things in a category and I figured this would come up at some point so I memorised it because as I say bit of a nerd. And has it come up in a pub quiz? No

it's never come up in a pub quiz. It's come up in a radio quiz. You've actually wowed us by not wowing us because you haven't once said the 10 so we just took your word for it. Yeah I just named the categories and waited for you to name them all. We didn't actually know if Andy could actually do that or not, but now... Thanks for helping us out, mate.

Appreciate your time, Ando. No problem. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Mmm. Shono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Space Jam, it's a new legacy. That's what they're saying about Space Jam. And yesterday, we were very lucky. It was a highlight in both of our careers to catch up with Bugs Bunny himself.

Oh, yeah, Jeff Bergman. He is the voice of Bugs Bunny and many of the characters. We caught up with him on Zoom yesterday. It's true, Doc. I'm a rabbit, all right. Would you like to shoot me now or wait till I get home? Oh, my God. He's Bugs Bunny.

But not just bugs bunny you you play uh you're the voice of many of the iconic looney tunes characters it is true yes i also do sylvester suffering fuckatash i'll get that little yellow bird if it's the last thing i do and then there's yosemite Sam a magician for aggression wow you must just wow people when you tell them what you do for a job and who you actually are well I can walk around totally

you know mysterious and no one knows who I am so it's great I mean I can scare little kids once in a while it's always fun scaring kids one of my hobbies. How does it work for a movie like Space Jam A New Legacy? Do you and LeBron James get

separate trailers? Do you record in separate studios? I mean, how does it all work? Well, I think it's a lot more glamorous at least people think it is, than it really is. We didn't ever get to meet. I've never met him yet. So there's a red carpet next week, so i would assume i will meet him next week but because of covid we didn't record in studios so we all recorded from our homes all remotely what the entire movie pretty much yeah

yeah it's unbelievable that is unbelievable so i mean have you seen the finished product yet or you're going to be like wow they really pieced that thing together. I did see it. There was a screening that they had for us, and it is epic. It's amazing. Oh, awesome. I can't wait to see it. Now, you as a kid, you were a kid who liked to do impressions for your family.

Did you just study and listen to all these voices and these characters that you liked to impersonate? I tried to imitate voices as a kid, but your voice has not matured yet. So I don't think I really sounded like anybody until maybe I was in high school. But my parents, I mean, they were very encouraging. So I kept at it. And so how did you get the job? How did you end up being Bugs Bunny? Because you met the original voice of Bugs Bunny

and many of the Looney Tunes characters, as you said before, Mel Blanc, legendary Mel Blanc. You saw him perform or do a talk, and then you basically tracked him down at his hotel. Was that right? I did. He was performing and doing a lecture at my college, University of Pittsburgh, which is in Pennsylvania.

And I happened to be walking the campus, and I saw a sign that said, Mel Blanc will be appearing tonight. Found out what room he was staying at at a hotel on campus. And I mean, this is also unbelievable and knocked on his door probably 10 o'clock at night. And I heard this voice that said, oh, just a jiffy. And when he opened the door, I knew who he was right away. So anyhow, we spent time about an hour together. I did some voices, impersonations, and he said,

he said, keep at it and look me up if you ever get out to California. So eight years later, he passed away, and then they started to cast for Tiny Toons, Steven Spielberg's Tiny Toon Adventures. Because you started this impersonating sort of half a dozen characters. Obviously, those were cartoon characters before you got the gig. Did you roll in and do six people out of a job by being able to do all of these voices? Or did they say, can you do Elmer Fudd?

Can you do Yosemite Sam, et cetera? Very good question. They were casting, I think, they started with Bugs Bunny, then it was Elmer Fudd, and I got Elmer Fudd for the show as well, and then Daffy, and then I got Daffy as well, and then Falkhorn, Lakehorn. I mean, they're all done by Mel Blanc. So, you know, I always thought if you can do Bugs Bunny,

you probably can do most of the other characters. I see. Right. So is it 170-odd impressions that you can do, or maybe more? I mean, hundreds. That's incredible. Yes. One of people's favorites that I do is President Trump.

And, you know, there's a lot of things, guys, that they're not telling you in the United States, because we've done tremendous things. But they don't want to talk about that. They don't want to talk about all the really great because we've done tremendous things, but they don't want to talk about that. They don't want to talk about all the really great stuff we've done. It's terrible. They're losers. We've got a cap in front of us right now, which apparently has some names in it.

Can we just pick out a name at random? The hat trick. The hat trick. Tweety Bird. All right, Tweety Bird. Oh, I thought I saw a putty tag. I did Bird. Oh, I tried to a putty tag. I did, I did, I did to a putty tag. Do you get paid per character

or do you get paid as an overall blanket sort of fee? In animation, they can get you for three voices. So, you know, it's one payment for three voices. Okay, listen, I'll get you a better agent, my friend. Okay, Robert De Niro. Robert De Niro, let's go. All right, now you listen to me. Now look, now look.

Come on now, what's the matter with you? What's the matter with you? What are you, a wise guy? What are you, a wise guy? Come here. I want to have a talk with you, all right? Don't do that. Don't spend that money.

Otherwise, you're going to get into a lot of trouble. You hear me? Wow, the facial expressions as well. Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble's just come out of the head. Yeah, you do these characters as well, iconic characters. Eeeeee eeeeee

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Getting fat? You are fat, Fred. Wow. Watching you do this on camera, you look like a crazy man, and I love it. Tony Stark, can you do Robert Downey Jr.? Yes, Iron Man. I was Iron Man. Basically, I created that character. Everything I do Robert Downey Jr.? Yes, Iron Man. I was Iron Man. I'm basically, I created that character. Everything I do is super cool and super fast.

And Robert Downey Jr. is very, I'm very smart. I know what I'm doing. Everywhere I go, it's about me. It's all about me. Do you know what we could do? We could just book Jeffrey and pretend we're talking to all of these superstars. And finally, let's hear Bugs Bunny one more time. Because, of course, if he can, Space Jam, a new legacy in cinemas.

Well, there you go, Doc. Oh, carrots are divine. You get a dozen for a dime. It's magic. Oh, that was so nice to meet you, and congratulations on all your success, and we can't wait to listen to you in this upcoming movie, which looks awesome. Thank you both so much. Thank you so much.

And that's all, folks. They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand. If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hit. Kia ora, good morning. Welcome along to the program. Jono and Ben broadcasting this morning from the YMCA.

We just wanted to play that song. That's right. We are coming to you live from the YMCA North Shore for Space Jam today where Steve and his son Cody are going to be taking 10 shots for $10,000, every shot they miss from the free throw line. You call up 0800 the hits and you can steal the money from a hard working battler New Zealand family.

That's right. It's all thanks to Space Jam A New Legacy, the new movie with LeBron James and the Looney Tunes. It's in cinemas right now and that's happening at 7.30 this morning. Those basketball shots will start going towards the hoop and as Jono says, if they miss you could win $1000 per shot. It's going to be a really fun show

and Cosmic Broadcasting Insider Gym, we're going to be coming to you in reverb for three hours. It's going to sound futuristic and cool at the same time. And for some reason, it's colder inside this gymnasium than it is outside. It's a little bit that way. How does that work? It's quite tempting because we're sitting here at the gym

and there's balls and there's hoops and all that. We've already been told off once for unnecessarily playing around with the balls. Our inner seven-year-old boy just wants to be playing. We've spent 20 minutes playing basketball. Then poor Clara, who works at the Hips character, she's like, hey, could you guys practice on the next court? We're like, we don't need to practice. As if we're training for something. There's no need for us to be practicing.

We're going to do our best not to get distracted by the balls and hoops that sit in front of us all morning. So 7.30 this morning, lock that in as the time that you could be winning money thanks to Space Jam, a new legacy. As well as at 8 o'clock this morning, we talked to the voice of Bugs Bunny from the movie. And he plays many of the characters as well. It's going to be a big show from the YMCA.

It is Jono and Ben on the hits. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the Hits. Last day before school holidays today here in New Zealand. Oh, is it? Yeah. Oh, I should do something about childcare next week. Thank you for bringing that to my attention.

Well, you know we're on the road for the warehouse next week, don't you? Oh, okay. Oh, yes. All right. Well, I'll be having some conversations road for the warehouse next week, don't you? Oh, okay. Oh, yes. All right. Well, I'll be having some conversations after 9 o'clock with my wife. You know, as a New Zealand crap liberty, Ben, one of the joys of doing this job is being asked to emcee fundraising events. One of the joys? Yeah, joys.

It's a joy. Didn't you do one for the school once and you had to speak non-stop for about nine hours or something? Oh, a raffle. A raffle, yeah. Yeah, I did a raffle from 8am to I think about 11 o'clock at night. Non-stop rolling raffle. I was just talking rubbish and it was just going out across the bellowing across these loudspeakers. I can only

imagine i mean i hear you for little bits of rubbish in the morning it's like capped at about three minutes we play a song or two we come back you know i was talked out by the end of the day i've never heard you talked out before but uh a friend of ours who runs a kindergarten she asked she's like oh we're having a musical trivia fundraiser night to raise money for the kindergarten. And as soon as this question is asked, and I'm sure you're the same, all you do is try and think of excuses as to why you couldn't do that. Oh, that's for the kindergarten. I don't care about the kindergarten. I'm sorry.

You know, there's an obligation as a human being to, oh, you've got to go and help. You've got to go and help things and do things for the community. But we can't do it in our job. We can't do much. You talk about people that can build stuff and do things. The practical people that can help stuff. We can't. So you're...

I'm not one of those people who likes helping. I think that's called selfishness. Anyway, she was rolling through it. And for the first time ever in these situations, because usually I inevitably end up saying yes, because I'm not quick enough to think of an excuse. That's how you did the raffle, yeah. Yeah. I thought, uh-oh, there's another person associated with the kindergarten

whose kid goes to the kindergarten. And I'm like, I won't name them. I'm like, they're in a band. They do music. It's a music night. Oh, so they're a better person than you I said, you should get them And she's like, a light bulb went off in her hand

She's like, you're right And I'm like, yes I am Get the guy for the, because I'm like All I do is, I just play pink songs Over and over every morning, I don't know much about music Get him And she's going to book him Clean baby.

Absolutely clean. Did you also ask for a fee as well? As their agent? How much are you paying this guy? Because I'll take a 20% cut. Oh. Where was the last thing you emceed? I've done a couple for the kids schools over the years. It's always fun but sometimes you miss out on the festivities on the parent night because you're

up there on the stage and everyone's enjoying what's going on and you're like the guy, hey, guys, got to get your attention, please. Back to the quiz, guys. Hey, guys, is this thing on? Guys, guys, listen to me. Those auctions too are always an interesting thing when they happen as well. I bet you've been to many events, like charity events and things like that where people start auctioning off things. I went to an event and the auctioneer

was drunk. That was a wild ride. Were you the auctioneer? I was. And all black. It was definitely you. Kia ora, I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees and this is the B**** News. Yes, this is Juliet the Rascal.

She goes and gets perfectly good headlines, then interferes with them by beeping certain words. So we have to try and figure them out. Yeah, it's a wee game we like to play. Producer Juliet, what's the first headline this morning? Psychic parrot who guessed three Euro 2020 results also guessed... I'm going to say also guessed that their owner was going to become incredibly wealthy. Oh, true.

The parrot sounds very smart. I'm going to say the parrot also guessed Briscoes would be having a sale this weekend. That's not hard, is it? Yeah, true. Psychic parrot who guessed three Euro 2020 results also guessed England would get in the final. Now, I read this article,

and this article was published before England made it into the final. So I was like, oh, wow, it's predicted England would get into the final. And it has. And it predicted three other results. But I was like, oh, is it a talking parrot? Will it say, you know, who's going to win? But no, it seems very... It doesn't have a lot of backing, I don't think,

but the prediction involves her being invited to choose from two different bowls with bird seed on it, and each bowl has the country's flag, and then she goes and eats from whichever bowl she chooses, and that's just coincidentally been correct so far. We love a novelty prediction animal, don't we? Was there an octopus once? Yeah, there was a prediction octopus. We've had a prediction chicken before. Yeah, we did.

I love it. Didn't we have something like a sheep or something? A prediction sheep in New Zealand? Yeah, there probably would have been in New Zealand. Let's be honest. We should get the show prediction animal for the Olympics. That's not a bad idea.

Why don't you get Bo your dog. That's not a bad idea. Yeah. Let's do it. Why don't you get Bow Your Dog? Oh, that's not a bad idea. Yeah, well. The prediction dog. Let's do that. The prediction of what's in bowls of food.

We'll see which ones he goes for. That's a very good idea. Okay. Great brainstorm, guys. Yeah, that was good. The next news story. World's tallest... constructed with cranes assembled in Denmark.

I'm going to say world's tallest of Great Dane constructed with cranes assembled in Denmark. I'm going to say world's tallest Great Dane constructed by cranes in Denmark. I'm going to go world's tallest football goal constructed in Denmark after they lost to England yesterday in the football. Maybe they can get some goals in there. Yeah, they're hoping to get bigger goals now. World's tallest sandcastle constructed with cranes

assembled in Denmark. So it's about 30 metres high, or 20 to 30 metres high. It's set in feet, so I don't know what feet is, but basically it's very tall. Do you reckon maybe you should have Googled that? I should have Googled that, shouldn't I? Anyway, we'll just, you know, brush over that. But the sand, the reason it looks looks really cool if you have a Google.

It kind of looks like a big sort of castle. And they've actually put, like, wood inside the sandcastle so it stays up. They've incorporated 10% of clay, which I reckon is cheating a little bit, to make it have a stronger hold. And then they coated it in glue so it stays through winter. That's dedication. Yeah. It's really cool if you have a little Google.

I saw a wonderful, wonderful sandcastle competition over New Year's, and some people had spent, I'd say, like six or seven hours constructing these. It looked magnificent. And then I saw this toddler. Oh, nice. They were like works of art. It was like Sistine Chapel in sand And this toddler just mowed through them

Like ruthlessly just stomping on every single one of them That's the thing, toddlers, they don't care Toddlers are animals on the beach, they don't care I could tell the parents, like the parents didn't even want to go up and pull the toddler away It's not my kid, not my kid Who's kid's that? That is so cute And our final news headline this morning

Hundreds of TSB staff asked to work from home due to I just say due to the fact that everyone just does banking online and there's probably no point in paying rent for a building nowadays. I reckon they'll be spending a bit of time sending them home because they're looking at taking the extra B off the TSB

bank signs. That annoys me because it's Taranaki Savings Bank Bank. Yeah, true. So they're like, hey guys, we've got to get rid of one of these bees. Hundreds of TSB staff asked to work from home due to toilet troubles. So this is at the head office

in Taranaki and they have to stay away for six weeks to ease the pressure on the plumbing system which is very unfortunate. Yeah, so they're getting half of staff to work from home for six weeks and then they'll probably do a swap. But, yeah, there's too much pressure on the sewerage system in Taranaki at the head office of TSB.

Why all six weeks? Give it a break. I don't know. Why six weeks? I'm not sure. Yeah, true. Probably you'd think they're just going to reconstruct the sewerage system. I don't know. Do you know what our former place of employment at the other media works we were working,

it was a constant problem. Remember the poor receptionist would send out group emails. Oh, yeah, daily emails. Daily emails, like, someone's clogged cubicle three. Oh, no. And that was her main role, was just sending out emails, don't worry, there's a plumber on the way to fix it.

Maybe six weeks would have been good. Stand down time. Yeah, we did not give that ablution block enough time to recoup. And that is the quirky news from around the world news and beat. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram.

A lot of people talked about the football yesterday because England took on Denmark and England got through in the Euro 2020 competition. Oh, we spoke to Gary, didn't we? Gary, a loyal listener who phoned through, is heading to the pub to watch the game. And then at nine o'clock, he phoned us at the end of the game. It sounded all right, actually, didn't it?

It sounded wonderful. Three hours at the pub at six o'clock on a Thursday morning. So England are taking on Italy in the final of the Euro Championship on Monday morning but what came out in the news yesterday

there was like a penalty a late penalty that England had and someone had a laser pointer in the crowd and was pointing it towards the goalie's eyes. Pretty full on, eh?

That is full on. Yeah. Although, great idea to put the goalie off. It's genius. It's full on, eh? That is full on. Yeah. Although, great idea to put the goalie off. Oh, no. It's genius. It's full on.

In one breath, it's full on. But in the other breath, you're like, that is mastermind stuff. It's full on. So it's full on, you know. Maybe we should get a laser pointed at this morning for Steve, who's taking the free throw shots. If he's starting to get a bit too trigger happy. Just put a laser in his eyeballs. So can they lay a complaint? I don't know.

I don't know what's happening now. I mean, obviously they want to find the person who did it and ban them. I think they want to ban them for life from going to games, but I guess it's already happened now, right? So what do you mean ban them for life? I can't even turn on the TV and watch football when you're banned for life. I think going to the games. I don't think they can monitor your Sky

subscription. You can't do it. Well, that's a bit sad, isn't it? Yeah, it is a little bit. I mean, hopefully he didn't put him off. I haven't seen anywhere where the keepers complained, but still, now you'd be like, oh. But although you'd probably look up in the grandstand if you were a player, there'd be all sorts of lights,

cell phone lights and all sorts of jams. Lights from the big lights. They had the floodlights and stuff. So it might not have made a huge difference. Yeah. Maybe. I don't know. Gary, eh? If Gary's listening, you and your cheating team,

shoving lasers into the eyeballs of goalies. Don't do that. What do you want to say to that, Gary? Give us a call. Juliet studied for four years to get a degree in broadcasting. And as punishment, she has to work with us every morning due to what's happening in Spy, mate. Hey, it's not punishment.

It's a pleasure. Now, we haven't heard much about this recently, but a bit of an update on the Bill Gates and Melinda Gates divorce. That was all the rage for like a couple of days, and then it just completely died down. That's what I think about the Gates-Gates divorce. Everything's always Gates. Our water Gates, this Gates. Oh, gates. Everything's always gate. Water gate, this gate.

Honestly, that's very true. But she's agreed. So when they announced their divorce, they said that they'd still work together for their foundation, the Gates Foundation. And so now it's sort of been revealed that she's agreed that she will be the one

to resign from the Gates Foundation if after two years, her and Bill can't work together. So they'll continue to work together for another two years. They'll have to stick it out for two years, even if they hate each other's guts. And at the end of that two years, if they realise it's not for them, then Melinda will be the one to step down. But she'll still get sort of supported by Bill with philanthropic, all of that jazz.

Philanthropy, philanthropic stuff. Bill Gates made $11 million a day. One year. Good dream. $11 million a day. Is he the richest person or is Jeff Bezos the richest person?

We talked about Bezos the other day earning on average $2,500,000 a second. In the world, live Googling. This is what we love doing on this program. Oh, Bernard Nolt and family. Oh. And family. Don't forget about the family.

They are 186. Oh, Bezos is second. Yeah, yeah. Elon Musk's third. Gates is only fourth. Oh, wow. Zuckerberg coming in fifth. That's crazy.

How much million a day? 11 million, did you say? 11 million a day. That's crazy. How much million a day? 11 million, did you say? 11 million a day. At one point. That was a good year. Oh, my gosh. Bad year was only 10 million a day. That's crazy.

He's the richest guy. He's a French investor and a collector. He's the chief executive of Moet and Louis Vuitton. Oh, yeah. He'd be making bank with those two companies, wouldn't he? Don't worry about Bernard and family. And family. And an update on Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.

So after Jennifer Lopez and Aaron Arod split up, she moved on pretty quickly with her ex, Ben Affleck, from the early 2000s they dated. And now they're already moving in together. God, they're pretty much spending every day together. I'm like, girl, you must have not ever... Do you know you haven't taken a breath in the last two minutes? I'm like, girl, what you doing, girl?

Girl, you must have never stopped thinking about Ben Affleck if you're already moving in with him. Oh, but it's Ben Affleck. I haven't stopped thinking about Ben Affleck if you're already moving in with him. Oh, but it's Ben Affleck. I haven't stopped thinking about Ben Affleck as well. True, true. But that's quite quickly from one, you know, relationship to the other. But then in saying that, you know, here's me never-ending talking, she probably, with the history there, it probably makes it quite easy.

Okay, well, what's a suitable time to move in with someone then, producer Juliette? Oh, well, oh, I think you might have asked. They've had previous history. Okay, if it's someone that you've had history, maybe like three months. Yeah, because they've already been there. It's not like they have to go,

oh, what's this person like? Yeah, that's true. She knows he gets a bit trigger happy with the old bottle every now and then. And his gambling. I love him though. Now, what was the appropriate time if you haven't had any history? He gets a bit trigger happy with the old bottle every now and then. And his gambling. I love him though. I love him. Now, what was the appropriate time if you haven't had any history? Maybe at least like six months.

When did you move in with Amanda? It was pretty quickly. It was within a few months, I think. It was just, you know, she was wanting to move out where she was. I was kind of the same. So it kind of worked out, you know. Yeah, I guess if you're spending all your time. And no one was like, girl, what are you doing? Girl,

what are you doing? I think I was like 48 hours. I was like, jeez, what, someone wants human-to-human contact? I'm in. I'll take it. I don't need them to escape. And that is five and more. You can head to the hits.co.nz. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the Hits. Just gone seven o'clock. You this is Jono and Ben on the hits

just gone 7 o'clock you're with Jono and Ben on the hits it's a big morning this morning we've got $10,000 to give away very shortly

thanks to Space Jam a new legacy but we're also launching our battery operated torch tour down in Invercargill with Abbey from Invercargill so that's cross now

thanks to the warehouse the warehouse presents Jono and Ben's battery operated torch tour. Abby from Invercargill, is that how you want to formally be known? You can say that. That's fine. Well, Abby, you're heading to Bluff and then to Invercargill this morning, right?

Yes, yeah. Been to Bluff and it's looking good. And now the torch is on its way to the warehouse in Invercargill. Because we're going to meet up with the torch on Monday in Christchurch. So we need it to safely get from Vicargill to Christchurch today and over the weekend. That's right. And in between that, we'll head to Queenstown.

And a lot of responsibility on you right now looking after the torch. Where is it currently placed? It is currently safe in my hot little hand actually. Oh, okay. I've got it right here. And the phone in the other hand, what are you driving with? Oh, no, I'm safely stopped on the side of the road. Oh, nice.

I'm way back from Bluff. So if people want to come see you this morning, you're going to be at Invercargill Warehouse from what time? From 10 o'clock this morning. And anyone that gets a photo with the torch goes in the drawer to win $10,000 thanks to the warehouse, which is awesome. That's right. That's right. That's right.

And we've got some spot prizes to give away, so come and see us. I think we need to, like, officially launch this. Mm-hmm. Because we haven't had an official presentation, Ben. No, we haven't. You're right. Oh, I see what you've had a chance for.

Over to you, Abby, with the official launch speech that you've previously prepared, or we told you to previously prepare. Would you like me to do a slow-mo run while I'm at it? Yep, slow-mo. Maybe talk in slow motion. The launch. Head down to the warehouse in Vicargill this morning for the warehouse Olympic torch tour.

Yeah, Jono and Ben's battery-operated torch tour kicks off this morning. And as we mentioned before, all thanks to the Warehouse. Get a photo with the torch and you could win $10,000. Guys, that was really like, in terms of an Olympic speech, both, all of us. I'm so sorry. No, no one knew this was happening.

But both of you felt very underprepared. I came with the music. Oh, sorry. What was I saying? Well, like... I know. It gives with the music. What was your answer? Well, like... I know. It gives me great honour. Are we still on?

Are these mics still on? Oh, God. To welcome... Who are we welcoming? To launch... To launch the... The Jono and Ben battery-operated torch tour right across Aotearoa.

Yeah. How's that? Yay! What the hell was that? It was shocking. Hey, Ebby, you've been a champion. Keep safe in Invers. Thanks very much, guys.

Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. It is our game of word association. We play it every day, no matter where we are. And we're playing it this morning at the YMCA. If you want to win $5,000, give us a call right now. 0800 the hits. Hey, I think we've got Sarah on from the capital. How's Wellington this morning at the YMCA. If you want to win $5,000, give us a call right now. 0800 THE HITS. Hey, I think we've got Sarah on from the capital.

How's Wellington this morning, Saz? Good, thanks. Yeah, good. Did I put you off a little bit when I said Saz? Yes, a little bit. I was like, oh, you don't need to. Yeah, no, it kind of threw everyone there. I'm sorry.

It was my bad. Now, Sarah, what do you do, mate? I'm a stay-at-home mum at the moment. Oh, good on you. And I tell you what, that's a tough gig, isn't it? Yeah. Relentless. It's full on.

I've got three under six. Gee whiz. And I tell you what, the kids don't know about annual leave, do they? No, no, no, they don't. They give you some pretty brutal performance reviews every day, I imagine. Now, Sarah, $5,000, what would you put that towards? Oh, man, that's a great question. Probably the garden.

The garden, that is a very boomer option you've just come back with there. I do like it there. You get a lot of lovely plants. You get some lovely pittosporums or something, agapanthers and whatnot. Now, who do you want to go to the soundproof booth, a.k.a. the corridor here at the YMCA?

I'll go with Dean, thanks. Oh, okay. Ben Boyce is off to be alone with his thoughts, which is a very dangerous place for a nervous man like Ben. One of his favourite hobbies is getting nervous about things as he heads into the YMCA foyer and can't hear a word. All right, let's get into it, Sarah. I'm going to name words. Five of them

and you've got to repeat what the first one is. You know how it works. Why am I even... I got myself into a hole there. First word is fries. Sorry, what was that again? Fries, as in F-R-I-E-S Chips.

Chips. Chips. For our overseas listeners, chups. Hoop. Hoop is word number two. Did you say poop? Hoop. H-O-O-P.

Hoop. Okay. Hula. Cushion. Cushion is word number three. Soft. Beautiful. Coming in at number four is Dunedin.

Dunnin. Dunners. And the fifth and final word that you need to match with Boney Ben Boyce, online, mate. Online? Yeah. Internet? You did well, Sarah. You did well. Are the kids proud of you?

Ask the kids if they kids proud of you? Ask the kids if they're proud of you We'll be jumping on the beds I think they're pretty stoked Yeah, our kids are always going to be proud of you, aren't they? Can we get a bit of a cheer from the kids? Your support team Yep Hear that, Ben?

Ben's come back Those are kids, mate Those are kids that need money. They need clothes. They need food. Sarah, you did really well. It's just over to Ben Boyce to bring home the bacon today. And let's get into it.

Word number one is fries. Fries, fries. Chips Those kids They may be clothed this winter Don't Don't Don't Hoop

It was word number two mate Hoop Yeah Not poop As Sarah first I got I got two

One I'm looking at one right now But the first one that Which is A basketball hoop But the first one that popped into my head I got two. One, I'm looking at one right now. But the first one, which is a basketball hoop, but the first one that popped into my head was another type of hoop. Hula. Your method made no sense. He's like, I'm looking at a hoop, but then I'm thinking of another hoop.

I had two in my head. The first one was hula, but then I was like, oh, hang on, there's a basketball hoop in front of me. Okay, word number three was cushion. Pillow. What'd she say? She said soft. Oh, soft cushion. You know, traditionally cushions are soft.

Soft, you're right. It was a tough word, I won't lie. Usually I'd like to rip you out and peel you out, but today, Ben, you tried hard. I did try very hard. You did try hard. Unfortunately, those kids aren't going to have a Christmas this year. And it's all thanks to those efforts. But anyway, word number four was Dunedin.

Octagon. Dunners. And online was the fifth and final word, my friend. Internet. Not bad. Three out of five. There we go. Okay. Dunners and online was the fifth and final word, my friend. Internet? Not bad. Three out of five. There we go. Okay.

Hey, Sarah, listen, you have been an absolute treasure to talk to this morning. Thank you very much. Unfortunately, your game of Word Tinder, you two didn't match up, and it's not going to go any further. That's all good. Thanks, guys. Spy, the WhatsApp spy.co.nz. All right.

Good old producer Juliet is back at HITS headquarters ready to do Spy. I hope she's there. And if she's not, well, then this will just be dead air for the next three minutes. Are you actually at headquarters, Juliet? I am at headquarters. You'll be pleased to know. Does it sound better when I call it headquarters? It sounds pretty cool.

Yeah. I might call it headquarters from now on. Yeah, it sounds a lot more official. Like we could be in Silicon Valley or something. Well, it's local. We bring Rachel in from our newsroom and we call it the news bureau. I like that as well. That sounds good.

Yeah. Okay, Jew. Inspire, matey. So two of... Nah, this was a good... I'm saying this with hesitation. Two of the oldest things in the world have collided. Queen Elizabeth and Coronation Street.

Two of the oldest things in the world have collided. And we are talking about them on this show. After 8 o'clock, how to get relief for your bunions during these cold months. I thought you were going to talk about Jono and Ben teaming up. You're like, oh. Oh, yeah, add you guys in and then there's a foursome there. But Queen Elizabeth did visit the set of Coronation Street in Manchester overnight for the first time since 1982 and one of the

headlines which people love, like whenever the Queen says something a little bit unusual for what you'd expect the Queen would say, it hits the headlines. headlines which people love like whenever the queen says something a little bit you know unusual for what you'd expect the queen would say it hits the headline so the producer was basically explaining to the queen that they try to balance the show um with the trouble that happens in the show with some niceness so there's a good amount of balance of what happens in the drama um but he said you know there is some trouble i'll be honest and the queen responds well i suppose life is a bit of a trouble isn't it and that is the thing that's made headlines today, because the Queen has kind of admitted that life is not very easy.

Oh, was that sort of like her own thing? It's a passive dig to her family issues? Well, that's what I was kind of thinking. Oh, that's what you're alluding to. Yeah. I see. Well, that was a wonderful tale of elderly lady visits set of favourite TV show. She looked good, though.

She's 95 in the Queen. She's doing good. She is awesome, eh? She's just rocking. I've Googled some Coronation Street facts here. Do you know that the bear served at the Rover's return is actually bear? Is it? But it's a shandy, so they don't get too...

Oh, but still they're getting that... After all the years of filming't get too... Oh, but still, they're getting that little... After all the years of filming and the rovers return, I mean, they must be... Anyway. They use 50 boxes of tissues a week. Really? That's almost as much as you, Ben.

Yeah, yeah. I do like to cry a lot. You're right, Jono. It's huge tissue consumption. Why do they use so many tissues? Makeup. Oh, right. I was like, this is where I'm sick.

178 deaths on Coronation Street since it started. Really? I hope you're meaning character deaths, not deaths of the cast and crew. Yeah, character deaths. Yeah. And the bakery allegedly would go through 300 eggs a week if it was a proper working bakery. Really? Given the amount of omelettes that they make.

Oh, wow. It's so funny because I've never seen Coronation Street, so just witnessing you talk about Coronation Street, I'm like this is just like in the Queen, it's just Boomer Central. Ken Barlow, is Ken Barlow still on Coronation Street? I think he is.

He's like the Chris Warner of Coronation Street, isn't he? And in other news, Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde, on Correlation Street? I think he is. I think he is. He's like the Chris Warner of Correlation Street, isn't he? Yeah. And in other news, Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde, there's been rumours that they've been together for a while now. Olivia Wilde used to be married to Jason Sudeikis.

But there's been photos to my devastation. My little heart broke when I saw these photos of them passionately kissing on a yacht in Italy. That should be you passionately kissing him on a yacht in Italy. Honestly, don't get me started.

But there is, you know, my eagle eyes. I was looking at the photos. There's a photo of them sunbathing as well. And Harry's, they're both, you know, stomach face down. But you can kind of see a little bit of Harry's behind. His pants are riding a bit low. So I was looking at that. I was like, oh hello Harry's behind

How are you? That's enough for you But I mean, they look very happy, Olivia Wilde's a little bit older But you know, Harry has also dated Stop having a dick mate She's a little older She'll be visiting Coronation Street with the Queen Yes

She's trying to go, she's too old for him She is He should be mine Any excuse that you very much She's living to go, she's too old for him He should be mine Any excuse that you very much She's living with Ken Barlow Yeah, that's way more suitable And that's five and more, you can head to thehits.co.nz Friday morning, you've got Jono and Ben with you

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Do you know why I'm happy, Ben? Why's that? Because I'm going to get in the car, and I'm going to go home, and I'm going to sleep for five days. Oh, yeah. I might even start falling asleep on the motorway, so you might not want to drive next to me. You're going to be like a bear, like, basically.

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There's no need to feel down. No, there's no need to feel down. Pick yourself up off the ground, young man. And we play basketball in between in the songs. You keep saying, have you ever seen anyone get a half-court shot in? And I keep throwing it. And I'm like, no, not from you. Anyway, so far, but you've got close a couple of times.

Don't pity me, mate. By the way, no one from this team is leaving until I get a half-court shot in today. No one goes home. Anyway, what's making you happy this weekend? Thanks to our friends at Skinny. We'll get Rachel on the air. Morena, Rach. Full of words today. Good morning.

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Yeah, she can rear her out carving? Bit of child labour on the farm there? Yeah, yeah. She can rear her calf for calf club. Oh, school holidays. Yeah, they start there. Oh, yeah, you reminded me about those this morning, and I have got no plans in place for childcare, but we'll get on to that after the show. Well done.

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Her daughter is hapu. Well done. My daughter, my oldest girl's hapu, so yeah. Oh, that's a congratulations. Well, you'll be happy about that. When's the baby due? I'm not too sure yet. I think my daughter's a couple of months.

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