Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Ben gets his moment of recognition

Episode Date: May 17, 2022

We check in with Producer Juliet on her Mediterranean travels and Ben gets his moment of recognition, chat with Comedian Chris Parker and Ben got called out for a parenting tactic by his kids.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Welcome along to the podcast today. It is the 18th of May and we have Craig who is our Australian consultant came over. Wonderful man Craig and he said that we don't, you know, you should get to the end of the show and reflect about what worked on that day's program because we don't. We just like, that one's over. Let's get on to the next one. What if nothing worked?

Well, this is what I want to have this conversation. Bell, you're here as well. Are we having it on the podcast? Yeah, we're having it now. We'll bring in producer Behubbs in here too. They're bringing in a giant green screen as well.

Hey, guys. How are you? You all right? Come on in. We're doing the podcast intro. We checked out. Just don't tell that to the podcast audience. Yeah.

But no, we don't do enough reflecting. So producer B-Hubs, you can come in here as well. We're going to do our reflection on the show that was. Okay? What do you think worked? I really get to the end of it over three hours, and I'm like, I struggle to remember all the bits we did because there's a lot of stuff in there,

and you'll hear it all on the podcast. Okay, well now each of us has to go one thing that didn't work and one thing that worked. Okay? Jeez, what is it? I'm going to say one thing that worked really well is, Ben, you told the time to an efficient standard. Okay. Specific, down to the minute.

Like, sometimes you'd be like, 8.23. Yeah, I did do that a few times throughout the show. But you don't necessarily want to hear that on the podcast because often they take those bits out. Those are the best bits. But you take Jono's word for it, that they were there on the radio show. That was a win for the show. Yeah, that was a win for the show.

What am I going to say is a bit of a downer. Listen, I'm going to take this one on the chin. Pulling back the curtain a bit, I was meant to edit some audio. Oh, you had a lot going on this morning. Yeah, I was meant to. Like that first hour and a half, you were running between. Yeah, high stress. There was a lot going on. There was a lot going on this morning. Yeah, it was me too. Like, that first hour and a half, you were running between.

Yeah, high stress. There was a lot going on. There was a lot going on. So that's probably in the management. Oh, there's my car parking thing again. Pay your parking. That's probably in the planning for the show. We probably can do that better to help you out.

Time management. But that's on me. I know I had to do that stuff. Hand some more to me, please. Hand some more to me. Okay, all right, thanks, Bell. If you want. So this is a good post-show debrief.

It's good. Okay, Producer Behance, would you like to go next so one thing that worked one thing that didn't but don't dwell on that but the grab from the queen I was going to say that oh that was on me

yeah okay alright this is horrible this is alright that was on me now there was some more have you still got that I think that's alright you know

we probably should have played it as a group off-air maybe. Bells, bells, bell the audience. This is a Queen-evident conversation with a guy at the ticket booth to get on the train, and yeah. That probably wasn't the strongest audio. No, on reflection it wasn't.

It was very hard to hear, very noisy in the background. You couldn't hear the Queen. She was like, where might I go? I had to do a little play off the back of it. But that made for a moment. And she was in the bells of London's inner tube. Looking like Jim Carrey from The Mask and the yellow outfit. So that's one thing that didn't work,

a bit of audio that had been brought to the show then. Yeah, that was on me, guys. This is brutal. Really enjoyed catching up with producer Juliet, though. Oh, yeah? And I thought it was great for Ben to get the recognition of paying for... If you joined the show yesterday, yeah, Ben was upset that I had gone off during a lunch and paid for the lunch, but then asked...

We didn't ask for it. We said we were going to pay. They put money in my account and Ben hadn't got the credit for also paying for his brother-in-law. But geez, it was awkward. You'll hear it in the podcast. It was awkward getting the credit. It was too petty.

It was petty. One thing that worked and one thing that didn't for you, Ben, the post-show debrief. Clearly the audio that I brought to the table didn't work. We've all been talking behind your back. Clearly that was a moment.

Shall we hear it again? Okay, play it again. Where might I go? Clearly that was a moment Shall we hear it again? Okay, play it again You can't hear a thing What she said was Where one might I go And yeah, so that didn't work That's all I want to say about that Okay, no positives

No, I thought it was good today Getting the feedback on products That was actually quite interesting People bought into that Which was good Oh yes, yeah You don't buy into it though, do you? No, well no But I thought it was good today getting the feedback on products. That was actually quite interesting. People bought into that, which was good. Oh, yes, yeah. You don't buy into it, though, do you? No, well, no, but I enjoyed it.

People love telling their opinions. I'm just not one to tell my opinion. No, not an opinion. He's going to be a nightmare on Talkback. What's your favourite colour? Oh, see, there's so many. See, there's so many colours. There's so many colours.

It's one of the things, the go-tos, having little kids. They often are like, what's your favourite colour? Because that changes. And I'm like, I don't know. I like it. I don't. I don't. But some days I'm like, I like this top because it's green.

And the next day I'm like, this is blue. I know what you're saying. You don't go around. You don't go around wearing the same colour all the time. So I hear you. There's just so many colours. There's a lot to choose from. Then you get into sub-colours, off-colours. You know, really. there's a lot to choose from then you get into sub colours

off colours you know really there's a whole spectrum okay Belle one positive one negative from you about the show today

positive there was a laughing crying moment again and I can't remember why now but you were like laughing I was talking about

your mum passing on someone they knew had died and you were like oh you don't care that they died and it was just quite a funny moment your mum passing on that someone they knew had died. Oh, yeah. But it wasn't, yeah. And you were like, oh, you don't care that they died

and it was just quite a funny moment. Yeah, well, I didn't. Like, there was someone I didn't even know. Like, just so I don't sound that callous. Yeah.

She's like, and it was just a two-step remove from me. She just wanted to tell me that she knew someone who was no longer with us. So, yeah, the chemistry

between you today was great. Yeah, some great better, great chemistry as our consultant would say. And, yeah, the audio, unfortunately, Ben didn't love it. I did cut it out of three. We're still on the audio.

We're still on the audio. It was a three-second grab I got. He was really adamant he wanted it. I did. I did want it. And in reflection, it wasn't good, guys. I've admitted that. That's why I'm taking that on the chin.

Now you know the highs and lows of the show. You can experience them. I won't bring the audio like that tomorrow. I'm sorry. Oh, no. Maybe the podcast audience can message us, too, with what they thought the highs and lows of the show. You can experience them. I won't bring the audio like that tomorrow. I'm sorry. Maybe the podcast audience can message us too with what they thought the highs and lows of the show were. Well, clearly the low was my audio.

We know that. But anyway, that's fine. You're essential listening for non-essential banter. Jono and Ben on the hits. We don't usually do this, Ben Boyce. We usually like to warm into the show. You know, how was your day over the last year? I want to talk about what you made me do in the Escoda,

but that's coming up. You've got some audio you want to play. I haven't edited yet. It's really traumatised me, so that's before 7 o'clock, but let's do some scrolling. Scrolling through your feed. All right, let's go 10-pin scrolling. What's happening, mate?

What's in the news? Well, Tabloid in the UK, the Daily Mail, has reported a story about New Zealand's prime minister testing for COVID, which you understand is making world news. But the unusual thing about the news headline was this. It said Jacinda Ardern isolates after hairdresser partner tests positive. Now, we've heard a lot of outrageous claims about Clark Gayford. Wild claims over the last few months.

But this might be right up there. Did they just pluck a profession out of his foot here? I don't know. Clark's commented on his Instagram. He put a post up going, the fever hit me so hard, so bad, I somehow forgot I was a hairdresser. Some people were claiming maybe it's to do with

former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, whose partner was a hairdresser. Some people were claiming maybe it's to do with former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard whose partner was a hairdresser so maybe that's where the confusion lies. No, I mean we've spoken to Clark openly about this. He's a dear friend and he's like, listen, to be honest, they don't care about me. When I'm travelling abroad with her

they don't care about me. He said when they were going through New York or something and she was there for the un jacinda she's when you go to the un and you're a world leader you're given security yeah a big detail of security and she's walking down the road and there's you know 10 secret service agents all huddled around her following her he's 20 meters behind on his own he's like anything could have happened to, anything could have happened to me. Anything could have happened to the hairdresser.

No one knows. They don't care about me. A lot of talk about the Queen recently, the Queen's Jubilee. It was really good to see her out and about. She was clapping at the, she was loving the horses.

The horses were doing a good show for her at the event, whatever that was. Yeah, well, Tom Cruise was there at the event. We were talking about this yesterday. But she also made a surprise visit to a train station in central London.

Now, she went to see a brand new subway line that's named in her honour. She unveiled a plaque at Paddington Station. Then she's wearing this very bright, lovely outfit with a matching hat. And she was even given a little oyster card, which is the equivalent of basically a hop card. And she was taught how to use the ticket machine.

The guy was like, you need to put your money in here. She's like, I will never need this. She was like, where might I go, was her question. Why would I travel with these people? Ew. But I kind of felt like it was like, you know, when you have to explain, even to your parents sometimes,

how do you use the Skype? You're like, push this button. Take it off mute. Turn the camera on. Yeah. So she's like, I haven't been on this thing in 96 years don't think I'm about to start now

which she looks really good and there was a theory too they were worried that Prince Charles did the opening of parliament which she's done every year for her tenure

and they were like is she too ill to turn up to the opening of parliament but they're saying she came up with a plan to transition. So this is what would happen if I'm not around.

Old mate's going to be in there. Do you like that? No. All right. No? Okay, well, you've got no other choice, really. And that is what's making news in New Zealand and right around the world. It is the hits.

You've got Jono and Ben. If they were the internet, you'd want to clear this history. Jono and Ben on the hits. Hey, cash and car back at 8 o'clock this morning. If you guess exactly how much, how many thousands of dollars are in the Škoda car, you can win all the cash and the brand new car, which is worth just under $46,000. And we're playing higher and lower. Well, I think that was the case, right?

Yeah, I think that's happening now. So you make a guess. Producer, sorry, cashkeeper Alex will tell you whether you need to go higher or lower. Which is good because it really narrows things down. It does, Ben. You get into the business end of the competition. I know, it means in the next day, you know, even today, it could go.

Which is pretty exciting. But speaking of this Skoda, we've got this lovely car worth pretty much $46,000. Very flash, brand new. And you made me do something in it yesterday. It's something that I hate doing in a car. You're not a parallel parker. No.

And he would prefer to park three or four blocks away instead of sliding into a parallel park conveniently. That's why I like Joseph Parker, New Zealand's boxer. I always, you know, like he doesn't have a, he doesn't have a like Iron Mike Tyson or Real Deal Holly. If he doesn't have a nickname, I always thought Joseph Parallel Parker would be a name because no one's more scared of parallel parking you know than me you know and everyone is like oh he's a parallel parker oh he's beans business yeah you

know doesn't do so well on the boxing ring uh no but it just is a skill i also at the stadium i parallel park like a champion but i just got punched in the face 20 times but it shows an air of confidence if you're like yeah i'm a parallel parker, you know, you can do it. Your wife's a parallel parker. She's very good at it. She's like, there's a gap. Take it. You're like, no, it's too tight.

She's like, it's clearly not. And you get into, you know, marital discussions, don't you? Yeah, I'm like, no, no, no, I'll just park there. I like parking far away. I don't like parallel parking, particularly when there's a lot of people around. And yesterday, sometimes you turn up and I'm like, where have you come from?

He's like walking with his Toy Story backpack. I just hiked here from 10km away where we're apart just to avoid being seen parking. So I created an environment yesterday, which yes, I'll front foot this. I knew it was going to be high pressure and play on your anxiety. Yeah, so set the scene. Okay, so it's a $46,000 car pretty much.

Central City, CBD, busy, lunchtime. Raining. Raining. There was a road cone that we placed there in between two cars for you to try and parallel park. And not just that, I had organised a flotilla of supporters. A whole crowd of people watching. To cheer you on. It's not a spectator sport and I was very nervous.

You were in the car filming me and it was a stressful occasion. We have a crowd of supportive people today. Chanting, cheering on. It's not ideal conditions too. It's wet. It's slippery. You're in the car as well uh okay so what do you want me to do here well pull out in parallel park it's a pretty simple

maneuver he's very stressed okay stop it stop filming me right in there what's that meter out from the curb okay it's quite wide out yeah okay pressure on I'm going to start again. Pressure on. Gooks. Was that someone? I didn't hear anything. What was that? Was that someone back in the car? That was just a champagne slap on the boot there with a hand.

Prank ended on a prank there, but Ben, you actually, to give you credit, you parked the car beautifully. I ran over a road cone, one of the attempts, but the last attempt I did, I always, that beeping noise, that's the thing that stresses me out too. I feel like it's someone, you know how it just suddenly gets louder and louder and more intense? Yeah.

It'll be like someone sitting next to you going, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Yeah, it adds to the pressure that doesn't need to be. That wasn't there in the 90s when we didn't have that beeping noise. So it's made driving more stressful. Yeah. You're dead right. It's meant to help you out. So it's made driving more stressful. Yeah, dead right. So if you want to win the brand new Škoda

with a slight dent in the front left bumper, 8 o'clock this morning, tune in. It's Jono and Ben, but FYI, Ben is open to other options. Jono and Ben, on the hits. Now Ben, yesterday you raised something and it hasn't sat well with me over the last 24 hours. There was an issue we had

producer Juliette used to work on the show before Belle came along. She's decided to go and work on a super yacht in the Mediterranean. And for her leaving lunch, we went to a pub. Now, you red flagged it with me yesterday. A few weeks, probably four to six weeks. Four to six weeks ago, a while ago now. At the lunch, I went off and I paid, and they said, oh, we'll go pay now.

I said, don't worry, it's all sorted. Great moment. Great moment for you. Got all the admiration from everyone. But that's not what it means for you. We have some audio of the issue that you raised yesterday. Oh, mate's got all the credit for the lunch. He's taken all the credit, the lunch he's taken all the credit

and now we've reimbursed him our credit it's not like I can ever bring that conversation back up with Juliet going hey that lunch before you left we all pitched in for that one it wasn't just Jono, he's like well how petty do I look and even how petty do I look bringing this up right now

he was like he wants to loop back round to a lunch when she returns back seven years later. You've been there the last year and a half before that?

The one that you're going to pay for? Uh-uh. Oh, vaguely. Yeah, so like 24 hours afterwards, you sent your account details to me and producer Behumps

and we paid for our pay. You paid for our pay. So you're a little rattled that you haven't been given a thanks for your part. I just wanted to bring it up on the radio. I feel like I've said my bit now. We'll acknowledge that. Well, I couldn't sleep last night

taking credit for this lunch. There's no such thing as a free lunch unless you're going out with Jono Pryor. Then he'll pay. Well, and on the day he will. And the next day I'll go, hey, just put it back. So I've messaged Juliet,

producer Behemz has messaged producer Juliet on her super yacht in the Mediterranean. And we're going to get her on next. So you can finally, we're credits due, you can get it. Now, Juliet is going around.

Have you followed her on social media? Oh, she looks like she's had them. Like an episode of Love Island. Most amazing time on a super yacht through Europe. It's incredible. The weather is amazing. When you look at it, you know, you're on a bleak, miserable New Zealand to an autumn winter morning, and you're like, oh, my God,

she's doing this, and we're here. She looks remarkably happier without us in her life. And next, we're going to come back into her life, and you are going to get credit for your part in this lunch, Ben. Okay? Jono and Ben. Yesterday, I raised a bit of an issue regarding our producer, Juliet, when she left her leaving lunch.

Now, Ben, I've tracked down former producer, Juliet. Welcome. Welcome aboard the Jono and Ben show from aboard the super yacht. tracked down former producer Juliet welcome welcome aboard the aboard the John O'Bien show from aboard the super yacht

and where are you Juliet I'm in Barcelona in Spain right now Barcelona wow she's on a boat I'm playing that

off my laptop you stopped at a good time because it's very swearing I've got the good part of the time because it's very swearing. I've got the good part of the song. It's nice to hear your voice. I mean, obviously, this is the show.

We're missing your voice every morning on the radio. I've actually been thinking about you guys almost every day. No, you haven't. Wondering how you guys are going. You haven't. Before we get into what we actually called you for, I've been following you on social media. You definitely have COVID. You are coughing your way through Europe.

You and your friends pashing random hot Europeans, going out on benders. And I'm like, they've all got COVID. It's going to be the Juliet Rothel variant. Honestly, I have been, not even kidding you, I have actually been sick for probably about two weeks straight. Because you've got COVID. It's not COVID.

I actually have a cough and it has not gone away. It looks incredible. It looks amazing what's going on over there. I'm almost not going to follow you because you looks like you're just living your best life. I know. It's honestly crazy. Like living in Barcelona for a few weeks, meeting Spanish people and going to the – eating tapas and drinking sangria.

Oh, my goodness. There are like a lot more nude people on the beach than I expected. I had quite a bit of a shock. What number did you have in your head? Honestly. It honestly shook me and lots of old people too. Yeah, why do old people like getting nude? Do it in your prime. Now, Juliette.

No, we don't need to. I know why you've rung, Juliette. We were talking. It's fine, Jono. It's fine. Now, can you cast your mind back? I think it might have been four to six weeks ago, maybe, Juliet? This looks petty, Jono.

Four to six weeks ago, we went out for lunch to wish you farewell. Yes. Now, at the end of that lunch, I went off. Yes. I went off and I paid for the lunch at the pub. Yes, you did. Yes, so in your mind, you've been going away for the last four to six weeks, Juliet. You'll be thinking, geez, that Jono, he's a generous guy, right?

Yeah. But Ben has an issue that he would like to raise because things went on behind the scenes that maybe you weren't aware of, and I need to give credit where credit cards are due. It feels petty now. Okay, so Ben, the floor is yours. Wait. Well, Juliet, look.

Okay, so what happened was Jono, wonderful gesture on the day, Juliet. Wonderful gesture. Everyone was like, wow, Jono's amazing. That's so awesome. We pay for lunch. Bee Humps and I were like, you know, you can't do that, mate. You know, we want to chip in. We want to help pay out.

Oh, no, no, no. We're like, yeah, send your account details through. So you went off to Super Yacht. You went over to Barcelona, and you're living your best life. Next day, Jono emailed his account details through. So me and Bee Humps paid our share, thirds of this lunch. And now I'm like, well, Jono got all the credit for paying this lunch. And Judy, it's gone off to Spain, living her best life.

Not knowing that producer Bee Humps and. And Jenny, it's gone off to Spain, living her best life, not knowing that producer B helps an eye. So firstly, do you care? Well, Jono, I know you're a lovely guy. We can't catch COVID through the phone.

Honestly. Honestly. Well, Jono, to be fair, it was very kind of you to pay the lunch. Thank you. It doesn't surprise me that you've let this go for four to six weeks without me realising. You're glad you now know that Ben and my bee humps paid their share?

Yes, yes, because I know that you'll be loving the fact that I thought that you paid for it the whole time. And that was winding me up. So that's why we phoned you in between benders on your superyacht in the Mediterranean. Well, thank you Ben, it's me, Humpf and Ben for also tripping in thirds. I really appreciate it. I very much

appreciate it. Can you even remember the lunch? Probably not. It's just so long ago. No. I'm trying to figure out where it was, when it was. God. Okay, Juliette. Now, just quickly before you go, what are you doing on the superyacht? Is the owner on there? Do you have to work for them? Gosh, okay. Well, the owner's not on board at the moment. We're just basically preparing the boat for the owner's arrival in a couple of weeks.

It's just a big cleaning session, and then everything will be perfect in time for the boss arrival. And then when the boss comes on board, that is when it's like you're working 24-7. Right now it's pretty chill. We're just, you know, cleaning things that already seem clean. Who is this man? Who is this guy? Is he paying for you to live and go and spread your COVID around Spain?

Yeah, we've got COVID. His name is actually Jono Pryor. He's that, yeah. What a generous guy. Time a guy who would shit your lunch. Yeah, but then I'll have to pay for a third of it. He'll send us a packing kit tomorrow. All right.

Well, listen, it wasn't intentional, but there we go. You now know the honest truth about that lunch. Thank you for calling me to tell me the truth. I appreciate it. And honestly, it's nice to hear your voice and take care of yourself. You look like you're having an amazing time. Oh, thanks, guys. Miss you.

Hope all is well back in New Zealand. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz. All right, Belle's here to execute her job at an adequate level, and that's all we require because Ben and myself, we set the bar very low. Only adequate? Yeah, no, you're doing better than what we do, mate.

That's the joy of being on this program. What's happening in Spy? Well, this is quite exciting news. Hollywood producer Jerry Buckheimer has confirmed that he is in talks with Margot Robbie and they're considering her to be a lead in a spin-off of the Pirates of the Caribbean

franchise. They are developing a script with her, without her, and I am so pumped. I think she will be incredible at doing that. So kind of the lead. Obviously not a Captain Jack, I would imagine. Could be Captain Jackie. Yeah, but that sort of role, that's awesome. Poor writer, though. Why doesn't the writer

go, hey, Jerry Bruckheimer, can you just choose who you want in this movie so we don't have to write two different scripts? Like, if you want her, that's fine, I'll just write the version of that. You know, we know what it's like. Hey, can to write two different scripts like if you want her that's fine I'll just write the version of that you know we know what it's like hey can you write two one with her

one with her why just choose her just have the other actors not talking to anyone in the scenes without her but here's a question for you I know Johnny Depp

has said he will never work with Disney again because they dropped him but if his name's cleared he's a man with no nothing attached to his name He's more than welcome to walk back into that role

Well yeah but maybe he doesn't want to as you say Because he would be He said in court you could offer me all the money Like they said if someone paid you 300 400 million he said no Because of the way he's been treated and it's kind of on principle I think He's deeply hurt by it

I would do anything for three or four hundred million. Don't worry about my roles. Okay. Come to me Disney. I'll do anything. Anything. Also the trial has

continued this week. Amber conferred that Warner Brothers has reduced her Aquaman 2 role. Have a listen. I fought really hard to stay in the movie.

They didn't want to include me in the film. Objection your honour. Why did someone object that? I don't know. include me in the film. Objection your honour. Why did someone object that? It's heresay apparently. Oh right so, well she still got paid though obviously. Yeah but I guess her role was reduced according to her.

People were getting wound up she was in it for 10 minutes. Oh like, but that was the reduced role wasn't it? Has it been reduced further than that? Well I think no it was reduced to 10 minutes from a much bigger role by the sounds of it. I got into an interesting article about that court case and another body language expert saying that Amber is clearly

lying. Johnny is relaxed, laughing, joking and that is the demeanour of someone who's got nothing to hide where her demeanour and appearance is acting and jumping from happy, sad, emotional, just like in an instant. It's like you're watching a performance.

That was this person's opinion. Of course. And yesterday you saw a bit of that as she was cross-examined by Johnny's lawyer and you could tell Amber wasn't very happy. I have not yet. Johnny sued me. So as of today, you have not donated, paid $7 million of your divorce settlement to charity, right? I have not been able to fulfill those obligations yet.

And that's because you did want something. I didn't want anything and I didn't get anything. You wanted Mr. Death's money. Didn't get it. Wasn't interested in it. I love Johnny. That's why I was with him. Well, the whole thing

Is just sad It's messy It's so sad and messy For everyone involved And I think that clip Was regarding Because she said That she was going to

Give the money to charity It's not about the money And she hasn't Given it yet But she's got the money But she's saying Well that's because He keeps suing me

And I have to Need this money As a backup For all the court cases So it's just horrible It is horrible And we spoke to Enti, who's our Hollywood insider, and he was like, I think Depp's main drive here

is to just railroad her career. Really? Yeah, and his. You were there too during the interview. I remember that part. Did you forget that bit? I remember that part of the career, jeez. Yeah, he was like, you know, just both of them.

He's like, Depp's like, oh. I was there at that interview. Was I part of that? Yeah, he was like, you know, just both of them. He's like, Depp's like, oh. Was I there at that interview? Was I part of that? Yeah, you were there. Those were his words. One thing which is interesting is that businesses that have supported and not dropped Johnny, like Dior, his perfume Dior Sauvage, sales through the roof at the moment.

Very popular. I've got Sauvage. I felt a bit weird spraying it on my neck for a while there. It's like when I bought a Michael Jackson t-shirt. I loved that t-shirt Yeah I had one as well But I had to get rid of it It fit my torso nicely

And Ben's like You can't wear that anymore But it's a nice t-shirt Oh yeah Well yeah Anyway And I had a controversial Baseball hat remember

And our friend Alice Was like you can't wear That hat anymore It was a Washington one Yes And I was like But I like the way It's on my head

Can we forget the controversy Yeah Well yeah No better to do better Can I wear my Michael Jackson t-shirt No I don't know I don't know one. Yes. And I was like, but I like the way it's on my head. Can we forget the controversy? Yeah. Well, yeah. No better. Can I wear my Michael Jackson t-shirt? No.

I don't know. I don't know. No, no, no. I don't know anymore. You might be wearing that. That is spy. You can get more

now at the hats.co.nz. I noticed you don't wear your fresh friends of belly out. He's got shorts in his shirt. I actually went to put those on the other

day and I was like, oh, maybe not the time. Maybe not the time. He's got a full suit. I do like to put those on the other day and I was like, oh, maybe not the time. Maybe not the time. He's got a full suit. I do like those shorts too. I know what you're saying. Hey, next on the show, well, we're meant to have one of New Zealand's funniest comedians joining us in the studio.

Not quite here at the moment. Will they turn up? He's headed a shambles. He's gone to the wrong radio station. All right, we'll find out what's going on. Rise and shine. Time to start the, um, who are we kidding? We're not the boss of you. Jono and Ben

on the hits. This Friday 8.30 on TVNZ2, there's a comedy special from comedian Chris Parker. It's called Back to School. Now, Chris was meant to be joining us in the studio right now, but somehow he joins us on the phone. I was supposed to be in the studio, but've been to the wrong place.

Mate, I don't want to say you've had an absolute shocker but Chris Parker's turned up to the wrong radio station. You were working in radio for a while there. You know, what's going on? That's not my fault that you guys keep swapping around the network. It is hard to tell what station he was these days. I don't know who you've aligned with anymore. I mean, you took a stab and it was the wrong one.

Now, the comedy special, Chris Parker Back to School, it was these days. I don't know who you've aligned with anymore. I mean, you took a stab and it was the wrong one. Now, the comedy special, Chris Parker Back to School, it's on tonight. Looks very cool. What was it like? Because you go back to your old high school and you record a special there. Yeah, I know. I mean, the comedy special is such a thing for comedians.

Like, it's a big, important one, you know, and you want to save up your best material and record it in a place that's like a surefire hit, like a big stadium filled with raging crowds. Somehow I ended up going back to the place where I was bullied at high school. I've decided to perform my comedy special in the big room.

That's what it's called, the big room. Does it live up to his name? I would say it's medium size. Yeah, they never do those things. So it's a boys high school in Christchurch. What, it's the kids, the teachers, they're all there watching? Yeah, students of the school, their parents and teachers and sort of board and PTA members.

So just an absolutely perfect crowd for comedy. It's like, it's unlike kind of anything you've really seen. It's very hard to explain, but it's half comedy special, half documentary so it's like a either a doc comedy special or a copcumentary i'm just trying to work out i prefer the last yeah i repeat it rolls off the tongue of it easier and so uh obviously uh you know such a wide audience there how did they like your particular brand of comedy chris well this is the thing i really enjoyed about it it's like comedy about high school the comedy's about growing up it's been performing in front

of people who are sort of going through that um and so it kind of has taken a little look into what all boys schools are because they have a bit of a reputation in this country and it's like all fun and games and we kind of laugh about that time. But I think there is sort of something a bit more serious to uncover there because it does kind of shape us in a weird way. Yeah, it does. And did it affect you, your high school years? This is the thing that I've really taken away from filming this special is it's like it has given me a more nuanced, balanced read

of what that experience was. It's so easy for me to throw my throw my gay hyperbole around and be like it was the worst years of my life um and actually looking back on it it kind of wasn't it was tough there were obstacles and i don't think the institution at that time was the most like supportive place for me to be i did make some incredible friends but what i feel like i've come out with at the end of this is like i think teenagers are going to go through stuff no matter what right like they're always going to go through like awkward adolescent periods and hate their parents and everything's so unfair but the space that they

can do that in can be more progressive and i feel like that's where we're at now it's like encourages them to talk about their feelings as well. Oh, good on you for doing this. I can't wait to see it. There's something else that you did that was pretty challenging was Celebrity Treasure Island. You won that. Now, I want to know, three weeks pretty much, no technology, like little food. Was there one thing you're like, that's going to change. I'm going to do that when I get back.

And has it stopped? I mean, what is that one thing? Yeah, I would say like being on my phone list was so incredible like i was full like circadian rhythm like i would go to bed when the sun went down i would wake up when the sun rose and it was such a healthy way to live and i would say that is absolutely not the case anymore that's the way that we all should be living you know i mean you do go away and you have those moments of realization i'm going to just be a changed person from this experience. But in reality, nothing ever changes.

You slip back, don't you? No, nothing changes. And I also thought I was going to be so much better around bugs because I get into a bit of a flap when I see a little insect or whatever. And I was like, I'm going to be like that guy that's like, you know that person in your flat that's like there's a spider and someone's like, oh, get it. And you're like such a hero.

So nothing has changed. Listen, for whatever reason, I've been a designated bug removal expert in our household. And I never enjoy it. And also the... It's a hell of a job. Hell of a job. And also the suspicious noises investigator. And then you've got that, like, that defense, like, bat or something underneath the bed.

You're like, I'm never going to use that. I'm never... If I see someone in the house, I'm running. I'm not fighting bats. I do have a defense bat as well. And I don't know what I would do. I don someone in the house, I'm running. I'm not fighting back. I do have a defence bat as well, and I don't know what I would do. I don't know what I would do with it. Yeah, well, that's the thing. I mean, my wife, I think there's someone in the house,

and I went, yeah, probably, and that was all I did. That was as far as I went. If I saw someone in the house, I'd be like, it's yours, I'm getting out of here. What am I going to do? No one can do anything. I've got a bat, though. I've got a bat. Want to play some cricket?

Chris Parker, very funny man. We're looking forward to seeing the special tonight on telly, mate. Really do appreciate your time. And you keep safe out there and try and get to the right radio station. Thanks for almost coming in. I'm all well lined up for the next one. Don't you worry, boys. I can't wait to almost see you again.

Watch and win with Lego Masters New Zealand on TVNZ2. It's on two nights a week, Mondays and Tuesdays at 7.30 on TVNZ2, Lego Masters New Zealand. In each episode,

there's a special hits pop-up code word. If you text that through to 4487, last night the word was bridge, then we announce at 7 o'clock the day after the show a name

and they have one song to give us a call on our 100th day. And she's built herself a Lego bridge and got over it to her phone to call us. Elaine Jamieson from Christchurch. Hello. How you doing? Good. What a surprise. What a surprise, isn't it? So

what do you do, mate? Pardon? What do you do, mate? Pardon? What do you do, mate? Oh, I screen newborn babies for hearing loss. That's what I do for a job. Whereabouts do you do that? At Christchurch Hospital and all the primary units and outpatient clinics around Canterbury. Oh, you get to work with cute little babies all day.

Ben gets to work with me. I look like a cute little baby. He looks like a boy. I don't know how cute. Very cute little baby with no hair. He does look like a cute little baby. He looks like a very cute little baby with no hair. He does look like a baby. Can you hear properly? Well, do you know what, Elaine? You'll be

very interested to know. Radio? Shocking. We've got headphones on. I've had headphones on every day for 22 years. I can't hear anything. Oh. That's no good. I don't know. Can you do me a diagnosis over the phone? Yeah, no, maybe you'll have to go and see Elaine. But Elaine, we're going to be sending you to the warehouse

because you've got a $500 voucher, all right? Oh, thank you so much. No worries, Elaine. Now, Elaine, I'm going to read you out some mildly interesting facts about Lego bought to you in association with my partners, the internet. Okay, now after each fact, I'd like you to go wow, okay? Oh, is that Elaine's job? Elaine's job.

What if it doesn't wow, Elaine? Well, you can decide, Elaine. You can decide if it wows you go wow. Okay? Oh, is that Elaine's job? Elaine's job. What if it doesn't wow Elaine? Well, you can decide, Elaine. You can decide if it wows you or not. Okay. Okay, all right. 560 billion Lego parts have been produced. Wow. On average, that's 86 Lego bricks for every single person on the earth.

Wow. That's good. I'll give you a well for that one. Seven Lego sets are sold every second. Wow. I'm going to get that one too. That's good. What else have we got here?

No, no. That's it? Yeah, no, I'll lose Elaine after that. All right, Elaine, thank you so much for watching Lego Masters and listening to our show. We really appreciate it, all right? Thank you. Good on you. Keep doing the good work there, Elaine, thank you so much for watching Lego Masters and listening to our show. We really appreciate it, all right? Thank you. Good on you.

Keep doing the good work there, Elaine. Have a great day, mate. Scrolling through your feed. All right, it's time for Ben to news and abuse us. What's happening in scrolling, mate? Well, you mentioned it before, Queen Elizabeth, she's celebrating her big jubilee over there, but she went to a very unusual location in England yesterday,

and it was a tube station. A central London train station. She unveiled a new plaque in her honour at Paddington Station. She was wearing a lovely bright yellow outfit with matching hats. She does a wonderful job of matching hats with outfits, doesn't she?

She's looking stunning. She's looking amazing. Now, what I appreciate about this is she's never been to the tube. Never caught the tube. And no reason to catch the tube. She's the queen for 96 years. She probably won't. Again.

But then I love it how she's like, okay, I'll mix with the common folk for a while. She even went up to the ticket machine that gives you a card and explains how much it is. She had a wee conversation with the guy there about how it all works. What's going on there, mate? And then she goes, where might I go? Where might I go? That was a big question, you know. That was some stellar audio there you got.

It was a very good one. I can say that. Sorry, I thought it was, you know. I can hear a lot of noise. Yeah, it was quite loud at a tube station. So what happened was they had to do a one-man play reenacting the queen. He was like, well, you put your thing in there. Where's my tiger? Where's my tiger?

Did it work better on telly? Did they have subtitles? They had some subtitles. I thought it was quite a cute moment. You know, she's just kind of, no fading interest. She's like, to be honest, I'll never be back again. Mate, I'm not. Do you know who I am?

Yeah. But anyway, good on her. And I love it how, because, you like, to be honest, I'll never be back here again. Mate, I'm not. Do you know who I am? Yeah. But anyway, good on her. And I love it how, because, you know, in the underground, they get very pushy, don't they, the crowd? They push you downstairs. So I think some late-for-work traveller pushed you downstairs in a hurry. You have to stick left on those escalators, otherwise

people will push you. Yeah, she, and no doubt if you went to, if one of the commuters tried to go up to the Queen, they probably would have been sniped. Exactly. And we mentioned this earlier this morning as well. We found this quite amusing. A tabloid, the Daily Mail, the UK, reported a story about New Zealand's Prime Minister testing positive for COVID.

But the unusual thing about the story headline was, Jacinda Ardern isolates after hairdresser partner tests positive. Now, they've obviously confused Clark Gayford for... For a hairdresser. Yeah. He's, they've obviously confused Clark Gayford for a hairdresser. Yeah. He's got great hair. He does. And I'm sure he would

make a great hairdresser if he applied himself. I thought he was into importing and exporting, Ben. That's what my friends on TikTok have been telling me. Oh, there's the guy. That's why I said

there's a lot of wild rumours going around to hand out the hairdresser ones up there. Now, we do love Clark. He's a friend of ours. You say that after you've used him.

He would know. Oh, I tried to text him. I do love Clark. He's a friend of ours. You say that after you... He would know. Oh, I tried to text him. I text him to try and do a gag on it. And he's like, too soon. Too soon. I was like, come and film a funny sketch with us about what they're saying about you on TikTok. He's like, do you realise who I'm with?

Yeah. No. So he was polite about that, which was very nice. But he was telling us a wonderful story, which you mentioned just after six o'clock. When he travels abroad, he's like, they don't care about me. Even in New Zealand, I think it's the case. He's like, I'm just the guy who's like 20 meters behind, just walking by myself, lonely. Everyone's taking photos of Jacinda.

They've got all the security around her, rightfully so. She's the leader of the country. Who's he? He's just a bloody hairdresser. I think he got one overseas, didn't he, where they followed him, the people, you know, the security, and he said it was more weird because everyone's looking like, who's that guy?

Because no one knows who he is. He's a hairdresser to the stars. I hear he's just a neurotic personal hairdresser. A personal hair stylist. Tested safe for listing from home. Jono and Ben on the hits. Yesterday I got into a hole about how I could work less And discovered there's some wild propaganda out there about Aotearoa It's out there in the world

That we enjoy a four day working week It's websites We're on a list of ten countries who do a four day working week Now obviously it's not common practice But it is seeming to be happening more and more around the country. But, you know, there's a lot of misinformation around it that, you know, the rest of the world thinks. No wonder why everyone wants to come down here and live.

They think we're living a four-day working week down here with all of our no COVID and stuff. They still think we don't have COVID overseas. No, we got good branding out there for a little bit. Yeah, we did. We showed off as well. But I did some research into the, you know, they started out working seven days a week back in the early 1900s

or whenever it was. That's what they did. That's what your forefathers and foremothers did there, Ben Boyce. Seven days a week. Seven days a week. Then Henry Ford from the Henry Ford Motor Company. Yeah. He's like, this is wild.

Surely there's a better way. He cut it down to a five-day job. He was the first person to do it, to give people a weekend. Because I was like, who decided that Monday to Friday was the... But it does, I mean, your Monday is the traditional ones, isn't it?

But it's all changed now, right? Yeah. So he went and did that. So he could go and do burnouts on the weekend, attend the burnout comps on the weekend, give himself a breather. So he's who you need to thank for getting down to five. Now we're getting a bit cocky. Can we trim it down to four?

Yeah. It seems to me, though, with the people working four days, that they make up the time. They're still working the same amount of hours as a lot of people would be working over five days. They're just doing it in four days. Yeah. Like, I mean mean i could potentially i don't know if you're on board with this maybe on fridays why don't i during the week just record like little bits of me going or going you that's right ben cool mate and then you just play you

can do the show you just play these little little bits of me laughing it still sounds like you're there yeah yeah just as an idea potential pitch uh. We did want to check out there, though. Are you celebrating or are you doing a four-day working week? Does your business do a four-day working week? How does it work? Yeah. Do you all take that fifth day off? Does productivity drop?

Are you doing a four-day working week? We'll talk to some Kiwis next who are doing it. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're talking four-day working week. It's a thing that's happening around the country. Some people are doing it. We're not. We're here five days a week saying stuff.

We can't. We can't take a day off because it has to happen. And to be honest, we only work six till nine, don't we? Yeah, exactly. So we can't really throw stones. Gab, you're on from Auckland on 0800 The Hits. You've got a four-day working week at your business. Yeah, well, it's not the

entire business. It's just me and a couple of others, so just by choice and agreement, but yeah, it works really well. So you work longer for the four days to make up the hours for the fifth? No, it's 32 hours. Oh, you just trim down

your work week. Yeah, so it's Monday to Thursday and no hump day. Yeah, true. You'd have a hump day somewhere. Surely Tuesday's your hump? No, well you kind of get to Wednesday and then you

realise that the next day's your Friday. Sounds great. What do you do? I'm a designer. Oh, yeah. You're living the trip. Sounds great. What do you do? I'm a designer. Oh, good on you, Gab. Yeah. Well done.

Four-day working week for you. We'll get Rebecca on, who's on 0800 The Hits as well. You're at a beauty spa, which you manage. You're all on a four-day job. Yeah, it works better for the business because the girls can come in early. They can leave a bit later. They cover all of my on-demand times. But, you know, they're getting four days' work,

so nearly full-time hours, and they get three days off. They love it. Yeah, right. And do you find that they're working harder? Well, I mean, they're working pretty hard anyway. It's quite a hands-on manual job anyway. Yeah, what are you waxing? Talk to us about the worst part of the body that you need to wax on someone.

There's all sorts of bits and pieces. There's lots of horror stories. Yeah, I mean, I've got lots of bits and pieces that probably need a waxing. Could you take this job on? I'm sure we can try. You might need a petrol line trimmer. You might need to take more days off, actually, after that. Trauma days. Get some therapy.

Well, good on you. I'm glad it's all working out at your beauty spa. Four days a week there. And we've got Sam on the phone, 0800 Hits. Where are you, mate? Oh, I am just out of Auckland. I'm getting more to go around at the moment. I tell you where he is in the world,

and he's in a better position than us being, because he's doing a four-day working week, Sam. Yeah, that's right, mate. No Mondays for me, so that's pretty good. Were you a five-day working week company that cut down to four? Yeah, basically we used to do 7am to 3pm, Monday to Friday, so 40 hours,

but we changed it to 7 till 5 4 days a week and then we just got one team that does Monday to Thursday and one team that does Tuesday to Friday so nothing gets missed and everyone gets a 3 day weekend you do the same hours but

it feels like you're not doing as much just because by the time you've got to work another couple of hours doesn't actually make much just because, you know, by the time that you've got to work another couple hours doesn't actually make much difference. Because that's what we were having the conversation, like if you shut down the business on that one day, well, you don't. You just have one team covering that day while the other, oh. Who's your boss?

Give them a shout out. Yeah. That's actually my old man, the money man, Brendan Johnson. He actually did a skit with you guys back in the day. Oh, Brendan Johnson! Used to have the TV show on TV3, The Money Man. Well, I tell you what, he would know how to make money, and he's not losing any of it.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, no, he's doing all right. Oh, that's... Well, you pass on our regards to Brendan, and he's running a great operation where people only have to work four days a week. Exactly, mate. It's bloody awesome.

Oh, good on you. Hey, lovely to hear from you, bud, and you have a safe drive. Thank you very much. Cheers, guys. Five words for 5K. You're just five words away from $5,000. It is our game of word association. We play it every morning at this time on The Hits.

We tell you five words. You tell us what pops into your head after those five words. If all five match up with ours, you win $5,000. Yes, it's the part of the show that's got the greatest capacity to bring the most amount of joy, but also the greatest capacity to let people down. And, Ali, we could be letting you down in just mere minutes. Hopefully not.

Hopefully not. We want you to win. That's what we want to do. We had a winner last week, and we have before gone back-to-back with the week winners. So it. Hopefully not. We want you to win. That's what we want to do. We had a winner last week and we have before gone back to back with the week winners. So it can be done. It can be done. You're on your way to work you do administration.

Yeah. Admin. Paperwork. Lots of fun. Let's hope you have to do the paperwork figuring out what you're going to do with $5,000 cash. The game show that's got everyone talking. And by that I mean Ben, me, and Ellie on the phone. That's right. All right, Ellie, you've got a big decision to make.

Who do you want to send into the soundproof booth, John or Ben? Let's go with Ben, please. All right, let's do it. Ellie, you're stuck in, I hear traffic is wild out there in Auckland this morning. Ellie? Just a typical day. Just another day, yeah. Are there parts of you when you're sitting there still on the motorway, in Auckland this morning, Ellie? Just a typical day. Just another day, yeah.

Are there parts of you when you're sitting there still on the motorway, not moving, looking at other frustrated motorists, you go, oh, put us back in lockdown? No, because I got used to listening to you. All right, you're listening to us. All right, good on you, Ellie. Positive outlook on life, better than me. First word that comes into your head when I say BART.

Sorry, Bart? Bart, B-A-R-T. Bart Simpson. Well done. Day, word number two. Day. Day, D-A-Y. What's today? Wednesday. Let's go Wednesday. You're going to check Wednesday? Hash is the third word this morning.

Hashtag. Hashtag. Siren at word number four for Ellie stuck in traffic. Siren. What number word is that? Is that four? That's the fourth one, yeah. Can I come back to it, please?

Yeah, let's go to divorce then, the fifth and final. Divorce. Marriage. Marriage, all right. And what are you thinking about siren, Ali? What do you reckon, mate? Siren. Loud.

Loud siren. All right, let's get Boyce out of the soundproof booth. Ali, are you, like, moving at the moment in traffic? Have you got motorists next to you? Yeah. Wind down your window, get their attention, ask them what the hell they're listening to. Can you do that for us?

Oh, no, I couldn't. Everyone's moving too fast. Yeah, yeah. I don't care. I don't care. 100 k's an hour, wind down your window. Hey, wait. Okay, let's win you $5,000, Ellie.

Ben Boyce is out of the sour brew booth, and I need to know the first word that comes into your head when I say Bart. Simpson. One from one. Day. The second word. Night. Ellie.

Oh, well. I'm sorry, Ellie. What did Ellie go with? She went with Wednesday. Yeah, yeah. Why don't you wind down your window, ask them what they're listening to, and you might want to change to that station now, Ellie, because we've let you down.

We'll go through the motions. Hash was the third word. Hashtag. Siren. Police. It was loud, and divorce was the fifth word. Marriage. Not bad. Oh, not bad. Ellie. Almost divorce was the fifth word. Marriage. Not bad.

Ellie, okay. Almost compatible, but not quite, Ellie. Hey, lovely to meet you. I'm happy with that. You too. I've always wanted to play, so thanks for giving me a shot. We haven't had another chance any other day, all right? Give us a call.

We'll be here. We'll be here. All right, Ellie, love your work. One great way to make the morning commute a little more stressful. Jono and Ben on the hits. Sometimes, not every day, I like to drive home through the park, park my car, and just sit on my computer like a pervert. Do you?

I do, not every day. Don't say that. What do you mean? You're not a pervert. Well, no, I'm just saying like whenever you... I like one. No, I'm not a one, no. Now's not the time to come out as a pervert. Well, no, I'm just saying, like, whenever you... I'm like one. No, I'm not one, no. Now's not the time to come out as a pervert.

You're the one who said it. You know, I'm a proud pervert. There's not enough perverts. You're right, Belle. He's the one who said it. Why would you say that? Well, I was just saying, like, if you see a man in a car on a laptop, you're like, he's either an undercover FBI agent or he's up to some...

For some reason it feels a bit weird. I know what you're saying. Yeah, he's up to sinister... Yeah, but you're not. No, just working clearing emails you're not going home but it's the greatest thing happened yesterday so i pulled in and there was a couple in the car next to me and what i noticed was a lot of exasperated hands going up in the air i'm like oh prior this is wonderful you've pulled into a relationship discussion here. They've decided to find a quiet park in the spot.

They've got the windows down too. Oh, so they're in the car as well. They're in the car. There's a park right next to them. Oh, I kept some distance. Kept a safe social distance away from them, Ben. But it wasn't safe enough for them because I could hear everything that was being said.

And boy, oh boy, were they talking through some stuff. You love these situations. You are an Aussie parker. Well, what I'd gathered piecing it together is he had disrespected her over an incident that had taken place in front of her work colleagues. And she's like, you always do this. He's like, I didn't mean to do it. I'm sorry.

She's like, well, this keeps happening. We keep having this conversation. Why do the same things keep happening? Why are we talking about this right now? Fairly private information. It is. But I mean, it's better. No matter what subs I'm paying for Netflix,

this is the entertainment I'm after. Great stuff. And nothing. It was at that moment when they finally worked it all through. And it was at that moment. July, a lot of guys. They gave them a standing ovation. Great therapy session.

I got in the back seat. I started hugging it out with him. Come on. You can sort through this. You can play mediator as well. No, I think he just

calmed down, Cheryl, you know, like this point. Do you guys want to have a look at what's on my laptop? Oh,

geez, all right. You made it weird. No, but nothing makes you feel better about your relationship than hearing another couple arguing. You know, it weird. No, but nothing makes you feel better about your relationship than hearing another couple arguing.

You know? Would you agree with that, Bill? Oh, absolutely. Yeah. You're like, hey, well, things go pretty well for me. That's Cash in Car. Guess how much cash we've stashed in the Škoda's boot and drive it home along with all that money.

Yes, your chance to guess right now to win that amazing Škoda and all that cash in the back of the car. Cash Keeper Alex knows the amount. And just look at Cash Keeper Alex over Zoom. Sorry to bring this up, but you're in your garage. You're like, what's going on?

Yeah, I don't really have much of a choice. You're next to a car, a literal car. I don't know if that's the cash in the car car, but you're in the garage. I'm not sure it's as nice, if I'm honest. It was meant to be an undisclosed cash bunker that we were hiding her in, and you've clearly said she's in her garage. So if anyone needs to find the cash in the car, well, they know where Alex is. A garage. I don't know if it's her garage, but you can see the roller door.

Yeah. Hey, Alex. Higher or lower today? It's her garage, but you can see the roller door. Yeah. Hey, Alex. Higher or lower today? So whoever guesses how much money's in the boot, they're going to be given a nice little higher or lower clue. They are indeed. That's why we love you. That's why you're the best cash keeper in the game, Alex.

We're going to get Amelia on from Gizzy, Gizzy, Gizzy. Morning. That's when you go, oi, oi, oi. Oi, oi, oi. That, oi, oi, oi. That's well done. Thank you, Amelia. Now, you work in admin as well. We have spoken to four different people who work in administration today.

There is a lot of administration being done in this country at a high level. I know because we've got the phone beside us with the radio on, so we've got options. Good on you, Amelia. Okay, so I'm going to hand you over to cashkeeper Alex, who's in her garage. Ben's revealed all. And you're going to have to have a stab down to the cent. How much money is in the boot of that Skoda? Okay. All right.

Amelia from Brisbane, what is your guess? I think it's $19,949.22. Okay. So Amelia from Gisborne with a guess of $19,949.22. Yes. It is lower. Lower. But not the correct amount.

Oh, wow. That's okay. How much lower are we talking, Alex? Like lower than Ben taking money out of the SPCA charity box at reception and using it for the vending machine? I don't do that. Lower than that? You guys just don't stop.

I've given you so much. Okay. Just take it for today. Lower than that. Amelia. We'll take that. Yep. You are a sweetheart.

Okay. You continue being a beautiful human being, thank you so much for listening thanks have a good day I was having a conversation with my daughter yesterday and I she wanted to get something and she'd been saving up and I was still like, you know, like, and so I basically was trying to do what the parents do and to kind of delay it. So I didn't want to say no. So you kind of say some things that kind of buys you a bit more time. And she called me out on it.

And so I recorded it. Have a listen. What's your problem? Okay. So when you say, okay, we'll see, maybe, well, let's just talk to mum later. It's just another excuse to say no isn't it no yes it is it's just giving you time to think no i'm just gonna say it in a nice way yeah secretly i hope

you forget about it yeah and then i go to you like oh i'll just talk to mum later about it and we'll have a chat then i go back you're like, we're in the middle of something. No. Give me the answer. Oh, well, we'll see if we can talk to mum about it later. Oh, yeah. Maybe. Yeah, we'll see. So that's it. Yeah, you're right.

She called me out. And that's exactly what you do. Straight from the parenting playbook. There's a lot of stalling, lying, and hoping they'll forget. And it's the basis of any good upbringing in new zealand yeah yeah she's like yeah are you saying you will see or maybe she's like it's a no it's a no but you just don't want to say it to me now you know another classic that i like to chuck out is when they question something why because i said so and that has to be the wateriest reason in history.

Because I said, yeah, okay, still, you haven't said. You're like some sort of dictator from overseas or something. Why? Because I said so. I still haven't delivered a decent reason as to why you can't, but it's just because I said. You know, you get that joy. When you create other human beings, you have the power to just go, because I said so. And they have to listen to that.

That's a powerful talk, Kevin Boyce I love your dad, he is a stickler for this when he will go to you oh you know Patricia who's friends with your Aunt Jocelyn's podiatrist Deirdre, and then I go oh no I don't think I do, and then he'll keep mowing on with Patricia's

Patricia she's got bunions and her niece wants to get into radio, do you think you can and her niece wants to get into radio. Do you think you can get her a job? And so you're like, what, so this lady who's two steps removed from me? Then I clearly just told you I don't know what it is. It's like, I just want to tell you the story anyway, and it doesn't matter if you know them or not.

I'm just going to carry on. And the worst one is when they go, and she's dead. And you're like, yeah, I still don't care. I mean, mean obviously too cute very sad for there how can you care about something you don't know you know does this make me a horrible person because i never knew the person you're talking about now i'm meant to grieve about someone I don't know. How did we get there? You're running late,

stuck in traffic and now you have to listen to this. Jono and Ben on the hits. The budget comes out tomorrow from the government which, you know,

there'll be a few things there'll be clickbait headlines out of it. I love your vague tease for the budget. The budget's coming out tomorrow. Yeah, it's big news

obviously tomorrow and they'll announce how we're going to get out of the high cost of living. Yeah. Governments. I just love Grant Robertson to come out and go, guys, we're blowing a stack of cash and there's a bugger all left. It's going to be pretty quiet for the rest of the year, guys. Yeah.

But actually, which leads us into what we want to do now. You want to do something where people can recommend particular products to help people out yeah it's called swear by it now the theory being and you probably uh have the same thing happen in your life is as human beings we love giving recommendations to people don't you like my one my go-to is if i see someone who's coming on with a cold well firstly i step about 20 metres away from them nowadays. But I go, what you need to do if the cold's coming on, I've got these lozenges in my pocket now, is take coldies lozenges.

Have you tried these? No. If you feel a cold coming on, just jam these in whatever part of your body you can. Mainly your mouth is probably the best. And it'll get rid of the cold. I swear by it. And also take a rats test

And probably don't go into work If you did test positive There's some other stuff But you know Have some of these as well Okay good Maybe they should have Just handed these out

When COVID came There you go Handed out coldies We'll spend 12 billion The government on coldies Yeah but what's your What's your recommendation Also when people go on holiday

To a destination you've been to Oh you're going to tauranga you must go to blah blah blah oh no i don't i don't i'm probably the opposite because you know some people go people like different things so if they go and have something they have a different experience to what i have i always feel like it was responsible my response oh you don't want to shoulder that responsibility i don't want to come back go how was the thing and they're like it wasn't that good i'm like oh i made you pay 50 as well as for that activity or whatever you know so yeah right so you don't want to shoulder that responsibility i don't want to come back go how was the thing and they're like it wasn't that good i'm like oh i made you pay 50 as well as for that activity or whatever you know so yeah right so you don't know to force your recommendation oh we really enjoyed it what about a restaurant will you recommend a restaurant to someone oh that's good it's good if you're into that sort of thing i mean i found it good i found

like i'm very quick to disclaim i don't want you you to be cursing my name at the end of the night when you've had a shoddy night. My experience was really good. Yeah, well, Bell, we're going to talk today, we're going to focus in on one topic a week. And today, vacuum cleaners. Now, this might sound the most boring radio topic ever, but my friend Jason came over and he's like, I bought a new vacuum cleaner, sucks the life out of the carpet, almost sucks the carpet up into the vacuum cleaner. He's like, it's abyssal. And he swears by it.

And I was like, well, Jesus, haven't our lives changed? Sitting there having a beer talking about vacuum cleaners. But, Belle, you swear by a vacuum cleaner. Yeah, well, I was recently in the market for a new one. I've got a ragdoll cat. We've got dark carpets. So her white fur goes on on the daily and needs it. And so I invested.

I'd ask people online, what's the best one? I did my research, and apparently this is the most powerful on the market. It's the Mela, I hope you say it that way, the pet one, the cat and dog. They're not cheap, but some people will like swear by it. I've had it 18 years.

It works amazingly. It'll suck you through to Spain. That's how powerful that thing is. Okay. Have you got a vacuum cleaner? Yeah, I have. But again, you know, it works well for me.

I'm not going to force it upon anyone else. Yeah, we do. We've got a pet one as well. Not that one as well because we have a lot of white fluff and fur from the dog and cat. Oh, you would. You've got to just...

It's just a dog. Yeah. But hey, it works for us. It works for you. I love how he's not even going to name it to force his opinion on someone it's the only thing

that sucks more than Jono and Ben is his vacuum cleaner alright so 0800 the hits 4487 are we getting people to say

you've got to swear by it swear by your vacuum cleaner then after you've given the recommendation you've got to go fudge knuckles oh jeez I thought you were

going to actually no one's actually swearing a family friendly swearing yeah no one says a family friendly show we do now, mate. Swear by it. There we go. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits.

Swearing by products is what we're talking right now, in particular vacuum cleaners this morning. Yeah. And these are just recommendations. We're not forcing some sort of slimy vacuum cleaner salesperson on you. Is this your way of getting around, you know, because you're not big on social media with hashtag ads. Is this your way of getting around, because you're not big on social media with hashtag ads, is this your way of getting...

You've been paid for an endorsement, have you? This is his way of tricking us into talking about it. I'll get it on the airwaves for you in a new segment I call I'll Swear By It. I'll leave my name to it, but we'll do it in a comical way. I see what you're doing here. Imagine if that was the play. Every week he's going to get a new product.

You go, this week? Yeah, I'll tell you what I swear by. And this week we're talking about your favourite supermarkets. I'll tell you what mine is. So, I'll tell you what, the text on the phone's blowing up, Ben Boyce. A lot of vacuum cleaner recommendations. Oh, I love it. Swear by it. Dean, we're going to kick things off

with you. You're going to swear by what, Dean? Well, I've got a stick vac from the warehouse 18 volt cordless with a power head on it we've got quite a high shag at home so uh yeah it gets into it and the missus has even started using it so it's all good oh so you're you're using it the the missiles is using it oh my son's using it that's all yeah rolling. She gets into the high shag. High shag, new carpet. And I brought her a bloody backpack vacuum cleaner,

and she wouldn't use it. It was too heavy. Oh, like a Ghostbusters vacuum cleaner. I love those. I've seen people walking over those. I mean, you better be in business when you're walking in vacuum with one of those on your back. She's bloody commercial, I tell you. She is commercial there, Dean.

That's swear by it. Now you need to swear by it. No, we're not doing that. No, this is going to end in all sorts. I love your word, Dean. I'll tell you what. The stick vac from the warehouse, the cordless one, and it's a greeny colour. Maroon.

Bloody awesome, all right? I swear by it. $100, Dean, they say. Yeah, $100. Can't go wrong. I went to the Godfrey's or whatever and $100. $100. 18 volt cordless, shag pile. Hi, shag. Hi, shag. Alright, let's take

another one. That's so good. Good idea, Dean. Appreciate it. We'll go to the Taranaki. Fee, you're on the air. Welcome. Vacuum cleaner recommendations for swear by it this week well um it has to be the pistol and it's not even a highly expensive one i mean i've had talus i've had you know dyson but i have to say value for money and sucks better than an ex-husband. And what was... Oh, no, yeah, actually, no, okay, okay. So, the Bissell, there's a lot of good street talk about the Bissell. There's a lot of good street talk about the Bissell.

The Jolly Cry may have not got an endorsement for it or not, we don't know. Oh, absolutely would endorse it. Yep, for the warehouse, the Bissell's are the way to go. That's what we're hearing on the text machine, a load of text coming in for the Mealy Pet Vacuum Bell, which you're putting your good name to.

All my research, that was the one that people love the most. Most powerful in the market, apparently. Yeah, that's right. Swear by it. Well, I don't know.

Not to the old 18-volt cordless that's doing the high shack. There you go. That was swear by it for this week, vacuum cleaners. So we're going to bring that back again with different products?

Is that how it works? Yeah, I thought next week what you could do is fast food restaurants. Oh, yeah. You don't seem entirely on board with that. To be honest, I didn't put that much thought into it. I don't know why I asked you that. I just thought we'll talk about that after the show. We've got seven days to come.

That'll be back again, but maybe we'll see. We'll land on next week. It is the hits. Whenever Ben goes, oh, yeah, I'm like, that's definitely not going to happen. We proudly present the audio version of Clickbait. Belle, what's happening in Spy? Well, the Johnny Depp Amber Heard trial continues. You can't escape it.

It's all over your feed. And Amber yesterday confirmed that Warner Brothers have reduced her Aquaman to role Well, there was a huge petition going around. I fought really hard to stay in the movie. They Didn't want to include me in the objection your honor Someone objected someone objecting to her being cut down into the 10-minute segment. Well, apparently it's hearsay That was Johnny's lawyer who absolutely, people are saying, owned Amber yesterday in the cross examination. This is where she was asked

about whether or not she has actually donated the divorce settlement money like she claims to have. I have not yet. Johnny sued me. So as of today, you have not donated, paid $7 million of your divorce settlement to charity, right?

I have not been able to fulfill those obligations yet. And that's because you did want something. I didn't want anything and I didn't get anything. You wanted Mr. Deft's money. Didn't get it, wasn't interested in it. I love Johnny, that's why I was with him. So she said she was going to give all the money to charity and it hasn't followed through.

It's kind of like me when I'm running through the mall. I was like, oh, you know what, I'll go jump online and do something. And you don't get around to it. I can see where she's coming from. Yeah, but she's saying that she got, because she's continuing to go through court cases as well. So the whole thing, very messy. And it'd be a horrible, stressful situation being up there in front of the world.

Oh, it would. Being cross-examined by lawyers who are so good at doing their job. You'd be like, oh, jeez. Well, every time you're being interviewed by a lawyer, I mean, Ben, you've been through this a couple of times, haven't you? Yeah. You loved any chance.

You loved to bring it up. I mean, it gives the show cred that one of us has been through the New Zealand judicial system. It does. It brings a bit of badass to the head. It's surprising that it's not you, John. Yeah. It probably would surprise people.

But I imagine they've got a game plan in their heads, the lawyers. And they're like, I've got this line of questioning and you will just go down here and then boomfah. You've said the thing that they want you to say. I'd do that as a lawyer. I'd be like, boomfah. You just said the thing. You just got boomfahed. Watching it, though, it's so long and slow.

The poor judge is about 90. He must be struggling to get hot in the courtroom. Yeah, no, but it's just a horrible situation all around for what's going on. I feel bad it's all just plastered all over the news, the whole thing. Yeah, they're literally like, I can see it. I've got live streams. It's on the YouTube court channel. I didn't even know they had a court channel.

And also Harry Styles has talked about what it is like to be that famous. You know, one of the biggest boy bands in the world. And also Harry Styles has talked about what it is like to be that famous. You know, one of the biggest boy bands in the world. And now he is one of the biggest stars. Have a listen to this. It's impossible to not, at times, I think everyone experiences this, feel like, oh, everyone else is on the other side of the glass and I'm on this side of the glass. Good analogy there, I thought.

He feels like he's inside a glass box. Yeah, no one understands. We literally are here. Yeah. This is a glass box. Well, not that we're that famous. No, but we actually work inside a glass box. Yeah, because we've got a big glass window

that goes out to a foyer. So we know exactly what Harry's talking about. Yeah, but he's got the fame. But he's actually talking about the glass box. He's on the other side of the glass box. We're on the other side of the glass box. That's some Harry Styles. Same thing.

We should catch up on our glass box when he's here. That's pretty much our show for Wednesday. Joining us tomorrow on the program, we've got talking about people who are doing four-day working weeks in New Zealand, Ben. You seem to be a big campaigner for this. I've really become the mouthpiece for it on this show. We're going to talk to a boss who got in touch with us. He runs a massive company.

He does it. It's the best thing I've ever done in business, and I really suggest that every employer thinks about how they could introduce it in their business because the impact is quite dramatic. It feels like I have some sort of agenda. It does. Like a Mike Hosking type agenda.

You're like, listen to this. It's going to be tomorrow. We'll find out if Jono, he'll be here tomorrow, maybe not Friday, Jono. That's the way the four-day week works. Have yourself a wonderful Wednesday. We'll catch you guys tomorrow from six o'clock.

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