Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Ben walks away from the show mid argument

Episode Date: June 30, 2022

Every call on air wins tickets to Jack Johnson, Jono debuts a new game, Ben realised he was wrong mid argument and we chat to Actress Joey King the star of 'The Princess' now on Disney+See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Hi there, welcome. Kia ora, it's the podcast. First of July, the seventh month of the year. It's the downside. Now I start checking out about now. You're checking out earlier and earlier every year. I said it used to be November, then October. I'm just working back. The year's gone for you. When's the official checkout time for you?

When do you guys feel like workers as a whole, the work industry checks out? I'd say early December. You reckon? Yeah. Or just lunches. People just go on lunches and lunches and lunches. True. Yeah, I think it depends on it.

Because some workplaces, it's the busiest time of the year. You know, Christmas and the demand and stuff. It depends what you're doing. It does. The radio industry, yeah. But other people are like, if you were in a business, it'd be the busiest time of the year your year yeah you know not and then christmas finishes and you got the boxing day so you know like yeah it does it depends what you're doing you're right

yeah you're right now all i'm looking all i am referencing here uh probably the uh the high for losing sales reps yeah but mind you they're doing that all year round aren't they yeah they all the christmas campaigns which will be busy leading into that yeah that's right that um do you reckon you could be a salesperson i'd be so bad at it all right we had to do some for broadcasting school we had to sell for it was tough to sell because you you had a station for six weeks was on like a very limited frequency and then they were like you had to sell we just sell ads on a station on the station that existed so it was a station that only popped up for six weeks how many listeners oh no one knew i mean i don't think any what were you selling yeah selling ads on there what i found i found i was fine talking to people i make great friends

i like very friends have a conversation people but they're great but then when it came down to like do you want to buy an ad i was no good i'll be like do you want to go think about great okay cool you know like i was no good at the it wasn't the deal closer yeah i couldn't do it you know when it came down to like, do you want to buy an ad? I was like, do you want to buy an ad? I'll think about it. Great. Okay, cool. You know, like I was no good at the- He wasn't the deal closer. Yeah, I couldn't do it. You couldn't close the deal. In my head,

I'd be like, I wouldn't be doing this if I was you. Why would you be buying it? I didn't have the confidence of what I was, like even though it was a fine station.

I mean, it was a station that popped up for a short amount of time. But the advertising on it would be redundant. Yeah, exactly. And you knew that. I knew that.

He didn't believe in what he was selling. No, I didn't have the heart to sort of, yeah. So I don't think we sold any. Did you do that same sales exercise? Yeah, I was in a different stream but I was in the same building and they literally would go to car dealerships and they'd be like,

yep, cool, we'll give you some money. Really? And it made you sell so much. Yeah, crazy. It was great. Who's pocketing the money? The Broadcasting Schoolhouse. It was higher and higher each year. I was like, oh my God,. Yeah, crazy. It was like, the broadcasting school was great, but it made you... Who's pocketing the money? The broadcasting school, who else?

It was higher and higher each year. I was like, oh my God, this is, yeah. So did you guys get like a cat or a... No, it went straight to the, what?

To the broadcasting school. I was just talking about the broadcasting school was great, you learnt so many good things, but the sales part of it, I was terrible at it. It reminds me of Oliver Twist, where, you know,

the guy used to do all the kids to go out and do all the stealing, and he comes back and takes... You want to buy some ads on the thing? Yeah. and do all the stealing really you should have got a commission i remember there was a great thing we had a salesperson come in and they were like look for something a little tip look for something in their office or wherever you're talking to so you can connect with them they call it the trout on the wall that's what he said so if there's a trout on the wall you're like oh you're into fishing maybe you'll find like a common interest uh like that so i went like to one guy i was like some guy was a canterbury guy also that was like so a rugby thing he like rugby he's like yep and that was it

it's a fun show today enjoy lots of jack johnson tickets to give away we got jack johnson as well here's the podcast he last visited in 2017, and now in December this year, we welcome Jack Johnson back to NZ Shores on his Meet the Moonlight Tour. Yeah, pretty cool. Jack Johnson coming back to New Zealand, Auckland and Hawke's Bay this December. Two gigs, and all the tickets are at livenation.co.nz. And every caller that gets on the air this morning wins tickets to Jack Johnson. Yeah, we're scalping off Johnson's tickets for him this morning.

Now, we kick things off, Ben, with an international caller. Jack Johnson? No, no, no. Why would Jack Johnson phone through for tickets to his own show? I'm pretty sure he'll be granted access. You never know. I've got to pay tickets to get into my own. Actually, yeah, everyone's got to pay, right?

Mind you, when you're hosting the music awards, they almost didn't let you in, did they? That's right. My lanyard didn't have my pass. They're like, mate, can't come in. I'm like, but I'm hosting. And Jack Johnson's such an unassuming-looking character that you'd think security might not recognise him.

But no, it's our US correspondent, friend of the show, former Kiwi. He's got his face on a can of beer over there as well. Johnny Lovegrove from Portland, Oregon. Howdy, partner. Morning, boys. I can't believe I got through. Oh, it's nice you've called.

What time is it in Portland? Just gone 11 o'clock. I'm hard at work. Well, hardly working. I love that saying. Hard at work or hardly working. Now, John, I don't know how you're going to go and see Jack Johnson in Auckland from Portland.

I mean, it's quite an expensive experience for you to fly back. I mean, he's great, but you're right, Jono. It's a trip. Mate, I'm not just a former Kiwi. I'm still a Kiwi, and I'm having my first New Zealand Christmas in 23 years this year. So I'll be back.

I'll be back in town. Oh, that's good. So you won't be in a snowy... Does it snow in Portland? No. Well, sometimes. Like one every three years, but not usually. Coming back for a summer Christmas.

And we were actually having this conversation yesterday on the podcast about we should be eating our Christmas dinners now, midwinter Christmas. Because, you know, having a steaming hot ham, hot potatoes on a 32 degree day on the 25th of December is not conducive, is it? Yeah, no, we're usually wearing jackets and coats and cooking up something hot for Christmas. It's usually, if not snowing, it's usually like, you know, two degrees. Well, John, you're going to go to Jack Johnson when you're here. We're going to give you a double pass. And also, you got to see Benny.

You sent us a photo the other day. You got to see Benny over there. And was that in Portland she was playing? Yeah, she's just ended her U.S. tour. And she did one of the live shows here in Portland. And I went along. And it was awesome. Did you yell out, I'm from New Zealand too?

Did you get her attention? No, but because I'm Jono and she's Benny, we were Jono and Benny. Yeah, Jon sent us a picture and he got a T-shirt made of Jon and Benny and they got a photo together, which is pretty cool. And he photoshopped, your face is gone, my face is gone, and it's been replaced by John we're talking to now and Betty. It was very cool. That's beautiful. Last time we sent John to a Kiwi concert over there

was 660 and you held up a sign with our names on it. John O'Bed say hi or something and someone said John O'Bed suck from the audience. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. The next night it was actually Alders Harding was here, so I went to that and we got Crowded House on the way too.

Oh, that's great. Well, it's great. And it's also great for us to know that we suck in multiple continents. Different time zones. We're still sucking. We're still sucking. All right, well, John, enjoy going to Jack Johnson

and hopefully we can catch up with you when you're in New Zealand. Cheers, we'll try. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz All right, let's wrap up the week with some unsubstantiated gossip, Belle, what's happening in Spy, mate? Well, this is very exciting

Cameron Diaz, she's a very popular actress, we've had so many movies back in the day with her in them, of course, you know Charlie's Angels, well the last movie she did was in 2014, it was Annie and she was good in that, she in 2014 It was Annie And she She was good in that

She was fantastic in it Oh it was with Jamie Foxx wasn't it Yeah she was the evil It was like the reboot of Annie Yeah She ran the bloody orphanage Well she hasn't done any acting since then She's sort of retired in a way

Yeah And now she's been enticed to come back Tom Brady actually helped encourage her to do it I saw something of that online It was like Jamie Foxx calling her And then he's like I'm just going to put someone through And then there was Tom Brady on the line as well.

Yeah, and they're like, please come back. Tom Brady, obviously a great footballer that's been playing for like 100 years. Retired 100 times. So he was a part of it. And then they're going to be doing this back in action film on Netflix. It's a comedy. There's not too many other details at the moment, but it is with Jamie Foxx. So we'll be able to watch that soon, which I'm really excited for.

I love Cameron. I hope she did that thing where she was like, I retired. We'll need you back one more time. I retired. I said I'd never come back to acting. Back for me. Chopping wood in the forest somewhere.

Come on, Dears. We need our best woman on the job. She's with a good Charlotte guy. Yeah, one of the Madden brothers, right? They seem to have a good relationship. Yeah. I don't know why. Yeah, one of the Madden brothers, right? They seem to have a good relationship, don't they? Yeah. I don't know why, again, I would know that. It's like my Kardashian personality test I did the other day.

I've got no research on that, but they seem happy. Yeah, she's cool. She keeps pretty low-key, which I think has helped her in this world, I guess. And also, there's a story that's come out about Prince Charles getting very emotional when he met his granddaughter, Lilibet, at the Queen's Jubilee. And, of course, he and Harry don't have a good relationship. It's very strange. They don't really speak.

And so to meet her, he was very sad. So that's the first time he's met her? Yeah, same with the Queen, same with all the family. It was the first time he had met her. And so they had a nice time hanging out. That'd be really hard. Take away all the other stuff, who they are in the world and all that stuff, but not to meet your grandkid for a nice time, you know, hanging out. That'd be really hard. Like, take away all the other stuff, who they are in the world and all that stuff,

but not to meet your grandkid for a long time. Well, they're just a family. You know, when you rip it all away, you're dead right. And every family, I was saying this the other night, we were out to dinner with friends and you're like, every family's got their shit. Don't they? Every single family.

No matter how famous you are or how famous you're not, everyone's got it going on, mate. Well, except for Cameron Diaz and one of the Madden brothers. I mean, they seem like they've got a great relationship. Nothing's going on there. All the analysis I've done on that relationship. And that is fire. You can get more now at thehats.co.nz.

The Jono and Ben Podcast. The world's number one podcast. Please don't check those stats. There's a brand new movie on Disney+. It's out today in time for the weekend. It's really cool. It's called The Princess. And the cool thing I loved about this movie,

unlike other princess movies, she's the one that kicks ass. He messed with the wrong princess. Yeah, it stars Joey King. I caught up with the star of the movie. She's been a kid actor for many years. She was in that scary movie The Conjuring as one of the kids. She's in White House Down with Channing Tatum,

Crazy Stupid Love with Ryan Gosling. She's worked with so many massive stars. Now she's the star of this movie called The Princess. Joey King, hello. Hi, Ben. Nice to see you, and congratulations on the movie. Thank you so much. I watched it yesterday with my daughter.

Now, I'm not sure if it was bad parenting or not to watch it with her. She was 12 years old and sick, but we both really enjoyed it because you kind of flip the switch on a sort of princess movie because you kick ass. I think it's a great decision to watch it with your 12-year-old. This is a perfect 12-year-old movie, even though it's rated R. Yeah, because my wife came home, her mom, and she's like, what are you watching? She's like, it's awesome. It's cool. Yeah, because like my wife came home and mom, she's like, what are you watching? And she's like, it's awesome. It's cool. She just stabbed someone in the eye with a bobby pin. Hi, honey. Sorry. I was like, what are you watching? But I was like, it was really cool. I mean, I guess that's what probably drew you to the role was taking what you think was going to

be a princess movie and then not be, being a kick-ass character. Absolutely. Really flipping the script on what the princess really means and also being able to have the opportunity to be in the middle of the action. You know, I've done a lot of action movies in my career, but I've never gotten to be at the epicenter of the action. There was I mean, there's a lot of fight scenes in this. That was, you know, my stunt team. Everyone was so supportive of me wanting to do most of it on my own. Of course, the studio was a little worried about that. But, you know, I got my I got my way. I got to do most of my own stuff. Um, but there was many times where, you know, things happen. You can't really avoid getting hurt in a movie like this. Yeah. There was some dangerous scenarios, but I, it all worked out.

Hey, well, you've been in the conjuring. So, I mean, if anyone knows about scary scenarios, it's you, right? That is very true. I would would i don't mess with spirits i'd rather mess with swords and fists and your your dad is i guess a little bit of an action hero and some too because he's like a arm wrestling champ and he i was reading that he was like the advisor for sylvester salone in his arm wrestling movie over the top my god my i guess that's true i mean have i just like added a link yeah that's not really true you're like i guess so he's uh he was like this like the one of the doubles in in over the top and and my dad was a professional arm wrestler when he was like a younger guy um which was kind of crazy because my dad like didn't ever work out yet his forearms were the same size as his biceps so I was just like how the hell oh he's like Popeye yeah I like my dad's arms when

he was younger were like truly terrifying you've been nominated for an Emmy before uh which is amazing but do you get do you get a certificate for being nominated no you're just a loser uh you know I lose you know you'll still be nominated for an emmy i mean that's incredible i'm totally kidding my god what an honor it was i'm totally totally kidding but um i mean god when you're nominated like doesn't matter what happens after that that's a win right there just want to say just quickly before we wrap up i want to say a name of a movie that you've been in and see what pops into your head first. All right.

White House Down with Channing Tatum. First thing that pops in my head is the absolutely amazing experience of working with Channing. He really was just like the nicest man in the world. And we had a blast working together. I always take his kindness with me wherever I go. Okay. You were in a Taylor Swift music video. What pops into your head?

Yes. First thing that pops in my head is that I filmed that music video the day before I left to go film The Dark Knight Rises. And so that was the last day that I had a full head of hair before they shaved it. Oh, wow. Okay. Crazy stupid love with Ron Gosling and Emma Stone. First thing that pops in my head is Steveve carell and how absolutely sweet he was and he was so polite and like helped every single person out of the

passenger van when we had to do transportation rides wow and finally uh the princess of course this movie there and what's the first thing that pops in your head talking about the princess uh the day that i threw out my back you threw well you threw up or you threw out your back well i threw out my back oh is that during one of the fight scenes? Actually, I woke up at 4am and I couldn't move And I was like, what the f***? And what happened? Did you have to miss a day on set or what happened?

I had a fight scene that day that was already set into place And it was a big day So I was in Bulgaria Someone gave me a Bulgarian muscle relaxer fight scene that day that was already like set into place and it was a big day so i took uh i was in bulgaria i someone gave me a bulgarian muscle relaxer and i was just like no more okay kind of i was in a weird mental place that day but i did it and i felt great hey well lovely talking to you uh the movie was awesome i love watching it my daughter loved it was lovely uh to talk to you and i can't wait for kiwis to see the movie. Thanks, Ben. Voted most likely not to be voted for anything.

Jono and Ben on the hits. I'm a little excited and a little bit nervous about what's happening next week, Jono, because we're on the road, which is cool, but we're also having to return $20 we owe to someone. Yeah, to $20 Karen. And I think we have a wonderful piece of production here to summarise the whole story.

Oh good, because I was about to do it. Do you want me to do it? No, no, hush those sweet little lips of yours my friend. I'll take a rest and let this do it for me.

The year 2014. Alan, pre-her bullying allegations, took a selfie that melted the internet. Brad, get in here. Andy,

look. I'm done. Thank you. Kim and Kanye wed in a marriage that would last, well, a marriage. Yeah, I feel like a f***ing loser. And in New Zealand, a misguided voicemail was left on a misdialed number. I'll get my 20 bucks or she's gonna get 20 whacks. Subsequently, $20 Karen was catapulted into national superstardom.

Then it all unravelled after a well-intentioned Queen's birthday radio promotion. Well, who would want $20 more than you? So we're going to give you 20 bucks. Oh, very good. Thanks to some lacklustre administration, Karen did not receive her 20-buck prize. Jono and Ben think they can hide from me

for the 20 lousy dollars they owe me. It was a giant buck-up. Now, two men are on a mission to pay off their outstanding debt. How do we do this? I suggest you come and give it to me. Jono and Ben's $20 tour starts Monday on The Hits. Yeah, so after the show on Monday, we're going to hit the road on a mission to return the money to Karen by the end of next week. So as we go down the country, we've got lots more $20 notes to give away to people where they can spin our $20 wheel.

Producer Bee Humps has hired a camper van. We're in a camper van. It's going to be like bloody Gordon, Gino and Fred's tour. Brits camper van, he said. He's trying to get the Brits in there, he said. Are you guys sleeping in there as well? I don't know. I don't know what we've organised. Maybe. Maybe. I'm not sure. Who knows what it is.

It's got two bunks. Who needs the new bunks on the end of New Zealand, mate, when we've got a Brits camper van, right? Brits camper van. So that's all kicking off Monday. Times are tight in the radio industry. That'll be a fun trip. Hey, we're giving away 20 bucks.

We're on the road. Yeah. So everyone we see, well, not everyone we see, but we're going to travel down the country and hand out $20 notes to people as well if you spin our $20 wheel. Yeah, you can get all the details. Follow our journey on our social media, The Hits Breakfast,

and tell us where we need to go because we need to plan our trip where we head down the country. So head to Hits Breakfast on Instagram or Facebook. Tell us why we should come visit you in your town, and we could be giving you $20 next week on the $20 tour. It is The Hits, Jono and Ben. The Hits. The Jono and Ben podcast available on iHeartRadio.

Scrolling through your feed. I'm going to hand you over to our hardcore news dude. That's what he likes to be known around the office, eh, Bill? Yeah, we're going to send you upstairs soon before you know it. He's like, call me the news dude. Well, I'm going to get a little bit newsy right now because the Defence Force today in New Zealand says they're looking to replace the plane that is used

to transport the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. Good, good. So they're going to replace it. It broke down in bloody Washington. So this is the plane that is used to transport the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. Good, good. So they're going to replace it. It broke down in bloody Washington. So this is the plane that broke down in Washington. Shocking look for New Zealand. Defence Force have said the aircraft may be old with many faults. With many faults.

But it is safe. Now, I don't know if you can say many faults and safe in the same sentence. She would have been better off taking Jetstar over there. New Zealand has had the planes for 30 years and they were second hand when we first got them. Jesus. And the Prime Minister, as I said before, flew to the States a couple of weeks ago

and it broke down and we asked her about it. We asked Jacinda Ardern if they're going to replace the plane that broke down. You're the Prime Minister. Buy yourself a new plane. Get a new plane. I don't... Look, did you do...

It was a front page story when a fence went up at Premier House. Imagine the story of a plane. So it's going to take a few years, but it is going to be a few years to replace, but it's going to be replaced eventually. So she says she wasn't. Is this the point you're trying to make? She said she clearly wasn't going to get a plane. Now there's a plane.

Yeah, what's happening in a few years. So who knows if she'll still be, you know, she may be, she may not be. Well, like I said there, she deserves a new plane. She's the leader of the country, she should be flying around. One that hasn't got many faults. You never want to hop on a plane and the first question you ask yourself is, I wonder if we'll make it.

Yeah. And the tennis is on over there in the UK at the moment, Wimbledon, and there was an idea that they're trialling for the next time, next year, 2023, to have dogs replacing the ball boys and ball girls. Now, they tried this at a tournament over in England, just as a bit of an example. And the dogs were great.

They sat there on the side. They went and got the balls at the right time. But the problem was they weren't returning the tennis balls like they should and the players would have to involve sometimes a little tug of war the dog would think it was a game and off they go

was this a legitimate trial they were going to replace children with dogs this is what the people were doing everyone was like oh that's cute that's nice

the dogs are sitting there but yeah the dogs wouldn't always give away the tennis balls and the dogs have no shape when a dog needs to go to the toilet the dog is going to

do it and it's going to be slobbery tennis balls that they get back half chewed and stuff like that why did they think

that was a good idea so anyway they've trolled it they don't think it's going to happen and they also would replace about a thousand teens

who get jobs that's the thing we've got good child labour going on here guys just don't replace it with dog labour and the dogs

also have to get treats as well sometimes or a, just to return the ball. So, you know, it's a lot for the tennis players. Which is probably more than the kids are getting, to be honest. I remember it was my dream to be a ball boy. Did you say ball? Ball kid. Ball kid?

Yeah, I wanted to be a ball kid. I really wanted to be a ball kid. But you had to do a lot of training. They don't just chuck you out there. Isn't it coming back, Auckland? ASP Classic? Yeah, we can get you out as a ball. Well, it's over New Year's, isn't it?

I'm on holiday, mate. Tell you what, I want to do that. You see the little kids they used to have at the Warriors? They used to come out in little four-wheelers and drop off the kicking tee? I was like, oh, that looks fun. Now that's something we should get you to do. Ride the little bloody minibike. You're like, here he is,

the monster who's taken a job off a young kid. Here you go, Sean Johnson, here's your kicking tee. And ride it. I don't even know if they've still got it. We'll find out on Sunday as the Warriors play their first home game in over a thousand days. And that is what's making news this morning.

It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. 646 is the time. New Zealand's most successful unsuccessful show. Jono and Ben on the hits. Jack Johnson coming back to New Zealand. Very, very excited about this. He last visited in 2017.

And now, in December this year, we welcome Jack Johnson back to NZ Shores on his Meet the Moonlight Tour. Tickets go on sale at 10 o'clock this morning at livenation.co.nz. Two gigs, one in Auckland, one in Hawke's Bay. And every caller that gets on the air this morning wins a double pass.

Yeah, every caller who's on the air goes to Jack Johnson, whether you want to or not. We're making you do it. And just reading about Jack Johnson, the guy is, he travels around the world, he surfs. I feel like his concerts interrupt his love of surfing. Yeah, well, that's why he loves coming to New Zealand so much. Yeah, and he is just nailing life,

whereas Ben, you and me have stuck a nail in our hand thanks to the nail gun of life. Yeah. Well, let's go to Mackenzie. Welcome. How are you this morning, Mackenzie? Good morning. I'm good.

How are you? Yeah, Marina, lovely to have you on the show. You want to go to Jack Johnson? I sure do. Oh, awesome. We've got a double pass. Who would you take along to the concert? Cool.

I'll take my friend, Katie. Oh, Katie. That sounds like a big night. Good time. Where's the concert? Cool, I'll take my friend Katie-O. Oh, Katie-O, sounds like a big night. When's the concert? There's one in Western

Springs in Auckland, the other one is in Hawke's Bay as well. When about, so? Church Road,

December. December. Hopefully you're still friends with this person in December. I hope so. Yeah, you know,

friendship's a bit rocky sometimes. Good luck, Mackenzie. Thanks for listening, mate. Cool, thank you so much.

Nice to do that. Let's go to Erica on 0800 The Hits. How are you? I'm really, really good. I'm just finishing teaching about tides and the moon and the sun. Oh, really? Can you teach us what's one thing we could learn about that? Gravity.

It's all about size and distance. Okay. All right. Okay, quite vague. The bigger the object, the more gravity. Okay, you were quite vague at first. Hey, guess what? What?

Do you want to go to Jack Johnson? I really, really want to go to Jack Johnson. Why do you want to go to Jack Johnson? Because I got married to It's Better When We're Together. Oh, I got, that was one of our wedding songs too, as well. Great song. Yeah, it's a beautiful song. And we got married on Long Island, so it was like a beach.

There was only us because we eloped. And so, yeah, we had a really great time. You eloped? And it was just so chill. Do people get filthy when you elope? Yeah, they do, actually. Just a few people. You've got to do it for you, though.

It's your wedding day. No, it's for everyone else, Ben. Yeah, it's fine, yeah. It's for everyone else. For aunties and grandmas, That's what wedding days are for That's right So what would you say if we said We want to give you and your husband

Are you still married? Yes A double pass to Jack Johnson to hear him play Better Together in person in Hawke's Bay Oh that would be so cool I would be so happy about that It's all yours Oh thank you so much.

You've just made my week, let alone my day. Oh, that's wonderful. Go tell the kids. See what they say. Oh, cool. Thank you so very much. Oh, you're welcome. It's okay.

Enjoy it. You keep doing your sweeping vague information about the sun, the moon, and the tide. I've got to keep it simple, stupid. That's right. Hey, thank you very much. Hey, thank you. No worries. I've got to keep it simple, stupid. That's right. Hey, thank you very much. Hey, thank you. No worries. Have a really good day, guys.

Oh, you too. Enjoy the concert. Okay. Bye. Thank you. You're essential listening for non-essential banter. Jono and Ben on the hits. Do you know what I really enjoy at the moment on television, Ben,

is I turned on TV the other night, okay? I turned on TV2, TVNZ2. NCIS is playing. That's a staple, right? That show's been around for years. NCIS original on TVNZ2. Then I turn over to TV3, NCIS Hawaii. It's so much NCIS.

It can get a little confusing isn't Masterchef Australia on the same time as Masterchef New Zealand opposite channels it feels like there's so much NCIS one channel's not enough for it it needs to be covered on

and I looked at it NCIS Miami NCIS Hawaii oh yeah there's a Ki's so many. NCIS Miami. NCIS Hawaii. Oh, yeah. There's a Kiwi guy on that. Yeah. NCIS TI Hamilton. So many NCISs, Ben.

Now, I want to play a game with you. Because I've gone through the list of some of the greatest crime shows. You know, I'm a huge fan of crime shows. And I've pulled their theme music. And I want you and Belle to guess what the crime show is. Okay. I don't know if I'll be that good at it. I'm not a big crime show fan like yourself, but I'll give it a go.

It feels like there's so many crime shows. There's more actor cops than we have real cops in New Zealand. It should be the other way around. So here we go. Here's the first one. Recognize it. Yeah, you recognize it? Yeah.

You know the theme? Yeah. CSI. It's NGIS. Yeah. No, you see, I haven't watched enough of it. I knew that, yeah. Yeah.

No. That should have been the gimmick. You were just talking about it. Yeah. Listen, I'm not going to continue on this game if it's just going to be you guys going, no. I don't know if I'm going to be very, I said I'm not going to continue on this game if it's just going to be you guys going no I don't know if I'm going to be I said I'm not going to be

very good at this I don't really want to describe shows it's a reboot 5-0 what is it 5-0 I want to be 5-0

yeah that's it yeah there you go one from two here's the third one Brooklyn Nine-Nine yes well from two. Here's the third one. Oh, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Yes, well done. I know that one.

The comedy one. It's the comedy one I watch. Crime show number four. Oh, Law and Order. S for you. Yes, Law and Order. Well done. Okay, next one. S for you.

Law and Order, S for you. You got Law and Order, then you got Law and Order, S for you. Yeah, yeah. With bloody iced tea That's right He's in that He does a good job doesn't he I like that That distinctive little

Dung dung Yeah yeah Can we play that Dung dung dung dung Was that four or five That was five Yeah We should use that

On our radio show Over to Ben now Thank you Jono Back to you I know we've to the next one What's this one? Oh that's CSI That's

Annie? Ah you That's the original Wasn't it the Las Vegas CSI? Yeah CSI Yeah Yeah that's That was Horatio Cain

Yeah Remember when he'd walk Into every grim murder scene And just seductively Pull his aviators off? Say some sort of Cool cheesy line But but at the time you're like, mate, read the room. Someone's just died here.

Any good one. He's like, looks like someone's got some stabbing pains. You're like, Horatio, mate. By the way, sorry about your loss. Have you got any empathy? Just thought of that cool line on the way over here. Okay, the final crime show. Always blow on the pie. Safe communities together. Police stand seven. Okay, the final crime show. Always blowing the pie.

Safe communities together. Police stand seven. It's the best we can do in New Zealand. I love it. Spy. No what's up. Spy.co.nz Alright, she loves celebrity gossip more than she loves her own cat.

Belle Crawford. The cat hopefully won't hear this. Poor Kaiser. I don't think she listens to us. You said an interesting fact about cats earlier on. Oh, they're meant to have like a wet nose. If not, they're sick. If you're a human with a wet nose.

I mean, I'm not a vet, but I just got told it. If you're a human with a wet nose. Yeah, but cats need wet noses. Yeah. Anyway, moving along from that, we're going into two of the big movies at the moment. I mean, you may be going to see one this weekend. Top Gun and Elvis. It's cool to have some new movies to see.

I don't know about you guys. There's a whole lot of epic blockbusters coming out. I guess because they've been delayed through the pandemic. So it's awesome to have all these amazing movies. Yeah, one of my favorite things is going to the movies. And you've got to get popcorn. I just have to have popcorn. Yeah, it feels weird to go to a movie and not have popcorn, right?

You just smell it and you get FOMO. And you've just got to throw it all over the floor. No. You've got to. It's what you've got to do. It's what we all do. Although, where are you supposed to put the little kernel bits? That's my one question.

It is so weird, though. We've talked about this before, how people just make such a mess and just walk out of the living room. Well, you can't see the mess you're making. It's just like a giant rubbish bin. Take your popcorn thing out. You know, everyone's just like, ah. Sleeping everywhere.

It's the one environment where we're all just like, someone will sort this out. How are they doing, though? Now, overall, Top Gun has earned around $1 billion worldwide. That's massive. $520 million here in New Zealand. In its opening weekend, it was a record for Tom Cruise as well, his first $100 million opening.

It made $126 million in its first weekend. And Elvis didn't make as much in its first weekend made 48.49.8 million in its first weekend uh and so but they're saying that because obviously Top Gun's in its fifth weekend now that Elvis finally beat it oh yeah so got more than yeah than it did than Top Gun last weekend, but it's been five weekends in the movies. But five weekends. So yeah, $49 versus $29 million. So Top Gun, I've just looked it up here, $170 million to make, and they got a billion back so far. Great investment.

Not a bad return. Not a bad return. The original Top Gun, $15 million. Is that what it cost to make? $15 million. Wow. Cost of living, baby. Cost of living.

Also the cost of living. If you made a movie that looked like the first one, which was great in its time, you'd be like, oh. Yeah. Probably the cost of living and the cost of Tom Cruise. Yeah, well, Tom Cruise is not doing it for the same price as the first one. I wonder if he's because a lot of actors, they buy into the franchise. I know Robert Downey Jr. did that at the beginning of his journey with Marvel. And The Last Avenger, he made something

wild. Like he gets a cut of the ticket sales. You take a lesser amount to get a cut of the ticket sales. Yeah. Crazy. Very smart. And there is a lot of hype online. We've talked about it already. The Ryan Gosling, Margot Robbie Barbie movie. I don't know why but so many of us adults are

very excited about this movie. It looks very cool. It looks very cool. And his partner, Eva Mendes, was on a talk show talking about what she thinks about it and something she asked him to bring home from Ken's costume.

It's my teenage dream, for sure. But besides it being hysterical, there's that little 14-year-old in me that's like, I love you. Oh my gosh. That jean jacket with the sleeveless thing. being hysterical, there's that little 14 year old in me that's like, I love you, you know, yeah. Oh my gosh. That like jean jacket with the sleeveless thing. I actually have that underwear by the way. I just said, just please

bring home the Kent underpants. Does she want him to wear Kent underpants? Calvin Klein's over, like, you can see them over his jeans. Are they as cool as your Toy Story 4 underpants, Ben? Does Amanda wear your Toy Story 4 underpants home? Do you want me to put the matching backpack on as well?

And the Buzz Lightyear underpants. Oh, man. Oh, jeez, I'm not a catch, eh? He's a catch. You're a catch. You are. You're a catch, yeah. Thanks, guys.

Growing man with Toy Story 4 underpants. Oh, no, Buzz Lightyear, you've upgraded. Yeah, it's Buzz Lightyear, mate. And then a spy. You can get more now at thehits.co.nz. The Hits. The Jono and Ben Podcast. I had a discussion with my wife.

I was having a discussion with my wife, as you do. And I'm not very good in those circumstances, like formulating my sort of thoughts and feelings. Like I'm always one of those people. Well, when you say there's a discussion, a polite way of saying a heated conversation. But it was kind of like I had my thoughts shared,

her thoughts were like, we're sort of debating it back and forth. Right. They always win. They always win. They're just a better breed of debater. Yeah. I often,

we've talked about this before, often even when they have a conversation around work, something like that, you know, you do that thing when you drive away afterwards or you go away afterwards

and you're like, oh, I should have said that. And you do think, can I turn the car around, go back and go, hey, that thing when you drive away afterwards or you go away afterwards and you're like, oh, I should have said that. And you do think, can I turn the car around, go back and go, hey, that thing you just said five minutes ago, well, yeah, you too. Yeah. Or something. Oh, well, this is why, you know, you formulate a better argument or a better plan afterwards.

But anyway, I was, for some reason, I was adamant that I was in the right for the situation. I was like, yeah, no. And I was going, yeah, no, because I'm 100% correct. I kept saying 100%. That's how we all start, Ben. reason i was adamant that i was in the right for the situation i was like you know and then i was and i was going yeah no because i'm 100 correct just going i keep saying 100 percent how we all start then we all start like that and then midway through midway through this discussion i in my head i was like uh-oh uh-oh i have totally got this wrong that's a that's a dark moment but you're also you're also like well i well, I can't give up now.

Well, that's what I did. Normally I'd go, oh, my bad, actually, you're right. But this occasion I was like, I've gone in too deep. I've gone in too confident for a change to go 100%. I kept saying 100%, 100%. And then you're arguing something that you have no belief in. It's like when you're the school teacher, the debating team, they make you go, well, debate why you'd want to live in north korea over the north island and you're

like i've got nothing on this and this is where you have to go for the remainder of the conversation so i did something that i have never done before i kind of just wrapped it up i did the dramatic mid-argument walk away oh fine it's fine you know like i just went that's just because i was you know looking back no i should have just gone, hey, I was totally. That's a good way to do it. The dramatic exit. The flamboyant exit. Oh, fuck.

Or the other one's like, we'll just agree to disagree. I don't want to talk about it anymore, is what I said. And I was looking it up online afterwards. I was going, is that a good idea? Is that a good thing to go? I just don't want to talk about it anymore. They call it the dramatic exit, according to this article. It's a tactic.

It's a tactic. So it's excellent. This is what they said it the dramatic exit according to this article and it's uh there's a tactic it's a tactic uh so it's excellent this is what they said on the internet and this excellent option when you suddenly realize your argument is weak that's that's what i did it's guaranteed to stop any discussion in its tracks which is what happened and divert attention from the actual problem for your love of drama so i'm like great now bell do you have you do you you do the the females use this tactic i don't want to talk about it you know like is it a mid sort of well sometimes i just don't want to talk about it anymore and i'm like genuinely don't want to talk about it no you're right though i get what you're saying yeah because he's here in this article re-entry re-entry involves uh unsavory humble pie so this is where the re-entry part sort of comes,

where you come back and, oh, yeah, yeah, right. So at some stage, I've got to admit that, hey, I was totally. Yeah. Do you, like, if you realise you're wrong halfway through an argument, do you think they see it on your face? Yeah. You do, eh? And they know you so well that they know.

And sometimes I think it's just learning to be like, okay, cool. Yeah. But then when you've gone in too deep like Ben. I don't want to talk about it, Belle. I don't want to talk about it. You see? I don't want to talk about it. He's out. He's gone.

Oh, walk out. All right. More Jack Johnson tickets to come. And not afraid to use the F word. Be family, friendly, fun. Jono and Ben on the hits. He last visited in 2017, and now, in December this year, we welcome Jack Johnson back to NZ Shores on his Meet the Moonlight Tour.

We're so excited about this. Saturday, December 10th at the Outerfields in Western Springs, and then the next day in Hawke's Bay Church Road Winery. All tickets go on sale, 10 o'clock this morning, livenation.co.nz. Yes, it's a money can't buy experience unless you have the money

to afford a GA ticket plus booking fees so you can buy it. But we're giving them all away to every caller who makes it on here. And we spoke to him the other day

and he seems like the type of famous person who's the opposite of a famous person. You know, like a Tom Hanks or an Amy Schumer. You know, you wouldn't know Amy Schumer would be the same. You know, like, you wouldn't know how famous Schumer. You know, you wouldn't know Amy Schumer would be the same.

You know, like, you wouldn't know how famous they were. Yeah, just kind of keep it real, which is awesome. Level-headed. Okay, on 0800 The Hits, Izzy, Jono and Ben here. You're on, mate. Okay. Yeah, all right. Every caller on the show today gets a Jack Johnson ticket.

It's a double pass to Jack Johnson. But I understand that you want to give them away. Yeah, yeah, to my son and daughter-in-law in Napier. Your son and daughter-in-law. I'll just call him now. What's his name, sorry? Kirk. This is great.

This is great. You can give these away. This could be for a birthday, for a Christmas. I mean, you could use this for whatever. Yeah, nah, it's awesome. He's creative. I've got two boys yet. Oh, here he is.

Okay, all good. G'day, G'day. Kirk, is it? Yep. It's here he is. Okay, all good. G'day. Kirk, is it? Yep. It's John O'Bien calling from the Hits radio station. Hey, how are you? All right. Good.

Are you in the middle of work or something? Yep, but I can talk. Okay, good. You've got your mum here. Hey, Sam. Now, she's just won something with us on the radio, but she wants to give it to you. Are you taking it away?

Yeah. I've got Jake Johnson tickets for you and Caleb. Would you like to go to a nature show? Oh, awesome. Yeah, definitely. Thank you. You're welcome. I thought he was going to sound a little more stoked, to be honest.

Is that working? Is that working? He's missed the call. That's excited for me. Do you want to run into a meeting room and give you a big woo-hoo? That would be nice. Yeah, if you could, Kurt.

Go to that meeting room. Close the door. Yeah. Look, if you could, Kirk. Go to that meeting room. Close the door. Yeah. Yeah, look, I'm very, very happy. Thank you, thank you, thank you so much. This was amazing.

Well, this is like a whole other person. It's a whole other Kirk. The personal Kirk coming through. We had corporate Kirk and now we've got personal Kirk. Exactly, exactly. Hey, Kirk,

you enjoyed that concert. All thanks to your mum. She could have taken them herself, but she's given them to you, so that's pretty awesome. No, thank you so much for that. That's awesome. No worries, you enjoy that.. All thanks to your mum. She could have taken them herself, but she's given them to you, so that's pretty awesome. No, thank you so much for that. That's awesome. No worries.

You enjoy that. Back to corporate, Kirk. Back to corporate. All right, get that phone. Kylie, welcome from the BOP, the Bay of Fiji. Hello. There's plenty of Kylie on the phone right now, and we've got plenty of Jack Johnson tickets.

You want a double pass? Oh, I'd give anything for a double pass. All right. Your liver. No, you can have it. We want your liver. We'll sell it on the black market. You can have it.

A double pass to Jack Johnson. Who's going to go? I'll be definitely taking my mum. Oh, nice. How old's your mum? My mum is, oh, she's heading into her 60s now. She's been to every big day out. She's been to every time Jimmy Barnes has been to New Zealand.

She hasn't seen any music for over a year due to losing somebody close to her. And also that, obviously, there's been no music. So, yes, going to do with us would be insane. Oh, that's incredible. Jeez, your mum's got more life in her than I do. She's got more life in her than me. Does she get up the front and mosh? Oh, she does.

She's right there. She's reliving her youth. It's actually quite scary because when you go out, you're like, where is she? She needs to be like, I see her or something. And then even when we've been out places and she's the last one to come back to the hotel or whatever, she's awesome.

Oh, that's amazing. Good on her. I love it. Oh, well, Kylie, a double pass for you and your mum to go and enjoy Jack Johnson. Thank you so much. Oh, thanks for listening. We appreciate it.

If you're here for advice on life, you're in big trouble. Jono and Ben on the hits. It's a good feeling Friday heading into the weekend. Beyonce, new music coming out soon. You a big fan of Beyonce? Yeah, she's pretty cool. She's already got one song out. It's encouraging everyone to leave their jobs and resign.

That's a shocking idea. Is it? It's just a trend on TikTok at the moment. Everyone's like, alright, if it's Beyonce, yeah, but if me, I've got to... Yeah, listen, I'm... There's some shocking advice To Beyonce Please no one listen to that

Yeah Is Beyonce going to pay The mortgage They told me I need to quit Maybe we should try that Call up our boss Emily And see what she says You were talking

Before 8 o'clock About all the great movies That are out at the moment Yeah Top Guns Light Years Elvis Elvis

Yeah And It reminded me of going to the movies with my mum

about 15 20 years ago probably even longer actually because then I'd never be going to the movies

with my mum in my 20s but she knew someone whose son worked on the film I can't even remember

what the movie was who worked on the movie so I can't even remember what the movie was. Who worked on the movie. So we watched the movie. It was a great movie. Enjoyed it. And then we had to sit through the credits. Like, who sits through the credits? Well, every Marvel movie fan now.

They sit through the entire credits. Because you always get the extra bit at the end of the credits. And they make you sit. And I know you're paying because you're like Jesus a lot of people that work on this movie and everyone's kind of

that whole thing the lights aren't quite on you're sitting up you're sitting down what are we doing we're waiting around for the next little bit Chantel third camera

lens operator Gary sandwich collector and hey they've all worked hard on the movie yeah I get it but you know when you're made to sit through credits because usually you're up and you're out

well you normally unless there's the same Marvel movie then you get that extra sneak peek of something else but you're right otherwise you have to

sort of unless you're the person that I guess you guys you knew someone involved so you want to see their name on the screen and it's like

1.5 seconds they're hard to read too you try to read them when they scroll fast oh there's Laura's name there I think I saw it At the start of the credits

It's all like Robert Downey Jr Yeah They get all the screen time To be fair You've just seen Robert Downey Jr For 90 minutes

You know Robert Downey Jr Is in it Maybe let the little battlers Have a couple more seconds Of screen time With their name on there You're right You're not getting to the end

Of Iron Man and going What's Robert Downey Jr in that You're right You've seen him He's been there Through the whole thing The screen time with their name on there. You're right. You're not getting to the end of Iron Man and going, what's Robert Downey Jr. in that? You're right. You've seen him. He's been there through the whole thing. The big stars get their name just boom, just their name on screen. And they get it. Top and the end.

But you've got lighting department, 42 names squeezed onto the screen. It must be a stressful job having to remember all the people who worked on the movie. You wouldn't want to leave anyone out. No, because that's the thing. It's a big deal. I don't understand it's a big deal, because that's your kind of credit for it.

And Aunt Daisy goes along to see her son who's worked in it. Why is the aunt? Oh, I'm trying to think of a situation here. Someone goes along and the name's not on there, they'd be very sad, wouldn't they? I saw something the other day with Chris Hemsworth. He's in the new, obviously, Thor movie coming out. But they were like, you're executive producer of this one.

I saw it in the credits. He's like, oh, was I? I guess it was a collaborative process. But he didn't really know that he was being given executive producer, one of the roles of that on the movie. He's like, well, I shall be charging for that position. Your big thing is, too, speaking of listing names and stuff, is never start naming people.

That spends one bit of life advice, isn't it? Because you always forget someone. You feel bad afterwards. We did a thing yesterday. We were talking to some school students and they said, can you name some teachers

that have helped you out in the past? And you said, I don't name. I will not start naming because then I'll forget someone. Oh because I think we did a podcast the other day we started listing off people that are old bosses and things and segments and I walked away afterwards going oh we should have mentioned this person's name

and all day we're involved and we shouldn't have I was like don't go to a list because as soon as you do you've missed out someone and someone goes oh well thanks, it's like awards, never go into a list. Don't thank, because otherwise Just don't thank anyone else apart from yourself Get up there, I'd like to thank me and nobody else involved. So no one will be disappointed.

In fact, everyone's now disappointed. Now, Rachel Jackson-Lees, who's been the wonderful provider of news on this show for a number of years. The backbone of professionalism on this show. You are. Rachel, it's your last day. It is my last day.

Yeah, big changes for our little family. It wasn't in the plan of life, but my husband was offered an opportunity quite out of the blue in the Middle East, so we're moving to Qatar. Yeah, so your husband's a mercenary, and he's going to be going on. So you're married to Tom McRae, the newsreader. Yes. And he's going to be working for?

Al Jazeera. Reading news on Al Jazeera. So your whole family are going, what, a couple of weeks? When's this happening? Yeah, a couple of weeks. Yep. So I finish up today. I've got a couple of weeks to sort my life out, do the packing, work out what goes, what

doesn't. And then, yeah, we'll be going to the desert. Wow. That's great. I looked, because you're going to Doha. Yes. I looked at the temperature in Doha this morning. Oh, please don't do this to this morning at 12.08 it was

32 degrees, 12.08am Oh that's come down because yesterday it was 48 48 degrees? At midnight? During the day, in the peak In the peak it was 48 and so it's definitely going to be a shock for us But what a cool experience for you and the family I think so yeah, I mean the kids both

have their birthdays next week just because we don't have enough going on right now so they'll be turning 4 and 6 so I think they, yeah. I mean, the kids both have their birthdays next week just because we don't have enough going on right now. So they'll be turning four and six. So I think they're pretty cool ages because they'll be aware. Oh, they'll remember it forever. They'll remember it. And they're also young enough that they're not worried about leaving their school and their kindy and their friends.

So for them it's exciting. Hopefully that continues once we get there. Well, on behalf of everyone here at the show, Rachel, I want to say thank you so much for, you know, reading the mainly bleak, depressing news with such a professional... Especially during the whole COVID times. ...positive voice.

Yeah, we've loved working with you. We hope we get to do it again. Oh, thank you so much. And you guys, I just have to say, are absolute professionals at what you do. I don't know if there are people who work harder in radio and i'll say that honestly you are the hardest workers that i've come across but what's more is you are so genuine you know there was i wasn't sure what it was going to be like you know coming

down to the the cool brands i don't know if that's the cool one mate yeah no no since you're with us here and there's there's no egos involved whatsoever and it's just such a delight to work with you both because you're such genuine people egos involved whatsoever. And it's just such a delight to work with you both because you're such genuine people. Oh, well, that's lovely. It's not about us. Yeah, it's about you. Right back at you, Rachel.

You're a wonderful human being. I can't wait to see what happens on your adventure. We're very jealous and we're also going to miss you a whole lot. Thank you so much, guys. We're going to go and have high tea with Rachel today. I had to tell Ben to leave his bucket bog at home. I was like, the standards are high, mate, not the people drinking the tea. Is that what it is?

Yeah. They've got pranks. They've got puns. Now they just need some actual listeners. Jono and Ben on the hits. So I took out the Warriors on Sunday, which will be very exciting. First home game. Yeah.

They've got another one next week too, do they? I think they've got four home games this season. Oh, that's great. a huge commitment from the Warriors team to be out of Australia for two and a half years. The lads, do you call them the lads? I don't know. The lads came in the other day and I was having a chat with the lads. Oh, the Warriors, yeah.

Yeah, the Warriors lads. And you can actually see the emotion in all of their eyes, even the team taking the players around for interviews as well the marketing team it means so much to them imagine if you just couldn't really connect with the people who back you for in that sporting world yeah exactly yeah it'd be like us doing a radio show to no listeners which i think we potentially won't be we would never know we would never know i don't think we'd sell out male smart but hey hey, that's fine. Okay, I won't hold it to the hits though. We do have Jack Johnson tickets for who's having the best weekend.

Christina, welcome. Are you a listener or have you accidentally just phoned this number? No, I'm definitely, definitely a listener. We've got one, baby. We've got one.

I like it. Now there's a lot of emotion in my eyes and voice right now because you're a listener and I love that. You want to go to Jack Johnson? I would love to go to Jack Johnson. Well, you need to tell us what you're doing this weekend. We are going to the Hamilton Zoo for my daughter's fourth birthday. Oh,

that's cool. Now, I've never been to the Hamilton Zoo, but apparently it's fantastic. Oh, that's good. I haven't been in years, so fingers crossed. We were talking about a wild zoo back in the day, Bloomin' Arana Park in Christchurch, and you could drive your car in to the lions and leopards enclosure, and you could sit in your car and have lunch while you had lions and leopards draped all over you. They don't do that anymore for good reason.

Yeah, I think people would get out, and I don't know why, but humans just can't be trusted. They can't be trusted, so they just don't be trusted. They can't be trusted. Christina, enjoy your fourth birthday. Well, not yours, this weekend. Yeah, thank you. The fourth birthday, yeah. Fourth birthday.

Love your work, Christina. Have a good one. Helen from Porirua, you're on. Why are you having the best weekend? Well, we are in our second weekend of Matariki celebration in Porirua. Awesome. What are you doing there? So we've got a very cool set up in Tararaparaha Arena.

So we've had about 6,000 people through this weekend. So today I think I've got about 600 school kids coming through. Then we've got a wedding in there tonight. Tomorrow we've got one of the first of the Women's Basketball, the National Women's Basketball League games on out here. Amazing. Then we've got dinner with Macy Reker.

You've got a busy weekend. And then Sunday another few hundred people through and then we've got a barbershop performance. So you're working your arse off this weekend. I definitely am. I will have less arse. Less arse. All right.

To Helen, losing arse this weekend. We'll give you some Jack Johnson tickets, mate. You're awesome. Thank you. Good on you. You're out there hauling arse. Should we try and squeeze in one more? Yeah, let's do it.

We'll get Kim on from two to a. Two to a. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Why are you having the best weekend, Kimbo? Hi. I'm having the best weekend because I'm one child down and I'm going to let my hair down because it's Nartia Ladies' Day. So it should be a bit of a long, long, loose lunch.

So when's this kicking off from today or tomorrow? When's lunch? Tomorrow. Strap yourself in, Nathia. The ladies are on the loose. They're lunching. Are you going to the tea rooms? It's a rugby club, actually.

Oh, a rugby club. This is going to be wild. Okay. Nathia's going to take a long time to recover from this ladies' lunch. It's a big event for our small hick town. I love it. Love it there.

It's a beautiful part of New Zealand. Well, you go and have a great weekend. We'll send you off to Jake Johnson, okay? Oh, thank you so much. It's amazing. This is the Jono and Ben podcast. Wall-to-wall talking without the niggly popular songs in between. That's pretty much our show heading into the weekend.

We're very excited about that one, heading to the Warriors, as I said before, which will be awesome. And now on Monday on our show, we're going to kick off the $20 tour. Getting on the road, going to give Karen her $20 back. And if you want us to stop off on the way as we make our way from Auckland down to Christchurch, head to the Hits.co.nz or the Hits Breakfast on Instagram and tell us why we should come see you. We're going to be throwing frivolously, throwing, throwing,

I shouldn't have gone frivolously throwing together. It was a shocking idea. Throwing cash away. You know what I'm going to do every time I hand $20 over to someone? Go buy yourself something nice. Is that what you're going to say? Yeah, it's going to be my line. I've always wanted to say that to someone.

Go buy yourself something nice. Well, I've got a lot of money to give away. I'm going to be saying it a lot then. Go buy yourself something nice. The $20 tour kicks off on Monday. But you have yourself a great weekend, and we'll catch you guys Monday morning from 6 o'clock. See you then.

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