Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Ben's 9-Year-Old Is Not Happy With Jono After He Stitched Her Up On-Air!

Episode Date: July 8, 2021

Gday! If you listened to our podcast a couple of days ago, you would've heard the bit where we had Ben's daughter Indie on, and Jono was trying to convince her to swear. Little did Indie know (until she heard about it later), that Jono stitched her up when we played it to air, and put beeps throughout it to make it sound like she swore... Ben played this audio to Indie and she was SHOCKED! We were also joined by David Harbour who plays the Red Guardian in Marvel's Black Widow, also Chief Hooper in Stranger Things! He's also married to Lily Allen and he told us all about their wedding in Vegas & their reception at In-N-Out Burger! Enjoy the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John O' and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of John O' and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the John O' and Ben podcast. Hey guys, welcome to the podcast, Thursday the 8th of July. John O' and Ben here, very excited. We're just talking about tomorrow's show.

We've got Steve and his son Cody joining us for the new Space Jam movie. Space Jam, a new legacy. It's a slam dunk for all ages. That's what Ben's been saying for the last two weeks. I like that, but did you come up with that by yourself? No, it was actually gifted to me from somewhere, but I think I like it. I like it, Ben's saying it. That's a swish for you and your family.

Not quite as... Slam dunk's better. Slam dunk's better. Yeah, so tomorrow Steve is going to take 10 shots, 10 basketball shots from the free throw line. I always feel like a struggle saying free throw. Yeah, free throw. It's all right if I slow it down, but if I...

Anyway, he's going to take... You're making a shocking NBA commentator. Taking it from the free throw line. So he's gonna make a shocking NBA commentator taking it from the three so he's got 10 shots from there each shot uh he gets in he gets a thousand dollars but if he misses one we go directly to oh under the hits and give away that money uh yeah we're just talking before uh this they've kind of done this before on the hits but with netball which is even harder I reckon at a half time of a netball game. A pressure of thousands of people watching, too. So, you know.

There's probably a little less pressure than that. But, you know, as soon as you put the fact that there's money hungry, blood thirsty, saliva laden. I imagine you're all drooling, you hits listeners, just ready to phone up and steal your cash. Yeah, well, you're like, this shot is $1,000. I could buy, you know. Something to the value of, recommended retail value of $1,000. I could buy, you know. Something to the value of, recommended retail value of $1,000. If you put some of that in your head

and each one of those, you're going to start, whoa. I remember I did one at halftime of a basketball game, like when I was a child, about 10. I was picked out of the audience to do free throws. Yeah.

And crumbled immensely. It was to win a car. I don't know why they were giving a 10-year-old a car. Oh, right. Yeah. Maybe that's why they picked me. They're like, this dumb 10-year-old's never going to win this car. They're still trying to give that car away because they keep picking people who are underage.

But it is a lot. A lot of pressure. Because you watch someone do it. You're like, come on, just get it in. Oh, but yeah. But it was in the moment. I know. It's the thing.

I feel like that with all sports, that when you're there on the field, there's a whole lot happening. It's all you don't see what it's like when you're watching on TV or watching from a distance. Even when I go to my daughter's netball game, you're probably the same, Ben. You're yelling out advice from the sideline. And I had to check myself last week.

I was like, pull yourself together. You've never played this game. But you're offering advice. Like a coach on the side, shut up. So I had to shut up. Yeah, yeah. It's one of those things, eh? You're like, it's hard not to.

Well, I don't feel comfortable offering any advice to anyone else. But now and again, you'd like to say advice to your child. Yeah, I don't give it to the whole team. Yeah, but you'd be right. I'm like, oh, let's save it till after the game or, you know. Yeah, because during the game, yeah. I mean, you have to be really confident in your advice to shout it out to the whole team, don't you?

Like, come on, guys. When there's already a coach there. Yeah, I know. It's like, let's stay in your lane, you know. And I don't think the kids can even hear you on the court. No, they're like, all right, shut up. They just want to have fun, you know, at that age, you know. And obviously get better at it.

And it's like when you go to an All Blacks game or something. We're all shouting advice from the grandstand. Bowdoin Barrett can't hear you. Yeah, true. He's like, what's that, Johnny? What? Yeah. Oh, don't stop the game.

Oh, between the posts. Oh, yeah, okay. I'll do that this time. Thanks for that, mate. I was going to kick it way off. Oh, you want me to score the try? Oh, big deal. I had it wrong my whole career.

But it just feels like you're saying you should yell out. And then one step further is the advice you yell at the television screen. Well, there's no way that communication's getting through to the players on the field. No. When you're watching at home. No. Some people are even shouting at the TV.

You feel like you should, right? Yeah. We should maybe give them an earpiece, and there's just like a medley of noises from screaming fans who are watching in the lounges. Today on the podcast, there was a fun show, a really fun show. We actually caught up with David Harbour, who's one of the stars of Black Widow alongside Scarlett Johansson.

Yeah. He's a lot of fun. He was awesome, actually. He's a lot of fun. He was awesome, actually. He's on Stranger Things. He's Chief Hopper on Stranger Things. If you've seen that show, you'll know exactly who he is. He was a fun guy, yeah. He's got a very versatile look about him.

He can be a superhero, but he could also be a diesel mechanic from Fielding. He's one of those. Or he could also be the president of a bikey gang. You see why he's an actor. He's very versatile. You're right. You're like, oh, he can cast him with that, cast him with that. Yeah, so very good. He was a lot of fun. He's married to Lily Allen, and where they spent their wedding,

reception. You like this being a tight ass. I thought it was great. Hey, memorable. Memorable. Memorable, but also saving the pennies as well. Especially too, I mean, she's a pop star. He's an international actor. I mean, and they're going, anyway, you hear it on the podcast, make up your own mind.

It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. Jono, you're in trouble in my household, mate. What's happened? I haven't been allowed in your household for a while. You won't be allowed after this. Because last, you started talking a few weeks ago, you're like, oh, we have a shoes off policy in the house.

And I'm like, I've never taken my shoes off for Ben's house. Maybe that's why I'm not allowed back. That's fine. No, so a couple of days ago, we spoke to my daughter, Indy, on the radio. And Indy's nine years old. And we talked about how she says she's never going to say a bad word. She doesn't like swearing. She hates it.

And if anyone swears, she's like, oh, it's a bad word. That's the worst thing you can do, which is swears she's like it's a bad word you know that's the worst thing you can do which is awesome that she's like that do you have the most wholesome child who's either going to live the life of a well to do

Christian or completely go off the rails in about two years but yes a couple of days ago you made it your mission unbeknown to me

to get Indy on the radio and to try and get her to say a bad word and she held tight. Why don't you want to swear? I think it's great, but your bad words are bad words, right? Yes, they are bad words, and they're bad for the environment as well. Okay, so

if I were to offer you $10 and an LOL doll, you know what I'd get an S-bomb, maybe? Nope, no way. Not close. Anything else you want to say, Indy? Um, ****. Oh, Indy! So that was at the end of the interview

where you stitched her up. You did a classic radio stitch-up. We recorded a little chat with her and then you added some beeps in later. It's a media hatchet job. We've seen it before, we'll see it again. You know, it's like when you're on reality TV and those contestants are like,

oh, they edited me together. Yeah, we did. Because we're a vacuous, soulless industry who chews up good people, good everyday people, puts them on telly, puts them on radio, make a mockery of them and spit them out again for our entertainment. So Indy had a little chat with us before she went to school.

Didn't hear the bit play on the radio because she was at school. And then someone else had heard it. And it got word around the thing, I heard you on the radio. And there was beeps at the end of it. It sounded like you were swearing. Oh dear God, someone told her.

Someone told Indy. And Indy came home and she was like, did it sound like I was swearing on the radio? I didn't swear. I wouldn't say a bad word. I was like, well, maybe I'll play back the bit on radio. It's on our podcast. I'll play it to Indy and I'll record her reaction

and have a listen. This is you? This is you? Yes, it is me. Yes. Can you just do that? Oh, Indy. Oh, no.

How could you? You were my friend. Anything else you want to say, Indy? Um... No, not again! Again! Keep going! When will it start?

Jono! So what's your reaction now? Shot face. Shot face. I'm offended. You're lost for words. Do you have any bad words you want to say back to Jono? no

no good that was the one time I thought maybe this is where she's going to say a bad word but even then no see she oh no she was like exasperated it's disappointment too.

It's not even anger. You're my friend. It feels like when I let down my mother and she's a nine-year-old. How could you stitch me up like that? Well, you know, if she wants to send her complaints, she can do so in writing to the Broadcasting Standards Authority. And let me just listen back to that audio one more time because I think I heard something that maybe others didn't.

Why don't you want to swear? Well, I think it's great. Bad words are bad words, right? Yes, they are bad words. Oh, no, sorry, the replay. Oh, this is you? This is you? Yes, it is me.

So you just had to beep in. Pass trumpet. Can you just do that? Oh, Andy. Jono. No, it was definitely you stitching her up again. You're just the freaky. And another beeper, Juliet.

No. You can't talk about what you want to do live on the radio, mate. You have to stitch me up later. We're live, right? I don't know what. I've forgotten how to do this later. We're live, right? I don't know what... I've forgotten how to do this job. We're currently live. You can't just go...

Yeah, anyway. Can you tell me how this works? Broadcasting live. And mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. We spoke to David Harbour. He's one of the stars of the movie,

along with Scarlett Johansson. David Harbour, you know from Stranger Things, he was Chief Hopper. And he was the Red Guardian superhero in this movie with Scarlett Johansson. You don't know everything about me. The Avengers weren't my first family. At some point, we all have to choose. Between what the world wants you to be and who you are yeah so we caught up with david harbour over zoom you too man no it's awesome the movie was awesome such great action also you know i had such good heart in the movie as well really

enjoyed watching out but always i get a bit nervous with these marvel movies how much secrecy we've got you know like can you tell us can you are you in the movie are we allowed to say that i think they will allow me to say i am in the movie yes yes i play i play the red guardian alexi shostakov a uh yeah very disgraced superhero sort of seeking redemption. It must have been a fun character to play, though, in all seriousness, because, you know, it's kind of like not your typical Marvel character. You've got a beard. You've got lots of tattoos.

It would have been a lot of fun. Yeah, the nutrition for it is fantastic, too. I mean, it's nothing but donuts on a couch. That's the workout routine. I love it because it's the every guy superhero. The superhero who's let himself go. Yeah. Exactly. We've got to do one for the normal guys.

Come on. Now you're with Scarlett Johansson in the movie as well and you sort of put together as a family of superheroes and you're playing her father, but in real life, she's 36, you're 46. How 10 years old were you? Yeah, how're 46. How, 10 years old, wouldn't you? Yeah, how does it all work? 10-year-old dad, 10-year-old dad.

We're coming up, it's a new series called Middle School Dads. It's about 10-year-old dads trying to pay child support, you know, like going to work their second job after woodshop class. Yeah, deadbeat middle school dads. No, I know, I mean, I look a lot older. Worked their second job after woodshop class. Deadbeat middle school dad. No, I know. I mean, I look a lot older.

In that movie, I look a lot older than what I actually look. So, you know, that's good. But I loved also we saw online you did some dad jokes. You really embraced the character, and you did some dad spy jokes as well to some of the other cast members, including Scarlett Johansson. And this is one of our faves, just a play to our audience. What are a spy's favorite type of shoes?

Sneakers. Good joke, good joke. Pretty good, right? That was pretty good, but you didn't get much from them. No, I know. They're just cold, dead, icy hearts. They don't need no humor inside of either one of them.

They don't get the brilliance. Yeah, this is solid gear. Look at the genius. Yeah, well, we're going to road test a couple with you. The spy jokes you could have used. Oh, jeez. Okay, where does a spy sleep? Under cover.

Oh. Oh, you started. Okay, not good. Don't you start judging us, mate. judging us sorry sorry we're on the same team we should be on this yeah thank you uh the band u2 has a spy plane but it still hasn't found what it's looking for oh yeah that's a good one that was a good one but you play uh you play the dad uh in the movie as well um but you know in real life as well you're a you play the dad in the movie as well. But you know, in real life as well, you're a,

you're a new stepdad over the last couple of years. Are your stepkids going to see the movie? Cause I know they're a fan of stranger things. Yeah. Yeah. They are going to see the movie. I mean, I don't look forward to their reviews. I have to say that. Yeah. They do. I mean, they're fans of everything else except me. And that's the role of a stepdad dad man like dad in general the you know annoying but stepdad is like oh man you're the bits like please you ruin everything they're like we love stage of things until you we saw you on it. Exactly. Every frame you're not in is wonderful.

Then you show up. Fast forward to all that crap. We were coincidentally watching the Ellen DeGeneres show. You might have heard of it. Yeah. Just yesterday. And you were on it. You were on it.

And you were showing pictures of Lily Ellen, who your wife is, and your wedding. You got married. In Vegas. Yeah. Las Vegas, Nevada. Yeah. That's pretty awesome.

It's the only place, and during COVID, it was like the only place you could get married. In London, I think the backup was like six months to get a license. In America, it was like four months. So you can fly to Vegas at any time, day or night, and basically get married within hours. Congratulations, firstly. And then the wedding reception was held at In-N-Out Burger.

You saved a little money on that reception, I tell you what. I like what you're doing. That's thrifty, think it ahead. Now, you wanted to be an actor ever since you were age five, and I don't want to say, well, that's a very weird dream of a child, so we won't drill down on that. But you had watched Raiders of the Lost Ark 13 times. Yeah, in the movie theatre.

In the movie theatre. My grandma. Oh, yeah, we paid for tickets, me and my grandma. I think it was before VHS and stuff when that was really... My grandma and I would go, and she would go take me because she liked the air conditioning in the theatre. So she would fall asleep and like have this lovely experience in the air conditioner and I would like, I love that movie.

So how many times have you seen Black Widow so far and how many times do you plan to see it? I've seen Black Widow like about half times. I've shot some of a cut of it. I'm so self-conscious about my own work i mean like i i don't like watching myself at all uh so i i can barely watch myself i just sort of like watch make sure i see what they've done skip forward sometimes i have like you know lily will watch something for me and i'll just kind of be in the other room going like, is it okay?

Is it all right? Can I come in? Well, cause you even stunts. I read, uh, as well that you were like, you didn't really enjoy filming stunts as much as everyone makes out.

That is by far the worst thing. I am the anti Tom Cruise when it comes to that stuff. I'm like, please put the guy in. Please don't make me do it. Please don't make me do it. Yeah't make me do it yeah it was brutal i mean those guys are incredible i mean the guy had to work there's a huge fight with me in that villain of the film and that guy was you know i mean they're very helpful they're trying to help

you out as much as possible but he's so they were so fast like their their hands are so fast. I was like, can you please slow down? I can't block anything. You're like a ninja. Then I found out, actually, he was a ninja. That was his discipline. It was like ninja. I'd love it if you were the first superhero in Marvel history who you get

punched and you're like, ouch! Ouch! Can you stop it? Yeah! See, that's your superhero. Ow! who you get punched and you're like, ouch, ouch. Can you stop it? Yeah. See that? Ow, ow. You're the everyman. That's why we love him. Let's talk it out.

Let's talk it out. Listen, guys, I went to the doctor yesterday and I've tested positive for worms. And it's because I've spent so much time in a wormhole on the internet. Did you think I was actually sharing that information, Julie? I was kind of like, whoo! Who knows what you're going to say today. Sorry.

Shaky bare hands this morning. Sorry, if you were just tuned on before. It's not like he gets up at 3.40, it's really he's going to backfire eventually. Now we see why. Before the show you were like, man, I'm so tired. I bet you still got up at 3 40 i am i'm running on e at the moment maybe just sleep in a little bit yeah okay all right i will tomorrow

anyway the internet wormhole get lost in internet wormholes uh in this i'll tell you what how do you feel about hotels would you like to hear 20 shocking facts about hotels and this format's the same you can stop me once you're bored well in what way what do you mean shocking facts these are facts that will shock you that's what i mean they're shocking facts did i oh i don't know is there any other way to like if you pay with your credit card it's an extra two percent surplus that's oh that's shocking that's sort of sometimes they can be 2%? Sometimes they can be, yeah. Damn. Sometimes. Not all. Not all. Sometimes. The first shocking fact won't be that shocking, but maybe the percentage of it will shock

you. The minibar. You know? We all know you're paying too much of the minibar. Where's the Velcro? It's a rip-off. Right, yeah. We all know that.

It's common knowledge. But did you realise there's a 400% markup on items from the minibar? 400%. Wow. The only bigger rip-off is Ben Boyce convincing elderly people to give him and their life savings for an investment opportunity that never comes through. It's amazing.

And you know, like, when you buy, you know, a shrunken packet of Pringles with three chips in it, you know you're paying too much for it, but you do it anyway. But a full 100% markup on those. I guess it's one of the things is you don't have to have it, but it's there. It's there. You don't have to have it, but it's there.

There's a price list there, but you don't have to. You don't have to drink, you know, all these 14 mini bottles of hard liquors. But they're there. They're there. Just you want them. Remember that time we were in a hotel and I gave you a beer? Yeah.

A prank beer. A prank beer. He was looking at me strangely. He was giving me the eyes. And I'm like, oh, where's this leading? But they were confused eyes. Because it was full of water. So someone had drunken the beer, filled it up with water,

and then put it back in the fridge because it's got that weight. They had the weight system. So obviously they, yeah. Cheeky. Okay, here's uh hotel fact that will shock you 2 000 on average 2 100 people have slept on that mattress before you have on average on average imagine all the bits of dead skin imagine you're just lying on a yeah but you got sheets and stuff on top. Let's be positive about that. Yeah, they're clean sheets.

I mean, you're probably better off stripping the sheets off and lying on the mattress. I'm sure the more upmarket the hotel, they'll change the mattress. These are meant to shock you, man. Stop trying to undercut them. Let them shock people.

We're going on the road next week. We're staying at a hotel, so I don't want this in my head. Trying to be positive about these things. The do not disturb sign doesn't actually mean do not disturb. Does it not? It's just, it's a slight suggestion. And most hotels are getting rid of the do not disturb sign because it was causing a lot of issues.

What does it mean though? Well, I suppose it's like a suggestion for the cleaners. Hey, this person doesn't want to be disturbed, but if you feel like disturbing them, you can. Because I guess the cleaners have to stick to a schedule. Oh. You know, they can't keep waiting for Ben, whatever Ben's doing there in his hotel room, you know.

Right. What do you get up to in a hotel room? Flipping over mattresses so you get the clean side. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. They can't wait for you to do that. They've got to stick to a schedule. So it's a sign that says, hey, I don't want want to be disturbed and you know if you walk in here you're going to annoy me because you're going to disturb me yeah but you can they can but no most people

would think you're right you wouldn't be able to be disturbed i'd be like hey i had the sign out yeah and here's the uh another hotel fact it'll shock you the soap that you use over, this is in the US alone over 2 million bars of soap that haven't been properly used get thrown into the tip every day. Every day! How many millions did you say? 2 million in the States.

Oh for the little soap? You know you use the soap you might just use it once if you're staying for one night and it goes straight in the rubbish. Now what I'm suggesting is the hotel industry keeps those bars of soap in the rubbish. Now, what I'm suggesting is the hotel industry keeps those bars of soap in the room with the hairs attached to add a bit of... Just combine them like the Avengers of soaps.

Mould them. Mould them together downstairs. Repackage them. I noticed that a few people are doing the liquid soap now. Yes. Which makes a lot more sense, I guess, especially when you say it like that. Yeah, so those were hotel facts that shocked you

wow are you shocked? yeah Ben was trying to make himself feel better in his head the whole time exactly scrolling through your feed this is scrolling through your feed brought to you by our partners at

nzherald.co.nzladbible.com and the psoriasissociety.org you're probably half right with most of those. Now, I know you don't like any story eye-related to do with your eyeballs. I know, but every time you say this, I know you don't like any eye story eye-related, but then you follow up with an eye story. I'm not an eyeball guy. I know this one was too good not to share,

but I mean that in a way just to share with you because the actual story's not that nice for the lady involved. So a 67-year-old lady in the UK, she had a bit of discomfort in her eye. She put it down to, you know, getting older, a bit of dryness in the eyes. She was like, yeah, I guess that's what happens. Oh, God. What was in there? She went to get her eyes tested, went to the check-out, hadn't done it for a while.

And they were like, oh, you've got a bit of stuff in there. It looks like a contact lens maybe is stuck in behind your eyes because she'd been using the disposable contact lenses. Went to the surgeon and 27 contact lenses. They're stuck behind her eyeballs. Had to remove 27 contact lenses after they'd been lost. Oh, dear Jesus. Like a blue mass of about 17 all clumped together as well.

And so all stuck behind her eyeballs. How did they get in behind the... I don't know. I don't know. I didn't investigate that. That happened to me. Oh, it did, remember? Yes.

What? Oh, for the sketch. Oh, God. They're like, we need to put contact lenses in. I'm like, do we? It's a shitty TV show in New Zealand. Do we need to put contact...

It's going to be cancelled in a year or two. Do we need to put contact lenses in for this character? It was Voldemort. It was Voldemort. Oh. It was Voldemort to start off withemort. You're like, yeah. Voldemort to start off with. That mean you didn't need much?

No, it was a convincing look. I didn't even need the latex mask they made for me. But anyway, I put it in, and it took about half an hour for the poor guy to get the contact lens in my eye, because I'm going, oh, oh, oh, blinking. You had to be squirming around like a toddler. I was. They had five fully grown adults. They had to spin me down to get it in.

And anyway, that went on. And so I had to get it taken out as well. And he's like, you just do it yourself. Just pinch your eyeball and drag the contact lens out. I'm like, well, that sounds fun. Why don't I get you to do it? So then I came back to his shop to get it removed. And he was doing it. I was squirming around again.

And then he just goes, uh-oh. You don't want to hear uh-oh when you're getting contact lens removed by someone. And I was like, what's uh-oh? He's like, it's behind your eyeball. And I'm like, well, this will be fine. They dissolve, don't they? Surely they just disappear. They should invent ones that disappear.

Yeah, they should. No, they don't. So I was like, okay, what's the solution here? He's like, I'm going to have to get my finger and go in between your eye socket and your eyeball and hook it out. And this is someone who doesn't like eye-related things. Oh, my God.

I was like, is killing me now an option? Because I think I'll take that. It was horrific. You came back to work, you looked very traumatised. I don't think I said anything to anyone for about three days. What's up with John? Don't talk to him about his contact lenses. He changed that day.

So listen, the 17 behind your eye. That's the record. Well done to you. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. Good morning, New Zealand. Welcome along to the program. It's a Thursday morning. Lovely to see your shiny faces today, guys.

Do you know what happened to me yesterday? Oh, my God. I felt terrible. I pulled up to a giveaway sign it was just down the road from my house and I saw this visually impaired man he had a cane and I was at the giveaway sign

and he was crossing the road and I saw him getting closer and closer to my passenger door and I was like oh is it condescending of me to wind down the window and say, hey, just so you know, there's a vehicle in front of you. So I didn't say anything.

And he walked straight into my passenger door. And he goes, oh. And I said, oh, mate, sorry, I was here. I didn't know whether to say anything. He's like, no, no, that's fine. It happens to me all the time. I've walked into three poles today. So then I got out of the car

and then sort of guided him across the road. But how do those people get through the day? It's amazing, eh? Amazing. It's incredible, yeah. All your other senses would be so heightened. I think they would actually be surprisingly so much more able than most people would assume.

We played a game of goalball with a lady who was visually impaired, and it's a visually impaired sport, and it's amazing how, just because it all involves your senses, your hearing, the sport, to know where the ball, the ball's got like a bell in it, and it's incredible. They were just, we were terrible. Because you're not, you know.

When you're used to using your eyes, yeah. Yeah, because everyone has to play with eye masks on, no matter, because there's different stages of visually impaired. People aren't visually impaired who play it, so everyone wears an eye mask, so everyone's on the same level. But yeah, they're incredible. Yeah, but anyway, he was like, par for the course. I run into stuff all day long.

He said, that's my thing. You'd be a bit worried, wouldn't you? You'd take it at a slow pace. You wouldn't want to be hitting that at speed. Well, anyway, I apologise to him. And he got on with his day. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast.

Jono and Ben on the hits. We were talking yesterday on the show about Gordon Ramsay, celebrity chef. He was filming a TV show overseas on a wedding, and he ended up getting involved in the wedding. They were filming some stuff. Everyone from the TV crew thought everything was fine, but the couple later said, you ruined our big day.

You ruined our wedding. They moaned on social media. It's unlike people to do that nowadays. So I think they ended up paying. The production company paid for the entire wedding. Yeah, sounds like it. They felt so bad. Yeah, they doubled down on the moaning.

Like, Ramsey ruined our wedding. But what we wanted to know is what ruined your big day and it is the biggest day of your life, getting married, isn't it? One of the biggest days. But it's also the funniest day when it is ruined, isn't it? Because there's just so much put on it, so much pressure.

There's a lot riding on it. Probably unnecessarily riding on one day. So yesterday we had some great calls of people who had their weddings ruined. We hired a limo and the limousine driver bought his girlfriend and sat in the front seat of the car. My family and my wife's family got to a point

where they hated each other. Oh, no. And during the reception, they got into a full-blown fist fight. Oh, no. And during the reception, they go into a full-blown fistfight. Nothing like a champagne fistfight, is there? A bit of biffo on your wedding day. A lot of biffo takes place at wedding ceremony. I guess it's stress, alcohol, all sorts, you know.

And probably a combination of family members who haven't seen each other in a while and have had, you know, stuff bubbling away. Yeah. And it's a great location to just settle that out. It's sad because it's their big day. But great for our radio show. That's the silver linings.

So we want to open this up again. Oh, 800 of the hits. How was your wedding ruined? We're going to go. Yeah, your wedding was pretty flawless, wasn't it? You went to Fiji. Oh, no, the only hiccup was you ordering linen suits, full linen suits off the internet.

Yes, and it arrived. I ordered it from overseas and it arrived and it wasn't quite, yeah, it didn't look as good as the picture and that was one of those things. It looked like pyjamas, basically. What colour were the linen suits? Like sort of a white beige-y job? A white shirt and the sort of beige-y sort of colour pants, sort of, you know. What have we got?

You should have used it to cover your couch or something. Curtains? Yeah, I'd throw that in. Okay, should have used it to cover your couch or something curtains yeah i'll throw that out okay but we can give it to the uh the clothing bin yeah but there was five of them wasn't there yeah it was us all the same so there's just five trendy looking people wandering those streets right now so uh how was your wedding day ruined great text come through here uh four four eight seven i don't want to talk about this on air but my wife thinks our brother, my brother ruined our wedding. We don't get along with his wife and she even

edited me out of their wedding photos. Oh really? Did a Photoshop job on them, post their wedding. So this depressed my brother and he got drunk at the wedding and started arguments with everybody. Okay. That happens though, doesn't it?

It does happen, you're right. But it gives you something to talk about at the day after function. Oh, did you hear about Greg last night? Oh, my gosh. Yeah, true. Did you hear about Janine? She edited them out of all of their photos. How?

Photoshop, I heard. How'd she learn to use that? I don't know. She must have done an online YouTube course or something. It was a great conversation. We've got Liz on the phone with us. How are you? Good.

How are you? Good. Liz, you sound like a lovely lady in Blenheim. Oh, thank you. I'm just going to go right out there and say, what happened to your wedding? Why was it ruined? And why are you coming to cry on our shoulder?

Okay. So we've booked this amazing venue that we saw online. Pay deposits, everything. Three weeks before our actual wedding. Day to the venue and it was half built. The venue wasn't built? No. So had you seen the venue

first hand? No, we saw the pictures and there was a lot of reviews on how awesome. It's a castle, so who doesn't want to get married in a castle? Oh, exactly. It's like a Disney movie a castle, so who doesn't want to get married in a castle? Oh, exactly. It's like a Disney movie. Well, probably you don't want to get married in a castle after this. Or the people from Game of Thrones when the wedding went a bit wrong. Anyway, wasn't that a massacre?

Yeah, the Red Wedding, yeah. So where did you end up having your wedding, since the venue wasn't finished? So we went and one of our friends opened up a farm area for us. So we just got married there. Did you get your money back? About half of the deposit. You got half of your deposit back, did you say? Yes, half of it.

Half of the deposit. Well, you know, there was still a bit of admin taking your money. That's fair enough too. The building was half finished. You get half of your deposit. You get half your wedding there. Thanks for your calls and texts, New Zealand. Appreciate it.

Yes, the Hits Live Free Travel Edition is back with South Australian Tourism. So if you want to get a $5,000 travel voucher, we're going to give one away tomorrow. We'll stay smacking an e-car. We don't get the glory of that. How are we? We're here at the coalface. We're going to give one away tomorrow. We'll stay smacking an Icaro. We don't get the glory of that. How are we? We're here at the Coalface. You know, we're just like the Titanic. We're the ones shoving the coal into the furnace. Not getting any of the glory. We're not up there with Leo and Kate doing

I'm the king of the world. I'm slaving away down here. No, they do a better job than us. They do. They do a good draw. Don't they? They do. Yes, they may. My daughter the other day thought it was she thought it was like a special drawer, like you pull out a drawer, like you would have a chest of drawers.

She was like, every time we say, oh, you're in the drawer, she was like, oh, she thought we must put them in the drawer. Maybe we should start doing it, literally. You're in the drawer. She's like, do you have a drawer at work? And I was like, what? I was very confused.

Like a thing you pull out, like we have where I keep my clothes in for all your prizes. And everyone's name's in there. Well, maybe that would be a way to do it. Different drawers at different competitions. Yeah, so right now we're opening up the Live Free Travel Edition drawer. Listen, we'll get Zita on from Kumi.

Morena, how are you? I'm good, thank you. Zita, lovely name. Where's that from? My parents. That's a beautiful name. Now, Zita, guess what? Every time you're on a holiday sucking back on a pina colada,

or removing some sand from your togs, you must think of the hits, okay? Hey, I'll tell you what. I went to Aussie about a month ago, and, you know, when the cash and tail was on, well, I was ringing from Aussie. There you go. I was listening to iHeartRadio. Oh, really? Ringing from Aussie to get through.

Jeez. Well done. Oh, jeez. You're a dedicated listener. You're more committed to the station than I am. Well, anyway, on the way back, if you do win this $5,000 travel voucher from South Australia Tourism, Ben would like a carton of cigarettes.

Oh, do they still sell them there? Yeah, and I'd like a novelty M&M dispenser, you know, where you pull the arm and it pushes it and it comes out of the bottom of the M&M guy.

Right, it's on the list. Hey, well good luck. Tomorrow, you could be winning $5,000 thanks to

South Australian Tourism. Thank you. Good on you, Zita. Have a great day, eh? Okay, you too.

Bye. If you're going to add a relaxing houseboat cruise on the Murray River to your dream South Australian holiday right now, you can get all the details at thehits.co. If you're going to add a relaxing houseboat cruise on the Murray River to your dream South Australian holiday right now, you can get all the details at the hits.co.nz. We've got Spine next year.

Better be good. It is. Just you wait. It's Cake by the Ocean. It is the hits. You've got Jado and Bear. That song features Joe Jonas. It's one of his bands, his side project as well.

And I was just reading about him this morning. There's a promo they're doing for Expedia, the travel website, where he's made a mold of his hand and you can win like a helping hand. People can win like the mold of Joe Jonas' hand. There's like blue hands. There's 500 of them around the world.

It's like basically giving people a helping hand to get back into travel again if you're, I guess, a little bit nervous and stuff. But a guy who hasn't used Expedia for a long time just got sent a hand in the post. And he was like, what's this all about? He's like, what's this hand? Well, it's just like some sort of mafia thing. And it might be for Expedia.

He was like, what? Has he logged on? He worked it out again. He was like, this is weird. I haven't actually used Expedia for a long time. There's only 500 of the worldwide by me given this. And then he was like, oh, I tried to give used expedia for a long time there's only 500 of the worldwide i've been given this and then he was like oh i tried to give it away to family they didn't want it and then again again another one turned up he's got two of these things down he's like why do these things keep turning up i don't want joe jonas's hands in mold yeah it's weird

it's creepy i have to explain it to people when they come around yeah so now he's got two of the things he's like i haven't signed up for these hands. That's so random. How did the job for Joe's hands there? Oh, here we go. Wasn't it? I wonder what he got paid for. Blah, blah, blah.

Spy. The WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. All right, let's delve in and expose the private lives of celebrities because ours are too boring. I mean, you don't want to hear about Ben flossing his teeth three times a day. Well, not now anyway. We save that till prime time. What's happening, Ju? So Scarlett Johansson, she is the star of Black Widow, which is out and

it's all a rage at the moment. It's a fantastic film. Have you seen it? Yeah, it's really good. And we're talking to David Harbour, who's one of the stars of the film too, in about 20 minutes time. Awesome. And so she is reportedly pregnant with her second child, but first with her current husband. She's apparently quite far along, like further along than most would assume. And I was kind of like, well, why did we not know about this? But apparently she hasn't really been doing many interviews to promote Black Widow. And if they are interviews, they're probably Zoom interviews. Zoom, yeah.

So you can hide the belly. Oh, Juliet, why do I not know about this? About the news on Scarlett's uterus. I was reading a really interesting article because she was doing, her and one of the other stars from Black Widow were doing like an interview with all of, basically like a press conference interview on Zoom. So one of the reporters from the Herald was like, he was involved, he was in the log, so he gets the log in, but he was like, I might get one question at best

through this whole thing. So he kind of listened to everyone's question. It's almost like when Ashley Bloomfield comes out and gives us the COVID results, and everyone's just like, it's like having to do that over Zoom. How did they navigate that? Everyone talks over each other on Zoom.

Well, he said in the end, they went, they basically gave everyone one question each, and now it all comes to you, John O'Prior in New Zealand. Oh, welcome. Joe Hanson runs a good Zoom meeting. That's a big conference Zoom. That's effective. I think you're like,

all the pressure of that one question in front of all the people. Everyone's staring at you. Someone's asked your question and all. Oh, terrifying. Yeah. And in other news, you're a big fan of Will Smith,

aren't you, Benjamin? Yes, I am, yeah. So over the weekend, America celebrated 4th of July, and usually across the country, there are wonderful fireworks displays. Very patriotic, aren't they? Yeah, yeah.

And the city of New Orleans didn't have any fireworks displays. The city couldn't afford to put this firework display on. And so Will Smith swoops on in and pays $100,000 for the city of New Orleans to celebrate 4th of July with a massive fireworks display. Isn't that really nice of them? It got them a couple of sparklers, but the thought was there. That is lovely. I know, if you didn't like Will Smith, then you probably must like him a lot more now.

He was born and raised in West Philadelphia, and he has turned out a wonderful human being, Will Smith, hasn't he? He is. Who do you love more, Kevin Hart, The Rock or Will Smith, Ben? Those are his three. They're all up there for me. It fluctuates depending on the day. It's like those are his Gandhi,

Dalai Lama, Jesus, Will Smith, Kevin Hart, The Rock. It fluctuates. Who's winning today? I've got a tattoo of my Hart the rock So that's the rock But also he hasn't Noticed you on Instagram yet

So surely he's number three Surely he slips down a bit He slips down the order Who's the most inspiring Out of all three of them? They're all inspiring In their own way Jono you can't

It's like picking up Your favourite child You can't do it There's nothing like Picking up your favourite child New Zealand's breakfast This is Jono and Ben on The Hits It is The Hits, you've got Jono and Ben

Just gone 7 o'clock this morning Now there's a big football game happening over there European Championships are happening at the moment And a lot of people are heading to bars around New Zealand Particularly to watch England play But also Denmark are playing Gary, how are you? Yeah, good mate, yourself?

Loyal listener Gary is phoning through and he calls most days, but a very special day for you, Gary. It is. There's a little bit of poetry attached to today. Oh, he's got a poem. All right, take it away, Gary. It's a quote more than a poem, but it's coming home. It's coming home.'s coming home Football is coming home

So this is England Three lions on their shirt It's coming home Is it still going? No I'm finished now Sorry we We kind of jumped in too early there As radio announcers we're not used to

Silent pauses on the radio. But it was good for poetic effect, wasn't it? I should be a bear, eh, with those big paws. Now, Gary, I'm gathering you're heading to watch the football, your homeland, play in the semis. Yes. Denmark. Yeah, this is Euro 2020, obviously.

It's a little bit later, but hey, let's not get into that. So, yes, it's England in the semi-final, and England have never been in the final before. Is that right? No, they haven't yet. So, you know, the last time I was this nervous about a semi is when I watched... Gary, thank you very much. We had to censor a lot of that. Gary

thank you very much we had to censor a lot of that you go and enjoy the football thank you for your pub you're an absolute legend go England today

I'll call you back when we win okay alright and if there's any people from Denmark listening go Denmark just go the sporting teams I'm surprised

because England is you know like it's like football to England is what like kind of rugby is to New Zealand when you look at sports. It's like that national thought. But it's interesting they've never made the final before

of the European Championships. Well, good luck, Gary. Cheers, guys. Thank you, mate. Lovely show. Gary said, I'll call you back after. That was him before. Do we want Gary after?

No, probably not. That would be risky broadcasting. We had to beep some of that already uh we had to beep sober gary they're proud of new zealand if only new zealand was proud of them johnno and ben new zealand's breakfast i'm the head ben you started something the other day you put your good name to this game oh well i did i disclaimed i said i wasn't sure if it was going to work and after doing it i'm still not sure it works. Well, we're back for round two. I hope confidence is building.

Well, it's six degrees of separation. It's something that people often say. And particularly in New Zealand, it feels like everyone is connected somehow within six degrees. Oh, it's a small country. I think we've even made marrying your cousin legal, haven't we? It is. It is.

We're like, oh, listen, there's not enough of us. We'll turn our heads, we'll shut our eyes at that. Turn away from that. Don't worry about it. So what we're going to do is you phone us, 0800 the hits. Ben has one person to represent and I have the same. We have six questions each to try and figure out if we know someone that you know. Hence, six degrees of separation.

Yeah. Either way, we'll give you some hell pizza for just giving us a call and taking part. The other day we tried it and I found a connection, but it was quite tenuous. Karen, hello. Where did you grow up? In Blockhouse Bay in Auckland. What do you do for a job, Karen? I work at a school.

Now your wife's a teacher. Here we go. What school do you work at? Harry Land School in Kitteringi. Okay, losing her there. Do you play any sports? I used to play tennis and squash. Well, I passed it on to my sons who've become internationals.

Oh, here we go. Your son, okay. Who's your son? Who's your son? Campbell Grayson, who was an international squash player and now works for Yale. Wow. In America?

Wow. Yeah, as a squash coach. Yeah, well, that's, yeah. Do you know Susan Devoy? I do. Yes! I've met her once too. Tell you what, she loved her squash, didn't she?

Let's see, we found a connection. Susan Devoy, I've met her, she knows Susan Devoy. It's a connection, it's a win. Would Susan Devoy remember me? Probably not. But still, we have a connection there. And I've heard of Susan Devoy. Yeah, so that's a connection.

We found a connection. Let's see if we can do better than that today. We're going to do it right now. Oh, under the hits, we've got some Hell Pizza, the new smoky brisket pizza. We're going to give that for people that come on the air and try and play Six Degrees of Separation with us next. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben.

Breakfast on the hips. Now, we're about to play Six Degrees of Separation. Oh, under the hits, give us a call. Jono, you're going to have six questions to see if you've got a connection with someone that you haven't met before on the phone. Yeah, now, it's games like these that make you realise we need to add a few more people to the team of 5 million, don't we? Or maybe.

Or maybe there's enough, because the other day we had a tenuous connection at best. But, you know, this is a team of 31 million if we count all 26 million sheep that we have in the country as well. So it's a big team. It's a big team. We're going to start with Kate. Welcome from Auckland. Hi. Maureen, this is Six Degrees of Separation, Kate.

Okay, I get six questions to ask you. It's all about the questioning as well, isn't it? Kate, did you grow up in the city of Auckland? No, I didn't. What's your surname, Kate? Hanley. Kate Hanley. Okay.

Are you married? I am, yes. To who? Michael Hanley. Michael Hanley. What was your maiden name, Kate? Gerim. I don't know if I want to give this much information.

What is your FPOS pin, Kate? What was that? Your FPOS pin. Oh, yeah. I don't know. I'll pass on that one. Okay. Do you think you've got a connection to Jono somehow?

I don't think so, no. Okay, Kate. What do you do for a job? I'm a teacher. Okay, Casey. What do you do for a job? I'm a teacher. Ooh, okay. Do you know... That was six questions. Oh, no.

I know a teacher. Oh. Do you know Mrs Burrows? I do not. Sarah Burrows. No, I'm sorry What school do you teach at I teach in a small school called St Francis Catholic School

Oh she was in a Catholic school too Oh really Do you know the Pope No Hey hey none there Well done you were the help pizza Thanks so much for playing we really do appreciate it mate We're going to give you out some help pizza

Okay cool thank you We'll get Kim on from Palmerston North being your turn Well done, you and Alpiza. Thanks so much for playing. We really do appreciate it, mate. We're going to give you out some Alpiza. Okay, Kong. Thank you. We'll get Kim on from Palmerston North. Ben, your turn. You've got six questions to figure out if you know someone who knows Kim. Oh, Palmerston North. I'm trying to think. I'm racking my brains.

Been there a few times. Kim's with you. Kim, have you always lived in Palmerston North? No. Well, how long have you been there? Oh, damn. At least 30 years. at least 30 years. At least 30 years.

Jesus, that makes me sound old. Okay, so at least 30 years. I love live questioning because you don't know what the next one is and you just repeat what the answer is. Oh, have you been to the Palmerston North Pools before? Yes. Now, a friend of ours used to be a lifeguard at the Pools in Palmerston North. Her name is Laura Daniel.

She's also a comedian as well on Seven Sharp. Have you ever, did you know Laura Daniel? Did you go to school with Laura Daniel? No, I didn't, no. But did you ever get saved by a lifeguard at the public pools by Laura Daniel? No, I haven't, no. Okay, okay.

I thought it was going to be a wonderful connection there. And you can tell in his voice, he's like, got this in the bag. I was angling in on that. Damn it. the clock in barbaston north can i start talking about that it's got the time wrong um do you know the clock in barbaston north the town clock i do know it yeah yeah there we go there's our connection johnny we're aware of the clock okay this this game's it's not working no i thought we were going to

prove how small new zealand. Do you know Grant Smith? The mayor? Yeah. Not personally, but I know who he is. Oh, there we go. We got the key to the city from Grant Smith, didn't we? Yes. Lovely man, Grant Smith. Yeah, okay. I met you guys once when you were in Palmerston. Oh, you could have stopped.

Okay. What were we doing? We've been to Palmerston a couple of times. Was this recently, or...? It was a few of times. Was this recently or? Oh, it was a few years ago. I can't remember. You guys were outside Barkers? We've got no degrees of separation. We've met before.

Why don't you just leave with that? We could have ended this. We've drank beer before outside, yeah, outside the store. Hey, Kim, we're going to give you some hell pizza anyway. They're all new beef briskets out now. Okay, mate? Awesome, thanks. Oh, this is tough.

We haven't had a solid win. Yeah. We will keep going until we do. Oh, jeez, I don't know. Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. And it's our Game of Word Association. We play it every day on the show.

If you match all five words with our words, you win $5,000. All right, let's go to Tiano. Louise, sorry, you're on the air. Welcome. How are you? I'm good, thank you.

How are you? Oh, great, great. I feel like this is a good day. We should make you rich. Well, I didn't know if you came down this far, so I'm quite excited about getting on. Yeah, if we don't make you rich, we will just hang up on you and send you away with what you came with,

which is a great attitude, A great attitude, Louise. Okay, now the tough choice you need to send. Ben, producer Juliet, or Jonathan Pryor into the soundproof booth. Who's it going to be? Juliet, please. Oh, nice. Haven't been in there in a while, Jude. Oh, no.

Okay. I've got to come over and push the buttons. You don't know. Logistically, you don't know what this means, Louise. No, don't worry about that, mate. You know, Juliet's the button. Yeah, well, you can do it. You don't know. Logistically, you don't know what this means, Louise. Don't worry about that, mate. Juliet's the button. You can do it. I believe in you. I believe in you.

Alright, Louise. Producer Juliet is in the soundproof booth. Here is your first word this morning. It is Buckingham. Buckingham. Palace. There's no other option for it, is there? I don't think so. No, not when it pops into your head, right?

Louise, that is a safe start, okay? Sponge is your second word this morning. Sponge. Sponge. Spongecake. Spongecake, yeah. Jono, you're nodding away there. You're all right with that?

I would have gone, no, I won't say what I would have gone. I'm not going to lead. Okay, no, no. It's not my place I would have gone. I'm not going to lead. Okay, no, no. It's not my place. We're neutral. We're like a journalist. You don't know what leanings we need. Actually, I might change that.

Oh, now you've led her. I am a Spongebob. Great answer, great answer. Was that what you were thinking, Jono? Yeah, I'd say that's a great answer. Okay, SpongeBob. Jaffa is the third word this morning. Jaffa?

Yeah. Those Jaffa lollies. Why are they called Jaffas? Yeah. No, can I come back to that? Yeah, you can come back to it for sure. Tools is word number four. T-O-O-L-S, tools.

Tradee. racing is the final word Racing Racing Racing car And we're going to go back to Jaffa Lolly Lolly is what you want to lock in That's what you're doing, all righty.

Nice work, Louise. You did a great job. Yeah, you did a really good job. And we want to give you a load of cash, $5,000. We've actually got it stored in a room here at work. Got it. Mountains of cash. I said to boss, told me she should just use a bank account.

He's like, no, no, for a fee. He doesn't trust it, does he? No, he doesn't trust the banking system. All right, Juliette. Hello. No pressure. Okay. By a, Juliette. Hello. No pressure. Okay. By a lot of pressure.

Louise, what would you spend the money on? We're trying to do some house renovations, so I might put it towards bathroom. House renovations. Oh, I know how good renovations can be. She doesn't even have a roof at the moment. You need to put a roof over Louise's head. All right, here we go. Here we go.

Let's see if we can match all five words. Let's go Buckingham. Buckingham. Palace. Well done. We're going to go sponge. Sponge cake. Oh!

What? What? The worst situation. You won't know how comical that little sequence is there, Julian. Louise, you can tell what happened. What happened? Yeah, I said SpongeBob, but I said sponge cake first. You said sponge cake and then changed it to cake.

And I may have led her without leading her. Oh, you didn't. You're like, oh, no, I'm not going to say it. And then, oh, I'm sorry. Let's see how you would have gone with the rest of it. Jaffa? Auckland? No.

Tools? Camera. And racing? Car. Okay, well, we'll put it back there at the end. Louise, two out of five. It ain't bad, but it's bloody awful in this game. Oh, no.

Thanks, guys. It was quite exciting getting from you from way down here. It was fun having you. Hopefully,'t bad, but it's bloody awful in this game. Oh, no. Well, thanks, guys. It was quite exciting getting Strummy from way down here. It was fun having you. Hopefully we get to do it again. Spy. The What's Up Spy.co.nz. All right, time for another spy update with our dear friend, colleague, producer Juliet, who has brought you proudly by her parents, who created her in 1999.

98. It was a hot, steamy summer's evening. Oh no. A glint in an eye. A stroke of a cheek. Oh jeez. And 22 years down the track. Oh god.

I won't get into any more detail. I hope they're not listening. So Pete Davidson he's a comedian in America. He features on Saturday Night Live quite a lot. He went out with Ariana Grande for a while there, didn't he? Yeah, they were engaged for a brief moment there. Why do I know this stuff? The old me would be so disappointed in myself.

And so he has, if you know what he looks like, he's got a lot of tattoos on his arms, on his chest, down his legs and everything like that. And he is 27 now and he regrets getting those tattoos and is in the process of getting them all removed and he says that they'll all be removed by the time he's 30. So another three years. That's got a lot.

A lot of tattoos. Over 100 apparently. Yeah, it's a crazy amount. And I think you've had a tattoo removed, Ben. Yeah, I have. Isn't it so painful? So painful. It hurts more than getting a tattoo.

Really? You got it to the point where you could cover over it, couldn't you? Yeah, but it's just, yeah. So to get them completely wiped off would be... Well, he's 27 now, so it will take him a good couple of years to do that, I would imagine. How long did yours take to get to the point where you could go over it? Oh, it took a while, because you can't go back everywhere. You've got to wait for it to sort of heal and stuff like that.

Yeah, because it's really just quite brutal on your skin. What does it feel like? It's like burning. You know, like it's kind of like a burning sort of sensation. You know, like it's because you're basically blasting the pigments, I guess, of your skin, you know, around in the ink. This is like a fun time. But I guess, you know, you're getting a tattoo when you talk about that. That's a painful experience. Yeah. Oh I guess, you know, you're getting a tattoo when you talk about that. That's a painful experience.

Yeah. Oh, good on him. Do you know something very sad about Pete Davidson? His father died in 9-11. He was a firefighter. Oh, yes, I remember. Yeah, I think I did know that. Yeah.

And then I think he was in a movie all about being a firefighter. He was kind of lost in life, and then he joined this fire service. Interesting, though, because we were talking about it yesterday, going, oh, you can cover over your tattoos in movies. You can get makeup and stuff to cover over. But he was saying he has done that in movies. He never thought he was going to be on TV, a movie star. And so when he does have to get covered,

he has to get there three hours earlier than everyone else. My gosh. Every day of filming to do that. Wow. You know, when he does have to cover up. That's crazy. So you're like, okay, I see why he's looking along those lines. Yeah, totally. Then the twist is he's like, I'm wearing a shirt, I'm a businessman.

We're still going to cover up the tattoos. New Zealand's Breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. Kia ora, good morning. It's just gone 8 o'clock. You're with Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, our battery operated torch tour kicks off tomorrow, all thanks to the warehouse.

Yeah, we're very excited about this. We noticed the Olympic torch hadn't done the rounds, and so thanks to the warehouse, who are proud supporters of the New Zealand Olympic team, we, now this is a radio first, we as a radio show are going to be touring New Zealand. Oh, no one's done it before, have they? Groundbreaking stuff.

Definitely not. You know, pioneers, pioneers of the broadcasting game. Everyone just stays in the studio. They're like, no one's done it before, have they? Groundbreaking stuff. Definitely not. You know, pioneers. Pioneers of the broadcasting game. Everyone just stays in the studio. They're like, never would we get it. Well, no, not us. Not us.

We refuse to listen to those rules. So tomorrow, the torch is going to be in Invercargill at the Warehouse Store. So you can go down and if you get a photo with the torch,

there's some spot prizes up for grabs as well. Get a photo for the torch and you can go on the draw and win $10,000 cash. And then on Monday, we meet up with the Torch and Christchurch. Yeah, and we take it through, visiting all the big red sheds throughout Aotearoa. Now, it's a great honour to have this bestowed upon us, isn't it,

to carry this battery-operated torch? To carry the torch, yeah. Carry the torch. You know, they could have gone with anyone. Matt and Jerry, Fletch and Vaughn. They chose us, Ben. They chose us, Ben. They chose us as athletes. Now, my only concern is if the batteries run out.

Do we have to do that thing where you lick the battery or you bite the battery? I don't know if that's good. It's a risk, but it's a risk I'm willing to take. Well, unfortunately, the warehouse stores will be right next to a warehouse store. I think biting the battery is the only option we've got. We'll have some batteries. So look out for us. All the details are there.

Hits.co.nz. We're heading around the country thanks to the only option we've got. So look out for us. All the details are at hits.co.nz. We're heading around the country thanks to the warehouse. Affordable sports gear. It's easy to make your start. And as Jono said before, they are the proud supporters of New Zealand's Olympians. And coincidentally too, fun games of Flashlight will be played every night at every location we go and visit as well. We'll announce those next week.

Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office, those two. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Football's on at the moment. Is this the type of show that you'd give a football score? You'd give a football score if you want. Would it frustrate people if you gave a football score? Well, say you're going to do it, and then if people

want to, we're watching it later. If they're not watching it live, then... England are playing Denmark at the moment. I feel like people that would be wanting to watch it would be watching it later if they're not watching it live? England are playing Denmark at the moment. I feel like people that would be wanting to watch it would be watching it. Probably watching it. Or maybe they wouldn't be listening to the hits for updates, would they? No. Okay, we're going to give a football update, I guess. It's one-all.

It doesn't even need a warning at the moment. But they're looking good in their uniforms, if you want. They are. Both teams are looking good. They are. They're striking uniforms, aren't they? And a white uniform, which is always difficult to clean after the game But it looks good out there on the pitch

Get the nappy sand onto that And they all look very fit If you want any other descriptions You can go and Google them yourself I want to know, 0800THEHITS What is the craziest phone call you've received? Because I was talking to a lady from school, and this wasn't about her, but this was about her best friend who last year received a call,

answered the phone, there was an elderly lady on the phone. Right. And she was like, this is your grandmother. And I don't know if that was just my reenactment. Right, yeah. And the lady's like, oh, my grandmother, she actually passed a few years earlier, and she's like, no, this is your real grandmother.

And she's like, well, this can't, how can this be happening? And she's like, I want you to say hello to Denise, and Denise is like her sister, and she's like, I want you to let Mary. Oh, like pass on a message to Denise? Yeah, I want you to let me pass on a message yeah i want you to let mary mary was her mum mary know that i love her very much and so this elderly lady was referencing specific members of the family and just going to tell them i love them so much and i miss you all so much no way and then hung up the phone.

Well, as you do it. Sorry, I didn't know why that needed dramatic effect. No, it's real. That is insane, isn't it? So this is obviously a grandmother that was sadly no longer with them. No longer with them. Regan that. Was it any follow-up, phone call or anything? Do they have a number to call back?

Does she ring back, ring, ring? By the way. No, that's, yeah. do you believe in that stuff well i mean if it's what's the explanation if this person is telling the truth whether i have no reason to think that they're not the person who answered the phone or it's a genius prank call from a radio station but yeah but then why would you go to all that trouble for that you know like content mate you know how desperate we are yeah but i'm like know, like it's a pretty nasty, you know, like it's a bit mean if that's the... Yeah, but you just don't reveal it to them.

They think they've spoken to their dear grandma. You get some content, it's a win-win for it. Actually, speaking of which, I got a phone call. Do you remember the wonderful Jase and PJ who used to broadcast in New Zealand? They're in Melbourne now. Yeah, yeah. Jase used to live a couple of streets over from me. And I got a call from him one day.

He's like, hey, mate. He sounded quite serious. And he's like, we're away over the weekend. I was like, yep. He's like, someone broke into my house. And I was like, oh, no, this is shocking, mate. And I was like, oh, do you want me to go over and do anything? Are you home or anything?

He's like, no, no, they broke into the house and they ransacked it and spray- spray painted obscene things all over the wall and uh i was like what why are you telling me this and he said this is a tough question to ask did you was it you and he thought i'd broken into his house and pranked his house really as part of a john and ben oh this wasn't a radio bit this was a classic got you you thought you'd no really yeah did i do it or did i not only you decide did i get away with it and jono written all over that's literally written all over it i don't know any other jono's yeah no that'd be a savage prank to pull though wouldn't it oh it sounds like something you'd do it does actually you know

and i can see why he would have called me all right, so you want people to give us a call right now. I'll enter the hits. The craziest phone call that you had. It could be a good thing, right? It could be amazing. Oh, yeah, someone's going, hey. I won Lotto. I've just won $5 million.

It's your lawyer here. Guess what? You've got a million dollars inheritance. Yeah. A phone call like that. Maybe you received a phone call from your boss saying you're fired. Or you've been promoted to the head of the I'm giving examples. The director

of the board or something. I just started today, but you're so good. You're already up there. The craziest phone call you have received. 0800 the hits telephone number. You can always text us too. We'd love to get your text 4487 this morning. Morning, this show contains traces of Jono and Ben.

The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. We're talking about the craziest phone call that you've ever received. Yeah, this is off the back of a conversation I was having with someone from school and their best friend received a phone call from an elderly lady who was claiming to be their grandmother that was deceased.

But she was giving such detail about people she was talking about that it couldn't have been anyone else. Or it was someone playing a... Oh, surely not. There's no good around that. No, your rule with pranking is always leave them better off than they were. You want to let them bear off afterwards. That's hopefully what you want to do.

You know, Ben's got ethics when it comes to pranking. He may be a pranker he's got morals now one of the best phone call that we ever received at home my wife Amanda who the dad and step mum left us a couple years ago on the phone now dad had just got a new phone

and he was struggling to work out how to use it and obviously he didn't realise he was leaving a message at the time we've played this before but it's very good. Was this his first phone? Was it a new phone? It was a new phone. So he's not new to leaving messages.

No, no, no, but just new to the technology of the cell phone. You have a message received yesterday. Hi, Princess. It's a good day for you. Catch you later. And this is where it should have ended. That's a great message That is like a I haven't done anything

Just stopped I'm trying to ask you Did you end the call by hitting the red button I didn't hit anything Right Oh See it switched off again Oh

Another sigh At the end Oh, yes, see, it switched off again. Another sigh at the end of it. Did you not... Doesn't that just sound like everyone's parents? Oh, totally. Every time you phone your parents, they always end up having a bickering argument somewhere in the background. We'll get to Tessa on from Auckland.

Craziest phone call you received, Tess. Hello, how are you? Good, thank you. How are you? Oh, yeah, I'm good, thank you. So, like, when I was a bit younger, I'd get regular market researchers ringing me up and they'd go,

can I speak to your mummy or your daddy, please? And I went, what? How old do you think I am? Oh, 12. Excuse me, I'm in my 30s. How old are you, Tessa? How old am I now? Yeah.

54. Oh, right, because I won't lie, I thought we were talking to a child. That is an adorable little voice you have. Yeah, you've got a wonderful voice. Yeah, everybody recognises my voice. It'd be quite hard for you to phone up and, you know, you're the banking and get a loan and things like that, I imagine.

Oh, no, they're pretty good, actually, because they just kind of go, oh, what's your birthday? Oh, yeah, that's a good... A 12-year-old wouldn't know that they were a 53-year-old's birthday. Hey, thank you very much, Tess. Really appreciate you listening mate. Someone's just texted in here, I got a call one day and it was someone

saying someone's breaking into your house and they said, well I'm upstairs in my house, no one's breaking into my house you must have the wrong house and then they went downstairs an hour later and the TV and microwave and everything was gone. So unless it was a concerned neighbour or maybe a polite And then they went downstairs an hour later, and the TV and microwave. No way.

And everything was gone. So unless it was a concerned neighbour or maybe a polite burglar. Hey, just to let you know. I'm in here. I like an even playing field when I'm doing my work. Okay, give me a chance. Don't say I didn't warn you. Wow.

Hey, we'll get Sarah on from Parmy. Morning, Sarah. Hi. Hey, good to have you on. Craziest phone call you received? It was one that I got at work, Sarah. Hi. Hey, good to have you on. Craziest phone call you received? It was one that I got at work, actually. My ex-fiance

called me up to tell me that he was having a child with my best friend and that he missed me. Oh yeah, this is over the phone. Yeah. That's a safe option, though. A safe option over the phone.

And it works because the whole thing can't flare up too much. Yeah. Oh, and how did you take the news? I wasn't pleased. You weren't happy for the expectant mother? No, no. I mean, it's been a while now. You've got over it now.

Yeah, they seem quite happy, but I have not talked to them in quite a while. There's been no more phone calls at work. And you're happy now? Yeah. Don't dance your last time I asked that. They were in a dark place in their life. Good on you, Sarah. Thank you very much for your call.

Appreciate it. Welcome to the Space Jams. Space Jams and new legacies. Ten shots at 10k with Jono and Ben now NBA champion LeBron James has teamed up

with the Looney Tunes it's a brand new movie out Space Jam and New Legacy it's in cinemas tomorrow and thanks to it we've got $10,000 to give away

one lucky listener Steve is going to be well is he lucky yeah who knows there's a lot of pressure on him he's got 10 shots tomorrow, 10 shots for 10K, each shot's worth a grand, and if he misses a shot as we go,

100 of the hits, the next person on 100 of the hits will win the money. Yeah, so he's doing it with his son, Cody, and we thought we'd get some practice in yesterday ourselves. I don't know why we were practicing. No, we didn't need to practice, but we thought we'd do something to win some tickets. They were like, hey, we can give you some tickets. Why don't you do 10 shots for tickets to Space Jam?

You can give them away on the show. 10 shots, 10 tickets. We emailed back going, why can't you just send us the tickets and we will give them away? They said, no, you need to go through this hoop. You need to jump through this hoop. Well, literally jump through hoops. So we ended up having a basketball hoop in the middle of work,

and we're on like a four or five story building Yeah, so we went up to the fifth floor where there's lawyers up to the highfalutin lawyers So we were drinking champagne and eating caviar It was only 930 in the morning and there was a basketball hoop down on ground ground level and we each had a ball And we had to shoot them into the hoop each each shot represented a one ticket and this is how it went What do you reckon? Do you reckon it's doable? I think it's just a simple drop. Like, just a drop.

Okay, go. Oh! It sort of sways just a little bit. Oh! Yay! Oh! Oh! That's an oh! So, we both got one each in and out of the 10 shots.

So we've got two tickets to give away. Two tickets to give away. Now, you could see that as one double pass, or you could see that as two single tickets if you'd like to go to the movies in a solitary fashion. Yeah, it's a Space Jam of New Legacies in cinemas tomorrow. So I'm at 100 of the hits right now if you want, as John has said, a double pass or maybe two.

Two single. It's a single ticket. Two people get two single tickets. And I tell you what, getting in it is very satisfying, isn't it? From a great height. You see why seagulls have been bombing us for years. Because when you hit the target, it's, yeah. There's going to be a video up later today on the Hits Breakfast when we got it in.

But, yeah, I just wanted to be there all day. Keep trying. We've got Steve with us next CF. He's been practicing ahead of tomorrow's 10 shots for $10,000. We've actually got a special surprise for him. We've got Steve with us next to see if he's been practicing ahead of tomorrow's 10 Shots for $10,000. We've actually got a special surprise for him. We've got a professional basketball player. Have you heard of LeBron James? I have.

It could be him. But it probably won't be. We'll tell you who it is next. Welcome to the Space Jam. Space Jam's a new legacy. 10 Shots at 10K with Jono and Ben. Space Jam, a new legacy. It's fun for the whole family.

It's in cinemas tomorrow, and we've got something very special happening on our show tomorrow, and we want to involve our basketballer, Finn Delaney, with us now. How's it going? Thanks for being part of the show. Morning. I'm very good. How you going? Good. You sound morning-y too. I literally just right out of bed. Oh, that's good.

Well, it's a pleasure that you would get out of bed for us you could have stayed in bed and we wouldn't have known it would have been good well it's nice

to talk to you how's things been with you yeah good just had a little break had a little break after

the season but yeah feeling good had a little breaker little pun there now we've got you on this

morning because there's a listener to the show that tomorrow is going to be taking 10 free throw shots, and each shot is $1,000. So they potentially could win $10,000. Nice. So, you know, we want a little bit of advice,

and maybe from yourself as a professional basketballer here in New Zealand. I mean, even the professionals miss from that, right? Yeah, even the professionals miss, but I wish every time I shot a free throw it was worth $1,000. That'd be nice. Yeah, well, unfortunately you're not LeBron James. No, I think every shot he takes is worth a lot more than $1,000. But is there anything that this person needs to go through, like mentally?

When you're at the free throw line, what are you thinking about, Finn Del you thinking about oh i must reply to mum's text i've got to get a rego for the car or are you just are you in the zone all of those things no uh just trying not to think about too much to be honest just trying to uh shoot it it comes down to muscle memory at the end so i hope i hope the hope that uh hope the person shooting's got a lot of practice can you get that memory for your muscle within a 24-hour period? It'd be tough, but they can get some practice in. I think it's all about just throwing it up there and hoping for the best for this person. That is some shocking advice.

Just throwing it up and hoping for the best. We're going to call Steve now. Yeah, Steve. Here's a little tip. While we're calling Steve, try and think of some more rock-solid now. Yeah, Steve. Yeah. Hey, here's a little tip. While we're calling Steve, try and think of some more rock solid advice. Yeah, maybe, I don't know, aim for the hoop or...

Is there anything? Hold the ball. Something. We'll call Steve now, Finn. Here he is. How tall are you, by the way? I'm about six foot seven. Is that an average height for a...

Good morning. Yeah, it's pretty average. Oh, sorry, we're just talking to a basketballer. Steve was asking about his height. Now, we do have a basketballer on the phone, Steve. Oh, exciting. Now, you need to guess who it is. Is it A, Kyrie Irving?

B, Kevin Durant? C, LeBron James? Or D, none of the above? Cody's a massive KD fan, so I'm going to go with B, Kevin Durant. You're locking Kevin Durant? You're correct. We got Kevin Durant. We got Finn Delaney, of course, a New Zealand basketballer with us right now.

We thought we could maybe pass on some advice. Well, Finn could pass on some advice ahead He'll give you your big shots tomorrow. Awesome. Morning, Tony. Morning, Steve. So I'm going to give you some advice, but my cut's 50%. Do you want this advice or not, Steve? I do, because when I asked my wife for advice, her advice was don't miss.

Well, listen, to be honest, Finn's probably not going to have much better advice. Finn, what's your advice for Steve? Steve, just get some good art on all your shots. Get it nice and up there so it's falling into the hoop. And just look and aim it at the back of the rim. Oh, the back of the rim. Because obviously there's a backboard and there's the hoop. Is there any better place, like off the backboard,

or you reckon just go directly to the hoop? Just go directly to the hoop, but you want some good arc on your shot. You don't want to shoot it too flat. I also like the high fives that you get, regardless of whether the shot goes in or not. Everyone always does it in the basketball. Does it feel a bit weird to high five your teammates if you just miss one? I mean, if they just like iced you out after a miss, it would feel pretty

bad. Oh, that's good, that's good. So we need to come in tomorrow. It's out of obligation to make them feel better. Okay, Steve, have you been practicing since we last spoke? Yeah, put up a few shots yesterday. And? 40%. 40%? That'd be $4,000.

So that's not a pass in school C math, but, you know, I'm getting there. That's not bad. And have you learned any little hacks? Have you YouTubed anything or looked on the net? I got sidetracked and started looking at Teslas when I was on the net. You can't throw a Tesla into a basketball hoop. Probably not.

Okay, well, listen, as the game works, every shot you miss tomorrow, 10 shots of 10K, thanks to Space Jam, we're going to give it to the next caller on 0800 the hits. That's how it's going to work, okay? Can I be shooting and sitting on hold at the same time? We might have found a four in our plan.

Finn, thank you so much for your time this morning, mate. Love your work. Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. Thanks, Finn. Steve, we'll catch you tomorrow for our 10 shots this morning mate Love your work Thanks guys Appreciate it, thanks Finn Steve we'll catch you tomorrow for our 10 shots of $10,000 Thanks to Space Jam No light banter at the end Space Jam I'm done

A new legacy is in cinemas tomorrow it is that Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook Now that is our show for a Thursday Wrapping things up at the moment We've had the football on as I imagine a lot of people have around New Zealand. England taking on Denmark in the Euro semi-finals.

Now at 7 o'clock this morning we had a call from Gary, a loyal listener slash probably only listener to the show. And Gary, you were on your way to the football. Well, the pub at least to watch it. And it's just wrapped up. What's the score? We don't know if it's coming home. We don't know yet.

It's gone to extra time. You said it was coming home. We don't know if it's coming home. Is that your after game poem? It's still not over yet. It's the one and all, and it looks like it's the end of regulation play. So is it extra time or is it a penalty shootout?

Or how's it work now? Extra time and penalties. All right. We had six minutes of overtime from the regular game. Yeah, and there's some extra time now and then penalties. 96 minutes and now it's going to extra time and then penalties. And Gary, you sound surprisingly coherent. Yeah, you do.

You sound like you're almost about to break down in tears. It's not over yet, mate. It's just pure, driven and pure emotion pure emotion, pure passion for my team. And is the pub packed, Gary? There's a good few there. So not many Danes. So the only Danish thing was the bacon in the breakfast. Was it delicious, though?

It was very good. Yeah, they do a good cut a bake In the Danish Don't they Yeah well Gary Good luck Good luck as it goes Into overtime Okay

Yeah thank you guys I'll catch up with you Tomorrow night Alright mate Appreciate that Now Gary We spoke to him Two hours later

We spoke to him At seven o'clock He said a very Offensive joke on here And now he almost Sounds like he's He's in less party mode Doesn't he

We've got somber Gary At the back end Of the, doesn't he? We've got Sombagary at the back end of the program. Tomorrow, don't forget, we've got Steve making 10 shots for $10,000 thanks to Space Jam A New Legacy. It's the new movie in cinemas tomorrow. That's a bit of pressure, we were saying before, on poor Steve, you know? He's every shot's $1,000. That's the thing. If he misses, you just call us up on 0800THEHITS

and you take Steve's money. And this is the great thing about the competition. We could win a family $10,000 or you could steal $10,000 off a family. It's wonderful jeopardy. It's what morning radio is built off. This sort of savage behaviour.

It's primal stuff, so that'll be kicking off tomorrow. I think we'll take the first shot 7.30am. Be listening because if he stuffs up, you win. And you don't have to do anything. You just got to use your fingers and dial the appropriate numbers in the right order. That's right. No pressure on you. No, all the

pressure's on Steve tomorrow. So good luck for him for that. So you can tune in about 7.30 tomorrow. The first shot will take place tomorrow on the show. I'm going to take my daughter back to A&E today. She's getting her cast checked and a bit of a worry because last time I was there at the A&E, they had The Hits on. Yesterday, when I took her in,

the breeze. So I don't know what we've done in the last couple of weeks. Well, it's a far superior station. I'd listen to the breeze if I had the option to. Have yourself a great Thursday. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays

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