Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Can We Convince Ben's 9-Year-Old Daughter To Swear On National Radio?

Episode Date: July 5, 2021

Kia ora e te whanau! Ben's 9-year-old is the most responsible human being on the planet and has told her dad on several occasions that she will never swear in her life. But Jono took this opportunity with open arms to try and convince Indie to swear. How much bribery will it take for a 9-year-old to crack? We also discussed the one thing you can say to your boss that will guarantee a day off work, no questions asked. Some genius ideas came through! All that and more on today's poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Owen 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 Owen Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the John Owen Ben podcast. Hi guys, welcome. 6th of July, it's Tuesday. Now, what I have noticed is because after the show finishes,

Ellen, the television program, plays on TVNZ1. And for, I think, maybe five or six weeks, Ellen has not been on Ellen. It seems like everyone else, apart from Ellen, has hosted that show. I mean, I'm waiting for you to get the call up here. You'd love that opportunity, wouldn't you? I would love Oh, totally. I would love it, yeah.

She's had her dancing guy, the DJ guy. He's been out there dancing his ass off trying to pull the show through. She's had... Is this her final series? First season? Tiffany Haddish. Yeah. Chelsea Handler today?

Yeah. Chelsea Handler. They're just scraping anyone together to just pull, drag this dog across the finish line. Where's Ellen? Where is Ellen DeGeneres? It's obviously a huge, successful show. So yeah, in 19 years it's been going for, so you're right.

You would have thought if it was a final run that she would be, she must have other commitments, because if it was a final run, you'd think, well, I'm going to be there every day doing this. So, yeah. Listen, I'd lost a million viewers after she uh apologized for went on there's nothing where is ellen degeneres where is

ellen degeneres right now can it tell me can google tell me this i saw her the other day she posted something she'd made like a um like a taco well she said she made a taco dinner on her instagram so yeah like a oh she's at home making tacos? Well, yeah. What, all these people... Do you reckon she's still on full pay? Oh, I don't know. She probably would be,

wouldn't she? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, well, good on her. I mean, once you announce you're going, I guess you're on the fade out, aren't you?

Once you've made that call, anyone who retires or resigns from a job, you know, those last few months, you're not giving it your all. Oh, but I think of a show like, Alan, you would be there.

You want to end on the show, people go, that was a great show. She's been there for 19 years. Well, they just end it. They just go. Yeah,

I agree. You know, like, go, okay, if that's the way she feels, which is, if that is,

I'm not saying she is, then I'd say, well, go. That's fine. But the problem is, she can still get millions and millions of dollars for 12 months

of not working well yeah true now you put it that way your name on the show alright no that's good I like that so if you were going to leave a job

yeah do you have a check out period or are you just full noise till the end there's no down time depends on the circumstances I guess yeah

well wouldn't you tell me those circumstances well like if I was like okay we're going to end the show we've, we're going to end the show. We've decided we're going to end the show. You're at the end of the year. You want to make that the best you can be.

But maybe if the management had come down and said, hey, you're finishing up at the end of the year. Yeah, you're not great. And then I'd be like, oh, okay, you're going to get 50% me. You come down going, yeah, not great. You're going to get 50% voice. Well, maybe. No, I want another job, so maybe I'll...

I want 100% voice all the time. It's my favourite voice. Maybe I'll be like, I'll prove to you. I'll prove to you. But they've made the decision. No, but I might prove to you that you made a mistake. And they'll be like, oh, well, we've got someone better. Yeah, they have.

You can keep proving. And I want a job, though. And I'll say, no, you're right. 100% all, you know. Well, then they'll be like, Why are you just Trying to be good now Why were you Why were you Aiming to be good

Through the tenure Of your contract That's a very good call Yeah hey Well that might not Be too far off What would you do If it all ended

Today This job Oh jeez It's a fun gig Honestly I won't Even on a bad day You're having a good day In this job

It was fun It's fun Yeah well you'd hope You'd be able to keep Working for a while Would you stay in the industry Or would would you just completely, you know, like become a, I don't know, a tantric sex instructor? I don't have a lot of other skills and stuff.

Well, you're pretty good at tantric stuff. So maybe that's what I could do, yeah. Or would you just get, yeah. I've always said I'd mow lawns. Yeah, that's been your thing. Yeah, that's been my, I think that would be rewarding. But again, you might, you might, that might run off. The novelty of that might run off pretty quickly.

Yeah, yeah. Well, the novelty of this job generally doesn't. It doesn't. Every day is a different day. Yeah. It's a fun gig anyway. Hopefully it doesn't end Ben. We'll find out.

We'll find out. We'll see if we get 50% or 100% Ben tomorrow. Enjoy the podcast. No, we're going to play a new game based around New Zealand's six degrees of separation right now. Now, can I just say, for the record, this is a game that I wanted to bury in the six o'clock hour. I wanted to trial it, not in prime time. He didn't want to put his

respected good name to this game in the prime 8.30 till 9 slot. Because now that we're here, I'm like, it's not going to work. It's not going to work. It's not going to work, but maybe that's part of the fun. Maybe it's more about the journey than the destination. I bullied you into doing it in this slot. I was like, back

at it. It's a great game. Now we're here, I'm like Yeah. I'm starting to lose confidence in it, I won't lie. Oh yeah. But you know who would be really proud that you've brought this game to the radio? Your father, Kevin Boyce, who prides himself. He has taught, he has been a school principal for so many decades through New Zealand. I even think Kevin Boyce, who prides himself. He has taught, he has been a school principal

for so many decades through New Zealand. I even think Kevin Boyce taught Ernest Rutherford how to split an atom in science class at age 14. He probably did. And he always enjoys meeting someone. He finds a connection. He's great with this game. And figuring out how he knows them or knows someone in their life.

He even did it to Brooklyn Beckham in Los Angeles for some reason. I know, punished him with this. So what we're going to do right now, we're going to find someone that we haven't met on our 100 The Hits. And Jono, you get to ask six questions about them. Through a process of shoddy question asking. See if you can find a connection somewhere and I'll see if this game is

worthy of 8.30 or should we have put it just at 10 past 6? Okay, alright. There's a lot riding on this, guys. A lot riding on this. I'm not sure about it. We'll see if it lives another day. Let's welcome Janine to New Zealand's Breakfast. How are you?

Good morning. I'm good, thanks. And yourself? Good, thank you very much. Now, that is not a question. I would like to have a notion. Oh, okay, that wasn't your first question? So I get six questions. Okay.

Six questions. Now, I know you're from Lincoln, so that's not a question either. Oh, you've got prior knowledge of Janine. Do you know Janine, do you? I don't know Janine, but now I will start the question asking. Where do you work, Janine? At a hairdresser. Hairdresser?

Oh, that's nowhere you've been. Why did you have to work at a bloody hairdresser? We'll never come across each other's palms. Have you always hairdressed or dressed hair in the Canterbury region? Yes. Do you live in Lincoln? I'm just cagey about this one I don't want to tell you

Just outside the town Okay Three questions And your partner's name? Is Gerard Gerard Okay Gerard

Gerard Gerard who? Gerard Norfo Norfo Gerard Norfo Okayfo Gerard Norfo How many more questions have I got? One or two baby Are you familiar

My mum Annie Pryor Oh yeah here we go Annie Pryor lives in Christchurch She once took me to a cafe In Lincoln The Rustic Cafe No I haven't been there. Damn it.

I've got one hope. I know a guy called Steve from the rustic cafe, and he's always talking about him. Have you never been to the rustic cafe? No. And you called yourself a Lincoln-tonian? Yes. Oh, okay.

Well, then that failed spectacularly. Sorry, Janine, I don't know you. Yeah, right, which gives me no guilt in saying, hang up now, get rid of it. God, you get what that's about. Dead to me. Do you want to quickly try and destroy that? Yeah, you give it a go.

Okay, welcome, Karen from Auckland. Take it away. Okay, Karen. Karen, hello. Where did you grow up? In Blockhouse Bay in Auckland. Blockhouse Bay, okay. Good, good.

What do you do for a job, Karen? I work at a school. Now your wife's a teacher. Here we go. Here we go. What school do you work at? Kowai Land School in Kitarangi. Okay, losing her there.

Pull it back, pull it back, boys. Question four. Do you play any sports? I used to play tennis and squash. This is like the world's first most awkward date. Most awkward first date. Do you play sports? Do you have a partner?

Well, I passed it on to my sons who've become internationals. Oh, here we go. Here we go. Your son. Who's your son? Who's your son? Who's your son? I've got a son called Campbell Grayson who was an international squash player and now works for Yale.

In America? Wow. As a squash coach. Oh, yeah. That's, yeah. Do you know Susan Devoy? Sorry? Do you know Susan Devoy? I? Do you know Susan Devoy? I do. Yes!

I've met her once too. Have you met Susan Devoy, Karen? Sorry? Have you met her? Oh, yes, several times. Oh, several times. Different tournaments. Tell you what, she loved her squash, didn't she?

Boy, oh boy, did she love her squash. Do you know Susan Devoy? She was all does she love her squad. Do you know Susan Du Bois? She was a lover. It's a contentious victory, but I'll give it to him on this occasion. Just so we have an ounce to this, whatever this has been. A funny wee story about meeting people overseas. I worked with somebody whose niece lived in Howick

in Auckland and when I sort of queried her, it ended up that she was a neighbour of my sister-in-law. Oh, there you go. Well, she would have been great playing this game for whatever we've been doing for the last five minutes. She became friends with me when we returned to New Zealand.

Oh, that's wonderful, Karen. Thank you. Oh, we're going to see you have some hell pizza as well. It is the hits. Jono and Ben, or as they you. All the love. We're going to see you at some Hell Pizza as well. It is the hits. You've got to shut up. Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office, those two. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. You're constantly coming on this show, boasting about how your kids don't want to swear.

Oh, no, indeed, that's her thing. You're like, yeah, we were at a concert a while back and someone said something and she's like, she's just, any time you hear a swear, you know know like if it's a movie or whatever it's just like it's like that's the worst thing she said yeah she's like my auntie janice yeah my godly auntie janice she's like i will i will never say a swear word like this is she said in my life i'll never say a swear word so she's vowed bad word i'm not gonna say a bad word well i'm gonna make it my life mission uh to get indy to swear why why what sort of time before we die don't we so uh yeah just to make she's nine yeah she's nine years old it's great it's great that she's here you know the bad words and she knows she knows not to say

them yeah now um for those listening who might who might already be drafting up a complaint email to the Broadcasting Standards Authority, this is irresponsible parenting. No, it's irresponsible friending. I'm irresponsible. I'm like, hey, she's like, don't do it, mate. Don't do it. But then he also realises we've got to do

three minutes of content. So keep going a little bit, but don't. Oh, good luck to you. All I can say is good luck to you Because she's, you know, Indy She's independent sometimes She's an independent woman Now hit the music, Joe

Make Indy say a bad word So I'd like to introduce our first contestant Indiana Boyce Good morning Good morning Good morning You've got sassy Indy, I love it Yeah, so you may be familiar with Indy, Ben.

Yes, I am. Hello, Indy. How are you? Now, I don't know what justifies a swear word. Are we talking the big bangers? Are we talking... Yeah, I think we're talking the big ones. The big players.

Yeah, all of them. What about, you know, fringe ones like fiddlesticks or giddity gosh darn it? Not even going to go there with those ones? Okay. Okay. I have one more question too. Who's paying the fine if she does swear? The broadcasting standards.

Oh yeah, we hadn't built that in, have we? Yeah, okay. So Andy, why don't you want to swear? I think it's great. 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.

They are bad for the environment. Well, you know, your generation, everything's bad for the environment, isn't it? But I guess they were bad for the home environment, bad for the school environment. Have you ever thought of a swear word in your head, but it hasn't left your lips? No. Never even thought of a swear word? Never. But do you know what they are?

Yes, because they're hair then. But then you block them out immediately She's like Like a ninja defending punches Okay, so if I were to offer you $10 and an LOL doll You know, would I get an S-bomb maybe? Nope, no way

Not close Not close, not close Okay, a toy from every day between now and Christmas from your father. No. Oh, good, I'm glad you said no to that one. No, no, no. $10 every day between now and Christmas from your father. No, no.

No, no. No, the dog's like, take it. Take the money. It's like the episode of Who Wants to Be a Millennium when someone's in the background coughing. Andy, I'm very impressed. You're very good. You stick to your guns, all right?

That's great stuff. Can you just say one thing for me? Just go, mother son of a brass trumpet. No. She knows you've got to stitch her up in the edit, mate. I'd stitch her up in the edit. Just say, mother son of a brass trumpet. Can you just do that?

Trumpet. Oh, Indy. Oh, I heard the sort of Juliet had to beep it. It was trumpet. It was trumpet. Anything else you want to say, Indy? Um. No, not again.

She keeps going. I'm not going to sleep. When will it start? I don't know. I've been a can of worms. I'm sorry, Ben. This is a blast for me at its worst.

Indy, good on you. Have a great day at school, all right? Okay. Thank you. See you, bye. Morning. This show contains

traces of Jono and Ben. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. A friend of ours, I caught up with him the other day, and he unwittingly stumbled across a way to get a day off. And he actually ran this through the proper systems. He was just like, hey, can I have Friday off? And they said, why do you want the day off?

And he just came back with personal reasons. Now, he was just like, well, to go into, he was basically had to do a lot of admin and stuff like that. And those are personal reasons? Yeah, but he was just like, oh, I'll just say personal reasons rather than getting into, well, I've got to do this, I've got to do that. And then everyone went, oh, oh, personal reasons.

Oh, yeah, of course. And there's no follow-up questions when you say personal reasons. And it kind of, it's like, people assume the worst. Yeah. But you're not, they can't zero in on anything in particular. No, because you don't want to talk about it. They're like, where are they today? Well, personal reasons.

Did you hear they've got, they're off for personal reasons. So he said even the day before, there were people going, hey, good luck tomorrow, mate. Hey, good, you know, I hope everything goes well tomorrow. Wow. Everyone was quite concerned, which is lovely. Yeah, yeah. And then he was like, I don't have the heart to tell them that, really.

I'm just going to, like, pick up the dry cleaning from here and do all this. He ran a whole lot of errands. But anything can be a personal reason if you want it to be. Well, it's all personal reasons. He's not lying. But you're right. People just suddenly go, oh, it's... But it sounds monumental.

It does. And it's not resolved yet. And you need to take some time off to sort that issue out. You take time off for personal reasons. You're like, oh, gee, something's gone down. So what we want to do right now on the 0800, the HITS 4487, is what can you say to your boss? What excuse can you give to guarantee you a day off work

where there's going to be no questions asked? They'll just fill out the form and you'll get a day off at home. I tried at school saying I was going to, I think I told you this the other day, going to the dentist. And then the deputy principal called me out on it because he was like, I think I told you this the other day, I was going to the dentist and then the deputy principal called me out on it because he was like, oh, what dentist? And I was like, what time is your appointment?

He goes, oh, that sounds great. And then he was like, I don't know, just suddenly picked up the phone and started dialling. So if I just call them right now, they'll verify all those details and you're like, oh. The weird thing was your dad was your principal and you were trying to get that story past your own father who would have known about your daily routine.

Oh, come on, Dad. Come on, Dad. We've got to go to the dentist. Juliet, do you say anything to guarantee a day off work? I don't think I've done anything like deceitful. No, she's a reliable employee. I reckon a good one is if you're going to your boss and saying, hey, I need a day off work, and they say, why?

You can just always say, oh, I don't really feel comfortable saying why. And you kind of like have that whole sort of... It's more like the personal reasons sort of thing. Yeah, you kind of just... And then they're like, oh, okay, yep, no, don't worry, totally fine. I always find diarrhea works. Okay. You know, I might fall into the TMI category.

That's so true. It is. I mean, no one questions you. It gets results. And you've made a recovery. I was like, even now,

I'm like, go, leave. You don't even have it. You've just been saying it. I'm like, get out. Exactly.

I don't want you to like, ugh. But I can be back the next day. You can recover. Oh, get out. When is it not going to work? I'm trying.

All right. So, 0800, that's the telephone number. Oh, get out. When is it not going to work? I'm sorry. All right. So, 0800 is the telephone number. Apologies to everyone about that. What are you using? Take the day off. What excuse are you using to guarantee a day off work? Lovely to have you on, Shai. Hi.

Good to have you on. What's the guaranteed excuse you can give to the boss to get the day off? I just say that I've got court tomorrow. Oh, okay. But, you know, that leads to other questions of like, what law have you broken and should I be consumed? Yeah. No, they don't ask any questions.

How many times have you taken the day off for court? Oh, just once. Yeah, right. And did you actually have to go to court? No. It could be jury duty as well. That is a thing. It could be like...

With jury service, I'm pretty sure you need forms and stuff. She looks at that. She's done all the R&D on that. I haven't, I haven't. And so did your boss ask you what you had done? No. I just said, I've got court tomorrow. And they said, I'll see you on your next day.

And this was a few years ago. Yeah, right. What an understanding boss you have. Thank you very much. Really appreciate your call this morning. I'll get Nick on from Christchurch. How are you, Nick? Welcome.

Yeah, the guaranteed excuse to get your day off work. Well, usually it's not an excuse at all, mate, because it's so used to me not giving an excuse That if I gave one, it just looks suspicious Oh, you've been too upfront and honest Yeah I like it, honestly I'm looking on a website here of seven perfectly

Good excuses to use That won't get any follow-up questions You're dealing with unexpected circumstances Oh, that's good That's good Yeah, you one's... Yeah, you're right. Yeah.

You have a house emergency. You have a family emergency. Oh, yeah. Anything with emergency tacked onto the end... Sounds like you need to, yeah. Sounds very professional. We'll get Thomas on. Welcome.

How are you, Thomas? Hello. Guaranteed excuse for a day off work. Oh, yeah. So once my mates came over long distance, mate, and he flew up to surprise me, but I couldn't get day off work? Oh, yeah, so once my mate came over long distance, mate, and he flew up to surprise me, but I couldn't get time off work, so I got on the call up, pretended to be my neighbour and said my house was being robbed.

Okay, you've really gone to quite a lot of effort there. Like, it's a wonderful role play that has to happen. I've got to go home. But was he on, like, speakerphone or, like, how did this performance play out? Yeah, I just answered the phone in front of the supervisor at the time and acted all concerned.

I was like, oh, okay, yeah, I'll get home. I just said, oh, some of my house has been robbed, and just kind of dashed out the door. But you didn't need your friend for that. You could have just pretended to be talking. It's nice, though. It's nice to go through. You're getting character.

I was thinking that, but then if I put my phone down, it looks like no one's called me. Yeah, right. You can't get called out on that. And you want someone to bounce off when you're, but then, you know, if I put my phone down, it looks like no one's called me. Yeah, right. You can't get called out on that. And you want someone to bounce off when you're acting. Yeah, you do. You give me something and I can give you something back. It's how acting works.

Exactly. Well done, Todd. And do they ask? But that's the thing. The more detailed your excuse, the more you have to come up with a story at the back end. You're probably right. Yeah, I was thinking that.

It was a Friday, so I was thinking, I'm going to go back to work on Monday. I might have to, but no, they never asked about it. I forgot. Everyone're probably right. Yeah, I was thinking that and I was on Friday so I was thinking I'm going to go back to work on Monday, might have to, but no, they never asked about it. Everyone's moved on. Two days, I forgot you even got robbed. Thank you very much, Thomas. Really appreciate your call. Let's go to Aaron in Tauranga. Welcome, Aaron. How are you? Good, thanks. Yourself? Guaranteed

excuse for a day off work. Back in the days when I was at school My mate had a part time Job at Countdown And he wanted The after work off So he could go out So he called his boss Told them

That he had diarrhea In the background We were tipping frozen peas You were tipping frozen peas Oh it's at the bath Oh I see Toilet They're really working hard

On the role play. But then you're like, you wouldn't call. Why are you calling me for a minute? Maybe that's it. You're like, hang up, hang up. Just take the week off. I can't stop. I can't bring you it up.

That's how bad it was. He couldn't even leave the bathroom. Listen, really do appreciate all your calls and texts. And now it's time we tell you that this has all been part of a sting for WorkSafe New Zealand. And all of those excuses have been noted on the record. Yes, and I'll be using them ever again. It's a hit.

You've got to shut up a bit. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. I'm going to bring something up here that I'm imagining most professional texters have probably come across in their time. Even your amateur texters? Yeah, those just getting into the texting game or do it as a hobby. They've probably come across this too. Does it happen on all devices that when you text someone and then say, Juliet, you're replying back to me, that dots come up?

Flashing sort of dots. Oh, like typing dots. Typing dots, yeah. I think it happens on most devices. It happens on the Apple, right? Yeah. And Instagram and Facebook and things like that as well. And the Facebook as well.

And the Instagram. We're so like boomers when we say that, eh? But jeez, don't you... I find those are anxious seconds, aren't they, as those dots are flashing. They can be, depending on the text. Yeah, they are anxiety ridden dots there if you're waiting for someone to reply on something you're like oh yeah but then

don't you like this happened to me yesterday and i'll just use this example i text my mother okay i said i love you mother yeah okay you you should reply to me and tell me how much you love me and then i could see her wavy dots was ann's dots were under wave. And then they stopped. The dots just died. I've had that before. No text. What were you going to say? What were you going to say? Why did you just delete?

So despicable, you thought no, you thought better of it and you did not send the text. Yeah, I've had that before too and it makes you just really put the question mark over it. What were they going to say? Maybe she's got no love in her heart for me anymore. Maybe she's just, you know, Yeah, I've had that before too and it makes you just really put some questions Yeah, your head goes into a tailspin. You're like, what were they going to say? They said, oh, we're not saying that. Maybe she's got no love in her heart for me anymore.

Maybe she was just, you know, the tipping point was on TV or something and she got distracted by that game show. Another situation that I find myself in

is if I'm talking to someone and we're both online, they're typing, I'm typing, but I see they're typing so I stop typing so I can wait to see what they've said

before I see my message. But then it becomes a Mexican standoff because I stop typing and then they're thinking the same thing so I stop typing so I can wait to see what they've said before I see my message. But then it becomes a Mexican standoff because I stop typing and then they're thinking the same thing. They stop typing and then we're just waiting for each other to start typing again. No one wants to get the ball rolling again. So what I'm just saying as a PSA, follow through. Follow through

the test because now I'm sitting here 24 hours later going, am I adopted? Does she want anything to do with me anymore? Has she realised who I am and what I actually do for a job now? A simple thumbs up would have been fine. Just emoji.

That gets you going doesn't it? When you send something going what are you doing with this thing? My dad's a good one at that. And we could do this. There's a couple of questions. But you're a long author of a text. You'll send through pages.

And then your dad just comes back with a thumbs up. To what? To what part is thumbs up. I'm like, to what? To what part is thumbs up? There was about four different questions there. What part are we thumbs up to? It was a JK Rowling instalment of a text message. I'll go chapter two. Thumbs up to chapter two.

I don't know. You have to work out what's thumbs up. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on The Hits. Morning. Welcome along to the show. It is The Hits. Jono and Ben.

Warmest ever June for a century in New Zealand. I was just reading before. So we just had that polar blast last week, which is obviously cold. Even with the polar blast, you can't affect our warm June. No. You throw another polar blast at us. How's that? The warmest ever weather in the centuries.

Yeah, well, the polar blast was just the tail end, though, wasn't it? It was just like a little, we'll try and bring the average down. Yeah. Gave it their best shot. It's meant to get a bit colder later in this week as well, but at the moment, quite warm, so yeah. Hey, I have a question for both you and Producer Juliet. What's the first practical thing you do once you wake up every morning?

The first, like, functional thing. What do you mean, like build up every morning. The first functional thing. What do you mean? Like build a deck or anything like that? Yeah. Go get a word of fitness. Yeah. Well, the first thing I do, the first sort of physical activity I do is turn lights on in the kitchen. Oh, I see what you mean.

And no matter how many mornings I wake up and turn lights on, my eyeballs are never prepared for it. It's like the ultimate jump scare on your eyeballs turning on a lot yeah dude what's the first thing you do oh yeah i guess it would be turn the lights turn the light on yeah i guess so do you kind of wander around with them shut for a while just letting them slowly adjust to the environment oh no i said yeah i sort of do a light like a sort of a gateway light like i do like a light that's oh you've got a it's so it's not a direct like direct you know like oh yeah it's like a gateway light ease your So it's not a direct, you know, like, oh, yeah, it's like a gateway light. You ease your eyeballs into the day.

I turn that one on and then I slowly get towards that rather than, you know... Slowly turning it to full noise. What about you, Ju? I turn my little bedside lamp on so it's quite a soft light. And I keep that on and then I go into the bathroom and then turn the big light on. Okay, you guys are nice to your eyes. Yeah, I'm just bloody, I'm ripping the plaster off those suckers. Anyway, got a fun show coming up.

Jeremy Wells with us, host of Taskmaster, which is back tomorrow night on TVNZ2. He's going to hang out with us for a bit before 7 o'clock. Yeah, can't wait for that, as well as $5,000. That's up for grabs again this morning at 7.45. It is the hits. We apologise in advance. Sorry about that. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you

into this. Sorry you've been dragged into this. Jono and Pam, breakfast on the heads. We apologise in advance. Sorry about that. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you into this. Sorry you've been dragged into this. Jono and Pam. Breakfast on the heads. The heads. Here's a fun game I want to play with you. You know the health star rating that you get on products? Yeah. And I don't know what the health

star rating chart represents. Obviously how healthy a product is. I don't know what it actually means. Does anyone know what it means? Like I know what it means but we just yeah like you said it's probably that is how healthy it is so if it's a higher health star rating it's better for you yeah so um yeah we i blindly live my life by health star rating although some products are quite good if they're not high on the rating you know they're sitting at a 0.5 or 1 they're quite good at sort of camouflaging it into the the packaging, don't you think?

Like the branding of the cereal box or whatever. So I've taken some photos of some products in my pantry, and this is called Guess the Health Star Rating. Should we get some music, Jude? Yes. Play a game show here. Okay, so the first one is some cereal. Oh, no, I'll kick it off with a bit of a curly one okay it's your continental cuppa soup oh cuppa soup our asian lux are jobby oh nice yeah what

do you reckon out of five how many stars on the health star rating I'll get an answer from each of you I'm gonna go three I'm gonna go 2 3.5 well done Bamboy I'm going to stick with the Cup of Soup range Obviously you can make a soup that was healthier With actual vegetables rather than Powdered stuff but that's pretty good 3.5 but happy with a 3.5

I'll stick with the soup range We'll go a Continental Thai Red Curry What do you reckon that's sitting it? Same brand I'll stick with the soup range. We'll go with a continental Thai red curry. What do you reckon that's sitting it? It's the same brand. Same sort of brand. Oh, a red curry. I'm going to go 2.5.

I'm going to go 3. 3.5. It was a curly one, yeah. It's the same as the other one, okay. Okay, now I'm looking at a packet of continental macaroni cheese pasta and sauce. Look, it's your pre-packet there. Oh, yeah. Yeah, what do you reckon?

It's a delicious macaroni. They're really good, those, eh? On the run. But I'm going to 2.5. I'm going to go 2. 3. Ooh. Okay, now I'm looking at a Waddy's can of spaghetti. Is sausages included?

Oh, sausages? Yeah. Okay, I got 2. I got 3 I got three Three five Three five that's good These are all going well Now here's one that'll throw you

Some healthy Froot Loops What do you think the Froot Loops are sitting at? I don't know I'd say I'd say I'd say 1.5 I'm going to say one It's a two

It's a two They're healthier than you think What? Not bad. Not bad. Special K also from the cereal range. Yeah, I'd say that's creeping up towards a four. He's nailed it.

Really? Out of all the products, this is the first one they've nailed. And that's why I'll stop there because we're not going to get any better than a nail. So guess the health star rating. But not everyone's got health star ratings. So get the Healthstar rating. But not everyone's got Healthstar ratings. No, not every product does. You're right.

I think as a company, you choose to opt in or not. But if you opt in as a company, like a Kellogg's or a Sanitarium, that means all the products are under the spotlight. So, you know, some of your cheeky ones you try and slip by, you've got to put a Healthstar. So I suppose if I'm running sugarplus.corp, I'm probably not going to opt to join the health star program. There were sausages at the supermarket the other day.

Some had health star ratings and some didn't. So it's probably the same thing like you say. You're going, oh, this is from the same company. How bleak was the health star rating on those sausages it wasn't high it wasn't a special K that is our health star rating this morning next we're going to put a dad under the pump put him in a bit of a jam thanks to the new movie

Space Jam A New Legacy and they could go on the draw for $10,000 it could be you as well if you go to the hitstock code at NZ Space Jams A New Legacy 10 shots at 10k with Jono and Ben. Space Jam, A New Legacy, it's in cinemas in just a couple of days' time this week. Can't wait for that.

It stars LeBron James and the Looney Tunes. And we're putting dads in a jam for one dad's chance to shoot 10 basketball shots for $10,000. That's happening this Friday. Yeah, we asked some pretty fiddly queers. Well, they're not fiddly questions. They're just important dates in any dad's life. And sometimes they struggle. Oh, man, I don't do dates.

Oh. Oh. Oh, you're kidding me. Okay. There we go. A montage of floundering fathers But all of them in the draw to shoot 10 shots for 10k And the family pass to Space Jam, of course And we've got Savannah on the phone

She wants to put her dad in a jam How you doing? Morena Great to have you on, Savannah Put your dad in a jam You want to put your dad in an uncomfortable position unnecessarily? Yeah, why not? How is he with dates? You know, when people's birthdays, things he probably should remember,

but when put on the spot, it could be difficult? I would say he's quite sharp. He's quite sharp. Oh, that's good. Okay. Russell, ironically, his name's Rusty, so he's not going to be too rusty for us today. Yeah. So we're going to ask him some days that he should know,

that Dad should know, but sometimes they fall off the list of priorities these days for other dates, you know, like when the All Blacks won the semifinals of the... Yes, I know that, don't they? Yeah, they know all this information, but sometimes just your daughter's birthday can fall by the wayside. So, Savannah, first one, what is your birthday?

The 23rd of May, 1996. 96, wonderful. Okay, now I understand you've got some siblings. Do you know one of their birthdays? Well, I've got a brother. His birthday is on the 6th of May, 2000. And what's his name? Te Arawa.

And we've also got twins Two twin boys And they are the 26th of November 2011 I want to say Okay there's a three day, that's a lot of days Yeah a lot of days But at least the twins you've got the same day So you're either going to get both wrong or

Well let's go through to Rusty right now What does Rusty do? He is a stay at home dad So he's looking after the twins Well they'll be at school at the moment to Rusty right now. What does Rusty do? He is a stay-at-home dad. So he's looking after the twins. Well, they'll be at school at the moment, so he shouldn't be home unless they're sick. Hello?

Hey, Rusty. Yeah? It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Oh, kia ora. Kia ora to you, my friend. And that music is overly dramatic, but designed to put you under a lot of pressure right now. We have Savannah on the phone. Yeah, my daughter.

Yeah, that's right. And we've got a couple of dates, a couple of questions, to see if you know the dates. These are all things in the family. Family dates, if you get these right, you go in the drawer for 10 basketball shots at $10,000. Okay. All right.

Come on, Dan, you got this. You got this. Come on, Rusty. Don't worry. Come on, Dan. You got this. You got this. Come on, Rusty. Don't worry, Rusty, because you've already won a family pass to Space Jam. Oh, you've won that already. You're right. That's right. Space Jam, a new legacy.

What price would you put on that? Probably the price of a family pass to Space Jam. Yeah, probably. Oh, yeah. Savannah's birthday. What is her birthday? Savannah's birthday? Yeah.

It's the 23rd of May, 1996. Oh, well done. Savannah's birthday. What is her birthday? Savannah's birthday? It was the 23rd of May, 1996. Oh, well done. Savannah's birthday. You got it. Jeez. You backed him, Savannah. Now, Te Arawa. Now, your son.

Yes. His birthday, 10 year. He's the 6th of May, and he's a double O, baby. He is. 2000. 2000, well done. And finally, there's twins. What are their birthdays?

Awoki and Sterling. 26, 11, 11. Oh well done. 11, 11 works well for remembering. We were just never going to trip him up. No, you're too good Rusty. Well you've got a family pass to Space Jam and a new legacy and you guys are in the draw for 10 basketball

shots at $10,000. Awesome. Thanks, guys. Hey, actually, just before you go, just so we can have some sort of jeopardy here, I'll ask you a date, and you just um and ah for about five seconds, okay? What's your birthday, Rusty? That's a hard one. Yeah.

Good on you, Rusty. Well done. And, hey, we may be seeing you Friday for $10,000. Oh, that'll be exciting. Have a great day. Thanks, guys. Thank you. Rusty. Well done. And, hey, we may be seeing you Friday for $10,000. Oh, that'll be exciting. Thank you, Savannah. Thanks, guys. Thank you. Bye. Don't worry.

There's only one year to go on their contract. And next year, we'll make them pay us to do the show. Would you do that for the show, Ben? Oh, well, maybe. We'll see. With Jono and Ben for breakfast. The Warehouse presents Jono and Ben's Battery Operated Torch Tour. Yes, the Warehouse is proud

to sponsor today's Olympians as well as tomorrow's and we are embarking on a Battery Operated Torch Tour. It starts in Imbercargill this Friday. So if you grab a photo with our Battery Operated Torch that's going around warehouse stores around the country, register your details. You're in to win $10,000 cash.

Yeah, and it's one of the greatest tours. There's Tour de France. There's Annie and John Pryor touring the South Island as a couple of boomers, but I mean, none is going to beat the battery-operated torch tour. And I love it that it was only one stipulation that both Ben and myself said, is we need to let

the people know that it's battery-operated. It's not just your run-of-the-mill torch. No, it's battery-. It's not just your run-of-the-mill torch. No, it's battery operated. Running off sunlight and anxiety levels. This is battery operated, so I don't know how long the batteries are going to last. That's my major concern. Yeah.

But we're going to be doing the show from Monday at the warehouse in Christchurch on Blenheim Road, so come on down and see us in the battery operated torch. Get a photo with it and you'll be in the draw for $10,000. Loads of spot prizes. And the warehouse is affordable. Sports gear.

It's easy to make your start. And if you want to head to the hitstock.co.nz. Yeah, but it kicks off in Southland, doesn't it, over on Friday? Yes, in Vicargo on Friday. Yeah, yeah. Very exciting. Love getting out there and $10,000 up for grabs. Oh, no, that's good.

We're almost bribing people to come down and see us to make us feel more popular. I know, I know. But, I mean, it's nice, though. It's a great way to get people down, isn't it? Juliet, how are we bribing you to hang out with us? Well, I get paid to be here, so. That's all right. That's what happens.

It's a common theme. Hey, I've got Jeremy Wells joining us next. He's a host of Taskmaster, which is back on TVNZ2 tomorrow night. Now, I know for your mum, Ben, Jenny Boyce, Jack Tame, she wants you to be like Jack Tame. That's her goal for you. A proper journalist, reporter, you know, broadcaster. My mum's always like, she would just,

if she could go back and give birth to me and Jeremy Wells was in the hospital at the same time, I think she would do a baby swap. She's always like, hear what Jeremy's doing. Oh, I see Jeremy's made the transition to seven sharp now. Yeah, he's done well. She wants me to be Jeremy Wells.

Well, the next best thing is I can get him on our cruddy show. Yeah. We have to bribe him as well, though. $10,000 we have to pay him. But he's next and is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Yeah, you did that.

Yeah. Nah. Yeah, nah. The whole movie. Yeah, nah. She'll be right in at the end of the day. Jono and Ben. breakfast on the hits. Now, Taskmaster New Zealand is back tomorrow night on TBNZ2,

second series of the hugely popular UK show. A bunch of Kiwi comedians try and impress Jeremy Wells with some hilariously funny tasks, and joining us in the studio right now is Jeremy Wells. And what are you? Are you the host? Are you the taskmaster? Are you the judge?

I mean, what are you are you are you the host are you the task master you're the judge i mean what are you on the show jeremy it's an odd it's an odd role in the way that i don't actually get to see what's going on live when all of the contestants because there's five contestants five comedians and four comedians and matt heath really and and those guys all sit they do the same task which is which is set by me and some other people, so we work out what it's going to be. The task gets set. The taskmaster's assistant, Paul Williams, he administers the task.

I'm not on site when the tasks are being performed. That's a waste of my time. I'm off doing other things, running errands. 19 other TV shows. I've got other things to do. Because, I mean, you don't want to waste nine hours watching someone make a couch out of five balloons, do you? That is a waste of your time.

That's a good place. So I like to see the edited down version. But the interesting thing about the show is all of the contestants don't see each other do the tasks. So they have no idea. And because they do the tasks, I mean, a month before we actually shoot the live TV show, they don't remember the tasks either. So they're watching for the first time live with me and Paul Williams and also the audience. It's a lot of fun. And last time you filmed it through pretty much the lockdown phase, which had been really difficult last year, the first series, right?

Yeah, it was really weird, actually, because all of the tasks were shot at the beginning of the year. And then lockdown occurred, all of that sort of stuff. We ended up shooting the second part, which is the live element with the studio audience and watching the tasks. That was shot in October. And so nobody remembered. It was like it was done a lifetime ago. It was so weird. You'd grown a full beard.

Oh, I was a different person. You'd lost it. Someone had died. It was a long time between drinks. And so you got Ursula Carlson this season as well. Wonderful Urs. Yes. The interesting thing about the cast is everybody's quite different.

Ursula doesn't really care. She's got big jobs in Aussie. She's got big jobs in Aussie. She's making a lot of money. And she's quite happy to tell those younger comedians how much money she's making too, which is sensational when they get out of line. Laura is amazing, as you know, working with Laura for a long time. She's incredibly talented

montgomery as well montgomery is very very funny with great timing and then of course there's there's matt who brings a certain well a lot of people don't realize about matt heath is his family is the most academically gifted family in new zealand his father's a professor i believe his oh really sisters have doctorates and a professorhood. What do they think of him? Well, exactly. And then there's him. But he is really, he's incredibly logical and can solve a problem, a logical problem, very quickly.

We've got Jeremy Wells, head of Taskmaster New Zealand. Now, of course, you're on 7 Sharp. You've been on many TV shows and radio shows over the years. Want to play a quick game called Well, Well, Wells. We're going to play a bit of audio. Just so you can remember what show you were on. Jeez. This might be a battle.

I think maybe people thought it was, maybe I forgot my socks. Maybe. It was a mistake. I've done it on purpose. That's me. Yeah, this is all you. That's me. And I hear Hilary Barry in there as well.

Yeah. So I'm thinking that that has to be seven sharp. It must be something about me not having any socks on. It caused quite a stir. Well not quite as much as a stir that Hilary sometimes causes. Oh my god Hilary with the cleavage. She gets saucy shoulders there. Oh my god no socks. Do you usually wear no socks with shoes? No you know how at TVNZ

you get your clothes chosen for you? Yeah right. Because you know it's that sort of slightly European kind of look. Get a bit of ankle out. Yeah so I did it and I'm still alive but um it was certainly an interesting experience, sweaty feet though it's not nice in a loafer

you need those little ankle you've got a wonderful Air Force jacket on today and you would, like looking at you if there was a black and white photo he would have been a great military man, Jeremy Wells oh thank you, I take that as that's one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me thanks John, that's really kind I don things anyone has ever said to me. Thank you.

Thanks, John. That's really kind. I don't know what you'd be like in actual war. No, I'm terrible. The look. I'd be last over. What show was Jeremy Wells on here? They also wanted to know the best way to get to Nugget Point, and everybody knows that if you're going to go via Nugget Point,

it's good to go out like you're going down towards Port Chyna's, like you're going towards Tyree Mouth. Go that way, and then out around that road and then you can follow the coast all the way around. It's a beautiful way to go. Can I just interrupt myself there because before I turn your other listeners off with punishing root talk,

but that's me talking root talk. One of my favourite things is to work out how to get somewhere and then talk about the way to get there. Exploring our different highways and byways around the country to get places. And you go off the beaten track and you find some interesting things. Do you know you were going from Hamilton to Auckland once? Your main role is to just stick on State Highway 1. Yes.

He was driving. Somehow we veered off State Highway 1 from Hamilton to Auckland. I thought we could find a better way. We ended up in a cul-de-sac where roads didn't exist anymore. Where did you go? I know where you went. Did you turn off at Topiri? Yes.

It was Topiri. Oh, yeah. That's a great way. You can go back around there and go up through Tikafata and go around that way. Yeah, well, I tried that, but it didn't quite work out. You go past the old milk factory. You go past the old milk factory. That's a great road.

You know your way around. Okay, here's the third piece of audio for Well, Well, Wells. And all of them want this. My golden head made from pure golden paint and a hugely uncomfortable moulding process. I sure hope it was worth it. What show's that from, Jeremy? That sounds like audio from 1984, the way that that was recorded.

But that is from Taskmaster. That is me being the Taskmaster there, right there. It is indeed, and you can catch Taskmaster tomorrow night, TVNZ2. Jeremy Wells, always lovely catching up. Oh, thanks, Jono. Lovely seeing you too. Same to you, Ben. Yeah, nice to see you.

Thanks for having me. Listen, someone just sadly texted into the show, 4487, Jono and Ben, your old news. And I said, we'll prove them wrong with this new news that Ben Boyce presents from the last 24 hours. A little bit of animal news from the last 24 hours this morning. Now, there was an Aussie Rules football game going on in Australia and one of the reporters, she was sidelined.

She got, well, she had something land on her from a seagull. Yes, I have copped her from a seagull. Yes, I have copped it from a seagull. This is seagull poop on my favourite jacket. I think they're enjoying the roof being open. Obviously quite unusual at Marvel Stadium. It's supposed to be good luck, isn't it? I love how they say that's

meant to be good luck. It's a big smoke screen for you're highly embarrassed. No one ever feels great after that happens. It's clearly not good luck no you're gonna take that to the dry cleaners yeah isn't she do you reckon it is a goal of the birds or it just happens by accident are they up there playing a little game where it's 10 points for you know a head their own game of mozzie rules yeah that's yeah extra points for a headshot shoulders worth five sort of thing i reckon, because the amount of times people are getting hit,

getting bombed. And also the one, the two, when you're driving along and birds fly towards, it feels like they're flying towards the car, and then they swoop up at the last minute. I'm like, are they playing a little game? Yeah, a game of chicken. Are they? How close can you get to the grill?

Yeah, maybe they are. Sometimes when they're sitting on the road, and they're not refusing to move off the road. I'm going to run over this thing. Yeah, well, we're talking about the Olympics coming up, so maybe this is the Bird Olympics that's going on. It's a wonderful sport. And a dog restaurant, a Dog-On restaurant,

the country's first restaurant for dogs, is open in Auckland. Now, there are many dog-friendly cafes and restaurants, but this is the first restaurant in New Zealand where you can actually take your animal in and sit them down, and they get... You basically leash them to the table, and they get...

There's a menu, a wide range of stuff for dogs. They can dine on pizzas, sushi, fried chicken, and cakes, all food designed specifically for dogs. And, yeah, prices range from $8 to $18. It looks really awesome, actually. And, obviously, as the owner of the dog you can get a coffee or whatever there but the food is catered for dogs.

Do you reckon in about six months we're going to be doing a news story and the dog restaurant is shut down? I don't know, the guy, really interesting, the guy said, he started up with a bit of a, you know,

he was like, is this a crazy idea? And he went to the pet expo and he just thought it is a bit of a tester. He'll say, oh, here's some of my food. And he sold out his entire stock in two hours, under two hours.

Oh, well, more for me. So is there human food for consumption? Yeah, I think that, but mainly I think by the sound of what I can see, it's more like humans can get a coffee or whatever and the food is designed for dogs. I mean, in saying that, he said the food, the humans could eat it if they wanted to. It's not like it's, but it's designed for animals. So you just imagine dogs interacting at a dog park, Ben. Imagine that inside the comfort of a cafe.

Who's policing this? I remember, yeah. He's not one I'm bringing my dog by to. He's just going to be humping the latte machine. He's going to be up there. Do you remember the dogs? Because we obviously, we host the Dog Almighty the reality TV show and those dogs

are so well trained I mean they were amazing and they did one where they were like we put food in front of the dogs and then they were like all they said was don't

don't eat basically yeah like juicy steaks and things and then and the dogs wouldn't until their owners went yeah it's okay to do it

those dogs would sit there for as long as they end up getting bored the dogs because they're like oh well you know yeah well that's what happens when you take time to train your dog, Ben.

They kind of listen to you. And you brought your dog along. He's just like, what are you doing? You're going to give him a complex to having him around these show dogs. And then your dog got fat-shaped by the dog expert. He's like, ooh, ooh. He, like, grabbed him and, like, sort of shook it, didn't he? Yeah, he's like, ooh, he's doing a little bit. Yeah, so anyway, maybe I don't need to take him to the dog expert. He's like, ooh, ooh. He like grabbed him and like sort of shook it, didn't he? Yeah, he's like, ooh, he's like a little bit.

Yeah, so anyway, maybe I don't need to take him to the dog restaurant. Do you take your dog into cafes? No, not, no, I wouldn't take him inside the cafe. I mean,

like maybe into the outside if there's like a deck area, I might, but I mean, again, I don't, I mean, yeah, we'll see.

Let's chuck a rogue poll out there. Can you take a dog into a cafe? I think some cafes are That's acceptable though I probably wouldn't but that's mainly based more around Me and the dog If he listened to you, me and the dog, we're shambles Can't be trusted in there

But maybe if I had a cute little dog Not that the dog's not cute You start licking the muffins He starts sniffing groins What's the other way around? I don't know. Yeah, that's the other way around. No.

I'm about to fly. Live free. The hit live free travel edition. It is back. Thanks to South Australian Tourism. Your chance every week to win a $5,000 travel voucher. Stace, Mike and Anika give those away on Friday afternoon. And we're going to get someone else in the draw right now.

We'll head to Hokitika this morning, Morena. Marilyn, how are you? Good morning. I'm fine, guys. Mazza. What do you do? I work at a gas service station. Oh, you're pumping the petrol.

Imagine leaving the bright lights of Hokitika for a holiday with $5,000. Where would you go? I would go to Adelaide and I'd enjoy the sun and I'd get away from the cold. Yeah, right. Well, it's brought to you by South Australia Tourism, so they're pulling this money out of their pouch, which happens to be a kangaroo pouch. Yeah, well, they have a kangaroo island in South Australia,

as I was reading about, which is pretty cool. The cash kangaroo. So that could be you, Marilyn, could be heading over there, okay? Oh, that would be great. All right. And you don't have to go there. You can spend the money when you want, wherever you want. Oh, brilliant.

It's a flexible price. $5,000 worth of travel or one-third of a bitcoin. That's what that's worth. You go and have a great day, Marilyn. Look after Hoka Tika. Perfect. Hey, you have a good day, guys. Yeah, you too.

Thanks so much for listening. We've got some spy entertainment news on the way, Julia. Yeah, there's been another Friends reunion. I'll fill you in on what that is next. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits.

Wanting you to throw out a text poll before? Yeah, no, we love a random text poll, don't we? We're talking about a dog cafe, dog restaurant opening up in Auckland with the menu catered specifically for dogs. And whether you can take dogs into cafes. Jeez, people are riled up about dogs. Oh, really? Yeah, for the majority, people don't want dogs in cafes.

Okay. Some texts here on 4487 said, are barking dogs worse than a barking boomer on Talkback? And another one here, which kind of, I think it comes down to the dog for this particular person. Little dogs should be able to go into cafes, but many of us are scared or have had bad experiences with dogs. Yeah, I guess in the case of the dog restaurant, you wouldn't go there unless you had a dog

and you're going along to bring the dog. But we're talking about cafes in general. Yeah, because you send your dog to doggy daycare as well. Yeah, he loves it now is doggy daycare less expensive or more expensive than normal daycare and should people be sending their kids to doggy daycare to save money that's right you're going to get into daycare territory soon our producer maybe they could combine the two really because kids would love to you know kids love dogs raise your kids on a champ dog roll or something, or dog biscuits. Half the price.

Run them around. Give them a scratch every now and again. Love it. Let's do some Spy in Salmon News. Spy. No WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. Listen, I don't know how Juliet got this job,

but she's got a swipe card to get into the building, and that's good enough for us. Thank you very much. So Blake Shelton and stefani are now married after six years together gwen stefani obviously this absolute banger um she taught me how to spell bananas yeah um so they met on the voice when they were both judges back in 2014 um and they married at blake's ranch in oklahoma in a chapel he built himself oh my god my God. He's just a good old country boy. Good old down home country boy. So they've been together quite a while.

A lot of people thought that they were actually already married. I was kind of thinking they might have been already, but yeah. She was with the guy from Bush, Gavin Rosdale, for many years. Remember she was the singer from this one? Dad band, Juliet. Dad band. Whatever. And over the weekend was was 4th of July,

and obviously in America they celebrate that to a very large extent. There are always massive parties. A 4th of July reunion that I like to see is Courtney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, and Lisa Kudrow. They posted a photo. What about at their reunion? I know, but I'm not complaining. I love seeing them all together again.

Where's Matthew Perry? They ignored his calls again? Poor Matthew Perry. Poor Matthew Perry. But then if you're inviting Matthew Perry, then you need to invite David Schwimmer. He's the one who took the photo. He was there. Yeah, true, true. And speaking

of 4th of July, another person that celebrated is Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, but he's been mocked online for his 4th of July celebration. So he posted a video onto Instagram. And he's foil surfing, which is kind of like surfing, but there's something attached to the bottom of the board that makes you sort of fly above the water.

It looks quite cool. We all pretended we knew what foiling was in the America's Cup. Well, he's doing it on a surfboard. Yeah, basically. And he's holding a massive American flag. And the music, Take Me Home, Country Road, is playing in the background. And people are just commenting, like, why are billionaires so freaking weird? Like, just everyone's like, what is the point of this video, Mark Zuckerberg?

But yeah, everyone's celebrating 4th of July in their own unique ways. Another Friends union. Mark being weird. Have you been in America on 4th of July before? Oh, ways. Another Friends union. Mark being weird. Have you been in America on 4th of July before? Years and years ago I have. They love it. They do. It's huge. What do we do? We just end up bickering

on Waitangi Day, don't we, here in New Zealand? There's a lot of things we need to sort out. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. It's just gone 7 o'clock You're with Jono and Ben On The Hits Now you're a big fan of TikTok

You said Can we play this TikTok thing Juliet Oh yes So a lady Was on TikTok And she documented Some workers

Some builders Turn up to her house But they hadn't Well because she claims They hadn't actually Organised anyone to do anything And she was inside going Oh

Oh They've got a truck They're doing some stuff I wonder what they're going to do i won't say anything and just get whatever they're doing done to my property have a listen you have the wrong house oh no you have the wrong house oh no oh this is a big mess up well they're at the wrong house but i'm not gonna stop them because i would love to have free concrete or a deck whatever they're building I'll let you know part three how it looks so they're here now, but obviously they're not finished and there's no way I'm telling them I'm gonna tell them when they're done. I want whatever they're doing down and then I'm gonna be like rolling Okay update number four like I said, I do not know if this is going to be concrete or a deck

It's a complete it's kind of like a mystery It's like you get renovations, and she said afterwards she was going to pay for it, whether this was legit or not. But it's kind of like a mystery. It's like, oh, you know. It started going sideways when she found out they were actually doing a demolition job on her house. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

That happened to, we were in Whangamata over New Year's, and this guy came, and he just dumped a giant dump truck load of like shingle and rock on the front of this lawn and I was like oh it must be getting some work done and then he came over to me and he's like is that number 18 I said no no that's number 20 and he's like well you didn't see me do that okay I see what clearly did and then he drove off and so I don't know those people went home at the time but I don't know. Those people went home at the time.

But I don't know what they said when they had the gift of free shingle piled on top. The comedian gift. You couldn't even see the front door. It was a mountain. We got $5,000 up for grabs in 40 minutes time. It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Jono and Ben, it is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes.

Mmm. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Listen, there's a bit of debate online over the last couple of days, and it has been going for a little while, about the 0% alcohol drinks. So there's beers, there's RTDs, there's all sorts of 0% these days, and I guess it's dry July at the moment, so a lot of people are enjoying them.

It's the boring version of drinking oh here we go oh my it's good it's a great if you like the taste of alcohol but hate all the fun benefits that alcohol provides it's a great option to have they are great options to have because you know you feel like you're part of your part i'm part of the i'm part of the group guys maybe you're not because i can tell you got a blue label on there and i'm like oh he's not part of the group, guys. Maybe you're not, because I can tell you've got a blue label on there, and I'm like, oh, he's not part of the group. No, but that's good. It's a good, responsible thing for alcohol companies to have. And that was a silly thing for me to say as a broadcasting professional.

Now, because what always made us interested was, why are they the same price as normal alcohol? You need ID as well to buy them. You do, yeah. And it's because it goes through the entire process of brewing the alcohol, but then they have to take the alcohol out. So if more, they should be, if anything, they should be charging more for zero percenters. But zero percenters have hit the news recently.

Yeah, like a mum online in New Zealand, as a joke, like much that you did before, Jono, you were doing a joke, but some people could say, oh, hey, what is he saying? Hey, mate, you're a, yeah, I know what you're, yeah. Yeah, like you put their hands in the air like you just did. Yeah, yeah. And she did a joke saying, oh, I put these in the kids' school lunchboxes. Never actually sent the kids to school with them,

and so you wouldn't do that. But obviously people online, you know, they love to bring those things. They're always reasonable people online, I find. Always calm and collected with their thoughts and opinions. So what was the can of, sorry? It was like a pal's sort of like a RTD drink. Right.

So without the alcohol in it, it's just a can of soda. Well, I guess typically it is. It's the branding on the can that's the issue. Yeah, it looks exactly like the pals, the alcoholic drinks. And what do the people online say, mate? Oh, you know what the people. Oh, no, I don't actually have it written down in front of me, but online. But, you know, people were just like, oh, this is a joke.

You can't be serious. And it's like, yeah, it was a joke. It was a joke. And she wasn't going to do that to send the kids. Well, Producer Humphrey was actually talking about this the other day. He said he went to a function and a friend of his gave his son, underage, 0% beer. Have a sip out of.

That seems a little unusual. It's not. I want to say it was illegal. Well, yeah, because it's illegal for 0% alcohol beverages to be sold or marketed to children. So I guess maybe it would be illegal. I suppose if they get the taste of it. Once that sweet, sweet taste hits your lips, maybe it's kind of...

Well, because you need ID to buy it, so I guess technically it would be. Yeah. Okay, so we wanted to open up this. What did you manage to sneak into school? Not necessarily your parents putting something in your lunchbox. Maybe you snuck your pet to school for the day. Oh, yeah, there's always those rumours that that happens in school.

Yeah, and then your mum would be like, don't you dare take that toy to school, and then you would hide it in your underpants and then sneak it in. You know, you're like your G.I. Joes. What's in your pants? Four G.I. Joes. Did you sneak anything into school producer julian i don't think so i think i was a bit of a goody two-shoes nerd yeah but um i do remember like selling sherbet was a big thing in school but someone marketed one day as a joke again that the sherbet was an illegal substance

yeah and so um then that got banned from school so no one was allowed to sneak any they just wrote the certain substance on the plastic bag that the sherbet was in. Oh right, because that's what you would do. The police had to set up an app for the criminals to use.

Now your dad was a school principal could you actually sneak anything into school? No, not when dad was on duty. No, that would be tough when dad was a school principal Could you actually sneak anything into school? No, not when dad was on No, that would be tough When dad was on duty I remember the cat followed me to school Because we lived next to the school The cat followed me to school one day

But I didn't actually take it in Nowadays the worst thing parents can do Is put anything with plastic or glad wrap Oh, that's the ultimate crime If you do that, the kids are just I glad wrapped something a few weeks ago, and Poppy came home, and she's like, I'm divorcing you as my father.

She got hauled through the coals. We murdered half an ocean's load of dolphins. Yeah? Yeah. Okay, so 800, that hits the telephone. And I was like, just from glad-rapping a sandwich? Yeah, you did it, mate. That's the effects.

You did it. That's what happens. So 800, that's the telephone number. What have you managed to sneak into school? Maybe you've caught your kids trying to sneak something into school. We'd love to get your text 24487 this morning. It is a hit. So you got Jono and Ben?

Here we go. It's AJR. Bang, it is New Zealand's Breakfast 717. Jono and Ben, we want to know this morning, what did you as a kid try and sneak into school? Yeah, because a story out of Mount Manganui, a mother almost sent her kids to school with a can of 0% Powell's in the lunchbox. It was a gag, she didn't do it, but you're right. If it happened, it would have been someone that could have caught up and said, yeah, we did this.

Yeah, but then we didn't, we pulled out. But then we still got roasted for it online. So now we're just a bit gun shy About even talking about it to be honest We'd prefer if you didn't bring it up on the radio It's become a thing Betty welcome, Morena how are you? Hi Good to have you on, New Zealand's breakfast

Betty what did you sneak into school? I snuck my brother's playboys Into school When I was 8 years old Or show and tell. Well, it was show and tell down the back of the field. Oh, right. It wasn't like a formal classroom setting.

You're like, oh, yeah. No. It was Betty's story time down the back. Jeez, okay. And how many people were being showed and told? Oh, there was quite a good group, and that's why I got caught. The teacher came over, and of course, I was marched to the principal's office, and my mother was phoned.

And I just remember sitting outside on the school steps, and my brother just laughing, saying, you are so going to get it, you're going to get it. And, yeah, the story goes on to say that mum and the principal just sat there and had a laugh about it. She came out very stern, of course, and, yeah, the story goes on to say that Mum and the principal sat there and had a laugh about it. She came out very stern, of course, and, yeah, I was punished. But, yeah. What ever happens with all that stuff?

Where does it go to? They took it off you, obviously. What happens? I believe it was given back. Oh, it was handed back? It was handed back. And my brother was only 10 years old. He was allowed to buy them from the garage sale

Just for the articles Just for the articles Hey thanks Betty, really appreciate your call Someone's texted in here This is a really good one I snuck my best friend from another school Into my class For the entire day

And my teacher didn't notice Wonderful play Although I imagine her actual school Would have phoned her parents and gone No way. For the entire day, and my teacher didn't notice. Wow. Wonderful play. Although I imagine that her actual school would have phoned her parents and gone, where is she? And they would have gone, dear God, she walked out this morning. And then the police were out looking for her all day. Huge waste of resources.

Olivia, how are you, mate? Hi. Good to have you on from Tauranga. What did you sneak into school? So my mum used to let me keep Raro in the pantry for like special occasions if my friends over. But I used to sneak it in my lunchbox

and just eat it straight for morning tea. Wow, jeez, you're really productive in the afternoon, I imagine. When you do something like that as a child it requires the planning and execution of like an Ocean's Eleven movie. Yeah, it does. You feel like you're just pulling off the ultimate heist.

Appreciate that. Jack, we'll get you on from Gizzy this morning. How's it? Good, how's it? Really good. That's what you expect from someone from Gisborne. What did you sneak into school, Jack? Oh, yeah, when I was in primary school,

they decided they were having a pet day, so they gave out all the flies and whatnot, and said the kind of pets were allowed to bring, you know, dogs, cats, and everything like that. But I ripped up the flyer and came home and told Mum it was free for all, and, yeah, we ended up loading up the horses on the float. And the horses were killed. So we've got

Pet Day coming up. What's that involved darling son? It's a free for all. You bring whatever. Take anything. If you've got a unicorn, a minotaur, bring it along. Yeah. And so, what, the horses spend the day at school? Yeah, they didn't quite make it through the whole day

as expected but they were quite good about it to an extent, but yeah, until the horse kind of started shitting on the lawn. Oh, I appreciate your call, Jack. That's really good. All right, cheers, Ben. Have a good one. Thank you very much.

So good. It's Jono. It doesn't matter. We answered it both. It doesn't matter. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone it's new zealand's breakfast jono and ben on the hits you're on the hits uh jono ben 727 on your tuesday morning uh we mentioned this earlier but the uh the olympic is a couple of weeks away so

very excited about this and we're going on our own uh little tour as well it's the battery operation torch toy you pointed like there was an intro. The Warehouse presents Jono and Ben's Battery Operated Torch Tour. That's right. We noticed there's a serious lack in the Olympic torch going around the world at the moment.

I don't know why. It hasn't done a trip around the world. Nothing. Oh, you don't know why? No, I don't know why. I have no idea. So we're holding our own one here in Aotearoa. Yeah, the Warehouse is proud to sponsor today's Olympians as well as tomorrow's.

And so we're embarking on a battery-operated torch store. It starts in Invercargill this Friday. Grab a photo with our battery-operated torch. Register your details and you can go on the draw to win $10,000. And then we meet the torch. We meet the torch on Monday in Christchurch at Blenheim Road at the warehouse. So come on down and see us. Get a photo.

Get some spot prizes. And you can also win $10,000. It's going to be the most touched torch in New Zealand, isn't it? We'll have to sanitise that torch. Oh, we will, yeah. Bring your dead old wipes, Ben. I know you've got to pack them, but I'll pack some more just in case. You've got a warehouse load of those.

So, yeah, join us from Monday. We're going to be doing that, and it kicks off in Southland on Friday as well, the torch tour of Aotearoa, thanks to the warehouse. We actually filmed something yesterday and met a gymnast, Misha, who's off to the Olympic Games. Yeah. And he brought along all of his gymnast friends

and they were literally, six of them, walking on their hands across the car park in front of the warehouse. I know, we're like, how long can you do this for? And they're like, forever, all day. We could just keep doing it if you really wanted us to. The blood flow would all, you know, go from one location to another. But yeah, that was very impressive.

You're having a conversation with someone as though they're just standing on their hands. I was like, well, you know, feet are an option. No, they refuse to use them. Not if you can do that. Not if you can do that. That's how I do it Anyway good luck Misha At the Olympics too

He's going to be there So if he does well We're going to be like We know him We met him We saw him walk on his hands You're only five words away From a massive payday

And as our game Of word association Match your five words With our five words And you get Five thousand dollars I don't want to say We're turning up here

Every day Trying to change lives So I don't want to say we're turning up here every day trying to change lives. So I won't say it because no one else is saying it. But you kind of implied that. Yeah. By not saying it. That was my plan. Yeah, well, so well done. Yeah, thank you. But not once. I can't think of any occasion where has anyone phoned you, Ben, and

gone, hey, Ben, I'm going to give you the chance to win today. No. Have any of these nice people listening ever phoned you and gone, Ben, you want to win a free bowl of latte? Yeah, you can if you just answer these questions. Never. No, no, you're right. It's a one-way street.

You just take, take, take. And Jamie, you want to do some taking from us, don't you, mate? Hi, how's it going? Good, thank you. Lovely to have you on the show this morning, Jamie. You work at the airport? Yeah. What do you do?

A check-in agent. Oh, nice. Is it getting busy at the airport? Yeah, yeah, a little bit, Jamie. You work at the airport? Yeah. What do you do? A check-in agent. Oh, nice. Is it getting busy at the airport? Yeah, yeah, a little bit. Oh, that's good. I'd love to work at the airport every day, although I bet the novelty wears off probably after, what, day six? No.

John, I just like the airport because you can drink at any time and no one judges you. No, there's no judging. I feel like I just got off a long-haul flight. Yeah, it's a lawless society, the airport. He's in another time zone. Okay, Jamie, you need to decide who you're going to send into the soundproof booth to match your five words with.

I'd like to send in Jono, please. All right, I'll head on in. He is a safe pair of hands, you're hoping. We're hoping. This morning, Jamie, he is in the soundproof booth, so let's get into your five words this morning. Here is word number one. Frown.

Frown. F-R-O-W-N. Frown. Smile. Smile. Going the opposite. I like it. Scarf is word number two this morning.

Scarf. Warm. Warm scarf, yeah. What pops into your head, Jamie, when I say door? Door. Knob. It's hard. You can't prepare for this game, can you, Producer Julia?

No, no. That's the good thing and the bad thing about this game. Water is the fourth word this morning. Wet. Wet. And finally, salad. Bowl. Salad bowl.

Oh, nice. How are you feeling about those words, Jamie? Just thinking of frown. Frown? You want to go back to frown? Yeah. I've got sad and I've got smile. I've got sad and I've got smile. You've got sad and you've got smile. Yeah.

What are you going to lock it? I'll go with smile. You're going to go with smile. That was the first one that was into your head. All right, we're going to get Jono out of the soundproof booth. And we're going to see if those five words match up with yours. Good luck. Here he goes. You're like Joe Biden running out for the soundproof booth. And we're going to see if those five words match up with yours. Good luck. Here he goes again.

We're like Joe Biden running out for the election. People think we make that soundproof booth up. Yeah. It's an actual thing. We've wasted a disturbing amount of money on that booth. Are we paying for it like on a monthly rental thing? Do we own it or are we renting it? We've bought it.

We've bought it, all right. Oh, great. Just imagine Willy Wonka's glass elevator. It's kind of like that, isn't it? It is, you're right. Yeah, which feels like something that Elon Musk would create nowadays. Yeah, you're right. Travel to space.

Just like the modern day Willy Wonka. The Tesla glass elevator. All right, the first word we said to Jamie this morning to try and match up. Five words, 5K. Frown. Frown? F-R-O-W-N. Frown.

Jeez. Did you go sad? We went smile. You went smile. You're the opposite. Frown, you smile, you know. Oh, Jamie, I'm sorry. It's okay.

I did want to change to sad, but I thought... Did you think about sad? We did talk about sad. Now you're making her sad talking about it. I did want to change it to sad, but I thought... Did you think about sad? We did talk about sad. Now you're making her sad talking about it. It makes me sad talking about you talking about sad. Let's go quickly through the other words. Scarf. I go warm.

Door. Handle. Close. Door knob. You're so close. Water. Wet. And salad. Ser close. Water. Wet. Oh, and salad.

Servers. Oh, you're very close. You guys were in the ball for 80% there, but that's not quite enough. Not compatible. I'm sorry, Jamie. Thank you very much. Hey, thanks, Jamie. You're going to have to match words with someone else. I'm sorry.

This didn't work out. It was not you. It was me. No, it was actually probably you. It wasn't me. We walk away with an amicable breakout, but no. Another chance not you, it was me. No, it was actually probably you, it wasn't me. We walk away with an amicable breakout, but no. Another chance tomorrow morning, 7.45.

Same time, same place. We've got some Spy up next. Spy, know what's up? Spy.co.nz. Time now to hand over to Juliet, who has her finger on the pulse. She literally had it on my pulse, and couldn't feel anything. I think I'm dying inside. So, Juliet, hopefully the pulse of celebrity is beating harder.

It is, I think. So the never-ending story of Britney Spears' conservatorship. The latest on that is that her mum has spoken out about it for the first time. But it was interesting because she spoke to some journalists when she wasn't really supposed to. So these journalists have said, you know, in the same article that they've published What she's talked about She said that she spoke to them on the phone in a whisper

And said, oh sorry, I might have to hang up abruptly If any family member walks in the room So she's obviously done this interview with these journalists When she's not supposed to, I don't know why But ultimately she told them Did she whisper for the whole interview? Because that would be very hard to note take Not true

You didn't hear it from me whispering's very creepy on the phone isn't it yeah yeah i know what you mean in general whispering yeah um but she told them that she had mixed feelings about the conservatorship and that she doesn't really know what to think but she's been feeling a lot of pain and a lot of worry but she's good at deflecting those feelings which kind of makes me think she's probably doesn't really have a lot to do with it. But I was reading more about the whole thing. And basically, if Britney wants her conservatorship to end, her and her lawyer will have to create a formal petition to ask for it to stop.

But even that, they say, might not be enough because the court will want to see evidence that her behavior has changed from the beginning of the conservatorship. But Britney doesn't want to go through those tests, like psychological or anything like that that will prove that no one wants to go through psychological evaluation it's not just like you been when they make you give a sample here on a wednesday morning and you don't want to do it but we all know it's for the good of you and for the safety of those around you yeah but you do it anyway so we appreciate it but the thing is with this obviously there was a point in her life where she probably wasn't of a sound mind to control her financial situation so you can understand

from a courts point of view going okay well this is when the conservatorship was put in place you're in this state of mind and there's a process that the court has to go through. Because we're all going, just give Britney free Britney. There's obviously a process you have to go through. The judge just can't hand it back to her. He's got to go. So I understand the evaluation needs to take place to notice that there's been a change from point A to point B.

Yeah. But then also in the same way, like, traditional conservatorship is given to someone who is usually in a lot worse of a state compared to Brittany, that they literally can't speak for themselves or they literally can't make their own decisions. So Brittany is a sort of, kind of a different scenario and maybe shouldn't have been put in a conservatorship in the first place because it's not as intense as what a traditional conservatorship is. So if she doesn't do the test, the psychological test,

she can't basically have control of her own life. Yeah, it'll be very difficult. And they say that the most realistic option is that the conservatorship will stay in place but with loosened restrictions. Yeah, so does her dad have full financial control? He has full financial control. And then she has that Jodie Montgomery woman

that we've talked about in the past. She takes care of Brittany's, I think, sort of day-to-day life and her schedule and her care. It's sad, though, when you really boil it down, that any dad you think in that position would probably go, OK, this is what my daughter now wants. Let's make this try and happen. It's sad that their relationship has got to that,

where it's gone to court to go through this. I know. But also, as a dad, you want millions and millions of dollars in your bank account. So I can see the... I had thought of that. And that is your spy update. For more, you can head to the hits.co.nz.

After 8 o'clock on the show, we've got possibly the best excuse for getting a day off work. We'll tell you what it is after 8 on the hits. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. 802 the time. You've got Jono and Ben on your Wednesday morning. Now more of The Bubble opening up with Australia.

And while New South Wales and Queensland are not quite open in The Bubble situation, people who are in Australia are kind of stuck in Australia, like Boss Todd. Yeah, about Boss is over there. He can come back. He can come back from Saturday. He can be back. Boss Todd's back. Yeah, you said he might not be back for the rest of the year.

I thought that was the last we were going to see him. I was like, he was a good guy. He was a fun guy. Had some fun times. We did. We'll that was the last we were going to see him. I was like, he was a good guy. He's a fun guy. Catch some fun times. We'll miss him. He's coming back Saturday, mate. I've been feeding his cat while he's been away. That's good. Does he have a cat? I've been breaking into an apartment and feeding someone's cat.

Britain are relaxing their COVID restrictions later in the month, which will mean no social distancing, no masks required. A lot more people vaccinated over there as well, but they're also saying that we're going to have to learn to live with COVID-19. Have they just gone, oh, well, you win. I guess we'll make this coming, yeah. It's like when you're arguing

over your in-laws coming to stay. Oh, you're just giving eventually, aren't you? But their vaccine rollout has been superb, hasn't it, in the UK? Yeah, a lot more people have obviously got it than we have so far. Well, the hippos's bloody panicking. He's like, we run out on Sunday and it's expected to arrive on Sunday

and I'm tracking it on the DHL. It's here, it's at the domestic airport, I'll pick it up. He's a bit nervous, wasn't he, the hippo? He was. Chris, it was. But we're all good now. We've got some way. And I think another million arriving before the end of the month, apparently.

We're following that tracking within just one day. What have you been doing all today, hippo? another million arriving before the end of the month, apparently. We'll be looking at following that tracking with interest. What have you been doing all today, hippo? I've been on the New Zealand Courier Post website. Just refresh, refresh, refresh. Where is this thing? We're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand! If only New Zealand was proud of that. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits.

I keep getting fed ads for American Cowboy magazine. I don't know why, but I've clicked on it now. What is American Cowboy magazine? I don't know, but I think I should become a full-time cowboy. I've read articles on how to massage your horse, the techniques for that. Also, the latest chap trends this season as well for you cowboys,

what your boots say about you as a cowboy. Is this a legit magazine? It's a legit website, yeah. So I'm going to come back in and look like a Trump voter, I think, as a cowboy from tomorrow. Okay, well, I can't wait for that. It's all good to put headphones over a cowboy hat. That's the only thing I'm talking about.

That's the only flaw. You have yourself a great... The Radio Cowboy. Tuesday in New Zealand. We'll catch you tomorrow. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from 6 on The Hits and via the iHeartRadio app.

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