Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Cruising On The Interislander With Flashback Friday!

Episode Date: March 16, 2023

We look back at the classic Interislander ad Dame Helen Mirren is on the show! Zachary levi from Shazam Jono's Dad and his weird cakes Who is having the best weekend! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John on being podcast. Thanks challenge petrol service stations for, uh, providing us with the opportunity to make a podcast. So what I love, and I'm just doing it right now is scheduling an email. Oh, here we go.

Because you can do it and you can bank and you don't look like a, uh, some sort of psychopath that's up at like four in the morning, which, you know, no one wants an email at four in the morning. So you can schedule it for it and over the weekend. You know, you can do your emails and you can schedule it out

and it looks like you're emailing people at a reasonable time for them to accept it. I notice you don't take, you just send it off. Sometimes people are like three and they're getting stuff from you. I know, I do. I send them because we wake up very early. Because I schedule it. That's a great thing.

Sometimes I send emails. Thank you, very early because I schedule it that's a great thing sometimes I send emails thank you producer Joel really unnecessary sound effect I think people understand how sleeping works we didn't probably

need the sound effects but yeah no I do I reply to emails like when I wake up really like three o'clock in the morning

and then as I've sent it I'm like oh damn it they're going to get that it's going to bing some people are going bing what is it

because some people haven't like attached their phone. I don't for that reason. But I do. Jeez, I love it. I love the schedule thing. And the 60 seconds. I've got the little 60 second.

Oh, you can pull that back. A minute of regret. Yeah. And not because I regret. You know, I don't. But I haven't. I regret no emails. And he's a prolific emailer.

But in the past, sometimes in my haste I have gone oh good I've attached that person to that you know can I get that back and once it's gone it's gone I did notice on the text the other day you can retrieve a text suck it back out of the inbox I'll show you right now like if I text you

I'll text you something and then see if I can get it back before you get it say something abusive and then regret it and then I'll see if I can get it back before you get it. Say something abusive. Abuse me. And then regret it. I'll go, okay, okay. Oh, and then I'm like, oh, it's delivered. Did you get it already?

Well, I'll pretend I haven't seen it. Okay, and then undescend whatever's there. Did it go? Oh, yeah, Ben. But it does say, Ben, unsend a message. So I'm like, hold on. What did he just say that was so regretful that he had to unsend it so you and you you don't have to do that within a certain time frame well i guess before they've

read it maybe it's probably the thing so i just wanted to say you look nice that was the message i was trying to send before oh right yeah yeah but but i spelt something wrong so i had to read read that's why i sucked it back mate it wasn't it was nothing abusive about you we have talked about this function so much and it's a it's a thing now that's why I sucked it back it was nothing abusive about your ear loss we have talked about this function so much and it's a thing now that's great but obviously I think you need to get it

you were quick on the you read it yeah I mean that's where it can come undone but it does say to me you've unsent a message Jono may still see the message on his devices

when the software hasn't been updated so yeah how did you unsend it? I just held on it and then it gives you some options to undo send yeah there you go and it gives on it, and then it gives you options to undo sends.

Yeah, there you go. And it gives you a cool little, like, it gives you a cool little on your phone. This is on the iPhone. Producer Joe will bring you in here, the younger version of the show, the younger version of us. Full head of hair. Please no. Life ahead, man.

Full life ahead. But does this work across, you know, Samsung or the phone? No idea, sorry. Okay. I believe it's probably only for iMessage. Not actual, it's only Apple to Apple. Apple to Apple. But yeah, I don't know.

I feel like the older, yeah, a lot of people doing it on Sunday mornings after a few dodgy drunk messages or something. Be sucking them back. Sucking the messages back, mate. Have you ever got home and seen, I know you sent one to KJ Arpa, been in a late night haze. I did.

Have you ever done regretful messages? I've never done that. Really? No. Well, not all regretful messages when I've been alive and sober. Right. But not coming home late at night.

Just sending out things? I guess that's what I was saying. The last thing I do when I get home is jump on social media. That's the last thing I do when I get home is jump on social media that's the last thing you do no I wouldn't I wouldn't come home

after a night out and sit on social media quite a few people I feel like in the social media generation as a Gen Z that I grew up in a lot of

look I'm not saying I do it myself I'm in a very happy relationship but a lot of people come back after a night in town they test their luck with other people who are active. Because you can see who's online,

who's on Snapchat. Is this when the up to's come out? You up, question mark? Yeah, right. Not always for that purpose, but it is quite a common thing. And then you come out into a flat lounge on Sunday morning and people, head full of regret,

deleting messages, trying to unsend everything. Oh no, what did I say up to to 900 people people and they all told me what they're up to um do you did you would your friends your single friends meet someone in a bar yeah and then go should we go on a date is that a thing it is a very common thing um my friends aren't all that uh mature these days so i feel like I feel like a lot of people would they'd meet at a bar you start talking

on Snapchat Instagram whatever text and then you're like hey maybe we should kick things off and go on a date but yeah I don't know

you make a lot of promises when you're at a bar so that could be one we should go on a date what about Tinder Tinder Hinge is the big thing these days

what is it Hinge Hinge Hinge we could make an account for you test your luck on there see if you still got it man I've still got it Tinder. Hinge is the big thing these days. What is it? Hinge. Hinge. Hinge. We can make an account for you. Test your luck on there. See if you've still got it.

Man, I've still got it. What is it that you've got? This could probably be quite good for you as well. I've got bigger guts than I had before. Because Hinge is mainly personality based. Oh, hey. It's a sweet spot. Not reliant on looks.

Hey, he's got a vibe he's back in the game he's back in the game personality based so all that I go is go on hinge is that what you're saying nah

that's my sweet spot I think they ask like more questions you can put like voice answers and it's like what a chance for you to really showcase you

get your story out there but I think Tinder's just like face value though. You don't want to be on that private. Superficial. Yeah.

Bubbly personality though. Oh, geez, you've got a great personality. That's fun. That's fun. It changed the dating game, didn't it? The apps really did.

It did. It changed the dating and bonking game. Yeah. You could bonk anyone. Who could? When the apps came along. Everyone was bonking everyone. Yeah, I could bonk anyone. Who could? When the apps came along. Everyone was bonking everyone.

Yeah, I guess. Remember when Chatroulette, it might have been before your time, John. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, Chatroulette came up and all we could think to do was send pictures of our genitals

to strangers. That was all we could do. Remember? They were like, guys, come on. Yeah. Someone back in the day invented the internet

and it wasn't for this. Like Omegle. Have you gone Om it wasn't for this and like omegle have you gone omegle have you have you heard of a meagle before no similar to chat really you just get put in random chats with like different people you can put in your interests and stuff every fifth one is just a random guy bloody yeah hacking away by himself and i was like well i'll bring it bring something wholesome to the chat really a guy if you want to watch get lost in the internet for for an hour over the weekend. Harry Mack is a guy. You know him.

He's a rapper. But he will pop up on like Chat Roulette, things like that. And he will rap. People will just ask people for words and he'll rap them into songs. It's incredible. So check him out on social media, actually. He's still using Chat Roulette, but he's using it for good. He's just popping up.

He's got his trousers on. He's got his trousers on. And he's making incredible raps on the spot. And I'm pretty bloody sure it's on the spot because he does it multiple times to many different people. But incredible. Is he the one who went around all the chat shows last year? Yeah, he's still doing it at the moment. I saw him on, I think, Jennifer Hudson's show.

And it was incredible. She's pulling items out of this box and stuff. And he's just spitting it on by. Can we get some Harry Mack now? Can you pull up a little bit of Harry Mack off the internet? I would be just like okay so be like oh it's got a ball and you're like okay well hey it's good to see you all and are you holding up a ball? You know that's what I would be like you know it'll be like yeah I nailed it but he is just making it try that I think it was Vanessa Hudson or you'll probably won't see what she's holding up, but it's just incredible.

Okay, let's try it with me while we're filling in time. Okay, I'll start. Boom. Ch. Boom. Ch. My name's Rapper Jono, and I'm here to say Ben's holding up his phone today.

Good. And I'm here, and I'm rhyming, and I'm saying some words. There's a Dilmar cup. You heard. And I keep Rapping When you're Writing cup I was waiting

For you to Write cup There's a Dilmar cup And that's Enough People on Social media

Saying you up And I'll Grab my Dilmar cup No See we always Have like my mum Rapping

Like what I Imagine my mum Would be rapping So wholesome You know Like so Like I'm in the wiggles or something like that

so here's how someone proper does it this is very good power 106 number one for hip hop all American badass April 7th Joey badass

Harry Mack and if y'all wanna throw out some words too that's cool you don't have to check Harry Mack flowing off the top of the brain

when they hear a line yo they know I rock it insane it's H-Mack I'm in effect on the ground that's where a hater laid in the stool with a bottle of water and gator microphone back up in it you know i rock the microphone yo i ain't with them type of clones cause i'm my own it's h mac i'm in my zone y'all can't get next to me hey yo when i'm on the mic i'm charged electrically

breakfast yeah breakfast you know that i'm reckless illest rapper rep from here to texas no Breakfast. Alcohol. Wow. That is incredible. He is just unbelievable. And he... As soon as I say the word, he says it and then he's off. And then you'll find another rhyme that kind of like, basketball and I'll bounce like that. You're like, how are you doing that?

That is a talent, eh? That is a real talent. So anyway, Harry Mack, check it out if you, if you want to waste some time over the weekend, but some good time on the internet. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Hey, don't forget tomorrow, Lotto's New Zealand, Lotto New Zealand special draw, Saturday to support communities impacted by Cyclone Gabriel. A $15 million must-win draw tomorrow, which is pretty incredible.

And to support the cause, Lotto New Zealand is doubling its usual community contribution. For the special draw, it means half of all ticket sales will go towards those affected by the cyclone. Oh, that's incredible. How do they do a must-win? Do they just go the closest person to the full line? I guess they must do. Yeah. Or you're doing raffles on Sunday.

Just keep going, mate, until someone has a winner. Yeah, that's my... You've got to be there to win. Do you have one of those scenarios? Yeah, you do. You plough on. And the meat packs, they've got to sit in the truck all day long. Oh, jeez.

Love a meat pack when you win it in a pub or something like that. But then it always ends up just sitting there for four or five hours before you can. Yeah, you're right. People aren't usually going straight home with their meat pack to refrigerate it. And if you put it in the pub fridge, you probably forget. You leave it there. Yeah. You're right.

You're right. How's everyone going this morning? St. Patrick's Day. Yeah, St. Patrick's Day. We're all wearing different shades of green. Oh, yeah. It's the closest we could come to whatever, you know. You realize, like on days like this you realise how little

green you have in your collection. A few little things, probably you mate, to be honest you've got a lot of black coloured clothing haven't you? I do, if there is a, you know, a darker themed day that we need to celebrate well then I'm ready for it. Right, yeah. I've got different shades of black, grey, holey

t-shirts, you name it. Is there a dark day in history that we can celebrate? There's a lot of historical days that we want to forget, yeah. Now, you are very good at teeth maintenance, Ben. Hand hygiene and teeth maintenance. Those are your two things. Well, yeah, I guess I don't have many things, but I suppose I would keep on top of that.

For some reason, food just gets stuck in my teeth. So I always carry around a little... You do. You had me a little pick, food just gets stuck in my teeth. So I always do carry around a little You do. You handed me a little pick in Palmerston North when we were there exactly a week ago. You said, oh, you've got some food in your teeth. Here's a pick, which was sort of also a toothpick, but a flossing instrument. A little flossing thing, yeah. Recyclable as well, too, as well. You're made out of recyclable

and recyclable, so I was pleased about that when I found those at the supermarket. So inspired by your toothpicking. I've gone So inspired by your toothpicking, I've gone and got myself some toothpicks, but I've just got one in the car. Now, my question to you is, we're picking apart my toothpick usage here.

Yeah. How often can I reuse the pick? Because I have used it between two and 30 times. And where's it going after you've used it? Like, I mean, it just sits like in my little, you know, your little drink holder. And what do you think? Well, hey, I don't think that's, you know, I mean, great. You're keeping, you know, your teeth clean, but also the same time that the thing that

you're putting in your mouth may not be as hygienic as. But I don't want to waste tiny little picks of wood. You know, I don't want to be, I don't want to waste tiny little picks of wood you know i don't want to be i don't want to deforest i get it why don't you have a little container that puts you see you wouldn't do that would you no i wouldn't have a container no see the ones i've got i've got little paper outside things so then i can i can sort of push it out and then i can push it back in again that looks very sexual when you do that why did that look why it looks like some form of sea creatures Yeah so then it's like

You know for the hygiene purposes It's fine And then it just sits in like that And I can reuse that one over and over again So there you go I caught myself at the revision Mirror picking my teeth And no

No human ever looks dignified Picking their teeth do they Because you're kind of blindly You're in a cave blindly Having your crack at At stuff And it looks like you're confused and constipated at the same time with your mouth open. There's some wonderful footage of a broadcaster

caught on camera while he's talking on the radio, picking his teeth. That was a great time. Great time to do it, mate. It's never more important to pick your teeth than worry about what you need to talk about on radio, that's for sure. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

I see that over 70% of people, of young people, are scared of this one thing, and it's apparently calling people on the phone. It's a big, it's a problem becoming more and more increasing, that people, telephobia they call it,

where people don't like calling, they'd much prefer text. I'm one of those people, I'd much prefer. You do like, yeah, you don't like conversations on the phone but you will uh you'll avoid those awkward conversations by firing off a text or

an email which is great it's great to have that available to us because no one likes so you know when you're like as a person morally i need to phone someone and talk to them about this issue whether it's you know it's a difficult work conversation or something like that you're like i've gotta you know front up and have a conversation with them. And then when the phone's dialing, you're like, please go to voicemail. Please go to voicemail. And there's no sweeter moment, is there, when it goes, tick, bshing, hi, sorry I can't be.

And you're like, yes, I'll leave a message. I look like I've called. I look like I've wanted to front foot it and face it head on. Well, because that used to happen before. Text was a thing, eh? You're like, I've got to make this it and face it head on. Well, because that used to happen before. Text was a thing, eh? You're like, I've got to make this call. Please go through to the message. I remember once having a mate, and we'd try and call the person at the same time.

He was trying to help me out. So he was calling at the same time I was calling to see if we'd get through to the message. So we'd kind of like, his phone and mine would, you know, because his was ringing. I don't think it quite worked. So you didn't have to have the difficult conversation. I didn't have the difficult conversation. I was like, you call on your phone as you're calling.

I'll call on my phone. Hopefully it means because when I call, I will go straight to message. I think it ended up, they answered for him and it was, yeah. Yeah. We'll just send a text now.

It's the easiest thing to do. Remember when you'd answer the landline and you'd answer with your, your, uh, 032186842. You'd have'd answer with your 032186842? You'd have to answer with your number. Yeah. That's an unusual thing to do, isn't it?

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Dogs, dogs, dogs, undies. You know I can't grab your fish chips. Nick Minnit. Friday, Flashback. Friday, and we like to look back at something iconic, something from a few years ago, a part of New Zealand culture and history. And today, the Inter-Islander jingle.

Oh, what a song. And it was ironically, the Inter-Islander hasn't been doing much cruising as of late. If anything, Titanic had a better track record than the Inter-Islander. Spent more time on the ocean than the Inter-Islander above the ocean. It has had a few little hiccups of late with some ferries breaking down and stuff

but you're right this was iconic. How was this? This was early 90s. The Waratahs. Can't get away too soon. Now I didn't realise until this morning

now I love this ad like it was such a great ad on TV I'd sing along to it and stuff but I didn't realise it was a full song. Well, they brought

out an actual full three and a half minute version. Three and a half minutes. So if you guys see the Waratahs in concert, maybe they'd

play this song. Yeah, I dare say for the Waratahs, this was the bane of their career, this song. It probably topped the New Zealand charts back in the

day. Oh, it's a great song. And not ironically either. People were probably like, yeah, this is it.

I'll have to see my brother go and kiss my mother. I don't think that was the lyrics. You almost got there. I feel like every time you do go on the Inter-Islander, you feel like you need to sing this song. Can you remember the commercial? Because it was the story of the band, the Waratahs, and they were travelling to the other side.

Sailing down, cruising to the other side. Cruising on the Inter-Islander. Great show. And they spent a lot of time at the pub. That's what I was about to say. They got up to all sorts of nonsense on the Inter-Islander. The bloody drummer, you see what the drummer's flirting

with everybody? Get our love, you know, that sort of thing. They had a great time, didn't they, on the Inter-Islander? My big question, because they went on a four-hour bender on the ferry, they arrived in Picton. I was like, who was the designated driver? Maybe they were staying in Picton. A bit swervy down the South Island on the state highway.

Maybe they had to push their car off the Inter-Islander, push it into Picton. That should have been, you know, that was one of the front runners for the national anthem of New Zealand, isn't it? Such a great show. That is today's Friday flashback. Next, very funny Irish comedian who's coming to New Zealand in a couple of weeks joins us and how a bald

person, dating a bald person, started a comedy career. Jono wants to know about that but right now... The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. St. Paddy's Day. That's a great tune, and it's a perfect timing to catch up with someone, a very, very funny Irish comedian you can catch next month as part of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. She's going to be here in April with her show, The Prosecco Express.

Joanne, top of the morning to you. That's how we got to start. We feel like we're only obliged to start with that. That's a healthy, non-stereotypical start. I love to. Do you know what? This interview is on St. Patrick's Day as well. You know, I actually totally forgot about Paddy's Day.

Can you believe it? St. Patrick's Day, we need to touch on that. I mean, being Irish, do you feel pressured to wear something green, make a drunken fool of yourself? Is that like the tradition? I'm embarrassed to say I do that most days. It's not really. I try to take the day off on Paddy's Day.

I try to just stay indoors. It's like the purge. Do you know what I mean? Everyone goes and stays. Well, because the rest of the world, that's their one day to get their Irish on. And we create ugly scenes, Joanne. I'm sorry. Do you?

Yeah. Oh, just drunken office workers vomiting all over the road. Rolling around. Sounds like one of my shows. That's amazing. Well, actually, your shows, yeah, they seem incredible. Can't wait for you to come to New Zealand. The Proseto Express you're doing.

But I understand it's almost like a hen's night in some situations. You had someone come on stage, a lady, and you ended up taking a selfie with her while she was getting taken off with the security guards. Yeah, there's been some wild moments, I have to say. But that's what makes it so much fun. When you get gang, the women are out

and they're out out. Do you know what I mean? They're out by six. They're high energy. That's what I'd say. Prosecco is like, yeah, the bettler champagne, isn't it? The affordable,

the every person champagne. It is. Yeah, 100%. It's the champagne for peasants like us. But you know, the reason I called it the Prosecco Express,

I actually don't particularly like Prosecco, but the reason I called it that was because when I wrote it, I was mid-thirties, single, unfertilized, no pension,

no house, blah, blah, blah. And then I was spending all my free time drinking Prosecco at everyone else's milestones. Everyone around me was getting married, having babies, dropping off kind of into the domestic,

you know, domestic, I don't know what you call it, ulcer, like lemmings. And then I just spent my whole time drinking Prosecco celebrating their milestones. So that's where the Prosecco Express came from. It's not an ode to Prosecco. It's the jumping off point of the show. Basically, I was just constantly toasting to other people

for stuff that I had not done yet. Right. Now, if you don't mind me touching on something as well, I don't mean to be too forward. How is the fertilisation now? That's quite forward. That is pretty, pretty forward. I'm day 12 on my cycle.

What else do you need to know? But obviously you find Humour in talking about Things that some people Wouldn't find humour in Is that Is that difficult I find kind of Most things funny

To be honest Because your therapist Left you He ghosted you There was a whole show You did in a podcast Is this legit That your actual therapist

Like just walked out He didn't walk out I wasn't living with him I wasn't that insane But It was You did it in a podcast. Is this legit that your actual therapist just walked out? He didn't walk out. I wasn't living with him. I wasn't that insane. But I just met him once a week for an hour. So I had this therapist who I actually really liked. And I had this guy and he was helping me deal with all this stuff.

And he was really, really good. And then COVID and lockdown and all that jazz happened. And he just stopped taking my calls. He just disappeared. So in the traditional sense, I got properly gousted. Like I'm not exaggerating as you're making it up. It happened. And then I couldn't figure out.

And then I was like, maybe he's retrained. You know, maybe he's left the field of mental health. But he just wouldn't take my calls. And then I emailed him eventually because I just, like the victim of any gousting,

I just needed to know what happened. You want closure. Yeah. And I emailed him and then I said are you still working in mental health John and he wrote back going I am Joanne and here's who I'd recommend for you so to this day I've no idea what happened but he totally ghosted me and that was did he put you in the too hard basket did he I guess he must have now listen to this day day, I'm hoping that he just went to Bali and retrained as a guru. I don't know. He certainly wasn't taking my calls.

Now, Jono here on the show, now he's bald, and I understand that a bald guy kind of got you into comedy, was the inspiration. Bald guys are like Irish people. We all get confused for each other. Yeah. You look great under the lights, Jono. That's the main thing.

You're like little disco balls with eyes are my favourite thing. So was this someone you dated, it didn't work out well, and then you ended up ranting about them on stage? Is that the story? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So basically, I was seeing this bald lad, he broke up with me, and

I was raging about it because I felt I'd kind of passed the ladder down to a bald lad because I was turning 30 and I was running out of options. So when he broke up with me and I was raging about it because I'd felt I'd kind of passed the ladder down to a bald lad because I was turning 30 and I was running out of options so when he broke up with me I was absolutely horrified and he was like

it's not working and I was interrupting him and going I'm sorry I'm sorry to interrupt you there but this conversation sounds like you think you've got a full head of hair and then I was

Listen this has been an absolute treat talking to you to you Joanne can't wait to see you when you come here treat talking to you, Joanne. Can't wait to see you when you come here. You too. See you later. Joanne McNally, you can catch us as part of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival next month. Before 7 o'clock, Jono plummeting off the Auckland Harbour Bridge

in front of a Hollywood A-lister. What happened? We'll find out before 7 on The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Brand new movie in cinemas as of now. It's called Shazam Fury of the God based on the DC comic books. Young Kid says the magic word Shazam turns into a superhero.

We are at war. We will annihilate everything. Champions of this realm can do nothing to stop us You are very menacing I just want you to know that The same Helen Mirren She's in the movie as well as the star of Shazam, Zachary Levy

Yeah, and we got the chance to interview Zachary Levy But we did it with a bit of a twist You had ordered some Shazam costumes off the internet. I did, yeah. Rich history of ordering costumes from the internet. Yeah. And we dressed up and then we went underneath the Harbour Bridge where they have the AJ Hackett bungee.

And we thought, you know, as a bit of a twist, we could interview the stars while one of us was dangling off the bungee, so hanging over the water. Like 131 feet in the air. And at any moment when the person we're interviewing, or Zachary, says, Shazam, that means they would literally cut the cord with scissors and would go hurtling.

Yeah, they actually cut the cord, and it happened to you pretty early on when we talked to Zachary. Hey, Zach, Jono and Ben from New Zealand. How's it going? Yeah! I love your outfits. You're going to love this because we're 131 feet above Auckland City on the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

And just like Shazam, it's the magic word today. Whenever you say Shazam, Jono here, the cord's going to be cut and he's going to fly like Shazam down here on the bungee. Yes! I love this. I've been in Auckland. This is up on the tower in the city, right? Have you been to Auckland? I have. I love it out there. Oh, do I get to say Shazam right now? Do you want to cut him? No!

No! Cut him already! No! So then the gentleman from AJ Hackett used his scissors, cut the cord. I think it was a knife he might have used. It was a knife, that's right. And then boom, hurtling down towards the ocean. And what you didn't factor in on the technical front.

You were on a bungee cord, obviously, so, you know. Bouncing up and down, dangling over the harbour. Well, you didn't factor in that my mic was still live. And you were trying to conduct the interview. No! I've got him already! No! Oh, my God! Oh my God!

Oh my God! Oh my gosh, the power I've been imbued with. This is insane. Well, lovely to see you. I mean, of course, we're a little bit worried about Dame Helen Mirren's in the movie, which is great, but she's a dame, we're part of the Commonwealth. We're worried you're gonna injure her.

God! No, no, no. You know, honestly, she apparently did on the line brain i love following it's almost like will ferrell in in austin powers when he's down oh my god you can still hear him yeah helen mirren is a class act man she she and i had some really fun uh brawls in the movie one particular she even injured her finger her pinky finger but she didn't tell anybody she kept going like a pro she's a minute should play on your hoverboard apparently in between takes which seems wildly irresponsible

completely irresponsible but was so much fun and then after huffing and puffing, groaning and moaning for about three minutes, I was winched back up. Now, of course, you've been in Thor, Taika Waititi, New Zealand director. Obviously, the suit, oh, he's back. He can hear you like crying and whimpering down the bottom. Was your Shazam suit quite absorbent? Because I think I've just peed my pants. Yes. I had the adult diapers

sewn into mine just in case. Was yours quite as crotchety as Jono's? Yeah, but that's just because that's how God made me. How was that? Was that everything you hoped it would be? Terrifying. This has been the most monstrous interview I've ever been a part of,

Zachary. But we do need to say, you know, because Taika, obviously, we love him here in new zealand pretty cool that you've been in obviously both marvel and dc yeah yeah yeah it's such a a blessing man i mean ever since i was a little kid i've read comic books and played video games i mean it's been so much of my a part of my identity and the fact that i've gotten to be in both marvel and dc now and work with such incredible people like taika it's it's a it's a dream. It's a dream. Any questions you want to ask as we get to the wrap up? Did you have fun making a movie?

It is Zachary Levy. He's the star of Shazam. You can catch Shazam, Fury of the Gods is in cinemas right now. You can catch that full interview as well as what we did with Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu as well from the movie on The Project tonight, 7pm on 3. It's a really, really fun one. And after 8 o'clock, we've got Dame Helen Mirren joining us, where I dangle over the bridge.

Will she cut the cord or not? We'll find out 8 o'clock this morning, thanks to Shazam Fury of the Gods on The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben, celebrate your special date with Dilmar. Dilmar dates, we're doing this every day. It's a bit of an old school radio flashback. We're really enjoying it.

If you want to give someone a shout out for their birthday or anniversary, whatever marks today a special occasion in your life, then you can do that by texting us. Now, I'm all about supporting and getting some good word out there for the bald gentlemen and, you know, bald people succeeding in life. Billy Corgan, happy birthday to him. Front man from the Smashing Pumpkins.

And, you know, one of few bald people who have made it in rock. The guy from Live, the guy from REM, and the guy from the Smashing Pumpkins. So, yeah, happy birthday. But apparently a well-renowned, just a very difficult person, I think. It's like all bald people are like that. Yeah. I mean, it's continuing on the tradition. We've got a chip on our shoulder.

Ben Humphrey, our producer, went to a concert at the Smashing Pumpkins. It was Billy Corgan's birthday then, too. Oh, really? He came out and he demanded the audience sing him happy birthday. He wasn't happy with the performance. He said, that was terrible, do it again. And I made him sing it twice. And everyone's like, mate, we came here to watch you do this.

Not us to sing. Kurt Russell as well, old school actor, his birthday today. And I bring that up only for the fact that you've sat next to him in a restaurant. Yeah, we were dining with the... Not in the same table, mate. You just eavesdropped. But yeah, the whole time I've listened to you. I watch you in the office, like listening to other people's conversations.

I imagine because it was Goldie Hawn and... And Kurt Russell. Yeah, they just walked into the restaurant. We're there with the family. And I couldn't take my eyes off them. And you know when famous people walk past and you're like, I didn't really know who they were. And mum was like, oh my God, there's Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn.

And they've got an aura about them, of fame. Did you just stare the whole time? I just stared the whole time. Like I said, I didn't even know

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is. Congratulations from all your friends and family. Half a century of marriage. That's incredible. What an achievement. You don't get that nowadays, do you? Now we're going to go through to today's $100 winner. Tans. Tans Minty. Hello, Tans. You're speaking. Is that Tans Minty?

Something like that. Tans Minty. Maybe something like that. You're like, anyway, we've got your name slightly wrong, have we? Just a little bit. You sound like something Gwyneth Paltrow would have named her kids. Tarns? Is it Tanya? Yeah, it is.

Happy birthday to you. And that's where I pull out, Tarns. It's your birthday today, so have a happy day. We've got $100 for you and a Dilmar tea prize pack. Oh, my gosh. And I've just realised we haven't told you who this is. No, I was going to say, who are you guys? I love this call.

You're loving the vibes? You're loving the vibes, right? Well, what we could do is not ruin your day, and we won't tell you who it is. We just give you the cash, and you get on with your birthday. Oh, thank you so much, whoever you guys are. You rock. Anonymous.

We like to keep it anonymous. We're not doing it for the credit. I mean, Dilma T, they need their credit, but hey, we don't need it. But if you do thank anyone, thank Jono and Ben from The Hits, okay? Oh, thank you so much, guys. I really, you've made my day. Thank you so much. It's only, it's just after seven o'clock.

The day's already been made. It has indeed. You're just awesome. Have a great day. Thanks. Bye. Bye. Pretty incredible.

If you want to celebrate someone's important day on Monday, give us a text right now, 4487. We'll do that again with Dilma. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. If you want to celebrate someone's important day on Monday, give us a text right now, 4487. We'll do that again with Dilma. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben with you on The Hits. It is St. Paddy's Day. I like this tune a whole lot, eh?

It really gets you in the mood, doesn't it, on a Friday morning? What's the Jack Nicholson? It's Departed. Departed, great movie. It's Scorsese, isn't it? Yeah. Beautiful film. Now, East St. Patrick's Day? I've got some really interesting St. Patrick's facts

You want to hear some of these? Yeah, let's go on We can spread some of these out Go your best, your most exciting one Did you realise green wasn't initially The colour green not initially associated with the Irish Really? Blue

Blue was their jam No way It was their jam. No way. It was their initial jam, but then it changed in the 17th century to sort of represent the lush, green landscape of the country. But the Irish wouldn't be as lovable if they were blue, would they? No, you're right. Little blue leprechauns. They're just Smurfs.

Yeah. Already got Smurfs. We wanted to find out a bit more about St. Paddy's Day, and so I thought we'd bring on to the show a mate of mine, Irish Dave, we like to call him. Good morning. What's the crack? What's the crack?

What does that mean, Irish Dave? It means I am waiting outside a pub for it to open so I can start getting on to Guinness, mate. Now, I know you are Ben's friend and he calls you Irish Dave. That's because there is another Dave in the friend group. There is a few. There is a few of us, but I'm the token Irish Dave. Today, I'm just called Dave.

I was going to say. Now, a big day. Like, it's a big day all around the world, but how huge is St. Patrick's Day in Ireland? I mean, it's massive. It's a day where you can go out drinking. Wait, sorry, that's every day day but you've got a good excuse everyone knows you're doing it right yeah everyone dresses up like we've parades all over the country it is a lot to do with

drinking like let's be honest that's what we're known for um but it is it is like the culture celebrating St. Patrick, the Welsh guy who came across and kicked out all the snakes from Ireland. He did a good job, didn't he? He really chased every snake out of Ireland. Every single one. A lot of us say, like, was he just really smart? Did he just come along and go, hey, I've kicked out all your snakes, guys.

Oh, sweet. Was there any snakes in the first place? I never saw a snake. But he got shouted at every bar around Ireland after that. Exactly. Hey, the Guinness. Obviously, Guinness is something that's much loved in Ireland, but there's different types.

There's Murphy's and there's Guinness. I mean, what? There's Guinness, there's Murphy's, and there's Beamish. So Guinness is from Dublin. Cork, where I'm from, has Murphy's and Beamish. So I drink Beamish if I'm in Ireland, but I would drink Guinness if I'm over here. So what do you do? In Ireland, obviously, people go to the pub.

Is it starting early? Is it a holiday over there or what happens? It is, yeah, it's a national holiday. The only people who don't get a day off are the people like me, the bartenders. But luckily over here, I've tricked my bosses into saying it's a cultural holiday, so I get the day off. Yeah, and we're all too scared to make fun of cultures nowadays, so this is great. Exactly, it's great. It's worked out very well for me.

And actually, to lead on from that when do you think us dressing up as leprechauns and doing fun Irish accents is going to be cancelled? Oh yeah true.

Oh I reckon get it in now we're doing it long left. As long as I'm with you you can wear it just give me a buzz

I'll give you the back. Yeah we can go some of our best friends are Irish it's okay for us can wear it. Just give me a buzz. I'll give you the back. Yeah, we can go. Some of our best friends are Irish. It's okay for us to do it. And it's also okay. Well, I don't know if it's okay. I'm going to get this in now.

Now, you were at a great age for a while there. You've moved on from that age, but I'd love to get you to say it. I was, at one point, two years ago, I was 33 years old. Which is? Yeah, for four months you were? I was 33 years old. Which is? Yeah for four months you were? I was 33 and a third. That's what I wanted. I love that and also when is it going to be cancelled

us laughing at that? Oh you're true, you're right. This audio will get played in the future and they'll be like oh look they've got this Irish guy on to say. To be fair lads if this bit of audio is going to get you in trouble then fair play. I think you guys have definitely said a lot worse than what you used to. The worst thing is we've made Dave put on an accent.

No, he's genuinely Irish. Well, enjoy St. Paddy's Day. I'll try and catch up with you. I'll probably have a, you know me, I'll probably just have a beer rather. Guinness sings like a lot of hard work. You will. You will. I'll definitely see you later.

It's Irish Dave. In fact, is this the only... Or just Dave in Ireland. Yeah. Seems like a lot of hard work. You will. You will. I'll definitely see you later. It's Irish Dave. My mate. In fact, is this the only... Or just Dave in Ireland. Yeah. Is that the only Irish person we can get on the radio right now? Okay, next. 0800 The Hits. If you are Irish, you could win big.

The Hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Of course, it is St. Paddy's Day. And we wanted to see on 0800 The Hits. Now, this is one of those moments on radio that may work and may not work. But hey, we're prepared to get, we're one of these shows prepared to give it a shot. Not always though. Not always. We're a bit

nervous about giving things a shot. Well, I'm nervous about it. I don't think it'll work, but we'll give it a shot. So, the game is you phone us up and you say, Fiddley D Potatoes Top of the Morning, and we have to guess if you're Irish or not. Now, hopefully, everyone calling up hopefully will be Irish, and we can reward them with

Hell Pizza. You can get food, beer, and wine delivered, and they're now hiring at a store near you. Now, I've got the fun St. Patrick's Day facts. Here's St. Patrick, not actually Irish. St. Patrick who chased all the snakes out of Ireland. Oh, yeah, we just heard that before, didn't we? Yeah, he's from Britain. Yeah.

He was kidnapped and taken to Ireland as a slave. Right. So there you go. That's some Friday fun content for you there. Okay, let's get into the phones and find out if this person's... How many Irish people can we get on? Okay, Anne, we'll start with you. Come with your line.

Fiddle-dee-wee, potatoes. Top of the morning. Top of the morning. Now, Anne, are we trying to work out if Anne's putting on an accent or not, are we? I reckon, Anne, you're putting on an accent. I reckon legit. Let's go legit. I'm legit.

You're legit. Are we originally from? Me. What do I say? I don't know. Thank you. That's a thank you. Just say somewhere near Dublin and we'll go, oh, yeah. How are you finding St. Patrick's what do I say? I don't know. It's a little bit off Dublin. Oh, thank you. That's a thank you. I know Dublin. Just say, somewhere near Dublin, and we'll go, oh, yeah.

How are you finding St. Patrick's Day today, Anne? Are you having a big day? Well, it's very culturally appropriate here today because it's raining, so it feels very much like I'm back in Ireland. Oh, awesome. It's such a warming, comforting accent, isn't it, the Irish one? Well, Anne, listen, you're going to win some hell pizza. Speaking of warm, comforting things.

Delicious. Enjoy your St. Paddy's Day. Okay. Thanks a million, guys. We'll go to Mark, who's in Greymouth. Kick it off with your line, Mark. Fiddly-dee-dee potatoes, top of the morning to you. Oh, that's Irish.

I feel like it's not Irish. I'm going to go, he's putting it on. But Mark, are you actual Irish? I am like it's not Irish. I'm going to go. He's putting it on. But Mark, are you actual Irish? I am, yes. I learned that. Big old thick, actually. Now, you're in Greymouth, Mark. What's the plan today?

Plan is to go to work now, sitting outside there, and then straight home, 4 o'clock, on the Guinness. There's a bit of a jam night in the local pub for us. Oh, there you go. That's just a Tuesday for Mark. He didn't even know it was St. Paddy's Day. Hey, Mark, we're going to hook you up with some hell pizza. Have a great day, my friend.

Very awesome, lads. And we'll take one more. We'll go to Fiona. Hit us with the line, Fiona, Irish or not? Filly dee, filly da, potatoes. Come on and tell. Ooh. I've been wrong with most of these. I'm going to say that.

It sounds too Irish not to be Irish. All right, we'll go with that. Are you Irish? No. Oh, I feel just like I'm Irish. Oh, well done. You get whole pizza anyway. Well done for tricking us on that one.

All good. There you have it. All good. Oh, God. Thanks, guys. Have a good day, New Zealand. A beautiful New Zealand accent coming up for you very shortly. That was fun.

That was fun. Wasn't that fun? Yeah, it was fun. Like I said, it's probably one of those things that they'll look back on and they'll play in about 10 years' time, Ben, and we'll lose our jobs. Yeah, yeah. For now, we'll continue with our jobs because we've got pink tickets up for grabs next. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

It's high love. It is The Hits. Jono and Ben, 10 minutes away from 8 o'clock on your Friday. It's a Friday, it's a big weekend homegrown going on in Wellington Tanaki's got Womad Cell GP in Littleton and Christchurch, so much going on around the country but right now

Check it out. The Hits. Five words for five pink tickets. Match all five words to see pink live in New Zealand in 2024. How good. Five pink tickets if you play all the way for five words and you get all five correct. And don't forget, Monday morning it's kicking off as well. You can win to go see Pink in Hyde Park in London.

So keep it locked on the hits. Well, fun fact with this game too, the tickets we send you, they're not actually tickets. So what you will receive is five emails. Doesn't sound as appealing, does it? Only one email with all five tickets on. I don't know how the email system's going to work, but we'll get Michelle on

from Palmerston North. How are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you? St. Patrick's Day. She's a New Zealander with an Irish passport. 12 in the morning to you. 12 in the morning. Fiddly-doo potatoes. Another stereotype. We, um...

What, are you a dual citizen situation? Because I'm the same with America. I've got a US passport. I was born in Seattle, and so when you leave New Zealand, you go on the Kiwi one. When you arrive, I imagine when you arrive in Ireland,

you have to use your Irish one, and then vice versa, so it looks like you've travelled nowhere. Yeah, yeah. Just disappeared somewhere in the mix. Very confusing. You look like an international drug runner, don't you? All right, Michelle.

Who do you want to send into the soundproof booth? Ben, please. All right. Okay, Ben, he's off to the soundproof booth, and Michelle, we can win you and four of your friends tickets to Pink for free. We just need five words out of your mouth. You play the game when you're listening in the car? Yes.

Okay, let's get into it. First word for you this morning. What do you think of when I say saint? Sorry, what did you say? Saint. I'm trying to think whether I'd say St. Patrick or St. Paddy or Patrick's Day. Patrick. St. Patrick.

We'll lock that in. Guinness. Pint. Guinness Pint. Shamrock. Oh, I see what producer Humphrey's done here. Shamrock. Irish.

Irish. Dublin. Coming in at word number four for you this morning, Michelle. Ireland. Dublin, Ireland. And potatoes. Fiddley D. Fiddley D.

Those are the five words we're locking in. Quite tough when they're themed. Sometimes they're easier, but I think this one was tougher. Basically, I wanted to say Irish or Ireland to every single one of them, but you did really well, Michelle. We've got Ben out of the soundproof booth. Five free pink tickets up for grabs, and the only free tickets I've ever received are parking infringement ones.

And they end up not being free. They end up being around about the same price as a concert ticket. So, Michelle, let's see what we can get you this morning, all right? Word one, $25 cash. Dressed in his lovely green can get you this morning, all right? Word one, $25 cash. Dressed in his lovely green T-shirt this morning. Ben Boyce, what do you think of when I say saint? Patrick.

$25 there, Michelle. What would you like to do? Yeah, we'll go on to the next one. Word two, $50 cash. Okay, we've got $50 up. When I say Guinness, you say... Ooh, uh... Pint? Pints!

I thought you were going to say beer. Yeah, I was thinking beer or pint. Yeah. Okay, I don't know what that translates to in Euro, but you've got $50 there. Michelle, what are we going to do? Are we going on? Yeah, let's go on.

Word three, $100 cash. Let's do it. Okay. Shall I do the translation of how much euro this would be or is that just going to drag this out too long? It's probably just going to drag it out too long. Shamrock. Shamrock.

Clover? It's a clover. It is a clover, isn't it?? Is it clover? It is a clover, isn't it? But it's not what Michelle said. Michelle said Irish. Oh, yeah. Well, it is Irish. Oh, yeah.

It was a tough one. Shamrock was a tough one. Dublin. Dublin Island? And potatoes. All I can think of is fiddly D. Oh, Michelle! Oh, Michelle.

Oh, really? Four out of five. Did not have the luck of the Irish this morning. Any other day I wouldn't say fiddly D. I'd probably say boiled or mashed or something. But today it's fiddly D. Michelle, listen, I'll tell you what. We'll send you out some hell pizzas, shall we?

Oh, sounds great. Thank you. Oh, Michelle, another chance for someone to play. Monday morning and I gave five words for five pink tickets. Help Pizza 2 get food, beer and wine delivered. Yeah, there we go. That was fun.

That was really fun. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It is The Hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Don't forget Saturday night Lotto special draw is taking place, raising money for those impacted

by Cyclone Gabriel. $15 million must be won draw on Saturday night and 50% of all the sales go back towards those affected by Cyclone Gabriel. Tell you who loves a lotto ticket for his birthday, my dad. Stock standard. What should I get you? Just get me

a lotto ticket. That's all John Pryor wants in life. It's a good present. And they have been staying from Christchurch this week my parents and it was dad's birthday so I got him a lotto ticket. That's all John Pryor wants in life. It's a good present. And they have been staying from Christchurch this week, my parents, and it was Dad's birthday so I got him a lotto ticket. But the older your parents get, I find the more you start

to appreciate their quirky character traits. Right. Like I've told you before, Dad will only wear sunglasses he's found. Yeah. You know,

at a petrol station on the forecourt or on a footpath. And he's just He spent his career His sunglass career Just bouncing from Free pair to free pair I like that

And he wears Like a medley of clothes Most of which I have given to him And one of the One of the joys Of working in radio Is you just get

An abundance of Promotional t-shirts And he'll wear them all He's got bloody You know All the innuendo Bourbon ones Cracker woody I've got a woody Give me a woody He wears all all. He's got bloody, you know, all the innuendo bourbon ones. Cracker Woody, I've got a Woody.

Give me a Woody. He wears all those ones. He's got a Burger King one. I've got a Whopper. He wears all the fun novelty T-shirts. And it was his birthday. I said, we're going to get you a cake. He was like, oh, I hadn't really thought about a cake.

And when you've got kids, the cake's more for the kids. But we're like, well, you need to choose the cake. And I was like, I hadn't really thought about a cake And when you've got kids The cake's more for the kids But we're like well you need to choose the cake And I was like here we go To myself and he's like Well I Don't know the flavour of the cake I like But I like the textures What textures are the cake

And I'm like who chooses cake off a texture So he's like I would like to know What texture the cake and i'm like who chooses cake off a texture yeah so he's like i would like to know what texture the cake so i'm phoning the cheesecake shop i'm like g'day mate um just want to order a cake he's like you know no worries what are you after i was like what textures have you got he's like what i said what textures like what variety of textures have you got on the on offer there and we rattled through almost every cake on the menu and every texture. And at the end, everybody's like,

to be honest, this is the first time anyone's ever phoned up and chosen a cake purely on texture. We ended up getting a Black Forest. It was fine. The texture suited Dan. The texture was lovely, wasn't it? Flavour didn't suit the kids,

but the texture was bang on. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, Shazam, Fury of the Gods is in cinemas as of now. It's the sequel to the 2019 film Shazam. Based on the DC comic books, a young kid says the word Shazam turns into a superhero. It's pretty awesome. We are at war. We will annihilate everything.

Champions of this realm can do nothing to stop us You are very menacing I just want you to know that It's fun for the whole family And that's Zachary Levy who plays Shazam And Dame Helen Mirren is in that movie as well In the movie as well And yeah, we were like

Oh, we've got to do something different, you know, because it's a Zoom interview and Ben, you purchased some semi-legal costumes from Shazam costumes from the internet. Yeah, I did. We put them on and we're like, ooh. But quite crotchy. Yeah, very crotchy.

Very crotchy. And I don't think latex and lycra are for my body. No, not for many people's bodies. But in the movie, Shazam flies and not for Not many people's bodies But in the movie Shazam flies And it's kind of like The magic word in the movie So we thought

Why don't we do the interview 131 feet in the year Where one of us Has to dangle Over the harbour Up the top of the AJ Hackett bungee Yeah

And this is underneath The harbour bridge Now I know what you're thinking What happened to just Sitting in a room In comfortable chairs That's what you were thinking And doing interviews That's what I was thinking what happened to just sitting in a room in comfortable chairs that's what you were thinking and doing interviews

that's what I was thinking I've never seen Oprah get butt tattoos throw herself off bridges it's our thing it's our thing so anyway we were dangling over there one of us would dangle

when we were doing the interviews early in the show you heard Zachary Levy who plays Shazam and you had to dangle over and whenever he said the magic word Shazam we cut with a rope

the cord well someone from Major Hackett did and you plummeted down. And he did it. He could have waited, but he did it straight away. No! We got him already! No!

Oh! Oh, my God! Oh, my gosh! The power I've been imbued with. This is insane. He loved it. He loved it. And so then we had an interview with the wonderful Dame Helen Mirren,

who's far too dignified and respected to be associated with us. Rachel Zegler, who starred in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story breakout star, and the wonderful Lucy Liu, who you'll know from Kill Bill and Charlie's Angels. I know, how cool was that? So this time it was my opportunity to be dangled out over the edge and for them to say Shazam, but they were a little nicer on me than you. Have a listen. Hi there, we are Jono and Ben.

We're from New Zealand. New Zealand. Oh, look at you guys. How are you? Very funny. It's an honour to be. Those are real, those muscles. They are real muscles, yeah.

A lot of steroids we're pumping in. Do you know where we are right now? Are you guys about to jump? Yeah, where are you? We're on a bungee in Auckland over the harbour. My friend here is hooked up, and as soon as one of you say the magic word Shazam, they'll cut the cord and he'll go over.

Well, you don't have to. It's on you, so you don't have to. Let's wait. They're going to wait to the end. Okay. They're going to wait to the end. Lovely to see you three, though. Congratulations on the film.

You must be very happy. We're very excited. So excited. We are. excited we are it's a lovely thing to be a part of dame helen i know you did a lot of your own stunts in the movie and apparently in between shooting you were on a hoverboard now as a dame and us being part of the commonwealth that makes us very nervous to have you on a hoverboard precious cargo i had a very good teacher in zach he was he Zach. He was with me all the way along. But there's nothing like floating along.

It felt like a goddess. It felt like being a goddess. She's so courageous. Floating along. I wouldn't do it. It was fabulous. I loved it. And Lucy, how did you prepare for riding a dragon?

Because I know in a previous movie, you had to spend time working in a strip club. So how do you prepare for riding dragons um you know what I think I used to horseback ride so it's kind of the same thing you just got to have like a very strong grip there you go with your thigh with your thigh yeah locking around the dragon with the thighs and and Rachel I know this is your second big movie the first one with uh Stevenberg, and working with a couple of legends. Are you talking about us? Yeah, us two. And obviously Lucy and Helen as well.

How's it been for you? Has it been fun? It's been the most fun and the most pinch me kind of career that anyone could dream of happening. See, I'm getting pinched and I'm awake and I can't believe it's real. And I also just want to say Shazam. Oh, Shazam!

Shazam! We're doingazam. Shazam. We're doing it. He's coming. Here he goes. Shazam. The cord was cut. Ben got the snip. Plummeted down.

It was frightening. It was as frightening as I just plummeted down towards the ocean from above on the Auckland Harbour Bridge. Yeah, it was. And you could hear you puffing and panting on your microphone. I was still trying to continue the interview. Here he goes. Yes, Adam!

We want to see it. We're going to cut the cord. Here he goes. Bye. Oh, my God, you're cutting it? Wait a minute. what just happened? And that was the last we ever saw of him. Isn't he supposed to be tethered?

Yeah, is he okay? I think they cut the right cord. Check him, is he still bouncing? He's still falling. He's slowly coming back up, but Dame Helen, I know you broke your thumb on this and you didn't tell anyone. My finger, my little finger. What did you do? Well I was in, it was in the middle of a fight sequence and the stuntman said you must follow

through on the hit. So I was hitting Zach. He said follow through. I said alright I'll follow through and I followed through and hit a cement wall. That'll do it. He's coming, He's being winched back up right now. He's alive. Oh, good. Oh. You don't have to do that. It's real.

Good job, man. We're very happy to see you again. Well, again, congratulations on the movie. This has been a blast hanging out with you. You guys keep safe over there. That was spectacular. That was awesome. Well done.

Thanks, guys. That was crazy. Bye, guys. Bye. crazy. Bye, guys. Bye. There we go. The Stars of Shazam Fury of the Gods is in cinemas right now. And if you want to see the visuals of us plummeting on the Auckland Harbour Bridge at AJ Hackett Bungie, 7 o'clock tonight, they're going to be playing.

Our mates at The Project are going to be playing. You can see it on 3 tonight, 7 o'clock, which will be awesome. And catch the movie in cinemas right now. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. About to know. This is Sugar Babes, about you now. It is The Hits, Jono and Ben, 8.20 on your Friday. It's St. Paddy's Day as well, so enjoy that safely if you're out and about.

Anyway. That's what you've got to say on The Hits, mate. Check where it's safe in. Yeah, exactly. Now, Ben, I've discovered something about you that you used to do on your farm when you were growing up. Now, what animals did've discovered something about you that you used to do on your farm when you were growing up. Now, what animals did you have on there? No, my sister laid like a horse and stuff.

That horse was, you know, well looked after. Was it? Better looked after than me, you know, at the time. I was probably just a moody teenager. What animals did you have? Could you have covered the cast of Old Macdonald's Farm? Yeah, we had some. I used to have to feed the pigs and stuff.

You had pigs? We had pigs for a little bit there. What are pigs like eating? They're adventurous, aren't they? They'll eat some all sorts of stuff. They've got no morals when it comes to food. Apparently, if you stand in the pig pen long enough, they'll start eating you.

Oh, really? Yeah, funnily. I used to have to clean the pig pen. That was one of my things. It's a pig sty, though, isn't start eating you. Oh, really? Yeah, fantastic. I used to have to clean the pig pen. Yeah, that was one of my things. But isn't it, it's a pig sty though, isn't it? Yeah, it's a pig, it was a literal pig sty. You don't need to clean it. I just remember having to hose things down and clean the things.

Make sure, you know, they're eating out of nice containers. I also had to get the eggs from the chickens. Oh yeah, chickens, yeah? I was so, I'm very frightened of like putting, put your hand under the chickens and get the the, because they'd sit on the eggs. I'm like, I don't want, you know, and you go on tentative and they pick it. They can feel the, yeah.

It wasn't my happy place. So you feed the pigs, you feed the chickens? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I did. Some sort of, anyway, we're better than that. So what else do you have? Pigs, chickens, cows? Yeah, we had some cows, sheep and stuff Yeah as well

Jeez you had a big farm It wasn't you know It wasn't a massive farm or something It wasn't like we were doing it for beef or export So the eggs were just for personal use were they? Yeah for personal use We just said yeah We had a couple of geese

I mean they were running They would lay eggs as well But not lay in the They were just roam free They were all kind of roam free You know and stuff I love Kevin Boyce your dad School principal I can't imagine him running a farm Oh no it wasn't him It wasn't him they just roam free they all kind of roam free you know and stuff I love Kevin Boyce your dad school principal

I can't imagine him running a farm oh no it wasn't him it wasn't him it was when yeah so when mum and dad

you know thanks for bringing up my childhood issues mate they separated new relationship stepdad farm

mum out there dad and so how were you feeling at this time oh like you know things you know difficult time

in any teenager's life you know going through that you know going through you know there was some good know, difficult time in any teenager's life, you know, going through that, you know, going through that. No, there was some good times. There was some good times. Talk about the bad ones though with me. This is what this is, therapy. Yeah, so Kevin Boyce would see him in the weekend,

you know, and I sort of, you know. That was the arrangement. And so, yeah, the farm, not for you. No, but I did really enjoy it. It was a beautiful part of the country to live on. And as I said, I've said to you before, we used to like, and the,

I was such a, like a nerd for making stuff and I would make video camera. So I'd make these sort of home videos with my mates about little scripts. And we'd go out and I'd get my mates in the holidays. Not a lot to do in the water. But I'd be like, Hey, we're going to film this thing over three days.

We're going to stay here and make these little movies. Three day shoot. Three day shoot. Some of them would tap out midway through. I don't blame them. I don't blame them. No, no, you've got to say this line, and they'll be like,

I don't want to get into acting stuff, you know? I just want to be a farmer. And to be fair, the acting was a bit average from a lot of my mates, but to their credit, they gave it a go for me. Jeez, they're like bloody old James Cameron over here. All we wanted to do was ride around on bikes to the school holidays.

Because I was trying to work out the system of like how to make them. Back in the day, the things, again, saying like old men ranting right now, but it's a lot easier to put graphics and music behind stuff. Oh, yeah. The TikTok generation don't know how good they've got it when it comes to content creation. I thought I'd crack the code because doing the credits, the opening credits, I would have like a Word document on the computer and film that and then on the side I'd scroll down with the mouse.

So that would be the credits. I thought it was good. Play the music live so I'd have a ghetto blaster on one side, on one shoulder, a camera on the other side as I was filming the scenes. But then the scenes would go on quite long. So I'd have to edit. There was some terrible musical edit jump cuts between the one song as well. And I used to have to edit them on two.

We had two VHS players that I'd have to edit on. And if you screwed up an edit, you'd lose some of the scene before and you couldn't go. But there was no redo. So I was like, oh, that scene's got a lot shorter. So, yeah, these were terrible. But, hey, it was a start. And when did you lose your virginity?

It was quite late still. It was a start. And when did you lose your virginity? It was quite late, to be honest. It was weird. I'm just editing this scene. Hold on. I'll be with you, Sean. I'll be with you. Hold on. Hey, look.

Play the music. Play the music. Look, I've got this thing you can scroll down on. You can scroll down on a Word document. I'll fill the credits. It's like, wow. Yeah, he's a real catch, this guy. on the credits. It's like, wow. Yeah, he's a real catch, this guy. The hits.

The Jono and Ben podcast. Now, this weekend, a lot going on. Ben, you listed off. I know before there was like eight things going on. So much going on this weekend. Welcome to New Zealand. Eight things going on in a weekend is a very big moment. It's a lot for New Zealand.

I mean, St. Patrick's Day, bad day to be a Guinness, guys, around the country. Bad day to be a Guinness. Womad on in Taranaki this weekend, which always looks incredible. World of music and dance. Yeah, homegrown in Wellington as well, celebrating local New Zealand music. That's huge in the waterfront in Wellington. Sail GP in Littleton Harbour this weekend. The Blues Crusaders going on.

20 All Blacks starting in that game tomorrow night at Eden Park. That's just some of the stuff going on. Cricket. Oh, who can forget about Test Match Cricket? I know you love Test Match Cricket, Jono. I'd forgotten about it. Well, who can forget about it? And like we said before, you are living out the dream

of commentating all three days of the cricket. ACC, Alternate Commentary Collective, Spark Sport Get amongst it Long, boring, white White dressed, and probably white people Test cricket Well yeah, we'll show like it's playing mate But yeah, okay

I see what you are Well yeah, I didn't factor in the shrinkity Now I've got myself in a hole, Ben. You have. So we wanted to know, I don't know, out of the hats, why are you having the best weekend? Maybe you're going to one of these events, or maybe there's something in your life that we don't know about

that you're doing this weekend that's having a lot of fun. Or maybe you're watching the diverse cricket game. Exactly. Going to Shazam at the movies, Fury of the Gods as well. You know, there's so much going on. We're going to kick it off with Jess. Welcome. You're in New Plymouth.

Good to have you on from Taranaki. This weekend, what's happening, Jess? Yeah, I'm heading to Womad. Oh, there we go. You just mentioned it. It looks like so much fun. I've never been to Womad, but it looks incredible. You really have to go.

I've been most years, and it's absolutely the best weekend ever. Would you, what would I say if I said I had five days of cricket, I could give you a pass to that or Womad? What's your thought going to be? No, not cricket. Definitely the Womad. Okay, all right. Listen, Jess, I really try and limit his cricket chat.

I thought he got it out of his system when he goes and commentates these games. I'm like, mate, how much more do you want? I want you to talk about it in a way that's diverse. Now tell me, Jess, is WOMAD held at that centre where there's that feral little creek that sits before the stage? Yes, it is, but you're not allowed to go swimming in there. No, and I'm surprised, but people do. I know, they do.

There's actually a thing written up in the handout this year saying if you jump in that lake, that your wristband will be cut off and you'll be exited from the venue. Oh, really? And you'll be given a tetanus shot. Yeah. Yeah, it's awful.

It reminds me, do you remember that episode? This smell is disgusting. Oh, I bet it is. Do you remember that episode of The Simpsons where all of Springfield just kept chucking dump into the lake? Yeah, it's probably like that. Started bubbling? That's the same one.

Oh, Jess has kicked things off. We can find a prize for you, Jess. You have a great weekend. Enjoy WOMAD. Oh, Andrew, the hits. Why are you having the best weekend? We'll put some people up against each other for a bit of a decent prize next. The hits.

The Jono and Ben podcast. There's so much going on you said before. There is. And we mentioned some of the things going on over New Zealand over the weekend, but we forgot about a few other things as well. Pacifica happening at Western Springs as well. That's going to be huge over the weekend. One Republic.

They're in Auckland last night. They're in Christchurch. Dean Lewis is playing. Gin Wigmore's playing. Kothari's playing. Proclaimers. Proclaimers? Proclaimers? They're in the country as well.

There's so much going on over the weekend. Do you reckon the bane of the Proclaimers performances the whole time the audience is going, play the 500 Mile song. And they're like, hold on, it's coming up. Play the what? Oh, we've got it. We've got some more music.

I just want to do the da-da-da. The 500 Mile song. La-la-la-la-la. Oh, there we go. Great show, great change. Yeah, there's lots of, remember when you're back in lockdown and you're like,

entertainment will never happen again. Oh, it's all happening. Too much. Yeah. Pouring down, raining down. So who's having the best weekend?

Just spoke to a wonderful Mel in Taranaki, going to WOMAD as well. Let's go to another Mel in Dunedin. How are you? Good, thank you. How are you? Oh, good. And Dunnersin, how are you? Good, thank you. How are you?

Oh, good. And Dunners, what's happening, Dunners? Not much. Aren't all the students, haven't they started drinking before 6 o'clock in the morning? Six before six or something like that? Oh, my gosh, yes. It's crazy. Six before six, that sounds like a healthy lifestyle.

I used to be young again. I used to be, yes. What are they doing by bloody 10am? Oh, it's crazy. Is it? A lot of unmentionable things, I would imagine, right? Yeah. Yeah, right. So, Mel, you've had your six this morning.

How are you feeling? Marvellous. I just dropped the daughter off at school. It all makes sense. And what are you doing this weekend, Mel? Going on a girls' trip to Queensland to go to Kmart. Oh, to go to Kmart. Yeah.

I love Kmart. Jeez, I love Kmart. I'll shop in there late. I love it, love it. But anything in particular you want to bring home or are you just going for the experience? Just going to Kmart. We need our Kmart fix.

Jeez, that's a bloody long way to go to Kmart, isn't it? We normally go to Avocado, but we thought we'd spice it up this weekend. Spice it up with a Queen's taro cake. While your town is getting mowed over by people having six before six, you're escaping to go to Kmart. Yep. Love it.

We love it. We're going to hook you up with the price today. We won't put you up against anyone else. You enjoy your weekend. Awesome, thank you. Good on you, Chantel. She's in Nelson. She's on the air for Best Weekend.

Morena. Morena. Good on you, Chantel. She's in Nelson. She's on the air for Best Weekend. Morena. Morena. What's happening, mate? Me and my husband are having a child-free weekend going to Christchurch to see David Strassman. Oh, Strassman. We interviewed him the other day with Chucky. And this scared me a lot, the puppets.

Chucky, didn't he? It was kind of terrifying. Teddy Bear's my favourite. Okay, Teddy Bear. Yeah, we thought we were going to have Teddy Bear come in. Chucky just stared at us the whole time and spat at us. It was quite impressive, actually. Very rude.

Yeah, he looks right through you, that doll. I know. You know that Megan movie? I'm kind of like, definitely make one on. Chucky, I'll enjoy that this weekend. We'll hook you up with the prize as well. Thanks, guys. There you go.

Chantel Child Free Weekend. Can we bring Chantel back on? I know where you're going. Mate, keep it clean. Keep it clean. Keep it clean. Can we put Chantel back on hold? I wasn't going to keep it clean.

Yeah.