Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Did Ben Meet Kevin Hart?!?

Episode Date: March 22, 2023

We camped out and tried to meet Kevin Hart... find out how it went! Hilarious 5 words game with a mother of 7 kids! What are your pet peeves? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

G'day there, kia ora, welcome. This is the John Ombier podcast, thanks to Challenge Petrol Service Stations. Now I know we have a lot of infomercial conversations on this, but it's because when we are actually recording this part, there's always infomercials playing on TV. Now there's a new rower that you can work on in your bedroom, the comfort of your bedroom, a rowing machine. Yeah! I'm always like, it feels like if I sat on that, it would collapse. Assume there's like a tree. Well, hey, those people are doing a great job.

They're looking great. They are looking great. Yeah. So I don't know. I mean, it does. Who knows? It always intrigues me. That's the thing.

They do a good job of sucking you in. Would that work? But then I'm like, why do they go through them so quickly like let's take for example the abdominizer and one of the ab circle pro didn't you i didn't have the ab circle pro how'd that work out for you they didn't turn pro professional so amateur still semi-pro no no not even semi-pro so amateur unpaid abs you know you're a professional you ever wonder you could go pro with your abs But then that

You know The ab circle pro Which we had And inevitably Just ended up Was that the big thing That rocked Was that kind of

No it was like a Circle And you'd swing You'd swing your abs Oh yes I know So you put your knees On the circle And then swing your core

Side to side And I was like I actually You love exercise I do exercise Yeah but then This wasn't for you No but I do exercise yeah but then this wasn't for you this wasn't

no but I was just like where did it go that's what I was thinking it was there and it was all over telly and there was a period whenever it was like abs circle pro

abs circle pro this is the thing to get the professional abs and then it just goes well maybe everyone got professional abs and were like well no need for that anymore

then there's new ones yeah well mate I don't know if something's that good surely you've got to keep it in the market. But you're right they get very big

for a while there some of these things and they're probably still around but it probably may be their advertising budget they're like hey

we're going to let everyone know about it once they know about it. The Abcircle pros out there it's had some little shakti

hands. Blue blockers sunglasses ginsu knives they can cut through shoes it's like well

I've never needed my knife to cut through a full shoe but hey if I could chop it and still chops a tomato like this yeah

and they were just like well let's just cut a shoe I don't want to be cutting my tomatoes yeah but yeah that was great the Ginsu and they were always

disposing of evidence if you need to chop shoes off and things like that and always gave you an unnecessary amount of knives like I'm going to chuck in this other pack

and this other thing you're like probably just a couple would be alright yeah you ended up with 32 knives didn't you necessary amounts of knives like i'm all chuck in this other pack and this other thing you're like probably just a couple would be all right yeah you ended up with 32 knives yeah for the price of one night yeah they always upsize you but again the ginsu it's not it's gone yeah what is it can you still buy a good suit knife oh is that have a look i did love the blue blocker commercial i should play that look like so oh look it looks very good in the block. It actually looks very nice, actually.

But still, there's like 42 knives there. Yeah, there's a lot there. I never know what knife does what. I know what the bread one does. The rest of them, I'm lost. Yeah, there's a lot there. There's a set of steak knives in there. You know, you can still buy it, can't see knives.

What appliances have you guys been sucked into that are now just sitting there in the graveyard appliance? I'm trying to think. Waffle maker, pie maker. No, I haven't done the waffle maker apartment. Popcorn maker. No.

No, but I did always, you always admire those ones and people would have something like that. You go to their house and they're like, we're having movie night, we've got a popcorn maker. And you're like, oh, that's cool.

I just bought a dollar one from the microwave. How often do they use that one? But they do get sucked into that, which is cool. I mean, if they use it oh that's cool I just bought a dollar one from the microwave but how often do they use that one you know but they do get suckered into that which is cool I mean if they use it

that's a good idea I bought a just the other day I had rewards points and I was like you know when you look on your account and you're like

what are these rewards points and you forget you got them you've got a SodaStream from Farmers oh yeah lovely hey I've been singing the praises

of SodaStream for a long time I never know how long to pump in the carbonation yeah sometimes I go so hard and it's as hard

as like a rock and you're like this bottle's about to explode in my face explode everywhere yeah oh there you go you used the rewards

yeah no it was good I was going to go type up the blue blocker guy singing they used to be for these sunglasses put them on as a shocker

yeah man I like these blue blockers. Here he is here. He's very good. It was on Venice Beach and it was like a freestyle rap. He put the glasses on. These blue blockers. Gotta get me some.

So he went on for another three minutes. I was like, mate. Pretty impressive. Very, yes, yes. I won't take away from his skill. Well, like, if you just put him on, that is the thing. But it's funny how the rap,

even the rap games come, you know, like that's the, that's the rap game of that time. You know, it was all like, I can understand the words. I know what's going on. I can sing along to this. And it's a shocker. And now you know the guy, I'm going to rhyme blue blocker. Yeah. We'll play that guy before Harry Mack or whatever,

who does freestyle raps. And he's, you know, now quicker, you know, the pace is quicker. He's leveled up. The pace is quicker. You've got to spit the rhymes faster as well. I hope we've got a free pair of blue blockers for that guy. That guy. Oh, he was used all the time around the world. We should talk. We should try and track him down.

Someone we know, Kendall, she works with our agents, right? And she's one of our agents. She was on an ad yesterday for eyelashes. That's right, extending eyelashes. I texted her. I was like, is that you? She's like, yeah, yeah, it's me. So, yeah, she was on that.

So, yeah, but see, it's pretty cool. You get to be in an infomercial from forever and ever. What would be your dream infomercial to be a part of? What are you doing? Well, I wouldn't like to do those bits. No, actually, I probably would like to be. I love the black and white bits at the start

where they were all real clumsy and they're like oh look at me falling off I can't open a cupboard door without all the crockery falling on my head

that would be me but then you get made into a meme and all that sort of stuff look at this idiot can't even sit down on the couch without putting his back out

but that would be fun as an acting job. Be like, okay. That's my favourite part. It's always in black and white. Always. And so I think the jokes we're going for, it's white people. It's always white idiots.

White idiots. They do need better functioning white idiots, don't they, at the beginning of those commercials. You're like, get something like, get a Johnny Knoxville or someone that's a stunt person,

like falling through a coffee table or something. You're like, whoa, jeez, I've got to stop that. Someone that can... They're like, do you have trouble turning on the oven? And you're like, no. Why is this person? They've really made a hash job of it. Just turn the knob.

It makes me worried about next time I turn on an oven. And they're all so exasperated afterwards. They're like, oh. It's the end of life. Hey, today on the show, Kevin Hart, we spent 12 hours yesterday stalking and waiting outside his concert venue. And did it pay off? Did it pay dividends? 11 hours.

I would say it was worth it. Okay, that's all I'm going to say. So enjoy it on the podcast. We were two fumbly white guys who didn't know how to work either. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. If you listened to the show, you would have known over the last couple of days that not only am I a big fan of Kevin Hart, who was in New Zealand performing last night,

but we had, well, Jono, you had an idea to go and try and get me a little bit of a meeting with my hero. Yeah, the show was last night. You bought tickets to the concert. We're planning on going along starting at 8 o'clock. And I was like, well, before then, wouldn't it be ideal? Wouldn't it be the magical day if you got to meet him? And that involved you sitting 12 metres in the air on a higher pool scissor lift

outside gorgeous George's railway station accommodation in town next to Spark Arena. He drives in. He gets out of the car. he hugs you, he's like, come backstage, hang out, let's be best friends forever. That was my dream. That was your idea, where big signs, each of us were standing outside all day from early in the morning until later at night, hoping that he might come through for a sound check,

hoping that Kevin Hart, well, I was literally hanging out for Kevin Hart. Yeah, here's some of the highlights. He's about to launch 12 metres in the air and also launch himself into a dream. A dream to meet his hero as he yells over a giant diesel engine.

He's making his way up. History is about to be made as a desperate, over-enthusiastic fan attempts to meet his hero, Kevin Hart. Leanne has come.

She's come from Nāti a bit. I know, I know. Nice to see you. It's great to be here and finally catch up with you two. Is it everything you imagined, Leanne? You're taller than what I thought you were. Oh, that's good. I guess it's good. I look taller up on the sciss with you too. Is it everything you imagined Lear? You're taller than what I thought you were. Oh that's good, I guess it's good.

I look taller up on the scissor lift too. A lot taller. I'm standing literally hanging out for Kevin Hart about 12 metres in the air. There's a wee bit of a gust of wind as I stand up above. It's going to be a long day in the sun and the wind. 12 metres in the air. Georgie, thank you for having us.

Oh, you're welcome, welcome. Yeah, it's a lovely, beautiful building here, isn't it? The old railway station. It is, yeah. It is a good, beautiful building. It's an old lady. Who's the old lady, is it? Am I an old lady?

No, it's an old lady. You like the buildings and all that. You're not so bad yourself. What are you doing today, Gloria? I'm just going to see my daughter and I'm going to have a bourbon. What a great time to go and see your daughter and have a bourbon, Ben. I can never tell you the price. You look like twins, Beau. I know, I know. We just politely answered a boat.

So what have you got here, a six pack of Codys? Yeah, four pack of Codys, 7% yep. What a way to start lunch time. I thought this guy's trying to propose to somebody and then I thought, I know these guys. 20 minutes later. Ben's still up there. He hasn't left anywhere. Oh, sorry, Ben.

Oh, have you got some suntan cream up there? How are the Codys? Bloody nice and cold. I might have one for you, just for you, okay? She's going to have a Cody's just for you. It's got your name on it. So, Jo, we're waiting here for Kevin Hart. for you, just for you, okay? She's going to have a Cody's just for you. It's got your name on it. So, Joe, we're waiting here for Kevin Hart. You've never heard

of Kevin Hart? No, I'm from Australia, so I've got no idea who he is. He's from America. Oh, okay. No, I don't know who he is. Fantastic, Joe. All the very best, and hello to all the people in New Zealand. Yeah, nice to be here. Great people, friendly, no problem.

And hope to be back again one day. Okay, it's 7 o'clock. Starting to get dark. Starting to lose some hope. In my heart of Kevin Hart's, I'm thinking this may not happen. But in some ways, this is potentially the time he might come into the gig. Here's Jono yelling at me. What's going on? I'm thinking this may not happen, but in some ways this is potentially the time he might come into the gig. Here's Jono yelling at me, what's going on? I just said that

may not happen. He's thinking it may not happen. Here we go. Yeah, so this was about 7 o'clock last night. This is where we'll leave it. Did we get Kevin Hart? Did we get our meet and greet with one of my heroes? We'll find out next. It is The Hits 16. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Kevin Hart, the comedian, the actor. He's one of my comedy heroes. I love him. And he was performing last night in town, Spark Arena. And Jono, you were like, hey, let's try and get you a wee bit of a meet and greet with Kevin Hart. Now, we couldn't organize one through legitimate purposes. So you thought that, why don't you put me up there literally hanging out for Kevin Hart 12 metres

in the air on a sizzle lift thanks to Hypal. I was up there just by where we worked out that Kevin Hart was going to be driving before his gig. Yeah you're in a velvet smoker's jacket and a highlighter yellow cricket hat. You look like the victim of a stag do from the night before and you hadn't been able to get down. We had big

signs going I'm hanging out for Kevin Hart. You all said have a heart. Stop Kevin. do from the night before. You hadn't been able to get down. We had big signs going, I'm hanging out for Kevin Hart. Yours said, have a heart. Stop, Kevin. All the great puns. All day we were there. From like 9 o'clock in the morning onwards, his performance was 8 o'clock at night. And we kept looking at cars driving down.

She's got busy towards concert time too. She did too. In a very, what I thought was going to be quite a quiet area of town, but vibrant. It was a wide spectrum of personalities that I was dealing with on the ground all day long. Yeah, you were. You know, recent parolees.

All sorts. You name it, all the characters. We called it Character Corner in the end. Met a lot of wonderful people. Beautiful people. And those are our people, Ben. Like I figured when we wander around, it's like, they're our people.

They welcome us with open arms. More of them. Everyone was hoping that we'd get given heart. Everyone was vested. So many people were tagging him on Facebook and Instagram throughout the day as we put videos up. Yeah, and around about 8 o'clock, was it? Yeah.

8.03, three black tinted out Mercedes vans turned around the corner. We were like, this is it. But there was a lot going on. There was like five fire engines there. It was a lot of people. It was too much commotion. It was getting dark and then we're like, this is it though. This is it.

This is Kevin Hart arriving. Kevin Hart! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! Was that Kevin? Yeah it is because it's sister Kevin! Kevin Hart!

Kevin Hart! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin Hart! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin!

Are you Kevin? Kevin! Is Kevin in there? No, I wish. I wish. I wish. I wish. I don't know. That was it.

That was it. It's been a day. Now, if you were Kevin Hart, would you have stopped for that? No. We're like, the sign's up. Yeah, man! Kevin, I'm up there trying to get higher on this as a lift just to make more noise. It was definitely him and his entourage of people driving past the three.

We didn't see him, but you knew exactly. You could feel the aura pouring out of the car. And just listening back to it, I'm like, mates, we came on too strong. We came on too strong. We had to make... You know what it reminded me of? Home Alone. Kevin!

Kev! Kevin Hart! Kevin! Kevin Hart! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin Hart! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin!

Kevin Hart! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! We should have heard. We should have. Well, it sounded like we did have her there because we were yelling out Kevin Hart.

I don't know if he saw us or not, but he did see one of our Instagram posts. He did look at that throughout the day. Which, hey, that's a double kick in the guts. He knew what was happening. Wow. Who knows? He's a busy guy, busy guy. So, hey, we gave it a crack.

These things, they don't always work. That's right. When you try these things, we knew. All day we were there, there was a chance it was going to fail. It was high risk. Literally, you were 12 metres in the air. High reward. Unfortunately, the reward part didn't come through.

No. But it was a fun day. Like I said, we met some friends for life. Friends for life on that corner, Ben. Friends who hadn't slept for a couple of months. But they are friends. Hearts of gold. Thank you to everyone that helped us out.

Almost meeting Kevin Hart. It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben with you. So I didn't, after hanging out all day, literally hanging out for Kevin Hart,

I didn't quite get to meet my celebrity idol. So we thought... He's left us heartbroken. Yeah. So we thought let's get some tales of people who have actually met their celebrity. Some good tales, some happy ones. And there's loads coming through here.

Quinton's on the phone. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Who did you meet? I met the Undertaker. The wrestler. WWE wrestler, yes's Breakfast. Who did you meet? I met the Undertaker. The wrestler. WWE wrestler, yes. Yeah, how did you meet the Undertaker? Yeah, in 2005.

Where was that? Wellington. All right, so was he over here? Was he, like, wrestling over here, or was he just over here on holiday? Or was he here for a funeral? We'll never know. We'll never know.

I don't think so. No, no, they came for a tour? We'll never know. We'll never know. I don't think so. I don't think so. No, no, they came for a tour. WWE brought SmackDown over. They wanted their programs. There's still, I mean, I still would like to meet you guys as well. That's on my bucket list at some stage. It's on your bucket list, mate.

We'd love to meet you. That's easy. We can make that happen. Mate, if you just walk out on the streets, we'll be harassing you and filming, doing something at some point. It'd be awesome if you guys were funny as and you guys crack me up and I love your show. Oh, thank you, mate. Yeah, I've been watching you guys for ages. Like when you guys can get around, John and I have been at 10.

I used to watch that as well. Oh, it was a fun show to make. Back when we were cool. Yeah. Back when you guys were so cool. Oh, thank you. What did you say to The Undertaker? Did you have a conversation? Did you have a conversation?

Did you have a photo? What happened? Yeah, I was standing like at their hotel after the show because I saw him arrive. As they wanted me into the hotel, I got to go into the hotel lobby and actually have a talk to him for a while. Oh, that's awesome. That's beautiful, Andy.

He had beautiful manners too. Yeah, no, he totally loves his fans and, you know, he was really cool. Oh, good on you. Hey, lovely to chat with you, Quinton. You go and have a good day, all right, mate? Yeah. I'll never know when I can meet you guys, eh? Yeah, absolutely, bro.

We'll sort that out. Okay, guys. Have a good one. Lindsay, you're on from Christchurch. Lindsay, you meet your hero. Good morning, boys. How are you? We're doing well, Linz. Who'd you meet? From a close second, having met Jono and Ben at Bunnings Rickerton. Yes, a close second, understandably. It is a close second. It is a close second. I met Andre Agassi.

Oh, wow. Jono, you wanted to be Andre Agassi growing up, didn't you? I did. I'd have like, because he would wear white tights under his shorts. And so then I got mum to buy me some bike pants that I put under white shorts. He had the cool bandana, the Nike bandana. Well, he was a great tennis player. Where did you meet him?

I just finished reading his book. and that Christmas, the new year, he came as a book signing tour, and I met him just in Linwood. But it wasn't that simple or that easy. Well, no, it was easy. I met him, but everyone was just told to sign a book, and that's all you're allowed to sign. But typical of me, I just went up to him and said, Welcome to Christchurch. How are you going? Would you like to have a game and that's all you're allowed to sign. But typical of me, I just went up to him and said, welcome to Christchurch, how are you going?

Would you like to have a game of tennis with me? And what did he say? Well, he politely declined. And yes, I do have photo proof because I made the newspaper with it, which was a bit dodgy because I was in my work clothes and I wasn't supposed to be there. You know what I reckon, Lindsay? I reckon he was scared.

He was like, this guy looks like he'd pump me around the tennis court. I did, exactly. Have a great day, Lindsay. Lovely to talk to you. Cheers, boys. See you, Lindsay. Well, there you go. At least we got some tails on and people actually meeting celebrities this morning.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Exposing scandals. Because she's not a good person, but either is he. Digging the dirt. Is she a diva? Yes. And finding out what's going onging the dirt. Is she a diva? Yes. And finding out what's going on behind the scenes.

Yelling at cast members. Yes. It was a script. No. His identity is a secret. But his stories have been proven right time and time again. This is Ante. Yes, he's got more dirt on him than an earthworm, this guy, Ante.

We head to Hollywood now I got caught up in an internet rabbit hole Ante of celebrities who wear wigs and I'd love to rattle through the list and you tell me if they're wearing wigs or not there is a twitter person who

follows me has been following me for a long time and I believe their twitter handle is wig maniac and they follow obsessively who follows me, has been following me for a long time, and I believe their Twitter handle is Wig Maniac, and they follow obsessively celebrities who they think are wearing wigs. Just to let you know. Okay, well, you tell us if you've heard anything or not. When Jono rattled off this list, I was like, no, no, no, no, no. But anyway, over to you.

Go, Jono. Okay, we're wigging out here with ED. First one, Matthew McConaughey. Definitely hair transplants. He's admitted in the past that he got, that he was thinning too much. Almost everybody will wear some kind of wig for some kind of camera angle if they have thinning hair and they want it to look.

It doesn't mean that it's a full-time thing, okay? It might just be for a camera shot or something. But Matthew has admitted that he was balding and that he has had work done to his head. Brad Pitt's got a wig, apparently. Brad Pitt. Again, a thinning thing. And I believe his is more of a hair transplant thing

rather than some kind of toupee or wig. And also, hair transplants used to be a horrible thing. So if you think about like John Travolta, he used to be a wig guy because his transplants looked awful. But now with the way things are and you can't tell, and he doesn't wear a wig anymore, but he wore a wig forever. Elon Musk wig. It's not a wig, but I mean, he's obviously had a lot of work done to that head. I mean, all you got to do is look at the before and after photo. I just, I mean, that's some serious hair transplant stuff. He

went from having almost no hair to this thick head of hair. We all could wish for something like that. I do wonder how much it cost him to get that done. You're wishing for it right now, aren't you, Jono? When you say thick head of hair, do you know, Ben, actually, there's a show over here called The Project. It's kind of

like a current affairs show. And I had one appearance on The Project. One appearance, okay, as a guest host. He made me wear a wig. Oh, it was a proper one. Like we spruced him up a bit, you know. He made me wear a wig, and I went from bald to wig, zero to 100 in the space of a day, and I've never been asked back

on the project. But did it look good? It looked good. It did look good. It did look good. But, you know, in my position, you really need to slowly phase the wig in. You can't just be bald one day and then turn up at the office with a wig the next. Now, some females, some female famous people who wear wigs. Beyonce, wig.

Yeah, Beyonce does, has worn like hair pieces and stuff. And it's because their hair, eventually you just you have pulled your hair so much that you need to also will get like hair transplants to put more in there just because you have destroyed your hair. wears wigs, that is not unusual. You know, there are many, many African-American women and women of color that wear wigs. So I don't think that that's that big of a deal. I think the question would be, is her hair thinning because of everything that she's done to it? And I would argue that it's less so than, say, like Ariana Grande. Well, her body's not too bootylicious for a wig. Dolly Parton, she's working nine to five, but a wig is working 24 hours a day.

She's got a wig on. Oh, wow. Oh, that's why they paid the big bucks. NT, paid no bucks. We don't pay you anything, but we thank you so much for your time every week. We really appreciate it, and we'll catch up with you very shortly. All right, you guys have a great week. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Poor Interisland Ferry, it's been struggling a wee bit lately, hasn't it, with a few breakdowns and bad swells during the week stopped it from sailing. Now there's a chemical spill in Picton Harbour that's delaying it. So nothing to do with the Interisland Ferry, just meaning that the ports... Jeez, that thing's had more breakdowns than you and your car after work. Yeah, I know.

Hasn't it? Poor Interisland. Let's just get it out there cruising again. Yeah. Love that thing now had more breakdowns than you and your car after work. Yeah, I know. Hasn't it? Poor inter-islander. Let's just get it out there cruising again. Yeah. Love that thing. Now, Dilma. Celebrate your special date with Dilma. Dilma Dates.

Yeah. I just talked all over the thing. That's right. Wonderful Dilma. We're big fans of tea. You make me a lovely cup of tea every morning, Ben Boyce. Yeah. The old green tea and lime.

Lemon lime. That's actually really nice. Green tea and lemon lime starting our day. They challenged us to start our day with a cup of tea and we are. It does, but I'm consuming so much liquid at the moment. Teas and whatnots and just a continuous flow

happening. You know, too much, but it's delicious. My only downside is I'm spending a lot of time in the toilet now, but today, it's the 23rd of March today and National Chip and Dip Day, as we mentioned before. Yeah. What's your favourite dip? Hummus?

Oh, I do like, yeah, I do like hummus. When was the last time you had a good old squidgy onion dip? Oh, summertime, summertime. It's a staple, isn't it? The Kiwi onion dip, isn't it? I've had to, yeah, I've had to cold, cold turkey on it. It's because I can't, as soon as I have a first dip, goodbye to the whole bowl.

You're away. Wouldn't want to be that bowl of onion dip. Yeah. Also, the Cosby Show, man. Yeah, I know.

The Cosby Show ended on this day in 1984. Jeez, old Cosby should have probably called it time in 1984 as well, really, shouldn't he? It was one of the most successful

television shows of the 80s. It was a huge show, but... And also, really, shouldn't he? It was one of the most successful television shows of the 80s. It was a huge show, but... And also, very... What's the word I'm trying to say? Pioneering with African-Americans on TV and a family of African-Americans. Yeah, great. Look at the positives of the Cosby show.

Yeah, but there's a whole lot of negatives, obviously, when it comes to Bill Cosby, the person. So that's unfortunately tarnished the Cosby show and the name Cosby. Every time that you bring it up, I'm like, oh, God, here we go. So, yeah. What about a reboot? No, no. Not with him?

Not with him, yes, though. Yeah. Well, I mean, there could be another show. Just make a new show. Just make a new show. If you want to give it to someone else, make a new show. Oh, Cosby, Cosby. Yeah.

Terrible stuff, isn't it? It's shocking that this stuff goes on in Hollywood. Exactly. And people would have known about it, too, for years. That's the thing, right? I feel like you're not wanting to... Oh, no, just if we're conscious that you want to play this game. Oh, yes. And we've got to get through it.

So I'm like, jeez, you're leading this. Titanic, 11 Oscars it won at the Academy Awards. And Titanic will hit the well, hit the films. Hit the theatre on this day. And Titanic, I want to play Goat Quotes from the Boat. Okay, Ben, we've got famous quotes from Titanic. You have to tell me what the missing word is. Okay, I'll try.

F***. Jack. What was that? That was a rough beep. It was just Jack. Well, I know there's the king of the world, but I don't think it was that one. Jack, I'm flying, Jack.

Was that a flight? I'm flying. Oh, there we go. Okay. There you go. You did well to get that. The next one, quote, quotes from the boat. I'm the king of the world.

Yes, yeah, I'm the king of the world. Woo, Leo on the boat. That's iconic. That's one of the most iconic quotes. And the third and final one. Jack, I want you to be like one of your French girls. Jack, I want you to do something like one of your French girls. She wanted to be painted from memory, didn't she?

That's nice. You're good. What is it, a saffron? They're very good. There's a lot of random audio playing here, Joel. I want you to draw me like one of your French girls. Oh, draw me so it wasn't paint. Oh, there you go.

Yeah. You've done the same to me. Wonderful picture. Now, some birthdays that are happening today. Your happy 50th birthday to Nick McMullen. Lots of love from your sister Pip today. Emma Bloomfield, congratulations. It's your B day.

And happy birthday to Chai today. Lots of love from your husband. And Benji. We've got Benji Thomas. You're 12 years old today, Benji. Oh, thank you. Well, you've just woken up, have you, buddy? I feel like we got you up nice and early for this.

It's surprising. My mum was like, wake up, wake up. You're going to be on the show. Oh, this is a lot to take in at 12 years old. Well, happy 12th birthday. And you probably want to go back to sleep now. No, I'm actually all good. I was going to wake up anyway.

Oh, we got you up nice and early. Hey, how about $100 for your birthday and a Del Marti price pack for your mum? Oh, thank you. Well done, well done. This will feel like a dream. It'll all hit around about 11 o'clock this morning. You get back to bed, Benji. Have a good one, mate.

You too, mate. Poor little fella. If you wanted to give a shout-out tomorrow, 4487, what's an important date tomorrow, and we'll do that again with Del Mart Dates and the Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Lizzo just announced yesterday that she's going to be in Auckland, a one-off show in July, which is pretty, pretty cool.

And there's so many amazing people coming to New Zealand over the next 12 months, including Lewis Capaldi. Play memory to see Lewis Capaldi live in New Zealand. Yeah, Lewis is going to be performing two gigs, one in Wellington, one in Auckland. We've got a double pass to the Auckland show on 0800 The Hits. If you want to play a game of Forget Me, based all around Lewis Capaldi's song, Forget Me.

Yeah, let's get Sandy on. She works at Starship. How are you, Sandy? I'm good. Morning, guys. How are you? We've spoken previously, haven't we? I'm sure we have, many times.

Multiple times. Well, it's lived on in my heart, clearly not yours, you can't remember them, but Sandy Capaldi he's a beautiful Scottish man, he's up there with kilts and bagpipes as our favourites He's wonderful isn't he? I just want to give him a big hug, he's been through such a hard time, but he's

so funny and yeah, awesome singer I'd love to go and see him. He's got Tourette's doesn't he? Yeah I think he does. Yeah well I think his depression, I think he's got ADHD and now this He's got Tourette's, doesn't he? Yeah, I think he does. Yeah. Well, I think he's depressed. I think he's got ADHD. And now this bloomin' Tourette's poor guy. But still amazing. He just gets up on stage and just gets on with it, doesn't he? Which is fabulous.

Yeah, he's a credible voice. You sound like his mother. Yeah. His proud mother. I'd love to be his mother. I just want to give him a big hug. He's gorgeous. Sandy, you sound adorable.

All right. So, Sandy, you need to remember six out of the 12 are things that we're going to list off right now. And today is 80s pop culture, okay? Okay. Have a listen. Good luck. 80s pop culture. The Breakfast Club. E.T.

Back to the Future. Ghostbusters. He slimed me. Madonna. Michael Jackson. Duran Duran. Miami Vice. There you go. Now, Sandy, there's some stuff from two decades ago that you might vaguely remember. But can you vaguely remember six of them? Yeah, a long time ago.

A lot of those things I remember. Three decades ago. Four decades ago. Is it? Yeah, well. In the 90s, too. Well, two decades ago. Yeah.

Right. Could I just go? Yeah, go for it. So Pac-Man. Pac-Man. E.T. Back to the Future. Madonna.

Duran Duran. Rubik's Cube. Miami Vice. You've done it. The A-Team. You've done it. Sandy, did you write these down? Did you write these down?

She might have cracked the code, I don't know. You know what? I've just got such a fantastic memory. Yeah, no, we thought we had the greatest game in the world and then on Tuesday we were like, are people just writing these down now?

Because that's a smart play if you are. Yeah. Just very clever. We need to speed them up just a little bit more, but well done. You go to see Lewis Capote. Oh,

yay. Fabulous cut. We're going to have my sign there. Yay. Awesome. And the 80s was four decades ago. Four decades ago. It's just like a gift.

Oh, my God. But it's all right. It's gone too quick. It doesn't feel like four decades ago, does it? It doesn't. Yeah. All right. Hey, next.

Thank you very much, Sandy. Another chance tomorrow. Thank you. Have a good day. Thank you, guys. Oh, good on you. Geez, Sandy's a ray of sunshine, isn't she? She is.

She is. Hey, What to Watch with Megan Puppet. She's in next. The wonderful Megan, one of the world's most famous people, got a doco out on Netflix. Yeah, and you should be watching it apparently. That's next on The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Welcome in.

Megan Puppers from the day show here on The Hits to tell us what to watch. How you doing, Megan? Good, good. How are you guys? You know, we're good. Well, tell us about something that's going on in your life. Some real personal stuff. My fig tree is flourishing.

We've got a fig tree too. Do you? Have you got figs at the moment? I don't eat figs though. Why? The birds love the figs. They're chowing down on figs. I've never really, I don't know, what does it taste like?

So you haven't even tried it? Yeah. Yeah. You've got a whole tree. You've got no excuse really really, not to try it. They're a very bougie fruit. They're like $4 a fig at the moment. $4 a fig?

And you're not even eating them. Jeez, I'm mowing over them with the lawnmower. Oh, my God. Everyone $4 you've mowed over. Think of all the times. Who do I sell those to? You need to do like a little stand at your front gate. Do you sell your figs?

An honesty box. No, I eat them. Do you? What do you put them on? You need to do like a little stand at your front gate. Do you sell your food? An honesty box. No, I eat them. Do you? What do you put them on? I make like a quiche. You can caramelise them in a pan. Can you make jam as well too? Yeah, for jam.

Eat them with some honey. Well, I'm going to stop mowing over them. Mowing over cash right there. What to watch though. We're not here talking about what produce to make money from. You've been watching some stuff this week, including Miley Cyrus. Is it a doco?

It is. It's called Miley Cyrus Endless Summer Vacation, The Backyard Sessions. The journey is usually the part that you remember anyways. Usually the getting there, once you're there, wherever that may be, you're like, this is what I've been expecting. And usually you look back and the journey was actually the part that was what makes up your life. She's got a killer voice. She's got a killer voice.

She has got a cool voice. I like talking and singing as well. I've watched a little bit of this, but I didn't know a lot of the songs. Yeah, right. I thought it was awesome. Flowers. Flowers. That's just all.

The climb. We went to flowers. Yeah, we went to the climb. I watched it with the kids when we flicked through. It was kind of cool because it was all like she's on the roof, she's performing, she's at the house in different locations. Giving you some insight. I thought that was really profound from Miley.

It's all about the journey. I mean, she's had a hell of a journey. Remember, she had her bloody tongue out phase too then. Whole two years she didn't have her tongue inside her mouth. Then she had the mowing over figs phase. It was all about phases. It's a journey. But I don't actually watch a lot of music docos. I find them usually a bit boring. This one's only like 45 minutes. It's a journey. But I don't actually watch a lot of music docos.

I find them usually a bit boring. This one's only like 45 minutes. It's really quick. The songs are awesome. And yeah, she gives like really good insight. She talked about her grandma running her fan page for like a decade. And her grandma used to reply to every single piece of fan mail. So back then, if you got anything, it was probably from her grandma.

That's adorable. Also, Ben was playing me a trailer for an Ed Sheeran one that's coming up soon on Disney. Four-part documentary coming out, I think, in May. It looks awesome. You like the story of Ed Sheeran, but also very emotional. You see a real side of Ed Sheeran that we haven't seen before. So we can talk more about that when that's out with him, Megan. Right, okay.

I was going to ask questions but maybe I'll save it I want to see how he answers no does he talk about his wife and the tumor you hear from

yes and you hear from like she is part of the it's obviously a trailer it's a little snippet but you actually hear from her yeah yeah

her whole thing and obviously lost lost some people some very dear people to him that helped be successful so it looks very emotional. He's like breaks down in the car crying and stuff.

You're like, wow. Awesome. I reckon they don't need the trailer. We'll just get that description. Of what I just said. Coming soon to Disney. Yeah, like some guy wants a trailer and wants Voyager. And he vaguely recollects a trailer.

And that's all you need to know. Do you know, I stopped watching the, last and that's all you need to know do you know I stopped watching the last week I was watching the One Direction doco and you were like what you're watching

it by yourself not even with the kids did you stop watching it because I bullied you yeah I put it back on I was like this is a little sad Ben this is

there's other shows there's other shows that I could be going to so I started watching The Last of Us so there you go oh I'm not here to fuck anyone's yarn

if you want to watch you're not but it was a good reality check much like you know Jason Segar you're not. It was a good reality check, much like Jason Seagal and that. You gave me a reality check. You told me what you really think, and I appreciated it. No, you weren't bullying me at all. It was just like you.

I was, just for the record. I was full bully mode. But I was like, maybe it's time to put aside. We all know how One Direction ends. It's not pretty. It's not pretty for any of us. I don't know why I'm sticking with this. There's other stuff I should be watching. So it's off your continue watching list.

Yeah, yeah. It's still there. It's still there if I want it, but I've moved on. Maybe a vulnerable Sunday. You can take a look. Thank you, Megan. No worries. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Check it out. Five words for five pink tickets. Match all five words to see pink live in New Zealand in 2024.

Do people swim across the Crook Street? Yeah, people have done it before. Yeah, they've done it a few times before. I mean, I haven't. I couldn't. But many people have. But Pink's summer carnival tour, it's coming to New Zealand. It's going to be in Dunedin and in Auckland.

It's happening March next year. It's going to be incredible. And right now we have up for grabs five pink tickets if you want to play the game, our five words game all the way through. Let's head to the BOP, the Bay of Plenty, homeschooling seven children. Megan, welcome.

Hey, how you doing? Are you going on any teacher strikes? Seven kids? No, but I think it's neat what they're doing. It's awesome. Have you made the seven kids? You could start a cult. Just a basketball team. Yeah.

Seven children. A basketball team and some reserves as well. Do you sometimes forget their names? No, but yeah, I get them mixed up. Yeah, I would too. I'd lose a couple in here. But that's the good thing about having seven of them. You've got numbers. Hey, Megan. Yeah, I should too. I'd lose a couple in here and there, but that's the good thing about having seven of them. You've got numbers.

Hey, Megan. Yeah, I should have just numbered them. Now, unfortunately, we've only got five tickets, so two of your kids, two of the least favourite ones, aren't going to be able to go to pink with you. Yeah, they'll just be the oldest two coming, and my mum and her best friend. Oh, nice.

Awesome. All right, who do you want to send into the soundproof booth and match five words with today, Megan? Jonah. All right, I'll head on. Who do you want to send into the soundproof booth and match five words with today, Megan? Jonah. All right, I'll head on. He's heading away there now, Megan. He is inside. The door is locked.

He can't hear us right now. Okay, Megan, what pops into your head when I say first word this morning is kermit? Kermit. Frog. Frog. Milky bar is word number two. Chocolate.

Chocolate. Okay. Salmon is word three two. Chocolate. Chocolate. Okay. Salmon is word three. Salmon. Fish. Fish. Botox. Ouch.

Ouch, did you say? Yes. Ouch for Botox. Yeah, it does sound painful. And family is the final word. Sorry, I missed that. Love. Oh, love. Oh, I missed that. Love. Oh, love.

Oh, what a lovely way to finish. We'll see if Jono, we'll get him out of the soundproof booth and we'll see if he's thinking the way you're thinking right now. I'm thinking, how did you make seven kids? That's what I'm thinking.

Well, I'll explain. I haven't had that chat with Jono, but I'll have that a bit later on. Me and their dad are both wrestlers. Oh, okay. Yeah, prolific. Prolific. The baby factory.

Let's get into it. Word one, $25 cash. Okay, first word I said to Megan was Kermit. What did she say back? Frog. Yes. Well done. We want to risk the $25 you've just won, Megan, for $50?

Sure, why not? Word two, $50 cash. Can I say two? I'll just jump in here, Megan. A lot of people blinded by the pink tickets at the end of the tunnel. I've noticed. They're forgetting the cash. Play a smart game is all I'd say.

Yeah, that's probably wise words, Johnny. Wisest you've sounded in a long time. Okay, Milky Bar. Maybe I'll go and teach Megan seven kids. Milky Bar was the second word. Milky bar. Oh, jeez. What did I say?

Kid. Was that the answer? Was that the answer? If that was the answer. I'm not saying anything. I'm not saying anything. Was that your answer, Megan? I think Megan said enough right now.

So I feel like she may. Does she know the rules of the game that she can't, you know, she careless whisper there. I'm going to say she didn't lock in kid. No, I didn't. But that's what came now. Megan, Megan, Megan. You should have stopped talking, Megan.

Megan, it's really. I am. Are you chocolate? Yeah. Thank you. I was hoping for Jono to say something. All right, Megan, you've got. Just so you know, it's not an open forum.

It's a lot easier when Megan kind of gives you some props. I like this game. All right, Megan, you've got $50. Do you want to risk it all for $100? Go on, then. Word three, $100 cash. Now, this next question is for Jono and Jono only. All right, Megan?

You've played your game. You've had your chance. You've locked in your words, and Jono only. All right, Megan? You've played your game. You've had your chance. You've locked in your words, Megan. So good. All right, salmon. Salmon is word three. Fish. Yeah.

All right. Oh, Megan. $100, Megan. It jumps up now. $500. Do you want to take the $100 and walk away, or you play for $500? The next one's risky, I reckon. I think it's risky, too, but you never know.

We'll try again. You're going to have another go, all right? Yeah, go on. Four, $500 cash. What did I just say about people getting swept up in madness? I don't know what the word is, but she knows. She's not confident on it. Botox is the word, Botox.

Firstly, I think I would love some. Secondly, I would go injection. Oh, ouch is what Megan did. It was a tough one. You said what, sorry? Ouch. Ouch. Yeah.

It would be ouch. It would be ouch, but unfortunately, I didn't lock in ouch. It wasn't the first word that I thought of. What was the fifth word? Family. Family tree. I know. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. lock it out. No. It wasn't the first word that I thought of. What was the fifth word? Family. Family tree? I know. Love.

Megan, well, good luck teaching seven kids today, and thank you so much for playing our game. We'll be back again tomorrow when we play five words again shortly. Hey, next. I've always wondered what I'd do if this job falls over, and I think I have a new gig. I discovered the skill yesterday. What did he discover?

We'll find out next. It is the hits. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Very shortly, you'll know we waited all day for Kevin Hart. I'm a big fan of Kevin Hart and I was literally hanging out for Kevin Hart. And did we get him?

Did we get our little meeting we wanted? Kevin Hart! Kevin! Kevin! Hart! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! That was Kevin. It's Kevin's car. He was in the car.

What happened? We'll find out in three minutes' time. Did our obnoxious yelling, did it pay off? One thing I did notice, Ben, because you were 12 metres up on a scissor lift all day with a sign saying, you know, have a heart, please stop, I'm hanging out to meet you, righty right. I was on the ground. I was ground level with the people pressing the flesh.

Oh, you love it, though. You're chatting to people. I did love pressing the flesh, I won't lie. And just some really, some beautiful characters we met. Some of the city's finest characters. It was all day. It was action packed. It was quite action packed. And then, obviously, close to Kevin Hart's concert,

then things really ramped up. There was a whole lot going on then. Yeah, and a lot of traffic, a lot of foot traffic going on. And what I had assumed was I looked somewhat official. And people would come up to me throughout the afternoon and early evening and saying, you know, where's the best place to park? Now, I discovered that I'm a very helpful parking assistant, parking attendant.

I was pointing people in all sorts of directions. So they'd pull up. First question was, wind down the window, where can we park around here? First thing I would say back is, bloody nightmare around here, mate. Bloody nightmare. That's not what they want to hear because they're trying to find a park. And I'd be back is, bloody nightmare around here, mate. Bloody nightmare. That's not what they want to hear because they're trying to find a park and I'll be like,

down there, first left, first left. Should be some stuff on that road just behind us there. Did you know there was stuff? I took a stab. I didn't know for sure. Yeah, but it seems like there was. I just knew the area that maybe,

and oh, multiple happy customers then walking past. About 10 minutes later, did you get a park? Got a park. Thanks for the recommendation. Now, I could be one of those people that just advises you know people come up and ask a question you know like those gorgeous boomers who wander around in volunteer shirts

around the city for the rugby world cup or something my mom did that she's got a jacket she's got a cap she was out there i could be one of those yeah because then also people would ask you know restaurant food recommendations. They'd come up to me. Oh, where can we get some Mexican? Oh, go down there about 100 metres, you know. What do you want? And then I started customising.

People were like, where can we eat round here? And I was like, what are you after? What do we eat? Burgers? What do we eat? Mexican? What do you want? A steak or whatever?

And I could point them in various directions. And just they would come back and thank. It was a wonderful job, not a thankless role. Well, you did very good at it. We'll find out shortly. Not many people toed, too, by the way. Find out very shortly if Kevin Hart stopped. Did he ask Jono for directions, or did we actually meet him?

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. 10 past 8 on your Thursday morning. Good morning, Jono and Ben with you. Kevin Hart, very funny actor, comedian. He's 8 on your Thursday morning. Good morning John Owen Ben with you. Kevin Hart, very funny actor, comedian. He's one of my comedy heroes. He was in town yesterday. I like how you categorise your heroes. So you've got Kevin Hart

as your comedy hero. Dwayne The Rock Johnson as your movie hero. Put him into different categories. Taylor Swift your anti-hero. Exactly. Put him all in different categories. Then I can have lots of heroes. Like the Avengers, I can assemble them like a team. Who would be perfect for this moment right here?

So you came up with a bit of an idea to try and get me to meet Kevin Hart while he was in the country. Literally hanging out for Kevin Hart. It's a champagne radio station harassing of a celebrity when they're here. We've always said, leave them alone, play it cool. But we went against. We did, actually. they're here. We've always said, leave them alone, play it cool. But we went against. We did, actually. A bit critical on our part. We did.

We're like, everyone, tag them in. But here's how it all sort of came together over the last couple of days on the radio. I've taken it upon myself to, you know, let a little boy meet his heroes over the years. But how committed are you to meeting one of your 59 heroes? Riggsie from Highepool. He's coming to the party.

What are you going to provide for us, mate? I'm looking at a 12-metre scissor lift. Big scissor lift. That we can put you up in the air and maybe get a bit of attention that way. So that's the plan. I'm making my friend's dream come true. Oh, can I think about this? Can I think about this?

Oh, God. Too late, sorry. We have hit a snag. You can't just park a scissor lift anywhere you want in a city. We've tracked down the owner of the old railway station. Need to park somewhere near Spark Arena. You're the man to talk to, George. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Is that a yes? It's a yes, yeah. Oh! You're good, yeah. So that's right next to where Kevin Hart is going to be performing. So we're hoping it'll attract enough attention when he maybe drives past or comes past. Who knows what time that'll be.

They will then meet his hero. There you go. The table has been set. That's how we got to where we got to yesterday. About 9 o'clock in the morning, just after the show ended, we went down there, we went up. It feels like in hindsight maybe a little early, but we're like, let's be there all day.

Let's tag him on social media. Let him know that we're there with signs up on a scissor lift about to launch 12 meters in the air and also launch himself into a dream a dream to meet his hero as he yells over a giant diesel engine he's making his way up as a desperate over enthusiastic fan attempts to meet his hero Kevin Hart. Leanne has come. Oh she's come from Ngati Abed. I know. Nice to see you. Yeah it's great to be here and finally catch up with you too. Yeah. Is it is it everything you imagined Leanne? Uh you're taller than what I thought you were. Oh it's good.

I guess it's good. I look taller up on the scissor lift with you too. Is it everything you imagined Lear? You're taller than what I thought you were. Oh that's good, I guess it's good. I look taller up on the scissor lift too. A lot taller. I'm standing literally hanging out for Kevin Hart about 12 metres in the air. There's a wee bit of a gust of wind as I stand up above. It appears it's going to be a long day. Georgie, thank you for having us. Oh you're welcome, welcome.

Yeah, it's a lovely beautiful building here isn't it? The old railway station. It is, yeah, it is a good beautiful building. It's an old lady. Who's the old lady? Is it my old lady? No, it's an old lady. You like the buildings and all that.

You're not so bad yourself. What are you doing today, Gloria? I'm just going to see my daughter and I'm going to have bourbon. What a great time to go and see your daughter and have a bourbon Ben. I can never tell you apart, you look like twins bro. I know, we just politely answered her both. So what have you got here, six pack of Codys? Yep, four pack of Codys, 7% yep.

What a way to start lunch time. I thought this guy is trying to propose to somebody and I thought I know these guys. I might have one for you, just for you, okay? She's going to have a Cody's just for you. Love you, love you guys. It's starting to get dark. I'm starting to lose some hope in my heart of Kevin Hart's. I'm thinking this may not happen.

So yes, you were losing hope as the day turned dark. But when night struck, Ben. And the concert was about to happen. Kevin Hart! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! Oh!

The cars came past. What happened? It was Kevin Hart in his car. We'll find out what happened next. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yesterday we spent 11 hours outside the venue where Kevin Hart in his car. We'll find out what happened next. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yesterday, we spent 11 hours outside the venue where Kevin Hart, one of my heroes, was performing in the hope that he would stop his car when he drove past and get out, where I had me up on a scissor lift

12 metres in the air, thanks to Hypal. I was up there with a sign. I was in a tuxedo unnecessarily as well through the sweltering heat through the day. And wearing a big highlighter yellow cricket hat as well oh i did for a little bit when it was very sunny yeah i mean we couldn't have put a more interesting looking person on top of a sizzle i did look a bit that way didn't i um so it was a long day i won't lie it was hot uh and as night fell we, well, we could have just turned up about six o'clock,

put you up a scissor lift and probably made it in time. We didn't need to be there. No, but there was a hope that maybe he'd come during the day and everyone was tagging him in there. The longer we were there, we were like, this looks like maybe he'll get to know about what we were doing. And every car that drove past, every sort of important-looking car that drove past,

we were like kind of eyeball with our eyebrows up, just like young puppy faces. Tinted windows too. You're trying to look in the back of the car down the bottom, aren't you, with your sign as well. And each driver would give us the look of like, yeah, that's not going to happen. You know? We were hopeful though, and it got near showtime. Lots of people around.

There was even fire trucks. There was a lot going on. There's people around. And there's cars coming down the back. We were right by the entrance where even fire trucks. There was a lot going on. There's people around and there's cars coming down the back. We were right by the entrance where the back of the arena was going to be where Kevin Hart was going to drive past and then these three

blacked out tinted window vans started driving down. We're like, oh, this must be it. This must be Kevin Hart and his entourage of comedians. Kevin Hart! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! comedians. Kevin! Kevin! Kevin Hart! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin!

Kevin! Are you Kevin? Kevin! Is Kevin in there? No, I wish. I wish. I wish. So there we go.

What happened as the cars drove? We think he was in there. We don't know 100%, but it was definitely. Yeah, but we didn't. Drove past us. And what we did learn, the big takeaway is repeatedly screaming, Kevin, Kevin, Kevin, doesn't get results. Would you have stopped?

I've stopped. I wouldn't have stopped if I was anyone, you know, like for us. No, no. I would have been like, lock the doors. There's a guy in a highlighter hat with a velvet, crushed velvet jacket on, for us. No, no. I would have been like, lock the doors. There's a guy in a highlighter hat with a velvet, crushed velvet jacket on, on a sizzler, and they're waving signs, and they're protesting.

Do they want money from us? They want to clean the windows? Just keep driving. Yeah, and I do not blame him, one bit. But what it did remind me of, hearing that back cringing, firstly, it did remind me of a very popular movie. Kevin!

Kev! Kevin Hart! Kevin! Kevin Hart! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin!

We are like the mum from Home Alone. So unfortunately, we didn't get Kevin Hart, but he had. Not last night, Ben. But what would you say? What would you say if I told you Kevin Hartley is outside the studio door right now? He's not. No, he's not.

No, he's right. You're right. I watched for a second there, but he did see one of our posts. We could see that he saw one of our posts, but unfortunately it didn't happen. Hey, it was worth it. It was worth a shot. We spent 11 hours trying, and it was one of our posts, but unfortunately it didn't happen. But hey, it was worth it. It was worth a shot.

We spent 11 hours trying, and it was one of those things that could have failed, and it did fail. But hey, we gave it a shot. And to be honest, we probably knew it was going to fail. There was probably a small percentage of me thinking he's going to get out and say hello. High risk, high reward.

It was, but it was a fun day. We met some wonderful people named Rusty and Roxy and Rowdy and had a wonderful time so and the concert was awesome i got to see because we went past and got to see the gig and it was incredible as well so that was that was very cool so thanks to everyone that helped was that were you sitting in the gig going maybe he's gonna say kevin i spent an hour and a half just yelling out kevin yeah i did secretly kind of help did you see see the people outside? Maybe I'm going to get them on stage. Please say that.

Was that person in the audience now? They'd be like, Kevin! Kevin, it's me. But no, that didn't happen. No, let's pretend it didn't happen. And it's actually got Jono and Ben. Now, gee, my wife, she... There's one thing that I'm doing that I'm constantly doing

and I can't stop doing it. And I know it's not one of her favorite things that I do. When she's on her phone watching fun videos on Instagram or Facebook or thing, you know, fun memes or cute cats or fun people cooking. You know, people like to cook stuff as well and they make everything look delicious, don't they? And easy. Yeah. Or even like someone giving an't they? And easy. Yeah. Or even like someone giving an inspirational speech to piano music. Yeah.

I can't, if I'm in the vicinity, help myself from walking over and looking over her shoulder. Oh, so you'll walk across to her. I'll walk. If it captures my interest, captures my imagination, I have to come and look and I'll look over her shoulder. And she doesn't like me looking over the shoulder. I get it. It's one of those things that if you're doing it,

it's no problem at all. Like when I've got the recorder in my hand, the instrument, it's fun, you know. But if it's being done to you, I imagine. It's a frustrating experience. So that's a little part partner pet peeve that you do yeah but I can't like what's what can I do I want to see the fun videos I need to hear the inspirational speeches with the piano music do I ignore that well you might have to share upsets

or just say hey can you share that with me that sounded funny I'd like to watch that in my own I don't know in my own time feel like I'm counseling you right now I can't see your relationship the other the other thing is sometimes you do, and we're all guilty of this, sometimes you know your partner's pet peeve or their hot button, and you can't help but push it. Because you know, watch this.

Just add a little bit of gasoline to this. Like the old, if you're having a colourful conversation, all right, well, let's just calm down. Yeah, that hot button. Really gets things going. Do you know, pet peeve in our relationship, or one of the pet peeves, let's be honest, you know, is my snoring. Now, I don't know when I started snoring, how often I snore, if it's every night, whatever.

Yeah, because it's one of those things you don't know. You don't know when this happened in my sleeping career that I started snoring. But obviously, I understand if you're sleeping next to someone who snores, that's a pet peeve. That's frustrating, yeah. But the pet peeve becomes my pet peeve when Amanda wakes me up. And then it's like, hey, wake up. What? You're snoring.

And I'm like, well, I'm sorry. Firstly, I'm sorry. I don't mean to snore. And secondly, now I'm awake and then I get like, well, why did you wake me up? And that becomes my pet peeve. Now you're both awake. We're both awake.

I was having a great sleep. In fact, the whole house heard me have a great sleep. That's how good my sleep was. And that really starts to annoy me. And it's one of those things. It's like, well, I can't. It's not like I can stop doing it. I don't know.

I'm not in control of my nasal passages. I don't know why tonight I'm snoring and I'm not. Oh, dear. So those things like that. Well, maybe Amanda's trying to create a situation where you're awake and she can start before you. Try and get to sleep. Kick off before you.

I know. I think that's a situation. But then it becomes my pet peeve because I'm awake. So what we want to know, I'll know 800 of the hits, 4487. What's your partner's pet peeve? Yeah, the PPPs. Come at us. PPPs.

Sounds like an acronym for something rude, but I don't think it is. Some sort of protective gear that stops you from getting COVID. Love to hear your pet peeves next. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. A sales slump in 40 years for house prices at the moment, as far as people not buying houses. Yeah. So not too many houses sold around the country at the moment. The cost of living, I guess, affecting that greatly. Yeah, well, I tell you, you can't afford a quarter of a tank of petrol.

It's hard to buy a house. Yeah, you're right. Talking about pet peeves, your partner's pet peeves, PPPs, we've got into here this morning. Some great texts coming through. Ben, you were mentioning your snoring, how it really is a bone of contention in your sleeping relationship. Yeah, which I understand.

You get woken up saying, hey, you're snoring. Sophia has texted in saying, my partner makes popping sounds when he goes to sleep. Like sort of a pop, pop, pop. Oh, that's, yeah. She's had to buy earplugs. I don't know how you end up popping when you're sleeping. But who knows?

I might pop when I sleep. Like you say, you don't know what you're doing when you're sleeping but who knows i'm not i might pop when i sleep like you say you don't know what you're doing when you're sleeping um another big one too for me i just remember another one is me leaving tooth floss everywhere all right yeah because annie my my mom came from christ church and was like oh don't flush floss down the toilet because it can get caught on the drains and yeah well it's not gonna yeah yeah and so you can put it in the bin get caught on the drains. Yeah, well, it's not going to, yeah, yeah. So you can put it in the bin. Put it in the bin.

But then what I do is I floss and then I forget that I've flossed. So it's lying all over the house. Floss everywhere. We're going to go to the phones this morning. Oh, we've got the popping sleep lady on the phone, Christy. What is the noise? What is the popping noise? I can't, you wouldn't be able to hear it if I did it right now,

but it kind of reminds me of a slight popping that Donkey does on Shrek. And it's every night. Well, maybe when I'm not having a good sleep and I hear him or I stay up later, it's like, oh, crap, I know I've got to look forward to the popping because I'm not asleep first. Yeah, right. So you've got earplugs jammed in. No, crap, I know I've got to look forward to the popping because I'm not asleep first. Yeah, right, so you've got earplugs jammed in. No, no, I do manage to get there eventually, but I'm sure he also has a pet peeve for me

where I repeat stories all the time. Don't forget that I've told him. That's our radio show, mate. Repeating stories, yeah. You're going to have a great day, Christy. Appreciate it. Sophia, you're on. Pet a great day, Christy. Appreciate it. Sophia, you're on. Pet peeve with your partner. What is it? Hi. Well, he eats his burgers upside down every single time. There's a lot to unpack there.

Hang on. So he's eating his boogers, you say? Burgers. Burgers, yes. Upside down. I was like, wow. Yeah, every time he would have a burger, since I've known him, which is over 15 years now, he eats his burgers upside down. Well, Ben thought he was hanging burgers on a monkey bar situation. Hanging like a bat. Burgers upside down, why? Does he know it affects you? Well, I asked him the other day, and he said that is how he grabs them.

That's sort of the way for him to go and grab them. But to me, it's actually a bit tricky because, you know, you have to sort of pull them upside down, turn them, if you know what I mean. I know what you're saying. Yeah. Yeah. So I don't know.

Initially, it was quite um odd but I'm used to it after 15 years but they still you know uh crack me up every time the equilibrium is way off when you've got a burger upside down all the ingredients are in the wrong order I hear what you're saying Sophia you're going to have a great day Tess well welcome so I just brutally cut Sophia off uh Tess you're on good morning you morning. You're your partner, pet peeve. What have you got? He has this big manky wallet card holder thing that he can't even fit in his pocket

and I've got to carry when we go out. And it's covered in duct tape to hold it together. It's closed with a old hair tie and it is just the most embarrassing thing and no matter how many wallets he gets bought he just refuses to change so he's got gaffer tape all over his wallet a hair tie holding it together wow when you started saying he's got this big man key i was like here we go you're really throwing him in it i'm glad i'm glad you ended with wallet uh well that's great test maybe uh maybe another wallet for Christmas. We'll see if 2023 he's ready to make a change.

He's got like five of them brand new ones in his drawer that the girls buy him. And they just won't change. Ben's got a Velcro one. I do. Have you still got that handy? Do you want to hear Ben's Velcro wallet? Yeah, all right. Oh, my God.

That's annoying. There it is there. There you go. That just sounds like you eat noodles for dinner every night. It does sound like that. It lives with a guy called Scrunter or something. You've got it on your test. Go and have a great day in the Hawke's Bay.