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Episode Date: November 14, 2021

Ben's dog is getting more photo opportunities and more TV airtime than he is! So we threw it out there and we got some good responses, including the viral "It's a f***ing goat!" lady! We also caught up with the creator and director of The Simpsons, Al Jean. Finally, Ben has one rule in life that he lives by and decided to share it publicly with you all! Enjoy the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast is brought to you by Resene, New Zealand's most trusted paint. Kiwi made since 1946. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Kia ora guys, it's the 15th of November, it's Jono here, Ben over there, welcome to the podcast. Do you know that noise you make, and you used to do it quite a lot as a child and you could see how long you could carry on that croak oh yeah it takes a while to get into that sweet spot but once you're in the sweet spot you can really drag it out as a kid

you don't even know half the time you're doing those things too and you just end up doing it i like also making a bubble with saliva as a kid. It's something you do, like as an owl, you never really do. But as a kid, you sort of, you know. And I'll tell you another thing you do as a kid that you don't do as an adult is get a random blade of grass, put it between your thumbs, and try and make a whistle out of it. How do you do that? Did you ever do that?

You get a blade of grass and you put it tight in between your two thumbs and you blow into it. Oh, no, I've never done that. Oh, you've never done that, yeah. Very unhygienic when you think about it. You don't know where that blade of grass has been. How many dogs have urinated on that grass? I don't know the history of that blade of grass,

but there is stuff that is just, for some reason, you turn into an adult and it's not acceptable anymore. And I say we should break down those barriers, Ben Boyce. Yeah, fair enough. Much like when you go to the toilet and you take your pants and you pull them down to your ankles, and you stand over the urinal you take your pants and you pull them down to your ankles. Okay? And you stand over the urinal with all legs.

Like primary school. I'd like to bring that back into the fold. Yeah. Now, bee hubs. Must get producer bee hubs in here and producer Juliet. Bee hubs raised something very interesting and none of us know the answer to this. And we thought, no, we'll save it and we'll all do it because we'll run it live and raw. Now, producer Behaves, explain what the format is of your game.

Okay, well, I noticed when Googling something that at the top of the Google page, it tells you how many articles are available for your Google search. Right, so you type in, for example, Steven Spielberg. And it'll come up with, you know, say 52 million pages on the web, online, relating to Steven Spielberg. So you can pick which story you're going to click. So I thought it'd be interesting to go through and Google the team. And see who's got the most articles written on them. Can we hear you? Do we hear you up against Neil?

Go for it. Okay, I'm going to lock in just purely through his criminal past. It makes me nervous, this conversation. Yeah, it does. I'll be honest. No good can come from Googling your own name or our names. But we're just going to look at the number of articles. I'm going to say Ben Boyce is taking up poll position on this.

Jew, what do you want to chuck in there? Another criminal, John O'Prior. I'm in there. Yeah, I reckon you. I'll say Crimes Against Comedy. Yeah. So should we start with Juliet? Okay, let's start with Producer Juliet.

Have you featured in an article before Producer Juliet? Probably just like old school ones, I would say. Like old school, dire, bloody... Does this take into account other people with the same name? Exactly. Oh. Okay, okay. Ben Humphrey then, I reckon.

Yeah, might be a popular name. Yeah. Wait, so you're talking about number of articles rather than number of Google pages, right? Number of results from the Google. Okay. Can I change my name to Chris Hemsworth? Okay. So Juliet, how many to Chris Hemsworth? Okay.

So Juliet, how many has Juliet Rothel got? She's got 182,000. Well done, Juliet. So that's the Juliet Rothels around the world. I tried Facebook stalking another Juliet Rothel, but there aren't any other Juliet Rothels around. What are Juliet Rothels around the world doing? What's some articles that we can click on there for Juliet Rothel?

So we've got the Breakfast Show Producer of the Hits has come up with your LinkedIn. Oh, I love it. Gold medal in... Oh, wow. Did you get it well done? Oh, maybe I did. I don't know. Gold medal, too. Well, you're athletics, Leah. Do you know what, though? I actually

reckon I could have been an athlete if I tried harder. I've always been quite naturally quite a good sprinter. Even though I'm short, I can just beat all the long-legged people. But you gave up on life. But I gave up. I actually wish I... Okay, well run to the other side of the room. Surely it's okay. I've forgotten my pass.

Well done. Thanks. Let's go Ben Humphrey. Ben Humphrey. Is it a popular name? I don't know another Ben Humphrey but it looks like it is probably quite popular. How many have you got? 28,100,000. Wow!

Ben Humphrey from Fairleigh. 28 million! What are the other Ben Humphreys doing out there? There is an actor called Ben Humphrey. Right. And he's done some stuff. He's an actor, director, writer and lecturer and a criminal court

he's a criminal court magistrate as well how's it feel to be the second second I don't actually think I'm even second he's 35 how old are you I'm 35 as well he's done a lot more stuff in his life

I'm looking actually once again at the page here. And so Juliet's front page was all her. The front page for Ben Humphrey, I'm not going to appear on there. That's probably quite good though. It's probably quite good. I feel like you want to be hard to Google as a human being. And he's on Apple Music as well. So he's a music artist too.

This guy is just... Oh, Spotify. Why can't we have him as our producer? He's been up where he wanted. Okay, let's Google Benjamin Boyce. So you had what,

millions? It was millions. 28 million. You're up there too. How many's he got? There's a few other Ben Boyces I've stumbled across online.

18,800,000. So not as good as you. So, so far you're taking this out. Wow. Now Ben Boyce, there's a singer called Ben Boyce, isn't there? There's a Boyce Avenue, they do wonderful covers, actually, if you want to check it out.

Wow. On Apple Music. This is Ben Boyce. He sings a song called Walking In My Dream. Would you like to listen to... I'm walking in my dreams. That's lovely. He actually sounds a lot like Bruce Springsteen.

That's maybe why Ben Boyce never took off. He was a Bruce Springsteen in person. That's amazing. That's his single Walking In My Dreams. At least one Ben Boyce can sing. Not me. Okay, and then last but not least, Jono Pryor. No, it is actually last and least.

Are you less than everyone? Surely not. How many are we talking here? 38,000. That is last and least. Oh my God. What a wonderful out to this piece. Wow, fantastic.

All right, now we'll take you out with Ben Boyce's Walking In My Dream. New Zealand's Breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on The Hits. Good morning, New Zealand. Welcome along to The Hits. It is a Monday morning. Jono and Ben back with you. How's everyone going?

Going all right. Ben, you're on tenderhooks at the moment. You're watching the cricket. You're coming to work with your black caps top on. Yeah, it's not looking that good at the moment for the black caps. Unfortunately, Australia look like they might win this one, which is a shame. But well done to the black caps.

Well done to Australia as well. But, yeah. You keep going bloody Aussies. Bloody Aussies. It's all he said all morning, bloody Aussies. Just mumbling bloody Aussies. Yeah, Australia need 25 runs from 27 balls, which you'd think in a 2020 game they should cruise to.

But hey, you know, it's not over until it's over, but it's looking like it's over. Game of two halves. You know, one game at a time. Proud of the lads. Stuff like that. Are you proud of the lads? Yeah, I'm always proud of New Zealand.

Especially, yeah. I mean, New Zealand has got to all three finals. 50 over, 20 over, and the world cricket final as well. So the test. So it's pretty awesome. Ju. Yes. How are you, mate?

I'm good. How are you? You just look at me and go, hmm. And then look away. I know, because I was like... Thanks for getting into that conversation, mate. No, because you were like, oh, the world cricket final.

I'm very nervous. I couldn't even sleep last night. I was excited about the game. Really? Oh, my goodness. Did you get up for it at 2 o'clock? Yeah, I did. Just after 3, I got up and watched this morning.

Wow, that is commitment. So, yeah, it was so awesome to get into a final like this. Yeah. But it's a shame. It looks like Australia are going to take it out. Yeah, well done on getting to the final, though. And Juliette Cricket, your thoughts? You know, it's not a sport that I grew up with,

but it's nice very, very, very slowly learning the difference between T20, ODIs, and what's the other one? Test, there you go. That's the one I couldn't think of either. I'm very distracted by the TV this morning. Hey, this morning on the show we got $5,000 up for grabs. It was won on Friday, which was pretty awesome. But it doesn't mean you can't win it again today. That's right.

$745,000. We're going to talk to Al Jean, one of the creators of The Simpsons. He's worked on The Simpsons. He's the big boss of the whole thing. Worked there since 1989, since it started. Oh no, how cool is that? He's joining us after 8 o'clock. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben.

The show where the masks make them look a whole lot better. Can't say this battered up old face. Jono and Ben. The show where the masks make them look a whole lot better. Can't say this battered up old face yet. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. 207 cases yesterday of COVID, which is the highest I think we've had. Woo woo! That burns. COVID still looks like it's having, it started its summer tour early of New Zealand.

Looks like it's slowly making its way around the North Island. Oh yeah, Taupo. Rotorua as well. It's going to get right around New Zealand. But that was inevitable. It always was, wasn't it? I saw a guy yesterday in the

supermarket and jeez, I'll tell you what, he meant business. He was wandering around with a gas mask on. Like a military strength Style gas mask No COVID is getting inside that grill It's great for Keeping COVID out

And any surprise tear gas attacks too Well true Quite confronting didn't it I think even the Delta variant would be a bit too scared To go near a gas mask I guess it's each to their own And if you've got to protect yourself And that's doing the job, then sweet. But you're right.

It's not a usual sight. It's making a statement. And I couldn't figure out whether he had forgotten his normal mask and so then had to improvise with a military tear gas mask or if the tear gas mask in whatever case who has a military tear gas mask just there ready to go yeah

or if this was his day to day mask which I found you see the memes on the internet too of people putting like underpants and things all over

their nose and stuff like ladies underwear have you seen that one no someone with a g-string as well I haven't but it works quite well

It does hook around the ears It doesn't work like that What do you reckon as far as All the superheroes go with masks Are any of them COVID standard Like Spiderman, Batman, things like that Any of those masks work? You would think so, what I do appreciate though

And you really do have to take your hat off to the superheroes Is I've seen people Running around with masks on and they can't do it. The cardiovascular exercise. But superheroes have been running it for years. You know, the Iron Man, Spider-Mans, all the superheroes have been running around. They don't take their mask off. Yeah, Spider-Man's swinging from buildings and all the cardio on that. People can't even jog

with a face mask on don't mind fight villains hey the cricket we'll just give you an update on the score well I can't at the moment because the score's

not on the screen yeah it's Australia what do they need looks like they're going to lose bloody Aussies bloody Aussies

bloody Aussies they've won they're basically yeah I think they have it's so sad. It is sad. It's disappointing. Yeah, sorry. But that was a shocking score update. Just us mumbling

bloody Aussies. There you go. We'll catch up with Laura Goldrick before 7 o'clock. She's out at Sky Sports. She can give us the official update. It is the hits. You've got John Ombend. Kia ora. I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees and this is the B**** News. Australia need 13 O'Bien. Kia ora. I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees, and this is the B***h News. Australia need 13 off 15 in the T20 final.

And right now, all of your favourite news stories marred by obnoxious beeps. Juliette, this is the news and beeps. Yes, and I'd like to front foot it by saying usually I go for quite quirky stories, and they are quirky, but two of them are probably quite wholesome and will warm your heart on this Monday morning. Okay, so a bit of the quirky, wholesome material coming up. Prep yourselves for that for breakfast. Alright, the first story.

89-year-old man achieves his lifelong dream of... I'm going to say becoming President of the United States of America. Is 89 a thing? That is good. I'm going to say 89-year-old man achieves his lifelong dream of figuring out how to turn the TV on to HDMI 2. 89-year-old man achieves his lifelong dream of earning a PhD in physics.

So he is from the United States and he's turning 90 this month. He spent the last 20 years working towards getting his PhD after dreaming about it his whole life. Like he admired Albert Einstein from a kid and he always had it at the back of his head that he wanted to do. And he started when he was 70. I think he went to one of the Ivy League universities to study. And so he was obviously the oldest in the class. And now he's got his PhD at age nearly 90.

Why did it take him 20 years? It usually takes four to six years. 20 years? He's got to watch the chase. He probably goes to bed at 5.30. He's added another 14 years. 20 years. He's got to watch the chase. He probably goes to bed at 5.30. He's added another 14 years onto that one. Yeah, who knows? Good on him. Congratulations. And the next news story.

Mystery *** sighting in North Auckland. I'm going to say it's a mystery sighting of the Prime Minister in North Auckland. She's finally come to Auckland, guys. She came last week, don't you remember? Oh, that's right. She came for a couple of hours, checked out the place and went, oh, I'll go back to Auckland. I think she walked off the plane and go, leave this running, I won't be long.

Mystery sighting in North Auckland of an affordable house, maybe. Oh, yes. Mystery wallaby sighting in North Auckland. Really? So, yeah, a doc volunteer thinks they saw one at Long Bay Regional Park, which is a little bit north of Auckland City. And I clicked on this article being like, whoa, a wallaby. But I didn't realise, and I don't know if you guys know this either,

that there are actually wallabies in New Zealand. Somewhere in the sort of South Canterbury and stuff like that? South Canterbury, Rotorua, and there are lots on Kauau Island. Yeah. But they're considered a pest, unfortunately, even though they're really cute. Yeah, and so they try to get hold of them but uh if you were walking around long bay regional park and you see one then shoot it no oh i don't know what do we do if they're pests maybe just call doc yeah that's probably a safer option and the final news story u.s man wrongfully

imprisoned for 24 years has been i'm gonna say say he's been catching up on a lot of gossip since he got out of prison. You would be, eh? You'd be like, oh, that was... I'm going to say US man wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years has been given an apology cake by the US justice system. US man wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years has been pardoned. So he's finally out. He was in prison for murder,

and he can now apply for compensation of up to $750,000. And he always maintained his innocence throughout his whole time in prison. He refused any offers of a lighter sentence in exchange for a guilty plea. So they offered him, if you admit you're guilty, we'll give you maybe a lighter sentence. But he was like, nope, I'm innocent, I'm innocent.

Oh, really? How many $750,000? I know, that's what I kind of feel as well. Over 24 years, that's $31,000 every year he had to spend in prison when he didn't do anything. That's so sad, eh? I was kind of thinking that was quite a small amount of money as well. Yeah, compensation. That could be a lot more money.

I know. 24 years. I know. That's a few mils, sure. I know, I know. You usually do hear the stories of people being offered millions and millions of dollars when they're wrongfully put in jail, but, oh well, at least he's out. He'll be happy now.

And that is the news and peeps for you this morning. Hey, thanks, Drew. Scrolling through your feed. Like a house that hasn't been cleaned in a couple of weeks, it's time for a light dusting of the news with my friend Benjamin Boyce. Well, last night was the final of the block in New Zealand on three, and Auckland friends Tim and Artie were crowned the block champions, and they got $760,000.

Wild amount of money. It was just, I watched it last night. I actually hadn't seen the block for the entire five years it's been running this season. So I tuned in last night for the auction, and it was, they set the reserve prices, which are all above $2 million, the reserve. And the first bid in the auctions were all well above the reserve. Wow. So just once they kicked off there, it was home and hose.

Richardson was happy. He was smiling. Shelley was smiling. The teams were smiling. It was fun all round. Well, because there's been some awkward block auctions in the past where people haven't really got what they hoped. Sometimes people go, it with zero, like nothing.

And it's a big sacrifice. I mean, you're not guaranteed any money and these people work really hard on their houses and probably give up sort of months and months of their jobs and their lives to go and live on building sites and build for the chance of winning money. So it's awesome to see. I think all teams last night did really, really well, but Tim and Artie got $660,000

profit plus $100,000 in prize money Artie got $660,000 profit, plus $100,000 in prize money, making them $760,000 richer. Jeez. I'm glad they got good compensation because it's been 18 months on and off they've been filming that, given lockdowns and restrictions and things like that.

So it has probably been hanging over their head for a very long time. No. Gee. Makes you just want to go and... No, no. I don't know. Juliette, I can imagine you on the block.

I would love to be on the block, I think. I reckon that's the reality TV show that's right on my alley. Yeah? Yeah. You'd be good on the block. Yeah, that and I think I would... No, actually, no,

I don't think I'd want to do Survivor. I think that's a bit too hectic. Yeah. So I'm not handy in any way. I could go through and go, oh, that colour and that don't think I'd want to do Survivor. I think that's a bit too hectic. Yeah. So I'm not handy in any way. I could go through and go, oh, that colour and that thing, I'd like to pick the thing. Yes, actually, that's kind of like me too. On how people are going, you know, building that stuff and doing that.

That would be me. You know me, I'd lose interest way too quickly. They're like, and he's left the show after two weeks. And Heineken is in hand. Yeah, but they have to sleep in the actual renovating building. So they're not going home to a hotel every night. So they do do it tough. And, well, they've been more than fairly compensated this year.

And a final quick story for scrolling through your feed. A terminally ill man in the UK has fulfilled one of his items on his bucket list, and that was to moon at a speed camera. Unfortunately, the cop didn't see the funny side of it, and he got arrested. And quite a kerfuffle on the lawn. But he was like, hey, it was one of my things on my bucket list, was to moon at a speed camera.

Thought the guy would maybe go, oh, okay. But no, it was quite forcibly they sort of got him and arrested him as well. Oh, really? Yeah. Was he driving at the time? I don't think he he driving at the time? I don't think he was driving at the time. Was he a passenger? No, I think he just knew where the speed camera was.

It might have been in a van or a situation or in a car. And so he went across and just made himself known for it. Yeah. And then got arrested. Yeah, which is a bit of a shame. Come on, mate. Oh, mate, if you can't pull a brown eye at a speed camera, party a bucket list.

What can you do nowadays? They're proud of New Zealand. Look at New Zealand. If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. The cricket T20 final at the World Cup was on overnight and has just finished New Zealand taking on Australia, and we're joined by, from the 3 p.m. pick-up on the hits,

and, of course course from Sky Sport as well, Laura McGoldrick, good morning Good morning boys, how are we? Oh Laura, can we just say bloody Aussies. Yeah, I'm getting a bit fed up of losing games to them but anyway, they played out of their skins and

they won by 8 wickets so we come second and they are the T20 world champions. But I don't like coming second. No. Now, Laura, obviously, professionally, you're involved in the game of cricket with commentary, et cetera, and also personally as well, on a personal level,

Marty playing for the team, Marty Gapdul, your husband. What do you say to your hubby after a loss like this? Well, there's not a lot you can say. So all you can do is just remind them how proud they make you every time they step out on the field, and they do. Guppy has been sensational, and I was so proud of him tonight. It just is what it is, unfortunately. Cricket has a funny way, especially T20 cricket, of anything being able to happen, and it's all about, you know,

in the moment of the day, the little moments that go your way and the little ones that don't. Do you text Marty during the game? I've always wondered that. Can you text? Because, you know, there's a bit of waiting around especially when the other people are batting you know yeah no phones get taken off them doll that's a big no no oh really you you might see if you ever look at the black cap social media the boys get off the bus and they put their phones in a lock box do And they get their phones back after. I don't have anything to do with match fixing. So someone can't ring up and go, oh, do you think you could, you know, you could get the win in here,

and you can't get the inside words. Oh, interesting. They probably don't want to hear from their wives. Yeah. If I see your navel when you're running around that boundary one more time. Yeah. Don't forget to pick up milk on the way home. Do you, God, jeez, I couldn't be married to a cricket.

I would be too tempted to do match fixing. Surely you must be like, surely, Laurie, you must be like, hey, why don't you get out of that fourth over? No. But yeah, we could pay off the mortgage. Why is this such a shock? Because it's a huge criminal offence. It'd be like you rigging every competition.

You need to go, seeing as you're in lockdown, you need to go and watch on Netflix a show called Bad Sport and watch about a former South African cricket captain by the name of Hansi Kronje and how he turned dad and made a lot of money. Don't have a look at it. You'll find that match fixing is not the done thing. So what next for the cricket team?

Do they come home or some of them are going to India, aren't they? No, they're going straight to India. Yeah. They're going straight to India. So they play three T20s and two test matches. And, yeah, so it's fast turnaround, fast turnaround. But they've been away for, when Gaffey gets home, he would have been away for 14 weeks. So we're looking forward to having him home.

I bet. And you've been solo mumming it. Like on a normal year, you know, when there's not lockdowns and COVID, et cetera, how many months are they away a year? Between eight and nine months. Wow. That's probably, yeah, those are some of the biggest numbers we've done. I mean, obviously 2020 was an exception because of COVID.

We had him home. I might not have had my son if he'd been home that much. But, yeah, usually between eight and nine months. But this is way longer this time with COVID. But hopefully with the changes in MIQ, now it only being the seven days, yeah, that's quite exciting. I get him home a week earlier than I thought.

Well, Laura McGoldrick, we really appreciate your time this morning and catch Laura on the 3 p.m. pickup and about to wrap up the game on Sky Sport very shortly. We'll catch up with you soon, buddy. Spy, the WhatsApp spy.co.nz All right, time to hand over to our youthful,

wrinkle-free producer, Producer Juliet, for some specifically target entertainment news for your average 18 to 49-year-old female. So it was quite convenient that we just played Taylor Swift

because she, over the weekend, re-released one of her old albums and one of the songs on there, she released the original version of it, which was 10 minutes long. A 10-minute long song. Now this is the songs on there, she released the original version of it, which was 10 minutes long. A 10-minute long song. Now, this is the one that they, do they know for sure is it about Jake Gyllenhaal or is it just the room that's...

Well, it seems pretty legit that it is about him. I was literally, my screen time on Friday was nine hours because I spent Friday night re-listening to the whole album plus the extra songs she released and all the lyrics and just going on Twitter and seeing everyone's reactions. I was like... Jesus, why were you so invested in this? Well, I don't know.

Taylor Swift, I'm like an OG fan of hers. Ah, I see. Like back in the day and I really like this album that she re-released and the song that's 10 minutes long about Jake Gyllenhaal is like unreal and she released this short film. Jeez, he must have done some stuff to unload and she must have been unloading on him for a 10 minute banana. It's only three minutes

and she's like, I've got more. I've got more. I know. Keep it rolling. And do you know what? The relationship that they had was only three months long.

Was it really? It was only three months long but it obviously had a big impact on her. So explain to people who may not really understand why she's re-releasing this album.

So basically there was a bit of a situation where she explained on one of the late night shows actually on Friday that a lot of artists don't actually own their own music that they make. It's the record labels that own it and they can control sort of what they do with it. So she'd signed a contract that basically didn't own her own music. And then so her music and her record label essentially sold her music off to another, I guess, record label or what ended up being Scooter Braun, who manages a bunch of other artists. And so she didn't like the fact that she no longer owned her own music

with her record label that had just been passed around, and she tried to buy it back. They didn't allow it, and it didn't sit right with her that her music wasn't hers, and she wouldn't get any profits from it if they used her songs in movies or in ads. So by re-releasing and re-recording music, it means that it's hers again. Well, because did you know Michael Jackson owns all of Eminem's music? Really?

Yeah, I think he probably bought the Beatles at some stage. Yeah. I like that log as well. Wow. Because then there were rumors that Paul McCartney then owned all of Michael Jackson's music when he passed, but that was just a rumor. Sony Music actually owns all the rights to his material. It's quite interesting, isn't it?

How that all works out. Who's going to have the wonderful back catalogue of the audio of this radio show? iHeartRadio, mate. It's a burden upon them. This is taking up way too much data. And so Adele's sit-down interview with Oprah comes out next week. It'll be on TVNZ on Monday night. But a clip has been released ahead of it

where they talk about one of the songs on her new album, which kind of, it's called Hold On, and it kind of reflects her in quite a sad, dark place. And Adele sort of mentioned why she wrote the song. I feel like she hit the nail on the head. It's a process. You know, the process of a divorce, the process of, you know, being a single parent,

the process of not seeing your child every single day wasn't really a plan that I had when I became a mum. The process of arriving for yourself every single day and still running a home, running a business. Like, you know, so many people know what I'm talking about. And it can, you know, I feel like that as well. I juggle those things as well. I mean, my feet are walking through all of that concrete. She's just so well put, isn't she? She is well spoken, yeah.

We can all deal with that, having to deal with smash hit music career and managing my multi-billions of dollars that I've got coming in. God, quite hard. But good on her for pouring it. That's very vulnerable, isn't it? I know. Pouring out all of your heart and soul from your personal life. I know.

And I feel like, I don't know, maybe I'm, and I probably am completely wrong here, but it seems to me that Adele is one of the few artists that has gone through a very public divorce. I don't know, maybe I'm probably wrong because there are probably so many artists who have gone through divorces, but she's kind of been so open about it

and it's probably so helpful for so many people listening and kind of being able to listen to her music and maybe relate. So I really like her. Her husband didn't get a 10 minute bonanza though, like Jake Gyllenhaal. Pretty much an album though, didn't he? That's true. And that is five for this hour. For more

you can head to thehits.co.nz. It is the Hits. Jono and Ben's 660 fade away. It is four minutes away from seven. Jono and Ben's Friday. Thanks to Heinz Tomato Ketchup. Every Thursday and Friday throughout November you can get free fish and chips in a different

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Yeah, great for a Friday. And a Thursday and a Friday heading into the weekend. It's been very popular. And if you want to nominate your town or city, we'll go to a different place this Thursday, this Friday. Head to the hits.co.nz. Yeah, so far, Christchurch, Nelson, Wellington, as Ben just mentioned, New Plymouth as well.

Free fish and chips for all of those regions so far. Have you had one word of thanks? Have you had anything? A DM? Anyone slid into your DMs, boys? Oh, no, but to be fair, it's all thanks to Heinz Tomato Ketchup. Yeah, true. Why am I taking all the credit? Yeah, well, they take your burgers, chips and pies to another level, so

thank you so much for them jumping on board and giving free fish and chips. We've never been this popular before. It's all thanks to Heinz Tomato Ketchup giving away free fish and chips. Which in a roundabout way, we're not actually that popular. It's Heinz that are the popular ones. But yeah, if you want to enter, you can be the legend that wins free fish and chips for your town this Thursday and Friday. The gift of free, greasy, clogging up your arteries fish and chips. What a wonderful present.

It is the hits. You got it, Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. Good morning, New Zealand. Just gone 7 o'clock on your Monday morning. A little bit of a disappointing weekend sporting-wise. The All Blacks lost to Ireland.

Well played, Ireland. And the Black Caps lost this morning in the T20 final, as you just would have heard, to Australia. Well played, Australia. But your chance to win is very shortly in five words for 5K. So there's still a chance to win here in New Zealand. That's right, yeah. With us two losers, you can be winners.

We did. We had a winner 7.45 Friday. We do five words, 5K. It was a beautiful moment, wasn't it? Castle. Think about it. Go king of the castle. Oh!

Kate! Oh my god! Kate, you have won $5,000! Oh my god! Oh my god, thank you guys. There's Kate, beautiful Kate,

walking away with $5,000. Works on a farm, Kate does, and that was going towards a holiday, savings, and paying off the house. So it does feel good giving away that cash, doesn't it? It does, and it could be you. In about 40 minutes' time, five words, 5K, it is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. Your essential listening for non-essential banter.

I thought I was saying something meaningful there, and then I backed out. Jono and Ben. You're essential listening for non-essential banter. I thought I was saying something meaningful there and then I backed out. Jono and Ben, New Zealand breakfast. Now every parent's been through this where the kids haven't gone to sleep when they should and it happened to the Prime Minister. She was in the middle of a Facebook Live and she was

talking and Niamh interrupted her and the moment went viral. It went all over the world and Here it is. Safe, but you'll see that great assertion tea for business. You're meant to be in bed, darling. It's bedtime, darling. Pop back to bed. I'll come and see you in a second.

I'll come and see you in a minute, okay? Sorry, everybody. Yeah, Nanny will take you down to bed. Oh, it's very cute. Thanks, Nana. Very cute. But coincidentally, when we were staying with Clark and Jacinda, the same thing happened to us, Ben. Yeah, have a listen.

Jacinda. You'll see that great assuranty for business. Have you stopped banging on about business certainty yet? Yeah, we can't get the TV working in the lounge. You're meant to be in bed, darling. It's bedtime, darling. Oh, I see. So Labour's telling us when to go to bed now?

Yeah, it's only 6pm and stop calling me darling. It's waiting me out. I'll I see. So, uh, Labour's telling us when to go to bed now? Yeah, it's only 6pm and stop calling me darling. It's waiting me out. I'll come and see you in a minute, okay? A minute? What's your idea of a minute? You told us this lockdown was going to be short and sharp. Sorry, everybody. Yeah, Nanny will take you down to bed. Oh, look, I'm not tired. Well, that was a bedtime

fail, wasn't it? It's 6 o'clock! Yeah, it happens to us when you stay there. Tense times. Tense, tense times. But then you're saying some sleep app has offered Jacinda a year's worth of free sleeping applications. Yeah, they're kind of like an overseas one going, you know, if you're having trouble getting your kid

to sleep, then you can have a year's on us. On us. Just basically just jumping on the bandwagon to try and get your advertising, which they've done, so well, good on them. Yeah, great, great. I've always been a big backer of child sedatives as well, too, to get them to sleep. Government-funded sedatives.

Producer B helps us. You can't even get a government-funded vaccine out to anyone. And then I want a government-funded name tag last week as well. Just government-funded everything. So what we want to chuck open this morning is some unusual sleeping arrangements that you've got. A lot of the time we stayed at the Ardo and Gayford's. Yeah, it was weird.

We haven't done it since. We haven't been welcomed back since. And it was strange she wanted to send us to bed at 6 o'clock. Yeah, it was an unusual sleeping arrangement. It was weird that we all slept in the same bed too. So I went over the hits of what we want to chuck open. 4487 this morning for New Zealand's breakfast.

Unusual sleeping arrangements. Can I get the ball started? Yeah, go for it. I spoke about it the other week too. We've started these family sleepovers, aka the worst night's sleep ever, I like to call it. But everyone's, you know, got... It's like camping in a room, right?

In one room. But yeah, the bed is not big enough for all of us. There's four in the family. So you've got Jen, my wife, Oscar Poppy, they go in the main bed. And I sleep on the floor on this foam mattress that has lost the will to live. He's like, I don't even know what I am anymore, this mattress. So for me, and it was my birthday on the weekend as well, so I welcomed in my 40th year sleeping on the floor like someone incarcerated an entire prison

who had been caught at customs, maybe trafficking some stuff that he shouldn't have had in his suitcase. And that's how I was lying on this hard floor going, well, this is less than ideal sleep. Unusual sleeping arrangement. That's perfect. That's what we want. Oh, Andrew, the hits are 4487.

What's your unusual sleeping arrangement? Or maybe you know someone with an unusual environment. It is the hits. Jono and Ben, the hits. Unusual sleeping arrangements. That's what I've chucked open to New Zealand's Breakfast. Some great texts coming through. I actually sleep on the ground.

I'm like you, Jono, but I do it every night. I sleep with blankets for warmth, obviously, but I've been sleeping on the ground for over a year now. Oh, really? Yeah, likes the hard surface on the back. Wow. I suppose it's nice and flat. Yeah.

Well, yeah. Not the comfiest sometimes, but maybe it's better for some people's sleep. What I do like, though, through the night is just changing, rotating around about six to 12 different sleeping positions. You couldn't do that just on the floor, could you? No. You'd just be all back. Sometimes I like to go on the third, cock a leg,

sleep on my side, back, other side, upside down. Are you just one position consistently through the evening? I imagine I'd move around a bit, but, yeah, it's one of those things you don't really know what you're doing, though. No. Until you wake up, you're like, oh, okay. James always like, you're thrashing around. I'm a thrasher, apparently. I can imagine. Unusual sleeping arrangements.

I've mentioned this many times before, but my grandparents, when they lived out in North Canterbury, used to sleep in a caravan out of their house, 15 metres out from their house. And they had a bedroom inside. Why was that? They got into the habit when they were doing renovations on their house, 15 metres out from their house. And they had a bedroom inside. Why was that? They got into the habit when they were doing renovations on their house

and then they decided, no, we like the caravan. The old caravan. Which completely undercut all of the renovations that they do. Were they even necessary? Exactly, not at all. So they slept out there. It's really cold. They were elderly and it gets really cold in the winter in North Canterbury.

Yeah. A bit of beach, but they stuck it out. They loved it. What if in the night when nature calls, you know, you get a bit leaky in your older years? Well, yeah. Whatever. Would they have to go inside? Well, there's no toilet out there, so I don't know if they were fertilising the garden or

if they were actually going inside. Maybe you sleep in a cot with your nappies on. I don't know. I'm not here to judge. What is your unusual sleeping arrangement? We'll get Marie on from Auckland. Morena Marie. Good morning.

All right. What's your sleeping arrangement, babes? Well, I sleep with a soft toy, and I am 50. Oh, wow. Really? Yeah. Obviously something you've always done? I started when I was about 15 or so, because I got piercings at the top of my ears

and I couldn't put my ears on the pillow, so I kind of had a soft toy to create a barrier against the pillow. Oh, well, geez, at 15 you got into the soft toy game late in the piece. Yes. And enjoying it now, and then obviously you just sort of became accustomed to sleeping on a soft toy game late in the piece. Yes. And enjoying it now. And then obviously you just sort of became accustomed to sleeping on a soft toy. Yeah, I have to have one. Even though I have other people in the bed as well, I always have to have a soft toy to sleep on because otherwise my ears hurt.

And I'm just used to it. So you're still sleeping on it as such. It's not really a cuddle comfort thing. You're just like, I have to sleep on the soft toy. Yeah, so I'm just resting my head on it so that I've got a barrier, well, like a gap where my ears can be. Because if I put my head on the pillow, you know, you put your head to the side, so you're sleeping on your ears.

I can't do that because it hurts. Okay, and so when the other people are in your bed, are they like, oh, okay, there's a soft toy here? Well, you know, if they want to stay, they can't miss, you know? Yeah, right. They've got to be happy with it. Yeah. You deal with it or there's the door.

That's right. There's the door. And have you had one consistent soft toy through your sleeping career or you've changed them up? I had one from about 2007, Mr. Bun Bun. And I only retired him last year, no, this year, because he's getting a bit threadbare. So, yeah, he sits up on the headboard now. Oh, I still would.

Oh, my God, that sounds sick. Sits on the headboard and watches. Do you have to change, like, do you have to wash it? Like, you have to wash your pillowcase? Yes. Yeah, I imagine you're like, time to wash the soft toy. Every either, yeah, I mean, in summer, I wash my rabbit, you know, every week. He goes into the wash with the towels and the sheets through the dryer and everything.

Because, yeah, you get kind of, because I overheat as well. So, you know, you get a bit yuck. Hey, listen, you know, I started this out sort of by saying I wasn't going to judge anyone, and I'm judging. I'm judging. No, don't judge. I know. I love your work.

Thank you so much for phoning through this morning, Marie. You have a great day. I will, you too. See you, buddy. 50 years old, sleeping with a soft toy. I love it. Intelligent, thought-provoking, stimulating. Three terms that will never apply here gentleman ben new zealand's breakfast and now john i can't pass on many words of advice i'm not a very

knowledgeable person i'm not practical in any sense i mean this job only really requires us to talk i don't even know technically how to get things working in here you know i just talk you just turn up and then you're like juliet how do i get You just turn up. And then you're like, Juliet, how do I get on the Wi-Fi? And then you're like, Juliet, I've locked myself out of my computer again. Yeah, so to be honest, not many things can I pass on. But one thing I think I can pass on to people

is the fact that if you're making a speech, don't start making a list in that speech. Don't start listing off names because I've seen it happen many, many times before when someone will be making a speech and it happened uh on friday we were just uh it was a virtual going away someone was doing a speech and and they started going oh i just want to say thanks and then i went oh they're going to do a list and they did you said it to me you're like they're listing they're listing

don't list because you always you know with the best unless you write it down you always forget someone or someone gets miffed or you know in the moment you know and it's like don't do a list you do ben has very few rules in life uh one of them is don't list in a speech the other one is never kiss a boss on the lips the butt is okay and kiss them on the ass but not the lips that's his other life rule but you're dead right and uh it's because you're not focused in that moment you're like oh I must thank someone

but then as soon as you mention that name you're like oh if I mention them I've got to thank someone else and then you're connecting dots you get flustered you're in a tailspin

and then there's always someone there that goes oh what about me yeah that's so true I love her there's so many people I'd love to thank

but too many to name I'm like perfect that's a perfect speech. Yeah. So what would you do if you ever won like an Academy Award or something? I wouldn't do a list. Would you just walk up there and go, I'd like to thank myself and no one else? No, but you might say so many people, you know, but it's one of those moments that it's

probably like credits at the end of the movie. No one really, to be honest, really cares about your list of people. Unless you're the person that's being listened. Everyone just wants you to get off the stage. You're like, hurry up, mate. We want to go to the after party and drink some drinks. We want to hear you banging on about your wife or something. And as soon as someone does that,

then everyone else has to do it. Oh, you feel obligated. Everyone's banging on. Everyone's like, oh, here we go. Now we're going to open our pot. We're going to thank her, you know? Yeah. No, and as Ben's other rule, there's no, oh, here we go. Now we're going to open our pot. We're going to thank it, you know? Yeah. No, and as Ben's other rule,

there's no public displays of affection as well. Yeah. Yeah. It's true. I've had a couple of shockers with speeches over the years. One real standout one was when a friend of mine was leaving the Rock radio station I was working at many years ago.

And in hindsight, I think it was because I was very underprepared for the speech, but I started talking and this is in The Rock and then I just started uncontrollably sobbing. Really? Sobbing. Now the only crying that happens at The Rock needs to be crying tears of Cody's when you run out

of smokes. And then it all got awkward. Everyone was sort of standing around going is he doing a gag oh no he saw and it got to the point where like and i couldn't get any more words out and then someone someone had to be someone came up to me it's so uncharacteristic yeah i know i don't know what happened and then someone even came up and it was like i's lovely I didn't even finish the speech Someone came up

And grabbed me on the shoulder And they're like Come on mate And I got walked off Walked off Walked off into the B studio Into the B studio They're like

Just have a couple of minutes Of air And then I was left in there Alone going Jesus Pull yourself together Prior It's lovely

It's lovely It was lovely Well no it wasn't lovely Not at the rock bed Remember it was nearly As bad as that time You walked in In a salmon shirt

Remember that We were just After the sobbing incident The salmon shirt incident We were just never Welcome back there Were we No

There you go So our speech Is never listed In a speech Ladies and gentlemen And never start Uncontrolled Be sobbing

Although it is a great exit If you don't have anything yeah true yeah it does make things weird for the next week or two but it does get you out from saying anything five words for 5k on the hits you're only five words away from a massive payday it is

our game of word association we play it every morning on the hits and on Friday we had Kate from Christchurch who joined us and she won five thousand dollars castle think about it go king of the castle oh my god thank you guys holiday and christchurch and five thousand dollars for kate that's how you do it new zealand five words 5k oh champagne wrap up5,000 for Kate. That's how you do it, New Zealand. Five words, 5K. Ooh, champagne wrap-up from you there

as well. Holiday, that's how you do it, New Zealand. That was good stuff. So that was Kate and Jess. Does feel good giving away $5,000. It smokescreens all the horrible stuff that I've done in the past. You know, this will take some heat off me parking in those baby parks at the supermarket, Ben Boyce. That's true. Buys me a little

more time there. Mike from Taupo, welcome. How are you? Yeah, good, mate. Thank you. Great to have you on, Mike. How's the old COVID in Taupo over the weekend? Yeah, a little bit scary, isn't it? Getting a bit close.

Yeah. What's the feedback like, mate? What's the word on the street there? Just stay out of town, mate, and you'll be all good. Stay out of town, you'll be all good. Well, Mike, you're a farmer. You want to start a new business. What's your business you're kicking off?

We've got a bit of a handcrafted sort of artsy-crafty candle makers and plant holders starting up. Ooh, some artsy-crafty candle holders. Well, wonderful stuff, Mike. You know how it works, mate. You need to send either Juliet, Ben, or myself into the sound. Proof, boof, who's it going to be? Yeah, we'll go Jono today, mate.

All right, Jono, here we go. The Blackcaps lost this morning. Hopefully we can have a win in this. Yeah, it's going to be nice. Yeah, we'll be pretty good. There's always a chance. All right, Mike, you know how the game works? Yes, I do.

Jono is away. He can't hear us right now. What pops into your head when I say yogi? Yogi. Yogi beer. Yogi beer, that's what I was thinking too. Gig. G-I-G.

Gig. Gig. We'll go concert. Yeah. Nice. Yeah, well done. Juliet's nodding away. Google is word number three.

Google. Google Earth. Google Earth. Nice. Hamper. H-A-M-P-E-R. Hamper. We'll go gift hamper.

Gift hamper. An apprentice is the final wordP-E-R. Hamper. We'll go Gift Hamper. Gift Hamper. And Apprentice is the final word this morning. Some options there, eh? Go Trump. Yeah, of course. Of course. Hey, nice work. How are you feeling about those, Mike? Yeah, pretty good, actually. I think you played really well. You played a good, quick game.

Jono's back out of the soundproof booth now. Jono, Mike, did well. You know, good, quick game. Hey, I did play a very quick game. I was thinking in there we could turn that soundproof booth into one of those magician boxes where you saw someone in a half. Oh, yeah. Couldn't you?

You could, actually. Yeah, and I could come out with half of my legs missing or something. Mike, let's win you 5K. What a great start to the week. That'd be. That'd be awesome. Let's get that candle business kicking off. Candle holding business.

Reminds me of that Lumiere. Lumiere off... Oh, Beauty and the Beast. Beauty and the Beast. Yeah, the talking candle. Yeah. All right, here we go, John. My first word I said to Mike this morning was yogi.

What do you say? A yogi beer. Yes. Going to play quick like Mike did. Okay, gig. G-I-G gig. Concert. Oh, nice. Google is word number three. Google. Google search.

What did Mikey do? Earth. Google Earth, which is a great option. Yeah. Google's wide open. Yeah, it is. Mike, I'm sorry, mate. No, that's okay. Let's see how we would have gone with the last couple. Hamper? Gift?

Oh, and Apprentice? Tradie? Oh, three out of five. Not bad. We went Trump. Oh, Mike. Listen, always love talking to you. You keep safe there, all right, buddy?

Hey, thanks, guys. Appreciate it. Appreciate it. Another chance tomorrow morning, all right, buddy? Hey, thanks, guys. Appreciate it. Appreciate it. Another chance tomorrow morning, same time, same place. Five words for $5,000 on the hits. And as the hits, John O'Ban, 10 away from 8. Spy, know what's up? Spy.co.nz.

All right, here's some stories read to you directly from the internet to save you using your precious data. It's Juliet. She's here with Spy. No WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. All right, here's some stories read to you directly from the internet to save you using your precious data. It's Juliet. She's here with Spy. So the royal family have been told that they've got grounds to sue Netflix over The Crown. So this initially started with some friends of the royal family who had been portrayed in The Crown not kind of happy, I guess,

with how it had all turned out. And then they went to some lawyers, figured it out that they have grounds to sue if they wanted to. So they then have told the royal family that they can do it as well, whether or not they will, but they can do it. And it kind of seems a little bit weird because also last week it was revealed that Princess Diana's old friend was a consultant on the show, but then she quit because of kind of creative differences. They weren't really... It was Jemima Khan. Yes.

Who ran Khan's... Oh, right. I think they were very close and it put Harry in an awkward position apparently because she's like, oh, I started helping them out with this project and then it all sort of ended up in a direction where I was like,

well, this isn't going to portray Diana very well so I want out. And then this article that I was reading was like, well, Harry's got a Netflix deal. Why isn, so I want out. And then this article that I was reading was like, well, Harry's got a Netflix deal. Why isn't he stepping in and putting a kibosh on this? And I'll tell you why. Well, there's probably about 150 million reasons, Ben.

Oh, money? Yeah, that was the tie-in, yeah. Sorry. Thanks for clarifying that. But, yeah, there's kind of been a little bit of controversy over The Crown. Like, while it does obviously show the events that happened and you've got the main characters and everything like that,

some people aren't really happy that they're kind of portraying fiction as fact on The Crown. And some things were kind of enhanced or exaggerated and just kind of slightly veering from the truth. That was always your issue with The Crown, wasn't it? You're like, how do they know? Yeah, I know. Who knows? Especially the conversations, wasn't it? You're like, how do they know? Yeah, I know. Who knows? The conversations,

the private conversations that we had. You would understand they'd probably know roughly kind of what was said, but you're like, I don't think... Yeah, I know.

It's like an autobiography on your family that you weren't involved in and you end up watching going, well, hold on. Wow. That is not what happened. Yeah, very true.

And Ben, I've got something to share with you about Dwayne the Rock Johnson and I'm not sure how you're going to feel about've got something to share with you about Dwayne The Rock Johnson, and I'm not sure how you're going to feel about it. You had him at share with Dwayne The Rock Johnson. So he has revealed that when he's gymming, he pees in water bottles in the middle of his workouts while he's at the gym.

So this story, I looked into it a little bit more. It actually did first break in 2017 when he actually showed a urine filled bottle in the background of one of his videos accidentally and so the story's broke and everything but now he's spoken more about it and he still does it yeah the headline is actually true I do pee in my water bottles but let me let me give context to that it's not a water bottle that I've actually purchased solely for water that you wash and you clean when you're done using it. These are just bottles that I'm no longer using. And usually the gyms that I work out in don't have a bathroom. I usually stay pretty hydrated. I need to go to the bathroom a

lot, not a lot, but probably a couple of times during every workout, I have to go to the bathroom. So break out the bottle. There you there you go well you wouldn't want to mix it up with your roses lime juice would you no if you're just giving your water a little bit

of a top up there well looks like that gym that he's got like an iron paradise it's called you know they basically lug it

around every movie that he's on all around the world they set it up in marquees really if I was making a movie and I had to sign on

Dwayne Johnson, I'd be like, can we factor in this bloody gym that we need to lug over here? Is it like a portable gym sort of thing? Yeah, but it's like a gym.

Imagine a gym. It's got everything. It's massive. It's crazy. And no matter if he's filming in Brazil or... Yeah, he needs to have his gym to work out.

Gosh, my thought though is like, if he's peeing in water bottles, are there people around him or is he just by himself I think that was the thing That Emily Blunt when she was on Jungle Cruise She didn't realise that no one else really works out in there Because it's like his gym

So she's like can I come work out in the gym And he's kind of like I guess so Things got awkward when he had to start relieving himself I told you I usually do this by myself I actually had exactly the same situation In the pack and save car park in my mother Annie Pryor's Fiat Punto. What? So not the same situation, no. No.

Replaced a Jim with a Fiat Punto and replaced Dwayne Johnson with a Pack and Save car park. But the same thing. And all I had was an H2Go bottle. Oh, dear. But it was a mini H2Go bottle. Oh, dear. And I tell you what they fill up

at a rate of knots and let's just say the fair ponto was in need of a deep clean after that mum

came back and I had to explain what had happened she was just like oh did I birth you did I make you

that is so funny she was so disappointed disappointed eh yeah and that is Spy for More you can head to the hits. She was so disappointed. I'm disappointed. And that is Spy for More. You can head to thehits.co.nz. After 8 o'clock on the show, very excited about this,

Al Jean joins us. Now, he has been at the Simpsons, yes, the Simpsons, since day one, and he is now the big boss of the Simpsons, and he joins us to talk everything about the Simpsons after 8 o'clock. It is the Hits. You've got Jono and Ben. The Hits. New Zealand's breakfast. It's Jono and Ben. Good morning, New Zealand.

Just got 8 o'clock. You're with Jono and Ben on the hits. Disappointing result for the Blackcaps. Unfortunately, we lost to Australia in the final of the T20 World Cup overnight. But wonderful performance by the Blackcaps getting there and making the final. And we spoke to Laura McGoldrick from the 3pm pick-up, she also works for Sky Sports, about what you say, because she has a personal connection with the team, she's married to

Martin Guptill, the cricket player, and this is what she had to say. is just reminding how proud they make you every time they step out on the field, and they do. Guppy has been sensational, and I'm so proud of him tonight. It just is what it is, unfortunately. Cricket has a funny way, especially T20 cricket, of anything being able to happen, and it's all about, you know, in the moment of the day, the little moments that go your way and the little ways that the little ones that don't.

There you go, and then I spent the next three minutes trying to convince her to do some match fixing. I was like, why don't you get involved in match fixing? A lot of money to be made there, and she apparently has something called morals. Yeah. So Laura wasn't going to do some match fixing. I was like, why don't you get involved in match fixing? A lot of money to be made there, and she apparently has something called morals. So Laura wasn't going to do that. And that's why I said I could never be married to a cricketer, Ben Boyce. We're always trying to get some cash on the side.

We've got the creator of The Simpsons joining us very shortly, in about half an hour, his name, Al Jean, worked on the show since 1989. What is that, 40 years? Why am I doing this live? No, I don't think it's quite 40 years. No, it's 30 years. Half the amount of time I've been doing radio,

this man has been working on The Simpsons and Al Jean joins us in the half an hour. We apologise in advance. Sorry about that. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you into this. Sorry you've been dragged into this. Jono and Penn, Breakfast on the heads.

The heads. The heads. We've talked a lot about my dog, Bo, on this radio show. Jeez, he's clocked up some air time recently, hasn't he? Last week. Do you know, actually, in all honesty, Hits Management are talking to Bo's agent about potential replacement. Well, I'm not surprised.

Over the weekend, you know, we were having a walk. I was walking the dog and the kids, and we were walking around the block and walking through a park. And, you know, we've got masks on, and everyone's social distancing and such. But this lady sort of comes over, and she stood a few feet away,

and she was like, can I get a photo? And I was like, no. This is the moment, you know, as a crap liberty in New Zealand, you're like. This is what you live for. Even with the mask moment see you know as a as a crap liberty in new zealand you're like this is what you live for even with the mask on you know you know this is this is why we got in the game juliet and i was kind of but i said to her you know through my mask i was like how are we going to do that with you know the social distancing thing she goes oh i just got my phone here i'll just i'll just take it i'm like okay she just wants a photo of me that's you know that's fine

well what position did you assume? The peace sign? What did you do? Thumbs up. But I was holding Bo on the lead with one hand. So it was just a one thumbs up because obviously I had the dog lead on the other hand. And then I noticed that she wasn't like taking a photo of me. She was down towards the dog, Bo. And then she went, could you just move over just a little bit to me?

And so I had to sort of itch away just a little bit, just sort of scooch across. Still holding the lead of the dog. Oh, so your hand's in the photo. Yeah, but none of me. Oh, we'll still clock that up. We'll clock that up. That's a win, mate. But it was the dog.

And everyone sort of looked at me, and even the kids went, oh, you remember when people used to get photos with you? And I'm like, yeah, okay. Yeah, social distancing, you can't get it these days. It wasn't the conditions. Yeah. It wasn't the conditions for that. but she just got a photo of the dog I always thought it'd be a great business or a magazine the paparazzi oh yeah so good you sort of you know I'd sift out in like dog park butcher bushes just snapping photos of uh famous people's dogs well Lady Gaga's dog had a lot of publicity for a while yeah. Yeah. She would have been front page of paparazzi.

Yeah. Coming soon to the shelves. So, I mean, you're really slipping down the ranks, aren't you, in your household? I know. The dog is way more famous than me. That's fair enough. And he lives with the girl from the tip-top bread ads. Nature's fresh, eh?

Oh, nature's fresh. Sorry, get the bread. She tells me that every time, too. Yeah, sorry. Get it right. Nature's fresh, sorry. Yeah. She's literally putting bread on the table.

More than you are. Exactly. exactly exactly bringing home the bread so what we wanted to do uh is this is a big call too for a monday morning we know it's a bit slow on the old phone traffic but hey high risk high reward baby that's why we do it ben for the selfies and for these wild phone topics um are you living with something or someone famous now this could be anything uh you know maybe you've got a famous piece of memorabilia maybe you do have a famous pet maybe uh you know someone gone viral in your household yeah we'd love to hear from you this morning oh 800 the hits i have no examples from my life so god knows why i think you would but anyway 4487 on the text We'll find out if anyone comes through next. High risk, high reward.

It is the hits. Yeah, yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. The home of yeah, nah. She'll be right, and at the end of the day... Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits.

You're on the hits, Jono and Ben. We want to know this morning on 0800 The Hits, do you live with anything famous in your household? Yeah, something or someone. And joining us right now on New Zealand's Breakfast, Katie, you've got a famous animal that's got an Instagram account. Yes, my little black cat, Pharaoh. Yeah, right.

So I'm just looking at pharaoh__cat on Instagram. It's a wonderful account. Ben, boys, give your Instagram a run for your money. Yeah. It's a beautiful account. Ben, boys, give your Instagram a run for your money. Yeah. It's a beautiful cat. Oh, it is. So why did Farrow decide...

Why did you decide... 10,000 followers! Yeah! 10,000! I can only dream of 10,000 followers. So how long have you been running an account for Farrow? And, yeah, why did it take off?

We've had Farrow, he's four years old now. We adopted him as a tiny little kitten and when we first got him he looked like an Egyptian cat which is where he got his name Pharaoh from and I just started on Instagram because I was a bit funny like that. I thought it would be quite

interesting. He was a very cute looking kitten and it just took off. I've had a cute-looking kitten, and it just took off. I've had a lot of New Zealand companies and stuff see him and think he's beautiful. So it just kind of started like that. Oh, so he's an influencer. He's doing some sponsored posts? Yeah, he does.

He's a fur ambassador, especially for Furmail. Furmail is a New Zealand-owned company that delivers flea treatments to animals, which is fantastic. So he's got his own Instagram. Oh, this cat has sold out more than we have. Yeah, we've sold out a lot. That's awesome. Yeah, so he's a famous cat in the neighborhood.

Yeah, definitely a very famous cat in the neighborhood. He's a very particular type of cat. He loves the photos, loves the camera. He follows you all around the house. When you go outside and you call his name, he literally runs out right in front of the camera. He's perfect. Now, you know, you said you've got three cats. Well, the other two are goes. How come they're not on Insta?

Oh, hi. They do feature. If you scroll through, you'll be able to see we have a ginger cat, Harry. He's 10 years old. He's very shy, though. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I see, Harry. Yeah, and then we have a black and white cat, Charm, who we adopted three years ago as an adult cat. And, again, he's a little bit more shy as well, definitely not camera-friendly like our Pharaoh.

Oh, I've got a photo here, and all three of them are lined up, Pharaoh's at the forefront, with a very blue steel model look on Pharaoh's face there, Ben. Definitely doing those sexy model eyes and the other two cats are like can you please not put us in this photo like me with my family on instagram oh it's awesome it's very cool very very cool hey well uh well done katie what a smart thing to do katie with the influencer cat love work. You have a great day.

Thank you. Check him out, Barrow Black Cat. Thank you, mate. Now we've got Sophie on from Christchurch. She lived with something or someone famous. Sophie? Hi. Well, my story involves my daughter, Ivy,

when she met a friend in her front yard. She met a goat. Oh, met a goat in the front yard? Yeah. So your daughter became famous? Well, I guess so. Well, I think I remember this. This was huge on TikTok, on Facebook.

It went in the news as well. This is when your daughter... Can we find this audio? It's very funny. One second. When your daughter reacted to the goat that turned up in your suburban backyard. And I think... have you got it? We had this to say.

Have a listen. There's a f***ing goat outside. It's just a goat. No, it's a f***ing goat. Oh my gosh. And that's a reasonable reaction to a goat turning up in a suburban front yard. Exactly.

Was it a copy and paste from what maybe mum had said moments earlier? Oh, absolutely. Probably three minutes earlier. Okay, so you're in Christchurch. Had you seen the goat before in your property at all? Definitely not. I hadn't seen it at all. No goats anywhere near our house.

And so all of a sudden you look out the window with your daughter and you see a effing goat. Yeah. So my reaction was obviously a few explicit words. And so you filmed it. You filmed your daughter who gave a great reaction. And then it just blew up. How did it blow up huge all over the internet?

I uploaded the video to TikTok. It was my first TikTok video. And it just took off overnight. How many views on TikTok? At the moment, it's probably 10 million. Wow, great debut video to drop. Yeah, great debut single. Yeah.

Have you done another one since? You'd be like, oh, is this going to go as well as it's an effing goat? Well, we haven't seen any more goats. Yeah, you need to go, it's an effing draft or something you need to upgrade the animal don't you ivy is a big animal fan so any animals and she's all about it now tell me did you get interviewed overseas by outlets overseas you know al jazeera no we got contacted by quite a few different people but it was so overwhelming we've never had anything like this before so i don't really know what to do or who to talk to,

so we kind of just avoided. Sorry. You were on 7 Sharp, I understand, and also I remember seeing it. You got a bit of flack for what your daughter said. There was a few people out there saying it. Oh, exactly, yeah. Oh, everyone's always a bunch of Karens

trying to wait to chime in, isn't there? Oh, yeah, exactly Do you know, she said it once and she's actually never said it again So that makes them feel better Oh, really? Right, that's good Oh, you don't have to explain yourself to them Or us, for that matter Is little Ivy there?

No, she's currently still asleep Oh, can we wake her up? Wake her up Let's get her swearing again She'll be like, she's effing Jono and Ben I'm effing asleep Oh, can we wake her up? Wake her up. Let's get her swearing again. She'll be like, she's effing Jono and Ben. I'm effing asleep. I thought she would swear again.

No. Hey, listen, lovely chatting with you. Well done on all the success of that video. And all the best. You have an effing great day. Thank you. You too. Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion.

Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB. In the meantime, here's Jorgo and Ben. The Heads. The Simpsons. Iconic show. And Disney Plus has all the Simpsons episodes

and you can watch the Simpsons Plusiversary which is streaming right now on Disney Plus. It's very funny. It's got the Simpsons characters interacting with with a lot of the disney characters he gets in he's not even wearing pants welcome mr goofy do you have a plus one nope i can't even add plus one it was winnie the pooh not being able to get into well getting into a bar and he wasn't wearing

pants homer was pretty upset about that And Donald Duck was in there as well wasn't he? Without pants Clothing optional in Moe's Tavern for this little sketch But we're joined now by a man who has been there since day one, he's a lifer for the Simpsons, started out as a writer now he is the big boss

He's the boss of Mr Burns now I imagine as well The boss of the boss, the most powerful person on the Simpsons. Al Jean joins us from Los Angeles. How are you? I'm very well, thank you. Very nice to talk to you. Your full name, I was reading, Alfred Ernest Jean III.

I mean, that's probably the best-sounding name of anyone we've ever spoken to. Well, I haven't gone by that since I was six, but thank you. Thank you for unlearning that tragic secret. It's a very distinguished name name too, isn't it? It is. I grew up in Michigan, so I don't know in the wilds of the Midwest who thought of naming somebody Alfred Ernestine I. Somebody did.

You have worked on The Simpsons for the majority of the time that it has been running on air, Al. Have you got one favorite episode? It's really impossible because it's like saying one favorite child. We've put so much time and effort into them. But we all have a favorite child, don't we? The diplomatic answer is I have an episode I wrote coming out in the U.S. November 28th, so that's my new favorite,

about Homer searching for answers to the great tragedy of his life. Awesome, because as Johnno said, you started as a writer from day one, new favorite uh about uh homer's searching for answers to the great tragedy of his life oh awesome because as john i said you started as a writer from day one and you've pretty much been there the whole time and you're now one of the big bosses of the show um disney plus you can see every episode which is awesome i'm trying to watch every episode now um with my kids but have you seen every episode you think i binge all the simpsons episodes nightly uh it's not easy but i do it just to keep fresh and uh no i have seen every episode but we actually had a contest once where we were asking people to watch as many as they could in a row and a doctor came in after season 11 and said

if you ask them to watch more they're going to have mental breakdowns oh really how long does one episode take to make it's about nine months same as a human being and is that process changed a lot over the 30 something years is it you know like how long it takes only the way that you would expect it to which is uh more work is done digitally but the process and the way we approach the episodes and how we write the scripts is really the same everyone loves talking about the predictions that the simpsons well you know the storylines that have become true like donald trump becoming president that was in a simpsons episode is that just luck and due to the fact that you guys have made so much uh your content over the

last few years uh luck or bad luck that's the question We put out a memo from the top saying no more predictions of bad things. Happy futures, optimistic lives, good news for all. Yeah, right. So what's your prediction for let's look ahead

to 2022, for example? The short run. Well, it is optimistic is that I think COVID is finally receding and that's the most important thing and that'll make it

safer for everybody. Not that funny a prediction. It's one that we really like. Just a heartfelt. We're from New Zealand, so you guys are like, COVID? What's that? Oh, yeah, no, we're back in the storm at the moment. Yeah, we're starting to get back in there, unfortunately.

We're catching up with the rest of the world. We're always a couple of years behind. We've got like three cases. Well, to be honest, and I want to apologize to the rest of the world on behalf of New couple of years behind like three cases well we we like to be honest and i want to apologize to the rest of the world on behalf of new zealand we got a little cocky we were out here going look at us we've got nothing and now we find ourselves 12 months behind the rest of the world yeah we're like oh yeah that is bad that whole thing yeah hey we're gonna agree with us uh new simpsons short out today, the Simpsons plus-iversary.

Before we go, because it is a short, we want to run some really quick short questions at you if you can give us short answers as well. Favourite character? Writing for Lisa. The guest that you most want to have on the show in the future? Never had a US president, never will. Ah, never will.

Isn't it the presidents you've actually asked them? We asked them up to about the year 2000, Republican and Democrat. They all said no. So we got an audio clip from Teddy Roosevelt from 1910, and we used that. So that's a good one. Okay. The most random bit of Simpsons merchandise that you own? I don't own it, but we saw in Barcelona they had unauthorized Simpsons rolling papers.

What do you mean by rolling papers? For weed. Yes, for weed. We did actually buy one, but never used it. The joke or the scene that you're most proud of being part of? Well, I'll say since this is for Disney, plus I pitched the idea for doing the Steamboat Willie parody in season four, and when they were animating it,

then we weren't owned by Disney, so they called it steamboat lawsuit and is there is there a simpsons fact because i was looking at 15 simpsons facts that will blow your mind uh and there was one about the number on the till when uh little maggie's being scanned uh i think it was $700, like the weight, the value and weight of human body parts, but it might've gone up. Aljean, so lovely to catch up with you. We are huge fans of the show and your work. It was a real treat to talk to you.

Thank you, you too. That is Aljean. How cool is that? He is the big boss at the Simpsons. Right now you can catch Simpsons Plusiversary on Disney Plus. Welcome to Two Half-Assed Dads Do a Half-Assed Job. Official title, Tuno and Ben, New Zealand's Breakfast.

Hey, at night, generally try and read books to the children, you know, at night time. Your kids or just in general? Just kids. I like to just knock on random houses and end up reading in kids' bedrooms. And they're like, can you please get out of here, strange man? I'm like, I'm only halfway through The Witches here. But, you know, no, my kids, Ben. I just try to stick to reading to my own children as a general rule of thumb.

But what has happened is since we started this job, and you'll vouch for this as well, is I always feel I'm like sleepy Joe Biden at the climate change conference. I'm always on the edge of falling asleep. Like I could be waiting at an intersection for a red light and I could doze off in the car. At any moment it could happen. And reading is quite the slow sort of dozy activity, isn't it? So now it's got to the stage where i i used to read books to

the kids and there was a sweet spot there where i could just miss out giant chunks of of the story pages paragraphs whatever but then the skill that needs to come into play there is you need to join from point a to point b you need to do some ad-libbing on the spot sometimes you feel like you need a writer's credit in the book because you're like, hey, JK Rowling, you started it, but then I skipped ahead, but I made the story all work, you know? We've ended up in space here in Harry Potter, but it's thanks to my ad-libbing.

Yeah. Yeah, and I've cut at least four or five chapters out of your book. Yeah. So it's got to the stage now where the kids, they're just like, hey, I'm just going to read. I'm going to read, and then they read to me now. But the problem is I lie on the floor. And as soon as I start reading.

As soon as you lie on the floor, I reckon you would be asleep. Yeah, I mean, and then I always just wake up to, dad, dad, dad, about 15 minutes later. They're like, you're asleep again. And I've got drool running down the side of my face. But it got me into researching speed reading. I was like, can I make this process any quicker just so I can get it done before I start falling asleep? And I have come across the world's fastest reader.

It's a Nepalese guy, and he holds the Guinness World Record for the world's fastest reading. Now this video, this audio you're about to hear, there's a video of him reading a book which seems like the size of four different bibles all packed into one book right and he's mowing through each page but i do have some question marks over this record have a listen to him speed reading it sounds like speed reading or travelling over speed bumps,

you know, those little judder bars. So every time you hear it, that's pages turning, right? I can hear as well. Yeah. And then I love it. At one point he's like, da-da-da-da-da-da, and then he goes, and he looks out, looks out, looks out into the distance, like as if he's just digesting everything he's just read,

and then he gets back to it. Yeah, would you digest? Like, would you? Like, if he can actually read that fast, then let's say he can, because I'm sure he's been tested on it. Well, no, let's not say he's can, because what does he get to the end of the book?

He's like, done. I was like, did you read it? He's like, yep. What was it like? It was good? Yep. And then I'll be like, well, I can't be arsed reading, so I'll take your word for it.

Well done. You got the world record for the fastest reader. Incredible, by the way. It is, yeah. Sounds like me when I'm reading through terms and conditions of an app. take your word for it. Well done. You got the world record for the fastest reader. Incredible, by the way. It is, yeah. Sounds like me when I'm reading through terms and conditions of an app.

Yeah, when you get a contract or an app, you're like... You're signed away. I don't care. Live free. The Summer Holiday Edition with Škoda. You can win a $5,000 summer holiday in the use of a brand new Škoda Kodiak seven-seater SUV.

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Tukarau Bay in Sadafisi. Oh, this is up north, isn't it? $5,000 to spend is what you have as well. It would be amazing, wouldn't it? Yeah. Ben Boy spends a lot of his time up the north, don't you? Yeah, check on the plants. No, I'm kidding. I just went for that cliche Northland reference.

But Tanya, right up the top of the cave it's just very spiritual up there, isn't it? It is awesome. It is. It absolutely is.

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probably the worst experience she's ever had. Yes, yes. Oh well, you're in the draw. Hopefully we'll be sorting out your summer holidays. Awesome, thanks guys. No worries. Hey, got any more chances after 9 o'clock to live free over summer, thanks to Škoda. Five grand and the use of the car. Go loose.

Wind through your hair. Imagine that, Ben. I can't. I have to hold my armpits out the window to have wind coming through my hair. Yeah, it's an amazing prize, and you still have to listen out for the cue to call. It's almost as good as the block winners last night. How about that? Taking home the winners of the almost as good as the block winners last night. How about that? Taking home the winners of the block, $760,000 last night.

I think the block has officially retired and is now living in Barbados after that season. Hey, have a great day. Thanks so much for listening. Tomorrow on the show, more words coming out of our mouth.