Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Do You Remember These Iconic Ads?

Episode Date: March 2, 2023

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G'day there, welcome, Kia ora, that's the John on Bed podcast brought to you by Challenge Petrol Service Stations. It's an emergency. How are you Ben Boyce, you alright? I'm doing alright, you know. Weird question to ask you considering we've been in a room together for the last four hours. I understand, I appreciate it. I'm doing alright, how are you doing? We're good, we're good. I see you've come back in with the cheese cutter as well, which I'm glad to see, because you were a bit anxious about rocking the cheese cutter.

I bought one, yeah. It was one of the few purchases I bought over the holiday period. Hold on, hold on. As soon as I saw it, I started saying it. Yeah, I went to the US. It's probably the only thing I bought. The Target $15 hat. To be honest, if you went to the States and you're like,

I bought one item they do sell this in New Zealand as well I saw it there and I was just like you know it was one of those things when the kids are

looking at you know toys and stuff and you walk past you're like oh cheese cutter am I a cheese cutter guy and I put it on and I just you know

you saw it there you know something about it just got my caught my eye like if you're going name a hundred items I purchased in the

United States a cheese cutter wouldn't even be in the top thousand i mean that i put it on and then it was good i was like oh can i do this can we get the confidence of this uh but yeah so i'm trying you know for time to time it's not gonna be an everyday thing i do appreciate people who wear hats outside of the caps you know uh william water on the am show always wears a wonderful uh wonderful what do you call those? What are those hats? It's not really, it's bigger than a fedora, isn't it? It's kind of like, and smaller than Pharrell's big hat he wore to that time.

It sort of sits in between, doesn't it? Yeah, it's not a cowboy hat. I don't know what it is. What is it? I've got no idea. It's like almost a fedora on steroids. They're cool, yeah. It's a fashionable hat.

A fedora that's been working out. Yeah. Yeah, but that Pharrell hat, boy, that was, do you remember that hat from a few years ago? Okay, you were playing a game before of can you guess

what year a song was released? Let's all have a guess at what year Pharrell wore his obscenely large hat. It was to the Grammys from memory. It was almost like one of those. It was like you would need almost a neck brace

to hold the hat up. Yeah. Like the Canadian mountain, you know, they have those people that are sort of the mountain officers and they wear the red

and they have that big sort of hat there. I'm going to say, I don't know, I'm just taking a stab in the 2007. I'm going to say 2015. I'm going to say

eight years ago to the Grammys maybe. 2014 I reckon? Yeah. Oh. Yeah, what what He's definitely Googled it He's definitely Googled it

I have not He's such a bad Poker liar too What was Someone look it up I have not Mate what's on your Let's look into the history

Okay If it's 2014 He's definitely Googled it What year is it When did Pharrell Wear his giant hat To the Grammys? I've actually got a good, we can play that song game, I've got a few hooks, we can play that right now, I'll be on as well.

Oh no, don't smoke screen with this. Was it 2014? Yeah it was. He Googled it! He did, he did. He did. He did. He did.

Okay, okay, I've got one for you then. Okay, without Googling. You wouldn't want to be sitting behind Pharrell at the Grammys with that hat on, would you? I will Google it. I won't be part of this. Lady Gaga, meet dress. Oh, that was to the Grammys too. I'm going to say that was like 2000...

Don't Google it, Joel. Don't Google it. You can't. 2009. I say 2009. Okay, I'll go 2007. The meet dress. 2010.

Oh, I win that one. Jeez, the time just goes. This is where we started talking about this. We were just talking about how fast time goes. Okay, do the song thing. Joel's got some song hooks. We have to guess what year they're from. Thriller.

I'm going to go. Shit. Thriller's been... 89. Thriller? God, 87. 82. 82? Fun. 87. 82. 82?

Wow. Fun fact about Michael Jackson, he also won eight Grammys that year as well. There's a lot of fun facts about Michael Jackson. He won eight Grammys in 1982 as well. Eight Grammys. It's the most Grammys of all time in one performance, in one night. Great artist. Wasn't he a magnificent artist? Almost enough to forgive everything else. Well, who knows night. Great artist. Wasn't he? Magnificent artist.

Almost enough to forgive everything else. Well, who knows? I mean, I don't know. Anyway, let's go another song. Okay, another song. It's my screen now. Ooh, 110. I'm going to say...

I'm so bad with the ears. I'm going to say 2012 for this song. So that was over, yeah, about 11 years ago. I try and picture what I was doing in my life at that stage, but I still can't really. Yeah,

standing outside One Direction's hotel room screaming with 12-year-old girls. That's what we're doing. Probably was. Let's go 2010. Ooh, it's a tie,

2011. 2011. I remember that. Oh, but they wrote it in 2010. No, I think it was, it wasn't released

but they already I heard the demos in 2010 that's why they just burst out into the scene out of nowhere those guys as well

and now Harry Styles playing Mount Smart Stadium I know well he actually got into a weird Harry hole the other day alright

and he he went on the X Factor as the solo artist I think they all did didn't they yeah but he was like I Factor as the solo artist. I think they all did, didn't they? Yeah. But he was like, I want to be a solo artist.

That was probably, he's like, oh, these other guys, they're bloody. But we played the audio. We played the audio a while, but it wasn't like, I love Harry Styles. He's great. He's incredible. But it wasn't like when you heard it,

you weren't like, this guy is going to be the next big thing. But obviously, yeah. That's why you're not Simon Cowell, mate. No, no, but Simon Cowell knew there was something in him you can't look at young children and go I'm going to make millions out of that

little child he wasn't terrible it wasn't like oh my goodness this is everyone standing ovation or anything you know how you

have those moments from time to time who was your favourite from the D mate oh no Harry's probably my favourite Harry was your favourite he's got a good

personality he loves his rugby too, Niall Horan. I like him. Yeah. So, yeah. I liked the... Was there a chubby one? No.

There was a chubby one. I liked the chubby one. I always liked the chubby one, just because they're in the air too. There was no chubby ones as well. Okay, all right. So, got another song there, Joel? Oh, Maroon 5.

This is the boy who's sliding into DMs. Yeah. He looks younger than he is, and I think he probably plays that with the girls' DMs as well. Was this their first song? This was off their first album, Songs About Jane. It's been a while, hasn't it? 2005.

Maroon 5. 2007. I'll go in between. 2002. Oh, that's quite a while that's a lot that's 20 you know 21 years

yeah that was good now we were talking about doing that game on the radio we just road tested it then what do we reckon it's quite fun we'll do that Monday morning yeah I got one last one

for you this is for you guys your rock history John I reckon you should know this one sweet child of mine appetite for destruction 87 your rock history, John, I reckon you should know this one. Sweet Child of Mine, Appetite for Destruction, 87. Ben? Well, I know it was 80s, and I'll go close to John,

because John would probably know a lot more than I would. 86. He's good, John O'Prior, 87. I don't know why I remember that. The demo was down in 86, though. Yeah, that's why. Again, I heard the demo. I heard Axl Rose in 86.

It's like, I've got the song I'm like don't leave with it that's a magnificent record yeah but what is it have you got the track listing of that you've got like

Welcome to the Jungle Sweet Child of Mine from the top of my head Appetite for Destruction 1987 21st July I think it was yeah that was the release date

takes me back a bit you've got the likes of yeah Sweet Child of Mine obviously obviously the other songs on it Paradise City was on there was it yeah Welcome to the Jungle You got the likes of Sweet Child of Mine Obviously Obviously The other songs on it Paradise City was on there Was it?

Yeah Welcome to the Jungle It's So Easy Night Train Paradise City Mr. Brownstone My Michelle Sweet Child of Mine

Good Good era Something about the albums Back You know Back then Again You know

An album was I don't know They're bringing out albums now But you'd have the album And you'd listen to a lot more Of the songs that weren't Necessarily the hits Or played on radio right

Which probably gave the album A bit more life Longevity You know now you might get Two or three singles Out of an album And you have to be Sort of a super fan

To deep dive into the whole The whole album Or you know I know records Are still pretty cool Yeah We might play it on Sunday morning Like Adam Levine would like us to.

One last one for you, John of the Rock. Can you get this? Back in Black. This is from the album Back in Black 2, isn't it? It's 81, is it? 80. Twice. That was another great record.

Yeah. I heard it in 79. They'd given it to me I have a listen Old Angus He's like Hey B What do you think

Don't go Don't know if that back and black Is going to catch on mate Yeah but he did it anyway Yeah so enjoy the podcast On a Friday Heading into a busy weekend A lot of sport

On this weekend Of course Super Rugby Is back Which is great. The Warriors play their first game tonight in Wellington. So good to kickstart another year. That's our year, guys. That's our year.

And also tonight, the Breakers' first game of the finals against the Sydney Kings, which is going to be awesome. Oh, jeez. You'll be flanked by two Warriors supporters here, Ben Boyce and producer Joel. Is it your year, Joel? Our year. Our year. Our year.

I'll be booked the grand final ticket after that first preseason win. I love how you guys always go, our year. Like, are you on the payroll of the Warriors? Are you part of the team? I should be. Yeah, no, but you're back in. You're back in. You're back in.

You've got to ride a team out through, you know, good and bad. And that makes the good times even better when you've had some low times. Jesus, walking to work this morning, there was this car literally in the middle of the intersection outside where we park. No one in it, but just the hazard lights on. Thank you, Joel. Yeah, I don't know. What was that? You're no longer part of our team now, mate.

Just left, no one in the car. Hazards on. And what I love about the hazards is on the road, it excuses everything. You can get away with everything. It's a get out of jail free card, the hazard lights. It can apologize. Yeah. Oh, sorry for cutting you off, bing, bing.

And no one can get angry with you. Or a thank you. It's thank you. People use it as a thank you now, which I quite like. Thank you for letting me in. Yeah, I quite like that. I like that little light when someone puts a thank you. A thank you. People use it as a thank you now, which I quite like. Thank you for letting me in. Yeah, I quite like that. I like that little, like, when someone puts a hazard on, it makes you feel good.

Yeah, it's also great for, like, oh, sorry, I've parked in the middle of the food court at the mall, got the hazards on, and I'm just doing a bit of shopping. People, forgive it. We did a little experiment, didn't we? That's right. Yeah, we put the hazards on. Well, we basically parked the car in multiple places around town

and put the hazard on and see if we can get away with it. We were in the middle of roundabouts. We even drove it into a mall slowly. We did through the doors. Tennis court, game of tennis was going on. We parked it and put the hazards on. That one didn't go down so well. Remember we interrupted Sir Graham Henry.

He was having a very important meeting outside a cafe. We didn't know he was there. No. And we pulled up onto the footpath. Just going, well, let's go right up On the footpath It was him and Stephen Kearney Speaking of the Warriors

They were having a serious meeting And we pulled up Onto the footpath In this cafe And we're honking And the hazards were on Whole big scene And jeez

They were Well Graham Henry came over Because it looked like We were doing some sort of Weird undercover sting on them Or something He came over And he was like

What's going on What's happening You got cameras what's happening and we're like oh we explained what was he looked more disappointed in us than he usually does yeah and then once we explained it he was like ah so you're not targeting us in our secret meeting yeah he's an advisor i think uh for stephen kearney and stuff where he was oh is that what it was yes and no wonder he probably didn't want to be on yeah yeah spy for the melbourne storm or something uh but yeah no use the hazards use them more i think we don't give them out more you know No wonder he probably didn't want to be on. Yeah. Part of a shocking scare. Some sort of spy for the Melbourne storm or something. But yeah, no, use the hazards.

Use them more, I think. We don't get them out more. You know, use them when you're driving off from the petrol station. Sorry, I forgot to pay. They're like, oh, good, mate. No worries. You got the hazards on. Sorry I ran over your dog.

I had the hazards on. Oh, it's forgiven. Just put the hazards on. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, you know, life is busy and a lot of people do a lot of multitasking, particularly in the morning when, you know, there's a lot of juggling going on, things you need to do. Producer Joel, you've talked about how you brush your teeth in the shower, which I always thought would make sense, you know,

like it's combining two things. You're doing that every morning, right? Saves myself like the two minutes, and then two minutes in the morning is a lot. An extra two minutes of sleep is huge. Every second counts that's why you know you get up very early earlier than all of us

Jono that's why I'm always like man you can you can get more sleep I just like being up though I just like and I've always said it's a great little

talking point Ben yes it is people are like oh you know the most common question you get with this job is you know what time do you guys

get up yeah and you're like oh I get up at you know 4.30 but Jono he gets up at 3.30 and then I 3.30 I'm like yeah 3.30 what do you do at 3.30 you're like i get up at you know 4 30 but john he's up at 3 30 and then i'm like yeah what are you doing at 3 30 oh i do a little bit of exercise exercise you know

we've got this little routine copy and paste the conversation fills in a good two minutes of banter just for that reason he's punishing himself every morning just so we've got two minutes of something to talk about uh but yeah if you brush your teeth in a shower this is according to one dentist okay um but not nine out of ten this is according to one dentist, okay? Not nine out of ten of them? Yeah, just one dentist. So the hot water apparently can break down the bristles of your toothbrush, reducing its effectiveness to cleanliness, okay?

But potentially you can get cross-contamination can occur when you're using the same water to wash your body and your mouth, and also the fact that the shower head can harbour bacteria. So they're saying it's maybe not the best. That dentist sounds fun. Yeah. He's saying maybe it's not, according to his opinion, the best idea, particularly if you're sharing a house with other people. You can also end up with their bacteria.

Oh, God. Especially what's your flat shower like? Oh, it's grim scenes. Sometimes I forget to take my toothbrush out of the flat shower as well. That's what he was saying as well. It's really bad. Is there only one shower in the flat? Oh, we've got two,

but no one ever uses the other one. So everyone's, so your brush is in there with, oh, Joel. You come back from a day of work and it's like, oh. What do they do? What do your flatmates do?

Like for jobs? Oh, a lot of them are tradies. Oh, Joel. It's grim scenes. Oh, no. So yeah, hey, that's one dentist. As John said,

it's not all dentists, but saying maybe you don't. You've got to ask the other nine. Yeah, no. So, yeah, hey, that's one dentist. As Jono said, it's not all dentists. But saying maybe you don't. You've got to ask the other nine. Yeah, but maybe don't combine things. Maybe he's that niggly one dentist that doesn't agree with the other nine dentists. You know, they all recommend this mouthwash, apart from this one real difficult one. We're trying to get them across the line. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Now, Ben, you've started something over the last couple of weeks. Just a bit of nostalgia where you delve through the internet the dark depths of the internet and you find stuff to refresh my old withered brain and it's too old me and late to reminisce of years gone by

It's nice to have a bit of nostalgia from time to time I remember that When you were like, hey I want to do a thing called the Friday Flasher and I was like, oh not this again. The Flash were like, hey, I want to do a thing called the Friday Flasher, and I was like, oh, not this again. It was the Friday Flashback. The Flashback. So you find all this stuff on the internet that people,

and whenever you play it to me, I'm like, oh, that's great. But the only thing I think of is like, who has taken precious time out of their day to load something in from 1991? There's no direct cable, so you have to figure out how to get it off the vhs there's about 13 steps in that process at any of those moments these people could have gone there's probably some better stuff i could be doing with my time but i'll load up an old you know tip-top commercial from 1992 you're right it would have taken a lot of a lot of effort to get these things in here. But today I thought we'd look around, look at ice blocks and ice creams.

Nostalgia for New Zealand. And big budget stuff back in the day. But yeah, big budget for, you know, like the cost of an ice cream is pretty, you know, they have to sell a lot of ice creams to justify commercials. Yeah. And there were some massive ones back in the day. Do you remember Fruji?

Oh, Fruji was still an ice block. Yeah. But they had, I tell you what, their marketing budget back in the day. Do you remember Fruju? Oh, Fruju's still an ice block. Yeah. But they had, I tell you what, their marketing budget back in 1992. Woo! Have a listen. It's gonna hit.

It's gonna hit. It's gonna hit. It's gonna hit ya. Oh! Ooh! Ah! Ooh! Ah!

And now the whole, the whole commercial that the Fruju had purchased a yacht. They had a Fruju yacht, a giant yacht with a big spinnaker. Yeah. And there were all these scantily clad male and female models sort of seductively rolling around on the ocean. It was party time, wasn't it?

Yeah, sucking on Frujus under the ocean. A salty, sea-salty Fruju. Yeah. A wild time. Big budget Fruju. Yeah. In the wild times. Big budget Fruju. And sort of air-humping every time they would go, ooh, ah. It'd be splashed with all sorts of stuff. Looked like the wildest parties if you had Fruju.

Yeah, but all they had were ice blocks. Yeah, it was like Love Island. On ice blocks. On ice blocks. So that was a great ad. Another great ad you may remember as well from a few years ago. How about this? I'm the Polar Pop Bear.

Polar Pop, Polar Pop, and I live in the pool. Polar Pop, Polar Pop. What about the Polar Pops? I don't know. Polar Pop Bear sounded like he used to play rugby. Too many head dogs. I'm the Polar Pop Bear. Oh, that was an animated one, wasn't it?

Yeah, the whole family of Polar Pop beers. I'm guessing climate change dealt to them at some stage. It was a few Polar Pops short of a pack of Polar Pops. They got rid of the ice caps and he's no longer around anymore. R.I.P. Polar Pop. Yeah, it seemed like it was quite a big ice block back in the day, Polar Pop. Did they ever have an ice block ad for, what are the ones that you get,

Juicies you get from school, the tuck shot? Not that I remember, but they were very popular. But they had the very sharp plastic corners that would cut the creases of your mouth or your lips. Still get them. We'll get them from time to time. You buy boxes at the supermarket. Yeah.

They're really good for summer. They've still got the sharp, the knife. Yeah, you've got to push it out past that. They're stuck with that. And this final

one today, you may remember this one as well. Rachel Hunter. This is her big break, the trumpet act.

She was on the back of a Vita Beatle, wasn't she? Yeah. So this is Rachel Hunter. She was the trumpet lady

before she went on to be a huge international supermodel. Before she became Rod Stewart's lady. Yeah. She only had eyes for one other thing, and that was a trumpet. Yeah, that was a great idea. Seatbelt wearing was, watching that ad again last night,

that was pretty non-existent. They pull up at a convertible, they all just jump straight out, and they're like, none of you guys are wearing seatbelts. Weren't they sitting on the top of the back of the car? It was kind of a bit wild.

Have you been going up State Highway 1 like that? Yeah, so there we go. Flashback Friday. Looking a bit of nostalgia. We'll move on to something else next week that's not ice cream related.

But that was a bit of fun. The Hits. The Jono and Ben Podcast. Sharon came to New Zealand. It was incredible the concerts that he performed. And now he's over in Australia performing to hundreds of thousands of people. We're saying Melbourne Cricket Ground, nearly 90,000 people there.

Yeah. That's huge. But he actually put out something yesterday. He's got a new album coming out. And he was quite honest about the fact that in early last year, he wasn't in a very good place. He had a series of events that he said changed his life, his mental health and the way he saw about things, his best friend. It was obviously his mentor and agent as well, his manager.

Sadly passed away. His wife got a cancer diagnosis as well. And yeah, he said the music was at a really low stage in his life and a lot of things going on so music was kind of his therapy to get out of it

but what's the feeling you know the Ed Sheeran that you know and that you love well I remember because we were talking about this yesterday we spoke to him

and after the interview we were like oh he seemed a bit off not the Ed Sheeran that you know and love Pete he was still lovely in the interview

yeah he was still lovely in the interview but you know how he's yeah it was just like you were like afterwards the interview but you know how he's, yeah, it was just like, you were like, afterwards you're like, oh, I hope he's alright.

Yeah, and that was obviously what was going on at the time, dealing with a lot of stuff like that. It doesn't matter where you are in life, how rich and famous you are, you've still got stuff going on.

Yeah. Yeah, what stuff have you got going on, buddy? Talk to me. There's a lot of stuff going on. No one wants 10 minutes of me unloading what's going on but a lot. You're right, everyone's got their things going on buddy talk to me there's a lot of stuff going on no one wants 10 minutes of me

unloading what's going on but a lot you're right everyone's got their things going on and you never know what people are dealing with behind the scenes

do you so think about that today you know you told me to just in general yeah well you think about it you think about it I don't want to think about it

it's Friday think about that today it'd be nice to everyone and then you'll have a smile to someone am I not? a polite conversation well you know

there's been a bit of talk around the office mate Friday's not the day to be nice to people it is the night everyone feels in a good mood hopefully on a Friday yeah well done

and so when's Ed Sheeran's album out? has he got one coming out soon? one coming out very soon yeah as well Subtract as well so he's gone through

all the different sort of he's really running out of the maths yeah he's going to have the different sort of... He's really running out of the maths. Yeah. He's going to have to be square root of something next. He's going on an album called Square Root. He's sure it's square root.

Because he said multiply and divide. He's going to have to subtract. And he's like, square root's all right. I mean, it's nice. But he likes to separate them out. So one will have to be square, one left to be root. Two albums. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Now we head from New Zealand to Hollywood with our Hollywood insider. He's a gossip man that we only, we don't even know his real name. And all honestly, he's just Enty to us, an entertainment lawyer. And he joins us right now. Good morning, Enty. It is very good to be here for my weekly appointment. It's just no coughing and turning of the head. It's nice to catch up again. Hey, Pink, we love Pink here on this radio station here at The Hits, but she's been talking in the media about how the fact that her old feuds with Christina Aguilera and the likes of that have been brought up again.

Yeah, I think most of it came from a Howard Stern interview, and Howard has a way of, you know, pulling stuff out of people that perhaps they didn't necessarily want to talk about. At one point, Christina wanted to have a fight with you. She did. She was upset that I was sitting in her chair, and so was going to

shut down the entire production. And I didn't know I was sitting in her chair. But that's over it's over I understand but it's a pretty interesting story it is an interesting story but it probably happens every day in every workplace people just some people don't get along and then they figure it out and they realize what's important and they hug it out and they move on but Pink has been simmering this feud for two decades I think Lady Marmalade came out in like 2001, maybe 2000 or something like that. We're not ready to let it go.

And you don't need to let it go because it's a great song. And it's an iconic video. The feud, we knew about it about the same time as the song was released. Then Pink talked about it like five years later. Pink talked about it 10 years later. Pink talked about it 15 years later. Pink's still talking about it like five years later. Pink talked about it 10 years later. Pink talked about it 15 years later. Pink's still talking about it now. And things like, oh, you know, Christina

tried to take a swing at me and stuff. And Christina 10 or 15 years ago said, why would I do that? Pink would kick my butt. Why would I ever take a swing at her? Well, I'm not ready to let it go. Oh, what? Yeah. I don't think you even know what happened two decades ago. The cold never bothered you anywhere.

John, I was out with cocaine beer two decades ago. Hey, Woody Harrelson. We know and love Woody Harrelson. He's been on our movie screens for many years now, but he's gone on SNL and done a big anti-vax rant. The biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes. And people can only come out if they take the cartels drugs.

Yeah. You know, I know that it's that's what the headlines say. I didn't. That's all I read. That's why we asked you for more. You know, I went and looked at the clips and everything. And he did say some things that he'd mentioned, like drug cartel conspiracies and stuff like that. But at the same time, he was like, look, I've already taken all the drugs that the drug cartels give me. He goes, like, the real drug cartels. And he starts talking about that. And, you know, he's had a long and storied history with, you know, drugs.

And he was very openly pot long before it was legal anywhere. And I think that in a way, he was kind of mocking conspiracy, not mocking conspiracy theories, but, you know, talking about conspiracy theories, but talking about his own drug use. And, you know, talking about the fact, you know, he was mentioning drug cartels, and he was, it felt like Big Pharma is what he was talking about, but at the same time it felt like maybe it was just a poorly written joke about also his experience with, at the time, illegal drugs. And if you guys have never Googled about Woody Harrelson, you know, Google about his father and how his father died

and it is extremely interesting and will keep you guys busy for a good solid 20 or 30 minutes. So you're saying Woody Harrelson went on Saturday Night Live and did jokes. A comedy show. That pushed the edge. I've just Googled Woody Harrelson's father. He was a hitman in the organized crime world. And he killed a federal judge.

Okay, well, we're going to go down that internet wormhole. Jeez, there we go. Hey, good on you, Auntie. Love talking with you. Hey, keep safe over there and, you know, go for a snowboard or something. I will. I will. You guys have a great week.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. 708 on your Friday. That is Pink Trustful. You sang an amazing performance on Graham Norton last night, Pink. Oh, it was wild. I was just going off to bed like the loser I am early at night because of this job. But, yeah, I couldn't stop watching it.

She started off performing and there's this random guy with her. And I was like, this is lame. I'm going to bed. And then they climb up. 7.30, I'm off to bed. Grumpy old man. And then they climb up the top of these stairs, quite high stairs, and the weird guy follows her up the stairs while she's singing and performing.

And then he's on the edge of the stairs, and then all of a sudden he drops off. And you're like, whoa! And there's a trampoline that you don't see. And so he's falling off the stairs and then bouncing back up, and then he's slowly getting away from her. They're trying to hold her hand. Oh, trustful,'t see. And so he's falling off the stairs and then bouncing back up and then he's slowly getting away from her. They're trying to hold hands. Trustful, I see. But then he slowly starts bouncing back up and they reconnect.

Oh, now you're like, oh, you're back at it. It was honestly, it was an amazing performance. We should put it up on, can we, are we allowed to or is that copyright? I've got no idea. Yeah, we'll chuck it up anyway. It's breakfast. All the whole couch, Graham Norton, we're like, wow, that was. That's awesome.

Very impressive. So I want to know right now, 0800 the hits, heading into the weekend, who's having the best weekend? We'll rip through a couple of quick calls, and we'll decide who gets the Hell's Pizza vouchers. Some healthy competition and some not so healthy competition. You're the unhealthy bit, okay, Ben Boyce? Let's go to the first person, Nikita.

How are you? Hi. Ten years old. We need some youth brought into the show, mate. What's going on this weekend? Why are you? Hi. Ten years old. We need some youth brought into the show, mate. What's going on this weekend? Why are you having a good one? We're going to the Browns Bay Summer Spectacular. The BBSSA?

What's so spectacular at the Browns Bay Summer Spectacular? What are you looking forward to? Getting my face painted and having a sand castle competition that is spectacular that is amazing what are you going to lock in for your face paint or do you just have to go with what's on offer a beautiful butterfly oh and you are a beautiful butterfly then kita hold there it'd be monstrous if we didn't give the best weekend to her she's going to the summer Spectacular. I feel like we've got to... Yeah, no.

Yeah. Nicola, welcome in Whanganui. How are you? Good, thank you. Are you going to a Summer Spectacular? No, unfortunately. It sounds good. It does sound good.

Do you get face painted? The irony is the summer in Browns Bay hasn't been that spectacular, ironically. But what's going on in Whanganui this weekend? We're having a family get together and it'll be five generations. Oh, wow. But what's going on in Whanganui this weekend? We're having a family get together, and it'll be five generations. Oh, wow, five generations. Yep. Jeez. You'd be looking at a selfie or something, wouldn't you,

once you got all the whanau together? Definitely, definitely, yeah. So the oldest is coming up 101, and the youngest is five weeks. Oh, that is special. Wow, that's awesome. Yeah, that's really good. When do you sit in the equation, mate? How old are you? Oh, you is special. Wow, that's awesome. Yeah, that's really good. Where do you sit in the equation, mate? How old are you?

Oh, you're halfway. Yeah, right. Halfway, mate. All right, five generations of family gathering. They're fantastic. Shona, you're on from Auckland. How are you? Yeah, I don't know if I can compete with those.

Hey, that's all right. Get in here, mate. We'll tell you if you can compete or not. Maybe you're getting your face painted with five generations of people and then you'll take it out. Oh, yeah, totally, totally. And I think the judgment of who has the best weekend

is for the life of the person living it, right? Yeah. Oh, don't hate, mate. You're trying to sell us in. No, no, keep going, keep going. She's trying to put a big disclaimer before she chucks out what she's doing this weekend. So we've got a family friend of ours who's an absolute hoot coming up this evening for Friday and Saturday from Thames.

And then on Saturday, my big sister. I'm a big fan of my big sister. I'm probably the country's little sister that adores her big sister the most. She's coming out. We're just going out to our favorite restaurant for dinner. And then we're going to run around the bays on Sunday together. Oh, that's on this weekend as well, around the bays, of course. Yeah, that's awesome.

Listen, you talk down your weekend. You're having a great weekend as well. Hold there, Shona. Hold there. But it's not face painting, though. It's not five generations of family, just one. We'll go to Rani in Mount Maunganui. Welcome, Rani. Best weekend. What are you doing?

So this weekend, my girlfriends and I are heading to the No Scrubs 90s party down at Todoros Street in Mount Maunganui. Oh, the No Scrubs. Yeah, you're going to be putting on some nice scrubs? Yeah, we all ran around the dollar stores and second-hand stores looking for things

that would finish our outfits. One of my mates is dressing up, you know, that Britney Spears outfit from the Hit Me Baby one more time. Okay. I can tell you what, it's all happening. There we go, the no scrubs party in Mount Maunganui sounds well.

Take a Tamagotchi or something as well. That sounds amazing. Yeah, choker, necklaces and all that. Oh, yeah. Well, we need to decide who's going to have the best weekend. Over to you, Ben Boyce. Everyone. Everyone gets Hell Pizza.

We can't, you know, before you can't choose between face painting and... But we're running out of Hell Pizza vouchers. Oh, sorry. I'm singing Hell Pizza this weekend. Everyone gets Hell Pizza. Everyone sounds like they're having a wonderful weekend. Awesome. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Have a spectacular time in the summer. Spectacular. And also some mistakes in saying the Martinborough Bra Festival happening on as well for young and old. David Strassman, you'll know him. He's an amazing ventriloquist.

One of the best in the world, they reckon. And he's back in town again. Heist uh one of the best in the world they reckon and he's back in town again uh he bringing his uh puppets along including chuck who's uh always up to no good people always coming up and asking me to use deodorant quiet you know the question i get asked all the time is how i got started how you and i first met oh that's right his psychiatrist thought it'd be great therapy to control his anger. Would you just shut up? Didn't work, did it?

And he joins us. Well, David and Chuck join us both in studio right now ahead of going around the country on their chocolate diet tour. Good morning. Thanks for coming in. Good morning. You guys are idiots. Chuck, please. It's Chuck.

I've got Chuck here as well. Then show the question on the radio. Yeah, well, you're idiots. morning you guys are idiots chuck please it's chuck i got a shock here as well then chola collision on the radio yeah well you're idiots now chuck you've got very sifty eyes you've got no hair like strasden all right chuck you guys should put your heads together and make an ass of yourselves all right chuck come on man please this please. This is Stute, the dendroloquism on the radio. All right. Yeah. Well, it's lovely to have one of you here.

Chuck, it's you here as well, but that's good. But you're doing a lovely thing, David, for the show as well. You've been giving away a lot of tickets for those affected by the cyclone. Yeah, yeah. So we've allocated hundreds and hundreds of tickets to most of the North Island venues for people who are weather affected. You know, what else can an entertainer do but, you know, help out the community?

So it's my pleasure. It's an honor to do so. Oh, you know, and laughter really does heal. Didn't do much for you. Chuck, what the hell? Lord, he's just like, I don't know you, John. I don't know, just really zero ego.

Hey, who's the millennial behind the desk here? He's a genius. He's 22, Chuck. Yeah, I know. Joel, our producer Joel. What does your mum's day shouldn't look like? Chuck, come on. Long flight here.

Chuck, what happens on the flight? Where are you compared to where David is on the flight? Shut up, man. He makes me slide baggage. Baggage? Are you carrying on? With all the barking dogs. No.

I saw you got pulled out of a suitcase. What happens when you have to go through the scanning machine? Oh, what do you think? I keep my drugs and weapons. I'll tell you what is the scary bit is I always take a carry-on. They will stop, you know, women with purses and men with satchels, and they never stop a suitcase with a puppet that's filled with robotics because of robotics was it true that you and a mate sort of drunkenly broke into a nessa all right well that's

a crazy story me and a mate we were smashed one night i've always flown radio control airplanes it's my hobby you're a pilot as well uh yeah flew for many many years i've flown here in new zealand but um we were really wasted one night. Thought of the idea to put robotics, the same servos and motors you find in a radio-controlled airplane, into Chuck. Boy, that hurt when he took it. How did I get that into you, Chuck? Whole night, tanch down, and there it was.

No. So a mate of mine worked at the Ames Research Facility, a NASA research facility in Berkeley, California. And we went in late at night, walking past Einstein Ian blackboard calculations of planetary mechanics and it was crazy and he machined this part and then he came to life and that was really what set me apart from all ventriloquist can I try and talk for you Chuck is this something

you'd be willing to do let's see see. We go from one dummy to another. That's not going to be hard. Are you going to try not to move that? I'm going to try not to move my nose. Is there any key to what he could do? You want a real quick ventriloquism lesson? Yeah. Don't. No.

Thank you, Chuck. Well, here's the simple bit, is that ventriloquism is you use your tongue to articulate the letters that we normally use our lips. Those are called plosive letters. Like, say, peanut butter. Say it. Ventriloquism is you use your tongue to articulate the letters that we normally use our lips. Those are called plosive letters. Like, say, peanut butter. Say it.

Peanut butter. Right. So you're using your lips to say those words. But if you were to do the vowels, A-E-I-O-U, but do it without moving your lips, it's really easy because those are formed in the back of your throat. You don't use your tongue to do the vowels. Try it. Oh, his mouth didn't move, John. That sucks so bad. I'm on day one, Chuck. throat you don't use your tongue to do the vowels try it but that's the idea and then the hard part is is to figure out how to use your tongue against your teeth to say those plosive letters.

So it's the, you know, like, let's see, it's like say Betty bought a bunch of bitter butter. Without trying to use my mouth? Yeah, let's see. Betty, or, or, or. Yeah, I'm with you, Chuck. Loser. Yeah, I'm with you on that one.

So there's your, there's your, go home and try it. But if you really want to be serious about it, don't. It's your gig, right? There are better careers. Oh, well, you made a career out of it. And you're on tour right now. The Chocolate Diet, going around the country here until 18th of March as well, giving away tickets. That's right.

Yeah, we go all the way down to the South Island. Where's the lowest point we're going? I'm using the loo in Stewart Island. No, you're not. Chuck, do you mind? I don't want to affect your bottom line of the tour, Chuck. Yeah. Can we give away some tickets?

Of course. You can have one half of the ticket. Hey, thank you both for coming in. Oh, it's an honor, guys. You guys are legends. You guys are New Zealand legends. Chuck, you want to say where you're at? Yeah, you want to back that up?

Yeah, you're not. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Friday morning, heading into a weekend. All the sport back tonight as well, which is cool. Super Rugby, Warriors, first game of the season. Breakers as well, first finals game for them. So it's great. Now being new to Moonlight as a commentator on the ACC,

the Alternative Commentary Collective. Collective, Collective. I was going to say corporation. No, it could be a corporation. Well, why is it a corporation? It sounds far more businesslike. And you're going to be commentating the Rugby League tonight. The Warriors, yeah. Do you get to put on a voice?

The Warriors. The Warriors. Good eye. Welcome along to the Rugby League. That's what I'll be doing tonight. Yeah, why not? Do you know all of the players' names? Yeah, well, yeah.

Have you had to research? Do researching, yeah. Especially the Knights players and names? Yeah, well, yeah. Have you had to research? I've been researching, yeah. Especially the Knights players and stuff. The opposition team, yeah. Because are you going to be like, there's paper going around, it's like, oh. That'll be me.

That's number seven. Thompson. Yeah, if you ever want to do that, you can tune into one of the Sky Sport channels tonight. Is that Sky? Yeah, Sky Sport. Oh, jeez, proper stuff. But my daughter Sienna, actually,

now, I was thinking something was happening in regards to her washing, you know, because as a parent it's one of the things you have to do is just nag your kids. Do this, do that. Oh, it's the nagging, yeah, and it's the same stuff over and over. It's like, have you brushed your teeth? No.

Have you put on deodorant? No. You just brush your teeth and put on deodorant every day. Yeah. So one of the things I, you know, the washing seems to be the thing as well. Is it put your washing away? Do your washing? You know, cause we, you know, we get everyone to help out and do their thing. But I've kind of noticed that Sienna might've been doing something and I called her out about it last night have a listen oh you've got it oh so much oh mate like me with the commentary okay let's reenact the audio okay so i went into sienna

we'll be talking about this during the next song I tell you what I'll leave the mics on During the next song We'll just see how the conversation goes Okay well anyway They might not be lost In the email stratosphere Anyway

So that's fine It's not So basically I was like It's very casual Whenever Ben goes That's fine It's definitely the opposite of fun

It's fine It's radio mate It doesn't matter So yeah So basically What she was doing Is when you're like Hey can you put your washing away That's fine. It's definitely the opposite of fine. It's fine. It's radio, mate. It doesn't matter. So, yeah. So, basically, what she was doing is when you're like, hey, can you put your washing away? Can you do all that sort of stuff? What she's doing is she's just basically putting everything in the washing basket. Like, everything.

And so it gets swept up in other loads. And I'm re-washing it. And then I'm having to, you know, like, and then it's going back into the room. So, stuff on the floor, stuff. It's all going straight. And she's like, yeah, it's a washing hack. It's my washing hack. Yeah, she gets you to do the washing.

Genius stuff, too. I'm not quite trusted to do the washing because when I wash, I'm a hurricane. It all goes in. It's the United Nations of colors. Socks, red socks with white T-shirts. Everything goes. Towels with all sorts of bits and pieces as well, which all goes in together. And apparently it's not the done thing.

To put them all in together. Well, no, a producer, Behumps, and his partner, Caitlin, they wash their stuff separately. But not just like whites and colours and stuff like that. They wash their own clothes. The apartheid of washing. They wash their own clothes. So you're in charge of your clothes only,

and then Caitlin does it. Yeah, so that's the way they work their system. Yeah. Chuck it all in. That's the way to go. If there's a massive pile, biff it all in there. It doesn't matter if a silk top goes in

with a red pair of jeans or something. Sometimes it does, Jono. I've made many mistakes as well. And it's a lot of unnecessary tension you put on your relationship, isn't it, when you do that? Hey, let's hear that audio, eh? No, I'm only joking.

I'm only joking. He was the player. He was the player. If you want it, I got it. I've explained the story. If you want it, like. No, the audio. There was audio.

We'll put it on the podcast. How's that? How's that? All right? You're due to the podcast. The Budsheralded audio. An iHeartRadio, hey. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

One Republic coming to New Zealand in February shortly for two concerts, one in Wellington and one in Auckland. And we wanted to do something each day this week about apologising for something you've done

as a kid. Yeah, I wanted to do the other One Republic song. It was the Stop and Stare. But apparently it made people uncomfortable doing that. But we've had some great apologies this week.

It's too late to apologise. Ben, you haven't apologised for over a decade of me being a bald punchline yet? No. Still waiting for that one. We'll get to that.'s too late to apologise. Ben, you haven't apologised for over a decade of me being a bald punchline yet. No. Still waiting for that one. We'll get to that. We'll get to that.

We've got Nicole on the phone from Pocono. Our old friend, Nicole, how are you? Good, thanks, and you? Tell you what, Nicole. If you weren't listening to the show, we wouldn't have a radio show. The amount of times Nicole has come through for us, Ben. Well, you're more than welcome.

Yeah, now you've got an apology to make. You're wondering if it's too late to apologise. What is the story? I was looking after my mum's dogs. She was away and she loves her dogs. I'd say as much as she loves her children, if not probably a bit more. Right.

Weird dog person, eh? Yeah, she's a dog person through and through. And yeah, I lost the dog, so I went up and down the street for hours trying to look for this dog. I was panicking that my mum come home and I didn't have a dog. And then I got home and

well, gave up looking and went back inside and it was locked in the pantry. It had eaten the bottom two rows of food. But I still feel so guilty that I had lost a dog and I had, and he had eaten a whole lot of food that he really shouldn't have and destroyed all the cartons and everything in the bottom two rows.

So I feel really bad about it. The only two things you don't ever want locked in a pantry is a dog. And our producer, Joel, Hungry Hungry Harrison. Oh, yeah. He would eat you out of house and home, producer Joel. But, Nicole, you want to make this apology. We understand we're taking it international. Yes, you are today.

We're calling South Africa. I just Googled. What time is it there? It's okay. It's nighttime. It's just after 8 o'clock at night in South Africa. Whereabouts is your mum in South Africa? She is in the Northern Hotel, so she's in Amstanger.

Okay, I'll pretend like I know where that is. Oh, yeah, you do one of those. Oh, yeah, I know where that is. So many times on the radio you're like, oh, yeah. You have no idea. Okay, well, let's go through. Yeah, you know where it is. We don't need to get into too much detail.

So we're going through the Julie In South Africa I probably can't do that, can I? Don't ask me, mate Jesus, we're costing a fortune We'll have to make an apology A big boss Hello Hello, Julie

Yes, this is Julie How are you you julie i'm good thank you hey it's john i'm being we're calling from a radio station in new zealand oh wow i love new zealand how's the bill tong i don't eat meat so i still love new zealand the most okay great question hey listen julie i'm sorry the sorry the South African band is dying. We'll move on. We've got your daughter, Nicole, on the phone. Hi, Nicole. Hi.

Now, she has something she wants to apologise for that happened as a child, and if she does so and you accept the apology, she wins a double pass to a One Republic concert. So over to you, Nicole. I need to apologise for when you went away and I lost musket and I couldn't find them at all and then when I got home, you destroyed the bottom two levels of your pantry.

So I'm really sorry and I still feel bad that he had eaten things he shouldn't and he had destroyed all the groceries. You're forgiven. Yeah! Thank you, Mummy. And the anecdote is she was always forgiven, but I must just tell you what I think.

I think my daughters used to hide my dogs and hide them away because they were jealous of the dogs. We heard you love the dogs more than the kids there, Julie. Yeah. But I think jealousy made them nasty. Yeah. She didn't answer that question, did she? She just laughed. Good avoiding there.

Maybe Nicole used the pantry as a prison. No. I think she ate the chocolates and blamed the dog. Ah, well, Julie, enjoy South Africa. And I would forgive her. Oh, that's lovely. Enjoyed. Thank you.

Not easy built on. And Nicole, you're going to One Republic. Enjoy that. That's awesome. Thank you so much easy, built on. And Nicole, you're going to One Republic. Enjoy that. That's awesome. Thank you so much. Oh, wow. Congrats, Nick. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Five words. So, again, we play every morning on The Hits, but we've added a wee bit of a twist to it today, thanks to our mates from Challenge Petrol Service Stations. Yeah, they do say change is as good as a holiday, don't they, Ben? So, the game will play out as normal up until the $500 word. Now, at that point, we throw it over to you.

You make the decision. If you've got $500 in the bank, you can walk away with that, or you can make the leap, relinquish that cash, and jump up to win five $500 Challenge Petrol Service Station vouchers. Instead of making it rain money, we're making it rain petrol. Yeah. Very flammable situation, but fantastic for the cost of living. All right, so let's get someone on right now to play.

And then, yeah, the game pretty much works the same as it does. But as Jono says before, the final decision you need to make is for the Challenge Petrol Service Station vouchers. We've got Insane Dane. How are you, mate, in Christchurch? Yeah, I'm good, thanks, mate. I hope you're not too insane because he's a schoolteacher at a primary school. How are you?

Yeah, good, thanks. Yeah, no, I'm heading off to work and I've finally got through, so... Oh, good on you, Dane. Now, we understand it's the Swimming Sports Day at the school, Dane-o? Yeah, probably one of the worst for the teachers. It's loud and noisy and very sticky, but yeah, great day for the kids. Did you say very sticky?

Yeah, it gets, you know, hot and... Oh, of course, yeah. And just kids, they really take it up ten notches at the swimming sports, don't they? They sure do. Yeah, and you're like, just don't drown. No one drown. Hey, good on you, Dane. Well, we're going to try and win you some cash and some petrol. Who do you want to send into the SPB this morning?

Jono, I think. All right. Jono will head on in there, Dane. He's in there now. All right, what pops into your head when I say the word nostril? Nostril. Nose. Nose.

Pedestrian is word number two. Crossing. Crossing. Coco. C-O is word number two. Crossing. Crossing. Coco. C-O-C-O. Coco. Pops. Coco Pops.

Yep. Smart is word number four. Smart. Phone. Smartphone, did you say? Yes, phone. Yep. And burger is the final one.

Oh, my goodness. So many options. Burger is. There's lots of options. They do that on the final one, don't they? They give you the one with plenty of options. Let's go McDonald's. All right.

We'll get Jono out of the soundproof booth and see how we go, Dane, matching up those five words. All right, Dane Owen Christchurch. Lovely morning in the Garden City, is it? It's going to be, it's supposed to get to our 26th, but it's a bit overcast at the moment. Yeah, all right, let's try and win you some cash and petrol. Here we go.

Word one, $25. I said nostril. Nostril. If I know Dane, which I do, he would have said nose. Yeah, you'd be correct. All right, $25. We're moving on for $50. Yes, please.

All right. Word two, $50. Pedestrian. Pedestrian. I'll go pedestrian crossing. Yeah, well done. Hey, Wayne, $50. Yeah, we'll go on, thanks.

Okay. Word three, $100. Coco. Coco. I'd probably just go off stuff that I see Joel eat regularly. Coco Pops. Yes. All right.

What have I ever eaten? Cocoa pops. Some big bowl of some milk or something. Yeah, I know what you're saying. All right. What are you going to do now? You've got $100. You're going to jump up to $500.

Yeah, why not? This is going to be great. Okay. Word four. $500. $500 word, Jono. Smart. I'd say smartphone.

Oh! Zane! Oh, wow. So you've got $500. Are you going to risk it all for the new twist today, which is five $500 challenge vouchers? Or do you want to take your $500 now? You don't get the cash if you go through for the vouchers?

But, jeez, that petrol's handy, isn't it, from challenge? Sure. I think I should take the money because there's just a few options for that last one. All right. All right, you're taking the money. He's playing a smart game. I am.

I hope I don't regret it. All right. He's walking away. He's walking away. $500. Well done walking away. $500. Well done. You got $500. Jono, the final word was burger.

I'd say Burger King. No. Dano. McDonald's is what he said. Well done. $500 is all yours. Burger King was a way better option. You have a great day at the swimming sports today, Dane,

and have a wonderful weekend. We appreciate you listening in Cross Church. It's an amazing car, the Škoda. It's worth just under $48,000, and you could be winning that car and all the cash in the back if you can guess exactly how much cash is in the back. Now, I've been banging on about how we spend a luxurious time in the schkoda being on tuesday and i would hazard a compliment and say probably the most satisfying automotive experience i've ever i've ever had it's the offer of enjoying wonderful snoozes oh wonderful snoozes it's a great talkback radio as

well you went on a great trip i opened up the and had a look at all the cash in there. Might be a bit less after we stopped off and got our mate here some sausage rolls. Cashkeeper Alex is in the studio for your last day of cashkeeping. And not only that, your last day at the Hits. Yeah, I'm not just giving up the cashkeeping role. I am giving up the gig altogether. Well, you've done a wonderful job of keeping the cash. So thank you for all of your hard work and labour.

Hey, thank you for having me and making me feel comfortable in such a high-stress environment. Yeah, that's the backbone of the show. We like people to feel comfortable, don't we? Come in here like it's your home. Take your shoes off at the door. Exactly. Mikasa mukasa. Let's get Kendall on the phone.

How are you, Kendall, on the phone? Good morning. I'm very, very excited. I bet you are. And you, Plymouth, what's going on this weekend, Kendo? Oh, I've got lots on for my daughter. Swimming lessons, dancing lessons and birthday parties. It's all go. Oh, bruh. Hey, man,

just an unpaid Uber driver, eh? Definitely feel like a taxi driver, that's for sure. You do. They give you no compliments, no star ratings. They soil the car regularly. Anyway, Kendall, we're going to hand you over to cashkeeper Alex to have a guess, and hopefully you'll have a new car for your kids to soil. Oh, no.

That would be great. Hey, Alex. What was your guess for how much cash is in the car? Well, I missed a few, so I hope I got this right. $20,352.24. For someone that missed a few, you've done well. Oh, how well? Alina.

Kendall from New Plymouth with a guess of $20,352.24. Yes. Yes. That is incorrect, and it is higher. Higher. Okay, well, thank you so much. Hopefully that helps everyone. Well, I hope it helps you.

The good thing is you didn't build up Kendall's excitement too much. I can hear deep breaths. Yes. Yes. Like, you really... I'm sorry, Kendall. We really strung you along there. Sorry Kendall, you can have $50

for just how annoying I was just then. It's my last day doing this so I'm taking some liberties. Oh, you've got $50 in you. You're off to work to be a nurse, are you? I am indeed.

Yeah, full day ahead. Well, you keep up the great work, Kendall. It's been lovely talking to you, okay? Thanks so much, guys. And now we need to have a ceremony, don't we?

Yeah. We need to have the handing over of the cashkeeper role, which is going from cashkeeper Alex to cashkeeper Joel, who pushes the buttons here in the studio. This is going to be a great ceremony. Step aside, King's coronation. This is up there with that monkey holding up Simba on the Lion King. This feels very visual.

Like it should be. Okay, so you've got the actual amount. Have you got some epic music, Cash Keeper Joel? Ceremony music? Yeah, maybe the Lion King. Nah, they're going, no. This is great. Okay, so you've got the actual amount.

It's in this envelope here, Cash Keeper Alex. It is in here. So you've seen how much this is. I know how much this is. Hand it over. Producer Joel does not. Okay. Keep your mouth closed. I really want to just grab it, but I'm not going to. Okay, Joel does not. Okay. Keep your mouth closed.

I really want to just grab it, but I'm not going to. Okay, here you go. This is serious. Thank God he's about 7'6". The passing of the envelope. They're stretching out hands across the desk here. Just read, Producer Joel opening it up, having a look at the figure. Now, don't forget it.

Remember it. Don't say it out loud. Five or two. No. Is it more or less than you thought it was? That's a lot of money. I still don't know why you're trusting me with this, but I'll put it in the shredder.

I'll run it through the shredder. Put it in the shredder now. Put it in the shredder. There we go, that shredder. The amount of scandals that shredder's got rid of for us. Rid of us. Rid of us. I'm saying something there.

Well done. Well done, Alex. Thank you very much for your hard work. Thanks for having me. Producer Joel, whatever you do, for God's sakes, don't forget the figure. Yeah. Well, what happens if they give it away today? I won't even have to do it.

We won't have to do it. No, but Ben, like you said, we couldn't have handed it over to a shakier pair of hands. It's going to be a wild ride, but not in the Škoda, because that's a comfortable one. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jeez, yesterday, big day in the Pryor household, Ben, Poppy, our youngest daughter, went for a visit at a college. Wow. Yeah, she's starting in the intermediate part.

In the intermediate, right. Oh, yeah, so that's the run-up college. Yeah, the run-up college. And you just go, where has the time gone? When you're walking into a college with your youngest child just going, we need Elon Musk to design some sort of slow-mo machine that can slow down life. It is a cliche, isn't it? And it's what older, as you get older, you say, oh, life goes quick.

And you're like, shut up, old man. But it does. Not to railroad your story there, but we used to have little, remember there was little versions of us on our TV show, little Jono and little Ben. And they were like 10 years old

when we started our TV show. We'd seen them out as us. Ran into their mum the other day and we're like, how's little Nathan? She's like, yeah, he's a teacher now. He's fully qualified. He's a school teacher now. He's earning money.

We're like, he was 10. Like, okay. You just like to remember young people like the way they are like I'd love just to pause the kids now you just remain this age

for the rest of life but unfortunately biology doesn't happen doesn't allow for that doesn't allow for that so yeah

but whenever I walk into a school I don't know if this is the same as you even as a parent I feel like I'm a student you know and even when you talk to a teacher like it when you go for a parent teacher meeting teachers bloody 10 years younger than me i feel like a tiny little kid and it probably doesn't help that they put you on those miniature little chairs you know you're sitting with your knees up by your ears

it's like yeah let's just draw a line in the sand and go are we standing up for this meeting or are we sitting on mini chairs i Or get some adult-sized chairs. And I sat with my dad because he's a principal and you see all these people all around. You know, some people in their probably 50s and 60s coming up and go, you know, Mr. Boyce, how you doing? Looking down, a little bit nervous to talk to, you know? The principal who was their principal 30 years ago.

You permanently act like you're 16 years old and afraid of authority. But it did make me feel, as I was driving away from there yesterday, a little tear in my eye going, oh, well, yeah, life's going on, isn't it? It does, yeah. but it did make me feel as I was driving away from there yesterday a little tear in my eye going oh well life's going on isn't it it does

yeah it made me also reflect about how you don't appreciate what your parents are doing at that age you're like should have been

more appreciative of oh my poor parents what they were going through it's a good point you don't think about that when you're that age do you and why would you

why would you but I did feel like I was getting on, and so I did some Googling. Stuff that'll make you feel old. Oh, okay. Okay? This is what you need heading into the weekend. Do I need this heading into the weekend?

If you didn't feel bad enough about your life now, okay, I'm going to kick things off with the karate kid. Wax on, right hand. Wax off, left hand. Don't tell me he's no longer a kid the karate kid went through puberty guys oh god but no he is now today seven years older than mr miyagi was in the movie oh because there was a reboot really it shouldn't surprise you it was a long time Really, it shouldn't surprise you. It was a long time ago. It was.

But you're right, you picture him. But there was a reboot of the Creator Kid and stuff as well, the series. But yes, okay? Okay. You know, Bart Simpson. Yeah. He's permanently eight years old. But if he had aged from the beginning of The Simpsons, he would be 40 years old.

Wow. Bart's 40 years old. Hi, Bart. Bart's 40 years old. Hi, I'm Bart from the Simpsons on Fox. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The song Call Me Maybe. It feels like it was released last week. I don't know, last week. Three weeks ago then.

I would say. It's 13 years old. 13 years old. I would say 10 years ago or so. But yeah, okay. That one didn't wow me. Okay, so it didn't wow you okay

hopefully this last one does because this is the big kicker oh good yeah that might have been good nip and tuck that one get rid of that one I'll edit that out Joel okay

the future and back to the future oh so when he's travelling to the future yeah the future that they were going to yeah was 8 years ago

is now the past. The future and back to the future is now eight years in the past. So we've gone past the... 2015 was the future they travelled to. Jeez, they had some wild stuff going on. They had hoverboards that were like flying and stuff, right? Brain implants. You know, that was the vaccine, wasn't it?