Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Does A Man Always Inherit Their Hair Gene From Their Mother's Father?

Episode Date: October 3, 2021

It's an old wives' tale, that if your mother's father is bald, you will go bald (if you're a man of course). Likewise, if your mother's father has a wonderful head of hair, you will too. Is this legit? We called Ben's mum to see if her dad had a good head of hair, and we also had a wonderful hair expert let us know whether this old wives' tale is actually true or not. On the show we were also joined by Vanessa Goodson, who won The Apprentice Aotearoa. But we spoke to her because her and her family contracted Covid and were transferred to a managed isolation facility. What is it like having to move your whole family into one of these facilities until you are better!? What are the things she experienced? We delved deep! Finally, Ben has tried to implement "Device Free Weekends" into his home. But he regrets it all! Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. You're welcome. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben. It's the 4th of October, Ben Boyce, you come on down. You can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast.

Nice smiley face on your head today. Yeah, you know, trying to brighten things up. It's just the four of us in our little bubble here at work. Was that the reason you put the hat on today? No, just, sorry, yesterday it was by the door. I was trying to make myself seem like a better person. You know what, I'll put the hat, that'll brighten everyone's day up. When have you ever put clothes on and gone, this will brighten up anyone's day?

Never. You don't do that. You're not that sort of guy. No, you're right, you're right. It was convenience. Yeah, it was convenience, yeah. A sort of guy. No, no. You're right, you're right. It was convenience. Yeah, it was convenience, yeah. A hat of convenience. But anyway.

You're finding more the longer your hair gets, the more hat time you have. Yeah, definitely, yes. Definitely wearing a lot more hats around in the weekend. Because, you know, it's been a long time between haircuts. It could be a bit longer. Do you know I was on hold? I think I have the audio that I'd like to play you. Because it's busy times and I had to get a courier because I had to see my computer off.

My son, it was a freak drumstick accident for an online drum lesson. The drumstick went into the screen. Yeah, it really destroyed the screen, didn't it? Yeah, it did. So I had to go off and be sent away. But what I found interesting was this. Oh, no, not that one. Not that one. What was that? No, don't worry about that one not that one

what was that? someone can't no not that one there we go sounds like someone very disappointed at your abilities I'm on hold

courier post wait for it. Okay. Okay. 151! They're busy at the moment, aren't they, couriers? 150! But that means that there's 150 people

who are willing to sit there from 150. I'm like, I'm out. Right. Even from 50, I'm out. 151! Jeez, busy, busy times for Curious. You really feel for them. They're doing a lot of great work going around.

They are, they're working hard. Yeah. Yeah, they really are. And they're putting themselves in harm's way, aren't they? Yeah. They're getting a lot of great work going around. They are, they're working hard. Yeah. Yeah, they really are. And they're putting themselves, you know, in harm's way, aren't they? Yeah. They're getting out there in the community. Yeah, they are. Do you like the community? Yeah, I don't mind the community. How was the Tamaki

protest over the weekend for you? I didn't go to that. Oh, publicly. No, I didn't. No, don't. No, no. I didn't know. You knew a lot more details about it than everyone else. Oh, I was just wondering if you... Not so many masks there, lads, you know that? Yeah, well, you, we both I didn't know. You knew a lot more details about it than everyone else. Oh, I was just wondering. Not so many masks there, lads.

You know that, yeah. Yeah, well, you and Weecy were both turning up. One of us committed to it. We did not say that. No, they're trying to shut us down. I found it interesting here and have a protest two days before the government was essentially probably set to announce that the city was going to go back to some form of normality. Well, that's...

Yeah. What's the... You felt like maybe earlier on. Yeah, if he wanted to do it a couple of weeks ago, it would have been prime real estate for a protest. Good point. Well, we'll find out today. Big announcement today, 4 o'clock.

Whether anything will change or not. I feel a little bit fatigued towards these announcements, but... You sound fatigued about the podcast. But I'll put on my hat. You sound fatigued about this podcast intro. I'll put on my hat with a smiley face and it'll cheer her on up, mate. A really fun podcast today though.

We spoke to a lady. She won the Apprentice Aotearoa and then her family had COVID. She went to MIQ. What was it like? Particularly having a young kid there. She really talks about what that experience was like on the podcast.

Jeremy Corbett joins us as well, too. And Ben Boyce, we phoned Jenny, your mum, who says she would have loved to have given birth to me. Which is odd. She said you were difficult, and I said I would have just come sliding on out. Okay, all right. Enjoy the podcast. Sure, Mendez, It is the hits. Now, it's something that people often say to you, that you hear, particularly for men.

I don't know why it's for men, but you mean you basically, you get the hairstyle of your mother's father. Yeah, is this true for you and anyone in your life? 0800 the hits. You can text 4487. We're going to run a bit of a poll now. And if it is true,

I'd like to thank from the bottom of my heart my mother's father for providing Ben Boyce a backbone of rich comedy for a number of years now. We've got a lot to owe to Mr Slattery. Yeah. Do you know what Mr Slattery was running? I don't. I've never asked.

If it is the case, if it is even the case, do you know what your mum's dad was running? I'm pretty sure I do. Well, I do it towards the case, if it is even the case, do you know what your mum's dad was running? I'm pretty sure I do. Well, I do it towards the end of his life, but when he was around about my age, I'm not entirely sure. The prime of his life now? I don't know if I'm at the prime, mate. What are you? Well, what are we?

Are we teetering as a slow decline? Yeah, very much. Julia, you've got a brother. Yes. And your mum's dad. Yes. Have they got a hairline in common? Yeah, my brother's got a fantastic head of hair.

Like it is just, he's just like a mop of hair basically. Grandpa, his hair's not as long as my brother's, but he's not lost any. He hasn't lost any. So I reckon he could rock one similar to my brother's if he wanted to. So it could be true. Or is it an old rumour mill?

It's like, you know, when your mum's like, don't go swimming for 30 minutes after you've eaten. It's like, why? And for some reason I've passed that down to my kids. I mean, I understand if you've got to go swim across the Cook straight. Just get to sit in a pool. You stand up in the... I can stand up if I get into any sort of...

It just feels like something they were all meant to say as parents. 30 minutes? Yeah. Can I call my mum and find out? Let's wake up Jenny Boyce for your weekly catch-up. All right, let's give her a call. Hello, Jenny speaking. Jenny, it's your son, and you're another non-official son with me right now.

Hello, sons. Hello, sons. You love both just as equally i may as well you may as well give them birth to me yes i would have been happy to i would have just slid on out i'm so difficult anyway we were calling because uh i don't know if you've heard that there's a lot of people say that a guy's hair is based on the mum's dad. So whatever the mum's dad had, it's based on. We were talking about your father.

Leonard. You're Leonard. Leonard, your granddad. Yeah, my granddad. So what sort of hair did he have? Oh, you're lucky. Growing up. He had a jackpot.

Yeah, well, he had a good hair. He had a hair that I remember. He was pretty good. He had a sort of flicked back. Oh, was he?. Growing up. He was a jackpot. Yeah, well, he had a good head as a head of hair that I remember. He was pretty good. He had a sort of flick back. Oh, was he? A full head of hair. Oh, Leonard just flowing all through life, was he? Yeah.

Streaming like that horse from the National Bank ad. Yeah. Just that mane flowing in the back. So boating well for me, I guess, in some ways, yeah? Yes, yes. You know, I did have a little bit of a high forehead, but pretty good colour right through and a sprinkling of grey. How about that?

I can take that. I'll take that if that's true or not. High forehead, sprinkling of grey. You too there. I've got a little bit of a high forehead. You hit the jackpot. The pokies took all my money, clearly. Spoken a wee bit about Leonard and Joy.

They used to live out in Amberley Beach, and they lived in a caravan. I know, they're crazy. I think that's where maybe you got that sort of funny thing going on. That was sort of an unusual thing. They'd sleep, so they had a lovely house, but they'd sleep 15 metres outside in a caravan. Yeah, like a snug in a bug, like a little tiny bed. Quite sweet. Did they have bedrooms set up in the core house?

Yes, yes. They did. Perfectly good house. Perfectly good house. But they never slept in there? Well, they did eventually when they got too old, but they just loved it because they started sleeping in the caravan when they were rebuilding, and they just thought,

hey, this is really cool. Let's carry on. Why rebuild then? We wanted to go instead. It's nice for the family. So you would sleep in the house. Yeah. And they would sleep in the bed.

And they'd go out to the caravan. You'd think it would be the other way around. But anyway, good header here. High forehead, a little bit of grey. Yeah. But a good header here. And a bit of craziness. So Ben Bush, you're okay.

Okay. If that's true. We haven't found out if it's true or not But if it is true That's not too bad Thanks for your time mum Okay then Thanks Jenny

Bye Bye Now someone's just texted 4487 Who has the official answer on this Oh really An expert On this topic

We'll get them on air next Does it come from your mother's father Have we all been misled and lied to For generations We'll get them on air next Does it come from your mother's father? Have we all been misled and lied to for generations? We'll find out shortly It's Katy Perry, it is the hit Now there's, it's been wildly acclaimed by many people over the years That particularly the guys, their hair takes after their mother's father Genetically, does that work?

So does that mean my mother's father had a hairline of reversing rabbits, a receding hairline? My kids were asking me about that the weekend. Like, did you know Jono when he had hair? I said, yep, I've known him when he had hair. It also means that Poppy's kids, if she has a son, will have your bald head. Oh.

Yeah. I'm already disappointed in my grandchildren. They aren't even a thing yet. Yeah, they're already like, ugh. They haven't even been created, and they're like, ugh. Really? Oh, thanks, Juliet. It's a Monday, mate.

I didn't need that. It's the last thing I needed. We'll go to Rhys from Kawakawa. Welcome, Rhys. Have you got the hairline of your mother's father? Well, so far, yeah. 21. The old man lost his hair pretty much by the time he was finishing high school.

And I've lasted this long, so yeah. Oh, there you go. Maybe you're lucky. Maybe you're lucky. Tina's texting as well saying her husband has the hairline of her mother's father, which is a full head of hair. Right. So we're leaning towards positivity.

But an official voice on this particular topic is Nigel Russell, who's a trichologist. I've never even heard of that profession. It sounds made up. What is a trichologist? It's an actual thing. It's an actual thing, Nigel? Well, I hope so, because it's your job.

Yeah, trichologists are studying hair and scalp disorders. So, yeah, I study this stuff. I've been studying it for like 25 years, so I've got a pretty good feel for it. Okay. You're from njhair.co.nz, it says? That's correct. Yeah, that's me. All right.

Okay. Now, is this true? Does it come from your mother's father, the hairline? Well, it's the X chromosome that the mother carries. Like you said, it's widely speculated, but it's not set in stone. For actually, for that baldness gene to show up, it needs to be a combination of

things. It's more likely to come from the mother's side or the mother's father, but it has to be, the gene has to come from the father as well, so it doesn't necessarily, so the good news is, if your grandfather on your mother's side is bald or thinning, it doesn't necessarily mean that you will be.

Oh, so it's not? Yes, so it's not set in stone. The speculation I've sort of been reading up over the last few days, and it's never been proven as a fact that it comes from your grandfather. It seems to be common, but it's not set in stone. Right. Oh, there you go. There you go.

If it's going to show up, though, funnily enough, it works in sort of seven-year cycles. So at the age of 14, if that gene is apparent, it starts to sort of kind of show up. But no one's going bald at 14. It would be rare to. But at 21, in the second seven-year cycle, it starts to show up. So if at the age of 21 you're sitting out, at 14, it'll be rare to, but at 21, in the second seven-year cycle, it starts to show up.

So if at the age of 21 you're sitting out, usually by the age of 28, it's kind of game over. It's game over. What do you mean? Life? Or just give up on life? There's one cure at 14. This is an actual fact, that men that have been castrated in their adolescence don't go bald ok so there you go

that's a drastic measure at age 14 just asking for a mate Nigel just asking for a mate are there options? no it's game over it's one of those things it goes back to the Egyptian days 4,000 years ago they were trying to figure out

how to cure hair loss. So basically, with genetics, until they figure that one out, the only real cure is, well, I'm not going to say cure, but things that will help are minoxidil, which is a drug that actually slows down the testosterone from converting to dihydrotestosterone. And that's what sort of causes most of the problem. Obviously, a healthy lifestyle, boys, is good. And castration. No, no, no. Well, you know, obviously, it's like, you know,

not too much alcohol, not too much coffee, those kind of things. I'm lacking testosterone. I've got an overuse of alcohol and coffee. No, no, no. You'll be fine. Well, thank you, Nigel. That's really interesting. Really interesting. After 8 o'clock,

Jono's castration live. Live on the hits. That's just what the hits needed. No longer so family friendly. Tested safe for listening from home. Keep safe. And that's all I have to say. Thanks, Dr. Ashley.

Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. Now, you remember Vanessa Goodson from winning The Apprentice Aotearoa, but now her family have had a battle with COVID, and she joins us this morning. Thank you so much for your time, Vanessa. Awesome to have you here. Oh, my God. Good morning.

Thank you for having me. Oh, nice to talk to you. Now, you've had a heck of an experience, not only on The Apprentice when you won, but also recently with your family. I know. Honestly, I feel like my life has been a bit of a movie this year. Yeah, now you are... We're into quarantine.

We've always wanted to talk to someone who has actually been through the process of, A, having it confirmed that you do have COVID, and then, B, what happens from that point on and how you end up at the jet park, and this happened to you and your whānau. Yes, it did, but this time it wasn't jet park and this happened to you and your whanau yes it did um but this time it wasn't jet park i actually got put into holiday inn um at auckland airport but i mean i can bring i can take you from the start yeah well so how did it happen because obviously uh you know it's it's probably every parent's uh worst nightmare to get a call to say that one of your kids is you know got covered right yeah it really really really was um. Yeah, so I got a phone call.

It started a week before the actual phone call. We got told that my mother-in-law and my daughter, they had COVID. So we were now a secondary contact. Then we all went and got tested. We had a few, you know, negative tests. And then they asked again, please get your daughter tested. Everyone else got their texts to say that they were negative,

except for my daughter, Madeline, my five-year-old. I kind of prepared myself. And then on the Monday, they gave me a call. And they called me and told me that a young five-year-old daughter has COVID. Oh, man. Yeah. I know. I was like, oh, my COVID. Oh, man. Yeah. I know. I was like, oh, my God.

Okay, that's fine. And I stayed calm. And they were really reassuring on the phone. And, yeah, I had to, like, pack my stuff. And we had the MIQ van pull up and pick us up about three or four hours later. I was just going to ask that because I heard there was this mysterious van with people who turn up in PPE gear and pick you up and transport you to the hotel.

I felt like it was something from the movie E.T. Yeah, I can imagine. I imagine it's surreal and you've had to pack in a hurry, no doubt? Yeah, yeah. So as soon as we went into getting from the van to the room, that was quite interesting. Going through the induction and hearing all these new rules that we had went into like getting from the van to the room that was quite interesting going through like the

induction and hearing all these new rules that we had um and it was kind of all like sinking in so like in shock and as soon as they closed that door and I was like looking out for my daughter and it was kind of like making me a bit sad because I'm like oh like thinking oh my god my daughter is COVID and then it wasn't't until the second day I started getting the symptoms. So it was, yeah, quite confusing because I didn't realise that confusion is a symptom. But it started with a dry throat. So it felt like I had, like, woken up and I had just had, like, you know,

a night out after smoking, like, 40 packets of cigarettes or something. Oh, really? So this is happening while you're in the facility with your daughter and I suppose it was probably inevitable that you would get it. So did COVID go through your whole family? I caught it on the second day.

My partner was feeling some type of symptoms. However, he still tested negative. So he had been negative the whole time we were in there for 14 days and right now we're at home and we're still in Still tested negative. So he had been negative the whole time we were in there for 14 days. And right now we're at home and we're still in his isolation period and he's still tested negative. So I'm not too sure why he didn't pick it up. He was calling himself a COVID ninja.

Yes, he's done. So he was stuck in a room with three other people who had it and he didn't catch it. So. Wow. Yeah. Do you have to pay for that hotel room or is that all foot? It's all free.

It was a lifestyle. I was so thankful. A lifestyle. I'll get it again, just have another getaway. Yeah, it's EmoQ Lifestyle, guys. How often do they check up on you? How often are you having to get tested and all that? Especially when you're sleeping, as you say, quite a lot.

I know. So they give us about three or four phone calls a day, and it was from the Ministry of Health, just to go through the symptom check. I literally know that whole phone call from the back of my head now. And then we get a physical test from one of the

nurses and the staff, and then they do a temperature check and a heart check and a quicksand check, and then I think we only got tested, I only got tested once there, but my partner got tested about three or four times, so he's a pro now. He's had more things up his nose than Ben Boyce. Oh, wow. I tell you what, that's a tough competition.

Juliet will vouch for that, won't you? He's had all sorts of trouble with runny noses and things like that up your nose, haven't you? You've got a pen jammed up there the other day just in the office. It was a bit weird.

Hey, but Vanessa, it must have been terrifying with your little one having COVID. We hear about adults going through it and how they handle it. How did your kid go through it? Honestly, she is a superstar she's so brave um she's amazing i just told i kind of wanted her to feel like normal so we kind of told her like we're going to the holiday house and we're um and also that that me and her dad were the ones that were sick so i didn't want

her to think it was just her. But then she kind of was like, oh, yeah, no, I've got COVID as well. I've got COVID as well. So then we kind of, like, normalized it, like, after a few days of being in my care. Oh, good on you. The problem is you've made a rod for your back now because she's going to be going, when are we going back to our batch?

At the holiday home. Yeah, it's a lifestyle. She's constantly asking, when's the next one? Has it got a pole? Oh, well, Vanessa, thank you so much for talking to us and sharing your experience.

And thank you for sharing your experience online as well. I think it was really fascinating for many New Zealanders to know what you go through. And everyone's thinking

of you, and I'm glad that you've had a really good recovery, you and your family. Oh, thank you so much. Yeah, no, thank you. It's been a journey. The show where the masks make them look a whole lot better. recovery you and your family oh thank you so much yes no thank you it's been a journey but something that my wife's been bringing in for the kids uh during lockdown um device free

weekends yeah no um but you know and we you know we sort of talked to them the other day You know, we didn't have computers when we were little We didn't have, yeah Well just, do you have to have a device? No, I don't, I'm exempt from devices I'm not taking part in this You're not the boss of me And I'm the worst one too Because I will, the kids, you know, they can't have

You know, they can't look at a device But I'll have something on my phone I'll go, hey Sienna, have a look at this They'll be like, ah, ah, ah Amanda, she's looking at a device She's like, so i'm the worst one the voice culprit you're the antagonist uh devices have done some of my best parenting over the years i'd like to big big shout out to my co-parents youtube and disney plus done some great raising of kids this is the thing now because i was all for device free weekends we had to you know saturday i was like this is great i was watching the girls play

together they were you know doing all sorts of stuff that they wouldn't you know like i was like this is great this is great they're doing out there they're going out there they're doing stuff i'm like this is great idea i'm all for it while you're looking up from your instagram every 20 minutes oh there's good stuff happening out there you know it was really awesome to see them play together and uh you know for so long and they had a great time but then sunday and i was like okay this is a bad idea it was painting it was painting so painting was everywhere i was like oh and then it was cooking and the cooking was everywhere and i was by the end of it i was like device free weekends are over we need to get devices put an ipad in those hands now yeah because they never make that much of a

mess when they're you know looking at an ipad well maybe we need to find a balance in this whole thing the device free weekend so well you've only done one device free weekend and it's already over you don't even make it to the end of the weekend that was the second weekend of it to be fair but yeah sunday i was like as i cleaned up as help cleaned up paint that went everywhere through the house i was like device free weekends maybe maybe then they shouldn't be a thing the irony is isn't it free data weekends on most telcos? And you're saying,

don't use your... Well, it's for me. I can really, I can get lost on... You know, do you, you guys, we've talked about this before, I think on the podcast,

you just get lost on Instagram and TikTok and stuff and you go into a room, you pick up your phone, you look at something and then 10 minutes later, you're like,

what am I doing? Yeah. Why am I scrolling through this? Why am I looking at a baboon crawling across a rope over a sea of alligators? Yeah. Which is, I think, photoshopped anyway. But why am I sitting here watching this video? I had to actually do that to Julie.

I was like, do you reckon that's photoshopped the other day? Like ravenous sharks. Oh, yeah. In a river for some reason. I don't know why the sharks were in a river, but they were about to eat the monkey that was hanging on the rope. Oh, what happened? Don't even know what happened at the end.

I think I checked out. That's the thing, our attention span is so short now, right? But the kids, they do get the power of negotiation. It's an interesting day when they realise they can actually, oh, I can say something back here, and I'm in a power of negotiation. For some reason, sometimes when we eat on the couch couch we've implemented a rule where kids sit on the floor and then poppy looks over the other day she's like can i sit on the couch i was like no she's like why not i was like that's a good reason that's a good question i don't know why

because we've always just made you sit on the floor for some reason my auntie made me do even when i was 18 i would go to my auntie's house still it was kids on the floor for some reason. My auntie made me do it. Even when I was 18, I would go over to my auntie's house. Still, it was kids on the floor. I was like, I'm 18 years old. Sitting with crossed legs, eating on the floor off my lap. Yeah, but you don't question it in those situations. No, you don't. No, when it's not your house, you can't.

You're like, I guess I'll just sit on the floor because that's your custom. Yeah, so anyway, she's fighting to get back on the couch now or get on the couch. And I don't know why, but for some reason I'm like, you know, you stay on the floor. Yeah, okay. We've started this rule.

It's like we're talking about the 30-minute swimming rule, too. Yes. 20 minutes ago, when you eat, your mum goes, you can't go swimming for 30 minutes. Why? Has anyone said why? No. I went along with it. I never questioned it.

Same. Yeah. Oh, she must know what she's talking about. She is a swimming slash digestion expert. Yeah. She's not working on Bondi Rescue. My mother, she. Welcome to Two Half-Assed Dads Do a Half-Assed Job.

Official title, Tuno and Ben, New Zealand's Breakfast. Over the weekend held the Backyard Olympics. Oh, did you? Yeah. It was kind of, well, they weren't sort of Olympic-sanctioned sports in any way. It was kind of like, you know, throw the ball into the trampoline, which is a big target.

Yeah. I was like, this isn't difficult. This is not a great spectator sport. And so, you know, some of the competitors, I don't want to throw stones, but we're only standing a couple of metres away from the trampoline. Oh, really? So, yeah, it was kind of like lob the ball into the giant trampoline hole.

We played some netball as well. Oh, netball's in there now. Netball was in there. Was there drinking beers in the backyard? There was that as well. I got gold in that event. No drug testing afterwards, though? No drug testing, afterwards? No urine testing.

There was a lot of urine coming out actually after. I can't even remember the medal ceremony. But what happened, the final event was the water gun event. Popular. It's an Olympic favourite. Yeah, it's always been the one that we, New Zealand always does traditionally quite well on that event, yeah the super soaker water gun yeah but we had those you know those when you get from the two dollar shop those foam ones where you can pull the handle

back and they're just like pumpers yes those ones and they just fire out a stream of but i was like jesus am i a smother mother i was like this is 2021 parenting at its finest. I was like, it's a bit cold. So what I was, I was putting warm water, they were having a warm water fight. And I was like, I've failed as a parent, you know,

a water fight should result in you almost getting hypothermia. Yeah. True. Being frozen. And it should hurt. Like when the cold water hits, you should feel that. But they were like, Oh,

it's like a lovely shower. Spray me more. I was like, what have I done? That was a shocking parenting decision. No life lessons were learned there. Kids have got no thermostat too, you know. Kids can just be swimming in such cold water at the beach or whatever. Oh, the neighbour popped his head over and he's like, oh, it's quite cold.

They were really just sticking in with that water fight. And I was too ashamed to say. I was like, it's actually lukewarm, lovely temperature. Lovely temperature. I didn't even, I was like, yeah, mate, oh, hard kids. You can make a lovely cup of tea. Hard kids out there, they don't feel it, eh? Bloody hell.

Yeah, so that's Auckland parenting at its finest, isn't it? We get to probably do more of that. Because I don't think we'll be moving levels. But we will talk about that very shortly, as well as your chance to win big with McDonald's and Monopoly. As sons of Zion love on the run, it is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. Kia ora.

I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees, and this is the B**** News. Like a Japanese fishing trawler, she's pillaged the ocean of unusual news and accidentally harpooned a couple of lower whales along the way for good measure. But Juliette, the news and beeps. Yes, your first news headline where you have to figure out what it is, is... I'm going to say it opens chat checkouts, did you say? Yes. For people like Jono who just want to talk to everyone.

This is the reason I put this in. So you're like, all right, Jono, you can have your little banter. I just want to get in and get out. This is a special area for me now. I love this. It's a good thing about a mask, eh? A mask is very much you can get in and get out, you know, when you're wearing a mask.

True. I'm going to say supermarket Netherlands opens chat checkouts because they can't trust your average shopper not know, when you ring a mask. True. I'm going to say Supermarket in the Netherlands opens chat checkouts because they can't trust your average shopper not to cheat on the self-service checkouts. Supermarket in the Netherlands opens chat checkouts for lonely customers to stop and chat. Oh, love it. More specifically, because in the Netherlands they've got quite a high population who are in the sort of elderly community. So it's specifically for these people who may just want some more company

so they can slow down. The checkout operator knows to stop and chat if that person wants to stop and chat. Yeah, right, the dottery old shopper that frustrates everyone else in the supermarket. Imagine you when you're retired and you haven't got radio to show. Oh, you'll be that guy just wandering around doing radio in real life. Chatting to people.

The next news story. Hit and run victim saved after Apple Watch. I'm going to say he didn't leave the house because he was looking for the charger, the new charger that came for the watch. You couldn't find the new charger. Why did they change the charger for the last charger? It's always a problem. That's how the Apple Watch saved him.

Yeah, that's how he saved him. I'm going to say hit and run victim saved after Apple Watch resuscitates him by giving him mouth to mouth. You said I looked weird kissing my watch. It was for medical purposes. Hit and run victim saved after Apple Watch automatically calls emergency

services. So he was on a bike and got struck by a van and the Apple Watch has a feature, which I didn't know about, that can detect whether the wearer has had a hard fall and then if it suspects this it will then run tests

to figure out if the person's conscious or not or if they're moving and if they're not they'll automatically call emergency services if that setting is on.

So if you've got an Apple Watch it pays to probably have that on. It's very smart. Have you got an Apple Watch? No I don't. I'm like I don't want to get sucked into all the Apple products,

even though my screen time is very less. I'd like one, but they're quite pricey. They are. Yeah. I always lose things like that, too. Sunglasses and watches are not my... I don't have any place in that game. Yeah, that's fair.

And the final news story. The house from the original Scream movie is... I'm going to say it's more affordable than any house in Auckland. Even as a movie star house, I'd say. I'm going to say the house from the original Scream movie is a DIY renovator's dream, especially if you like getting bloodstains out of the carpet. The house from the original Scream movie is available to be booked for Halloween on Airbnb. So it's only $5 a night to stay there.

If you choose to go, you're greeted by the actor who played the sheriff in the movie, Ghostface, the scream guy. Oh, the guy, he's a bloody, he's an Arquette, isn't he? Yeah, he's an Arquette. What was his name? I heard his name. He's a big gun. Does he?

Well, he's going to greet you at the... Yeah. Surely he's got other stuff. Oh, Dewey. His name's Dewey in the film. That's right. Yeah, he's... Surely he's got other stuff going on, Dewey. His name's Dewey in the film. That's right. Yeah, he's... Surely he's got other stuff going on.

I don't know. I don't know. Maybe they tell him it was a charity thing. He's like, yeah, right, I'll do it. But if you stay here, you can expect some calls from Ghostface to make your experience quite similar to the Scream movies. You can call Ghostface as well if you're a bit lonely and you'll be set up with a movie marathon of all the Scream films.

So quite a spooky little Halloween adventure if you're into that. I couldn't handle that movie. Could you handle that movie? Oh, parts of it was full on. It was really good. The whole franchise was really good, wasn't it? Then they did the spoof one. I couldn't even handle the spoof one. Oh, the scary movie.

Even that scared me. That was quite scary as well. And that is the news and beeps for you this morning. Jono and Ben's McDonald's Monopoly peel and win. The Monopoly game. We love that ad. We need to get the audio of that ad. I know.

I heard it on the weekend playing on the hits, the radio version. We looked for it before and we couldn't find it. We're going to go digging a bit deeper, aren't we? I do. Every time I hear it on the TV, I'm like, oh, the Monopoly game. Ben just loves the voiceover of the ad. The kids get like, the Monopoly game. They get sick of me saying it.

It's like around the house. Well, McDonald's have brought back the Monopoly game. Yeah, it's at Mac Asset. It's here. And there's $107 million in prizes to be won. And each day on the show, we did this last week. It's a lot of fun. We go around the board virtually.

And you have to work out where in New Zealand we are. But we're from Auckland. We can't do it any other way at the moment. We did this last week. It's a lot of fun. We go around the board virtually and you have to work out where in New Zealand we are. But we're from Auckland. We can't do it any other way at the moment. You know, a couple of us tried to shoot off to Wanaka and it turns out that was a bit of an issue. So this is the way we have to execute this at the moment. And the clue today is to where we could be on the Monopoly board, Ben. Well, you head to the Hits Breakfast

on Instagram and you get a pretty good clue because you get a visual clue, but the first verbal clue is Western Line is the first clue this morning. Western Line. Okay, 0800 the hits. If you think you know where we are today, we could be peeling back the sticker and revealing the prize for you thanks to McDonald's. Do you know

Bill Gates? Microsoft Bill Gates. Yeah. He has a McDonald's gold card that entitles him to free McDonald's anywhere in the world. Really? Name a country. New Zealand.

He'd have it free here. Name another one. Australia. Again, free. He doesn't need free McDonald's. He can pay for it himself. Yeah. Why does he?

Anyway, why does he? You can email Bill Gates at Microsoft.com and maybe you can go, why are you? Why are you? Why are you? And do it like that.com And maybe you can go Why are you? Why are you? And do it like that And he'll be like What are you talking about? You can download the McDonald's app to play And win prizes with Monopoly game at Macca's right now

Let's go to Emily in Taranaki Oh let's go to Brad, sorry In Nelson How are we going? I'm getting mixed signals here Oh you're holding up four fingers So we're going to go to Brad and Nelson. Welcome, how are you?

Yeah, very good, thanks, guys. Sorry, fumbly start this morning there. Brad, where are we on the Monopoly board? Is it the New Lynn train station in Auckland? Yes, correct. Well done. Oh, thanks. Yeah, that picture was obviously up on the Instagram page. I love the Newland train station.

Jeez, we've done a lot of filming out there. We have, actually. Yeah, and it's one of those places, Brad, the Newland train station. You just hold up a camera, and people come and deliver absolute gold. Really? Oh, the Newland locals tell you nothing quite like them. He's right. You're right.

It was. Every time I've gone out, we go, this is shit. We should just set up base here and just film stuff. Yeah. Well, let's right. You're right. It was. Every time I got out, we were like, this is shit. We should just set up base here and just film stuff. Yeah. Oh, well, let's find out what you won. There's pill and reveal.

Oh, sweet. It's a brand new treadmill. It's coming your way. Oh, my gosh. Jesus, a treadmill. Treadmill. Treadmill. I know.

Brad, a treadmill. It's a great prize. Yeah. That's insane. That is insane. Yeah. That's a great prize. Yeah. That's insane. It is insane. Yeah. Brad's coming to terms with it. Yeah.

I'm coming. A treadmill. A treadmill. Like a full-size. That's what it reveals. It just says a brand new treadmill. So there, yeah. Jesus, you just won a treadmill at 6.30 in the morning, Brad.

I don't even be lucky to get out of bed and get on the road to do a run at this time in the morning, let alone a treadmill. Oh, don't worry, mate. You don't even have to to get out of bed and get on the road to do a run at this time of the morning, let alone a treadmill. Oh, don't worry, mate. You don't even have to leave your house. Yeah. Do it in the lounge and wake everyone up on the treadmill that you've just won. A treadmill. Yeah, a treadmill.

Fantastic. With the weather down here today, it's raining all day. That'd be awesome. Oh, good on you, Brad. Well, well done. Yeah, thanks so much for listening to the show, Brad. You have a great week. You too.

What a start to Brad's week, eh? It's not even 7 o'clock on a Monday. Give it away, treadmills. He's got a treadmill, thanks. This is better than Oprah in her prime. Scrolling through your feed. Ben Boyce just swung by the petrol station of news, stuck the Bowser into his tank hole,

and now he's running full on premium unleaded news. What's been happening? Well, the big announcement today, 4 o'clock today, will it be a big announcement or not? The government deciding on the Delta outbreak. Will Auckland stay in Level 2 or go to Level... Sorry, stay in Level 3 or go to Level 2? And what will the rest of the country do?

Will it go to Level 1? Jacinda yesterday maybe gave an indication when she said she's going to announce a bit of a roadmap out of this for Auckland. Quick reminder that tomorrow we'll be talking more about our roadmap forward, in particular for Auckland. Quick reminder that tomorrow we'll be talking more about our roadmap forward, in particular for Auckland. So it kind of maybe leads you to believe that it may not happen today,

but it may be like, oh, we get to this number of vaccinations and we get to whatever one week's time. Can we play that again, sorry, Juliet? Quick reminder that tomorrow we'll be talking more about our roadmap forward, in particular for Auckland. Every time she talks to me, I feel like I'm getting younger and younger. I feel like about three years old with that one. I was about five last week.

It's interesting, though, when you talk about actually trying to get out of Auckland and your Apple Maps, or you're driving in the car and you're trying to get out of there. Well, this is technically what the roadmap is like out of Auckland right now. You have reached the Auckland border. Do a U-turn and return home. in the car and you're trying to get out of there. Well, this is technically what the roadmap is like out of Auckland right now. You have reached the Auckland border. Do a U-turn and return home. Do not leave your Auckland house, even for your Wanaka badge or smuggling KFC across the border.

Stay home for f***ing ever. Get sick of your family and start drinking at midday. That's what Siri tells you when you're on your way out. It's about time Siri started flaring up. I mean, we've just been using Siri recklessly, ignoring directions haven't we? And she politely recorrects. Not now. Not now. She's out enough.

She's out enough. Sick of our stuff. And last night was the NRL Grand Final. The Panthers and the Rabbitohs. A very close game. Won by the Panthers 14 points to 12. And there was a wonderful moment at the end of the game. The Panthers had won. And their winger, superstar winger, Brian Toho, was 12 and there was a wonderful moment at the end of the game, the Panthers had won and their superstar ringer Brian To'o was

he proposed to his partner, have a listen to this Welcome back to Nines coverage of the Grand Final of 2021 Brian To'o, he'll get a premiership ring tonight but it looks like he's brought his own bling as well, not for himself but his partner Moesha beautiful scene, side-line and side-court

well done to Brian Glad they won but his partner, Moesha. Beautiful scene, side-by-side at Suncorp. Well done to Brian. Glad they won. Yeah, it was pretty awesome, actually. On the side of the field, the whole crowd all around, the players all jumped on him afterwards. It was really cool. Oh, that's lovely.

Although you couldn't get a more Aussie commentary. Ding-a-dow-dow-dow-dow-dow. Oh, mate, what a night. Absolute scenes. And look at this little battler down on the sideline dropping a knee. What a legend. Yesterday, actually, because it was the league grand

final, I did a little thing with my daughters actually. I looked at the logos of the teams and I was like, the NRL teams, I was like, well maybe you could come up with some better names for the teams just based on the logo. You were doing a long play just so you could watch the league at night, weren't you? Let's get everyone excited about it. So this was the Brisbane logo, the horse, and they noticed

something quite, that I'd never noticed on the Brisbane logo before. It looks like a horse with a double chin. A double chin horse? A double chin horse. So the Brisbane Broncos, they're going to be the double chin horse. Doesn't look like it's got a double chin on the logo. Because they could be the Brisbane chubby horses. Yeah. There's the roosters, who look like a sort of a fierce-looking rooster. This is what they had to say for the new name for them. The Angry Pickers. The Angry Pickers.

The Angry Pickers. And there was the Cowboys logo. I was playing with this last one. And the Cowboys logo just has these bull horns and a star. And so this is the new name based on the logo from my daughters. Okay, this one? The Horny Spiky Stars. The Horny Spiky Stars.

Okay, that one might not be so clear. The Horny Spiky Stars. The Horny Stars works well for the NRL. It does, yeah. And, you know, the pecker references as well. There's a lot of NRL similarities going on there. It was all there as well. They've wrapped the NRL up in one sentence.

And that is scrolling through your feed this morning. It is the hits. You've got John Owen Baird. The Hit Spy with McDonald's Monopoly. Feel and scan your way to over $107 million in prizes. From sex in the city to sex in a bush. If a celebrity's been bumping ugly, it'll feature in this. I actually watched another episode of Sex and the City overnight last night.

Shocking sleep last night. Miranda lets Steve into her life, although she's a little bit hesitant. You know, she's not ready for love just yet. He's breaking down those barriers. He'll chip away. I like that you have the TV on overnight. I've never seen anyone that does that. You don't like it on.

Well, no, I don't. No one wants to be watching Sex and the City at 2.45am. No one. So Snoop Dogg has spoken about his sort of relationship with Megan and Harry. I didn't realise that they were quite good friends, but apparently they are. There's a mutual sort of respect between them and William too. But Snoop Dogg has invited Megan and Harry to his house for Thanksgiving dinner. He said if they want to come over for Thanksgiving,

they are in for something special, they can come over to Snoop's crib and I'll cook them a meal. But what you might not know about Snoop Dogg is he is actually quite a good cook. He was taught by Gordon Ramsay and he does have his own cookbook out. So if you didn't know that about Snoop Dogg, he's a very good cook. There is no piece of merch that that guy hasn't had out.

He's had wine, He's had wine. He's had clothes. He has, hasn't he? Yeah, everything. The wine's really cool. I got a bottle of it the other day because you buy it in the supermarket here, and you just download a little app. Yeah, that's what I do. You hold it up to the wine bottle, and Snoop talks to you.

Have you still got the video on your phone? I've got the video. You should play it through the microphone. I'll fill in time. I'll fill in time. Other than that, I was quite drunk, and I thought Snoop was talking to me. Because he's also got a cooking show with Martha Stewart. Yeah.

I just think Snoop Dogg is the funniest person, eh? He's just gone effort. Whatever I can do to make money, I will do it. Have you found it, Ben Boyce? Yeah. Because we did some good filling and banter there, Juliet. Yeah, we did. Well done to you, mate.

You found it quite quickly. Yeah. So this is from the Snoop Dogg to Boulogne. So there you go, he's talking and his mouth's moving on the label. They call me the Dog Father, King of the West Coast and I was born at Defy Society.

Yeah, so there's about two or three little things he will say. But it's like a cartoon on the label of the bottle. His lips move and everything. It's so cool. It the label of the bottle. It's lips moving and everything. It's so cool. It's one of those moments. You're a lot drunker than you are. It's Snoop Dogg talking to me. He's talking to me.

That's one of those moments in technology where you're like wow. Oh yeah, I was just like look at this. Very smart marketing. And in speaking of smart marketing, Adele may be joining the Cryptic Album Rollout Club. So billboards across the world have sort of slowly started showing the number 30. Same font, same design, just with no explanation in random spots around the world.

And people are posting this on Twitter and think that it's a tease for Adele's new album. Her last one was 25. She's kind of known for releasing albums of her age at the time when she wrote songs. And she has in a previous Instagram post sort of teased that she might release another album title 30 or 31 soon. So if you look at the billboards, it's like Times Square. It looks like there's one in Tokyo just with number 30 on it. So yeah, yeah.

Breakup songs from Adele. Well, she's in a relationship now, right? Yeah. In a relationship. So maybe it's a happy album from Adele. I know. But she did go through a divorce. So I'm like, there might be some happy songs.

There might be some sad songs. We all know Adele makes good music when she's going through that. Your major concern dating a singer. Is it like, you know, if this ends i'm gonna have an album written about me yeah and you've got no skills or comeback to have your you know simon her ex what's he got he's not he can't release an album i know he can maybe send a group email to friends and go hey there's two sides to every story uh you know i'm very publicly being hung out to dry here it was like you know you may know this, Ben, Olivia Rodrigo's album, so many people,

because her album is quite, like, she's very good with lyrics. And you listen to the songs, and if you're not heartbroken, you feel heartbroken listening to the songs. And all these theories about who the boy was came out and who the girl she's talking about in Driver's License, and everyone's like, oh, it's this guy Joshua Bassett from Disney Channel, da-da-da-da-da. People go into holes trying to figure out,

and the poor guy. Yeah, I can't wait to hear Joshua Bassett's album. See what he's got to say about the Driver's License. I'm sick of driving you around all the time, mate. That's why the relationship ended. It's phoning me up to take you down to the mall. Yeah, and that is why, thanks to McDonald's, you can download the McDonald's app to play and win prizes

with the Monopoly game at Macca's. New Zealand's breakfast. It's Jono and Ben. Got me in love. On the hits. Good morning. It's just gone 7 o'clock. Jono and Ben with you on the hits.

The big announcement today, 4 o'clock. The government telling us what's happening with the levels. Although yesterday they announced that parts of the Waikato are now in level 3 for 5 days as well after some cases found one in Hamilton one in Ragland Oh that's fun for parts of the Waikato isn't it Welcome to the party

Oh jeez we'll find out what happens today If the South Island as we keep saying you'd be just hoping that they can go to level 1 Release them set them free They've done nothing They've done nothing. They've done nothing. Literally.

Nothing to deserve this. So I imagine today it'll be level two for Auckland. But it'll be one of those. It's going to be level two for Auckland today. But you won't be able to go anywhere. So it's them just going, hey, you're in level two. Well done. You're down a level. And we're like, what's level two about, baby?

And they're like, well, you can't go anywhere. Interesting you think there. OK. All right. Did you see the Brian Tarmachy protest over the weekend? Yeah, I saw there was some people in the domain protesting lockdowns. And Jacinda Ardern, not very happy with the protesters. What does it say to every Aucklander who has given up a huge amount

over the past few weeks to do the right thing and keep other Aucklanders safe? It was a slap in the face to them. Slap in the face from Tarmac. You think for a guy who pays zero income tax, he'd be a bit more lenient on the government, Brian Tarmac. Oh, really? Is he not paying any? He's a church. The churches don't pay it.

I don't know why they don't pay any tax. So I think he'd be more on their side. Yeah. There you go. So it was one or two thousand people. How many people were protesting that? Yeah, and I guess they would have to be cautious if that becomes a super spreader event. When do those great results come through?

I can see why Jacinda Ardern's thinking it's a slap in the face. That's the meanest thing I've ever heard her say. It's a slap in the face. Intelligent. Thought provoking. Stimulating. Three terms that will never apply here. Intelligent, thought-provoking, stimulating. Three terms that will never apply here. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast.

And as I had Jono and Ben, 7.24, Monday morning. Now, I want this to be true, but I feel like it's not. But Princess Eugenie's husband, Jack, he's let it slip that the Queen has a secret booze tunnel under Buckingham Palace. So apparently there's a tunnel that goes underground and leads to the Duke's Bar from St. James Palace. And he hasn't used it, but he's heard about it and he'd love to go check it out.

Now, it's no secret that she enjoys an alcoholic beverage. She likes a martini every evening, apparently. Wow. We got into her drinking habits, didn't we? She's having a gin at, like, brunch. Is she, didn't we? She's having a gin at like brunch. Yeah. Is she having a brunch gin? I think she's getting into it nice and early.

Yeah, but this place, Dukes, has wonderful martinis. So yeah, there's apparently a few secret passageways under Buckingham Palace and under the palaces, but I don't know if they lead to the bar. Is the Dukes an underground bar? No, I think it's just you go in and then you can pop up. Well, yeah, I don't know. Maybe there is an underground entry into the bar as well.

So you can go underground, at least pop up somewhere else. Harry Potter style stuff. Yeah, it's kind of cool. Buckingham Palace, as you imagine, a lot of rooms, 775 rooms in Buckingham Palace. I'm just thinking dusting. It's a nightmare. Dusting would be a show. Oh, my God. How many cleaners are they running? I don't know. It's a nightmare. Dusting would be a...

Oh, my God. How many cleaners are they running? I don't know. I don't know. You'd think quite a few, because if you just get through the... And you'd be back again, wouldn't you, on the rotation policy?

Do you... Have you ever been in a secret room before? I noticed Joel Little, a music producer, has a secret door, which opens up to a recording studio in his house. It's very cool. So you pull a book off the bookshelf. I've seen it on social media.

Amy Shark showed everyone the pop star. And you pull the book and then the bookshelf slides across and goes into the recording studio. That's so cool. I bet the queen doesn't have a secret recording studio behind a bookshelf. No, but she'd get drunk at Jukes, mate, and stumble her way home through the tunnels. You'd definitely get lost in all the underground tunnels on the way home, wouldn't you? Yeah. If there's multiple ones.

Yeah, you're right. Yeah, great stuff. And we found out, too, she owns a McDonald's, too, last week, the Queen. Yeah, that's what you said, right? Why are we finding all this cool stuff out when she's kind of... What? You know. What?

You know. What? She's closer to the finish line of life than we are. Why is the life I saved her this good in... Yeah. I'm back to Queensland. Well, then you two are. I'm going to beat her to the chase.

Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. It's our game of word association. We play it every morning at this time on the hits. We tell you five words. You tell us what pops into your head when we say those five words, and if they match with one of ours, you win $5,000. Yes, it's back for another week, and the old soundproof booth has turned up looking bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

Yeah. Without a tail as well. You notice people say, oh, you look bright-eyed, bushy-tailed. No one has ever had a tail. No. No. Unless you're talking about a cat. Yeah. Well, that's true. Sometimes I like to just go around the neighborhood and go, there one has ever had a tail. No. Unless you're talking about a cat.

Sometimes I like to just go around the neighbourhood and go, there's a nice bit of tail and just point to the cat, the neighbour's cat. Some of my favourite hobbies. Samiko, welcome, you're on from Wellington. Morning there. Morning there, how are you? I'm very excited to be on, exactly. Well, nice to have you on.

Now, you know how the game works, you've got to match all five words with all five words from one of us. I do indeed. All right, Samika, you're an HR advisor. Who would you like to advise goes into the soundproof booth this morning to match with you? Well, when I listen to you guys on the radio, I match with Jono. Wow.

Okay. Now, just before I go in there, I looked in the internet. The five most popular words in the English language, if they pop up, the, be, to, of, and. Okay? Okay. All right? Just a little. Not very helpful.

Probably in no way at all. I was just showing off I'd been on the internet. Well done. Have you heard of the internet? Well, I was on it this morning. I'm getting the suffering. Jeez. Look at you. Still nattering away here with your crappy facts from the internet. All right I was on it this morning. Hurry up and get the soundproof booth. Still nattering away here

with your crappy facts from the internet. Alright, let's get into it. He's in the soundproof booth. The first word this morning I'm going to say to you is clock. C-L-O-C-K clock. Time? Time. Very good.

That's very good. Pepperoni is the second word this morning. Pepperoni. Pizza. I think I've matched both of those so far. Same. Trunk is word number three. T-R-U-N-K.

Trunk. A couple of options for that one, really, haven't you? Yeah. I'm thinking maybe sorts. Can I, like... Yeah, that wasn't even an option I was thinking of, but you're right, that's another way. Yeah, there's lots of options.

OK, we'll come back to that one. Chord. C-O-R-D. Chord. Producer, the producer wasn't very nice today. No, but you can't say. He's given us some ones with multiple, multiple options. It's hard.

Yeah. Oh. Cord. What are you thinking? I'm stuck. Connection? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Yep. We'll check that one. Yeah, I'll go with that. I'm a little bition? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Yep. We'll check that one. Yeah, I'll go with that. I'm a little bit unsure about that one, but that's okay. It's a hard one. And jelly. Are you ready for this jelly? Jelly is the final one.

J-E-L-L-Y, jelly. Shots? Yes. It's too early in the morning for that. You couldn't get more Kiwi than that. I love it. And let's go back to trunk right now. Anything popped into your mind with trunk?

I'm going to have to trip those shorts. Shorts. A little bit unconfident on that one, but I can't think of anything else. All right. Well, you did really well with some very tough words. I'm going to get Jono out of the soundproof booth. And Jono, he's racing around like Joe Biden. Did I tell you that I'd been on the internet?

Yes. Fun on the internet. We had tough, tough words this morning, Jono. Okay, we're up against it, are we, Samiko? Yeah. We are again. All right, let's hold tight. You got this.

You got this. All right, let's start with clock this morning, Jono. Clock, what pops into your head with clock? Time pops into my head with clock. Well, that's exactly what Samika said. That's a wonderful start. This is a textbook start for us, Samika. Okay. Pepperoni. Pizza.

Hey, here we go. Now, here's where the wheels could fall off or not. Maybe they'll carry on. Maybe. Okay. How tidy are your nuts, Samika? Alright. The wheel nuts. Trunk is word number three. Trunk. T-R-U-N-K.

Trunk. I've got boot as in car boot. Samiko, I'm sorry. What did you lock in? Shorts. Shorts. Swimming trunks. Swimming trunks.

And you also were thinking, there's elephant. The elephant's got a trunk. There's tree trunk. There's a lot of, you know, there's a lot of words. It was a difficult one, and we're all going to blame bee humps. Yeah, it's almost like you didn't want to give away the $5,000 bee humps. She was, Samiko, I'm sorry about that. What was word four?

It was cord. Another tough one. Cord. Plug. Connection is what we went for. And jelly. Tip. Shots. Shots. Chord. Plug. Our connection is what we went for. And jelly. Tip. Shots, shots, shots, shots, shots.

Oh, Samiko, I've let you down. Please don't hold this against me. Well, that's all right. We've got two out of five. Next time. And I've got two, which is very exciting. Well, hopefully we get you back on and we can do it all over again, all right?

Awesome. Thank you, guys. Have a great day. Another chance for someone to play tomorrow. Same time, same place. We've got some spy on the way. Is Lorde engaged more next? We'll find out.

It is that. You've got Jono and Ben. He did a wonderful gender reveal for a baby in concert the other day. Harry Styles, didn't he? All the Harry videos that are coming out at the moment of his concerts, I'm living for them. He already milked it too. Like he had the information he was going to announce it on stage

and he just really milked it. He made the audience do a countdown from 10 and all sorts. He really... He's like a radio announcer. We'll be back after the news with the announcement. I saw a video of him during the weekend he was performing and someone threw a water bottle at his testicles. Oh, really?

I don't think it was intentional, but he was singing and he did the, ooh, you know when you put your hand on it and you go, ooh, and he kind of hunched over. Right at his watermelon sugars. The Head Spy with McDonald's Monopoly. Peel and scan your way to over $107 million in prizes. The watermelon was a bit bruised. That was so funny. Yeah, all right.

Now, like a bank commercial, she's honest, reliable, and has a great interest rate in celebrity news. What's going on, Ju? So Lorde has sparked rumours that she's engaged to her music executive boyfriend, Justin Warren. So she was at a Power of Woman event in LA over the weekend and wore quite a sparkly-looking diamond big rock on her ring finger. So she's been with her boyfriend for a while.

He's 41 years old, so there's a 17-year difference. But I've always thought Lorde is quite mature for her age. She's very intelligent. She's indie-voicing it, isn't she? Like Ben's daughter. Oh, yeah. She's 30 years her pride. Totally.

But, yeah, so this ring does look like an engagement ring. We'll just probably have to keep an eye on it to see if she keeps wearing it or if she takes it off. But it could have just been, you know, one of those rings that they wear. The nation will just be on tenderhooks. Did we find out that Taika and Rita Ora were engaged? No word yet. Because that was the rumours a while ago, right?

Yeah. Yeah. Jono, why don't you send Taika another email? Oh, I did. I queried him about, Ben was worried that he had had full tattoos all over his arms, and you're like, you just got those so quickly. It didn't make sense. Yeah, because there were some photos on Instagram that looked like yeah as you say full sleeve tattoos and then but then photos

from not long before i was like he doesn't have full sleeve that's a huge commitment to happen overnight when you became so invested in this that it was consuming your life i was like the madness has to end i don't know why but somehow his email i've got his email so it just i just thought i said ben needs to know these are these real or fake? And he replied with an expletive-laden email. I never heard. Just all sorts of it. But saying that they were fake for a movie role.

So there you go. So we got to the end of that. We got to the end of it. And now you want me to ask him if he's engaged? Let's not go there. Let's just go there for comical ones. That's our email relationship. We'll wait with patience then to find out that. And scarlett johansson has settled her lawsuit with disney now we mentioned this a wee while ago um basically for her role in black widow and her contract her earnings were

based on how much uh the movie made in cinemas but on the same day that the black widow movie was released in cinemas it was also released released on Disney+, but her earnings weren't sort of inclusive of what, of including Disney+, if that makes sense. Just all the ticket sales were going to be, yeah, right. And by having it on Disney+, potentially reduced the amount of people that

would see it in cinemas, therefore reducing her earnings. So she took Disney to court. It is now... Big play, big play. Taking Mickey to court. It is now... Big play, big play. Taking Mickey to court. Even Jamie Lee Curtis said, don't beep with Scarlett Johansson, which makes me think that Scarlett Johansson

is a very powerful woman that you wouldn't want to mess with. But she released a statement saying, I'm happy to have resolved our differences with Disney. I'm incredibly proud of the work we've done together over the years. Greatly enjoyed my creative relationship with the team and I look forward to continuing our collaboration in years to come. So they've reached an agreement.

And Disney have said, we too are happy with the arrangements and looking forward to a rich future which probably doesn't involve Scarlett Johansson in any of our movies. Apparently she sued the pants off them. Donald Duck's pants. That's where they go.

That is good. And that is your Spy Update for this morning Apparently she sued the pants of them. Donald Duck's pants. That's what they wear, guys. That is good. And that is your Spy Update for this morning, and that is thanks to McDonald's. You can download the McDonald's app to play and win prizes with the Monopoly game at Macca's. Rated M for mildly amusing. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. Now, the Panthers beat the Rabbitohs last night in the NRL Grand Final.

Very close game, as was the All Blacks game over the weekend. They just got picked by the Springboks by South Africa over the weekend. I saw the All Blacks were at the NRL Grand Final last night. A lot of them Panthers supporters. They look like they're all Bowdoin Barrett and Anton Leonard Brown and a few others. It all bought new Panthers shirts. Did they pay recommended retail value for those tops as well? I don't know.

They probably got them from the stadium store or something. I imagine which is quite pricey, right? They wouldn't be used to paying those figures for a rugby league jersey or a rugby jersey. They look good. Yesterday I got my daughters to have a look. Sienna and Indy had a look at the logos, the mascots of

the league teams and come up with a name of what they think the league teams could be called. So there was the Brisbane Bronco one and looking at the horse, I hadn't noticed something before. It looks like a horse with a double chin. A double chin horse? A double chin horse. A horse that's let itself go over the ears.

Fat shame to horse there. Horse walks into the bar, has too many drinks and a big meal, ends up with a double chin. Then there was the Roosters. They looked at the Roosters logo and a big meal. Ends up with a double chin. There was the roosters. Now they looked at the roosters logo and the rooster. They had a picture of obviously the rooster, the bird, and it looked quite angry. The angry peckers.

The angry peckers. Okay. Yeah, which that's the least said on that one. Probably the better. Particularly around the NRL too. Well this one, yeah, exactly carries on. Sometimes the angry pe pickers get them into trouble. And the Cowboys logo, the North Queensland Cowboys, which is just kind of some bullhorns and a sort of star behind.

And this is what my daughters came up with, a new team name. Okay, this one? The Horny Spiky Stars. The Horny Spiky Stars, okay. That one might not be safe away. Yeah, the Horny Stars. It's all the NRL teams, I think, and they partied hard, the horny stars, last night.

Let's hope they just get their angry peckers in check, though. The post-game celebrations. Kids, keep up that learning or you'll end up like these guys. Trono and Penn, New Zealand's breakfast. I've been keeping you up to date with the foray into the world of social media for Jonathan Pryor over the last few weeks, haven't we? It's been a rocky road. It's been a rocky road. It's been a roller coaster.

You know, some highs and lows, some tears. I've been getting told off on occasions for posting wrong things, too. You have. You've wound up a lot of people on it at the moment i feel like a learner driver who's erratically swerving all over the road uh doesn't quite know the road rules but is giving it a bash you know i'd be reported by other drivers for maybe you know someone should breath test them and sometimes because it's you i i question it too like i'm because we had a conversation about something you know like this is what you do, you push this button,

the videos, they'll be the right aspect ratio, blah, blah, blah. And then the next time you post it's completely wrong. I'm like, is he doing this as a gag to wind up the people that get wound up by this? No, it's just, I'm like, my thing is, if you can see it, that's a win. Surely that's a win, do you? Yeah. Is that the way you're putting it?

No, but you didn't watch it through because sometimes there's graphics that have been cropped out and that's where people are like, oh, I didn't quite. But you're like, yeah, put it up there. It's working. It's out there. Oh, can you get the dots? You know what the show's called? You can, oh, so the S is missing off it. But

one of the joys I've realised is that I can harass all of my favourite celebrities. I can just message them whenever I want. Yeah, I mean, that's one of the beauties and also the curses of the internet for these people. It doesn't mean they're going to reply back or say it. It's perfect for a punished like me. Do you know who I messaged last week?

Who's that? Rhys Walsh, the warrior. He had some turbulent times. Yeah, he did. So I emailed Walshy. Emailed. Direct message Walshy with some life advice. And I was like, don't worry, Walshy, mate.

Everyone makes mistakes. It's how you come back from them. From Jono. Walshy hasn't got back to me. No, he doesn't follow the account, does he? Yeah, but it was a nice thing to do. It was a nice thing to do. So don't worry, mate.

How you come back, learn from worry, mate. You know, how you come back, learn from it, become a better person, get on with it. That's good. You know, that was my message as well.

And then I accidentally messaged James Corden. Not meaning to message James. But you publicly did this, not in his DM. You didn't slide into his DM. You did it publicly. No, I slid into his,

what's the other one? Well, it's just into his comments on his post. I slid into his comments section. And it was actually, I was reacting to a post a friend of mine had put up, putting sausages in the oven.

And then I wanted to say to him... Jeez, hot fire content from your friend too. I wanted to say to him, is it weird that I microwave sausages because you berate me for it all the time. You do, you put like a Kransky into the microwave, right? For 57 seconds on the dot. Yeah.

Now, at some point, I had ended up in James Corden's comment section, and so I posted under the video of him and Khloe Kardashian, from Jono Pryor, is it weird if you microwave sausages? Has he got back to you? Corden has replied. I mean, his answer's probably yes, and it's weird you're even asking

me this in this forum. So, yeah, no response from Walsh or Corden yet, but hey, I'll keep plugging away. Do it. You know, you might strike gold, you know? If you keep harassing celebrities in their comment sections. Yeah, but I keep asking you what to do in the afternoon, Juliet,

which is I feel like I'm impeding your day. No, but it's quite fun. Like, I've learnt to love it. He's like, oh, what's he ringing up for? What's this boomer got to say? Now on the internet. No, I'm not saying anything. I'm like, have you turned it on?

Oh, no, that's it. I'm a menace. I'm a menace. Give us a follow. John and Ben underscore enterprises. There's something there, right? I don't even know why we call it John and Ben underscore Enterprises There's something there right I don't even know why we call it

John and Ben Enterprises It's no Enterprises It's an Instagram account on it's learner's licence Yeah The Hits and HelloFresh Pay it forward This is a really

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He's 32 years old. Well done, Dominic Richter and all the benefactors from that $3 billion fortune. But we're going to go through to today's nominee, nominated by her father Peter. This is Zana. She's just given birth. Oh wow. Oh yeah.

This will come in handy. When you've got a new bubba on the scene and having those meals in the fridge. Good morning. Good morning, Zana. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Hi, how are you? Good. You sound like you've been up all night tending to a miniature human being.

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Yeah, nice stuff. Is it weird giving birth in a sort of a lockdown, COVID-y situation? Yes, everyone was on PPE gear apart from me, which was good. But yeah, it was a bit weird. In the birthing suite? Yes, yeah, full gear. You're just like, am I birthing an alien? Yeah, why is everyone like this?

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Thank you. No worries, mate. And this relinquishes Peter for any granddad duties for the next month. Okay. No nappy changing. No babysitting. He's out, he said. I think I'll let him off then.

All right. I'll let him off. Hey, good on you. And congrats on the new Bubba too. That's wonderful. Thank you. And if you want to nominate someone that you think has been a lockdown legend,

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and easy to follow recipes. Hey, next we're joined by our comedy dad, Jeremy Corbett. Seven days, we're about to go on tour. And talking about a nationwide tour with a whole bunch of Aucklanders seems quite controversial at the moment. Yeah. But it's coming up before the end of the year. All going well if we play the game right. Jeremy Corbett's with us next.

It is the hits. How did it ask for a free ride. Wait on me. It is the Hats. Jono and Ben, the iconic comedy show Seven Days. They're going on tour again, a nationwide tour at the end of the year. And joining us from Seven Days, Jeremy Corbett. Morena, good morning.

How are you? Oh, always a pleasure to be here with you guys. I like what you've done with the place. Man, this is comfortable. Yeah, no, we try and make it nice. We've been judging it up. Actually, speaking of which, you had a bit of a dramatic exit from the project a few weeks ago, just before lockdown. Yeah, yes, I'd done a gig for Bailey's Real Estate,

and it turns out that there'd been someone with COVID tested positive from that gig. So like about 1,200 people that had all been there all had to self-isolate. As I was walking away from the project, because I literally found out like 15 minutes before we went to air, and I'm walking away from the project and I'm going, ah, I've got to go and get a test. So I'm walking to go and get a test and I'm thinking, well, on the upside, you know, TV presenter has to leave show just before it goes to air because of COVID. That probably gets some coverage. Sure enough, Hilary Barry was all over the news. Yeah, she had the same thing, right?

She trumped you. The night before. She stole me. Stole my thunder. That is typical of her, man. People don't know that about her. Crooked Hilary, we call her. Oh, yeah, man. Like, she's all about her. Crooked Hillary, we call her. Oh, yeah, man.

Like, she's all lovely on the face of it, behind the scenes. Man, the machinations going on there. Do you know what I reckon, Am? I reckon she got wind that you left, and she's like, I'll teach him. Yeah, yeah. I can't compete with her at the moment. She's doing so well. Now, seven days.

I mean, it continues to do well every year, and you guys are going on tour. And it was the 10th year that seven Days are going on tour over November and December. That's awesome. Yeah, it's pretty amazing, eh? We've been lucky. We've sort of rolled the dice. Last year, we managed to hit that little gap between COVID infestations and all the rest of it. I remember that gap.

Wasn't that a wonderful gap? We all bragged about it, didn't we? Yeah, dude. Yeah, oh, we're in the clear. We went in too cocky, didn't we? Yeah, oh, we're in the clear. We went in too cocky, didn't we? But we wondered, you know, would Kiwis buy tickets? Would they be up for it? And they were, and they did.

And we had a great tour, and we're hoping the same thing happens again this year. And so sort of late November into December is the tour. You might be in the clear. I imagine going to the regions and putting the show on, that a lot of people in the audience would approach it like it was an open forum and they could just join in the show. Is that what happens?

Weirdly, I think it's the opposite. That's more likely to happen in Auckland. When you go to places like Parmy and that, they actually go, this is a show, you guys have worked on it, so we'll sit here. And there are like maybe three people that have decided they've got some great lines to contribute. But other than that, they're

there for the show. I mean, you have to be confident in your ability as a heckler to really put yourself out and shout out from a crowd. Especially with like seven comedians on stage or something. Yeah. It's pretty ballsy, eh?

You've got to make sure you've got a really good shot in that chamber. We've got Jeremy Corbett. We're talking about Seven Days Live. They're going on tour again. Now, Jeremy, such a great show. One of my favourite segments on Seven Days is My Kid Can Draw That, but I thought I'd do a version of it right now called My Kid Can Explain That. So I've got my daughters to explain some things.

First couple from the news and see if you can work out what they're explaining. There's a man and he's in a suit and he's talking to microphones. Oh, no, he's been hit in the head with a toy that looks like a space rocket. It looks like a Jeff Bezos space rocket. Yeah, sort of a pink space rocket. Do you know what that could be? Because I have a friend of mine called Stephen Joyce. Because he's my friend, I try not to bring it up.

Okay, fair enough. We'll move on quickly then. Here's another story. I showed a little clip to my daughters there. My kid can explain that to Jeremy Corbett. Have a listen. Okay, there's this man who looks like a big child in a suit. Nice look hair.

Talking at the 1pm TV update. Did he mean to say you should go out and exercise like that? What are you doing to your children? He is callously recording them every night, just mining them for content. Yeah, okay. Because the other thing is your daughter would be going, but why is spread your legs funny? Yeah, true, true.

Well, at least she can go back to school and ask her teacher. The final one for Jeremy Corwin. This wasn't a news event. This was sort of explaining a concept of something. Have a listen. Okay. So there's three men. One of them is really, really tall and wearing a shirt that's so colourful,

I think he might have got dressed in the dark. And there's a shorter man beside him who's telling really funny animated stories. And there's another man who has a grey beard and glasses and he's giving out points of random numbers, but the points don't really matter. So what's the point of the points? It's obviously Paul Ego who's got no material, but he does have colourful shoes.

Yeah, and that's seven days. That's seven days. Again, can I just alert Sips to the fact that kids are watching things they probably shouldn't be watching. He's ruining childhood, Sam. That's all we're doing. We're hearing it play out on the radio every day. Jerry, always great to catch up.

We love your work. It's such a great show, Seven Days on the Telly, and it's so good that you're taking it around the country again. Everyone should go along and see it. Take care of yourself. We'll catch up with you soon. Always a pleasure, Rebecca.

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