Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Does Ben Now Have To Get A Tattoo On His Butt For Emily Blunt?

Episode Date: July 28, 2021

Jono noticed that during & after the chat with The Rock and Emily Blunt, Ben made a promise to Emily and Jono that he'd get their names tattooed on his butt too... AHA! Will he follow through with the...se promises? Jono also did something very controversial to producer BHumps yesterday, outside of work... So we held a little intervention. Finally, we caught up with Martin Cocker from Netsafe. It was a very interesting chat, we spoke about internet safety, whether you should allow sites to "remember" your credit card details, the nifty ways scammers can get your details, and how to manage kids going on social media. VERY INTERESTING! Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 John O' and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of John O' and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the John O' and Ben podcast. Hey guys, it's the Twins, United July. Now yesterday I moved the podcast along.
Starting point is 00:00:27 I was talking up Dwayne Johnson, interviewing Emily Blunt, and midway through you were like, oh, Juliet, we'll talk about her plumbing issues. No, we never found out about Juliet's plumbing issues. No, no, no, I did. And yesterday I said, not the time. We're going to talk about Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, the biggest thing the show's ever had. But this is your time
Starting point is 00:00:45 I'll get producer Juliette back in the studio Incoming Hey Ju How did she know about that? Are you out in the office? She was like incoming No Oh you want to come in?
Starting point is 00:00:56 Yeah Come into the studio mate We were doing the podcast intro we didn't get to the bottom of your plumbing issues Oh here she is Here she is How did you know that you were incoming? Oh you just think that we're probably calling for tech support or something like your parents.
Starting point is 00:01:07 Yeah. Yeah. I was like, Jono needs something. Yeah, it's usually social media based and I don't know how to upload something. How do you post to it? There's a lot of tricky questions. I'll give you that. Not in this instance, though.
Starting point is 00:01:18 This is Ben abruptly cut your plumbing woes off yesterday. Oh, was it my plumbing? Oh, yeah. I was trying to think what we were discussing. You had something. You were going home for something, and Johnna wanted to talk about it. I said, no, not today.
Starting point is 00:01:27 Today we're promoting... Of all days, of any day. This is the biggest day the show's ever had. But today, not such a big day. Oh, my gosh. This is possibly the most boring thing you'll ever hear in your life. Well, you will be the judge of that.
Starting point is 00:01:40 I had to get a man over to fix the shower because it was leaking onto the floor. Or a woman. It's 2021, mate. No, it was a man, actually fix the shower because it was leaking onto the floor. Or a woman. It's 2021, mate. No, it was a man, actually. But yes. In this instance. Yeah, so we had to reseal it.
Starting point is 00:01:50 But did you know when you reseal a shower, you can't use it for 24 hours? I didn't know that. You looked a bit filthy this morning. Yeah, I looked filthy this morning, aren't I? Was the shower going drip, drip, drip? It was like the through the base of the shower onto the floor. So it was seeping through where the glue is down the bottom. Oh, I know it well.
Starting point is 00:02:10 Yeah. I know that shower well. Yeah, see? Boring content. No, wait a bit. Actually, it leads me on to something we were going to talk about in Spy, but we ran out of time for it. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:02:18 So there was celebrities showering. Yeah. And was it Ashton Kutcher? Yeah, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis. They said that they don't shower, they don't bathe their kids unless they see dirt on them they're like um i think mila kunis said that she didn't have hot water growing up so she would never really shower anyway and they're like the rule of thumbs if you can't see any dirt on them don't shower and ashton was saying from what i read in the article that if he can i just say for the record that's a
Starting point is 00:02:41 shocking rule of thumb yeah he was saying you don't you don't need to use soap every time you're in the shower, basically. I think they were saying maybe you'll clean your crotch and underarms, but apart from that, we're using too much soap. There's some natural oils and stuff that you should let to kind of do their thing. I was like, really? Is that a thing? And then it sparked a debate of whether you wash your whole body and your legs and your arms every time you're in the shower or if you just do the bits that are necessary
Starting point is 00:03:06 very good question what do you I look after you know I'm looking after the undercarriage in between the undercarriage are you taking the nozzle off one of those ones and is that what's squat. I get a quarter squat on and just get under there, wash under the undercarriage. I go armpits, goolies. And then I kind of do the outside of my arms for some reason and then just rub the front of my torso. I always have to do my back because your back can get quite sweaty as well.
Starting point is 00:03:39 How do you do your back? You just pump the soap and then go... Yeah, right. Are you a back washer? There's areas you can't... I'm not flexible enough to get areas in it, but I guess I'm relying on the water and stuff to do a lot of that. Do you soap your legs?
Starting point is 00:03:54 Only when I shave my legs. I've never... I can't even remember ever soaping my legs. Oh, no, I would probably. You know? You'd be a furious shower. Imagine having a shower. I know. It would just be, time is You'd be a furious shower. Imagine having the shower. I know.
Starting point is 00:04:05 It would just be time is money. Just a soapy mess. No, I do like cleaning myself. I do like the cleanliness. You had two showers this morning. Yeah, I did actually. Oh, yeah. You heard that on the podcast.
Starting point is 00:04:17 But I do like taking a little bit of time if I can in the shower just to kind of contemplate life. It's a nice place to be, the shower. Anyway, back to the kutchas not soaping, not using soap. There'd be that family like, we're going over to the kutchas tonight. You're like, oh, not the smelly family. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know.
Starting point is 00:04:32 Build a B.O. She is a well-publicized, self-confessed, tight-ass Mila Kunis. Is she? Yeah. Coupons. She uses coupons, right? I think, again, she said that on Zach Shepard's podcast. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:04:45 That she'll use coupons. She uses coupons, right? I think, again, she said that on Zach Shepard's podcast. Yeah. That she'll use coupons. I think it's because she had, you know, as you said before, her upbringing was not, you know, they didn't have a lot of money. So obviously, you know, she's quite frugal. So she hands over a coupon at the supermarket. And they're like looking at her going, you're Mila Kunis. And she's like, yeah, and this is a coupon.
Starting point is 00:05:01 Genius. Genius. Well, thank you for coming in, Julia. No worries I'm sorry for bumping that by 24 hours Now today on the podcast We spoke to a really interesting guy Martin Cocker who's the CEO of NetSafe
Starting point is 00:05:13 What are we doing wrong on the internet? We're all just trustingly going on the internet And clicking accept cookies And accepting terms and conditions What does it all mean? We'll talk to Martin Cocker on the podcast. In the meantime, you have one job, and that job is have a wonderful day.
Starting point is 00:05:29 Morning. Yesterday was, I'm still, it's such a surreal thing that happened. We played it out for you yesterday. If you want to catch the full video, you can head to the hits breakfast right now. Dwayne The Rock Johnson, who is, he is my idol,
Starting point is 00:05:42 and Emily Blunt, who is just awesome. And you got, you basically pulled together an elaborate prank that saw me sitting in what I thought was a movie theater to watch a movie. Next thing I know. Well, the movie theater was a movie theater. That wasn't, we didn't build that specifically for the prank. I was like, wow, what is the budget for this prank?
Starting point is 00:05:57 This is incredible. So that was a legit movie theater. It was, yeah, functioning. Okay, wow. We were in between session times. I got you while sitting in okay so now wow that's why it looks so realistic still coming to terms with it so i was in an actual movie theater there you go thinking i was going to watch an actual movie
Starting point is 00:06:13 but it turned out that actually dwayne the rock johnson and emily blunt were over zoom a video call with me in the movie theater it was pretty surreal and i and i kind of got carried away though did you know you played it very cool did think I was, what did you expect was going to happen? Because I had no idea. Listen, exactly how you reacted was how I thought you were going to react. I love you guys. I love you guys. I love you guys.
Starting point is 00:06:34 Honestly, I love you guys so much. Love you guys. I love you guys too. All right. Wow. Love you guys. Now, who hangs up on this? Oh, they do. You can tell he's like, see you guys. Okay. Wow. Love you guys. There you go. Now, who hangs up on this? Oh, they do.
Starting point is 00:06:45 You can tell he's like, see you guys. Okay, okay. Okay, mate. Yeah, I mean, he's here. I did. I got a bit carried away. I'm sorry, guys. But we showed Dwayne the Rock Johnson your tattoo of him that you have on your posterior
Starting point is 00:06:57 at one point, and it blindsided us. He had this same video of your bottom on his phone. He was texting it back and forth to Emily Blunt. Yeah, they both seen it. You were some sort of punchline for the both of them of like, look at this twerp. You should get this, Emily. You're like, no way, I'm not going to get this.
Starting point is 00:07:16 But that was incredible. And he found it quite quick on his phone too. Yeah. You're like, hey, I've got, wait a second. Normally when you get a video or a photo, you're like, hang on a second, you're scrolling through. Do you know what was really cool is after the interview is Disney got in touch and they were like, DJ.
Starting point is 00:07:32 Yeah, DJ, he's a mate now. It's Dwayne Johnson, if you're not familiar with him. No, it's a mate of ours, Dwayne. Yeah, DJ's team have reached out and they want the footage of that interview. Now, I have come to two conclusions here. Either he wants it to put it on social media, or B,
Starting point is 00:07:47 he wants it as evidence in a court case when Ben is inevitably done for stalking. That's maybe why he's got it. He's building a case against you. That's why he found the video so quickly. I'll save that one here. All of your Instagram posts about him. I mean, you wore
Starting point is 00:08:04 a rock t-shirt yesterday. So I've got a photo of him in a t-shirt of me. Just put it all aside. I'm building a case here. He's got a file. You're probably right. A special file on his laptop. I love him even more now.
Starting point is 00:08:13 This will be another thing you can put on the case. But if I can pull. Actually, I want to open up the people's court here. Because I want to pull out two parts of the interview. And granted, you were swept up in the excitement. Okay. here because I want to pull out two parts of the interview and granted you were swept up in the excitement okay now there was a promise you made to the lovely
Starting point is 00:08:31 and she was wonderful Emily Blunt she's awesome eh now there was a promise that related to a tattoo now I present to you evidence A can you get me on the other bum I'll get it after this, I'll get it after this I'll send it to you, alright?
Starting point is 00:08:48 Okay, so she said, can you tattoo me on the other bum cheek? And you said, I'll play it again in slow motion I'll get it after this, I'll get it after this I'll send it to you, alright? I'll get it after this, I'll get it after this I'll send it to you, alright? That's just for the jury to hear, okay? God, I'm excitable after this. I'll send it to you right now. That's just for the jury to hear. God, I'm excitable, aren't I?
Starting point is 00:09:09 I really just need to chill out a bit. Jeez, I tell you what, real estate on your bottom is filling up fast. It's like sections. They're hot property. Spaces have gone, mate. You've got to get in. No interest rates, you know. Soon you'll be buying the dark corners of the inside cheek.
Starting point is 00:09:32 No sun coming in there, no no facing so that was that was one thing okay on the property land anywhere you can though mate now at the end of what do you think now at the end of the interview too you also made this wild claim mate i feel like i'll get rid of duane johnson's i'm getting i heart john o'briar now then you're saying I'll get iHeart Jono Pryor. And again, for the courtroom. Mate, I feel like I could get rid of Dwayne Johnson's name, get iHeart Jono Pryor. There you go. Just in case you missed it the first time. So you've made two outrageous claims.
Starting point is 00:10:00 And granted, I know you were swept up in the meeting. I did. Now, I'm going to shirk any suggestion of getting my name on your bottom. Well, I already have. You put it on my bottom, and you've spelt the N's backwards, and it's a lightning bolt. Oh, so that's done. That box is ticked. If I tick that box, you know.
Starting point is 00:10:19 Now, we focus on Emily Blunt. You made the promise to her. Juliette, your thoughts on this? I think you should totally get it. Now I would like you also to name three Emily Blunt movies apart from Jungle Cruise. She was in The Devil's Weird Prada.
Starting point is 00:10:37 She was a girl on the train and she's in Jungle Cruise. The Quiet Place. So you're a big fan you're a big fan and she was in Muppets as well oh he's named four movies big fan
Starting point is 00:10:48 she deserves to be on your bottom well she is awesome yeah well see the thing if I could pull back just a little bit you know like the fact that I've got
Starting point is 00:10:56 an I Heart Dwayne the Rock Johnson tattoo on my bum is you know it's interesting because my wife Amanda I don't have an I Heart Amanda
Starting point is 00:11:03 you know and that's now I'm gonna am I gonna go oh no but you't say to amanda i'll get an amanda i'd heart amanda you said to emily blunt i will get an i heart emily but let's play it again in slow motion sorry i forget the exact wording i'll get it after this i'll get it after this i'll send it to you right i'll send it to you like what am i saying i don't have her email i'll send it to you. What am I sending? I don't have her email. I'll send it to you. So this is what I want to open up to the nation.
Starting point is 00:11:30 4487, it's a rogue text poll. Does Ben get the Emily Blunt tattoo like he promised to her? I don't want the show to be a program known for false promises. No, okay. Well, let's just roll it out this morning. Text poll. 4487 it is that. You're running late, stuck in traffic,
Starting point is 00:11:50 and now you have to listen to this. Toto and Ben, the hits. Now, I was driving along the road yesterday, and... Can we get you a producer B-Humps? Yeah, you come in here, producer B-Humps. B-Humps, our lovely producer Humps. No, this is, yeah. Well, I think we all... He sent out this message afterwards,
Starting point is 00:12:06 and we were all like, well, of course it would have been, but... He texted me. He texted me. Producer Humps, check him out. No, this is, yeah. I think we all, he sent out this message afterwards, and we were all like, well, of course it would have been. He texted me. He texted me. Producer Humps texted me yesterday, and I was driving, and he said, Jono, I don't know why you had to include the others on the show. It was just for me. It was a message for me. Jono, did you just cut me off in traffic? And I replied, probably.
Starting point is 00:12:24 I think we all were thinking probably. Yeah, the answer is, if anyone's been cut off in traffic, And I replied, probably. I think we all were thinking probably. Yeah, the answer is, if anyone's been cut off in traffic, anyone right now, the answer's always going to be, it's probably me that's cut you off. And I went, look, I have publicly said I'm a shocking driver, and I'll make no bones about it. Yeah, well, we were having some work chat over text messages, and I was running some errands around town, and yeah, in some outer suburbs, and I was running some errands around town and yeah in some outer suburbs and I was like
Starting point is 00:12:45 this car cut me off and I was just coming out right out in front of me and I was like is it is it Johnno I think it is and then he took off down a side street and I was like oh my yeah a shortcut he's so impatient that's the thing he doesn't like to sit still on lanes of the motorway and traffic going up to around. He'll go through stores, car parks, whatever, just to keep moving. My question is, though, to you, Producer Humphrey, as the other motorist, what justifies a cutoff? Like, when do you go, oh, it was just someone that pulled out in front with enough distance for me to slam on my brakes in a panic and come to a screeching halt. Basically, you're on the right side of an intersection cutting across to the left-hand side
Starting point is 00:13:30 of the adjacent street. And then, I don't think you indicated. I wouldn't, I wouldn't. But he keeps getting fines sent to work. He's like, where did all these fines, I don't know where they keep coming from. Oh, another one. Oh, I'm just, I treat the roads like a sinking Titanic.
Starting point is 00:13:48 It's every man, woman, and child for themselves out there. I was concerned your car was stolen. That's how radical the driving was. But I mean, how big is this country? And then I cut off our producer. Like, what? Of all people. Don't you hate it, though you've been when you get impatient
Starting point is 00:14:06 with another driver probably none of you do this but i do you get a passion the other you're like honking a horn or you're getting your you know tailgating or whatever and then it turns out to be someone that you know i've been like someone to give way and they've just been there for so long and i've just been like hey and! And then I turn around and it's like the sweet old mother from the school and you're like, oh, Jesus. Probably don't do it outside school drop-off. You know?
Starting point is 00:14:37 Jono and Ben, just like family. The family members you're ashamed of. Now in the world right now, we're all just trying to navigate our way off and through the internet. And just through life in general. Which is a lot of appearance. No, we're just trying to make our way through life, aren't we?
Starting point is 00:14:52 Man, I keep the family safe. Be happy. Have a nice, balanced work life. Yeah, there's a lot of things we're trying to do right now. But we've been chatting actually off the radio about a few things recently. So we thought, why don't we do it on here? Because these things might actually help. Because we have a lot of air time to fill.
Starting point is 00:15:08 We're like, why are we talking about this off air? Yeah, one question we had yesterday. I was searching around on the internet and a website pops up and it says, well, do you accept our cookies? And I always go, yes, I do. And I have no idea what cookies are. And what you've just accepted all two. So that's why we thought we might bring in Martin Cocker from NetSafe right now to hopefully
Starting point is 00:15:30 answer this question and many more. How are you this morning, Martin? I'm doing well. It's NetSafety week, so we're enjoying all the activity and getting a chance to talk about online safety with everybody. Is it? Is it? It is, yes.
Starting point is 00:15:43 Oh, well, this is well-timed, yes. This is well timed, Martin. I assumed that's why you were calling. Listen, we'll start this again. It's NetSafe Tea Week this week and we're joined by NetSafe CEO Martin Cocker. Good morning. Great to have you on. Big week. One of the biggest weeks of the
Starting point is 00:15:59 year for us all, really, isn't it? Yes. Martin, because we all blindly, I feel like we all blindly just go on the internet and accept all sorts of things and all sorts of terms and conditions without actually really thinking about what it means or what the consequences are.
Starting point is 00:16:15 For example, the websites that go, do you accept our cookies? And I just go, I accept. What does that do it? So cookies are used to remember what you've done on the website before so you know when you've been there and you've put some details in or you've actually just been to visit a page the cookie remembers that so that uh your browsing experience is uh is what you what you would expect so most of the time cookies are perfectly benign and saying
Starting point is 00:16:40 yes i accept all the cookies as uh there's no problems at all mean, the reality is usually you have the option to accept them all and have the website work, but not accept them and not have the website work. Yeah, oh, so it makes it function better for you. So it's not too dodgy. What about T's and C's? When you get all those, do you accept all the T's and C's? And to be honest, again, probably half of us don't, or most of us don't actually read in them and just click yes.
Starting point is 00:17:03 Again, should we pay more attention to this? We should, but the reality is there's just no time in life to read all the T's and C's of all the things we want to do. I mean, there are certain parts of the T's and C's you might want to read if those things are important to you or if, like, for example, you're a by-product.
Starting point is 00:17:20 Now, we're back with Martin Cocker who's the NetSafe CEO. We'll do that very shortly. Should we ask, what is the appropriate age for children to get onto social media as well? Oh, that's a very good question. Thank you. Thank you. Want to ask him that? No, hold there, Martin.
Starting point is 00:17:33 Okay. Hopefully Martin thinks it's a good question too. We'll come back very shortly. Martin Cocker from Netsafe. And it's the hits. 6.60, all she wrote. It is the hits. Jono and Ben, 16 past 8.
Starting point is 00:17:45 Now it is Netsafe week, and we're talking to the head of Netsafe, Martin Cocker. They're here to keep people safe online. We're putting the questions to him that we all want to know around safety on the internet. How often should we be changing our passwords, Martin? More often than we do, but not as often as we get told to do, really. I mean, the reality is if you have different passwords on different sites,
Starting point is 00:18:08 then changing them is not that necessary. What happens these days is that your password gets stolen from somewhere and then used somewhere else. So if you use the same password on multiple sites, which the reality is most of us do, when it gets stolen from one place and it gets used somewhere else, then they'll be successful getting in. So, you know, the idea that people sort of spend their time guessing your password,
Starting point is 00:18:29 that's no longer the case. They just literally have stolen it from one site and then used it on another. Well, so much. Once you start asking these questions, Martin, there's so many questions that we want to ask. And we might quickly rip into two more. Firstly, you have something like Alexa in your house or something that's kind of listening and it's voice activated.
Starting point is 00:18:48 Is it always listening? Like, should I be nervous about we have one brought into my house by my daughter? Well, can I just say Ben is always nervous. It's just the level of nervousness. Yeah, what are they listening to? And should I be worried that this thing is listening all the time? It has to be listening all the time because it's listening for the wake word. So for Alexa, it's waiting for Alexa.
Starting point is 00:19:04 And anybody who's listening to the radio with Alexa in their house, I've just woken up for them. Alexa, Alexa! But it doesn't mean that it's recording everything. So it has to be listening, but it doesn't record. So all those big players, Alexa, Google, Apple, they definitely have to listen all the time. But they have, you know, within their terms and conditions, which we know you haven't read, but there's definitely there. They confirm that they don't record anything else and they don't pass that information back to the headquarters.
Starting point is 00:19:33 And, you know, there are two bigger companies to lie about those sorts of things. So, yes, it's listening all the time, but you don't have to think that a permanent record of your life's been created and sent back to those corporations. Now, finally, I'm kind of going through this at the moment with my eldest, Oscar. He's on Snapchat. And you're kind of like, I don't know how it works, mate. I'm an old man.
Starting point is 00:19:52 But when is the appropriate age for kids to get on social media? Well, the rules for social media are mostly based on the age of 13. There are some social media products coming out for younger kids which will change that. But there's a law in the US that says that once you're 13, you're allowed to make a decision about your private information, and that's why those services are set at 13. But the important thing for us to know is that that's the expectation of the service.
Starting point is 00:20:18 So once someone's 13, they're allowed on the service, which means that the service has a responsibility to protect 13-year-olds. So that's the ideal time. Lots of younger kids go on to those main products. If they do, and if you are okay with that as a parent, they're not breaking the law, so be clear about that. They're breaking the terms and conditions.
Starting point is 00:20:36 That I haven't read. Which, again, you haven't read yet. Which you might have done there, yeah. Yeah, so they're not breaking the law. They're just breaking the terms and conditions. And if you're okay with them doing that, we just recommend that you have a much more active time monitoring them because this side is accepting responsibility to protect people 30 and over, but if you're going to allow your child younger to go on, then you're accepting that responsibility.
Starting point is 00:20:56 Oh, okay, that's a good way to look at it. So I should be a better parent is what you're saying. I try to stay cut short of that. Just sort of insinuate it. Yeah, well, there is so much stuff that is just a concern nowadays. You know, what people can post that can come back. You know, all that sort of stuff. Yeah, like, I mean, what would you... What about sending nudes to someone?
Starting point is 00:21:18 Say, let's just have a hypothetical situation. I've sent some nude pictures to a wonderful colleague of mine who I've worked with for many years, and I trust him. Is that the right thing to do, even if you really trust the person? Well, I mean, if you're doing it consensually, you're certainly not breaking any laws or doing anything wrong if both of you have consented to that. You know, the reality is as soon as you create those images and share them with somebody else, then the risk that they get passed on exists. So you sort of, you know, you have to accept that risk at that point. You know, the person who, if later on that trusted co-worker,
Starting point is 00:21:55 you know, abuses that privilege of having your images and passes them on, they are the offender, they are the one that we should be annoyed with. But, you know, the reality is if you do never create them, you never have the risk. So it's a tough one. I never want to say to people you can't do something which is perfectly legitimate and extending, but at the same time, you know, there'll be a risk that will come with it.
Starting point is 00:22:15 Yeah. Hey, Martin, this has been bloody interesting, mate. I tell you what, we're going to keep your number. And is that okay? Yeah, yeah, no problem. I'll send you some pics. Can I trust okay? Yeah, yeah, no problem. I'll send you some pics. Can I trust you? But also, you will keep note of NetSafe Safety Week.
Starting point is 00:22:32 NetSafe Safety Week is a big week this week. Yes, yes it is. Thank you very much to Martin Cocker from NetSafe there. Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion. Mike Hosking on New Salted Bean. In the meantime, here's Jono and Ben. The hits. Now, are you a God parent?
Starting point is 00:22:48 I am. With my mate's child, yeah. We're pretty awesome. Were you struggling to remember the name of your... No, it was one of those things where I'm not going to... You know, like I was going to name it. I was like, actually, let's keep it private, you know. But you do know the name.
Starting point is 00:23:02 Yeah, yeah. That's all I know, though, to be honest. Or is that just a cover-up? Yeah, old Wattses. All right, good to see you. Wattsy. Don't tell me, don't tell me. Hey, kiddo.
Starting point is 00:23:15 Hey, mate. Good to see you, bud. All right, champ. Oh, boy. Boy, you're getting big now. Yeah. But, you know, I'm the godparent, and we just got asked to be godparents again.
Starting point is 00:23:26 So it's a wonderful honour. It is a really lovely honour. And to be honest, we got asked by our good friends, Jason Tiff, and I think they asked both of us, but they really probably wanted the sensible, safe pair of hands of my wife, Jennifer. Yeah, to be honest. I love you, but no.
Starting point is 00:23:44 But Jen, yeah, she's out of her hands, but then you're involved, so no. But you know I wouldn't be involved. She's doing all the admin. So there's a risk. I barely remember my own kid's name. It's a lone godparent.
Starting point is 00:23:58 Hey little fella. Hello, I'm not your godchild. Gee, you're growing up quick. It's just some random 20-year-old man. But I'm a godchild of another child too, Tyson, who I'm not afraid to name my wife's bed. Oh, I can if you want me to. I just didn't know if it was a, you know.
Starting point is 00:24:15 I'm just proving that I remembered his name. Yeah. But I'm a shocking godparent. I really am. Ask me Tyson's birthday. What's Tyson's birthday? I don't know. That's the thing, man. It gets to the stage where it
Starting point is 00:24:28 goes too far past. You can't ask now, can you? Can you go, hey, just getting prepared for Tyson's birthday. When was that again? But then I'm like, what are the expectations of a godparent? It's like, yeah, I'll be a godparent. I don't know what it means. I don't know what
Starting point is 00:24:42 ramifications there are, what I'm expected to do. Yeah, because it's interesting. I think maybe you remember a birthday. Connection to the, you know, because I think it was set up back in the day. If I'm wrong for people, like if something happened to the parents, why do we need someone to look after the child? That was what it was for. But now, I mean, we've got a will saying what we want to do in that situation
Starting point is 00:25:03 so we don't have a god. We don't have godbrothers saying, okay. I'll be your godfather. No, mate, we've got a will. what we want to do in that situation so we don't have a God. We don't have God saying, okay, this is... I'll be your Godfather. No, mate, we've got a will. No, I'll be your Godfather. Sir, I can't. Lawyers fees to change the lawyers. I mean, you don't want to go down that road, mate.
Starting point is 00:25:13 He won't accept you as a Godfather. No, no. I'm putting myself forward. I don't want you, mate. We've got a family. We've got other friends involved. I will father your children. No, mate, we've got people there that I try...
Starting point is 00:25:22 I mean, I love you, but it's not, you know. You can have these headphones Oh thank you, I'll look after those headphones. Now producer Humphrey you've just come in with your hand up, you're a god parent I am yes and I'm a shocker as well. I actually at the
Starting point is 00:25:38 christening I pointed out to my friend who is the godmother and I said look now part of your role is to remind me when the birthdays are and keep me informed of what I need to be doing. And that worked well for the first year. Haven't heard a whisper from anyone involved
Starting point is 00:25:55 for the last five years. And they haven't heard a whisper from you? No. So have you said birthday presents or anything? No, look, once you miss the first couple, it's like... Yeah, it's too for the boat sale. That's on her, though. That's on the mother.
Starting point is 00:26:10 She should have been reminding you. Juliet, are you a godparent? No, I'm not. My sister is a godparent. You could be. Do you want to be a godparent of my kids? Yes! Yes!
Starting point is 00:26:18 What? I trust her. What, Julie? What? What the hell? I have known you for 15 years, not even 12 months. She gets the gold, what? Safe for hands.
Starting point is 00:26:31 No, but it must run in my family because my sister is a godparent to my younger cousin and she is the most organised, never misses a birthday, always sends him things and messages and if she sees something that he'll like, she'll buy it and send it to him. And she's very honest. She's the role model. Okay, we want to play a little game, okay? 0800 the hits is the telephone number. You just call us up.
Starting point is 00:26:53 You'll introduce yourself. And then we have to try and guess whether you're a godparent or a bad parent. A bad godparent. Yeah, the good and the bad. You're a legendary one or you're one that's a little bit like not quite fulfilling the duties. And if we don't nail it, you're going to win a prize. We've got some Hell Pizza, B-House.
Starting point is 00:27:11 No, we've got some tickets to experience Disney's newest live action-adventure film. It's in cinemas today, Jungle Cruise. Oh, great. They're starring Dwayne The Rock Johnson and Emily Blunt. So you could win those on 0800THEHITS. Give us a call right now. It is the killers.
Starting point is 00:27:28 Somebody told me it is the hits. Jono and Ben. Just talking about are you a good godparent or a bad godparent, I admitted to the team that I was probably one of the world's most shocking godparents. So I've now just been asked recently to become the godparent of another child, my wife jennifer and myself and as i said i think they were more angling for jennifer's skills like if we were to she's mother theresa and i'm just some ratty bogan from moronsville a teen i would be a kid rock yeah
Starting point is 00:27:57 i'd be kid rock you're off after it was having all sorts seven kids to nine mums those maths don't even add up yeah but and and the too, because remembering birthdates, Juliette, is probably a big one, right? Yeah. But like, as a godparent, if you commit from the get-go and you're giving gifts every birthday, at what age do you then button off? Is it like the 21st birthday you're an adult now, or is it kind of like before? When you commit, it's like, oh God, have I gone in too deep? Did you have a comment that everyone has yeah i don't have god parents oh
Starting point is 00:28:27 yeah yeah no we didn't have you don't even have real parents either you don't even know that my parents are like oh i don't know i think it's god i don't know this kid he's like mom dad i don't know who's this sorry he must be adopted yeah but it's not something that every family does we don't have it for our kids and we don't kids. But you have a plan in place, I guess, if anything happens. No, you literally just asked Juliet if she would do it. Well, no. And I...
Starting point is 00:28:49 Anyway. It was for comedic radio purposes. But she would be great. She would be the one I'd choose. You would be. You would be very good. The problem, I'm just not a dates guy.
Starting point is 00:28:57 Yeah. You know? And I'm never going to be a dates guy. Or maybe I could just start using a calendar like a normal person. We'll get Debbie on. We're going to play a game.
Starting point is 00:29:04 Are you a godparent or a bad parent? Debbie, do a little bit of talking. Introduce yourself. Okay, I'm Debbie. I'm from Tauranga, originally from South Africa. I've been here for three years. I am a parent. I have a 17-year-old.
Starting point is 00:29:17 Okay, so she sounds like a safe pair of hands. You do sound like a safe pair of hands. All right, I'm going to say you're a godparent. Yeah. I am a godparent, but not a good one. Oh! Join the club. No, I was shocking.
Starting point is 00:29:33 They were a year old and three years old, and I'd done everything, remembered the birthdays, been really, really good, and my best friend and I had a major falling out and never saw them again. Oh, yeah, you don't get more shocking than that. It's sad. I mean, it does happen, but it's sad that it's a falling out.
Starting point is 00:29:49 So you've never, I guess, no contact, nothing? No, no. And obviously they live in South Africa. So, yeah. Hey, we've got an idea. Let's reunite you two after the air break, shall we? Get the number. No, thank you.
Starting point is 00:30:06 I'm always trying to create these moments. It's my job. Yeah. Okay, we'll talk to Debbie off air and try and con her into calling you back. Double pass to the Jungle Cruise coming your way. Enjoy that movie, all right? Wonderful, thank you. Love you, Debbie.
Starting point is 00:30:20 All right, we'll get Donna on from Rotorua. Welcome, Donna Morena. Good morning. Great to have you on. Okay, tell us a bit about yourself. Okay, I'm a mum of three adults and soon to be in two weeks 11 grandchildren. Oh, you're a godparent.
Starting point is 00:30:35 You'd be a good one. I've got three godchildren, but one of my first granddaughter was made, I was made a godparent, and she's 15 now. We've been raising her since she was made, I was made a godparent. And she's 15 now. We've been raising her since she was three. And I'm also raising a 15-year-old grandson. So I think I'm okay.
Starting point is 00:30:53 You're good. You are, Mother Teresa. Yeah, you are. Wow, that's awesome. And I send birthday, Easter, Christmas presents to all the godchildren and all my grandchildren and my sons and daughter in Northern Australia. I see we found a good one. We found you better than us.
Starting point is 00:31:08 Some tickets to experience Disney's newest live action adventure Jungle Cruise coming your way. Enjoy that. Amazing, lovely thank you. Awesome. We'll get John from Hamilton on. Tell us about yourself John. Yeah, more or no everyone. More or no. I've got three
Starting point is 00:31:23 kids of my own but I've got multiple nie of my own, but I've got multiple nieces and nephews. Is he a godparent or a bad parent? I don't like saying they're godparents. I imagine John would look after his own brood well, but I don't know how he'd go with the one. I'm going to say he's a
Starting point is 00:31:40 bad one. What are you going to look at? Is he? Yeah, a bad one because I are you looking? Is he? Yeah, a bad one. I know I'm a godparent to one of my nieces, but I just can't actually remember which one. So they all get presents. I'm not playing favourites, because I don't know which one is meant to be my favourite.
Starting point is 00:32:02 Oh, John, that's so good. Go and join Jungle Cruise, mate. We're going to send you along to see Emily Blunt and Dwayne The Rock Johnson in cinemas right now. Awesome, thanks. Thanks, John. Great text. Can I just read this text out too?
Starting point is 00:32:13 It's just come through, 4487. I went to a ceremony where the godmother almost set the child's hair on fire in the church with the candle. Oh, wait. mother almost set the child's hair on fire in the church with the candle. No way! I'm pretty sure she got benched from gone motherly duties after that. Mmm, coffee breath. Jono and Ben, the heads.
Starting point is 00:32:35 Hey, of course the Olympics are going on right now in Tokyo. A couple of medals, silver medals yesterday for New Zealand, so congratulations to our rugby sevens and the women's Double Sculls. Hannah Osborne and Brooke Donoghue are for winning silver. Two more silver medals to our tally, but as I said earlier...
Starting point is 00:32:52 I've seen Juliet do the Women's Double Sculls. It's last week's... Different double sculling, wasn't it? You should be at the Olympics. Yeah, no, silver medals for me, please. But I was saying it's only two medals technically to our tally, but there was at least ten Sevens players that got silver. This is a little hack
Starting point is 00:33:07 that Ben found earlier in the show that we can boost us up the medal tally I'm adding twelve. Twelve medals so far. So all of the Sevens players Hayden Wilde we said he completed the triathlon that's another three bronzes so I'm saying twelve silvers and
Starting point is 00:33:23 three bronzes for New Zealand so far. So we are after a loose Olympic connection. We did this yesterday, and actually, ironically, we just mentioned him. Hayden Wild, we got him on the show. What is your connection to the Olympics? He came third, bronze medal, triathlon, and we'd mentioned to him that it looked like everyone crossed the finish line and just started vomiting.
Starting point is 00:33:43 The old Christian who won obviously spewed up in the middle of the finish line. Everyone was just like collapsing in his vomit. Yeah, collapsing in his vomit. You might want to just check the bottom of your shoes, mate. Just give them a hose off before you come back to New Zealand. Oh, mate, you should see my tri-suit because when I was trying to help the guy off the ground, he kind of did a cheeky vom on my leg. I couldn't believe it.
Starting point is 00:34:03 So there you go, inside stuff. That's the stuff that you don't hear on the post-match, isn't it? He just did a cheeky vom on my leg. I couldn't believe it. So there you go, inside stuff. That's the stuff that you don't hear on the post-match, isn't it? He does a cheeky bomb on my leg. I get it, sounding like Juliet at the work drink after the double sculls. When you were trying to pick her up off the ground. So 0800, that's the telephone number. What is your
Starting point is 00:34:20 connection, your loose connection, or it could be a tight connection to the Olympic Games. Maybe one of the rugby ferns tackled you and gave you a concussion in a primary school game of lunchtime rugby, and now you're living with the long-term effects of the brain damage from that tackle. Maybe that's an option, yeah. Kasania, you've phoned through from Wellington early on the case.
Starting point is 00:34:40 You've got a connection. Yes, I do. Good morning to you. Yeah, I have a connection with a woman Blackstick Blackstick Oh, the hockey team. Oh, wow. Yeah, her name is Kelsey
Starting point is 00:34:55 Smith and we used to work together in a supermarket a couple years ago. Oh, awesome. I'm just looking. What was Kelsey's role in the supermarket? Was she after trolleys? Was she running the checkout, bakery?
Starting point is 00:35:11 No, she was in the grocery. She was a grocery girl. Oh, grocery girl. There you go. Yes, no, she's definitely in the team. I can vouch for that. She's even on the official website of the hockey team. Oh, there you go.
Starting point is 00:35:21 Which you would imagine is a given. At that time, I actually didn't know that she was in the team until she mentioned that she was doing it for the last Olympics.
Starting point is 00:35:37 Oh, right. Given the fact she was running around the supermarket with breadsticks and knocking a container of butter around the floor, didn't give it away. Hey, thank you, Kisanya. Appreciate your time. Love your work.
Starting point is 00:35:49 Good on you. That's how it works. Your loose connection to the Olympic team. You can call us 0800-THE-HITS, 4487 on the text. We'll see what we get after the weekend. It is The Hits. You got John on, Ben. I can't sleep until I feel your touch. Got Jono and Ben.
Starting point is 00:36:09 It is the weekend. You're on the hits, Jono and Ben. The Olympics, of course, are on right now in Tokyo, and we wanted your loose or strong connection to the Olympics. Do you have a connection with someone who is over there competing for New Zealand? No, we've got Monique on from the South Waikato. Morena, Monique. Morena, how are you all?
Starting point is 00:36:25 Great. After a loose connection with thena, how are you all? Great. After a loose connection with the Olympics, what have you got, babes? Yeah, Donna Hugh, who just won silver in the rowing. We used to work for her parents on their dairy farm. Oh, wonderful connection. That's a beautiful loose connection right there. That's awesome. How proud did you feel yesterday watching her win silver?
Starting point is 00:36:44 Absolutely blooming fantastic, that is. How cool is that? So, so proud of her. Yep, you say, I milked their cows. I sure did milk their cows. That's wonderful stuff. Are they lovely people? Oh, absolutely. Hands down. They're absolutely fantastic. It'd be great if you were like, no, absolute monsters.
Starting point is 00:37:00 Shocking human beings. No, no. They are brilliant. No. Oh, that's awesome. Oh, well, yeah, well, it's so cool yesterday seeing that and hopefully there's more medals to come today. Hopefully. Everyone's doing fantastic over there, that's for sure. Hey, wonderful stuff. Thank you very much. Producer Humphrey, you want to get that top text on, mate?
Starting point is 00:37:15 We'll try and get to them very shortly. We've got someone who's over in Japan right now with a loose connection to the Olympics. Nin Roberts. So I'm here in Tokyo as an athlete support for the NZOC. So looking after all our New Zealand athletes here in Tokyo. Oh, wow. This is not loose. Hang up on her.
Starting point is 00:37:35 It's not a loose connection. This is too tight. Too strong a connection. This sounds like an amazing job. But also I imagine quite a tricky job at the moment with all the protocols and everything that's going on. Yeah, yeah, we're pretty stringent on the protocols and it's all for good reason. I mean, you know,
Starting point is 00:37:51 COVID is here in Tokyo, so the NZOC and our Chief Commissioner, Rob Waddell, has done an incredible job with ensuring that every single sport, every single athlete and support staff know what their role is and what we need to do to ensure that we get the best outcome for everyone
Starting point is 00:38:08 so that they can perform. Ben was telling me yesterday that apparently in the Olympic Village they have cardboard beds. Can you confirm this, Nin? I can confirm and they are amazing, actually. It's the most comfortable sleep I've had. Wow! On a cardboard bed?
Starting point is 00:38:23 And I tell you what, after many nights in my bed, I probably would have wanted to burn it a couple of times so you could do that the next morning. Yeah. Get a new one. So it's actually really comfy. Yeah. There's a mattress on it and you can turn the mattress
Starting point is 00:38:36 if it's too hard and you can adjust parts of the cardboard bed to make different parts of the bed more softer. And yeah, it's really, really good. And they're also handing out contraception but saying don't use it, which I don't – it's a mixed message. Well, no, they're saying use it because of COVID, obviously. They were saying keep it as like a souvenir, which I thought was a nice idea. Yeah, I haven't seen any of that in our New Zealand space, to be honest,
Starting point is 00:39:03 but I'm sure they're floating around somewhere. I love how they use it as a souvenir when the grandkids, look what I've got here. This is from 2021, this. Is it quite eerie when you go into these big sports stadiums and there's hardly anyone inside? Is it quite weird, or are they pumping out the crowd sound effects in the event?
Starting point is 00:39:22 Oh, no, it is. It's really odd, actually. I'm not going to lie. I mean, going into swimming and having been there before at an Olympic Games, it's pumping and it's really sad because you've got your swimmers there that are yelling on the
Starting point is 00:39:36 sideline, but it's just the atmosphere isn't there. Not that they can hear it when they're in the pool, but at hockey last night, it's just a different vibe. But actually the athletes are there to perform. So regardless of crowd or no crowd, they just get on with it. They're pretty incredible.
Starting point is 00:39:52 Yeah, well, I'm sure there's probably some of the triathletes who are like, well, no one turns up to our race in Denmark in the middle of the year. So this is really... I'll say it's the full two hours of support. If anyone, there's more people here. Yeah, I mean, Hayden certainly had a decent crowd watch, and it was great.
Starting point is 00:40:07 You know, he came into the village yesterday and went and did a recovery run in the afternoon. He's just phenomenal, that guy. Hold on, he went for another run after a triathlon? Yeah, just a warm-down run. I know, we were all like, where are you going? You know, just an afternoon trot, you know? Oh, my goodness.
Starting point is 00:40:23 How long was his afternoon trot? I didn't ask, but he wasn't out there for too long. But I've never met someone with so much energy. He's so incredible. Oh, that's so awesome. Well, thank you for what you're doing for New Zealand and all the athletes. It sounds like an amazing, rewarding job. And do you get one of those sweet New Zealand bucket hats as well?
Starting point is 00:40:43 I saw those on the news. They look cool. I do. Yeah? Yeah, I do. rewarding job and do you get one of those sweet new zealand uh bucket hats as well i saw those on the news they look cool yeah yeah i can't pull off a bucket hat but i like i like them but i could i don't know i feel like now i can't i just yeah oh no we should we should see if we can arrange one for you shouldn't we that's what he was fishing no i wasn't i wasn't i saw them you didn't see that coming he was coming in from a long way out no i just he was no but i'm not i like my daughters wear bucket hats and they look good in them. But now I'm like, Dad, take the bucket hat off.
Starting point is 00:41:09 You're not cool enough to wear that anymore. Bucket hats go way back. I used to wear them. I was wearing these long before. But they weren't. Shut up, old man. Listen, Nin, you're doing a great job over there. Please pass on our well wishes to all of the athletes.
Starting point is 00:41:24 So proud of them. And you keep safe and good luck. Yeah, will do. Thanks, guys. There you go. Nin Roberts, who's the athlete support over in the Villages. We'll keep this going, eh? Your loose connection to the New Zealand Olympic team
Starting point is 00:41:36 or the Olympics in general. We'll take anything. That person who didn't let you merge probably listens to a lesser radio station. Jono and Ben, the hits. We're doing loose connections to the Olympics. Not so loose. We're getting some pretty loose connections of like,
Starting point is 00:41:50 oh, I've heard of the Olympics. Yeah. We're just tightening it up a little bit. A bit stronger than that. Now we have Kim on the phone on 0800 The Hits. Your loose connection to the Olympics, Kim. I helped with an anti-nausea class that Valerie Adams and her husband, Gabriel, attended.
Starting point is 00:42:05 Oh, wow. Tell you what, her Lamar's breathing would have been on point, wouldn't it? Well, we don't do Lamar's antenatal classes in New Zealand. Oh, sorry. Check, I should. No, you know what I'm going to do right now, Kim? I'm going to go and sign up for an antenatal class and do it all again, just so you know what you can do for a better joke next time.
Starting point is 00:42:24 All right, Johnny? That's what you're going to do? That's's right don't tell me what it is they'll be like what's your baby do you like i've got two kids this is for comedy purposes but i but i made a joke and it was wrong and now i'm gonna go back on wednesday night i'm gonna sign you up all right how was she how was val all right oh she amazing. She's a lot taller than I am, but her and her husband are such a lovely bunch of people, so it was lovely to have them in the
Starting point is 00:42:52 class. Yeah. Very good to have for New Zealanders. Well, let's hope she can birth a gold medal. Don't try and make a connection right now. There's a connection. Let's hope she can. I'm sorry. Yeah. Yeah, birth a gold medal. What's wrong with birth a gold medal? connection right now. There's a connection. Let's hope she can. I'm sorry. Yeah. Yeah, Bertha gold medal.
Starting point is 00:43:07 What's wrong with Bertha gold medal? I thought we were going to go weird. Do you mind Bertha gold medal, Kim? Maybe. No, no, she's not fully sold. All right. I'll see you Monday night for the class anyway. I appreciate your call.
Starting point is 00:43:21 Thanks so much. It is nice. Bye. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the much. It is nice. Bye. New Zealand's Breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. Good morning, New Zealand. Welcome on to the show. It is a Thursday morning. Good to have you.
Starting point is 00:43:32 Bit of a shaky start to Thursday for Ben, boys. You sent us a bit of a text going, guys, running late. What happened? Oh, I walked into sort of the pantry area to sort out some breakfast this morning, and I stood on something. I was like, oh, that was a bit wet and sort of... You never want to stand on wet things in darkness, do you? It kind of unsettles you.
Starting point is 00:43:50 And this was after I'd had a shower, I stood on that and I was like, oh, the cat smelled it. And I was like, the cat had... Which is not very good for the cat because he hasn't done this before. He hasn't sprayed in the kitchen. No, and so then it was like and it was well, I cleaned it up and then it was one of those situations where you're like, you smell it and you're like, oh, I'm going to have to re-shower. So it was this, you know, just quickly reshower.
Starting point is 00:44:05 Oh, you got that double shower? Yeah, because it was like, it kind of seeped into the foot, you know. Really cut through the nostrils, the old cat you're on. So I was like, that's going to put me behind. In the morning, we've talked about this before, every minute counts. You know, like, you've got your sort of thing, and then when one thing happens, throws you right out. You can't factor in a double shower. No.
Starting point is 00:44:22 But you look doubly clean, if that's a plus side. Yeah. Julian, how was the start to your morning? Less frantic? Yeah, it was reasonably relaxed. I actually got ready quicker than usual, which I was quite happy with. But it never happens. You're right. Actually, you count to the minute. You're right. I look up the clock, okay?
Starting point is 00:44:39 It's alright. 4.34, alright. Okay, I've got another two minutes to do this. If I'm not in the car by X01 yep wild routines eh we all have them that's some relatable
Starting point is 00:44:51 stuff to kick the show off we've got a big show today after 8 o'clock we're going to talk to someone who it was Isha you brought this up
Starting point is 00:44:57 yesterday when you go online and you're doing things like you're clicking on cookies or you're putting your credit card in what's the privacy
Starting point is 00:45:04 things around that? What are we signing up for when we click T's and C's and cookies and all that? In most websites, I do accept cookies. Yes, I do. Do I know what cookies are? No, I don't. But I'll accept them.
Starting point is 00:45:16 So we've got an expert joining us after 8 o'clock as well as $5,000 after 7. But next, if you missed it yesterday, the biggest interview this show has ever had, Dwayne The Rock Johnson and Emily Blunt. Next. It's Taylor Swift, Blank Space, 10 past 6 on your Thursday morning. Yesterday, we played it out for you and we wanted to play it again
Starting point is 00:45:39 because it was an amazing moment you put together. A journey that's been a couple of months in the making since I got an I Heart Dwayne Johnson tattoo on my bottom. Yeah, and it was all to get the attention of your hero, Dwayne The Rock Johnson. And unfortunately, it didn't garner the attention of your hero, Dwayne The Rock Johnson. I'd given up on it. Yeah, I know you had. I know.
Starting point is 00:45:56 You looked dead inside. Stop talking about it. You're like, I check his Instagram every day, though, just to see if he has put it up. That's what I told you, that confidence. You're like, stop talking about it. We're still checking. I'm like what do you want to do here? I know but publicly I'd given up on it. I was like please don't bring this up anymore. But behind the scenes
Starting point is 00:46:12 I was desperate for it. So we turned up to a movie theatre in Wellington when we were on the road a couple of weeks ago. The Roxy Theatre and you thought we were there to see a preview screening of The Jungle Cruise with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt for some ticket giveaways that we're going to do on the radio.
Starting point is 00:46:28 She sat down in the movie theater seats. Boom, imagine this on the big screen. Ben thinks it's going to be the introduction of the film, but Dwayne the Rock Johnson and Emily Blunt pop up on Zoom. Hello. What's up, Ben? Is that Ben? Is this a... What is this? Is this a pre-recorded message?
Starting point is 00:46:50 Is this a pre-recorded message? No, it's not. Is this Ben? Surprise, Ben. Surprise, Ben. Ben? Are you there? Holy shit! This is a pre-recorded message.
Starting point is 00:47:05 You guys look so cute in your hats. You can use your lips and they will talk back to you. The Dwayne Johnson, are you there, seriously? Yes, yes. We love your cool denim jacket. Oh, oh, oh. He was not prepared for this. I love you guys, I love you guys.
Starting point is 00:47:21 We love you, surprise. Why would you do this to me? I'm so, what is this? So this is- I thought you were, I love you guys. We love you, surprise. Why would you do this to me? I'm so, what is this? So this is... I thought you were watching the movie. I know your hero's here, and this is an interview that you're very underprepared for. Yeah, I would like some more time to,
Starting point is 00:47:36 I love you guys, I'm so excited about watching the movie, but... I pre-prepared some questions for him, they may be for a completely different movie. Holy, oh my God holy oh my god oh my god wow have you seen the film yet i was just sitting there comfortably and you guys like hey ben i'm like who's what ben this is a really weird start to the movie yeah he was he was he thought we were coming to watch the film so the downside is we're not going to watch the movie now oh yeah we'll shut this thing off then no no no but where no. But where are you guys? What's going on? Is this like a...
Starting point is 00:48:05 I'm so many questions, so many trust issues I have with him right now. What's happening? Well, we're in Atlanta, and we were told to come and surprise you, so that's why we're here. Well, you have. Jesus, I'm like, listen, we've got cameras,
Starting point is 00:48:16 we're in a movie theatre in New Zealand. No, no, no, but the thing is, they're very busy. We've only got eight minutes. So if you can do all this afterwards. Yeah, first question. Okay, question. Okay. Jungle Sorry. If you can do all this afterwards. Yeah, first question. Okay, question. Okay. Jungle Cruise.
Starting point is 00:48:28 If you're in... Oh, Jungle Cruise. If you're coming to New Zealand on a Jungle Cruise, what was the first thing you'd do in New Zealand on the Jungle Cruise? First thing I would do once I got there. Once we got there, I would take Emily to my favourite spot
Starting point is 00:48:42 to have some drinks. I used to live in New Zealand. No, you didn't. I did. Did you really? Yeah, I grew up in New Zealand. I did a lot of my growing up in New Zealand. What was your favourite spot? have some drinks. I used to live in New Zealand. No, you didn't. I did. Did you really? Yeah, I grew up in New Zealand. I did a lot of my growing up in New Zealand. What was your favourite spot?
Starting point is 00:48:48 Well, I wasn't drinking. Well, I shouldn't have been drinking. I was eight years old, but I was still drinking at eight, yes. It's actually what builds the muscle. Do you know, our economy has been trading off the fact that Dwayne Johnson spent a couple of years in New Zealand. We've been trading off that internationally for about 20 years now. Yeah. It's the coolest
Starting point is 00:49:07 thing to happen to us is we found sheep in our country. You know? We found sheep. It's amazing. But I did. I used to live in New Zealand and I have a lot of family in New Zealand still. I went to school in New Zealand. I went to Richmond Road and I lived in Grey Lynn.
Starting point is 00:49:24 And New Zealand will always be a special place because I'm an only child. school in New Zealand. I went to Richmond Road and I lived in Grey Lynn. And New Zealand will always be a special place because it was, you know, I'm an only child. But in New Zealand is when we lived together with all my grandparents, my Samoan side of the family. You had brothers and sisters. Brothers and sisters and aunties and uncles and everybody. So that was the first time that I really experienced like multi-generational living in the family. Yes, as it was. Oh, mate, you even just say New Zealandaland then we'll get another 10 years out of that he hasn't forgotten about it he still knows it oh my god now uh emily i know that uh duane is
Starting point is 00:49:56 very famous for uh lugging his uh iron paradise gymnasium around the world and you begged for access to the gym are you paying a 12-month membership you wouldn't believe what he charges for this entrance to the gym but um i i was allowed into the cathedral of iron paradise well first of all i famously don't like working out with anybody right but this one i didn't work out she didn't she just asked me she's like hey can i come to the gym i was like yeah sure just invite yourself absolutely so she comes in and she kicks ass she's a badass man in the gym do you remember the only time you gave me a tip it was one of the only times we were in there together and i was on that you know when you like lock your arms in you lift
Starting point is 00:50:39 your legs up and down that one yes and i was doing like the wussy version yes it's called a leg extension the leg extension one was like you were like you were like you should just straighten your legs out like comes in the gym she leaves all the baby weights around and all that shit it's a mess it's so tidy like anally tidy and i was just about to say do you use the detail wipes to wipe down the equipment after you use them? And I didn't realize, he is so tidy and germaphobe. You'd be kicked out of the gym. What three items would you actually take of your own if you're on a jungle cruise? That's quite good.
Starting point is 00:51:16 Dwayne would bring his gym, obviously. That's good. Dwayne would bring... Imodium? Imodium, okay. I'm going to have to Google that one afterwards bring Imodium. Imodium. I'm going to have to Google that one afterwards. Imodium, Pepto-Bismol and
Starting point is 00:51:32 some like sort of industrial type deodorant. Oh, okay. Emily would bring things she doesn't use. Toothbrush. Wow. Toilet paper. That is so great.
Starting point is 00:51:51 Hey, you guys are in the jungle. You've got to improvise. You've got to improvise in the jungle. Just use some leaves. I'm going to find some leaves. Come on, yeah. So that was the first chunk of the interview, and I felt a responsibility to make Dwayne Johnson aware of your tattoo.
Starting point is 00:52:09 Next, have a listen to this, the reaction of Dwayne Johnson when we show him Ben's Dwayne Johnson tattoo on his bottom. It's unbelievable, and that's next on The Hits. I get up, I get down, and I'm jumping around in the rock. Let's go, I and i'm jumping around here we go you're on the hits uh jono and ben uh yesterday uh we played it for you and we want to play it again in case you missed it because it was so epic uh it was weeks behind the scenes you've been basically putting together a surprise for me featuring my hero du Dwayne The Rock Johnson, and the awesome Emily Blunt, thanks to Disney's Jungle Cruise,
Starting point is 00:52:48 which is out tomorrow. And so I went to a movie theatre in Wellington, thinking we were going to watch, we were lucky enough to watch the preview of the movie. Bang, they pop up on the big screen over Zoom, my hero Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, and I get to talk to them, we get to chat to them. It was surreal.
Starting point is 00:53:00 And your tattoo on your bottom, that we've been banging on about for the last three months. Jeez, have we been banging on about this to you? Yeah. A lot of banging. Maybe I should like montage the amount of times we've said the rock tattoo. The rock tattoo. But it's on you to pull us back.
Starting point is 00:53:16 You need to go, guys, you're banging on. We're old men. We just rattle on. But in this instance it's fine though because it would have felt weird not to bring it up with The Rock, Dwayne Johnson, right? Because obviously you didn't know it was happening. So what I'd done, because tastefully, I thought I'd do this in a tasteful way,
Starting point is 00:53:31 is print out your tattoo, and Juliet even went to the troubles of laminating it. So I held up a picture of it to the screen, and this was their reaction. Can I just railroad for a quick moment? Dwayne, this is either going to make you very impressed or it's going to creep you out to the point where you're going to end this zoom call okay ben boyce is a mega fan so much so that i made him get this on his left bottom cheek can you see that wait a second we saw that look Wait a second. I've seen that. Did you post it?
Starting point is 00:54:06 No, I didn't post it, but I sent it to you. Yes, and you said you should get this. And I said you should get this. No way. No, this is... They have text your tattoo to each other. No, this is... Wait a second.
Starting point is 00:54:18 I have it. I have it. I feel like I'm deep in the heaven right now. I do remember that. No, no. Can you guys see it? That's me. That's me. That's me! That's my left cheek! Show them the cheek!
Starting point is 00:54:30 Show them the cheek! Let me see it. Put your pants down. Oh my god! That's it! That is so awesome! My wife Amanda's like, you don't even have a love heart with my name on it, but you have Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Can you get me on the other bum cheek? Awesome. My wife Amanda's like, you don't even have a love heart with my name on it,
Starting point is 00:54:45 but you have Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Can you get me on the other bum cheek? I'll get it after this. I'll get it after this. I'll send it to you, all right? There's a promise. I'm a hole. Wow.
Starting point is 00:54:59 Okay. Hey, guys. Might I remind you we're here for a Disney movie? It's Disney. Guys, you pulled your pants down. I know, I'm sorry. I'm going to regret it. This is like the greatest thing you've ever seen.
Starting point is 00:55:12 Oh, my God. That's just so bit of a game. Hold on, really quickly. I do want to say, Ben, I've been holding onto this video for, I think, a month and a half, two months. I haven't posted it yet, but I have been planning on doing it. So now I'm glad I didn't post it. So now we've had a chance to meet.
Starting point is 00:55:27 Now when I do post it, I can give proper context that I actually met the man who did it. But thank you for doing that, brother. I really appreciate that. Thank you. Wow. Thank you so much. Wow.
Starting point is 00:55:36 Well, from the bottom of his bottom, we thank you as well. Hey, Jonah and Ben. Sorry, we just have time for one last question. Oh come on, one more. One last question. We're getting one last question. Okay, my final question is, have you had a fun time? The best time.
Starting point is 00:55:55 You guys gave us a skip in our step. You're awesome. By the way, literally, it's right here. Rebecca, do you have the term on it? Come on Rebecca, bring it in. Before this interview, we were like, we need some tequila. We were feeling it after a day of press, and you guys,
Starting point is 00:56:12 I feel a bit drunk after speaking to you. You can just bring a bottle back over. This is so surreal. Are you going to do a shot in front of us right now? It's 10 o'clock in the morning in New Zealand, so people would judge us for our drinking habits, but we can watch you. It's a different time zone. No one would judge you for your drinking
Starting point is 00:56:27 in New Zealand. Come on. That's true. I feel sorry for your next five interviews. Don't. They're going to be brilliant. Wow. I feel like I'm... This is a career highlight. This is a life highlight.
Starting point is 00:56:44 Sorry to my kids and my wife for wedding day and birthdays. Alright guys, so to Ben and what's your other name brother? My name's Jono. It's not important right now. It's not important. There's my other name. To Ben and the other guy.
Starting point is 00:57:01 To Jono and to Ben. Cheers to your bottom Ben. And thank you guys. Cheers to Jungle bottom, Ben. And thank you, guys. And cheers to Jungle Cruise. And thank you for being awesome. Thank you, guys. Cheers. That was fun.
Starting point is 00:57:11 Oh, listen. Wow. I love you guys. I love you guys, too. Love you guys. See you guys. Ow. Listen, where does this put me on the best friends stage?
Starting point is 00:57:20 Mate, you're like. Do I get extra points? Mate, I feel like I could get rid of Dwayne Johnson's name, get iHeart, John O'Prior. Did you... But this is... It was all me. Like, there's no one else.
Starting point is 00:57:30 Not one other person was involved in the war. I feel like maybe, you know... No, no, it was just all me. I did everything, plugged all the things. No. Oh, my goodness. Listen, there's a team of huge people who have been lying to your face for about four weeks.
Starting point is 00:57:41 But what a lie. I'm, like, sweating. I'm, like, shaking. I'm, like, this is... This is... a, this is a, this is a joke. Also, there's a lot of stuff we can easily lie to you about. Wow! Not all that. Holy sh, holy shit.
Starting point is 00:57:52 No, no. Oh, wow. But the thing is, we don't get to watch the movie. That's, yeah, that's the only downside. It'll be on Disney Plus and it'll be in theaters, right? In TN1. He's still in plug mode. Here he is.
Starting point is 00:58:07 He loves his free movie tickets and he's not going to lose the opportunity. Give him a good old plug, Jungle Cruise. It'll be premier access on Disney Plus as well as in theatres as well. It's great in New Zealand. We get to go to the movie and watch. Look, what a consummate professional. Didn't even know it was coming. He's still plugging it. He knows the platforms.
Starting point is 00:58:20 Jungle Cruise. Jono and Ben over and out. Wow. I'm still buzzing about it. It was such a surreal experience if you want to catch it including the epic reaction when I realised what's going on. Head to the Hits Breakfast on Instagram. You can catch the video there right now
Starting point is 00:58:33 and don't forget Disney's Jungle Cruise in cinemas today. Jono and Ben or as they're known in the office those two. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast on the Hits. A lot of Olympic Games action going on at the moment. I'm filling in very shortly of the Kiwis who not only won medals yesterday, but are up for medals again today.
Starting point is 00:58:52 We'll do that in a few moments. Just it's wonderful viewing, isn't it? Yeah. You're just like 900 channels of all these obscure sports, and my son has just got very enthusiastic. He also gets very enthusiastic about events. You know, children do, don't they? They get swept up.
Starting point is 00:59:08 They jump on that bandwagon. And he is loving all of the sports. And so he pitched a great idea actually for the program. He's like, how about you record me? I'll describe the sport I'm watching. And Ben has to figure out what the sport is. Have we got some Olympic sounding music, Juliet? I didn't prepare you for this.
Starting point is 00:59:27 So if there's some Olympic sounding music to it. That's pretty good. It is beautiful. Can we get better Olympic sounding? No, no. That's perfect. More Olympic-y. No, that was perfect.
Starting point is 00:59:37 So I'm going to play this audio. This is what he was watching last night. You need to figure out what the sport is, okay? So this sport is about speed and height. If you have a short person that can jump really high, you'll need them to be able to think forward and know when to jump up. On the attacking side, you can hit the ball straight and have the ball stay in midair and doesn't spin, and then it can wave to the side and look like it's going one side, then go to the other, and then the players get faked out.
Starting point is 01:00:11 And you'll want to hit it hard, but you can also tap it over. Oh, I started off and I thought maybe it's basketball or three-on-three basketball they're doing at the moment. Maybe you can text in 4487. But then they're tapping it. Yeah. Okay, Walters will play a song. You can have a think. Yeah, I'll have a think about it.
Starting point is 01:00:24 You have a think listening. Text in 4487 and we'll reveal Oscar's Olympic sport after the ads. These are the real Olympic Games in New Zealand. Can you guess what the sport is? To be honest, this is as close to the Olympic Games as we can get without paying for the rights. An 11-year-old
Starting point is 01:00:40 describing sports. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the Heads. I think he was playing a little Olympic game before. Yeah, Oscar's Olympic sports. He's my son. He came up with this format. This is a completely original idea and he describes Olympic
Starting point is 01:00:55 sports he's watching. Then you have to figure out which one it is. This is the audio from last night. So this sport is about speed and height. If you have a short person that can jump really high, you'll need them to be able to think forward and know when to jump up. On the attacking side, you can hit the ball straight
Starting point is 01:01:15 and have the ball stay in midair and doesn't spin, and then it can wave to the side and look like it's going one side and then go to the other, and then the players get faked out and you'll want to hit it hard but you can also tap it over. Here we go. And many texts rolling in. 4487. Here is the answer.
Starting point is 01:01:35 So, if you're wondering what the sport is it is volleyball. Yeah, nice. Why don't you lock in? I was, well, firstly I thought maybe it's basketball and then I was like, oh maybe it's badminton But then he talked about the ball Very ambiguous That's the joy of Oscars
Starting point is 01:01:51 I got there for volleyball It was very good And here's some more Olympic news right now I don't know why my button's not working Don't talk to us about why your button's not working Let's roll straight into it We don't need to have a flashy wee intro for this. No, we do need a flashy.
Starting point is 01:02:06 The show does not go on until we have a flashy wee intro. Okay, then. And we sit here in silence. Let's, I'm just pressing it. You're making noise. This is scrolling through your feed. All right. Time now for your daily update.
Starting point is 01:02:21 I knew the button would eventually get working. Yeah, it was definitely not just Juliet doing that with her mouth. The Rugby Sevens overnight, Fiji proved too strong for New Zealand. So New Zealand in the Sevens, the All Black Sevens, they got a silver medal which is awesome. I was really actually quite happy for the Fijians.
Starting point is 01:02:38 Yeah, as much as I wanted New Zealand to win, it would have been awesome to see them win gold. It's Fiji at the moment, the country's going through a heck of a lot with the coronavirus. So it was actually kind of awesome there. If you're going to lose to anyone, it was awesome to lose to. And they're bloody good at sevens, aren't they? Oh, amazing.
Starting point is 01:02:55 And they celebrated last night. Here's some audio that we found. Well, we stole from Newstalk CP. Over in Fiji where they were celebrating the win. How cool is this? That's very cool. But do you know what the more impressive thing is? Is Juliet's button still not working and she made that noise,
Starting point is 01:03:17 that re-enable noise, all with her mouth. What a skill. Thank you, Ju. You're welcome. Fiji have only ever won two Olympic medals over their history and they've both been in golds and sevens in the last two Olympic Games. Also yesterday in the rowing, New Zealand got another silver medal, so congratulations, huge congratulations.
Starting point is 01:03:32 Hannah Osborne and Brooke Donoghue finished second in the women's double skulls yesterday, and a whole lot more today. Up for grabs. I got watching three-on-three basketball last night. Three-on on three basketball. Now I'm kind of like, they were really good, don't get me wrong. They were wonderful basketball players but I'm like, why aren't you playing
Starting point is 01:03:51 normal basketball? Do the other two players make you nervous on the five on five basketball? It's unusual that it's both the sports. It'd be like having sevens rugby and fifteenth side rugby in the whole Olympic Games. I'm in the plus side Games. It's like, what is, yeah.
Starting point is 01:04:06 I mean, the plus side of three-on-three basketball, you can all fit in the same car on the way to the court. You know, five. You've just got that inconvenient fifth person you can't quite transport. My favourite basketball team in the Olympic Games is the Australian basketball team just because they're called the Boomers.
Starting point is 01:04:20 And I just love, I love the fact that an Australian basketball team is called the Boomers. They're all sitting on the sideline. They like how do i how do i text my grandson i can't i can't it's too noisy in here and they're like well there's no crowd here but it's still too noisy over here some of the mutual they muted the crowd i can't i can't hear a thing i was like well there's no crowd as well so the boomers is really cool but a huge congratulations to new zealand's now of course we added two silver medals before to our tally. But I'm saying, you know how we like to look at it per capita for the Olympics?
Starting point is 01:04:49 Yeah, we do like to break it down, don't we? Well, there's at least seven players on the sevens team. And there was a few reserves, I think, got a silver medal. That's 10 silvers. That's 10 silvers. But we chucked that on there. You have just clocked getting us up the medal tally. The two rowers yesterday, that's two medals.
Starting point is 01:05:04 Two more silver medals. So there were at least 12 silver medals yesterday, not two. The triathlon that Hayden got bronzed in, try, there's three. You can get a medal for... Just the name of the sport. Three more of the... Oh, we're cracking it. Let's put the unofficial Jono and Ben Olympic tally up, eh?
Starting point is 01:05:22 Let's bump these numbers up. That's awesome. And we'll give you... All right, time for some celebrity-based espionage. It's Spy. So Bob Odenkirk from Better Call Saul has been rushed to hospital after collapsing on set. So Better Call Saul is obviously the spinoff from Breaking Bad,
Starting point is 01:05:46 and he's the main character, and he's famous for playing the attorney? Attorney? Yeah, so he was in Breaking Bad, and then he got his own show. We actually interviewed him. He was a lovely, lovely guy a couple of years ago. Remember when we got him to bring our boss at the time to negotiate us extra? Because he played a lawyer.
Starting point is 01:06:00 Well, give us some extra days off. That's true. He was a true gentleman, wasn't he? But there's no word on why he fell, whether he was conscious when he was rushed to hospital or anything like that, but that's all we know so far. So hopefully he's doing okay. He's still receiving medical care, though.
Starting point is 01:06:18 And in other news, Kelly Clarkson. Goodness me. She's been ordered to pay $200,000 per month in spousal support for her ex-husband. So they've recently got divorced. And part of that divorce means that she has to, basically because he's her ex-husband, support him financially by giving him $200,000 a month. And an additional $45,000 per month for child support.
Starting point is 01:06:41 She'll also have to pay all of his legal fees for the divorce, which amounts to $1.25 million, which all sounds very expensive. But then she earns more than $1.5 million per month in income. So I think she'll be okay. So how come it's all on hers? I actually don't know. But I tell you what I've learned.
Starting point is 01:07:02 It's a great full-time job being Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband. It's a very well-paid full-time gig. I know. I'll marry her and be her ex-husband. I know. But I feel like the legal divorces in America, because we don't have to pay spousal support in New Zealand if you get a divorce, do you?
Starting point is 01:07:20 I don't know, Ben. I don't know. What are you doing, bro? You're looking after a few family. Actually, speaking of which, I was just trying to quickly Google that because I was reading the other day so Dr. Dre, obviously, you know. First billionaire rapper.
Starting point is 01:07:33 So he has broken up with his wife and she is getting $2 million in monthly spousal support. Monthly? $2 million? Well, this is what she wants. Here's the breakdown. She reckons laundry and planning, $10,000 a month.
Starting point is 01:07:51 Clothes, $135,000 a month. Education, $60,000 a month. Entertainment, $900,000 a month. Charitable contributions are in there, $125,000. Very generous contributions as well. Mortgage. Mortgage is only $100,000 a month, which is, you know. Holy. Compared to what it is, telephone, cell phone.
Starting point is 01:08:06 There's a breakdown of it. So it'll be interesting to see if that goes through as well. That's crazy. Oh, well, no. Having your $900,000 entertainment budget monthly, it's a necessity for any human being. But I guess in some ways. It's a percentage of probably what he's got.
Starting point is 01:08:20 And that's their life. They've been accustomed to living in a lot of ways. So maybe, hey, who are we to judge over here? You know, if you want to spend $10,000 on laundry and cleaning, then why not? I can't actually see any other option to get your laundry done, apart from paying $10,000 to have someone do it. What's on your wrist, Juliet?
Starting point is 01:08:38 Me? Oh, this is the New Zealand team. This is my little ticket to get me into the cloud to watch the Olympics every day. Oh, really? Because Julia's too tight to pay for Sky, so she goes down to the public. No, I'm trying to figure out my parents' SkyGo password, but I can't figure it out. Yeah, you're like, it's great down there.
Starting point is 01:08:54 They've got it all on. They've got beanbags. I have a wee sleep. I stay for a bit. Can I ask you a question? Are you living in the communal Olympic viewing area in Auckland City? Don't share my secrets. No, no, no.
Starting point is 01:09:04 Is it cool there? It is really cool. Yeah, it is really cool. Very good atmosphere. All of the news people are down there with their cameras. God, I'm like, wow. And you're like, get out of my house. I didn't agree to this. And there's five and more. You can head to the hits.co.nz New Zealand's breakfast.
Starting point is 01:09:20 This is Jono and Ben on the hits. Kia ora, good morning. Just gone seven o'clock. You're with Jono and Ben on the Hits. Kia ora, good morning. Just gone seven o'clock. You're with Jono and Ben on The Hits. Just reading before, there's $8 million overdue that's gone to the debt collectors for people that stayed at MIQ facilities. Oh, who would have thought? Really?
Starting point is 01:09:36 $38 million overall, apparently fees unpaid. $38 million, but $8 million have gone through to the debt collectors being called in. So it obviously, much like my parking tickets that mount up, the longer they go on, you know, it sort of goes to the court and it goes to Baycorp. You know, there's a process. So these people have obviously stayed and left at an extraordinary amount of time not to pay their bill. Yeah, but I guess it's unusual that you don't, like, you stay at a hotel like I did, you
Starting point is 01:10:01 give your credit card details and stuff like that. How come that doesn't just get sorted out at the time? I don't know. I'm not running the... You know who I blame? I blame Ashley Bloomfield. He should have been across this. Don't pour it on poor Ashley. We saw him on Breakfast before and I was like, mate, he's still battling away, doing great
Starting point is 01:10:18 work for New Zealand. He looks tired, the poor guy. But he should have been across this. Oh, what? It was like, go back to high school. Jill, when you were at high school. Yes. And you do the, IOU? Honestly, I'll borrow this money for the tax shop.
Starting point is 01:10:31 When did you ever get paid back? They just did the world's most expensive IOU for everyone in the country. It's still going. But I think Boss Toto is about $16 million of that, too. Yeah, $5,000 up for grabs. That could be all yours in just over 30 minutes' time. Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday.
Starting point is 01:10:54 Our Game of Words Association, we play it every day on the hits. If you match all five words with the same words that we come up with, you win $5,000. It is the game that everyone is talking about. And by everyone, I mean the three people in this room right now. We're all talking about it. Everyone in this room is talking about it.
Starting point is 01:11:12 And Stacey from Whangarei, you're talking about it too. That makes four of us, Stacey. Good morning. Welcome, lovely to have you on the show. Stacey, I have a question to ask you. Do you like free cash? I love free cash. Well, then this is the competition for you.
Starting point is 01:11:28 If you like paying for your cash, well, then I'm sorry, there's nothing we can do for you. Stacey, big decision. As a school teacher, you'll be used to making big decisions. Who are you going to send into the soundproof booth? I've been there three out of three days this week. Okay, I'll send Ben then. Oh, good on you. It was like I've been sent in there out of three days this week. Okay, I'll send Ben then. Oh, good on you.
Starting point is 01:11:46 It was like I've been sent in there out of pity or something over the last three days. He makes his way into the capsule with no air circulation. Stacey, we're going to try and get five words off you and we're going to try and match those five words with Benjamin Ross, boys. Here we go. Okay.
Starting point is 01:12:04 The first word that comes into your head when I say Scooby. Oh, what's that drink thing that you make with it? Scooby, S-C-O-O. Oh, no, that's Scooby. You're thinking of Scooby. Oh. What the hell is Scooby? What is Scooby?
Starting point is 01:12:22 I do even Google images. It's a fermented drink. No, I'm thinking of something different. Scoby. Okay, I'm going to say scooby-doo. Scooby-doo? Yeah, I think so. For those in their cars and not able to witness scoby the drink,
Starting point is 01:12:41 it looks like something that you would pull out of your ears it makes kombucha basically oh kombucha get out of here with your hippie millennial drinks mate all right on to the next one word number two mint mint um breath oh i don't know actually Can I come back to that one? Alright, word number three, guitar String Guitar, string, nice
Starting point is 01:13:12 Lawyer is the fourth word this morning, Stacey Lawyer Court Oh, court, nice Two things Ben Is very aware of, having gone through the New Zealand justice system before for pranks gone awry.
Starting point is 01:13:32 Usually he doesn't let me talk about this, but he's locked in a soundproof booth right now. But Ben Boyce, I'm working with a criminal, I won't lie. Gives this show some street cred. Okay, word number five was pavlova, Stacey. Oh, I'm thinking cream or eggs. Cream. Everyone has cream with a pavlova, don't they?
Starting point is 01:13:56 Yeah, no, that's a lovely addition to the pav. And we'll just dot back to word number two. It was mint. Oh, I think breath. You have a mint when you need it for your breath, don't you? Yes, no, you do. That's valid? You do. There was another one, but I don't want to put it in your head and confuse you.
Starting point is 01:14:14 No, don't do that. No. Thank you. Alright, not the time for confusion. The time now is to let Ben Boyce out of the soundproof booth to see if he can match those five words with you for $5,000. How was it in there, little fella? My little fella? That's all right. My little fella.
Starting point is 01:14:26 That's all right, mate. How was it out here? Yeah, good. Do you want to do a radio show, little guy? I'd love to. All right. Jump up to the microphone. All you need to do is talk straight into it, okay, buddy?
Starting point is 01:14:35 Okay, all right. All right, we've got Stacey on the phone. Five words. Let's see if you can match with them for $5,000. Here we go. First word, Scooby. Scooby. Two.
Starting point is 01:14:45 How are they feeling up in Whangarei there, Stacey? Good about that one? Yeah, good. I was nervous about that one, but yeah, good. In the next song, Google Scooby, S-C-O-B-I, Ben. Do yourself a favour. Apparently they make drinks out of it. Oh, it's like a kombucha thing.
Starting point is 01:15:00 Yeah. You know about it. He's in touch with the youth. Oh, look at that kombucha. Oh, that's about it. He's in touch with the youth. Oh, look at that kombucha. Oh, I have coconut milk in the coffee now, mate. True, I can't... Stones, houses, et cetera. Word number two is mint.
Starting point is 01:15:18 Mint. Mint. Mint. Sauce? Oh! I would have thought you would have got it What was it Stacey? I went for breath Mint breath for a man who brushes his teeth nine times a day
Starting point is 01:15:33 Peppermint We dotted out on word two Guitar Strum String String Stacey went. Something you'll be familiar with, Ben. Lawyer?
Starting point is 01:15:48 Oh, cheap shot. Court? Oh, okay. Another thing you're familiar with. We had a little chat about it, didn't we, Stacey? We did. And the fifth word was pavlova. Cream?
Starting point is 01:16:03 Not bad. You can walk away with your head held high, Stace. I will. You can't walk away with $5,000, but thank you so much for listening. You have a great day teaching the youth. Yeah, thank you, and thank you for letting me play this. We'll send you out some tickets to the Jungle Cruise so you can enjoy the new Disney movie at Sin Cinnabas today.
Starting point is 01:16:20 Oh, thank you very much. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben. On the head. Great hanging out with you guys on a Thursday morning. Just gone 8 o'clock. You heard some of the results that happened yesterday in the Olympics. But if you're interested today, New Zealand's got a really good chance
Starting point is 01:16:34 of claiming the first gold medal today, they think. Rowers Kerry Gowler and Grace Prendergast, they set a world record time in their semifinal in the women's pair of the rowing. They're taking aim for the gold today, which would be awesome. Emma Twigg has got her semi-final today, another awesome Kiwi rower. Black Fern Sevens start their campaign today. Swimmer Lewis Clairbert yesterday had a great time.
Starting point is 01:16:58 And the golf kicks off today. Did he have a great time in his race or just a great time in general at the Olympics? He's had a great time over there. I actually don't know if he's had a great time. He's probably having a great time in general at the Olympics? He's had a great time over there. I actually don't know if he's had a great time. He's probably having a great time. You'd think so. I mean, sure, he probably can't go out as much as he hoped. But it's the pinnacle of what he does. I hope he's having a great time. But who knew golf was in the Olympics?
Starting point is 01:17:14 So Ryan Fox, Kiwi, Ryan Fox tees off today as well. So yeah, golf's happening at the Olympics. And after 8.30 we're going to do our loose connection to the Olympics again. Should we do that again? That was actually really interesting. Tell you what, if there's a band on a wagon, Jono and Ben will jump on it. And so we try and get your loose, tenuous connections to the Olympic team after 8.30 this morning.
Starting point is 01:17:33 But next, we were just surfing around the internet yesterday, weren't we, Benjamin Boyce? And we had a lot of questions popped up around what we're doing on the internet, mainly from HR. These are things that everyone is doing every day. You know, you had a good one when you were like, I've just accepted all the cookies of this website. What have I just accepted myself for? You know, what does this mean? What are cookies?
Starting point is 01:17:57 What's going on? Are they going to, like, strip all my data? What's happening? And if, you know, I'm searching for a better co-host on incognito on Google, could someone find out what I've been searching, even if I have been on incognito? Hypothetically. Well, we're going to put all these interesting questions to do with the internet and security and all that to an expert next. Martin Cocker from NetSafe with us very shortly.
Starting point is 01:18:21 And we'll ask what's the appropriate age for kids to get on social media too. Big questions, you want to hear these answers in just a few moments on the hits every time i hear that wasn't that that documentary where usher who sings that song hit up t-pain who was sort of known for his auto tunetune work, and he said, you have ruined music with auto-tune. But then isn't Usher singing with auto-tune there, Juliet? Yeah, I think he is there. Well, it started a trend, didn't it? So many people use auto-tune now.
Starting point is 01:18:54 Yeah. Now, Ben, you've just been flustered and in a panic. Ben looked at me and he goes, hold there. He looked at me and he goes, hold there a second, literally just walked out of the studio. So then I was forced to drag Juliet into my weird Usher band. And Juliet was like, please don't lower me to this. You know I refuse to talk about that feud.
Starting point is 01:19:12 And then so you walked out and now you've come back in. I was 100% correct in today's amazing OMG I Want One prize. And it is one month. Well, I can keep banging on about Usher and Auto-Tune if you want. No, I'd rather you didn't. One month's worth of free MyFoodBag, valued at $720. So if you want MyFoodBag for an entire month, then text OMG to 4487, and we'll send you back a bounce back. You'll get in the draw.
Starting point is 01:19:37 And this afternoon, you could be having one month of MyFoodBag for a whole month for your family. Great. My problem is this competition and all the competitions we do here on the hits, we just give away so many good prizes. Why don't we just give them to ourselves? Like, don't. Why don't we just commit a light bit of prize fraud?
Starting point is 01:19:56 No one's going to know. We'll go, well done, Barry won the My Food Bag prize. No one's going to follow up. But no one's going to follow up. Who's Barry? Where is he? You could be Barry. Juliet, you could be Barry.
Starting point is 01:20:08 That's a good point. A publicly listed company, mate. It'll be investigated. We can't do it. We can't do it. But we could. You know you're saying we can't, but we can. Like it's fully achievable.
Starting point is 01:20:18 I enjoyed it more when you talk about Asher's feud. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from sex on the hits. And via the iHeartRadio app. Jono and Ben on the hits breakfast. Ash is cute.

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