Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Does Thunder ACTUALLY Only Happen When It's Raining?

Episode Date: October 13, 2021

Those particular words you may recognise from Dreams by Fleetwood Mac, or the remix by Jolyon Petch. Because we take things literally, we wanted to figure out if thunder only does happen when it's raining. We reckon we know the answer though. So we called a professional meteorologist to see if this was the case! On another note, Jono is a HERO who is giving out $20,000. KIDDING. Someone is pretending to be Jono on Facebook, doing just that! Finally, what would Jono do if he was the Prime Minister? Chaos would ensue. Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Hey guys, Wednesday the 13th of October. Ooh.

What is it? Oh, it's Friday the 13th. Oh yeah, but Halloween not too far away. I'll tell you what, and I'm going to talk more about that next week, but I bought some costumes online. They turned up yesterday. Now, they look cool, but it's one of those occasions where you're like, I spent a lot on costumes.

They look movie quality. They're from Monsters, Inc. There's the big blue monster and the little green Mike Wazowski. And my wife and I got them yesterday. And we're like, they come with a little motion that blows up the air around it. So they're kind of incredible. Oh, you see the dinosaur ones as well. Same design.

I got it. And I was like, yeah, cool. But then I was like, I was in there going, why did I buy these again? You know, like, I got swept up in them. The kids wanted a Halloween costume. We found one. And I was like, hey, these are cool. And I bought it. And then I was like, yeah, they're great. They're great. up in them. The kids wanted a Halloween costume. We found one. And I was like, hey, these are cool. And I bought it.

And then, yeah, they're great. They're great. I love them. So I'm going to have to find lots of uses for them. Well, why don't you just come dressed as Michael Zelsky to work every day? Then you'll get your money's worth out of them. Well, maybe I will. They don't look like they were cheap either.

Good quality. Yeah, they seem good quality. It's official Disney. I like to buy the official ones. I don't like to get the knockoff ones. Why don't you like the knockoff Disney stuff? Oh, because I feel like if I'm even going to post it, I feel like I'm just promoting stuff that's not legit.

But who's going to know if it's a knockoff for them? Oh, Disney. Mickey Mouse. I'll be trolling through, mate. Here we go. Mate, I can rest assured that who's the guy from Disney? Bob Iger? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Bob? Yeah, Bob and Mickey aren't sitting in their high-rise building scrolling through Ben Boyce's Instagram account to see if he has legitimate Disney merch. Well, they should. It's a hell of a follow. Hey, it was a real fun show for you today, isn't it? It was a fun wee show.

Yeah, it was fun. I've completely forgot what we did, to be honest. No, but it was fun. That's the main thing. So you have fun. No, I like this game. What did we do? We've got to have one thing we can remember.

We keep saying it's a fun show, but it's not a memorable one. Like, we've got to do a good job, a semi-good job of selling it. One thing you can remember. I can remember Ben telling the time once. Yeah, I did that. That wasn't as fun. Who was the lady? The maths lady.

Oh, yeah. The wonderful lady from maths. She was great. Apologies. We forgot't as fun. Who was the lady? The maths lady. Oh, yeah. The wonderful lady from maths. She was great. Apologies. We forgot all about it. Because she was awesome. She's one of the... Now Ben's going to tell her name. Mel Schilling is her name. She's one of the... He came

through. He came through. Well done. She's one of the experts on Married at First Sight, UK and Australia. And she... It was the show of sham. We asked her. Like, is it all just, you know, made for two? We asked Mel Schelling that, didn't we? Mel Schelling.

Yes, we did. And it was really interesting to know she's basically been single for the most part of her life, but she offers advice on relationships. How does she do that? And what's her advice for us New Zealanders? Very odd, I thought, the advice she gave. Yeah. About getting back out on the dating scene, involving your family.

Yeah, yes. Yeah, well, that's on the podcast. Real fun show, that. Enjoy. Yo, that's Jono and Ben. That's Joel and Pitch. And remix of Fleetwood Mac's song. Where is she just listening to a part of that song

and talking while that song was playing? Have you managed to... We were listening and talking at the same time. Yeah. Multitasking, I think they call it in the... But it's funny when you listen to a song and you're like, oh, the lyrics were sort of sinking in, and this was the particular part of the song.

So Stevie Nicks is telling us that thunder only occurs when there is rain at the same time. Which you'd think would make sense, right? But I guess I'm not a meteorologist. I can't even know. No, you're not the profession you can't even pronounce. It's meteorologist. It's a meteorologist.

Yeah, so I'm not one of those. So you can definitely tell you're not one. What do you do for a job? You're like, oh, but... How do you say it? The weather person Should we call someone? I like to get to the bottom of these things

And find out if these songs are factually correct Well the last bout of thunder that occurred In my household I filmed it with the kids I remember it was shaking the windows Rattling the doors No rain No rain?

There was no rain No From memory So it wasn't only happening when it rained But I'm not a I'm not a... Yeah. Well, yeah. And you're not Stevie Nicks either.

Maybe she's a meteorologist. We don't know. Should we call Phil Duncan from Weather Watch? Now, have you heard the wild rumours about Stevie Nicks back in the day? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But being Fleetwood Mac in general, I think they were all... There was a lot of inter-band relationships going on. Yeah, there was.

She had someone that... Oh, the rum they're like you're such a little gossip ironically they had an album called rumors I heard I heard a wild room she took someone around the world they had the unenilable task involving just stuff I wouldn't even think about below this show. Google it, Google it. You didn't hear it from me. We did hear it from you. The only one spouting off about it. Hello, Philip here. Philip Duncan from Weather Watch.

Benjamin Boyce from The Hits and Jonathan Pryor from The Hits. Welcome. Very nice. Thank you. Nice to be with both. Now, we've got a question. We've got a weather-based question for you. We thought you were the person to answer it.

Yes. Well, the question's not coming from us. It's a statement from Stevie Nicks. Have you heard the rumours about Stevie Nicks? I have, yes. The ones where she took someone around the world? Okay, okay. We've spent a long time with that one.

Controversial. Yeah, a little controversial. You know, the job description was, anyway, Google it. You didn't hear it from me. You didn't hear it from me. All right, but this is what we want to hear. Okay, so Stevie Nicks is claiming that thunder only happens when it's raining.

As someone who's involved with weather every day, is this true? You know, it's mostly true, but not entirely true. You can get thunderstorms without rain, although it usually does rain at some point, but you can get thunder without rain, and you can also get lightning and blue skies. So it can happen in a clear sky as well. So how crazy is that?

Maybe she should change the name of that song from Dreams to Lies. Yeah. Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies. Was that her as well, so how crazy is that? Maybe she should change the name of that song from Dreams to Lies. Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies, was that her as well? Those two songs back to back would work well. Well, you're saying it basically happens more often than not, but it can happen without. Mostly true, but not

entirely true. She then goes on to say players only love you when they're playing, but surely when they're playing, they're concentrating on the game. Yeah, you're right. Full of half-truths, this song. Well, Philip Duncan from Weather Watch, that was very helpful.

Just one question. When did that song come out? There's a remix, mate. Oh, that's why. Hey, Philip. Philip Duncan. We're on the remix train, baby. Now, do you still fly?

Yes. You do? Now, I've told Jono about Phil. This is Phil. We used to write ads together. Oh, this is Phil. Now, you're a Microsoft Flight Simulator, Phil. It was like a flight simulator game we used to play.

When we would write ads together, you would sometimes go, I need to go home because I've got a plane to land from Los Angeles or something like that. There's a new version that came out last year, and it uses real Google Earth or Bing graphics. So I am addicted to this game. And it helps me with my weather forecasting, believe it or not. Oh, what do you mean? It helps me with that.

It's because you would fly on this game, the simulator, but in real time. So if a flight took 12 hours, that's the amount of time that you would fly. And I still do that. And you land at an airport, and then you leave from that same airport the next time so that you have a real understanding of the size of the Earth. And it's more entertaining now because of the realistic photos. So you can see, like, impact craters from meteors and... But, Phil...

I'm halfway into this after realizing you're mocking me. I'm really passionately getting into it. This seems like a 12-hour flight simulator fight. It seems like an obscene waste of time. Well, you can get the co-pilot to fly for a bit, right? No, that's what I do. I go off and have a wine. And then you're like, I'll take it from here.

And so where are you flying to at the moment? What plane have you got on the air at the moment? At the moment, I landed in Malta. Oh, God. How was Malta? Just out of Italy. I'm doing international weather videos now, so I need to know a lot more about these places I'm talking about.

Oh, that's bloody interesting, because Ben would be like, oh, 4.30 in the afternoon, I've got to go, I've got to land a plane in Abu Dhabi or something. It was pretty much like that. It was a good old day. What a great excuse to get out of work. Sorry, is it your pilot? I must leave.

I've got this amazing landing. We'll let you do it. I've got passengers waiting for me. Why didn't you ask questions, Ben? He seemed legit. Hey, Phil, I love your work. And if people want to get up-to-date weather, where can they find you?

They can find us at weatherwatch.co.nz and also ruralweather.co.nz. Tested safe for listening from home. Keep safe. And that's all I have to say. Thanks, Dr. Ashley. Now, there's been a lot of lockdown legends helping out the country selflessly over the last little while. We're going to reward one after 8 o'clock today. But I just wanted to pay attention to a local legend, a lockdown legend,

who's been doing something behind the scenes, you know, with no knowledge, secretly. And I feel like Jono, play the music, Julia. Jono, Jonathan Richard Pryor, a hero that's gone unnoticed, even by his best mates and his work colleagues. I had no idea this was going on. You've kept this hidden. And I just want to pay tribute to you right now on the radio, if I could. Oh, well, I always take the accolades, Ben. This is why I do charity work.

Because you've gone to the trouble of saying, I'm not on Facebook, I'm not on Facebook. For many years you've said this. And so it was a real surprise to everyone. Zuckerberg doesn't have his claws into me. When there was a Facebook account yesterday, Jonathan Richard Pryor, out of nowhere, it seemed like it was out of nowhere,

and it popped up on the Hits Breakfast account. Photo your smiling face on it, your full name on it, everything. And you're posting messages to the Hits listeners on this account saying congratulations to the people we have chosen. This is an exclusive event on Facebook. Thank you for following and supporting us all this time. Really appreciate it. And as a thank you, we've selected 20 people to get $1,000 from us.

You're saying from us, but I knew nothing about it. The show knew nothing. It's all from you, mate. It's all from you. You should take the credit. Listen, on the surface surface it might sound like a scam account but no it's 100 authentic i had 20 000 burning a hole in my pocket and i thought who to give it to well why not the great listeners to the hits radio station so sign on to this page

it's a page doesn't exist anymore we've reported that if you want to know the real story it's obviously not you. What a buzzkill. Me and the boys had a good scam going there. But isn't it scary, though, eh, that someone can go in and take photos of you, a lovely one of you in front of a Jono sign with your legs crossed, another one of you shirtless in the thing they posted. Yeah, I mean, but the alarm bells start ringing when you see a shirtless guy going,

hey, come on, $1,000 or $20,000 to give away as well. And for the scammers too. I mean, times have reached pure desperation in the scamming game when you're having to impersonate me. I mean, who else have they? They've obviously gone through your respected Tony Streets, your Wendy Petries, your Mike Hos Streets, your Wendy Petries, you know, your Mike Hoskings. And now they're down the run with a shirtless tattoo chest of Jono Pryor offering $20,000.

But they've gone to a lot of trouble. I mean, they've set up an account in your full name, your full name, which is not out there everywhere, you know, Jonathan Richard Pryor. And then they've gone and put photos, they've put things, they've put a little story, a little heartfelt thank you. You know, they've really gone to a lot of effort. And the account has existed since May. So they've gone and put photos they've put things, they've put a little story, a little heartfelt thank you. You know they've really gone to a lot of effort. And the account has existed since May

so they've really committed. A long way. They've had a long plan for this account. And so what was the feedback? Did we get some good clicks through? What was it? Were people wanting to give Jonathan Richard Pryor a go? The sad thing was it was engaging

with the scary thing. Sorry it was engaging with the scary thing. Sorry, it was engaging with the hits. Breakfast people might have thought it was legit. No, well, they're the low-hanging fruit. They're the kind listeners to the hits. They're the ones you can rip off. They're like, oh, Jono, you'll give us $1,000. Good on Jono.

So thank you for being a hero, Jono Pryor. Oh, no worries, mate. Anytime. It must be an automatic boss, is it? I don't know. It seems to have now gone. We've reported it. But yeah, I'm glad you've done nothing.

You've done nothing. I did nothing. You know, you text me. I was like, ah, times are desperate. I'm one day away from entering Squid Game. Hey, next on the show, $5,000. That could be yours. It's not a scam.

And it's not from Jono Pryor. As far as I know. But maybe he's funding this as well. The generosity of this man. When does it stop? It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. Broadcasting live and mostly awake.

Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Now, the government right now seems to be under a little bit of flack at the moment. For a long time, many people were envious of the way the government was guiding us through that pandemic. But now the wheels are kind of falling off in regards to public opinion, I would say. And this is what I love. I love this moment where we all start turning, polishing the forks,

going in on them. But really, in all honesty, what would you do if you were in charge? Would you be doing a better job? Even when you see the national old Rudy Judy Judy giving it her best to get some air time. Even when they're slinging mud, it's like, well, what would you be doing differently? Well, there's a website. It's funny you should say that because there's a website

that's been started up. It's called Kia Ora Mr Willis and it basically gives Kiwis a fictitious chance to be the Prime Minister of New Zealand. All right. To see if you can guide us through the pandemic. The COVID armchair critics.

Yeah. We're all the experts. Okay. So, Jono, right now, it says, congratulations. You're now the Prime Minister of Aotearoa New Zealand. You're responsible for leading us through the COVID-19. First thing I'm going to do. Dear God.

First thing I'm going to do. No tax for everyone. Next question. First question is, what is your name? So, I'm going to type in Jono. Jono. Prime Minister no tax for everyone. Next question. First question is, what is your name? So I'm going to type in Jono. Jono. Prime Minister Jono. Okay, first question.

Are you ready to be in charge of this great nation? Of course. I was born ready. That's your first option. Or absolutely not. I don't know the first thing about how to lead a nation. Where's the option for, oh, no, I was put in here by means of a novelty radio game. It's not that one.

I'm just going to say you were born ready. All right, Prime Minister Jotto. This is an email update of the news of the week. Okay. Today is Monday the 4th of October. Should we head to the 1pm briefing? Yeah, straight to it. I don't need a meeting.

I'll ad lib it. Okay. Today's cases, all 29 cases. Active community cases, 250. Open the borders. Okay. So Auckland is an alert level three. You've skipped ahead a little bit, but anyway.

New Zealand alert level two. Mandatory pashing for everyone. R Valley. Do you all know the R Valley? You don't care about the R Valley? I don't even understand what the R Valley is. Someone tried to explain it to me. Keep talking.

Okay. There's lockdown process going on. Time is money. I'm a prime minister. Okay. Okay. Decision by Prime. Keep talking. Okay, there's lockdown process going on. Time is money. I'm a Prime Minister. Okay, okay. Decision by Prime Minister Jono. Okay. I have four options for you right now.

I feel like you put me out of the spot. I feel like I'm working for you. I'm a little flustered. Okay, okay. My assistant. My anxious assistant never knows when he's going to lose his job. You're fired.

Oh, jeez. Give me a new one. Okay, you've got some. Prime Minister Jono, there's a couple of options I've prepared for you. Give Aucklanders picnics. That's one option.

Send all of New Zealand to a level four. Stay the course or open up everything freedom. What would you like to do? Freedom, baby. That's what the people want. All right, you sure? They don't want picnics, that's for sure. Okay, you chose freedom.

Okay. Brian Tumac, he's pretty upset because he wanted to cause some drama, apparently. Labor Greens, also, you're insane. Susie Wiles has pulled her hair out, her big hair out. A week has passed. Shall we see how you're going? Okay. We've been riding the storm out.

Today's cases have jumped by 100 to 125. God, it wasn't because I opened up everything, was it? I think so. Community cases, 913. Oh, dear God. A lot of because I opened up everything, was it? I think so. Community cases, 913. Oh, dear God. A lot of deaths. Is this on me? Yeah, it's on you at the moment.

All right, so we might just leave that one there. I'm going to resign from my job as assistant of you. Oh, you don't want to be associated with me? No. We can keep going, but I think you're leading us down a... It was quite a Trump sort of campaign, wasn't it, that? Yeah, and that's... Inject it all.

That's the last thing I want to say. A little thing you can play as well if you want to. We'll check the link up on the Instagram on our story. And it's probably a good reminder that the government's a really difficult job. You know, don't hate the people, hate the virus. Is that what we say? Yeah. And be kind.

Be kind. No, they've stopped saying be kind, haven't they? Everyone's not been kind anymore. You're essential listening for non-essential banter. I thought I was saying something meaningful there, and then I backed out. Jono and Ben, New Zealand breakfast. Kelda, I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees, and this is the B**** News. The wonderful Juliette.

Producer Juliette's been up all night beeping out words from news headlines. Some should say she gets, she'll get better hobbies. But who are those people? I'm not, this is great. Well, we actually ask you to do this, don't we? Yeah. Hey, do that tomorrow.

Don't tell her to get better hobbies. If anything, it'll do us out of a radio break. Jew, what's happening? So, you have to guess what the headline is. I've beeped out a word. Man builds B**** house so his wife has a changing view. I'm going to say he's built the house like a Lazy Susan.

Oh, yeah. You know, like the table that rotates at some of those restaurants that you get. So then the view will change. That's more of a serious answer. But one that I love the Lazy Susan because as we discovered once in the show, it was Jefferson, wasn't it? The president.

Named after his daughter. Daughter, Susan. Yeah, Susan, who obviously wasn't getting much done around the house. I think she was complaining about not getting enough meals or something.

Oh, nice to eat at the table and now she's known as lazy Susan. Lazy Susan. There goes lazy Susan. We've got that spinny thing on the table named after her.

I'm going to say man builds house with a glass floor for his wife so for once she has a change in view. Political. Man builds rotating house so his wife has a changing view. Ding, ding, ding.

Lazy Susan. Lazy Susan's come to her again. She's never let us down. So he basically got tired of, I hope his wife is called Susan, because lazy Susan in this case was complaining about the house and was always trying to

fix things and refurbish it and stuff. So he's like, leave it to me, I'll sort it out. So he built a rotating house and you can, the slowest speed it can take 24 hours to completely do a 360 and at its fastest speed it can do 22 seconds. So you can hoon in a fast circle.

You can hoon in a slow circle. That's not really hooning. Jeez, at top speed, it'd be like the Titanic going down. You'd want to strap everything to the cutlery and plates and things. I know, but it looks very cool. Yeah. Very smart from him. Okay, there we go.

The next unusual news story. Incredibly lucky man escapes death after **** stops bullet. I'm going to say it was David Guetta, the DJ, because he had that song, I'm bulletproof. This is a long lead in here. Shoot me down, I won't fall. I'm titanium. You know the one.

I thought it's got to be him. Shout out to French DJ David Guetta there. I'm going to say incrediblyibly Lucky Man Escapes Death after player number 132 from the Squid Game stomps bullet for him. That's very good. Incredibly Lucky Man Escapes Death after Hulk phone case stops bullet.

So this man in Brazil had shots fired at him during an attempted robbery, and he had his Hulk phone in his pocket, and the bullet went for it, but it completely smashed the phone, but the Hulk phone case, beautiful that it was Hulk, blocked it, and he only just ended up with a bruise, but he would have had a bullet in his sort of leg. Sorry, why was he being shot? Do we know?

He was involved, or like he was at the scene of an armed robbery. Oh. Yeah, so. And he had a Hulk, Incredible Hulk phone case. Yeah, just like a, yeah. Sounds like something Ben Boyce would have. Yeah, I know. He's got a, has he shown you his new wallet?

What's your new wallet? Now, Ben had a Velcro wallet, remember? A Velcro smuggler wallet. Look at his brand new one. He's brought me a new wallet, which is still. Oh, my God, it's sparkly. It's a sparkly unicorn wallet. It's still Velcro.

Oh, my God. It even smells. It smells of.'s still Velcro. Oh, my God. It even smells. It smells of unicorn. Oh, my goodness. Yeah, but even the kids were like, oh, it's a bit sparkly. That's so funny. Because they bought it online for me. Wallet is making us.

It's even more adventurous than your last one. We'll get it online. I love that wallet. And the final news story. Woman catches baseball in her... during Chicago White Sox game. Well, most people are catching things at locations of interest, so I'm going to say she caught it at a location of interest.

Oh, that's a good... Yeah. I'm going to say she caught it with her handbag. Okay. So it's like a ball bag. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Woman catches baseball in her prosthetic leg

during Chicago White white socks game legend legend so it's gone viral on tiktok she was five beers deep and thought that taking off her leg would uh be a really good way to catch the ball and for sure she caught the ball and we know she was five beers deep she said in the tiktok video that's your optimum that i find that's your optimum catching pool playing zone zone, isn't it? You're in a sweet spot there. It's all downhill after that. Five years is a good number, you know?

And that is the news and beeps for you this morning. The show that wants to be known for live maths. We're going to be known for its bad maths, aren't we? Jono and Ben, New Zealand's Breakfast. You're on the hits. Jono and Ben, 6.28, Wednesday morning. Now it's 50-something days that Auckland has been pretty much in lockdown I mean, we've got picnics now, but obviously bars and restaurants aren't open

And in Australia, New South Wales And they're operating at a different level outside of Auckland too, level two You know, it's not back to normality, Ben, boys Well, in New South Wales and Australia, it was like 120 days or something They were pretty much out, you know, not being able to go to bars. And they had Freedom Day this week where everyone could go to bars and things were open up again if you were double vaxxed. Every time I've seen Sydney

on the news, it feels like it's already been, every day has been Freedom Day. Stuff hasn't been open. No, not in this regard, not to this level. So people were headed back to bars and boy did they head back to bars. This awesome lady, I love this lady, she was on the news in Australia. Now, I love the way the news came out to her.

She's enjoying some champagne. She's got bubbles in her hand. She's having a great time. She's with her family. And I love the way she talks about the different movies. She references The Castle. She references Mel Gibson and Braveheart and this. And then the reporter you'll hear shames her for what she's drinking a little bit.

Have a listen. It's like being in the castle when they said, tell him he's dreaming, and now it's Freedom Day, and that's the way it goes. It's all about Australia and freedom, and it's super fantastic, and we're so Australian, and it's like Mel Gibson in Braveheart, you know, like we're going, we're off, we're happening.

It's all about Australia,'s it's all about australia and it's all about freedom and thank you so much everybody we love it we love it we love it we love it and earlier you were having a tap beer but now you've moved on you're having you've moved on to the bubbles now yes i've moved on to the bubbles the bubbles for australia because this is the way it goes. Australia and Freedom Day. Yay! I love that lady. I can see my mum doing that. Yeah.

Sounds like Deirdre from Sales at the Christmas Party. In full party mode. Isn't it funny when you are in that stage that you're just trying to reach for words in your vocabulary and you just can't black them out. She did well to get the movie references in there. Yes, two movie references. I imagine Aucklanders are going to be like that. Oh, my God, yes.

That's the halfway. We're at the halfway point of what she was. Oh, my God. Oh, hey, New Zealand doesn't need any excuse for a good old binge session, mate. That's what this country's built on. Fine tradition. Next, the sport of bathtub racing.

It does exist in New Zealand We gave it a go And it is, jeez, it's terrifying But we'll tell you more about it next That is the hits you got, Jono Yeah, yeah, nah Yeah, nah Yeah, nah

The home of yeah, nah She'll be right And at the end of the day Jono and Ben Breakfast on the hits Tomorrow night It's the season finale of our TV show Jono and Ben Good Sports

You can win $500 just by watching the show What's going to happen in the season finale? Will tv show john o and ben good sports you can win 500 just by watching the show what's going to happen the season's finale will they won't they oh yeah is it going to hook up a real cliffhanger now it's a lot of fun this episode we take part in some uh some more unique sports that happen all around new zealand oh we did uh underground robot battles you build your own robots and they put them in a bulletproof sort of arena. Like a dome. Yeah. Yeah, and it fights to a death. And my battery exploded and caught fire,

and it smelt like an explosion in a nuclear waste plant. They were like, everyone get out. I was like, well, Jesus, what are in these things? We didn't get the fire extinguisher. High drama. A lot of drama. Also, the other sport that we take part in, we take part in four this week, but another one was bathtub racing.

Now, these are just, think of your bathtub, that you'd have a lovely soak in a bath. Well, they make them into boats, and they put a motor on them. They just basically work them out. They reshape them a little bit. And they just fang down the river,

like so fast on these things. Who knew you could be in a race and clean yourself at the same time? Historically, they're not designed to go more than I don't know this, but zero kilometres an hour, traditionally baths. And we have one of the competitors who we hung out with for a

day or so. Graham Depeanor on the phone. Good morning. How are you? Good to hear. You're in the garage, are you? Chipping away at the bathtub boat? Hell yeah. Yeah, well, we met you. It was great fun hanging out with you and checking out your bathtub boats. So how long have you been into bathtub racing? Explain it to people unlike ourselves who didn't get to hang out with you.

Probably I built a beach place at Waihi Beach nine or ten years ago, and the builder that helped me said, oh, you should build a the builder that helped me said, oh, you should build a bathtub boat. And I said, what are you talking about? And he said, they bathtub race over here. So anyway, by the time you get here in the morning, I'll have a boat built because I had a whole lot of zinc and loam left over.

So fighter 10 gave us a bath and it Went really well. Did you know that boats Were already just a thing minus the Bathtubs? Yeah. He Didn't know that but yeah what do you love About going out there on the water in a bathtub Because we had a go they go very fast And they feel very tippy But you're like nah nah they won't tip they go hard

Or go home. Nah they do Tip but You didn't tell us that on the day, Graeme. Yeah, I have tipped mine out and lost my GPS and some jandals and stuff just practising down the river. Oh, well, you didn't tell us about this GPS jandals situation, did you? You didn't mean to.

No, no. I thought I'd better not because Lenny seemed to be a little bit of a wimp. Yeah, it was me. I was very tentative. or not because um when he seemed to be a little bit of a wick yeah it was me i was yeah i was very tentative i gotta get a minute because he wants to get in and get the hang of it you'll love it and i didn't and i gotta do it but i didn't love it but i could see what you loved about it you know because they go fast and when you do when you do build up in all seriousness

a bit more confidence it is is quite exhilarating. Yeah, and what we need to do, like when we start racing again, I want to get you two guys to come and have a go. You know, like in an actual race, because I think it'll be a ton of fun. Yeah, I would be keen to do it. Ben's giving me a look of like,

I won't be there. I'll check my schedule. You let me know the dates. He's giving me a, because I look back on the footage of him in your boat, and there was sheer terror. It was. Sheer terror on his face.

Yeah. Yeah, no, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. It's good fun. Once you get some more boats around you, you sort of, the fear all goes, and all you want to do is, the adrenaline kicks in, and all you want to do is win.

The underground world of bathtub racing. You say, Ben, he'll enjoy it with more boats around him. He was terrified with no boats around him. No boats around him. And you want to add more boats in the mix, all racing, all at high speeds. Do you think that's going to make him enjoy it more, Graeme? No, it's good that you can bounce off each other. Take a bit of paint off it. How about bouncing off the it more, Graham? No, it's good that you can bounce off each other.

How about bouncing off the other boats, Ben? It doesn't sound like it. 50 k's an hour on the water. It doesn't sound like the bath I like to enjoy at home. But anyway, it's a lot more stressful. But it's a lot of fun. I can't wait for people to see it on the TV show this Thursday night. And you actually spend so long in your garage working on this bathtub

boat. How many hours a day would you chip away at it, Graham? I do spend a fair bit of time in there. If you talk to my wife, she'll tell you. Hey, Graham, it was lovely to meet you. You do well. Keep safe out there on the Waikato River on your bathtub

boat, okay? Yep, will do. And it's Graham. You can catch him on the TV show tomorrow night, Jono and Ben Good Sports the season finale of Jono and Ben Good Sports 8 o'clock TVNZ2 Hey Nick, scrolling through your feed, Ben Boyce there's been some big news happening overnight You remember Telethon? I remember

Telethon. Oh it's coming back. Why? Scrolling through your feed Now to the only newsreader with a mullet that he came back with after the weekend. That's so true. Coincidentally he's also the only newsreader with a mullet That he came back with after the weekend That's so true Coincidentally he's also the only newsreader without any respect Do the two go hand in hand? Sadly we can't blame the haircut

Now of course everyone's talking about vaccinations in New Zealand That seems to be the topic And now if you saw the press conference yesterday The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Announced a bit of a new thing that's going to happen this Saturday. It's kind of like a throwback to Telethon that would happen on TV many, many years ago where they'd raise money for something. Well, this weekend on Saturday, it's going to be a Vax-a-thon. Have a listen. I have the pleasure to announce today a blast from the past. This Saturday between 12 and 8pm on Channel 200 and supported to date by Discovery,

screened on 3 and Māori TV and streaming on Hahana Facebook will be holding a Vaxathon. The Vaxathon will go live across the country highlighting vaccine initiatives from Kaipareanga to the Bluff and urging anyone who hasn't been vaccinated yet to make Saturday the day for their first dose and anyone who has been three weeks the day for their first dose,

and anyone who has been three weeks or longer since their first dose to get their second. Jesus. Hey, they're trying everything. They're trying everything. Are we here, are we? Now you, you were very quick on the email Our group email yesterday weren't you Yeah I was Because I remember a song from Telethon I think we had the original song around have we

Thank you very much Now Julia you wouldn't have Experienced a Telethon in your lifetime No I don't think I have A wonderful event televised It was non-stop we'd go over a weekend And you could donate money to whatever charity they were raising money for. And you could bully all of your favorite TV presenters into doing anything you wanted.

Yeah, because you'd be like, I'll give $10 for bloody Steve Parr to lick Judy Bailey's elbows. And then they'd be like, oh, I don't know. So I'll give $20 more. Steve Parr's about to lick her elbows. You can get them to do anything. Yeah, like people shaved off moustaches, iconic moustaches. I mean, Mark Leishman, I think he would be shaved off a moustache. Why not Mark Leishman?

Yeah, I think he's, you know, like people did, you know, great stuff. All for charity. Yeah. Peter Williams, give Jim Hickey a hickey. You know, stuff like that. Donate $20 and they would have to do it. They would bully their life on TV. So I don't know how this, the format of this vax is going to be.

I'll get a vaccination of you. Will they? Yeah. Vaccination of, you know, Kanoa Pash's Jesse's earlobes. I don't know how it works. But anyway, hey, the meaning behind it is going to be great. I don't know what the eight hours of viewing is going to be like, Ben. No, but you wanted to do a thank you very much for your...

Yeah, I thought there was a rich parody. Yeah, there was... Ready? Yeah, OK, all right. Thank you very much for your vaccination. Thanks you very much. Thanks you very, very, very much. Thanks you very much for your vaccination.

So you said this through, and then I was in the car, and Newstalk ZB was on yesterday, and Barry Soper, political reporter, was talking to Heather Dupas-Hallan. And firstly, it will start... there's a little bit of audio, we'll start with Heather's opinion on the Vax-a-thon, which is quite similar to yours, Jono. And then Barry Soper's idea for a Vax song, which is again very similar to yours. I am very, very deeply concerned that this is going to be very lame. Well, look, for all of you listeners who remember the telethons,

they'll be singing along to this one. Thank you very much for your kind vaccination. Thank you very much. Thank you very, very, very much. Now, well, Soap has added in another syllable. Yeah, I know. Yours is better. Mine worked.

Mine scanned. You used to be betting you to the parody punchline. Yeah, but he's fluffed it. He's fluffed it. He's put another word in there. I'll take the win on that thing, Soper. Oh, you're going to take the win on it. And can I congratulate Soper and Heather Duplicell

on having a baby? Isn't that wonderful news? That's awesome news. Good on you. Well done, guys. That's quite great news. Congratulations to the both. Stay in your lane, Soper, too.

You know, it's like you turning up at the YBN press conference. The foreign questions. You know, it's the YouTube to go to the 1pm press conference. Do you ask questions? Foreign questions? No. You know the rules? For good reasons. Do the parody things our thing? Lane parodies are our thing.

Jessica Tova, then other people can ask questions. You don't get involved, do you? And that is scrolling to your feed before 7 o'clock. And there's a reboot of an iconic movie coming out in time for Christmas. Oh my God, I'm so excited. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. It is 660 there in New York playing over the weekend

and a friend of the show, we like to call him our US correspondent, John, who listens to the podcast a Kiwi guy, lives in Portland, America he's going along to see them and we're trying to get him to bring a sign. Yeah, bring a sign to hold up for another friend of the show, Chris Mack, bass player from 660. Make a bit of a connection there.

Say, hey, John and Ben, say hi. Hashtag friend of the show. John Porter raised a really interesting point. He's like, I'm paying $18 US for this ticket to 660. He's like, I feel really bad for every person who went to Western Springs. Oh, yeah. And then Eden Park as well.

50,000 people, you know. Yeah. It would be amazing. Is it even amazing for the band to go from a history-making 50,000-seat show to probably playing a small club in New York? Yeah. You have to start again. It's still New York.

I mean, it's incredible and amazing, but you're right, it's a real different from, you know. Hello, Eden Park to hello, New York. So that's pretty cool. So this weekend, yeah, we'll see if he takes that sign and we'll see if we get any traction on that next week. He's made the sign. He sent it to me. Oh, has he?

Looks good. Really? Yeah, we do well on the seven days my kid could draw that. He's doing well. The Head Spy with McDonald's Monopoly. Feel and scan your way to over $107 million in prizes. Rightio, here to rip the celebrities a new one. And I'm not talking about a page of A4 refill.

Juliet, what's happening in Spy? So a reboot of Home Alone is coming out. I think I have mentioned it quite a while ago, but the trailer has been released. It's called Home Sweet Home Alone. And if you've seen Jojo Rabbit, it's got the little kitten in it, but it's not the main guy from Jojo Rabbit. It's his little best friend.

He's really funny, yeah. With the dark hair, he's literally my favourite character in the entire world. I love him so much. But the trailer has come out and it looks really good. But forgot one little thing. The family left for their big vacation. Is that everyone? The cars are leaving now! But forgot one little thing. Mum? Dad? Uncle Blake?

They don't even know I'm here. So, very similar to the original Home Alone movies. It's basically, the two robbers this time are after a very priceless family heirloom. And apparently Macaulay Culkin makes an appearance in the film as a cameo as well. Now, a lot of the plot's core issues could have been solved with cell phone technology from the original movie. What's the hiccup here? How can they not communicate? Does he not know how to use a phone?

Yeah. Texts? I would imagine he calls his mother, but they're already in Japan. Yeah, but you still can get the authorities. Call the neighbours. Hey, guys, sorry. Been a bit of a hiccup. Find my iPhone too. You can track them.

Yeah. There's a lot of stuff. You're right. It'll be interesting to see how they navigate that in the new movie. Because the first one, or there's three of them, but the first couple are so iconic. Oh my gosh, I know. It's so good.

I'm going to feel like I'm in that position where my dad would be where I'd watch a movie as a kid and he'd be like, oh, it's not as good as the original. And I'd be like, shut up, old man, you don't know. Are you going to say that, are you?

I feel like I'm going to say that. Even though I love this kid and it looks awesome, I'm going to go, oh, it's still not as good. And then your kid's going to go, shut up, old man. Probably, yeah.

They probably won't. Has there been an instance where a remake's been better than the OG? When it comes to movies. Sometimes with songs, when songs are remade and covered by artists they can be better than the original. But movies, once you see something

and experience something, because it brings so many thoughts and memories back. A Star is Born is apparently a remake a couple of times. That's an awesome movie. some memories back. Yeah. As Far As Born is apparently a remake a couple of times. You know, and that's, I haven't seen that, you know,

and that's an awesome movie, you know. Yeah. So I'm interested to know if the original ones are better than that. Well, you would go back to the originals,

you'd be like, oh, no, nothing compared to Gaga and bloody Cooper. Leave your wife, Cooper, marry Gaga.

Yeah, that's a good point and it would probably be less quality, like a lesser quality movie as well, actually, when you look at it. Is it the same storyline?

I think largely it is the same storyline, yeah. So Pease's pants on the stage at the Grammys. I don't know if it's in front of Horsley at the Grammys and stuff like that. I don't think she was in the original. That was the moment where I was like, oh, poor. I was like, I did that at the radio awards. Gary McCormick had his head in his hands. I was like, jeez, if anyone, I thought it would have been him up there doing it, but it was me.

Holy shots, fine. I know. And that is fine. For more, you can head to the hits.co.nz, and that's thanks to McDonald's. You can download the Monopoly app to win some epic prizes. Hey, it's a big day today. We've got $5,000 after 7 o'clock to give away. As well as that, we get to knock off a phone topic we've been wanting to do for weeks oh is this about juliet oh yeah highly anticipated

it involves your car no we're no we're excited about this and we're getting to that after seven stick around it is the hits new zealand's breakfast it's jono and ben good morning new zealand just gone seven o'clock on your wednesday morning uh now as you just heard New Zealand's breakfast. It's Jono and Ben. Got me in love. On the house. Good morning, New Zealand. Just gone seven o'clock on your Wednesday morning. Now, as you just heard in the news from Rachel Jackson Lee, Rachel Jackson Lee, sorry, toys. Toys.

You've basically got to buy now if you want them for Christmas. So panic. No longer are we just panic buying toilet paper or flour for baking. Panic buy some toys now because they reckon because of the delays with COVID around the world, there's going to be a long delays in shipment. So you've got to really think about your Christmas shopping right now. Wow-wee.

It is October, right? Santa's going to be under the pump, isn't he? I mean, how's he going to get around the world? I hope he's double vast, Santa Claus. He seems like a guy who'd be double vast. He's in that sort of Joe Biden age bracket. Vulnerable. You'd have been one of the first. He'd have had guy who'd be double vaxxed. He's in that sort of Joe Biden age bracket. Vulnerable. You'd have been one of the first.

He would have had his booster by now, wouldn't he? Santa. Him and Biden would have got their booster. Yeah, he's fully vaxxed. That was Santa. We also panic bought alcohol too, didn't we? Well, you did. Yeah.

I did. Did you? No. Oh. I was trying to. Don't you hate it when you come in and you think like, hey, this is something we all did. And then the people in the room go, no, I do. What are you talking about?

I feel like there's been plenty of alcohol every time that, yeah. Yeah. Okay, I feel like an island now. Are you next on the show? Did you not? No, not really. What about the first one last year? I bought some.

Yeah, I did buy some. Well, it wasn't in a panic. You weren't flustered. I wasn't panicked. I didn't go, what have you got to get? Yeah, right. Okay. No. Yeah, I did buy some. Well, it wasn't in a panic. You weren't flustered. I wasn't panicked. I didn't go, what have you got to get? Yeah, right, okay. No. Yeah, right, just me.

No, I did. I did. Yeah, thanks, Ben. Yeah, there you go. Yeah, no, you can't save it now. You can't save it now. I've exposed my rampant problems on with the show. Hey, next on the show, we want to expose what's in Juliet's car.

I don't even actually know what's in Juliet's car. No, it's something that I witnessed and I'd like to confront you about it. You know what it is. Yes, I do. So hopefully you've got a good excuse as to why this is in your car. We'll find out what it is next. You got the hits? It is Jono and Ben. It's getting very hot and cold. It is the hits. Now, as a sensible

respectful colleague, I try not to make a habit of peering into the vehicles of my work friends. But as of late, I've been parking next to producer Juliet, who you have a vehicle that looks like you've reversed it into every power pole in the city. I get so embarrassed by that, because this used to be my sister's car and I have not crashed my car once.

She's a horror driver. She just let her life hit vehicle. It's like a war tank. And now people think I'm a bad driver because of all the bumps and stuff. She's got some war scars. Anyway, that's not what we need to focus about. So I looked through your window the other morning and I noticed something on the back seat. And I went, hmm. You're so curious, aren't you? I know, I looked through your window the other morning and I noticed something on the back seat.

And I went, hmm. You're so curious, aren't you? You're so nosy, isn't he? He's the neighbour that would be peering through the window. You might see my face smudged up against your window. So I was looking pretty hard. And you had some flippers. So just sitting on the back seat were flippers.

Oh, like for snorkelling sort of. Yeah. So just sitting on the back seat were flippers Oh, like for snorkelling sort of So I thought to myself Either Producer Juliet is a secret deep sea diving enthusiast Or maybe she's dating Jacques Cousteau And I would like to know Why you have flippers on It's really weird

And it's something that I They should have been out of my car ages ago so back in summer when i'd go for runs after work i'd tend to go for runs along the waterfront and after a run in the middle of summer like in the early afternoon and you get really hot and i was like after my outward bound excursion i was like oh this was you know this if you just joined the program julia went on outward bound Bound over summer this year and came back here. I'm never using my cell phone again. I've changed.

I'm earthy. I'm healthy. That lasted one or two days and then you're back to Instagram. Yeah, I was. But I was like, oh, you know, it's a really good habit to go for a swim after you go for a run. Because that's what we did on Outward Bound. And I was like, you know what? I could swim out to the buoy if I have flippers. I also have a snorkel and mask in my car too that's hidden um and so I just keep it in my car because

I'm like I'll just jump in the water in my running gear who cares if that gets wet with flippers on yeah with flippers on and a public beach people watching you do this yes yeah it's really weird and I'd be like should we call help for this lady? Do the authorities need to intervene? I only did it once Fully clothed with flippers on Traipsing down the beach What a sight I know, I did it once and then I gave up

But you've left the flippers as a reminder Yeah, so that's why there are flippers in my car You mean business when you bring flippers to the beach Some Jesus stuff's going to go on in the ocean to the beach, don't you? Yeah, well, that's the way she goes. Jesus, stuff's going to go on in the ocean here. I know. Yeah, you don't want to disappoint the crowd. Alright, well, let's make you feel better. Should we see if anyone's got anything else out there right now in their cars

that would surprise us? Yeah, okay. What is sitting in your back seat, boot, front seat, whatever? You can call us on 0800, that hits 4487. What's in your car? Yeah, give us a call now. We'd love to hear from you. Got some wild bean vouchers up for grabs. Give us a call.

What's in your car? Maybe it's a bootload of KFC and you're coming back through the border. We'd love to hear from you. 0800-THE-HITS. It's love on the run. It is the hits, John O'Ban. We want to know this morning on 0800 The Hits, what is the thing that you've got in your car that would surprise us?

Do you know what would surprise me once I had in my car? Around the license plate, I had a little box sign that I discovered one day. And it said, you know how you can get little things that sit around your license plate? You buy them from red cars. Like a border. And it said, sexy babes drive red cars. Oh, my goodness. And Jono had put it on my car.

I don't know how long I'd be driving it. Oh, you didn't know? I didn't even have a red car. That was the thing as well. But I discovered one day that my car said at the back, sexy babes drive red cars. Yeah, I was in Repco all the way. I was like, this will be such a low-level prank. I'm not a sexy babe, nor do I drive a red car.

No, but you're shouting out to all the sexy babes who do drive red cars. It's saying it's you publicly declaring your love for all the sexy babes in red cars. I was so confused when I saw it. I was like, how long has this been on my car? Sexy babes driving cars. And also, you've had another thing in your vehicle which almost caused an issue.

The dummy, he's got a full life-size dummy that you can use for stunts and whatever. And you were giving it to a friend of yours, but you were stuffing it in the boot on your street. On the way to work at 4.30 in the morning, I'm out there in the dark putting what looks like a body in the back of the car. Oh, my goodness. And someone was running past.

You could see when they run and they sort of slow down and they sort of look at you. Oh, no. You're like, oh, this is not a good scene. So what is in your car? Nigel has text through saying my son's left his tonsils in my car from an operation. Rolling around in his vehicle at the moment.

Nigel in the Toyota. Tanya will get you on. What have you got in your vehicle, Tanya? Hi, how you doing? Yeah, good mate. I've got a bootload of firewood. How long have you had the firewood? Because it'll start to smell quite foresty after a while. Well, it's better than an air freshener, but I would say maybe most of the winter, actually. You've been driving around with this for months.

Yeah. Where do you put your shopping, your food shopping? Yeah, it's better than an air freshener. I was driving along the side of the road, and I'd just take a piece or two every time, but, yeah, nothing. Oh, my goodness. Oh, so there's a pile that everyone can have access to. Well, it's still in my boot, but, yeah, it was just on the side of the road one day. Oh, so you've slowly added your, oh, I see. That pine smell that you get the air freshener in your boot, but yeah, it was just on the side of the road one day. Oh, so you've slowly added your, oh, I see.

That pine smell that you get the air freshener in your car, so you've basically gone one step further and put the wood in there. Have you got a fireplace? Um, I used to. Oh, Tony, you're awesome. We're going to send you out a Wild Bean voucher. You can get your six

coffee free when you use your BP Me app at Wild Bean Cafe right now. You'll enjoy that, alright? See you. Thanker. You can get your sixth coffee free when you use your BP Me app at Wild Bean Cafe right now. Good on you. You'll enjoy that, all right? See you. Thank you. You never know when you go over to a friend's house,

oh, you've got a fireplace. I've got a bootload of firewood. He's getting back cold or getting some wood from the car. Coming quite handy. We've got Amy on 0800. The hits. What's in your car, Amy?

So when my dad goes and gets some flat white coffees from Macca's, the standard coffee, his pointer actually, his dog actually grabs the coffee out of the coffee cup holder, rips the lid off, drinks the coffee, and then hides the evidence underneath the front seat. Oh, so sneakily drinks the coffee.

Yeah. He cleans his car like every three weeks, and there's like at least three or four coffees underneath the seat. Oh, so Sneakily drinks the coffee? Yeah. Cleans his car every three weeks and there's at least three or four coffees underneath the seat. Jeez, that dog would be getting results. Be a very productive dog. Yeah, would be. But not good for the dog. She absolutely loves coffee.

If you're drinking coffee, she'll be right there watching you just waiting for one drop of it. It's like being boys in the morning, eh? You're just waiting for any stray drops out of my cup, sitting there with your tongue ready to take it. And where did the love of coffee come from? I don't know.

Like my dad thought he was just, he'd taken his coffee out of the car and obviously she just thought coffee was her thing and just grabbed them and had a good time. Of course, it's your thing, it's your thing. But it's very bad for dogs. We learnt that yesterday, but it's bad for dogs. So we've just got to say that and put that out there. It's probably not great for humans either.

It's a good house, though, so it's all good. Yeah, well, there you go. Great story. The coffee-loving dog. Your dog would have been doing it tough during Level 4 not being able to get any barista-made coffee. Oh, yeah, definitely. Yeah, hankering out. Thank you very much, Amy. Have a good one. No worries. Your dog would have been doing it tough during level 4 Not being able to get any barista made coffee Oh yeah definitely Thank you very much Amy have a good one

No worries There's a text that just comes through Hi guys it's that time of the year Where we're inseminating cows I'm currently driving down the road With a back seat load of Some bull specimen You don't want a car accident You don't want a nose to tail on like a some bull specimen there we go

you don't want a car accident you don't want a nose to tail on the windscreen I don't know if you've seen that something about Mary or something like that yeah we got $5,000 up for grabs

and why Jono is an unsung hero before 8 o'clock we'll tell you it is the hits you got Jono and Ben mmm coffee breath

Jono and Ben, the hits. And it's 7.29 on your Wednesday morning. Now, Celebrity Treasure Island is one of the big shows on at the moment. And last night I was watching comedian Joe Damon, who's really, really funny. He got sent home last night on the show. But something I noticed. Now, Buck Shelford, legendary all black, he's on the show. So you've got Buck Shelford and then you've got Candy Lane, who's an amazing dancer.

She's on the show. But when Joe Damon was talking about Buck Shelford and Candy Lane and maybe we should put them up against each other or vote them out, listen to how it sounds. How it's going to work here is... Fucking Candy either got to go or we've just got to get rid of people over there. And I think they'll pick Buck and Candy.

But I think it bowls. Yeah, so he's saying Buck and Candy. Talking about Buck Shelford and Candy Lane. I mean, you could be in a group. But when you're all together, because the first time I heard it, I was like, what are you? Did he?

What? Did he? You know? A good aggressive trick-or-treating technique too. Give me a Buck and Candy. That's what kids would be saying around New Zealand. Joe, just on a serious note, Joe, when he was leaving, just a very humble gentleman, Joe Damon,

and he was like, you know, two years ago, I was on minimum wage living out of my car. Really? And he's like, now I'm on Celebrity Treasure Island. He's like, every day has just been an absolute joy. Yeah, it was actually really awesome. To even be in the same show, in the same environment as these legends yeah that was a really beautiful thing to say it was a lovely moment buck and candy end on a laugh that's the rule in it

you're only five words away from a massive payday it is our game of word association we play it every morning at this time on the show and if you want to win you give us a call on 0800 the hits and we'll see if we can match five words with your words and give you $5,000. Yeah, like Briscoe's having a sale every day, we're giving away cash every day, Jodie. It could be yours this morning in Levin. Good morning. Lovely to have you on.

How was, what's the song? There's a parody. Live in Levin De Loca. Live in Levin De Loca. Ricky Martin wrote a song. Yeah. About Levin, right? Yeah. Did you ever do that parody, Ben? Live in Le Vinda Loca. Livin' La Vinda Loca. Ricky Martin wrote a song. Yeah. About Livin', right? Yeah.

Did you ever do that parody, Ben? Livin' La Vinda Loca? No, I never did. No, I never did. I don't know if I could claim that as my own, but yeah. Is it too late now? Time's probably passed since Ricky Martin. You'll probably get Ricky Martin to do the parody now.

He'll be like, yeah, give it a go. What, have you got 100 bucks, mate? I'll take that. Hey, Jodie. What do you do every day, J like, yeah, give it a go. What, have you got 100 bucks, mate? I'll do that. Hey, Jodie, what do you do every day, Jodie, to fill in your time? I make the computer and customer service.

Oh, good on you. I reckon you would service the customers wonderfully, Jodie. Now, Jodie, you need to make a decision. Jono, Ben or Producer Juliet, who do you want to send into the soundproof booth

to try and match up the words? Oh, Ben this morning. Okay, Ben's going to the soundproof booth. Also works as a car wash outside of show hours at the soundproof booth. So he's going to come out looking buffed and polished. Nothing like a buffed and polished Ben Boyce. Alright Jodie, let's get your five

words and see if we can match with Ben's, eh? The first word that comes into your head when I say Elton. John. Yeah, no other, is there? Flame. Flame. Flame.

I just thought but then I'm thinking grill. Flame. but then I'm thinking grill flame have you stuck on flame will leap ahead and come back to it yeah right yams why am is again very creative today because you saids using the left side of his brain. The first thing I'm thinking is yuck. I don't think I've ever had a yam. Really? They're really yum. Oh, yeah.

Either yum or yuck. Oh, yeah, you thought they were yuck. Are you going to say yuck when yams come into your mind? Oh, I'm going to say vegetable. Yeah, that's a good option, mate. Nice option. Pop is the fourth word this morning for you, Jodie.

Pop. P-O-P. Yep. I'm going to go granddad. Oh, yeah. Only because my pop, my granddad was pop, so. Beautiful. Hopefully. Surgery is the fifth word, Jodie and Levine.

Surgery. Surgery. As the fifth word, Jodie and Levin. Surgery. Oh. Operation. Yeah, lovely. Now, flame. That was tripping us up as the second word this morning. What do you want to go for flame? Flame.

I might go fire. Yeah, good. You did well. I mean, yams was one out of the box Wasn't it Jodie? Yeah Navigated your way through that beautifully We'll release Ben from the soundproof booth now To match your five words

How was it in the naughty corner this morning mate? It's alright I brought on clothes again So it's kind of my wardrobe at the moment It does double up as your wardrobe And those are the times that we know That things aren't going well at home for Ben When he moves half of his closet into the soundproof booth. Why have you got all your clothes in there?

Oh, for a photo shoot for what we're doing after the show around here. Oh, okay. Lovely. All right. All right, Jodie, let's get to five words. First word, Ben, that comes to your head when I say Elton. John. Bam.

Yeah. Bam. One from one, Jodie. Yes. Flame was the second word this morning. Flame. Yeah. Bam. One from one, Jodie. Yes. Flame was the second word this morning. Flame? Flame. Flame.

Fire? Ooh. Jodie got a bit of a hiccup on that one. Flamethrower as well was another one as well. That was the other one Jodie was saying. I always went there. So both would have been safe options for you, Jodie. Yams.

Yams? As in, I safe options for you, George. Yams. Yams? As in, I like your yams, Ben. Like as in, like yams. Yams. Y-A-M-S. Like the vegetable. Vegetable? Vegetable.

Yeah, like the vegetable. Well done. Yeah. I haven't said yams. No. I've simply filled up my yam quota for today. Mum used to love yams. I wasn't a huge fan of them. What do you do to your roast yams? Yeah, put them on yams. No. I've definitely filled up my yam quota for today. My mum used to love yams. I wasn't a huge fan of them.

What do you do? Do you roast yams? Yeah, you roast. They're really yum. Are they kind of like a potato, sort of cousin of the potato? Yeah, probably like a cousin. Sort of, yeah. The cousin they're embarrassed of.

They're like, oh, cousin yams coming over for dinner. Okay, word number four for you, Jodie, for $5,000. Pop. Music. dinner. Okay, word number four for you, Jodie, for $5,000. Pop. Music? I didn't even think of that. Jodie drew from her heartstrings. Grandad. She called her

grandad pop. Oh, yeah, of course. Obviously your cold, cold heart wasn't along the same lines, Ben. I was thinking more about pop songs. Sorry about that. No, no. Hey, surgery was the fifth word. We'll just go through that.

Well, yeah, operation. Oh! She was four out of five. We almost matched. Damn. Jodie. That was so close. So close.

Next time, next time. Wonderful game you played, Jodie. Please do well in Levin. Look after yourself. And thank you so much for listening to the program. Thank you so much for the opportunity. Have a good day. It was fun.

Next, a big Hollywood star. Yeah, he's maybe bringing his restaurant to New Zealand. I know. I made that sound really confusing, and I stumbled over that. I don't know why. I tried to make it cryptic. I really got my own head about it. It's okay. I made it awkward. confusing and I stumbled over that. I don't know why. I tried to make it cryptic. I really got in my own head about it. I made it awkward.

I did. I forgive you. It's fine. I made it awkward. It's a really cool. Anyway, we'll get to that next. Just stick around and we'll find out why. I don't know why I was stammering and stuttering,

but anyway, we'll get to that next. I don't know why I was in this internet hole, but sometimes you get there. And the iconic movie, Mary Poppins, you know, the one, the much-loved movie from Disney. Well, the original author who wrote the book was not a fan of the movie and even cried during the premiere.

Really? Whipped during the premiere. And it was such a great movie. It was a successful movie. It's gone on to be with Emily Blunt It's gone on to reboot as well But she definitely wasn't thinking What's that song?

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious I mean she definitely wasn't thinking that Is that a good thing? I don't know if it was a good thing What is it when you say that? Oh when you say that Yeah like if you called me supercalifragilisticexpialidocious What would it be?

I'd say it would be a good thing right? Yeah it would be good But obviously she didn't think it was She was like it went down like a cup of medicine That the kids wouldn't drink What would it be? I'd say it would be a good thing, right? Yeah, it would be good. But obviously she didn't think it was. She was like, it went down like a cup of medicine there that the kids wouldn't drink. So there you go. Because everyone would have been like, how'd you like the movie?

And she's just like sobbing. Emotional? You're like, yeah, it was, but I hated it. She's fine, ladies and gentlemen. Put her away. Hide her behind the curtain. Hide her. Mickey Mouse is putting the Mickey Mouse head on top of her

just to cover her up. Give it up for the author. Give it up for the author. Give it up for the author. Off you go. There we go. Let's do some spy. The Head Spy with McDonald's Monopoly. Peel and scan your way to over $107 million in prizes.

Listen, we have just this moment shoved a stick up Producer Julia's nose, and she's tested positive for another celebrity update. What's happening in Spidey? So Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg is planning on bringing his Wahlberger, Wahlberger, brilliant use of pun there, chain to New Zealand. So they're launching in Australia before Christmas, but they're also wanting to open one in Auckland and potentially Mount

Manganui. That sounds good. It sounds really good, eh? Yeah, and so they're thinking mid-next year. They were quite good, eh? Yeah, and so they're thinking mid-next year. They were quite vague with the New Zealand date, but they're thinking mid-next year for the Auckland store. And then if one does open at the Mount, it'll probably be a little bit after that.

But it's going to have all-day menu from breakfast to late night. They're known for its beef burgers, loaded tater tots. Tater tots are so good. Boozy shakes and house beer. And then Sloppy Joe's chili mac and Cheese, just your classic American food. Hey, good on him. Now, I understand he set this up kind of like a family business, so himself and his brothers kind of run the whole thing.

Yeah. Is that right? In Las Vegas, is that where it started? Yeah, I think that's what their reality TV show told us, right? Yeah. And one of his brothers is a chef, so that really helps them out. Hey, a really unusual schedule, Mark Wahlberg. And one of his brothers is a chef, so that really helps them out. A really unusual schedule, Mark Wahlberg. Oh my goodness, yeah.

I was just reading about it before. 2.30, wake up in the morning. He's up at 2.30 and he goes to bed at 7.30. He's running his day at a really... Oh, throwing weights around in the house too? Yeah. His day starts with a prayer time, he has breakfast, he does a workout,

he does multiple good workouts. He's also got a shower. He's got a long time for a has breakfast. He does a workout. He does multiple good workouts. He's also got a shower. He's got a long time for a shower, like an hour and a half scheduled for that. He does golf, family time meetings. He's put a schedule out online. How does he relax? How much is he dedicating to family time as opposed to shower time? Because, I mean, 90 minutes shower time.

It feels like the family might be. He's got a few pockets of family time. In total, is it more than the shower time? Oh, no. But he does have multiple showers because he has multiple workouts throughout the day. So he does come back to... So he spends more time in the shower than he does...

Oh, it's probably on par as well. But he's definitely getting up at 2.30 and going to bed at 7.30. He's a real, like... Yeah. That's almost like a John O'Prior. Yeah. Or, like, in terms of a sleep schedule, not the...

Yeah. What do you mean? Not the cuck, ripped body, handsome Mark Wahlberg side of things. Yeah. Do you know, I'm just looking, I typed in Mark Wahlbergers and the first thing came up was a pair of Air Jordans, Wahlberger Air Jordans for the restaurant. A $55,000. Wow.

For a pair of shoes. Wait, they're selling, wait, are you saying they're selling that? That's how much they are. Wow. On the000. Wow. For a pair of shoes. Wait, they're selling, wait, are you saying they're selling that? That's how much they are. Wow. On the internet. Wow.

That's a rip-off. Do people really like paying that much? People like paying, yeah, they do. The Jordans are. Really? Yeah, they do.

That's crazy. They're more of an investment. I don't know if you're wearing those to the Les Mills, Juliet, and doing your CrossFit class or whatever you get up to down there. That is true.

That is true. That's your Spy Update for this morning. For more, you can head to the hits.co.nz and that's thanks to down there. That is true, that is true. That's your Spy Update for this morning. For more, you can head to the hits.co.nz, and that's thanks to McDonald's. You can download the McDonald's app to play the Monopoly game to win some epic prizes. After 8 o'clock on the show,

we're going to talk to one of the experts on 3's new show, Married at First Sight UK, and find out how should they select the people, and also talk about her relationship status, because she was, through her 30s, was single has only just been married recently does that help her when choosing people She went Beyonce all through her 30s

She did. And now she gives advice to people. We're going to have her on the show after 8 o'clock, it's really interesting, it is The Hits, you've got Jono and Ben. Jono and Ben on The Hits and best mates with Skinny New Zealand's breakfast This is Jono and Ben on The Hits Good morning, just gone 8 o'clock, you're's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben. On the Hits. Good morning.

Just gone 8 o'clock. You're on the Hits with Jono and Ben. Just reading encouraging signs for the Waikato to move to Level 2 later in the week, and then possibly Northland as well. So that's good. Not so encouraging signs in Auckland, but we'll move on. We'll pretend Auckland's not a thing. Just before, I was randomly talking about Mary Poppins.

Yeah, now some might have thought that was a dated topical reference, Ben. Maybe more applicable 30, 40 years ago. That the writer went to the premiere of Mary Poppins and started sobbing uncontrollably because she hated the movie. And I said a word, the big word, the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from the movie. Now the content might have seemed random in the moment. And I would agree. But it was all for a higher purpose Ben. That's right there's a Jono and Ben

activity pages. A lot of fun for the school holidays so you can get them online right now and they'll win the Herald yesterday and that supercalifragilisticexpialidocious was our secret word. Yeah Brax you heard it. Nine years old and invicargile. How are you buddy? Good. Lovely to

have you on the radio. You heard the words. You know what's up for grabs. What is it? $100. $100, which is like, you know, we're talking Jeff Bezos money for a nine-year-old. Yeah, you've got $100, mate.

And he couldn't be more pumped. We've got plenty more prizes up for grabs if you want to check out our activity pages right now at the hitstockcode.nz There's a caption competition, there's a colouring competition as well, and lots of fun stuff from Nano Girl and Ganesh from Eat Well for Less as well. Yeah, a lot of

great stuff too, and then once you're done with the piece of paper you can use it as toilet paper. That's what you do. Multi-purpose, well I did yesterday. Coming up very shortly. Married at First Sight Australia in the UK. We talk to the matchmaker from the show and we find out, is it a sham?

Are they actually finding love? We'll put those tough questions to her in 20 minutes. And it's the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Going hard and ooley. Go hard, go ooley. Go hard and ooley. Hard and ooley.

Go hard. With Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. Hey, Ben Boyce, it's my turn to talk, okay? Okay, I'll shut up. And you know, when I lead him with that, I've forgotten about what I was going to talk about. I just remembered that it was my time to talk.

You bought yourself a little bit of time. It's like I often do the, hey, my wife always pulls me up on that when I know I can hear a question, but I go, hey, just to give myself another couple of seconds to hear the question but I go hey just to give myself another couple of seconds to hear the question again just try and think of an excuse yeah oh did you take that thing out there yeah she's like you know what I said no but yeah I did so we'll lead in again

okay um it is a it's a gentleman john are you going to talk about something yeah I, I was. Yesterday I was phoning a service on... Why have I made that sound? Why have I made that sound? NSFW. Okay, start again. It is the hits you got, John. Ben, yesterday I was on hold for a company,

a company that is under the pump in these, you know, uncertain times, unprecedented times, as we say. And I was on hold because I had to query about something that was left in the mailbox and I needed to retrieve it. So I phoned them up. And here's what happened. Listen to Stan Walker. We are currently experiencing higher than normal call volumes. We are sorry about this. There are 151 callers ahead of you. If you do not have time... 151!

I was number 152, like, in the Squid Game. Wow! That's a lot. You think that each one would probably talk for at least two or three minutes. I mean, if you were... I was like, at this point, oh, you can just have the parcel. Because you'd get to the front of the queue and you would have forgotten what you were phoning about this is how busy these places are

crazy and that also means that I'm 152 there's 151 other willing people willing to sit there and wait for their place in the queue if I showed you an FPOS terminal, an ATM machine with 151 people there and you had to go to the back of the line.

It wouldn't do it. No. Yeah, but you're right. They're hanging in there. And was there people behind you as well? There's probably 163, 4, 5 backing up behind me. So spare a thought for those phone operators. Yeah.

Who have to answer non-stop all day. Oh my God. Where's my parcel? Where's my package? Because everything's delayed at the moment too. Yeah, and it's all out of their hands because things are delayed from overseas and obviously you can't get through borders and all that. Oh, you mentioned Christmas shopping.

If you need to get your toys, you've got to do it now apparently. Yeah, because overseas to get it delivered in time for Christmas, you need to get onto it. Don't just rely on Santa this year. You're going to have to be a bit organised. Yeah, parents. And that, when you're getting your kids sorted, you need to get onto it now. What's the longest you've waited in line for something? You would have waited overnight for a concert or something, Julie?

Yeah, I think I did. Yeah, I think it was the Reece Mastin concert. Remember that? Oh, we love the Reece Mastin. We talk so much about it. When you said you had mastitis, thinking you were part of the official mastitis fan club. And then you had to find out what that meant. Yeah.

Yeah. Did you sleep overnight for that? No, I think, I can't remember. It was definitely very early in the morning. Like, we were. A whole day? Yeah, yeah. And he wasn't even worth it.

Like, who is he now? Oh, hey, hey. Okay. Who is he now? Hey, Rees-Mastered is someone to his mother. Yeah, exactly. To his family. And he's probably 147 in the queue on hold right now.

Hey, we've got the lady, one of the matchmakers from Married at First Sight, UK and Australia, and we're going to find out if it's a sham or are these people really looking for love? And how much pressure is it when you're matching these people? We'll find out very shortly on The Hits. Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion. Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB. In the meantime, here's Jono and Ben on the Hits. Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB In the meantime, here's Jono and Ben

The Hits. And as the Hits Jono and Ben on a Wednesday morning now this Saturday, the Prime Minister yesterday announced something a little different, a little nostalgic, a little throwback. Have a listen. I have the pleasure to announce today a blast from the past this Saturday between 12

and 8pm on Channel 200 and supported to date by Discovery, screened on 3 and Māori TV and streaming on Hahana Facebook, we'll be holding a Vaxathon. The Vaxathon will go live across the country, highlighting vaccine initiatives from Kaipareanga to the Bluff and urging anyone who hasn't been vaccinated yet

to make Saturday the day for their first dose and anyone who has been three weeks or longer since their first dose to get their second. Yep, you know you mean business when it's on Channel 200. It's on three as well. It's on many channels to reach a wide... We can only dream of Channel 200. I could, if I could reach the lofty heights of Channel 200.

But the fact's the side, it's a throwback, I think, to Telethon. It was a race to the finish line for the parody version of this iconic Telethon song. You emailed straight away yesterday, John. I dipped my toes into the parody pool. That's all I do during those press conferences. How do we make a parody song out of this? Maybe I should be listening to the important information that's being handed out. But, you know, mine was, well, should we start again, Juliet?

We want to give it the best foot forward. Vaxx you very much. Oh, no, no, sorry. I messed up my own parody. Thank you very much for your vaccination. Vaxx you very much. Vaxx you very, very, very much. But then on Newstalk ZB,

yesterday afternoon, not long after the press conference, political reporter Barry Soper was talking to Heather Dupessy-Allen and it already come up with it. I am very, very deeply concerned that this is going to be very lame. Well, look, for all of you listeners who remember the telethons,

they'll be singing along to this one. Thank you very much for your kind vaccination. Thank you very much. Thank you very, very, very much. Now he's made a fatal, fatal error in the parody game. What's he done? He's added another syllable. Thank you very much for your kind donation.

You're having to work too hard to get that line out. Mine, however, on the other hand, thank you very much for your vaccination. Donation. Thank you very much for your vaccination donation word for word a musician thank you julia that's and that's the accolades i was after you know you're in trouble when you're a race to uh you're racing to the content with barry sober that's when that's when i really need to really reconsider my career decisions next one of the matchmakers from Married at First Sight UK. It's on three right now. She joins us in a few moments on the hits.

The show where the masks make them look a whole lot better. Can't save this batted up old face. It makes you beautiful. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. Now, Mel Schilling, she's an Australian relationship psychologist. She's now famous around the world for her roles at the addictive TV show Married at First Sight Australia and Married at First Sight UK, which is now back on three.

And she joins us on the phone. Good morning, Mel. How are you? Good morning. I'm well. How are you going? Oh, doing really well. It's lovely to have you on the phone this morning.

Maths back. The UK version looks more wild than the Australian version. Oh, it's lovely to have you on the phone this morning. Maths back. The UK version looks more wild than the Australian version. Oh, it's fabulous. And those accents. There are so many new accents for you guys to get your heads around. Mel, I'm always, I watch these things and I'm like, why are these people signing up to it? Have they not seen the previous seasons?

We all know how it ends. Yeah, was it one successful couple, I guess, that have carried on a relationship in the UK? Is that right? Well, you just wait until you see the later season. Those stats are going to change and in a big way. Oh,

you'll be eating your words. It wasn't my words. I just looked at those on the internet. I may have factually wrong. Now he's blaming the internet's words. Do you feel pressure, though, putting people together? You're like, oh, I've vouched for this sort of couple? There is pressure because it's not like mathematics. It's an inexact science.

And there's only so much you can do to predict compatibility. You're just going off what you read on paper, I assume. Well, we interview them and we do a range of different, you know, tests and questionnaires behind the scenes to get to know them on as deep a level as we possibly can. But at the end of the day, if there's no physical chemistry between a couple, then that's up to them.

Now, you're a confidence coach. That's one of the things that you're an expert at. I mean, I'm a very nervy person at the best of times. Who's even losing confidence in his interviewing right now? This question, I'm starting to doubt it as I get through that. As far as dating goes, which thankfully I'm not doing it because I'd be terrible at right now, but what are people doing wrong? How do people get more confident when it comes to dating and why does it help them when it comes to dating? Such a good question, particularly at the moment with lockdown and the pandemic. So many people are saying to me, I feel like I've forgotten how to date. I've forgotten how to flanter. Do you guys use the word flanter over there?

Flirty banter? Flanter? No, I like it though. Flanter's good. Isn't that fab? I love that. My latest new word. I've forgotten how to flanter. And so, you know, it's all about trying to build up these social skills that have kind of been on ice. I just say to people, a big part of getting back on the horse is doing it gradually and practicing.

You know, go on a senior date with your brother, your uncle, your auntie, your friend, you know, practise. Listen, Mel, we don't need any more encouragement about dating family members in certain parts of New Zealand. Yeah, you said it was practise, it wasn't... That was behind me. Is that what we've been doing with our cousins this whole time, practising? OK, thank you, Vestibule. That's our excuse now in New Zealand, OK? Is that what we've been doing with our cousins this whole time? Practicing. Okay.

Thank you, Vestibule. That's our excuse now in New Zealand, okay? Practice for real dating. Oh, that's so good. But do you think, just going back to your point of people have forgotten how to flanter, do you put a lot of that down to dating apps and things like that? There was a time there where you'd just turn up to a bar, blast about eight or nine beers, have a conversation, and then you're married

the next day. That was the simple days of dating. Has it become complicated? It has become complicated. You're absolutely right. And I think a lot of people have lost their way because there is this swiping culture and it's become a very disposable dating kind of

approach where, you know know if i don't like this person swipe go on to the next one a lot of people become confused about what they want from the dating experience you know they may deep down want to find a deep committed relationship but all of this disposable dating behavior is not taking them toward that goal it's just taking them towards hookups so i think people have got to be clear about what they want and choose the right technique to get there. We've got Mel Schilling. She's the relationship expert on Married at First Sight UK. Now, Mel, I was surprised to read that you were single through your 30s. You're married now recently. But yeah, how was that? I mean, does that arm you with a lot of great information

for shows like this? Yeah, a lot of mistakes. Absolutely. I reckon I've made them all. People I dated were treatment phobes, Peter Pan, you know, people who had zero emotional intelligence. You should have been dating your cousins. Yeah, getting the pre-exams. There you go.

I missed such an opportunity there, obviously. But did you find that you've had a fulfilled life being single, and now you've got that out of the way, your singledom, that you are ready to move on to another chapter of being with someone for the rest of your life? Yeah. Look, obviously I'm biased because that's my experience, but I really rate the idea of having a great single life. You know, I traveled, I lived and worked overseas. Everything was about my own needs.

You know, I had that selfish time for, well, a decade. And so you're absolutely right. You know, when I met Gareth when we were 39 at the time, I was like, yeah, now I'm ready to actually share that life experience with someone. So what about people that are together listening to this and their relationship? You know, lockdowns are very hard. They can be testing on the

relationship. Is there one thing that we should be doing more to keep the relationships going that are going in lockdown? Flanta. Flanta? Still flanta. Flantaron. You like that word, don't you? I likeanta. Flanta? Still flanta. Flanta on. You like that word, don't you? I like that.

Flanta with your partner. Okay. And I'm really serious. Even if you're in different rooms of the same house, sending your partner a sexy, flirty text or even a little photo can really change the dynamic, you know? Shall I text my wife some flanta now? Please do. Yeah, what do you reckon, Mel?

Something like, hey, hot. Can you help me out here, Mel? Good start, good start. Hey, hot. Less, less. I don't know, I'm not an expert. Mel's the expert. Yeah, Mel, are you the expert?

Less? We might need to workshop that. Hay hot pants. Yeah, okay, okay. So 80s. Do you know what? I ended up texting her. I said, hay hot pants, love muffin is coming home.

Oh, that's fabulous. That is gold flanter right there. That's great flanter. She's replied with, don't forget to pick up the mince. The mince. Is that her flattering? Is that flattering? Great flanter.

Is she calling herself mince? So I'll get the prime beef mince. Mel, you've saved my marriage. You're a superstar. It was lovely hanging out with you, Mel. Really do appreciate you the time. Married at First Sight. I enjoyed it.

I had fun. It was awesome. We can't wait to watch Married at First Sight UK. It sounds amazing. Thanks, guys. You're on the hits, Jono and Ben. We are rewarding lockdown legends. Thanks to HelloFresh, hooking them up with two weeks of HelloFresh

delivered to their door. So let's call one now. Yeah, we're going through to a midwife in South Auckland. Hello, Sophie here. I'm having a baby. Oh, no. It's coming. What role play are we doing here? I'm crowning. Oh, no. It's coming. What role play are we doing here?

Oh, God. Just breathe. Sophie, I'm sorry about that. Why did you do this to me, Ben? It's Jono and Ben calling. You're a bit of a role play there. Not required. Sophie's wondering what's going on.

She's a midwife. She knows what's going on. I hope she does. It's part of her job. You don't sound like my usual client. Now, you've been nominated as a midwife, she knows what's going on I hope she does, it's part of her job You don't sound like my usual client Now you've been nominated as a lockdown legend Someone who's doing great work at the moment And we want to hook you up with two weeks HelloFresh

Oh wow, thank you so much Oh no, thank you Thank you for being part of that weird roleplay And thank you for also doing what you're doing right now Beautiful, I so appreciate that That's awesome It must be really tough in the moment though To be doing your job in the middle of this COVID world

Yeah, it's definitely something else at the moment There's definitely a few more things to be juggling I bet Babies don't stop in a pandemic No, babies, if anything You make more babies in lockdown That's right I mentioned you're delivering babies

In full PPE, are you? Yeah, which is adding another layer of fun to the job at the moment. You can imagine a nice hot birthing room covered in a few layers of plastic. Yeah, well, the message that Kushla's put here is your job is very challenging at the best of times, especially at the moment, underfunded, underappreciated, and that's just probably making you feel bad about yourself. We appreciate it. We're appreciating it.

It's all sounding a bit dark, isn't it? Yeah, no, sorry. I just realised I said those things and it probably just makes you feel terrible about your job. Well, we're appreciating it right now, everything you're doing. It hasn't gone without being appreciated. You've probably got a parking ticket.

Oh, don't say that. Yeah, no, it's not good today, mate. No, well done. I don't want to get into the whole vaccine debate because that keeps all the time, but obviously there'll be a lot of conversations you'll be having, particularly around women that are pregnant and the vaccine. Yes, absolutely.

That's become a big focus of ours, trying to keep all our pregnant women safe. We know that the vaccine's safe in pregnancy and highly recommended to keep mum and bubby safe. So yeah, that's a whole new dimension of the job that has become really important. How many babies are you delivering a day?

Not one every day. Although we did have three in a row on Saturday. Ooh, that's a big Saturday. Yes. Probably one to two a week at the Yeah, yeah. I'll probably one to two a week at the moment for me. Now, I have another thing. Ben's

going to go, oh, don't say this. You know, I was blessed to have two wonderful children. But, you know, they don't come out quickly. You know, in a lot of cases, they don't just come out. And there's a lot of waiting around for the father. Don't.

Oh, yeah, we do feel a lot of empathy for the poor fathers that have to sit around. In a reclining chair that makes you feel sleepy. They do have it tough. Draining their phone battery. Look at their phone. Oh, you'd have it tough, don't you, John? Yeah.

Hey, congratulations. We'll get you out that HelloFresh. And well done on all the great work you're doing, Sophie. We'll get you out that hello fresh and well done on all the great work you're doing, Sophie. It's much appreciated, not only by Koshla, but the whole community. Thank you so much, guys. Appreciate it. Jono and Ben on the Hits Breakfast. Friends of Skinny.