Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Ed Sheeran Wants To Perform At Jacinda Ardern's Wedding!!!

Episode Date: June 28, 2021

Kia ora e te whanau! Today on the show we had one of the best humans on the planet - Ed Sheeran. Genuinely one of the nicest guys to talk to! We spoke about Jacinda Ardern's wedding (he even said he'd make himself available to perform at her wedding!), we discussed his friendship with Courteney Cox & Elton John, and we even got him to anonymously audition for a karaoke night at a pub in Porirua. Did he make the cut? Have a listen to find out! Enjoy today's show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We will actually, we caught up with Ed Sheeran today in his only New Zealand radio interview. Is that right? No others. Just don't listen to any other radio interviews today, okay? He's awesome, eh? He's really cool. He's just one of those guys that you like.

I think we talk about this on the show today. He remembers you for some reason. He's Ed Sheeran. He doesn't need to remember us. And you wouldn't be offended if he didn't remember you. No, not at all. You know what I found interesting interesting we had to sign a contract going into this

yeah and they pay you two dollars because I thought it was a joke producer Humphrey came and he's like I need you to sign

this documentation here's two dollars from the record company and I was like well this is lovely but why are we getting paid two dollars and so you accept the money

and then it becomes a legally binding document. So you're not releasing it before you're meant to release it and rules like that. Have you still got your $2? I think I gave it to one of the kids for one of their school lunches. Yeah, right. So money well spent. So thanks Ed Sheeran.

You should have said you should thank Ed Sheeran for this lunch. Yeah, that cheese pizza that you bought from the school tuck shop, that was half of it that Ed She shared and paid for. How much is the pizza? $4. $4, yeah, yeah. So, yeah, half of those bites you think he's sharing for.

The other half you think me and my hard-earned money. Yeah, so Indy, my daughter, is obsessed by the school cheese pizza. She's like, it's the best pizza. And every time we'll go. Is it homemade stuff or they get it in? Well, this is the thing, because every time we go, like we'll go, you know, if you get pizza, you order is the thing because every time we go like we'll go if you get pizza you order something

or you go up I'll always go this is better than the pizza surely this is the best she goes no jeez pizza's still better oh so that's set the standard for her

that's set the standard and in the end yeah tuck shop pizza yeah she's just like whatever they do they're doing for whatever they're doing it well I imagine it's just

your run of the mill McCain's jobby as well I don't know yeah and they just put it in the zapper. I don't know what they're doing. I'd love to know, but I'm like, one day I'm just going to get her to buy extra to bring some home for me just because I need to try the pizza.

She's like, yeah, not as good as the school one. What was your favourite item from the tuck shop? At my school, they did a wonderful hot dog. Juliet, come in here. Juliet's producer, Juliet's just walked in. What was your favourite item to get from the tuck shop? A, Fritoo frogs for 50 cents Or B. Spinach and feta rolls

They're like sausage rolls But spinach and feta And they were Like some people Are addicted to substances I was addicted to Spinach and feta rolls Yeah

It would have been cheaper To have a drug addiction Spinach and feta Costly So good So your feta It's rolled into your life now Feta is one of my favourite foods.

So good. What was your favourite? Well, I did like getting a cookie, like cookie time cookie, but then the lady would go, would you like to heat it up? And I'm like, oh, yes. Put 30 seconds in the microwave. I'm like, oh. And you just want it so it's just slightly melted.

Oh, no, it was always a little thing. Because sometimes I get busy and they don't always offer that service to everyone. You were a favourite. She would always go, 30 seconds in the microwave. I'm like, oh, yes. There's a huge difference in taste between your cold cookie time and your heated cookie time. I mean, both great, but there's something about the little, you know,

the extra effort they've taken with 30 seconds in the microwave. But if they overheat it, then you're in big trouble because the burnt cookie time is nothing worse than a burnt cookie time. I've had a cookie time in years. We've had some the time in years we bought something the other day they were good it's a vending machine

food isn't it have you ever used the vending machine you can get them at the supermarket though you can get them at the supermarket

we bought them for kids lunches and stuff as well but they don't get the heat of night they don't get the service you can't buy that service not if you bring it

from home there we go there's some tuck shop stuff for you now on the show today has been mentioned Ed Sheeran, we talked to him,

got him to apply for a karaoke competition in Pottydua. Yeah. Didn't go the way I thought it was going to go. Well, no, I think, you know, it's obviously, he's a good singer, but obviously there's great singers there as well, so it'd be, you know, it'd be interesting to give him a run for his money. Right there. A couple of days ago, we were very lucky to catch up with the man himself,

Ed Sheeran, over Zoom. He was in the UK. Ahead of his new single coming out, which we're going to play for you very shortly, Bad Habits. And this is what happened when we chatted to the awesome Ed Sheeran. Hey, guys. Hey. Ed Sheeran.

Well, there you go. This is a very official. Lovely to see you. What room are we talking to you in right now? It looks amazing. I actually had this uh well not built this was in my studio and it was just an empty room with a sofa in and then i suddenly realized that i'd be doing quite a lot of zoom promo so i got it turned into an office but yeah

i actually since it's since it's been done it's great to have a place that i actually just come and do emails and stuff like that and then when I go back in the house I can just kind of shut off. This feels like when I enter this room it's like work and then when I go back to the house it's like home. You're a parent now so you also need a place to pretend to do work as well. We know. He's got so many

emails actually. He's just off to do that. He's got off. do that he's gone off do you know what that is oh that's an old Nintendo 64 wow so you know I can just pretend

that's his emails he's doing emails do you know that you're Ed Sheeran you can probably afford a PS5 or something I never was into games the only game I ever played as a kid was uh golden eye and then pokemon on the um game boy but like i haven't really moved with the times i wouldn't know where to start a friend of mine tried to play fifa with me the other day and i

just kind of ran in circles oh we are so excited to talk to you and we are very excited about new music uh from yourself but you're a little nervous, according to your social media posts. Surely, surely not. Well, I haven't really done this properly. I mean, when was the last time we did an interview? 2018, maybe? It's been a while. A while ago.

Yeah, you made me drink something from your minibar and I got a little drunk, so I felt like maybe, did I make things weird? You know, it's the next day you regret and you're like, man, I made a dick of myself in front of Ed Sheer to be honest if you hadn't have drunk it i'd have thought less of you yeah well now he's a rampant alcoholic thanks to that moment so is it a combination of nerves and excitement when you're about to unleash this on the world ed yeah do you know what i think if you if you think if you're too confident about anything you're destined to fail you have to you

have to have the kind of flame of the you know in the bottom of your stomach i say i liken it to like just before a school exam you're prepared you've done all your revision you're ready but you're still breaking it you know you're still like oh but what if what if this happens i didn't really revise for my school exams and kind of failed quite a few of them so uh that's probably not a good analogy yeah and it's probably a good lesson and you know how things turn out when you do bad at school yeah you only have a nintendo 64 um do you get to this point though where you've recorded all the music you've written it all and you're like damn it i should have written that lyric or change that little part of the song or you're 100 confident with it never with never with lyrics never like i i'm i'm quite sort of like straight with lyrics and if it's like if it's done it's

done but a lot of the time musically i'll listen back to something and be like oh i should have taken that out or like change the bass sound on this like even like now like probably like a week ago we were still tinkering with bad habits, and it's now had to be handed in. You don't hand it in like a project. Actually, we were just talking to our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, just before, and we mentioned that we were going to be talking to you at some stage, and she had this to say. I made him scones. See whether or not he remembers the scones.

Okay, we'll ask him about that. And, well, do you want us to ask him? Because I know it might be weird coming from you. You probably don't want to. If he wants to play at your wedding, you're looking for a And well, do you want us to ask him? Because I know it might be weird coming from you. You know, you probably don't want to, if he wants to play at your wedding, you're looking for a wedding singer. Do you want Ed Sheeran? Do you want us to ask? I feel like the quarantine that may be attached to it

may not make it worse as well. I'm sure without that, he'd be king. I'm kidding. I definitely don't think there's any circumstances where he would ever want to play a wedding. Would you want to play a wedding, the Prime Minister of New Zealand? You know what? I think that she is the best human being on earth. I know politics and people in New Zealand will have difference of opinion,

but in England, she is seen as just it. We love her. We love her. I love her. I love the scums. She gave me a wonderful book as well that she'd written. And when is her wedding? Actually, you probably shouldn't have said that. She hasn't said said uh yeah she hasn't said it is we keep trying to we're trying to find out

where yeah no well i would i would make myself available uh if i was free to play her wedding oh my gosh i thought this was going to be one of those awkward moments where we've put you in a position and you're like when is it i think she's great i think she's brilliant i think she's what i think yeah i think she's brilliant i think she's what you need in the leader oh thank you thank you i don't know why i'm taking the credit we're not going to be there we're not cool no you should i mean new zealand new zealand should be really proud of like i mean the whole world has looked at new zealand and be like these guys these guys have got it right and coming up in this next bit we put him on on the spot again when he auditions for a karaoke competition in Paridua. Now, speaking of you hanging out with people, Ed Sheeran,

last week there were constant images being streamed through you, Courtney Cox, Elton John. There were pianos. There was a lot to unpack. What was going on with that scenario? So I live at Courtney's when i go to america i know that sounds random but uh i introduced her best my best friend is her boyfriend so like we i just lived there um and um you know she'd never met elton and elton had emailed me being

like uh well i won't say exactly what he said because it used a couple of C words in it, but he said, come, come round for dinner. C word. And then I was, I was like, man, I can't really leave Courtney's. I've just, I've just got here. Why don't you come around here? So he came round and then while we were around, I kind of said to him, I was like, look,

there's this thing in friends where phoebe thinks that your song blah blah blah blah and he was like i've never seen friends i was like but trust me this will this will like blow up on the internet and i think he's really into things that go go viral so yeah we did it and and and it was super how has he never seen free into it i mean imagine it like you're you're one of the most famous people people on the planet and you're you're into what you're into the funny the you don't you don't do you know what holly oaks is i've heard yeah yeah holly oaks is like our shortland street so the first time that i met Paul McCartney,

he just looked at me and went, I saw you on Hollyoaks. And I was like, Paul McCartney watches Hollyoaks? What? Now, Ed, you're a wonderful singer, mate. And we have found a karaoke competition, which is happening in Pottydoo at Wellington. And we wanted to see if you would be able to make the cut for the competition.

So if you didn't mind, we'll phone them. We can act as your agents, and we'll just say you're a little nervous about entering the comp. Sweet, I'm in. All right, and then we realise we need to go, so we'll make this the end. We're heading through to Pottydew. No, no, don't worry.

The only thing we've got to make is the France-Germany game, which is on now. He's watching football. Hello, Legend Sports Bar, I'm speaking. Oh, Legend Sports Bar. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. How are you doing? Oh, hey.

I'm good, thank you. Now, you guys have a karaoke competition, we understand. We do, we do. Now, we've got a dear friend of ours. He's a bit nervous about entering, and he's like, I'm not sure if I've got the chops to enter. So we have him here his name is edward and we're just wondering if uh he could audition you just say whether he you know he could make it into the comp if he'd make the cast absolutely okay all right

over to you ed so honey now take me into your loving arms kiss me under the light of a thousand stars place your head on my beating heart, I'm thinking out loud, maybe we found love right where we are Oh, what do you think?

Wow, that was a really good attempt, but I'm pretty sure the participants at our karaoke on a Thursday night would surely give you a run for your money. Oh, you're going to run for your money? I wrote this song. This is Ed Sheeran. This is actually Ed Sheeran singing this. Really?

Yes. It legitimately is. But thanks, thanks for your confidence. What would he win? Well, it doesn't sound like he's going to for your compliments What would he win? If he Well if he It doesn't sound like he's going to win But what would he win?

Well we have everything From bar turds To cash prizes And even some Little gift packs That we give to our participants Even for trying And things like that

Oh you get one for trying you Yeah I would love I would love a participation Oh absolutely I'm sure we can arrange something i love it it was like i wrote the song you know what i i often find that i sometimes watch people covering my songs and they just sing them better and i'm like yeah oh that's my song oh well listen legion sports bar party do

it thank you very much For your time No worries Thank you so much No worries Hey Sharon So nice to see you mate And so So great to see you too And you know

Since your Bloody Maltese Challenge Like the amount of people That try and get me To do it They're just like Hey

You've seen this On a YouTube Each time I have to Try and beat The last time So you guys Are f***ing We made you put Like 30 30 in your mouth It was jammers And you got stained each time I have to try and beat the last time. So you guys are f***ing me.

Mate, you put like 30 in your mouth. It was Jeffers and you got stained from the chocolate, the red chocolate. I think I did close to 50 on James Corden though because he just kept pushing me and pushing me. Oh, mate, well, listen, our sincerest apologies. Can't wait to hopefully see you in the flesh in the next year or two, mate. You're always fun hanging out with you.

Keep safe. Hope so too, man. And give Jacinda in the flesh in the next year or two, mate. You're always fun hanging out with you. Keep safe. Hope so too, man. And give Jacinda my love. We will do. See you, buddy. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook.

It's now over the weekend. I was lucky enough to go along and see the Lion King musical. It's the circle of life. It was slightly better singing than what that just was. It was amazing. That was actual audio from the show. Costumes are incredible. Producer Juliet, you went and saw it the other night.

Yeah. As well. Very good. The attention to detail that they've put in those costumes is phenomenal. Yeah, whether it's people with giraffes and elephants and stuff, how they do that is pretty incredible. So good. Are the lions real?

No, not quite. Not quite. But no, it it was awesome it was really cool but um one thing i did notice as new zealanders we love a local reference oh you know how we love people mentoring new zealand but then there was a little bit and they were like the curtain dropped down they're like it looks like one of the characters like this looks like one of the curtains the shower curtains from the warehouse it's the warehouse we shop at the warehouse it's new's like, oh my God, it's the warehouse. We shop at the warehouse. It's New Zealand. And then there was another one where they had to mine and Pumba, you know, off you start making their going,

we could get some Kuma fries or hoo-hoo grubs. Everyone's like, oh my God, it's from New Zealand. We put Kuma in our mouth. We just frothed over a local reference. No, we do. But well played. Just a few of those sprinkled through in amongst it. Not even that. They even incorporated do. But well played. Just a few of those sprinkled through in amongst it. Not even that.

They even incorporated Frozen. Did you remember that bit? They sung like a little bit of Let It Go and everyone was like, ah, Frozen. And I'm like, I know that song. Millennial Max went last week too with Juliet who works on the show

and he came back with a list of complaints. But nothing to do with the show. No, like an 84 year old, he was like there wasn't enough leg room in the seating and he was like the lights were too bright and he was like the music was too loud and it started too late It was amazing, I think it was amazing

After listening to it I was like how could anyone find a complaint about this thing, like what is Max doing I think he was like the tickets were too heavy to carry in my pocket I ran into someone, a mate of ours, actually, John, and he was at halftime, and he had never seen The Lion King. Like, not the musical, the movie. Oh.

He's never, he's like. Well, it must be like a lot to take in. I know. I was like, how's the more faster thing? He was like, yeah, did not see that coming. Did not see that coming? Yeah. Yeah.

Wow. Yeah, like he says. Who's John? Which John? Oh, I guess afterwards. Yeah, like he says. Who's John? Who's John? Oh, I guess afterwards. But yeah, a friend of ours, John, we've known for many years. And yeah, he was like, he knew, I know a lot of references from the show, but did not know the storyline to The Lion King.

Hadn't seen the movie. He's just like, I just haven't seen the movie. He said, I haven't gone out of my way not to see the movie. Yeah, yeah. But just hadn't seen the movie. But yeah, I was like, wow, how could you go along? It's been around for a while I haven't seen Lord of the Rings

and I thought that was poor but not seeing The Lion King even for me not even a movie aficionado yeah and they made different versions of it there's sort of the yeah the animated one

and the not so animated one but yeah I thought it was pretty pretty credible that someone had not had gone on their life without seeing The Lion King has anyone

4487 text us has anyone else not seeing The Lion King. Has anyone, 4487, text us, has anyone else not seen The Lion King? Is this John character, this suspicious John character who Ben's going to inform me who it is afterwards, is he the only person in New Zealand who hasn't seen The Lion King? Yeah, well, I'd say so.

But then you wouldn't debut with the stage show. Maybe you would, it was opening night, it was like, hey, check it out. It was very cool. And actually afterwards, because I took my daughter to, you know, because there was that after party afterwards. I was like, oh, should we go home?

She goes, I want to go to the after party. You're like, why is that? She's like, I don't know. I don't know what an after party is. I just want to say I've been to an after party. So it was like weird getting dragged into an after party by your 11-year-old. Going, hey, we better go. She's like, no, I'm liking the after party.

You got little bits of food. I'm talking to people who are looking around, just looking for someone better to talk to. Exactly. Exactly. She's like, it's an after party. I've never been to an after party before. But yeah, it was pretty cool.

The Lion King. So go check it out. And this year with Millennial Max, who for some reason found the seats. They were too hard on his bottom. Oh, jeez. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben.

Breakfast on the hips. Got a funny scenario right now that was a message that we saw on Facebook, so we've decided to pull them on air and get you involved with this on New Zealand's Breakfast. Well, welcome to the show, Nicole. How are you?

Hello, hello. Good to have you on, Nicole. Now, engaged, Nicola's getting ready to walk down the aisle in your white gown although there's a little hiccup. Yeah so the thing is we are so unsure with which last name one of us should take. Now my name's Nicole Kettle, and his name is Stu Boyle. Right. So you're saying that you want Stu to take your surname Kettle, and Stu's saying, I want you to take my surname Boyle.

Absolutely. This feels like it's... Yeah, and I think it's really important for him if I took his last name, but same for me. And we can't hyphenate it either. Yeah. Yeah, Kettle Boyle. Hyphenate it either. Yeah, Kettle Boil. Hyphenate Kettle.

I feel like this is a comedy name that we've made up for, but we haven't as far as I know. Okay, so. What wonderful last names. They work well together. Not the best last names. Tricky, I don't know what to do. So why does he refuse to take your name?

I don't know. I think he just wants to continue the family name. Yeah, no brothers and stuff. And why don't you want to take his name? Oh, Boyle. Oh, you just don't want Boyle as a last name. Oh, I do like my name. And yes, like him, I'd like to continue my...

It's not getting married an option? Ooh. No, I'd like... That's already been done. He's already proposed. Yes, I'd like to get married. Okay, so this is where we need you to help out. 0800 the hits.

What is the solution here? Neither party's budging, and hyphenation, as we all agree, is not an option. No, kettle boil... I do like the hyphenation, as we all agree, is not an option. No. Kettle boil. I do like the hyphenation, though. I like kettle boil or boil kettle. I just feel like, but I understand why you don't.

I mean, there's nothing wrong with a comedy name. It's a great talking point at parties. Yeah, that's true. Good icebreaker. But when you fill out any documentation as well, you'll have a bit of banter with the person behind the counter. They'll be like, kettle boil. And You're like, yeah, I know, I know.

Okay. You know how it's going to work. Okay. Alright, well, let's try and help out Nicole this morning on 0800 The Hits. 0800 The Hits telephone number. I don't know the actual numbers for 0800 The Hits, I've just realised. Do you? No.

4487 on the text as well uh what do they do here how do they settle this um give us a call give us a call help her out this morning uh and someone's taking not a traditional thing is it for the guy to take uh the female surname it happens a little bit more and more nowadays but you're right it hasn't been traditionally yeah and for centuries i looked into this over the weekend um and i was just reading a clickbait article knowing that this call was coming to uh the show uh it's been going for centuries and it was sort of uh very archaic and it asserted that once a woman married a man he had ownership of her oh really so she had no right she didn't own the property uh all of her finances weren't hers. Jeez. And obviously things have changed nowadays for the better.

But yeah, so some men nowadays do take the wife's last name, but only 3% of New Zealand men have taken their wife's last name. I mean, hyphenation could be an option, but maybe not in this case. But that's another good way to get around this. We'll get Dan on the air. Guess what, Dan? You are on the radio. Is this a dream come true? another good way to get around this. We'll get Dan on the air. Guess what, Dan? You are on the radio. Is this a dream come true?

Oh, it certainly is, yeah. Yeah, a little boy's dream coming true right now. What are your thoughts on this, mate? I've got the perfect idea. I reckon they should merge their names together so you could have something like Kettle Oil or Whittle. Oh, so not a hyphenating and a blending as such.

That's a good idea. Not bad. Creating a new name that means something to both of them. That's good. Yeah. Nailed it.

Move on. Move on with the radio program. We've nailed it. Problem solved. Not only did you have your dream come true, you also solved a problem in one call.

Well done, Dan. Appreciate it. Excellent. A lot of people say, why don't they just keep their own names as a simple solution, which you could do, but if children come into the picture, what surname do they get? Does that create a whole other debate? Well, that's true.

Then kids need to kind of almost pick a name that they have to. Yeah, you're right. The bonus is we get another phonotopic out of it in a year or so when they do have children. So look at the bright side. We'll get Rachel on from the Waikato. Rachel! Rachel! Hello.

How are you going? I'm good. How are you going? We're doing well. Rachel, what do you reckon about this name debate? I've always thought, why don't people just come up with a new one? Start some new traditions

and make up a new family name. Oh, like Lightning Pants or something. Yeah. Yeah. But I think there's... Something new and a bit groovy. But I think a lot of the core issue is they're wanting to continue on their respective family names.

Yeah. So then I guess in some ways the family name does sort of die when Lightning Pants comes along. So, yeah. We've rebranded the family. Thank you, Rachel. Appreciate it. John, you're on from Christchurch.

Get into this name debate. What do you reckon? Yeah, no, simple answer is just to keep your own. We've done that. And, you know, when children come in, there is actually no question, no debate. It just went to my last name. So I don't really see why I'm in this. Well, was it no question or debate there?

Well, John said there was no question, no debate. Well, I'm questioning it now, John. No, seriously, there was sort of, you know, my wife wanted to keep her name and I didn't really worry me. And, yeah, we didn't even get discussed because the girls' names went to my or my wife. But, yeah, I don't know. I think it's quite a simple solution, really.

But I like that idea of merging them together. That's probably quite good. Now, why did your wife want to keep her name, John? I just think sort of for her own family tradition, to make it be fair. I think she just sort of liked her own name and happy with being who she was. So that's, yeah, her own identity. And I certainly don't have a problem with it. So, you know, I don't wear a wedding ring or my own one or anything like that.

But we are married. That's totally. It's been 25 years. I see. I see. Right. I mean, Juliet, like you or own one or anything like that, but we are married. Totally. It's been 25 years. I see you're right. I mean, Juliet, like you, Juliet Rothel, for 20-odd years, and if you do get married, you see how people want to keep their name. Totally. That is a huge part of who you are.

Totally. Yeah, your own identity. My decision is if my future partner's last name is a cool last name and I think it's cooler than my current one, I'll change it. If it's a non-cool last name, I'm keeping my own. Like Lightning Pants, for example. Juliet Lightning Pants. Oh, God.

That would be a great name. Yeah, yeah. I always appreciate it. There you go. John's hung up and pushed a whole load of buttons in the process. There you go. I mean, that's a great solution as well. So thank you all for your texts.

And hopefully we solved Hayley's problem there this morning. We got 5,000. Nicole's problem there. And Hayley's as well, if she had a problem. She's showing you her first name now as well, too, I think. That was the solution, right? Change everyone's name. They're proud of New Zealand.

Go New Zealand! If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Are you good at finding things? Like, if you lose something, is this a skill that you possess? Is remaining calm?

I've quite got a remembering where stuff was. I'm always the one people go to in the house going, have you seen the thing? And I'll be like, yeah, desk, check it, it's on there. Yeah, because I'm usually the one also that piles stuff away and piles as well. So you remember where you've piled things around. Yeah, but also I take note of that.

Hair tie, yep, that was there. I put that in the drawer. You know, things like that. I always find, I'm shocking. I'm getting a flap. Everything's out of drawers. I I put that in the drawer. You know, things like that. I'm shocking. I'm getting a flap. Everything's out of drawers. I'm throwing everything around the household. And then Jen asked me, she's like, oh, can you go and have a look for this thing last night?

She's like, I think it's in this location. And boy, did I look. I looked everywhere. There was no part of that location. No part of that location I didn't look at. And I came back. She's like, is it there? And I'm did I look. I looked everywhere. There was no part of that location. No part of that location I didn't look at. And I came back. She's like, is it there? And I'm like, no.

Trust me. I looked everywhere. You gave it a man's look. Now there's the bit that men have been tarnished. Because of people like yourself who probably do go over and then someone will come along. I bet she came along. I'll finish your story here. And within seconds, she went, there it is.

But this is where I think something's, the universe is pranking us. The universe has replaced the item in there. Because I could have sworn, I could have taken a police search party in there with 10 of us and it wouldn't have shown up. But as soon as she goes and has a look for it, it's in right there, blindingly obvious location.

It was right under your nose, wasn't it? The whole time. The whole time. And I don't know why she bothers sending me out to go and look for stuff. She knows the result. I'm going to come back and go, it's definitely not there. Say it with confidence and arrogance. You can look.

It's not there. It's not there. There you go there. It's not. But as soon as she makes the decision to go and look for it, that's when it'll pop up. You know, every time. Every time.

It's become a thing. Oh, he's had a dad look. It's become a thing around the household. A dad look, yeah. Yeah. And even when other people can't find stuff, are you having a dad look? It's on me.

It's become a term. Oh, yeah. But as I say, I create a lot of those problems in our household especially i like uh like i like getting rid of like washing off old washing i'll put it away but i get very confused about mandy's got her top summer singlet some are going out some of the i'm i don't know i just put them all in together she'll be like why is the singlet in with the going out i'm like i don't i don't know what the difference is what is the difference between a summer singlet and a winter singlet surely you can wear a summer singlet at winter time.

Are they seasonal? They're all away. As far as I'm concerned, they're all away. They're all in there. You can rummage through them and find them. It's nothing like having a rummage when you're rushing first thing in the morning. I love a rushed rummage. Why is this? Well, it's a way. It's out of sight. There's nothing worse than having a rummage

when you've got a giant pile of washing. And you're just looking for that one item. The other week, I put my hand in and just pulled that one item out. So once in a lifetime. Never. Never. Oh, there we go. There's some vague stuff.

Didn't it fill in a bit of air time? It did. That's what we had to do. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on The Hits. Kia ora, good morning. Welcome along to the show. A Monday morning.

Jono and Ben back with you on The Hits. How was everybody's weekend? It was good. It was good. Juliette, you've been very quiet this morning. Have I? I'm a little bit tired. Yeah.

Monday. Actually, we left the show on Friday. We were doing our 90s show on Friday, and we had roller skates to give away, and Juliette was roller skating around the foyer here on hard tiles. I honestly felt like I was so close to breaking an ankle or rolling an ankle, but it was so much fun, so I kept on going. Then I was like, no, Juliet, be responsible. We were watching you through the glass window,

and there's a little video of us watching you. It looked like you were skating towards your proud dads. Yeah. We were like, yeah, yay, give me a thumbs up through the window. It looked like you were skating towards your proud dads. Yeah. And we were like, yeah, yay. Give me a thumbs up through the window. She was like Bambi on ice. Do you remember Bambi was walking on ice? That's a very good description.

Am I a bad parent as a proud dad just that there was a little bit of me hoping that you'd fall over? It would have been a little bit funny. Yeah, I see your point. I see your point. We've got a big show for you today. A guy by the name of Ed Sheeran. You may have heard of him. He joins us at 8 o'clock today.

He's got brand new music out. We're very excited about this. And we catch up with him and talk about all things, including what he played at Jacinda Ardern's wedding. And we enter him in a karaoke competition in Porirua. Yes. Which doesn't quite go to plan. No, it doesn't quite go to plan.

The competition's tough in Porirua. It is very tough. As well as that, we'll find out exactly how him and Elton John and Courtney Cox ended up all playing songs together. That's later on. It is this. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram.

A lot of texts here. 4487. Many people haven't seen the Lion King. It surprises me too. RJL, Rachel Jackson-Lee's our newsreader. Her husband, Tom McRae, from News Hub, reads the news. He's never seen The Lion King. He went along and saw the stage show for the first time.

And he hadn't seen the movie. Is the storyline clear enough on the stage show? Yeah, I think so. I mean, there's a few little extra stage shows. They've kind of added in a few extra songs and bits and pieces. Yes, they have. Yeah, but yeah, it's the same. Yeah.

I think, yeah, you wouldn't walk away and go, I don't know what happened there. Yeah. All the main points are there. Yeah, yeah. It falls down. They fall in love. Yeah, exactly.

Bit of troubled waters. Come back. Come back. All's good as gold. Yeah, exactly. Ta-da, the Lion King. And scene. Kia ora.

I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees, and this is the B***h. Yes, speaking of Rachel Jackson-Lees, Juliette's collab's with her. Hashtag collab with RJL every second morning or so to do news and beeps. How does this work? I find some quirky news headlines around the world and beep out a couple of words, and you guys have to guess what I have beeped out and what the news headline is. All right, let's hear the first one. People fear being buried alive so much

that experts have invented... Being buried dead. That's a much better way to... You fear being buried alive, you can be buried dead. I'm going to say that experts have invented a system where you can be cremated alive as well. Just an alternative option. People fear being buried alive so much

that experts have invented safety coffins. So if you would like a safety coffin when you die, just in case you haven't died, you can have one. So they've got glass lids, so in case there's any movement, they can see. There's some ropes attached to some bells inside that could be

used as a signal, and somehow some breathing pipes in there that somehow keep you alive if you were alive. You'd want some sort of alarm or something, wouldn't you? Yeah. Wouldn't that be a better invention, like a little button? That goes through to like a central system. That's a good idea. Oh, look, Grave Plot G39 has clearly went a bit too early on that one.

Yeah. Do you know we were going to do a radio promotion once? So this was in a very different time, where they were going to bury listeners alive. And every minute they stayed in the coffin underground, they got money. I was like, this is really pushing the boundaries. That is terrifying.

It is. Do you reckon that's a fun one to do with, you know, a dollar every minute you're in there sort of thing? Could you do it? No. No, because you're actually, like, you're tapping into a lot of, with, you know, a dollar every minute you're in there sort of thing. Could you do it? No. Because you're actually tapping into a lot of genuine fears like claustrophobia, darkness, death, you know, like all of that. I'm sure a lot

of people go, yeah, I could do it, but once in the position, you'd probably panic out. Totally. Oh, yeah. And the next news headline. Sells all his properties and moves into a tiny $50,000 home. Oh, OK. I'm going to go, I don't know, Donald Trump sells his tiny hands in a tiny house?

I don't know. I'm going to say, controversially, Mark Richardson sold all of the block properties to move into a tiny $50,000 home. Elon Musk sells all his properties and moves into a tiny $50,000 home. Really? And get this, it's a foldable house that is 37 square metres. It can be constructed in a day and it's on the site of his SpaceX headquarters. So he has only that house and then one other property that he uses for events and that's all he has.

It's a tiny little home that's one of those kind of like instant ones that you can kind of move around and be delivered and everything like that. So he lives in one of those now. So it's something that if, you know, your parents in their older age would be like, can we come and live with you? You'd have to erect in the backyard.

Yeah, like one of those sheds you might, you see on the side of the road that you can hire and get dropped off and stuff. Yes, yes. The cabin, the cabin. It does look like one of those. It does. And was this to prove a point?

I don't know. I was trying to figure it out and he has tweeted about it a little bit but he hasn't given the reason why. But he is a very unusual man, isn't he, in some ways? Well, I think he's trying to, he's a futurist and he's trying to lead by example, isn't he? True. So no doubt he's probably going to start

manufacturing these houses. Yeah. Better I live in one. Yeah. Yeah, true. And as soon as I've got rid of a few, I'll move back into all of my mansions. Yeah, exactly. And the last news headline.

Lab analysis fails to identify **** in Subway's ****. Oh, I'm going to go there's no submarines in Subway's name. I don't know. I'm not sure. I'm going to go lab analysis fails to identify three missing inches in Subway's foot-long sandwich. That's a good point. Lab analysis fails to identify tuna DNA in Subway's tuna sandwiches.

Now, I'd like to point out that this is only in LA. I feel like we'd be safe in New Zealand. Ah, gotcha. They tested it at three different Subways in LA, and the lab says that the tuna was either so heavily processed that tuna DNA wasn't identifiable, or they just don't even use it in the first place. But isn't that very concerning? You'd buy a tuna sub and be like, yeah, protein, get me some fish, you know?

And it's not really tuna. What are they using then? Well, I don't know. You want a PVA glue. Yeah, probably. It's a bit questionable, isn't it? But, you know, tuna, there's a lot of tuna out there in the ocean. Surely you don't need to find an alternative for tuna.

And it's a relatively cheap fish. Yeah. And a canned tuna. You're right. Don't know. It's an unusual news story. Yes, and that is the news and beeps for you. Don't forget, we've got Ed Sheeran joining us.

It's 8 o'clock this morning. Make sure you tune in for that. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Pa. It's 8 o'clock this morning. Make sure you tune in for that. It is The Hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on The Hits. It is The Hits, 6.26 on your Monday morning.

Good morning now. It's an incoming polar blast, they reckon, coming up from Antarctica. They reckon sweeping up the country from the south up towards the north over the next couple of days. Negative 20 degrees wind chill warning to New Zealand. Negative 20? Windchill warning, yeah. That's what they reckon potentially could be the polar blasts

coming up the country. But I think we just make it more comical that we should have re-recorded this classic thing with polar blast. Polar blast, polar blast. And I'll freeze off your balls. Polar blast, polar blast And I live in the polar blast And I'll freeze off your balls Polar blast, polar blast So if it does become a big thing, we'll record that. Yeah, we should do.

Yeah, that's quite good. That's good brainstorm, that. There you go. We'll do that after. When's the polar blast due? Well, it's meant to start from this morning, moving its way south. So tomorrow's dog got it too late to jump on the polar blast parody? Oh, I think so.

We'll see. We'll give it today, and then we might come back tomorrow with the polar blast beer. Hey, next, we did the 90s show on Friday. Took it back to where the hits first started, the early 90s. So much fun, eh? Yeah, we're going to do a, we did a 90s recap on Friday,

and we're going to do a recap on the recap. Next. If you missed it, it was a real great trip down memory lane. It is the hits. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Mmm. Shono and Ben, breakfast on the hits.

Now on Friday, as we mentioned before, we took it back to when the hits first started, the early 90s. We had a 90s show. Jeez, it was fun. It was funny. I was thinking over the weekend, all the naughty things you can do on technology nowadays. The naughtiest thing you could do in the 90s

was write boobies into your calculator. Remember, you used to do that? Wasn't that a wonderful day when you cracked that code? Then you'd be like, look at this. And then you'd flip up the Casio lid and you'd be like, check that out. And shell, you could also write shell as well, which wasn't quite as naughty.

But if you missed our 90s show, it was a lot of fun. We've had 90s music, we talked to 90s stars, and we reflected on all things 90s. Here's some of our favourite parts. Oh, good morning, New Zealand. Welcome to our 90s show. This is the day when the hits first started. We've gone back to the early 90s.

The nanny, Fran Drescher, has heard about our 90s show. I hear you're having a fabulous 90s party. Do you need anyone to take care of the kids? Do you need a nanny? Former All Black captain Sean Fitzpatrick, welcome. Thank you guys. We're gonna see if you remember the game. He's handing it off his opposite, Lamu. Couldn't hear that. Why don't you guys do it? He's the hot drink. Okay, I'll re-read it. He's handing it off. Lomu. Oh! Oh!

Oh, 95 at Newland. Yes! Hey, Marker Dana! It's actually written about a

lady who was playing all the boys, apparently. Oh, really? Yeah. Sort of almost sluzzish, sluzzish-shaming

Marker Dana. You played it, mate. You're like, you need to play the song. You didn't tell me that from the

start. 90s slang sayings. Booyah. You know, the 2021 version is lash golf, which I can't do. I don't have the confidence to do it. Lash golf! Let's see, Juliet can do it.

Hey, we've also got a fax machine. Anti-faxes need not apply for this competition. Juliet. Yes? Do you know there was a time where, you know, imagine sending pictures of your genitals on the fax machine. You know? It took hours.

And it was a slow reveal. Is a fax a cut? Like, is it colourised? No, it's all black and white. Hand drawn? You had to sketch around it. Now this guy, Simon Barnett joins us. It's time to face the music. Well, you found an old episode.

You threw out a couple of jokes. It was a guy who was a carryover champion, and he was a drummer. Welcome along, Zane. How you going? Good. Now you're a drummer? Good. Yeah. I'll talk slower then. That's embarrassing, man. The hashtag dad joke before the thing. That's terrible.

I don't know what happened to Anset, but I do remember the end of this ad. Any luck with the keys? Not a problem. I gave them to the pilot and he threw them out the window. I love you. Oh, my God! You love me. Barney the freaking dinosaur.

What other work have you done? A lot of commercial work. I did the NCAA National Basketball Championships. Could you just do us a favour and just say Jono and Ben on the hits? Right here, right now, it's Jono and Ben on the hits. Oh! Paula right now, it's Jono and Ben on the hits. Oh!

Paula, do you want to win something from the 90s? Oh, yes, please. That's awesome. Let's find out what you've won. Congratulations. You'll be the chatter of the playground whilst chattering your ring with a brand new set of chatter rings valued at $43. It's all that and a bag of

chips. Choice. Good on you. Choice. Choice, as Paula said. And the winner of the century. Steve Parr joins us right now. Every night, 7 o'clock, we had 1.3 million people watching it. Every night, rated number 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 every week in the ratings. Wow.

Yesterday, this was from one of the biggest TV shows in the 90s. This is from Carlton from the Fresh Prince. Hey, Jono and Ben from New Zealand. Alfonso Ribeiro here. I guess some would say y'all know me as Carlton from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. So have a great 90s party, y'all. Carl Stephen from Supergroove on the phone, is it? It is.

I talked about touring. We did that Munchos commercial, and then the manager, Stu, would say, oh, they're the ones from the Munchos commercial. Munchos commercial. Hey, we'll have it. They're the ones from the Munchos commercial. That'll book the gigs. Well, so much fun.

If you want to catch up, actually, you can catch it up online on the podcast as well, the Hits Breakfast as well, on iHeartRadio. Next, scrolling through your feed, there's a giant polar blast on the way. Ben, you just mentioned it, but we've looked at the degreeage. The forecast degrees for Otago tonight. My gosh.

I'll tell you what it is next. It is The Hits. Scrolling through your feed. Proudly hand you over to our esteemed newsreader, Ben DePreetree. There's a bit of a pun there on Wendy. You know your name doesn't work with any other newsreaders

apart from Wendy Petrie. No, does it not? I couldn't do... No. Simon Dallow doesn't work. No, you're right. Robert Roberts doesn't work at all, does it?

But you actually, we were talking about this before, there's a polar blast coming up the country and I mentioned that. I sort of, it was a general sweeping sort of statement about it. I didn't delve too into it but you've actually looked a bit a bit more

into it there's some really really cold temperatures coming up the country on average they're saying most places are going to drop by 10 degrees this isn't from basically today onwards from tonight onwards tonight they're forecasting in otago minus 10 minus! It's only minus 6 in the North Pole. 4 degrees colder than the North Pole. Tonight, Otago. You heard it here first. Burning the couches in Castle Street, weren't they? Jeez. Minus

10. Now, Producer Humphries comes from Fairleigh, comes from that area. Yeah. You've had a minus 10 before, have you? Yeah, he's shaking his head yes they have. That was fun banter for me there. Is that it? Is that the end of that? Well, I thought that this would be a first, but it's a common occurrence. He said some winters the highest you'll get is minus one around that region. Well, there you go. So it's going to be cold. Colder than a stepmother's kiss, mate. I don't know if you saw this over the weekend, but the Tour

de France is going on. Did you see this on the news? So there was a spectator holding out their sign on the side of the road, because you know they cycle along the side of the road, holding out the sign towards the cameras, big smile on her face, and unfortunately didn't see that the cycle, well, didn't see quite how close the peloton was coming across. Bang, into the sign went the first rider,

and caused like pretty much 90% of all the riders just ended up just falling over because of the sign. Oh no. And now they're all looking for this person. I don't know why. Did she just run off? I guess so. That is a run off situation though. Yeah, it wouldn't be a run off situation. Oh, panic. Was the sign like

a positive sign, like keep it up? I'm not sure exactly what the... Or was it like try not to crash into the sign? Yeah, so yeah but the poor thing so it causes quite a lot of like basically

the whole peloton went down because of this poor thing unfortunate accident that happened over the weekend the thing is

you know and it would be really sore the injuries sustained with those sorts of accidents and mass cycling accidents

but gee they're fun to watch just the way they're dressed the light crowd the colours it's very hard to sort of stop and get off the, but gee, they're fun to watch. Just the way they're dressed, the light crowd, the colours. It's very hard to stop and get off those bikes. The bike's kind of just on. Once you're on, you're going. Oh, because your feet are locked in. You're not really putting your foot down at the lights or anything like that and balancing, are you? You're just away you go.

And when one goes, they all, boy, they all go. It's on a nice edge. So, well, let's hope she's still being able to run away. Oh, jeez. And that is calling to your feed this morning. The Hits Live Free Travel Edition is back with South Australian Tourism. Your chance to win a $5,000 travel voucher each week, so each Friday. So if you want to get in the draw, listen out for the cue to call,

which just played right now. And that's all thanks to South Australian Tourism. You can visit Adelaide, a boutique city easy to explore with 200 cellar doors on its doorstep. 200 cellar doors? Oh, cellar doors, not cellar doors. I heard that too. Doors made of cellar.

Lettuce doors. Lettuce doors, that would be kind of cool. That'd be cute. That'd be cute. But cellar doors, sorry. A big wine in one country. Hey, we're going to go to Kim. You're on from Tudor.

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How's that? Oh, I so need it right now. Oh, don't we all. Tell us what's going on. What bleak things are happening in your life that you need this? Kindy kits and their germs. They just keep making me.

Oh yes. Are you a kindy teacher are you? I am. You're in the eye of the storm when it comes to germs. You must spend a large part of your year sick. Yeah, I reckon that we need more than, we get nine

sick days. That'll change with Aunty Cindy's new law, but yeah, I think Cindy teachers need a lot more for sure. Yeah, I tell you, her snotty noses and kids all kids have just snot dribbling down their top lip. So they don't even know that it's happening.

You're like, mate, mate, you've got a little... Just wipe. Yeah. There's no self-awareness when you're that age. You're in the draw for that $5,000 travel voucher. Sounds like it couldn't go to anyone more deserving on Friday. So good luck. Oh, here's hoping.

Thanks, guys. Fingers crossed. Have a great day. We've got some spy entertainment news coming up. Yeah, there's a very interesting clip circulating of Rihanna online. I made that sound very non-PG, but I promise it is PG. I'll tell you what it is next. Spy.

No, what's up? Spy.co.nz. All right, time now to hand over to future Mrs. Harry Styles. Harry just doesn't know it yet, does he, Juliet? No, he doesn't, but he's going to be very excited when he finds out. You're coming. You're coming to get him I am. So there's a clip that's

circulating online at the moment, it's of Rihanna and her rapper boyfriend ASAP Rocky, they're seen standing in line for a nightclub in New York but the video is them getting denied entry because they, Rihanna forgot to bring her ID with her

This is Rihanna, global superstar, singer, fashion icon, multi-millionaire, ASAP Rocky. He is one of the biggest rappers. Yeah, he is. And they didn't get led into the bar because the bouncer did not see any identification from Rihanna. Well, she's 33 years old. I mean, she's past that threshold now

where you take it as a compliment, don't you? I mean, it happened to me the other day in a shop, and it was out of pity. The guy in front of me was ID'd. Then I could tell the shop owner could see the desperation in my eyes. Please, please, did you take out your licence to go? Do you want to check this? You might want to check this. And he checked it, and then he had to feign like,

oh, wow, you really are very, you seem a lot younger than you actually are. But I could tell it was an act. He was trying to make me feel better. Do you remember that situation with Rihanna that it's almost like it's a Google, it's a Wikipedia or a bio thing. That's so true. You just go, hey, well, here you go.

There's plenty of sites of my face and my age and stuff on it. That's so true. And it's funny because you can see her boyfriend literally like getting quite riled up at the bounce being like look, this is Rihanna. Can you not tell? Mind you, at 33 she's probably quite happy. She's probably like, should we just go home?

I've had a long night. Should we go home? We don't need to go in here. Totally. And Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible set has been the filming has been paused again because another positive COVID case has come up within the cast and crew. They did have I think quite a few cases a couple of weeks ago

so they had to pause filming for two weeks and now as they resume filming another COVID case has popped up due to Tom and you know Tom will not be very happy about that. Is it the Delta variant? Oh we don't know actually. That's a good question. You'd hope not. You'd very much hope not.

Well, well done to Mission Impossible. It seems like Mission Impossible, they've been filming that Mission Impossible movie for about nine years. For so long. The biggest mission on Mission Impossible was finishing the movie. Yeah, totally.

And that seems impossible. I don't think it's the one mission we could do, guys. We could actually finish this film. So here's half of it. We could jump from helicopters onto speeding trains and all sorts of stuff, but no, we couldn't finish a movie during the pandemic. And that is five more.

You can head to thehits.co.nz. After seven on the show, your chance to win $5,000. That is back at 7.45. And then don't forget, Ed Sheeran joins us. We can't wait for this. Eight o'clock this morning on The Hits.

New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on The Hits. It is 7.01 on The Hits. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on The Hits. It is 7.01 on The Hits with Jono and Ben. Of course the bubble with Australia has closed for three days and they're monitoring things. I feel like it's a bit of a nervous wait and see time at the moment in New Zealand because Level

2 is still in Wellington as we wait for results to come on through. So that's till 11.59 Tuesday night at this stage, the Wellingtonian Level 2 lockdown. And I imagine they're waiting because there's a delay of this Delta variant showing up in tests, isn't it? Yeah, it takes about four or five days or something, doesn't it? Yeah, so they're not...

It's like everyone becomes an expert. It's like foiling in the America's Cup. Like, oh, yeah, you should have foiled there. What's foiling? I don't know, but... I don't know, but they should have done it. Sounds like something I should say right now. Our boss, Todd, he went to Sydney last Friday, Friday before last. To see his family, right?

And yeah, he's locked down there. But then he sent us a video yesterday. He's strolling along this golden sand beach. I know. With the waves rolling. He's like, g'day guys, doing it tough over here. Where the bloody hell are you? Then I sent a video back of me pulling into the supermarket car park

with torrential rain pouring down. Yeah. So our thoughts with Boss Todd. Yeah. He's there for 14 days. The earliest he could get back would be in 14 days at this stage. Well, I think so, yeah. It's pretty much as of last week, though.

I think they said two weeks or something. Do they have to quarantine when they get back? I don't think so at the moment. No, no. Because I think that's what happened with the Melbourne bubble, right? They closed it for a bit, then they opened it and people could fly over again. But yeah, so at the moment, hopefully we'll get him back at some stage before the end of the year. That might be the last we see him, Boss Todd.

He was a good boss. He was. Imagine if this was his exit. So whenever then, he just couldn't get back. He didn't have a leaving party. Nothing. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake.

Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Now on Friday, we had a lot of fun. We took it back to when the hits first started. We had our early 90s show and a bit of a 90s party on Friday. If you want to catch up with the full show, you can get it on iHeartRadio on a special podcast. iHeartRadio. But we just got a message. Came through over the weekend from another 90 star who heard about what we were doing

and wanted to pass on this message. And check this out. From one of the boys to men. One of the boys from boys to men. Have a listen. What's going on, John Owen? Ben, it's your boy, Wanya Morris of Boys to Men. Hey, you guys are in New Zealand

and you're having a 90s party. Well, do me a favor. Do me a favor and turn up our hit song. I'll make a love to you like you want me to and I'll hold you tight baby all through the night. Turn it up nice and loud to celebrate,

but not too loud That you get a noise complaint It's not a good thing But have a great 90s party Much love Wish I was there And peace Peace

I thought it was that What a guy He busted into song And everything else Listen and he looks fantastic The boy from Boys to Men He's still got the skin complexion Of a boy.

I don't know what that is. We'll put the video up on the Hits Breakfast so you can see it. But he's even got his Grammy Awards sitting in behind him. It's pretty awesome. Should we play a song? Oh, you want to play Oh, I May Love You? Yeah, why not? Is that what you want to do?

Yeah, we did it all on... But no, let's do it again. Have you asked anyone? Is this something that Julian's going to hear about after the show? No, it's on me, guys. It's on me. This is all on Ben. He's like, if they want to say anything, they say it to my face.

I got swept up in the message. How cool was that? I'll play Old Mate Love to you when I want to play Old Mate Love to you. Let's play it right now. It is the hits. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook.

We thought we'd left our 90s show back on Friday, but we just got a message from one of the guys from Boyz II Men, so we thought we'd play that song. What a jam. What a jam. It's too much lovemaking, though, on a Monday morning. It's not appropriate lovemaking time. It's not lovemaking conditions, is it?

No, it's not lovemaking conditions. 7.30 on a Monday morning. What do you reckon? I'm just getting ready for work. Even a Friday? Friday, maybe? ready for work. Even a Friday. Friday, maybe. Ed Sheeran is joining us at 8 o'clock this morning. We're so excited about this.

Now, we were lucky enough to record this a couple of days ago with Ed Sheeran. I love it when you do it on. I love interviewing celebrities on Zoom. Now, this is a relatively new thing over the last 12 months because it's just zoom is the ultimate leveler no matter how famous is the person you're talking to they have trouble turning their video on they have trouble getting the microphone working so they're one of us they are one of us uh and ed sheeran is i mean what a good dude we've been lucky enough to interview him a couple of

times before and in but you never expect he would do thousands and thousands of interviews, right, over the course of his career. And like, he seems to remember us. And he remembered the time, well, the last time I interviewed him

where I got a wee bit tipsy. When was the last time we did an interview? 2018 maybe? Yeah, you made me drink something from your minibar and I got a little drunk

so I felt like maybe, did I make things weird? To be honest, if you hadn't have drunk it, I'd have thought less of you. Yeah you yeah well now he's a rampant alcoholic thanks to that moment yeah so that was that was what happened I did a little uh little game with Ed Sheeran and got something from his minibar like a little bottle one of those little bottles of gin and he ended up drinking that and I'm you know me I'm a lightweight and um this is I just I was a little bit tipsy and Ed Sheeran he kind of enjoyed it oh no oh I'm glad you. And I was a little bit tipsy in Ed Sheeran. He kind of enjoyed it.

Oh, no. I'm glad you kept your word, though, man. Thank you. Thank you, Ed Sheeran. Good lad. Good lad. We're going to see him naked walking through the corridors of the hotel later. A little bit queasy right now.

Yeah, it's a pretty sweet. A little bit drunk with Ed Sheeran right now. No American would do that. That's such a Kiwi thing to do. I love that. It's funny, the interview setting's a lawless land, isn't it? I mean, you were essentially drinking at work. Yeah, true.

So that could be an official complaint. Yeah. But it was in an interview setting. So it's fine. You can do anything in an interview. And speaking of which, the time before we were lucky enough to interview Ed Sheeran, we'd seen something written online that he could fit a lot of Maltesers in his mouth. He's got quite a big mouth.

And we were like, well, maybe we should do like a Malteser challenge in New Zealand with our version Jaffas. And he even remembered that as well. Since your bloody Malteser challenge, like the amount of people that try and get me to do it. They're just like, hey, you've seen this on a YouTube video. Each time I have to try and beat the last time, you guys are f***ing me. We put Jeffers in his mouth,

but what you don't factor in with Jeffers is the red dye on the outer layer starts to run and it's stained down his chin. And his hands as well. And it's stained down his chin and his fingers he had to play like I think he was on X Factor in New Zealand afterwards

and he was he had very red fingers blood dripping down and when you think about it a huge choking hazard could have gone badly I know

you're like wouldn't have Ben wouldn't do it nowadays I'm like don't go do this he's a trained professional because listen to this.

Listen to how many he got of Jaffas in his mouth. Have a listen. We've got Jaffas. We've got Jaffas. Which are like New Zealand Maltesers. Right, you ready? One, two, three, four. 39.

Sharon's on 40. Sharon. Jeez, you've got a big golf. 60. It's Sharon. Unbelievable. 60. He should learn to say no more often. 60 Ed Sheeran Unbelievable 60 He should learn to say no more often He should

He's too nice Like he's one of his coolest things about Ed Sheeran He's a nice guy But maybe he's too nice Yeah Just say no every day Hey guys You know

Hey thank you But I'd rather not put all those chaffers in my mouth Alright we've got Ed Sheeran with us 8 o'clock this morning We'll play that chat He was wonderful He is awesome Will you get him to audition for some karaoke?

Speaking of He could have said no to that He could have said no It's a game of word association We tell you five words You tell us the first words that pop into your head If your words match with ours You win five grand

Let's head to Papakura this morning Morena, Jamie, how are you? Hey, good morning, mate. Good to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast, J-Mo. Now, $5,000 on the line. That's 265,000 rupees, 112,000 Thai baht, or one third of a bitcoin.

That's how much cash. Very nice, man. You've heard the game before? Yeah, I've been waiting for the day to finally get in, and I think today is that day. Today is. You would pretty be safe to say that, Jamie. So who do you want to send into the soundproof booth, my friend?

I think I'll send Jono in this morning. And just a quick word, Jono. We'll play a really quick game. So whatever pops into your brain, it's what you say. Okay, so you've got some coaching before going in, Jono, all right? I like it. You're like Ian Foster. I love it.

I love it. All right, Jono's making his way to the soundproof booth, and now we're ready to go. Here, Jamie, is your first word this morning. A quick game's a fast game, a good game, or whatever they say with that saying. Swipe. Swipe is your first word. Swipe, swipe, swipe.

I don't do this personally, but swipe left. Swipe left. I love it. Swipe left. Okay, pony is the second word. P-O-N-Y, pony. Pony. Can I pass on that one?

Yeah, we'll come back to that. Avocado is the third word this morning. Avocado. Avocado. Guacamole. Oh, guacamole. I like it. Yeah, guacamole.

Cable is the third, fourth word, sorry. Cable. C-A-B-L-A, cable. Cable car? Oh, yes, of course. Smart. Iconic, whatever that is. Yeah.

Is it an attraction? I'm not sure. It's a slow bit of transport, but it's a bit of fun. And juicy is the fifth word. Juicy. Juicy J. Juicy J? Yes.

Oh, Juicy J. Okay. All right. It's a type of rolling paper. Oh, I know what you mean with the guy's... Yeah, okay, I'm with you now. We'll see if Jono's on the same wavelength as you. We'll find out which way he voted in the referendum.

Now, the second word this morning is pony. Pony. That's a hard one this morning. I'm going to go with jumping. Jumping? All right. Yeah, so sort of like the pony jumping. Yeah, pony jumping.

Yeah, horse jumping, pony jumping. I get it. All right, we're going to get Jono out of the room now and out of the soundproof booth and see if those words match with yours. Jono, no thinking about it, mate. No messing around. For a guy who said we're going to play a very quick game, I felt like I was in the soundproof booth for quite a long time. No, we

had a chat about all sorts of stuff. Do you know I found a gold ring in the soundproof booth, Jamie? Oh, wow. So I think Michael Hill Jewellers was staying in there over the weekend and regardless of what happens today, we're going to send you this gold ring. I don't know if it's genuine gold. Did you guys have someone trapped in there over the weekend? We rented out Saturday, Sundays.

It's available for bookings if you'd like it. Just text 4487. All right, Jono. We've been told a quick game. Quick game. Here we go. Swipe. Is the first word.

Card. And it was a quick game. It was a quick game. It was swipe left is what we were looking for this morning. Jeez, I'm so sorry, Jamie. I'm sorry, mate. I did play a quick game. It was a quick game. It was swipe left is what we were looking for this morning. Jeez, I'm so sorry, Jamie. I'm sorry, mate. I did play a quick game. You did?

You did. Well, hopefully we get to do it again because you were lots of fun. Awesome. Can we see what the rest of the... Oh, yes. Sorry, I forgot about that. Pony? Ride.

Avocado? Stone. Jeez. Oh, no. Cable Tie Okay, quick game's not good for this one And Juicy

Orange I was really hopeful he was going to get that last one Juicy J Yeah, well we'll talk more about this afterwards Oh Juicy what? Juicy J Yeah We know what way you voted Yeah, yeah. We know why you voted. Yeah, yeah.

Yep, yep. Hey, Jamie, you're a fun guy. You're a fun guy. He's a fun guy. Thank you so much for listening, buddy. Appreciate it. Awesome, guys. Have a good rest of your day.

Spy. No WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. The wonderful thing about having producer Juliet in our lives is that we'll have someone to change our incontinence nappies when we're older. So over to you, Juliet. That's your future. You guys aren't my parents, though.

She's like, you've got to stop thinking that. Job destruction. We've got it written in. It's clause 42. Okay, okay. You realise you're not related to me. And now I have to change your nappies? Yeah, no, sorry.

We started this storyline and now I think it's reality. It's old age. It's my daughter-y old age. Sorry, Jude. So, a movie about Harry and Meghan leaving the royal family has been made. It's called Harry and Meghan Escaping the Palace. Now, a lot of people when this first was revealed thought it was kind of just a bit of a joke.

They were taking the mickey and it was one of those Photoshop jobs that people were like, yeah, this movie's coming out. But people have actually realized it is a legitimate movie being made in america and the trailer has come out i see you literally being hunted to death and i'm helpless to stop it i am the person who is strong and gets things right i can't lose you I can't lose you. I can't lose you. Harry and Meghan escaping the palace coming soon. Only on Lifetime.

Gee, that was heavily compressed. I could hardly understand it. Harry and Meghan escaping the palace is a wonderful title too. Yeah, I know. What are they looking like? What are the actors like? Do they look...

They do actually look quite similar. You've got your ginger guy for Harry and then beautiful dark featured woman for Megan. They look quite good. I love those. Is it like a made for TV movie that they chuck on TVNZ2 on a Wednesday night at 10.30?

Probably. But people online are like this is horrendous. Someone's like now this is something Harry and Megan should sue over. Because it just shouldn't even be a thing. Maybe this could be their first Netflix project because they haven't done anything yet. Can we just put our names to that? I was thinking over the weekend watching the Lion King musical

they could weave a sort of Harry and Meghan storyline into that. Going away from the kingdom, Hakuna Matata, and then he comes back. Again, it's kind of the premise of the Lion King. Imagine if they actually made a musical based on Harry and Meghan's royal exit. Like playing, and you'll never be a royal. And he's like, I just can't wait to be king.

Well, that's never going to happen, mate. Mate, you're like my eighth in line. And then that's the end of the show. And Serena Williams has said she's not going to be competing at the Tokyo Olympics this year for a lot of reasons, she says, but she hasn't actually delved into what those reasons are. She says, I'm actually not on the Olympic list, not that I'm aware of. If so, then I shouldn't be on it. I've basically got no interest to play this year.

But she has won four gold medals at the Olympics in the past, so she's probably done her dash. Doesn't need to come back and make a return. I imagine there's a lot of conflicting emotions for athletes heading to the Games. Yeah. You know, you've got to look after your personal health as well, don't you? But you've got this dream you've been chasing.

I know. Your mate's heading over. I know, in the Women's Eight. Shout out to Emma Dyke. Go, girl. Go, Emma Dyke. Yeah, love her. We'll be cheering you on.

You were going to go over and support her when the world was normal. I know, and then, you know, no spectators were going to be limited. Do you know what I realised over the weekend, sorry to interrupt, because the Olympics was meant to be last year, is this year. Is it Winter Olympics next year? No one ever talks about it, obviously, do they?

Because of course there's every two, you know, there's two Olympics. Oh, they're all out of sync. So much build up for, you know, for that. But I guess, is that going to happen? Yeah, true. I think it's in China or something. And I love how they still call it Tokyo 2020. It's like they just can't afford to change the signage. We've spent a bucket load on signage.

We're T-shirts, we're drink bottles. Can we just stick with 2020? And that is Spy. For more you can head to the hits.co.nz So happy, so happy that lady. Yeah, and I'm very happy about this as well. Space Jams and New Legacies, 10 shots at 10K with Jono and Ben. So happy, so happy that lady. Yeah, and I'm very happy about this as well. Space Jam and New Legacy is hitting cinemas. It'll be in cinemas July 8.

It stars LeBron James, my favourite basketballer, and the Looney Tunes. What more could you want in a movie fun for all ages? That's what Ben wants in a movie. He wants a movie that's fun for all ages. Do you think if LeBron was playing with the Looney Tunes, they might have made the playoffs? Well, that's why I wonder if that's why they didn't make it through the Lakers, because he had to save himself for the Space Jam. Save the world and save his son,

you know? There's a lot of pressure on your shoulders, isn't there? He wasn't fully focused. This season's a long season when you put the Space Jam tournament at the end of the NBA season. But I am very excited about this and this competition as well because we have $10,000 up for grabs right now as well. People can register at the hit.co.nz

and we'll call a parent back daily and put them through a bit of a jam. Yeah, so they should know important dates in your life. You know, birthdates, anniversaries, these sorts of things. So if your dad or your mum succeeds, you'll win a family pass to Space Jam and also go in the draw to take 10 shots on a basketball court for $10,000. Yeah, it's all thanks to Space Jam, a new legacy. It's in cinemas July 8th, and we'll put one dad on the spot, put him in a bit of a jam next.

Thanks to Space Jam, a new legacy on the hits. Put him in a bit of a jam next. Thanks to Space Jam and New Legacy on the hits. Welcome to the Space Jam. Space Jam's and New Legacy's 10 Shots at 10K with Jono and Ben. Now Ben, when he says he's very excited about this I can vouch for it. He is a huge Space Jam fan. It combines his two loves, LeBron James

and the genre of cartoon. It's true. You're not joking at all because the NBA champion, he's one of my favourite basketballers, LeBron James. He even bought a singlet online when LeBron James went to the Lakers. Oh, he's got a Space Jam t-shirt on today.

He's got, how many Space Jam t-shirts do you have? Too many. Because you've got another one. It's coming out now because of the new movie. He's got a tie-dye one. There's a lot of colours that have gone. Every colour in the Razine paint shop is on that tie-dye T-shirt.

Yeah, and Space Jam sees LeBron James team up with the Looney Tunes. And it's a movie coming out very shortly. And we've got a really awesome competition right now. Yes, this is going to put your dad in a jam. We'll get Belle on from Fielding. How is friendly Fielding this morning, Belle? Yeah, not too bad. Yeah, just near Palmy there.

Yeah. Some local chat there from Jono. Champagne stuff. Now, you've registered at the hitstockcode on NZ, and we're going to call your dad. What's your dad's name? Adam. Adam.

And we're going to put him in a jam, as Jono said before. Ask him some questions that he probably should know about you and your family, right? Mm-hmm. That's not like LeBron James is in the jam in the movie. He's going to try and get his son. He's trapped in an artificial world. So anyway. I love putting this unnecessary pressure

on a stressed out dad live on the radio because it's kind of like that situation when you're in a group social setting and someone asks, how long have you been married? And all eyes come on you. You're like, oh God, oh God. And even though you know the answer,

you're still nervous, you're sweating. You start fumbling. So Belle, is Adam a safe pair of hands? Yes. You're like, oh, God, oh, God. And even though you know the answer, you're still nervous, you're sweating. You start fumbling. So, Belle, is Adam a safe pair of hands? Yes. Okay, he never forgets a birthday, never forgets an anniversary? Not sure. Well, we'll find out.

We're about to find out. You guys will get a double pass, sorry, a family pass to the Space Jam, a new legacy movie. But this is to put you guys in the draw for $10,000 for 10 shots at $10,000. Okay, so your dad's name is Adam. What is your birthday, Belle? 6th of April. 6th of April, what year? 1999.

What else can we have? Maybe his, would you know their wedding anniversary? My parents are actually divorced. Oh God, I made that awkward. No, no, no, it's okay. Would he know the day you got divorced? No, I made that awkward. No, no, no, it's okay. Would he know the day you got divorced? No, I don't know that. No.

What about how old you are, Belle? How old are you? I'm 22. 22. Let's see if you can do the maths quickly on that. Well, who's your best friend's... What's your best friend's name? Hayley. Alright, and what does Belle do for a job? A beauty therapist. A beauty therapist. Okay. And what's the name of the business you work for a job? A beauty therapist. A beauty therapist.

Okay, and what's the name of the business you work for? The Rat Cat. Perfect. All right, I think we've got enough information. We'll go through to Adam now, see if we can put him in a jam. Potentially taking 10 shots at 10 grand. Hello. Hi, Adam, you're on the air.

It's Jono and Ben from The Hits. Hi there. A lot to take in. Let's not dwell on it. A lot of pressure for you right now. Here we go. Going to ask you some questions. You're going to ask you some questions.

You're very agreeable. I like that. We've got some questions because we're talking to Belle, your daughter. We've got some questions about her that you hopefully will know, right? Yeah, okay. Date of birth. 6th of April, 1999. Well done.

Belle's age. 22. Two Well done. Bell's age? 22. Two from two. Bell's best friend? Best friend? Cameron? Have another stab, Adam. Oh, best friend.

Yeah. He's got like like, high skills. Hayley. Yeah! There we go. You've come back. And what does Belle do for a job and where? Beauty therapist in Palmerston North.

At what business? The picket. Oh, well done. He's come through. You guys have got a family pass to check out the new movie, Space Jam, A New Legacy. And you are in the draw for 10 basketball shots at $10,000. All right?

Oh, that sounds great. How's your basketball skills? My basketball skills are pretty terrible. That's what we like to hear because that saves us money. Well, you guys go and have a great Monday. Bell and Adam, ladies and gentlemen. All right, thanks. Thank you, Jono.

Thank you, Jono. Don't miss the Slam Dunk Movie Event of the Year, Space Jam, A New Legacy. It's in cinemas from July 8th, and I can't wait. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from 6 on The Hits and via the iHeartRadio app. Jono and Ben on The Hits Breakfast.

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