Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Happy The Singing Dog Live From Queenstown!
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Welcome to a bonus podcast from Jono and Ben on the hits.
Kia ora, welcome to the podcast. It's Jono and Ben here.
We're coming to you live from Queenstown this morning.
Been doing the show here, filling in for local hits announcer Ferg,
who's been doing the...
Local legend.
Local legend. He's on the council.
Been doing the show for 322 years, Ferg has been on.
And it's been, thank you very much, another coffee.
How many coffees have you had this morning?
That's the third one.
Third one.
They keep just coming like a train.
Third one.
That's probably my limit for the day, but it's nice.
You know?
Lovely coffee here at Joe's Garage.
When do you say I've had too much?
What are the signals that I need to look for?
Twitching eyes.
It's hard because I probably run at a stage where, you know,
my natural demeanour where it feels like...
It's highly caffeinated.
Yeah, kind of.
Even if there is no caffeine.
Yeah, running through my system.
So it probably is.
It's probably more on me to go,
hey, it's enough for the day.
Pull out, pull out.
It's enough for the day.
Yeah, I'm going to Google
how many coffees you should have in a day.
Who did we talk to?
Someone yesterday at the cafe.
Oh, yeah.
The gentleman who came in to service the coffee machine
had 12 coffees.
12 coffees while she was watching him.
He's like, oh, you have 12 or 13 a day.
Wow.
How many coffees should you have a day?
What do you think, Ben?
What do you think the internet's going to say?
Well, double shots would say maybe they'd probably say two.
That would probably be...
Three to five.
Three to five.
Yeah, that's not too bad. Okay bad okay but depends on how it is because
you know like in america they have you know you want more coffee sugar you know they have that
cup of joe and they yeah they pour it in like that so maybe that's the great thing about the
internet is if you ever want to make yourself feel better about your consumption of anything
you can type in and go you know how many wine is wine good for you? Yeah, one to nine
bottles of wine a day are fantastic. Someone's written
something somewhere along the line. Health benefits. Is heroin
good for me? Yeah, a little bit of injecting heroin
down to date. You can find an article
anywhere on the internet that'll put your mind at ease.
Hey, now we were talking about being in
Invercargill yesterday. We were talking about
a man that we ran into. Bill
I think his name was. Big Bill. Big Bill.
Big R. One of his arms was the size Big Bill. Big Bill, big out of hand.
One of his arms was the size of Ben's entire body.
He shook my hand.
I think Producer Joel, who's back in Auckland,
do we have any audio of this conversation?
We don't have audio of this exact conversation.
Oh, you just reconnect.
Tell us what the conversation was like. We've got audio of Jono recalling it this morning,
and look, he's really not doing a good name for us Aucklanders.
Just have a listen to this.
Bill gave us some lamb racks, didn't he?
Yeah.
Gee, Bill would kill the cow with his bare hands, eh?
He'd just choke the cow out.
I think someone needs to let Johnna know that
a lamb is from a sheep, not a cow.
Straight away, straight away, lamb racks, cow.
When you hear it back, you're like, it's not pretty.
No, it's not pretty.
Hand in your South Island pass and get back to the North Island.
This is why I had to flee in Vicargill, guys.
Comments like that.
What were the fans saying, Joel?
Oh, people in the text line, there was bloody swear words.
People saying, get back to Auckland, you bloody loser.
That was from me.
I text that.
You got that one.
It was good.
But, you know, lamb, as it turns out, is from a lamb.
Yeah.
Who would have thought? Not a cow. But he would know, lamb, as it turns out, is from a lamb. Yeah. Who would have thought?
Not a cow.
But he would kill a cow with his bare hands.
Yeah, who knows?
A lamb would just be easy for him.
Hey, on the podcast today, a lot of fun out of Queenstown this morning.
We crossed the lives of the UK.
We also had Happy, the singing dog from Queenstown, come down and see us.
The dog literally, like, Happy, you couldn't find a more appropriate name for that dog.
No.
Permanently smiling. The dog's happy, eh? Just like, mouth more appropriate name for that dog. Permanently smiling.
The dog's happy, aye?
Just like mouth open, like, hey!
He got just ready to go.
Ready to sing at any stage.
And he sings with his owner, like his owner busks here, Kim.
He busks outside shops in Queenstown, doing it for 23 years.
The dog just joins in.
Woo!
Yeah, yeah.
Very cute.
Kim's like, he knows 45 songs.
I'm like, well, he probably just sings along to 45.
You know 45 songs.
But it was awesome.
Like, it's a real iconic, you know, the iconic duo.
Name a more iconic Queenstown duo.
I'll wait.
Now, being a more iconic Queenstown duo, okay.
I'll wait.
One thing I will say about Happy, old Happy, it wasn't the best quality
because I wasn't really expecting a mic
to come
a dog howling
coming through the mic
oh yeah
because I put the mic
right up there
that's what you'll get
from me mate
maybe if you go down
to Queenstown
check it out
for a better
audio experience
actually no
head to the
Hits Breakfast
on Instagram
we put it on our story
we went outside
and we did a little rendition
all together
singing along with the dog
it's actually really cool
next time we should maybe
do a mic check on the dog
before it starts singing.
Yeah, the people in the office
are covering the area
as well as on.
It was great.
It was great.
We had a lot of fun.
See you guys.
Have a good one.
More happy punters there
leaving with free coffee.
But you know,
happy the dog.
Very cute dog.
Big sheep dog.
Big, furry, furry, very furry.
Now Ben, I have a question
because you arrived in Queensland
and you say,
I've been here before.
I've seen the sheepdog guy.
Producer Behumps, track him down.
That's what you said.
Track down the sheepdog.
How did you find him?
How did you find him?
How did you?
He walked down the waterfront.
Yeah, he's down there on the waterfront.
Yeah, he just walked down.
He said, bus down there from 11 today.
He'll be down there before.
I was like, how did you find that?
You're a good producer, Behumps.
Well, I think you offered.
I didn't say.
I just said, hey, we should talk about the sheepdog who's down there.
And you're like, oh, yeah, track him down.
Put a bounty on his head, old Tom Kernel.
Went up and introduced myself.
Sometimes you go, jeez, I'm dangerously good at stalking people.
Yeah, it is a bit alarming.
Is anyone going to get on the show tomorrow? Would you like to set a challenge out of producer Behemz?
Okay.
Who do we want on the show?
I want Ardern on the plane back from the UK.
She's going to New York, I think.
Why is she going off of the New Zealand thing?
No, I think she's going to some United Nations thing.
Awesome, mate.
Try to put her CV in at the UN.
A good challenge, I reckon.
Jason Momoa.
Can he get him while he's in New Zealand?
Oh, there you go.
Jason Momoa.
There you go.
Not tomorrow. Not by tomorrow, but while he's in New Zealand? Jason Momoa not tomorrow, not by tomorrow
but while he's in New Zealand, that's your challenge
tell me the truth, have you already
sent an email? I sent an email on
Sunday
to who though? Obviously you don't have his email
nah, to his manager in LA
his talent manager, and?
no reply yet
but you can rest assured, Behance will keep
pestering that poor tele-manager
until they have to change their email.
Yeah, have yourself a wonderful, wonderful Tuesday.
Thanks so much for all the great Southern hospitality
in Invercargill and Queenstown today,
and we'll catch you tomorrow.
Two semi-competent dads handing out semi-competent parenting advice.
Jono and Ben on the hits.
It is a hits.
Jono and Ben on your Tuesday morning,
broadcasting right around the country,
but particularly this morning in the Southern Lakes area,
which we don't normally broadcast in.
Good morning to our Southern Lakes audience.
Ferg has been doing this radio show for 192 years.
I think that's quite true.
Jesus, when Jesus came here on holiday,
he liked to just relax every now and then.
He walked across the lake, actually, Jesus, when he came here.
Ferg did that.
Ferg did the Live OB.
He's an institution.
Oh, yeah.
He's away on holiday this week.
So because we're in Queenstown this morning, we thought we'd help fill in this morning.
We're going to be at Joe's Garage.
If you're in the region, come on down and see us in Seal Lane.
Free coffee all morning, and someone at 7.45 will play for $5,000.
This place doesn't usually open until 7. We made
them get here at 4.30.
I know. It's what we do.
What monsters.
Roll into town. What time do you usually get up,
mate? Oh, about 6.30. How about 4.30?
Now, because
we are in Queenstown, producer
Bee Humps, I've got a request
from my daughter. She asked me to do
something. And I know we're on a very tight schedule in Invercargill yesterday.
We're only in Queenstown for a few hours.
I was like, I don't think we're going to be able to do this.
But she recorded some audio.
This is my daughter, Indy.
We call you Colonel Tom Parker.
That's what we call you.
Elvis Presley's manager.
Now, if you've seen the Elvis movie, Colonel Tom Parker ran a tight ship.
He was working Elvis to the bone, riding him like a racehorse. So we like to refer to you as, Colonel Tom Parker ran a tight ship. He was running working Elvis to the bone, riding
him like a racehorse. So we like to refer to
you as our Colonel Tom Parker. Yeah,
but Indy has another nickname for you
and this is your request of what we have to do
when we're in Queenstown today.
Indy, what's your request for Queenstown?
So could you please ask Ned Flanders
That's producer Bee Humps
Yeah, because he looks like Ned Flanders
if you can go to the lolly store for me, okay?
Like the sweet store thing.
Oh, and get you some lollies to schedule that in?
Yes, please.
Yeah, well, Colonel Tom Parker, who's also another nickname for B Humps,
yeah, we only go where he tells us to go, so we'll see.
Okay, well, just make sure Ned Flanders, please.
Ned Flanders.
Oakley doakley.
Hi, Diddley, hi.
You do look like Ned Flanders.
If you didn't have a moustache, there'd be no resemblance.
Yeah, he's got the glasses, he's got the moustache as well.
So my daughter today, is that okay if we could schedule it?
I think we need to go past the sweet shop.
Yeah, the remarkable sweet store that's everywhere.
You know, the candy shop. I don't know if you can lick the lollip go past the sweet shop. Yeah, the remarkable sweet store that's everywhere. You know, the candy shop.
I don't know if you can lick the lollipop in the candy shop,
unless you're 50 Cent,
but there are some amazing lollies and candies in there,
so we might try and schedule that in today.
Let's work it in for Indy.
All right, coming to you live from Queenstown,
and I've just actually checked the last census.
I believe this is the first time Aucklanders have been to Queenstown.
Oh, really?
And bragged about it.
Yeah.
Proud to be Kiwi.
Jono and Ben on the hits.
Down in the deep south,
there's been wonderful, wonderful hospitality down here.
Yeah, yesterday we were in Imbacago,
and they just kept feeding us.
Four breakfasts we had.
We started with a normal breakfast,
and then cheese rolls, three cheese rolls,
and then whitebait fritters as well.
Then racks of lamb were being dropped off.
Pies.
It was all sorts.
Fat bastard pies.
It was like you said yesterday.
It was like they were fattening us up to eat us for Christmas or something.
They're going to put us on a spit roast or something this afternoon.
But no, it was wonderful hospitality, as you say.
And producer B-Hub as well.
We're getting our mileage of content out of you these first two breaks of the show
you made a claim when we were driving from Invercargill
to Queenstown, two hours and twenty minutes
drive, and there was
a wonderful person Jodie who was driving from
NZME and
you had a conversation with her
and you said you must remember when I lived here
Yeah, I did
You lived in Invercargill
I lived in Invercargill
on a secondment for work and a resident there for a great tenure, actually.
So she said, I can't remember you ever living in Invercargill,
because she's worked for the company for 20-odd years.
She said, I can't remember you ever living here.
He's like, I lived here.
I lived here for four weeks.
Now, here's where the debate comes in.
Can you say you lived in a location if
you were only there for four weeks? Or is that just a really long holiday?
In my room, in my hotel room, I unpacked my suitcase. I put the clothes in the wardrobe.
That's how long I was there. So that's living.
But some people do that anyway. Some people have one or two days they unpack their bags.
We worked with a gentleman.
He would do it overnight.
And he would unpack everything, put his socks in the drawers and everything.
He's like, I forgot a lot of stuff is what he said the next day.
But he would do this.
So by your rationale, is he living in a place?
Yeah.
He's a local.
He's what they call local.
But you made no lasting impact whatsoever.
So I can't even remember you being here, so that can't be counted
as living in a,
three months maybe?
Yeah.
Would you say three months
was a living situation?
Yeah, it's a long time
in a hotel.
When can you call yourself
a local?
At what point do you go,
I'm an Invercargillesean?
I think it changes
as you move down
the country in New Zealand.
I think, genuinely,
I think Invercargill would be 15 years.
15 years, I reckon.
Because you give me grief, Jono, because I've been living in Auckland,
I'd say, geez, probably 20 years now,
but I always say, originally from Masterton.
And you're like, mate, you can't keep saying that.
He's just trying to keep the cred up with people in the region.
Yeah, like I like to come here, like we're in Queenstown,
the Southern Lakes region, and go, hey, we're originally from
Masterton. And you're like, well, to be fair,
I've actually lived longer now in
Auckland than I have in Masterton, but
you know, I like to say that. And do you find
you get more respect when you say originally from Masterton?
Well, not Masterton, no.
But hey, I've got no other option.
Love you, Masterton, but hey, would have
probably chosen somewhere different. Hey, we can text
4487. If you're in the South, how long do we have to live or stay in a location until we can say we're locals?
Numeracy, literacy, and idiocy.
They've nailed one of those things.
Jono and Ben on the hits.
Broadcasting this morning right around the country, but also in Southern Lakes.
Ferg, who normally does the show, he's on holiday here down here in Southern Lakes.
And so we thought we, come on in.
It's just a double pay.
What happens with us?
Is this extra shift?
Well, we collect Ferg's pay for the day, obviously.
You're nice.
Yeah, that's been prearranged.
Local legend, Ferg, isn't he?
He is a local legend.
You shake Ferg's hand, you have to get yourself a hand transplant.
Yeah.
It's how strong.
Jeez, they shake hands strong down here, don't they?
Oh, yesterday, we posted a photo of me shaking someone's hand in a cargle.
Bill.
Bill.
Big Bill.
Geez.
And someone else messaged me going, I know him.
I've shaken his hand before.
Geez, it hurts.
Yeah.
You know, he's known as being a hard handshaker.
Bill was 12 foot tall, wasn't he?
He was a giant old man.
I don't know if he's 12 foot.
I'm no good with my feet.
He was tall.
He was large, and they shake hands well down in the south.
So come down and see us this morning.
We're in Queenstown, the centre of town, Joe's Garage,
a sill lane, free coffee until 9 o'clock,
and you can win $5,000 at 7.45.
Bill gave us some lamb racks, didn't he?
Yeah.
Gee, Bill would kill the cow with his bare hands, eh?
He'd, like, just choke the cow out.
Anyway,
it's time for Johnny Pryor's Guessing Game.
Brought to you in association with
my partners, Joe's Garage. Joe's Garage,
a shame to present, so Johnny Pryor's Guessing Game.
Today, Ben, it's cold
in Queenstown generally. It's actually not bad today,
to be honest. Yeah, it's quite mild. But usually
it's quite cold here, so I
researched the coldest countries
in the world.
Now, the way this guessing game works, the format is you'll have 60 seconds to name in order one to five the coldest countries in the world.
I really have a good grasp on this.
Oh, okay.
Okay, you ready to start the timer there, Producer Joel?
Yep.
The coldest countries in the world kicking off now.
Well, I heard you say before something about Antarctica to produce a bee hump,
so I'm guessing that's on the list.
That's number one.
It gets to minus 89.2 degrees, Antarctica.
Minus 89?
Colder than Elton John's cold, cold heart.
That's number one.
That's a given.
Colder than him not letting Britney sing that much on the song either.
Number two.
What do you think number two would be?
It's probably one of the biggest countries
in the world, I think. Oh, it's not
Russia. Russia!
Russia's hit minus 68
degrees previously. Colder
than Putin launching missiles at the Ukraine.
Yeah, okay. Okay, third place.
You have been here.
Well, I have been there. United States?
That's in there, but it's not third. Okay.
You've been there and you said they have underground malls that's so cold.
Oh, yeah, Canada.
Canada.
It and a boot.
Yeah.
Minus 40 degrees.
Yeah, geez, it does get cold there.
Okay, so...
Colder than the royal family towards Prince Andrew.
Okay, so that's the three Canada, four...
Okay, four.
You did mention a country before.
United States.
United States, yeah, that's number four.
And number five.
Oh, I didn't get there.
What's number five?
Very nice.
Oh, well, Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan.
Number five.
Really?
Yeah.
So it's not as nice as Borat was saying.
Yeah, but freezing in Kazakhstan.
Those are the top five coldest countries.
It's amazing.
The coldest temperatures that they recorded all happened in 1983.
You know, we've got to think... Before the global
warming kicked in. That's why we need to thank Mother Nature.
She just tried to warm us up a bit.
Trying to warm up the coldest parts of the world, but there you go.
Hey, Jonathan. Is
Antarctica a country or a continent?
Oh, here we go. There's always haters.
Mate, why do these Gen Zers
roll into here?
With their big ideas, their big questioning everything,
the internet generation.
Great point, though.
Great point.
Great point, Producer Joel.
Just want a bit of legitimacy in this guessing game.
Yeah, yeah.
Antarctica.
Is it a country?
Let's have a look.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Well, continent.
Antarctica is the most continent.
So we will never know the list of the top five coldest countries
because Antarctica's a continent.
We just could have played another pink song, mate.
Could have rolled on. Everyone would have taken it as
bloody gospel. But here we are.
Hard-hitting interviews and informed
opinion. Mike Hosking on Newstalks
at me. In the meantime, Jono and Ben
on the hits. The funeral last night,
did you watch much of the Queen's funeral? I watched a little bit.
I got back to the hotel in Queenstown.
A lot of, you know,
ceremony.
There's thousands
of military, police,
you know, people around.
The whole world.
Billions of people
watching on TV.
Just an incredible ceremony.
I was watching it going,
gee whiz,
because the catering,
you know, so many.
Imagine how many
asparagus rolls.
Yeah, true.
Why do they serve
the world's most
depressing food
at the most depressing event, a funeral? Asparagus rolls. And asparagus rolls? I feel like no one eats asparagus rolls. Yeah, true. Why do they serve the world's most depressing food at the most depressing event, a funeral?
Asparagus rolls.
And asparagus?
I feel like no one eats asparagus rolls.
I feel like I had a theory that every family function you went to, they were the same asparagus rolls,
just bought out again, and then we'll put them away for the next one.
Who thought?
I know it would be a delicious treat.
Let's put asparagus wrapped in bread.
But not even good luck.
I like asparagus, but this is one that's been tinned and canned and stuff.
Anyway, we're not here to talk about that.
We're in a whole lot of asparagus rolls right now.
We're going to cross live to the UK.
Cherie Howie, she is a reporter for the New Zealand Herald.
You were there for the whole historical event.
What was the funeral like, Cherie?
Well, I had a bit of a different experience perhaps than you
because I couldn't really watch it as such
because I was with the crowd going to Hyde Park
and it was sort of from a distance. But the music was beautiful. I couldn't really watch it as much because I was with the crowd going to Hyde Park.
And it was sort of from a distance.
But the music was beautiful.
And, I mean, you know how well these things are done.
You know, everything's like military precision, right?
Yeah.
A lovely scene.
Yeah, well, I was going to say, so you're watching it in Hyde Park with a whole lot of thousands of other people.
What exactly do you see? And then when the funeral's on, do you have any idea what is happening inside Westminster Abbey?
You don't so much. I mean, you see a lot of the back of people's heads. But I actually
really enjoyed just the experience of being there with, I don't know how many people were
there, but one of the stewards on the street told me that the park can hold several hundred
thousand people. And it looked pretty full. And it was quite solemn and i also felt like it was
it was i use the word carnival it was like a respectful carnival atmosphere if that makes
sense now you said you spent a lot of time staring at the back of heads uh what was your favorite
head oh gosh that's a hard question to answer basically the one that wasn't blocking the screen for me has London been at a standstill for the last week?
it's been crazy
you can hardly do anything
you couldn't really use the tube
it's the same, always closing them
even walking to Hyde Park
basically I came out of the apartment
and I could only go one way
they wouldn't let you go anywhere except to Hyde Park
and it was just a mass of humanity.
I don't reckon we'll ever see anything like this ever again.
You can't think of anyone who's living now that would have the same send-off.
262 years, I was reading before, the last time since I've had something
that is close to that over there in London, you know, the last big funeral.
You're right, so in our lifetimes, not at all.
I mean, obviously, when I pass away, Ben, you're going to turn that into a spectacle.
I want that to be a month-long bonanza.
But you'll never see anything quite like this again.
Yeah.
It must be incredible to be, you know, to be part of that
and to be witnessing history.
It's really amazing.
And because it is amazing to be here,
and I wouldn't change anything.
You know, I was on holiday in Italy
and gave up my holiday to come over.
A lot of people mentioned
actually that the whole history aspect
is a huge thing, right?
Just the scale of it is impressive.
I mean, you see the thousands of
military, 10,000 police officers,
36 kilometres of
barriers erected around
central London to control crowds.
I mean, the scale is just incredible.
For us to watch on TV, it's just incredible.
But to be there to witness it, it must be
just another level. It is, even though you spend
a lot of time, like I said, looking at the back of other people's
heads. But honestly, some of the people I spoke
to, it really was about the
Queen. So they were kind of ho-hum about
the monarchy, but they really
respected the Queen and the fact that she
that, you know, her
dedication to her duty you know
she didn't choose this life
it wasn't all fun I'm sure
but she stuck with it and they
respected that. There we go
thank you Cherie appreciate that. Live from
London what an absolute week
If you're here for advice
on life you're in big
trouble. Jono and Ben on the hits
I don't know if this is something that affects you at home,
but it seems like the biggest bugbear in my household
is the charger situation for phones.
Now, I've got a phone.
My wife's got a phone.
My old phone I gifted to my daughter just to keep me when she's out and about.
I hope you cleared that off.
Did you clear that?
Yeah, mate.
I hope you deleted that, mate.
Restart, mate.
Factory restart.
And my other daughter's got an iPad.
So between the four of us, we've got a device that needs to charge at some stage. Restart, mate. Factory restart. And my other daughter's got an iPad.
So between the four of us, we've got a device that needs to charge at some stage.
And it feels like as soon as you unplug a charger, it's fair game.
Someone grabs it, takes it to another room.
It just goes.
And you're always constantly, I'm always walking around the house going, where's the charger?
Who's got a charger?
What's the charger? You start out with so many of them and then they slowly disappear like my hair.
You know,
there was so much of it
at one stage.
It's just one by one
and they all go away
and then you're like,
how have we ended up
with no charger cables?
I got to the stage
where I had enough
and I decided I went to a shop
and I found coloured ones.
I was like,
Sienna, you're green.
Indy, you're orange.
So I was like,
colour coding.
Now you're responsible
for your thing.
Oh yeah,
you put it in colour coding system.
Oh, that lasted 24 hours and already, Indy, I've responsible for your thing. Oh, yeah, the system. You put it in the colour coding system. Oh, that lasted 24 hours and already it's such and such.
Oh, Andy, I've just grabbed your charger.
Oh, such and such.
So, no, this is not how this is meant to work.
The colour coding system goes out the window as soon as you say,
hey, guys, we've got a colour coding system.
Yeah.
Oh, I thought I was onto something.
I was like, hey, this is my colour.
I've always been this one.
Everyone's like, oh, I thought I was that colour.
It just feels like everyone's given up on it.
Oh, yeah, well, we have spoken before in europe they're making it law to just have one universal
charger cable port because that's the other thing oh because apple keep changing oh jobsy
jobsy's up he's changing the cable every time yeah job still no well he's not no he's changing
the cable every you know every there's a new, but they're going to have one universal one.
That's right.
They were saying no more.
No more.
They don't want any more.
The first thing you had to do coming to Queenstown yesterday,
what did you have to do?
You had to get a charging cable.
You had to get a charger.
$29.99.
Is that what it was?
A lot of money.
They're not cheap either.
Do you know the other thing I find hard too is when you look on the packet,
it's hard to factor in how many meters of cable you will need.
Like I bought 172 metres of charging cable yesterday.
My phone's still plugged in.
It's actually back at the hotel.
I just took it in the car with me.
You're right.
You're like, do I need 30 centimetres?
But then you go from one extreme to another.
You're like, nine kilometres of charging cable or two centimetres.
There's no middle ground.
I can't even put it to the ear or my ear while I'm charging it.
Oh, you're right.
A-grade celebrity chat with C-grade celebrity hosts,
Jono and Ben on the hits.
Jamila, lovely to see you.
Hello, lads.
Hello, hello.
How are you?
I'm good.
How are you?
Hey, it's really nice to see you.
Now, I hear the stunts in She-Hulk were pretty hard out.
You had a wonderful quote that I read.
I don't know if it's safe for radio, but you're hurting places.
Oh, no.
Oh, what's going on, mate?
It was a literal pain in the ass, shall I say.
It was a literal pain in the ass, yeah.
No, I pulled a muscle in my bum and I felt it all the way into the hole.
So, actually, I spoke about that once and now it's taken over my entire life.
Yeah.
It's the first thing that pops up when you Google you and She-Hulk.
But anyway, that's fine.
Maybe we can create another moment in this interview that tops that Google search somehow.
I can sense you're both trouble and I can feel like that's about it.
Yeah, that's what we're doing it for, mate.
Now, obviously on the show, you're the nemesis of She-Hulk and you get a traffic violation.
But in real life, you also kind of should have got a traffic violation because you ended up running into a beehive what happened there what do you oh yeah i mean i've had
so many altercations of bees i feel like it's my final destination story i went for a run once
because i was jealous that ted dunstan had more energy than me uh on set at the good place so he
told me that i should start jogging and so i went for my first ever jog and I'm very very tall and I must have disrupted a beehive that's on this tree on this little island
in La Cienega and uh they just swarmed on me and so I had to run into oncoming traffic
and I kept running they kept chasing me they chased me for ages and so I ran down a street
called third street in Los Angeles and I saw a crowd of people smoking outside a bar.
Yeah.
And I, you know, it's really in an emergency that you find out
what a piece of shit you are.
And I ran at all of these people with all my bees
and the bees descended on them and I got away unstung.
So, you know, I was like, was like well they're smoking they don't care
about their lives
they're already on the way out
who was I to make that decision
you said you've had a number of altercations with bees
how many altercations can one human have
I don't know man give a fuck
let's talk about Marvel
exactly
who cares
the titania the role that you got you didn't even know you were
auditioning for that role like when you turned up yeah no idea yeah no idea whatsoever yeah i know
it was wild and i mean it could have been marvel porno for all i knew that's the next step isn't
i signed on i mean who knows but um but i uh i didn't know what I was signing up for.
And thankfully, it was a fully closed role and it was the best, like my favourite at least,
villain in the MCU.
And now it's changed my life
and I've never done a more ridiculous or exciting thing ever.
What if it was Marvel porno?
Would you have been like, I can't do this.
This is not good.
Too late, I'll be contracted.
I'm in.
Give me any of them.
What was harder, the fight scenes in She-Hulk
or DJing for Elton John with no DJ experience?
I mean, what was harder?
Fight scenes.
Oh, really?
Fight scenes are way more dangerous.
Yeah, because Elton John's a lovely man.
Yeah, he's not going to punch you in the face, is he?
No, he's not.
He's a lovely man.
I love Elton. No, I'd say that someone as clumsy as me, yeah he's not going to punch you in the face is he no he's not he's a lovely man yeah um i love
elton no i uh i'd say that someone as clumsy as me who's just got no like coordination whatsoever
i mean look at my elbows like this is not they're good elbows what's wrong with the elbow
quite far back don't they are they double jointed yeah i'm so double-jointed I'm super clumsy and so I you know it was we were asking for trouble I
don't know how we got me through it alive but I properly learned how to kick the shit out of
someone so yeah don't mess with me either of you yeah I reckon that would be such a great
superhero power as you're like look at my double-jointed things and you can just wave
them around to distract them yeah a final question we just want to ask you before we go because we've been
to wrap up i mean you know you've been in the good place you're now on a marvel you know
a marvel tv show i mean is this what's your biggest pinch yourself moment in your career
so far because you're kicking girls my whole career has been pinch me like to be honest like
when i was standing outside the marvel premiere and I saw this sort of like 30 foot poster of myself it was just the wildest
experience never in my I've been such a loser my whole life I can't believe that I'm now in the MCU
it's so ridiculous and so listen I have no idea where I'm going I honestly don't know what I'm
doing I don't know how I ended up here I I was an English teacher who got discovered. Like, it's just been,
it's been like I've crashed a wedding
and I'm just here stealing cake
and snogging everyone
until someone kicks me out.
Well, this has definitely probably been
another pinch yourself moment for you.
Yeah, John, being on the hits radio in New Zealand.
You're clocking up.
Yeah.
It's definitely been an experience.
So lovely to meet you.
It's such a great show
we love it
and we love your work
you're so awesome
so nice to talk to you
and you
have a lovely day
see you mate
bye bye
Jono and Ben
the bold and the beautiful
on the hits
note
may not be beautiful
spilling the tea
on Hollywood's
A-listers
Godditions
I have met
every single one
exposing scandals
cause she's not a good person
but either is he
Digging the dirt
Is she a diva?
Yes
And finding out what's going on behind the scenes
Killing a cast member
Yes
It was a script
Nah
His identity is a secret
But his stories have been proven right time and time again
This is NT
He's the ice cream man of Hollywood
Always has the scoop NT, welcome And I'm always the ice cream man of Hollywood. Always has the scoop.
NT, welcome.
And I'm always eating ice cream,
so I didn't know where you were going with that.
So we drove past an ice cream shop this morning,
and I thought, oh, that's a great analogy.
I'm like, are things going bad for NT?
Is he out there selling ice cream as well as Hollywood entertainment?
Good to have you on, NT.
Now, the Queen, the funeral, the last week and a half,
obviously us being a nation of the Commonwealth,
us bowing our heads to the monarch,
we're bombarded with it.
Is it big news in the States?
Well, I mean, obviously it's big news,
but at the same time,
I think that our focus has been different than yours.
Ours, obviously, there's people watching
and they're they're
interested to see the you know the customs and the the long queue and david beckham in the queue and
who's cheating the queue and using the vip and who's you know deciding i'll wait the 12 hours
that kind of thing because we always look at it more from a celebrity perspective i feel like
so the focus has been more of the megan markle Prince Harry, who's feuding, what's going on.
But, you know, you just reminded me of something that I hadn't thought about in a long time.
I don't remember what video game it was, but there was a video game.
And, you know, it was the time when the video games would be released at like midnight and stuff.
And it was when Beckham was actually living here in Los Angeles when he was playing for the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team. And I remember that he stood in line from about 6 p.m. until midnight when the game was released
just because he wanted the game. So he has always, I don't think he's ever said, oh, you know what,
because he could have called the publicist. He could have called somebody and just had it brought
over to his house. But no, the guy stood in line for six hours waiting until midnight
to get the copy of the video game.
And I think it shows a testament to David Beckham.
Loves a line.
Shit, he would love Disneyland, wouldn't he?
He'd love it.
But just in lines all day long, we've got Andy with us.
Now, that is a good example, though.
David Beckham would not wait in line at Disney.
I went to disneyland
once and i have a huge issue everyone's just rolling around on mobility scooters because
obviously being in a mobility scooter you get to the front of the line it's a wonderful play i'm
like how many immobilized people are going to disneyland on one day surely surely mickey's
asking questions uh jason momoa we know him from game of thrones we know him from aquaman as you
would say uh aquaman as you would say
Aquaman as we say
in New Zealand
he's in New Zealand
we're very excited
about this
we get so excited
when celebrities
come to New Zealand
don't we?
yeah well he
he wants to become
a New Zealand citizen
yeah well there's a lot of
he's got to fill out
the visa replication
and stuff
there's a protocol
to go through
there's some paperwork
we can make that happen though
I mean if you think about it he's not the world's greatest actor.
So when I know that he's in New Zealand, you know,
filming the show that he wrote and he's directing and it's grapple plus
and I just think to myself it's going to be a train wreck of a show
if he's putting himself as a lead in anything.
I'm going to think it's going to be great.
I'm hoping we get him on the show.
So I'm going to say I'm going to watch it
but he's super excited to be in New Zealand
right I mean he's super
he got to meet the all blacks who doesn't want to meet the all blacks
and he got to meet Tana Umunga who
is a former all black and on his post
he was like I got to meet my idol today
I know Tana Umunga was his idol
he was super excited to be there
and I hope that the show does well and you know what
even if the show doesn't do well he's going to be there And I hope that the show does well And you know what, even if the show doesn't do well
He's going to be there for two or three months, four months
Filming, hiring a whole bunch of people
Putting the New Zealand film industry
You know, give it some kind of boost
Which is always great
Andy with us from America
Now we witnessed Post Malone
Yesterday on stage
Jeez, he took a brutal fall
I think he fractured some ribs
or something like that.
Yeah, you know,
this is a note to performers.
Don't drink and perform.
I think it's something
where he won't be embarrassed.
He'll be talking about it
and bragging about it
rather than, you know,
some kind of, oh my gosh,
I slipped off the stage and fell.
He'll be like, yeah, you know, dude,
I was so wasted.
I shouldn't have been out there.
Next thing you know, I fell down.
It'll be like some kind of celebration.
He seems like a really nice guy, Post Malone.
I've watched interviews with him.
He seems very, very chill.
It's a very interesting success story
because he tried to make it as a country singer
and failed, like, I mean, really badly.
And then he said, well, what can I do to make it?
Well, what he did was, yeah,
so he took some of his country songs and kind of turned them into a little rap kind of things and then then he
you know hit it big obviously but yeah he was a spectacular failure as a country singer wow he's
made it as he's made it as a pop star are you guys gonna go bungee jumping here in queenstown
you're gonna go bungee jumping we are going to a bungee uh the bungee place after this. And I dare say, you know what happens, you get bullied.
One of us will be bullied into it after the show.
Yeah, it's true.
Hadn't thought about it until you said it, but you're right.
It probably will happen.
Definitely throwing ourselves off a bridge today.
Hey, well, NTI, always great catching up with you, mate.
Have a fantastic week and we'll speak soon.
All right, have a great week, you guys.
Mature, responsible, and considerate.
Three words we sadly can't use here.
Jono and Ben on the hits.
Is it just me or is it wildly busy at the moment?
A lot of stuff going on.
Every person I talk to is like, oh, so busy.
So much stuff happening at the moment.
I think also maybe because, you know, through that lockdown period,
maybe things, you know, life slowed down for a bit.
And now everything, we're like, we'll rip the masks off, we'll get
back into everything. Yeah, I'm always like
let's get a new variant out there so we have to go back
into lockdown. No, no one wants to go back there.
Just at the moment, like I reckon I've
collectively seen Jen, my wife,
probably for about 13 minutes in total
over the last three weeks. But I think in some ways
it's healthy for the relationship.
Because you don't get on each other's
nerves.
See, what you're describing there is divorce.
No, you're in that sweet spot of checking in,
it's all good, and then it's over, yeah.
I think you're describing a separation there, Ben.
No.
That's the sweet spot.
That's the sweet spot.
Where you're not living with your partner.
I know I'm an annoying person to be around.
You know, it's too much of me.
I'm in there getting into everyone else's business
when I'm home.
You know, the family probably... So if you're just back for a high-impact one hour, everyone still likes him. He's too much of me. I'm in there getting into everyone else's business when I'm home. You know, the family probably...
So if you're just back for a high-impact one hour, everyone still likes him.
He's great, that guy.
We'll see him again.
Whatever his name was.
Yeah, we'll come back round.
But then I get there for a while and they're like, oh, this guy's still around.
Do you know?
Yeah, but you talk to everyone.
He was like, I'm dropping kids off here, picking kids up over there.
One of us maybe forgot to pick up kids the other night.
Probably was me.
If I was going to name a person.
There was literally a time when I was driving into the driveway.
She was driving out.
She's like, bye, bye.
And that was it.
That was the interaction for the week.
But the kids, they, you know.
I'm cutting the kids to the back.
You're like, mate, are you really into this?
You know, like that's the thing.
Yeah, you know, you're like your son's doing table tennis.
He's doing basketball.
Yeah, he's signed up to everything.
Which is great, but I'm like to a term, to a term, guys.
It's quite a good system to implement too.
Because if they're passionate about it, that's great, because then you get to the end of the thing.
When do you decide if they're passionate about something or not?
Well, hopefully when they still enjoy going along to something and not going, do I have to keep going along?
Have you had to pull pin out of something halfway through?
Well, no, I make them continue all the way through.
But I also go, well, hey, baby, let's not pay $150 for you.
Continue to do that.
For your fire-breathing course.
You're not that passionate about it right now.
They do.
They really love getting involved in stuff, too.
Which is great.
They don't understand the implications that has on the adult life.
Yeah.
You're like, do I have to go to that?
You're like, yes, you do, because we signed you up for 12 weeks of that. But the driving around, the dropping, they don't factor that life. Yeah. You're like, do I have to go to that? You're like, yes you do because we signed you up for 12 weeks of that.
But the driving around,
the dropping,
they don't factor that in.
No.
They're just like,
oh,
I've always wanted to do knife juggling.
Yeah,
I'll give that a go.
Oh,
it hurts when the knife stab you.
I might pull out of this now.
Didn't realise that was going to be a thing.
Although Marcus,
last year we saw him in Invercargill,
he's like,
you know,
you're like,
is he too busy to be running for mayor?
And he's like,
get a busy,
if you want something done, get a busy person to do it.
That was his rationale.
But surely the busy person's going to go, I'm too busy to,
oh, I need to hang up some curtains.
Sorry, mate, I've got other stuff going on.
Well, I don't know.
Surely that's never going to work, is it?
Well, you didn't question it yesterday.
Why are you questioning it right now?
I'm not going to question Lush to his face.
He's a tallback host.
He'd be great at arguing at this point.
But I can question you because I know you'll back out.
That wasn't my statement.
That wasn't my statement.
Yeah, you're right.
If you want something done, get a busy person to do it.
Well, no, they'll delay it and say,
I'll be with you in three weeks once I get all this other stuff on me to do.
Yeah, you're right, actually.
Get a less busy person to do it.
They've got pranks.
They've got puns.
Now they just need some actual listeners.
Jono and Ben on the hits.
Broadcasting right around the country, but also in Southern Lakes this morning,
which we don't normally broadcast to.
Ferg, this is Ferg's hometown.
He's away on holiday.
So we're here today broadcasting out of Joe's Garage in Queenstown.
Sir Lane, come down and see us.
Free coffee.
Someone will play for $5,000 at 7.45.
We thought, what more appropriate way to honour the Queen
than head to her actual town.
And that's how that
worked. That's how we convinced the bosses this was a good
idea. I've been looking at the numbers.
There are a lot of great numbers out of the funeral
in the UK but over 2,800
diamonds on the
crown that sat on her
coffin last night. Over 2,800
diamonds. Jeez, that's Michael Hill
Jewel would have an orgasm watching that film, wouldn't he?
That is. It's a lot.
As long as 17 sapphires, 11
emeralds. Please don't tell me that goes underground with her.
269 pearls and
four rubies. That's all on the state crown.
Incredible, right? So we are in
Queenstown today, broadcasting
in the Southern Lakes region, which we don't
normally do, so I want to try something. This is
high risk, high reward. It always makes me nervous try something. This is high risk, high reward.
It always makes me nervous when you say something's high risk, high reward,
because nine times out of ten that means it's going to be a high failure.
To be honest, it's high risk, minimal reward, but we're going to do it anyway.
So if you've never listened to us here in the Queenstown region,
give us a call.
0800 the hits is the phone number.
We want people that have never called up the radio before. So either you you've never heard us or maybe you've never called up and you're
around the country at all you've never decided so like first time callers yes so how's this you
be ben from the radio and i'll be the caller okay hello hello the hits hi hi what's your name mate
steven okay well steven you need to say hi i'm steven first time caller i'm steven first time
enthusiasm see my mate in this role i've never called the radio i'm a bit of an introvert Stephen. Okay, well, Stephen, you need to say, Hi, I'm Stephen, first-time caller. Hi, I'm Stephen, first-time caller. A bit more enthusiasm.
Like, mate, in this role play...
This is why I've never called the radio.
I'm a bit of an introvert.
Well, it's great to have you on, Stephen.
This morning, I'm going to hook you up with some hell pizza.
How's that sound?
Yeah.
Stephen, I go, well, hang up with Stephen.
But that's...
I won't be as brutal to anyone else that calls up.
But if you've never called the radio before,
now's your chance.
All you have to do is... Unless your name's Stephen.
All you have to do is call up and say, hey, your name?
I'm a first-time caller. Well, why don't
you tell us something interesting about yourself too?
Oh, you can do that, but that's not over-complicated
for now. Yep. Okay, I'll wait
until the hits. As Ben said, high risk,
minimal reward. This is what we do.
First-time callers across
the country who've never phoned New Zealand's Breakfast
will put you on, and you'll win pizza.
Yeah, it's as simple as that.
We've got callers right now if you'd like to take some.
Oh, do you want to kick into one now?
Unless their name's Stephen, we'll take them to Air Producer Joel.
Let's do one now, and then we'll play a song and we'll do some more.
Hello, The Hits.
Are you a first-time caller?
I am.
Oh, what's your name?
Annalise.
Why have we never heard from you, Elise?
Because every time we ring up the phone,
we try and spare the kids on the way to school.
We try and do the $5,000, but we never get through.
We've never spoken to you before.
You tell us something about Elise.
Tell us a little fact.
I just got a job as a principal
for next year oh wow that's a great why have you not phoned us and told us that before Elise
um I was busy phoning my in-laws and saying you guys were about third on the list
this morning oh well dad's a principal yeah that's right
that's all
I have on that
well we're going to
hook you up with
some Hell Pizza
I'm just laughing
at you
sorry
Hell Pizza
coming your way
appreciate your call
first time caller
that's how it works
all thanks to
Hell Pizza
serving great pizza
in this lifetime
and next
Ben you've put
your good name
on the line here
your reputation
as a broadcaster
with this part of the program it's not much of a reputation to be honest yeah that's why it's easy good name on the line here. Your reputation as a broadcaster with this part of the program.
It's not much of a reputation, to be honest.
Yeah, that's why it's easy to put on the line.
So you just want people who've never phoned the radio show before,
first-time callers.
Just say your name, say you're a first-time caller,
and you'll win, not just from this region,
just anywhere around the country.
Because I work in radio,
but I don't think I've ever rung the radio station before.
No, I wouldn't.
I wouldn't.
If I was ever driving along listening to the radio,
and they're like,
you know, tell us why your marriages are shambles.
I would never... No, but people do it.
We appreciate it. So this morning...
But we also go, why? Why are you calling?
The reason this morning is just to call up
if you've never called before 0800 THE HITS
and we're going to reward a whole lot of people. Let's rattle through
them. Hell pizza. Jess,
you're on New Zealand's Breakfast. Are you a first time
caller? Yes,
I am. Why
have we never spoken to you Jess?
Feels like a crime.
I don't know. I just never thought to call.
I always listen on iHeartRadio
and I just never call.
Yeah right. Is it everything you imagined?
Phoning right now. Living your dream.
Everything. Yep.
We're going to hook you up with some hell pizza. Just like that.
Thank you. Thank you. We'd love to talk to you again Jess. Yeah do call again but, we're going to hook you up with some hell pizza. Just like that. Thank you.
And call us again.
Thank you.
We'd love to talk to you again, Jess. Yeah, do call again.
But you need to tell us something about Jess before you leave.
Oh, no, don't overcomplicate it.
Tell us one thing about Jess that'll excite us.
I ride professional motocross.
Oh, that did excite us.
That's awesome.
That's a great fact.
Will you go and hop on your bike and have a great day, Jess?
Will do.
Appreciate you listening, mate.
Have a good one.
We'll go to Jamie in Auckland.
First-time caller, Jamie.
Hi, I'm Jamie.
First-time caller.
Hey, Jamie.
You got the script there?
You did, Jamie.
Nice to have you on 100 The Hits.
Where are you calling from in New Zealand?
Auckland.
Auckland.
Heard of it?
Know it?
Are you a long-time,
your first time calling a long-time listener, Jamie?
Yes.
Yeah, what?
Now, Jamie, we just heard Jess,
professional motocross rider.
What do you do?
I play two instruments.
Two instruments.
What are they?
Saxophone and guitar.
Oh, good facts, Jamie.
Great facts.
You guys should call us up more often.
I love having you on this morning.
We're going to hook you up with some hell pizza.
Thank you.
Easy as that.
Good on you, Jamie.
I'll go to Lower Hutt now, Ben.
Leslie.
Leslie, welcome.
Hi there.
I'm calling from Lower Hutt in Wellington.
Are you a first-time caller, Liz? Yes, I am. Oh, Hutt in Wellington Are you a first time caller, Les?
Yes, I am
Great to have you on this morning
Thank you very much
Les, we've had professional musicians, professional motocross riders
What are you doing?
I'm a non-professional road biker
Oh, another biker
Do you do cycling?
No, motorbike Oh, motorbike, you're a motorbike rider You're big with the motorbike community,. Do you do cycling? No, motorbike.
Oh, motorbike.
You're a motorbike rider.
She's a bit big with the motorbike community, aren't we, Jono?
Yeah, probably because they don't have radios on them.
Yeah, true.
The ideal place to listen to this show.
Well, good on you, Liz.
Thank you so much for phoning through.
Hell, pizza coming your way as well.
Let's try and squeeze in one more.
One last one.
Atarina, welcome.
How are you?
Morena.
Thank you for having me.
Great to have you on. Is this the first time we've met you, Atarina?
It is, it is.
Well, it's good to know we've
learned some wonderful things about Jess,
Jamie and Leslie.
What are we going to learn about you?
I've
started competing in style training in the last few years,
so I've got a few competitions coming up actually.
Oh, like fitness.
HIIT fitness.
High intensity interval training.
Is that what it stands for?
Correct.
Oh, you know what it stands for.
Well, I am highly intense.
I don't even do it.
Oh, good on you.
So what, did you do competitions, fitness competitions?
Yep, so the next one's coming up in November.
So, you know, there's going to be the deadlifts, burpees, weightlifting,
the whole chipping.
All right, down on the floor.
Give me 10 burpees now.
This is the Jono and Ben podcast.
Wall-to-wall talking without the niggly popular songs in between.
We're in Queenstown this morning.
It was a lot of fun at Joe's Garage until 9 o'clock.
If you want to come down and see us for a free coffee.
And Searle Lane in town.
And we've got a couple of Queenstown legends joining us.
Yes, we do.
Kim, welcome.
Now, Kim, if you could introduce yourself and your co-host,
who's currently biting our microphone.
Ben, I told you not to lick and bite the microphone.
Who have we got here, Kim?
We've got Happy, the famous singing sheepdog.
Now, you will know if you've been to Queenstown before,
you guys are down by the water, by the beautiful lake,
and you busk and you sing with your guitar,
and Happy sings along with you.
Yeah.
So Happy looks like, Happy is a giant sheepdog,
almost too much sheepdog
for Joe's garage this morning.
And got a lovely little bow
and it's more like a little tie.
You tied up the hair as well,
looks really pretty cute.
He can see better
when he's got the hair tie on.
Yeah.
Happy just looks like,
Happy has a permanent smile
on his face the whole time.
Just ready to go.
So can you do a performance
for us now, Kim?
Yep.
Happy, the famous singing sheepdog.
How long have you guys been busking together for?
Happy's six and a half years old now.
He tried to start singing when he was five months old,
and then about two years later when his voice changed,
he could sing in tune.
He loves it.
He loves it.
Just sings along with you, eh?
He just sings along with me.
He knows about 45 songs and he's actually chosen one of his own.
By that I mean I left the car, he was in the car, when I came back he was singing to a
song on the radio.
Oh really?
Oh really.
So 45, so is that the same amount as the jukebox at my local RSA?
That's a good back catalogue of songs.
What's Happy's favourite song?
I think his favourite is the one he chose himself.
Okay, so can we hear that now?
Well, I'll try and sing it archipelago, and if not, I'll have to bust out the guitar. Okay, so this is Kim and the world-famous singing sheepdog, Happy, at Queenstown Institution.
This is a dog singing on the radio, ladies and gentlemen.
Are you ready?
Give me a ticket for
an aeroplane.
Ain't got time to take a fast
train. Lonely days
are gone. I'm a
guardian. My baby, she wrote
me a letter. Oh, she wrote
me a letter. Said she couldn't
live without me no more. Listen,
Mr. Ketchy, I gotta get back to my baby once more. Anyway, give me a ticket for an airplane.
Ain't got time to take a fast train. Lonely days are gone. I'm going home.
My baby, she wrote me a letter.
My baby, she wrote me a letter.
My baby, she wrote me a letter.
Happy, the singing sheepdog and Kim.
Oh, that was awesome.
You guys are incredible. It's so nice to see Happy and yourself just singing along, that was awesome. You guys are incredible.
It's so nice to see Happy and yourself just singing along, having fun together.
What a great companion.
And I have a T-shirt for you, which I'll be mass producing as Happy's merchandise.
Oh, you've got merch.
Happy's got merch.
I see you in the hoodie right now.
Very cool.
Here you are.
That's a beauty T-shirt.
It says Happy, the singing sheepdog.
Look at that.
Adorable, adorable picture of Happy right now.
Queenstown.
And 23 years busking.
What's been your biggest tip there, Kim?
Who's given you the most amount of cash?
A Chinese gambler who was at the casino,
and I was playing just around the corner from the casino.
He gave us $1,400.
Wow. That's why we1,400. Wow.
That's why we love those Chinese gamblers.
Yeah, really good.
Very generous.
Hey, well, go down and see.
Are you going to be down today, if anyone's in the region, down by the lake?
Oh, we'll be playing down there at about 11.30.
All right.
Jim, thank you so much for coming in.
Happy.
Thank you for coming in to see Miserable and Miserable in the morning.
It's been a pleasure having you on the show.
You're essential listening for non-essential banter. Jono and Ben on the morning. It's been a pleasure having you on the show. You're essential listening for non-essential banter.
Jono and Ben on the hits.
Sarah, welcome to the show.
How are you?
I'm good, thanks.
How are you guys?
Oh, we're doing well, Sarah.
We're talking fancy pets, pet tricks.
Yeah, pet tricks.
What pet trick have you got?
Not so many tricks,
but probably annoying the neighbours is the biggest one.
That's your trick.
Okay, so what have you got?
What sort of animal have you got?
I've got a bunch of Siberian huskies.
Oh, a bunch?
How many?
Just nine.
Nine huskies?
You're running nine huskies?
How do you take them?
Wouldn't you go out for a walk?
What do you do?
Well, it probably looks like a bit of a circus, actually,
but we generally just take one or two out at a time.
I was going to say, otherwise you're going to be taking at least nine bags to pick up.
Let's take a spade or something.
A wheelbarrow.
You need a wheelbarrow, I think.
Yeah.
Scoop it in.
Another one.
So what do they do en masse?
Because apparently we've got some audio that we're about to play.
So when they get together, the nine huskies, how are they annoying the neighbours?
They love to have a good morning howl session. Okay, so get together, the nine huskies, how are they annoying the neighbours? They love to have
a good morning howl session.
Okay, so this is apparently the audio.
We haven't heard this of your nine huskies
at your house. Can you play that, Joel?
Oh dear God.
Your neighbour,
your poor neighbour.
How close are your neighbours?
They're a little bit, not too close anyway.
They sound like the world's most adorable gang.
You know how some gangs go,
so they all get together and they just like to sing like that.
They do, and sometimes they're a little bit out of tune.
Yeah, a little bit.
Hey, pitchy, it was pitchy.
I don't know if they're getting through to boot.
I don't know if Simon Cowell's putting them through to boot camp.
Like, did you get to five Huskies and go, that's not enough, we need another four?
How have you ended up with nine?
Pretty much, they're a bit like a bag of potato chips.
So you don't just open a bag of potato chips and have one, do you?
You have the whole packet and then you have another packet.
They're a bit like that.
They get a bit addictive.
Oh, that's all.
And how much do you feed them?
Like, you know, they must just eat a lot.
They're actually pretty economical, really.
Eat far less than a Labrador does.
Oh, wow.
You haven't said how much you have to feed them.
I just don't add it up, all right?
Yeah.
Fair enough.
Well, that's awesome.
You're nine huskies.
Nine huskies.
That seems like eight too many huskies in my mind, but that's amazing.
Have you got a favourite one?
They all have their wee quirks and it depends on the day, I think,
who's behaving the best.
That's great.
Do they sleep outside, inside?
Where do you keep them?
Certainly so.
They're outside.
Otherwise, I think the carpet would sort of look like its own version
of Husky Mo here. clear outside. Otherwise, I think the carpet would sort of look like its own version of
Husky Mo here.
And when one kicks off with the singing, do they all just join in, do they?
Oh, they do. They love it. They love to all join in and speak their wee piece and sing
their song.
Oh, good. That would not get aggravating in any way at all for your neighbours.
Not at all.
I'd love to go around. That's awesome. Hey, thanks so much for sharing that with us.
All good. Thank you. You've been listening to a around. That's awesome. Hey, thanks so much for sharing that with us. All good.
Thank you.