Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Have We Been Doing Radio For Too Long...?

Episode Date: January 23, 2023

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Kia ora, this is John Albion Podcast brought to you by Challenge Petrol Service Stations. Now, we're fresh off the show. Still warm, you can still feel the heat, can't you, from the hot fire broadcast. Go do our warm downs, you know. Yeah, do you. What do you do to wind down from going to work? Wind down from going to work? Yeah, you know how sometimes you're like, when you walk away from work.

Oh no. There's stuff you want to get off your chest? I know. Sometimes when you're walking down the footpath, I'm like, because you put so much energy into this. I do like having some exercise during the middle of the day just to kind of give me a wee reprieve from stuff. But, you know, it's a fun job and we're very lucky to have it.

Yeah. We'll keep saying that. And as you say, contract negotiations will be coming up. Yeah, keep playing that in there, Benny. At least least two or three times this is the third time today you said it's a fun job yeah we're lucky to have it but we yeah yeah and they're lucky to have us is that what we are no no no it's not going too far uh now producer joel you came in uh on the radio show the last bit we said uh on on air today was to do with flies yeah obviously a lot of flies going around uh new zealand at the moment and uh mr do a great job but i can have them yeah we're just like great guys but i thought

i actually saw an interesting i was like how how there's so many flies in my house i wonder how long a fly lives for so how long do you guys reckon your average household fly lives for seven to nine days i was actually thinking around about a week as well. A week to two weeks. So, yeah. Well, you're both wrong because 28 days is the average life expectancy of a fly. And, I mean, it's a miserable life for them. None of us want them here. Do they?

I mean, they arrive here and they just spend 28 days being swatted at, sprayed at. Very attracted to stuff. Oh, that smells nice, that thing. You know, like there's a lot of things. They just land on steaming piles of, yeah. Yeah. And they probably get to day 27 and they're like, was that the meaning of, was that what I was put on this earth?

Did I do what I needed to do? Yeah. Because it was pretty bleak. But it's, yeah, okay, so they'll live a lot longer than I thought. Producer Joel, you actually showed us a photo. You put two fly traps outside your house. Yeah. And when you, because all morning you're like

you won't believe the amount of flies and this is like yeah whatever whatever I'll show you a photo and it's honestly it feels like

30 centimetres deep of deceased flies yeah yeah maybe not 30 but I'd say I'd say maybe maybe 10 centimetres

taller see John hasn't been working radio that long he's like you're just lying who was going to fact check? I would say they're lucky to have us.

Well, they're not lucky to have us. 30 square, if you put the whole circumference of it all, you know, the whole, all that stuff. Okay, we'll say 30. Lord of the flies, they're calling. I seriously reckon, yeah, there'd be over a thousand fly carcasses and they smell. It is heinous.

It's disgusting. To the point where it feels like there's new larvae trying to form on top of the 30 centimetre deep. Yeah. But we spoke to Rude, the bug man. Rude Klein passed.

Don't go camping with Rude. He'd be, you know, lovely guy, but you see, the tent would be open, the bugs would be in. He loves bugs, doesn't he? Yeah, he's just like,

oh, they've all got it, you know, they all serve as a circle of life purpose. And they do. Yeah. They do, but I like to spray them and drench them in more tea.

But he's like, they actually generally come inside when it's windy outside. Right. Remember he said that? Yeah, that's right. And he said, just don't open your doors and windows

on the side of the house where the wind is coming from. Yeah. Then the flies will generally not come in. Yeah, it must be the age too that, you know, bees is another one. Sorry to jump around here as well. But I just think of the kids. Every time I see a bee, my kids freak out.

But like the bee's got to come out of nowhere. It's like the bee does not care about you. There's a bee, there's a bee, hang on, there's a bee. You're like, just when do you get to that point? I mean, there's not too many adults running around like that, you know. But, you know, you must just get to the point and you go you go oh the beast it's probably gonna leave me alone like a hundred times out of 101 my daughter she's the same just the it's gonna sing me it's not a bee anymore because you probably killed it to death that scream yeah but it gets to a point where the

bees they wield a lot of power for something so so minute don't they yeah here's a hypothetical question for you guys for the podcast. If you could re-encounter into any insect, what would it be? Ooh, any insect? If you died today and you just saw the light. Do you know a Catholic boy, a praying mantis? He'd be a... Praying mantis?

That's a sharp one for you, man. Beautiful. I saw it like a good social media thing. It made me think of you over the weekend because we do talk about you you know your Catholic background the show Resident Catholic I mean every show

every radio show has got to have a Resident Crizzo Simon Barney they got their one there's a great social media tweet I can't remember

sorry apologies who came up with it but they were like you know you go to Catholic schools Christian schools they're like you know cut your hair

cut your hair well your main man had bloody long hair didn't he why is it all like cut your hair cut your hair well your main man had bloody long hair didn't he why is it all like cut your hair I was like your main guy

who's up everywhere Jesus was running long locks a hipster bogan who wouldn't look out a place at R&B yeah he'd be brewing

something in a microbrewery in Wellington as well with that beard with the beard yeah and he ran a lot of his time shirtless as well great

great yeah core but I thought it was a very very good point wasn't it that you know short hair He ran a lot of his time shirtless as well. Great, great core. But I thought it was a very, very good point, wasn't it? You know, short hair at a lot of schools, not just say Christian or Catholic schools, but yeah, your main dudes. Dressed in long locks. They all did back in the day as well, didn't they?

No one told you, hey, Jesus, tie yourself up, mate. Put it in a man bun Or something like that Do something Yeah Anyway Where have we started Make yourself look

At least a bit presentable Before we chop you to a cross Where do we start Where do we end This is the This is the thing We'd like to recap Just before we get into the show

We started the podcast Talking about Challenge petrol service stations Oh we should have No we did Oh we did Don't mention them Oh contracts Went through Contracts Flies Flies Morphed into bees Bees service stations. Oh, we should have. No, we did. Oh, we did. Don't mention them. Oh, contracts.

Went through flies. Flies morphed into bees. Bees. And then we came back to Jesus. Insects. Insects and the praying mantis. Yeah, yeah. Praying mantis.

And then the Catholic. And then God. There you go. That was what the last, how many, six minutes of just. We covered more ground than a fly covers in 28 days. Enjoy the podcast. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast We're back for another day

Day two, a little harder to wake up this morning I'll be honest, I see why Jacinda Ardern quit this week back at work I can't be bothered doing this Have you already lost the will to? No, it's actually fine, we really do enjoy as we keep saying, and it's without a word of a lie we really feel appreciative of this job

and enjoy waking up and spending our mornings with you especially the 6 o'clock we also have very limited time left on our contracts you'll probably hear us saying that a lot more Elton John tonight Orange Theory Stadium in Christchurch

is exciting he's in the cup well he sometimes leaves it a bit late to arrive in the country right I get the vibe Elton doesn't enjoy New Zealand like producer Ben Huffrey said he went to a show in Dunedin. He was playing the end song and the band was going

and it was the instrumental bit and it was all going. And you could see Elton in his plane flying above the stadium, leaving, going back to Australia to stay the night in Australia. Really? We've got some amazing, amazing combination right around the country. But I mean, if you're Elton John You've got the choice To stay in Dunedin Aye

It's a beautiful Anyway Anyway So he's on his Obligation tour of New Zealand But yeah We'll keep you up to date With that tonight

But very excited It'll be an awesome Concert to go to Yeah yeah Auckland a couple of days This weekend as well too Yeah Oh yeah

We live near a park It's kind of about Three k's away From a big park It's very cool It's got sheep In the park it's kind of about 3km away from a big park, it's very cool it's got sheep in the park it's sort of in the middle of the city sort of situation I'm not the one you need to convince about New Zealand it's Elton John mate

don't need to win me over with sheep talk I've seen sheep, I know them, I love them you've already won, preaching to the converted but yeah the problem though is when you live fairly like i say 3k 3 or 4k is away from this farm is there's this rooster and in the middle of the bloody obnoxious animal the rooster and you're hearing it from your house in the still of the night wow and this is what a rooster sounds like thank you producer joel here we go

that's the sound of a rooster just in case you didn't know but listening to it this morning i'm like we're three k's away from this thing yeah imagine if you look right next to it and it's not like over and over it's not just once say and you can't snooze the thing like a lump bloody cocky animal the rooster and they are on repeat yeah it's okay we get the message mate you're up you're up you're up up at four yeah starting crowing from four o'clock nadia limb uh obviously you know celebrity uh chef um she she named her roosters after us remember she's got two of them uh she's like you know she's like i call them jonah and ben we're like oh that's that's lovely

that's lovely and she and then she explained she's like, they get everyone up early. They're annoying. They're basically a couple of cocks. And that was her justification for it. And we're like, thank you. You're not so bad yourself, Nadia. But yeah. Actually, speaking of waking up early, my family have been saying to me now I'm back at work.

They're like, hey, we'll listen to your show tomorrow as I go to bed. And I'm like, is that the case? So I thought maybe next we should do what Like A Rooster did and give one of my family a call and see if they're actually up and listening to the show. No, that's a great idea. We'll bring the rooster around every morning, get him up, get him tuned in early.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. You've got to watch Top Gun, the movie. And the whole film, I'm playing this game with myself of like, when is hold my hand gonna kick it oh the epic Lady Gaga song every scene I'm like here it is hold my hand hold my hand and they don't chuck it on at the end it's still a great movie though they did a really good job of sort of you know like encompassing what the first one was and bringing it to a new generation I can't even remember the storyline the whole whole time I'm just going, he's 60.

I was trying to get over that. When are we going to play Hold My Hand and just the age of Tom Cruise and how good he looks? Yeah, now we're back to work this week. A lot of people back right around the country and a lot of people have been back for a good couple of weeks. But my family are still on holiday because school doesn't seem to be starting until July. July.

Yeah, it feels like it's later and later each year. So family on holiday and every time I go to bed seem to be starting until the July. July. Yeah, it feels like it's a lot later and later each year. Yeah. So family on holiday, and every time I go to bed or say goodnight to my kids and my wife, they're always like, we'll be listening tomorrow. We'll listen to you in the morning. And I even came back last night and recorded my daughter Sienna. What did you say? I'll be listening. Will you?

I hope so. Because otherwise you'll play this on the radio and be like, she wasn't listening. Oh, right, no. Oh, well, okay. In the morning. Okay. So I thought, yeah. I hope so because otherwise you'll play this on the radio and be like she wasn't listening oh right no oh well in the morning okay so I thought

she knows you too well otherwise you'll play this on the radio and then you'll call me and prove that I'm not listening well yeah so that's what I want to do exactly what I want to do

right now so what is it 6.15 in the morning producer Joey got in the number of my daughter Sienna who definitely won't be awake at this time

if you're asking the question are they listening? I don't think you're going to enjoy the answer. Well, they might answer. They'll know about the rich Top Gun banter that we just had about the movie if they had been listening. 6.15 in the morning. Yeah, holiday time.

No one's listening to the radio at this time. Hopefully we are listening to the radio at this time at all. Is this going to end exactly how I feel like we just talked to no one for an hour And it's a warm up hour You're right It's the result we all knew was coming I thought maybe you should answer the phone at least

It's that sad moment You know when you're seeing a movie And it's like the performer leaves a seat For his dad to turn up to the show And it's always empty And they're never there and he's heartbroken. Oh, yeah. Okay, that was disappointing. Even a disconnector at the end.

That's like my relationship. Even the phone system's like, mate, you're coming on too desperate. Jimmy Carr, he's a UK comedian. He's in New Zealand at the moment. He's been in New Plymouth doing some gigs. His tweet he said the other day,, which racked up a few people, he said, first gig of the tour is in New Plymouth, which is frankly no improvement on the original.

I guess with the new version of Plymouth. But that's kind of his shtick. You've got to kind of love it. Remember when John Cleese, famous UK comedian, rolled into Palmerston North? Fawlty Towers and everything. Fawlty Towers. He said if you were ever to end life, Palmerston North would be a perfect location.

And, geez, I tell you what, Parmy, the Manawatu, they stood up for themselves. Got more wound up than the wind turbines on the hills. But Jimmy Carr was on the project last night on three, and he had a very, I guess, inventive way of helping out with our egg shortage. Now, it's true, we have a serious egg shortage in New Zealand. But if you... I think I've got the solution. I'm serious.

I think I've got the solution. Christopher Luxon. We crack his head open. Plenty to go. He's basically... Christopher Luxon is New Zealand's Humpty Dumpty. That's the way I see it. We will take a look at some... We don't need him till November.

He'll grow back. He'll grow back. So, yeah, so just... Because you were saying to me, you're like, I've got some audio of a guy that you would never want working. You think I give you grief about... Yeah, you're bald head, you know? Imagine working with Jimmy Carr.

Imagine those sort of quips coming at you. Yeah, but I don't. I work with you and you're relentless. I'm relentless? It's been 10 years. I'm relentless. 10 yearsips coming at you first thing in the morning. Yeah, but I don't. I work with you and you're relentless. I'm relentless. It's been 10 years. I'm relentless. 10 years of workplace bullying. We got audio.

Yesterday, you said you were bullying yourself first thing on the radio yesterday. Have we got that audio? 37, John, you were saying you're right back from holiday feeling a little squidgy this morning. I do feel squidgy. Squidgy and podgy.

But he didn't say I didn't look squidgy and podgy. And then when I said you didn't say it, he's like, oh, no, you don't look squidgy and podgy. And then when I said you didn't say it, he's like, oh no, you don't look squidgy and podgy. You just look like you. A little bit squidgy, a little bit podgy. Just 12 months of the year consistently podgy and squidgy. I like it.

There you go. Hold on, you said I've got some audio of you bullying yourself. Yeah. But it ends on you going Oh, let's not dig too deep into it. Let's just thank the Lord that I'm not working with Jimmy Carp. Is that the point of it?

Yeah, that's right. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're back for 2023, which is awesome. It's great to be back here on The Hits. You know what I've appreciated too? You see ads for like Breakfast TV

and the AM show. Yeah. Like their promo ads over Christmas and like we're back for 2023 and it's going to be our best year ever.

How do they know that? How do they know that the next 12 months are going to provide the best broadcasting they've ever done in their career? Oh,

like if we would ever go out there I'd be like we're back for 2023 another one. We're hoping it's going to be our best year. Hoping. You're like, hey, we'll try.

But we're not going to guarantee. Well, you hope the mistakes that you do make, you hope to remedy them. Because we were actually talking before the show about, you've been doing this job. I mean, both of us have been lucky enough to do this job for a while. But you've been in radio for a long, long time. A teenage boy. I mean, have we got the little Johnny Pryor from Access Community Radio?

Access Community Radio, HLAM. Hello, you're with Johnny Pryor. Hello, you're with Johnny Pryor. Well, that's my lot for today, and not only today, that's my lot forever. This was my last shift. That's so bad. That's got to be us. It's a cassette tape.

They're going to put that audio to Papa in the museum. Access Community Radio. Little Johnny Pryor started back in his teens and now is still doing this job over 20 years now, right? Yeah, over 20 years. Yeah, that's... Well done. Well done for sticking it in there.

You really have stuck it out there. I don't think this year's going to be your best one yet, but we're not sure. I've had 20 attempts. Maybe the 20th, 21st is going to be the best one. But it is. Time just flies, you know? And then all of a sudden you start complaining about Gen Zers coming into the office getting easily offended when you pat someone on the bum.

Who's complaining about that? You're not complaining about that, are you? You shouldn't be patting people on the bum if you are. I patted Deirdre on the bum once. She loved it. No, you didn't. She loves morale. No, you didn't. She's people on the bum if you are I patted Deirdre on the bum once she loved it no you didn't she loves morale no you didn't

she's like oh stop it no you didn't and I'm like come here Deirdre stop saying okay it's definitely not your best year yet and it's only day two

no I'm trying to help you out saying this scenario didn't happen and then you keep going with it this is why you're never going to be saying

it's your best year yet. That's our thing, me and Deirdre. We've got a bit of bandsmith office band saying. No, so I'll wait under that. Ben wanted to chuck this out there. Have you been doing your job for over 20 years? Is that the benchmark? Yeah, so if you're listening right now,

now you don't necessarily have to be working for the same company for over 20 years, but have you been doing the same job for over 20 years? I'm listening right now on the radio. Oh, 800 the hits. Yeah, like did you start in your industry when workplace bullying and sexual harassment was just banter? And now apparently it's inappropriate.

Stop, stop, stop. Jeez. This is going to be your last year. Not the best year. It's going to be your last year. 4487 is our text. Oh, 800thits. We love hearing from you.

We'll hope you find out if anyone can beat Jono. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Sam Smith, Dancing with a Stranger. It is The Hits. You've got Jono and Ben. 640 on your Tuesday morning. Now, oh, 800thits. Have you been working in your current job?

Oh, it said 20 years, but it'll take over a decade. Like, Jono Pryor's been doing this job for a while, and if he can give us a call on 0800 The Hits, he could win some Hell Pizza, home of the best damned pizza. I've got the gentleman who works down the road at the petrol station just down the road from my house. 20, about 28 years he's been there. Battling away. I think he's been there. Battling away.

I think he's been robbed about 19 times, but still sticks it out. Sometimes you do see companies and they're like, oh, look, we've got a 92-year-old still working at McDonald's. What's his bloody work output? America's president's like the same. True. They've got someone that, you someone that And what's his output?

Yeah well that's what I kept worrying about He's like I want to run again I think if anything we should get a De-fit machine in here We're going to go to Wayne in Toto Good morning Wayne Good morning how are you? We're doing really well mate lovely to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast

You've been in your job for over 10 years? 46 years on the 26th of January, so that's a couple of days away. 46 years, wow, that's impressive. Congratulations. Yeah, I think it's a congratulations. Is it like, what have I done with my life? What's the job that you do? I'm in the New Zealand Police.

Oh, wow, good. Oh, jeez. Out of all those... Out of all those... Yeah, congratulations on your service and everything you've done for the community. Thank you. Out of all those 46 years,

what's been the best year of policing? Best year is actually... No, I shouldn't probably say it, but it was during COVID because I had to go and do lots of things. Go away in Wellington, Auckland. It was really... I really enjoyed it.

Oh, quite varied as well. Oh, they send you down to the bloody tinfoil hats outside Palmer. Yeah, they did. That was a great experience. Yeah, I tell you what, that was a shambles, wasn't it? What's the one thing that you love the most about your job? That I actually get up in the morning and want to go to work. I'm 64 coming up, and as I said to my wife The day that I get up and don't want to go to work

That's when I'm going to retire So it hasn't happened yet That's awesome It's not going to happen for a while You've got to reach the 50 Do they give you a golden watch or something in the police When you get a 50 year service? You get a little star to put on your ribbon that's on your vest.

Oh, that's awesome. How many times have you been on Police 107, Wayne? Only once, actually. Oh, really? Get Wayne on there a bit more. Yeah, hey, Wayne, well, thank you so much. We're going to send you out some hell pizza. Oh, great, thanks for that.

Great to have you on, Wayne. And also Chris, who's worked for somewhere for over 10 years. How long, Chris? 26. Oh, 26 years. That's impressive. Doing what? Just administration type work.

Oh, just, you know. Not just admin. Mate, you're running. You're the backbone of whatever business. You don't have the admin people. Exactly. You haven't got anything if you haven't got them. I imagine there's nothing in that business. You don't have the admin people. Exactly. You haven't got anything if you haven't got that. I imagine there's nothing in that business that you don't know, you know?

Oh, there might be a couple of things. How many cheeky documents are you going to put through the paper shredder, mate? Don't answer that. That's why she's keeping the job. Chris, I'm going to send you out some help pizza as well. We appreciate you listening. Oh, lovely. Have a great day.

Hey, before 7 o'clock, which is just coming up next, your chance to win if you watch the all-new Shortland Street last night. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Jono and Ben. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Shortland Street is back.

TVNZ 2 at 7 p.m. Looked really cool last night. Sort of a different sort of look. A little grittier. Lots of cameos of old faces of Shortland Street gone by

and Chris Warner he's trying to rebuild the hospital because it burnt down in the fiery you know end of year finale last year

he's on the bloody crowd GoFundMe yeah even like Zoomed his brother Guy Warner Zoomed Guy said hey Guy

got a couple of bucks you can pitch him he's like can we put the family money towards it he's like oh no I don't know you know because he's on a mission

to obviously rebuild the hospital so there's literally no Shortland Street Hospital but there's still Shortland Street's on TVNZ2 at 7pm

has he done a sausage sizzle well I don't know if he's quite resorted to a sausage sizzle maybe he could do a sausage sizzle outside of Bunnings raise a couple of bucks

but Shortland Street at the moment you can watch and win. All you need to do is tell us what the code word is, and you get $500. I don't know why Shortland Street are giving us money. He needs it to rebuild the hospital. Exactly. Exactly. Guy Warner didn't approve of this, so that's for sure.

But I'll 100 the hits. Let's find out if someone knows the code word right now. How's Wai Kanai there this morning, Jane? Hi. Good. Good. Good. Don't tell us too much.

No. We don't want to know any more. What are you up to today? I haven't looked out the curtains yet. Okay. Let's get Jane to have a little peek out the curtains. You tell us what Waikanae's like this morning. Have a little look, Jane.

Yep. Yeah, it looks pretty good, actually. Pretty good. Pretty good. Yep. Now, your first feedback was good, good, good. And now you've seen it, you pretty good, actually. Pretty good. Now, your first feedback was good, good, good, and now you've seen it, you've gone pretty good. Pretty good.

That's a great compliment. What was the word last night, the special code word? Fire. Fire. Correct. You are on fire. You've got $500 coming your way. Thanks to Shortland Street and TVNZ. That's good. Thank you very much.

That's good. Pretty good, pretty good. Pretty good. What do you think? How long have you been watching Shortland Street? Oh, I don't know. Maybe 10 years. Yeah, right.

And the new grittier look of Shortland Street. What are you thinking, Jane? Like it, like it. Like the new uniforms and new hospital. Yeah. New year, new uniforms and new hospital. Yeah. New year, new hospital, new everything, yeah. Yeah, it seems like what is Shortland Street without a hospital, though? So we're going to hope you want to get this money.

And then you're going to get the bloody builders in. There's going to be a supply chain issue. No jib. Yeah, that's right. Nightmare out there at the moment, Jane-o, but it's pretty good where you are. Yeah, Jane, have a great day. We appreciate you listening to the show. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Your chance to win again tomorrow with Shorten Street. Watch tonight for another special code word. You can be winning like Jane now, $500. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I think I've turned into my mum because I am saying something. I've been saying something over the holidays that my mum would say. I'm like, oh, I've come to this.

So we were traveling. We were lucky enough to go to the States to see some family. Hold on. Did he just say lucky enough to go to the States? Here we go. Ben in the USA. Ben in the USA. Thank you.

You made me a little intro every time I bring up the fact that I did. But, you know, like, you know, taking photos. So you go somewhere, you take photos. And the kids, mum, my daughter, the fact that I did but you know like you know taking photos so you take you know you go somewhere you take photos and the kids mum my daughter Sienna and Indy you know the TikTok generation it's like peace signs the little cute little tongue out the corner the little sort of half wink sort of thing as well it's like the cool peace sign or where they turn the fingers around the other way but it's not pulling the fingers but it looks like pulling the fingers it's like yeah we get a photo not pulling the fingers, but it looks like pulling the fingers. It's like, yeah, we get a photo, and that's the first pose, whatever they'll do.

And I'll be like, great. Now can we take a nice one? And I'm like, oh, that's what Jenny would say to me when I was a teen. Now can we do a nice one for mum? For me, for me, please. Do it for your dad. For me, please.

Something we can chuck on the fridge. Yeah. You know? I have turned into my mum that's what my mum would say it's like yeah

it's cool do your silly one I'll do a silly one too I don't mind a silly photo but you know for a guy who's spent his entire career doing photos

pointing at things yeah I know that's your shtick in a photo I know they've got their tongue out the side you're just like

pointing at objects I try and do the sort of tongue out the side and the wink but I've just had a stroke or something like You're just like pointing at objects. I try and do the sort of tongue out the side and the wink, but I look like I've just had a stroke or something like that. I don't look cute like the TikTok stars. Do we need to call St. John's? Oh, jeez, what's going on?

What's going on there? It's not so good. Actually, speaking of photos over the break, though, Producer Joel, you were saying that you wanted to put on social media some photos of our holidays while we've been away and you put a montage of mine up and then you got in touch with Jono

and said hey can we get a photo of Jono I was like any photo you could literally be sitting there doing nothing maybe take one with a beer Christmas anything

nothing and what did you say I don't I don't have any photos of myself I don't take photos of myself like I don't have a single photo of. I don't take photos of myself. I don't have a single photo of me on the summer break.

Do you even have a break? What happened? Did you sit in a room somewhere? Honestly, I was going through. I was even disappointed in myself. I was like, surely there's one. Christmas, New Year's, nothing. Nothing.

Nothing on me. I have not once turned the camera towards myself and taken a photo. Now, while I was away in America you don't need to play the intro there's a photo of a COVID test I should have seen that through

two lines I bought an item a mystery item and you can win the item in $100 American which is about

$155 New Zealand dollars it's in the suitcase right now and we had some guesses yesterday yes or no questions put towards me if you can guess what the item is I bought in America you can win which is about $155 New Zealand dollars. It's in the suitcase right now, and we had some guesses yesterday. Yes or no questions put towards me.

If you can guess what the item is I bought in America, you can win the item in $100 American. Here were some of the guesses. It's a piece of sporting equipment. It's an oversized pack of Doritos. Basketball signed by LeBron James. My guess is a drink bottle. My nanny is going to have a piano accordion in her suitcase.

Diane has just texted in 4487. She wanted to know, did you have to declare it when you came back through? No, I didn't write it. Should you have written it down? No. Here we go. I love the piano accordion. Just really, really taking it. Yeah, it's not a piano accordion. Alright, so I under the hit. So if you can guess what the mystery item is, it's in

the suitcase here in the studio. You don't know this, John. Is it socks? No. Underpants? No. Grand's Remedy? No, no, it's a bit heavier than socks or underpants. You can hear it kind of rattling around.

Are you embarrassed to have it inside the suitcase? Not embarrassed, but it's a very, it's. I know you'd like to put me in a suitcase some days. No, but my wife did go, why did you buy that? So it's not something you probably traditionally, but it is. Anyway, yes or no questions. Give us a clue. Give us a good clue.

Oh, if you don't, next I'll give you a clue. Okay, 0800THEHITS. 0800THEHITS is our phone number. Give us a call right now. You can win $100 American and the item if you can guess it next. Jono and Ben in your mornings. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I bought an item when I was travelling in America.

I put it in a suitcase in the studio. If you can guess what the random item is, yes or no questions on 0800THEHITS, you can win $100 American dollars. And the item itself. Tax, pay tax on top of it. Didn't have to tip for the item, no. Is it a tiny little man?

Tiny little man that you met at the airport. You're adorable. I'm putting him in a suitcase. A little haz-buller, a little man that you met at the airport, you're adorable. Oh, put him in a suitcase. Little Haz Buller, little Hazzy. No, it's not anyone. No, it's not alive. I hope she's okay. Well, it isn't now. If you shake it around. Shake it around in the suitcase. Let's hope that's not a human being. No, it's not. So it's not edible. It's not something I had to declare these some of the questions yesterday. Not sporting equipment, not a drink bottle. You can't wear it. There's some of the questions yesterday. Not sporting equipment, not a drink bottle. You can't wear it. They're some of the yes or no questions.

If you actually want to see the suitcase and hear the noise and visualise everything, if you're more of a visual person than audio, then you can head to the Hits Briefers on Instagram. There is a wee clue there as well, too. There's a little clue that Producer Joel has put on there as well. But let's go to the phones right now. Let's see if we can give away the item and the cash. We head to Whangarei. G'day, Keith.

How are you? I'm good. How are you guys? Oh, mate. Just so happy to talk to you, Keith. What's your big goal this year, Keith? What are you going to nail in 2023? Oh, I haven't actually come up with a goal yet.

I'm still... Yeah, no, fair enough. Yeah, yeah, still contemplating it. You've got another 11 months to... Can I say something to you guys? Yeah. Yeah, I missed listening to you guys over the holidays. It was like, when are you guys coming back?

I'm pretty sure, you know, it was just like... Oh, that's very nice of you to say. Often when people say, can I say something to you, it makes me a little nervous. I'm like, uh-oh, where's this going to go? We're live. That was a lovely thing that you said, so we appreciate it. Well, to be honest, Keith, work kept saying,

we're like, should we come back this week? No, no, no, give it another week. They gave us another week. We're like, we want to come back. They're like, oh, no, give it longer. I think it was a ploy just to keep us out of the office, to be honest, Keith. But what do you reckon's inside Ben's suitcase, man?

Do you got a question? Oh, is it ladies underwear for his wife? Oh, like something from Victoria's Secret or something like that. No, it's not. Shake it again. Very weighty pair of underpants.

Yeah. No, it's not weighty pair of underpants as well. I haven't left on the security tag or anything making the noise. Some ballooners. It's not, but I appreciate your lovely kind words this morning. Yeah, hey, you guys do a great job.

Thanks, Keith. Yeah. Oh, listen, we're not going to play any more songs and ads and we're just going to hear all the generous things Keith has to say about us.

Keep rolling. No more music. Have a great day, Keith. All right, let's take another call on our 100th of Hats. What a great guy. Mike, what a great guy. Mike, what favourable things do you have to say about us in 23?

Don't make people say these things. How are you? Good to have you on, Mike. What do you reckon? Well, you got a question? Happy New Year to you. And radio was like a broken pencil when you were gone. It was pointless.

I reckon it's a cowboy hat. It's a cowboy hat. No, it's not a cowboy hat. That would have been a great thing to buy, though, from America. And screams. Especially one of those big 10-gallon hats. I could see him wearing that. Yeah, just a big obnoxious cowboy hat

with some horns on the front of his car. No, it's not that, Mike. Lovely to hear from you again in the new year, mate. You go and have a wonderful day. You too. Be safe. All right, Ben, a couple of more questions. Okay, let's go through a couple of text questions. A couple of more questions here.

Someone said, is the item from a theme park? Asks Helen on 4487. It's... Okay, it's a Disney product. Christine, she joins us from the Waikato. You now know it's a Disney product. It's something Disney.

Oh, that flew me. I didn't expect it to be a Disney product. I thought it might be a book. Is it a Disney book? No, it's not a Disney book. Is it Donald Duck's trousers? He's been looking for those for a No, it's not a Disney book. All right. Something Disney. Is it Donald Duck's trousers? He's been looking for those for a while.

It's not Donald Duck's trousers. All right. We'll keep this going another day. Then you can win the product and $100 American tomorrow. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. It's the season of flies. We're just talking off air. All three of us really suffering fly issues at the moment and

they they're relentless they seem more annoying than us really in summertime you i know in previous summers you would not allow your family to open any windows or doors yeah i still try to implement that you sat in 45 degree heat just because you didn't want flies coming in oh i because i go around in the like a like some sort of lunatic in the mornings going around getting the any flies that are in there and then i've got them all and then the family get up and i'm like don't open the you know don't open the doors yesterday i came back from work and flies in the house but the doors were all shut and i'm like they've noticed me come home i've shut the doors all the doors have been open everyone's like no no no we haven't opened well you're well because i can see six flies flies. They've flown through the glass.

They really irritate me. Producer Joel, you're saying there's sort of fly genocide outside your house at the moment. Yeah, it's pretty grim scenes because it is a flat and in summer they just go wild. And we've got these fly traps and there must be about 500 dead carcasses in each of them. And what are they like? Sticky mats, you're saying? No, it's sort of like a vase, would you call it? And they crawl in, but they can't crawl out. So there's a set of flies are like, it's like...

It's a trap. Yeah, it's a trap. And then, well, this is such a good smell. They go in there and there's just like 500 other dead flies. We do need to empty it though, it's disgusting. Yeah, so it's a thing all over the country right now. It seems to be a real problem. Now, I went to my parents' house last year.

I think we were doing the sausage sizzle tour of uh altaro ben uh and i went and saw them in cross church and i was sitting in their lounge and above the coffee table in the lounge there was five or six flights just buzzing around you know when they're in the room once you notice you know you can't unnotice them yeah and you're like can i get a can of raid is there more teen is there something we're a louis and the boys yeah yeah uh and mom's like oh no we don't we don't have fly spray i said what are you doing they're like oh they just live here don't worry they're harmless they're just floating flies just a mob of flies that go around. She's like, they never land. So I'm like, these things are floating above.

So they're just comfortable with them. In the same spot. It's like, was it Charlie Brown? There was a character on Snoopy or something, and there was flies floating above a character's head. Linus. Linus had flies above his head. It's like that in my parents' land.

And they're cool. I parents life and they're cool I can't believe they're cool with that well I got dad you know one of those tennis racket things where you can push

the button and you can kind of you can fry the flies I got him one of those at Christmas time and the first thing my son did was like can I touch it

with the thing with the thing and I was like and I was like yeah of course you can touch it mate no idea what's gonna happen boy it's a great shock on the face remember we got given um the although we're called the assault rifles assault yeah and you'd put granules of salt and then you can uh you can shoot them and you're

like I'm not gonna take mine no you this guy over here, Ben Boyce, he literally couldn't harm a fly. He won't let them into his house. But I won't harm a fly. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's pink. Never going to dance again. It is The Hits. You've got Jono and Ben, 7.25 on your Tuesday morning.

Elton John playing tonight. Oh, in Christchurch. Yeah, which is awesome. Orange Theory Stadium. It's going to be amazing. On the obligation tour. Hey, it's so good to have him back. Elton, a lot of respect for Elton John, obviously,

but he feels like the sort of guy that he could turn on you at any moment if you said the wrong thing. Oh, I can't. I would be nervous interviewing Elton John. You reckon? I'd be afraid that I'd say something. He seems lovable. I don't know.

I've never had that sort of sight. Okay, okay. You don't think Elton would never had that sort of sight. Okay, okay. You don't think Elton would turn on you? Well, now maybe I do. Now you've got that in my head. Yeah, maybe I've got the wrong picture. Am I thinking of Elton John or Putin? I can't.

Yeah, I think maybe you're thinking of Putin. Hey, it's the season of flies. We're just talking off air. All three of us really suffering fly issues at the moment and they they're relentless they seem more annoying than us really in summertime you i know in previous summers you would not allow your family to open any windows or doors yeah i still try to implement that you sat in 45 degree heat just because you didn't want flies coming in oh i because i go around in the like a like some sort of lunatic in the mornings going around getting any flies that are in there.

And then I've got them all and then the family get up and I'm like, don't open the doors. Yesterday I came back from work and there were flies in the house but the doors were all shut. And I'm like, they've noticed me come home but I've shut the doors. The doors have been opened. Everyone's like, no, no, no, we haven't opened any doors. Well, because I can see six flies.

They've flown through the glass. They really irritate me. Producer Joel, you're saying there's sort of fly genocide outside your house at the moment. Yeah, it's pretty grim scenes because it is a flat and in summer they just go wild. And we've got these fly traps and there must be about 500 dead carcasses in each of them.

And what are they like, sticky mats, you're saying? No, it's sort of like a vase, would you call it? And they crawl in, but they can't crawl out. So there's this scent that the flies are like. It's a trap. Yeah, it's a trap. And then, well, this is such a good smell. They go in there and there's just like 500 other dead flies.

We do need to empty it, though. It's disgusting. Yeah, so it's a thing all over the country right now. It seems to be a real problem. Now, I went to my parents' house last year. I think we were doing the sausage sizzle tour of Aotearoa Ben. And I went and saw them in Christchurch, and I was sitting in their lounge. And above the coffee table in the lounge, there was five or six flies just buzzing around.

You know when they're in the room, once you notice, you know, you can't unnotice them. And you're like, can I get a can of Raid? Is there a Mortine? Is there something? We're a Louie and the boys. And mum's like, oh, no, we don't have fly spray. I was like, what are you doing? They're like, oh, they just live here.

Don't worry. They're harmless. They're just floating flies. Just a mob of flies that go around. She's like, they never land. So I'm like, these things are floating above. So they're just comfortable with them? In the same spot.

It's like, was it Charlie Brown? There was a character on Snoopy or something, and there was flies floating above a character's head. Linus. Linus had flies above his head. It's like that in my parents' land. And they're cool. I can't believe they're cool with that

Well I got Dad You know One of those Tennis racket things Where you can push the button And you can kind of You can fry the flies I got him one of those

At Christmas time And the first thing my son did Was like can I touch it With the thing on there And I was like And I was like Yeah of course you can touch it mate No idea what's going to happen

Boy it's a great shock on the face Remember we got given The Oh they were called the assault rifles Oh the assaults yeah And you'd put granules of salt in them You can shoot them And you're like

I'm not going to take mine No This guy over here Ben Boyce is like He literally couldn't harm a fly he won't let them into his house but i won't harm a fly the hits the jonah and ben podcast spilling the tea on hollywood's a-listers cardassians i have met every single one exposing scandals because 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

Yelling at cast members? Yes It was a script No His identity is a secret But his stories have been proven right time and time again This is NT He disappeared from our lives like Prince Harry disappeared from his family

But unlike Harry, he's come back to us NT, Happy New Year, welcome Happy New Year, but it was you guys who left me Come on now Yeah, he's come back to us empty. Happy New Year. Welcome. Happy New Year, but it was you guys who left me. Come on. Yeah, that's true. We had a disturbing amount of annual leave back then. Yeah. I was thinking about this, trying to imagine Ryan Seacrest getting off seven weeks all in a row or something like that.

Do they give Seacrest that annual leave? It would never happen. I think he gets like two weeks. Really? Bloody Seacrest. Don't tell our bosses that. We they give secrets that annual leave? It just would never happen. I think it gets like two weeks. Really? Bloody secrets. Don't tell our bosses that. We'll edit out that secrets bit. Quick question off the bat.

The most famous person you have seen with your delicious eyeballs since we last spoke? God. Had to be shopping. I'll say like Sofia Vergara just because I see her once a week. So probably her. The lady from Modern Family. Yeah, you know, she goes to the store probably several times a week. So if I just happen to be walking by there, I will generally see her.

And you're like, it's Gloria, Gloria from Modern Family. I actually saw Nicki Minaj too. Oh, wow. What was Nicki Minaj doing? Shopping also. Are they surrounded by sort of minders and security or are they not sort of at that level? I mean, what happens? Sophia has nobody.

She just is doing her thing. Nicki, I think, likes to feel important so has like several people around her and stuff. Does she go and pump her own gas like Minaj? Am I going to roll up to a Challenge petrol station and see Nicki Minaj filling her car with unleaded 91? You are not going to see Nicki Minaj. However, you will see the vast majority of celebrities pumping their own gas.

Oh, really? That is great to see. That is great. You know, they like us. Prince Harry, are we sick of hearing about Harry and Meghan in the USA? Are you saying that are we? No, sorry, if we're in the USA, I'm not. Oh, this is a hypothetical situation.

Yeah, NT, what's the feeling like in the USA? Because obviously they live there now. Is everyone kind of over the story with the book out? I mean, I think that the book was more popular for people than watching the Netflix documentary. I feel like Harry told a lot. He did. Obviously, he yelled stuff back.

Have you heard the Elizabeth Arden face cream bit? She'd urged me to apply Elizabeth Arden cream. My mom used that on her lips. You want me to put that on my todger? It works, Harry. Trust me. I found a tube, and the minute I opened it, the smell transported me through time. I felt as if my mother was right there in the room, and I took a smidge and applied it down there. Yeah, I mean, he put in a lot. He said that he left out 400 pages. It was more.

You know, Penguin, I think, has been actually disappointed in the sales, which is hard to believe considering it sold 650,000 copies in a week. And they honestly thought it had an outside chance to break Barack Obama's record, which it didn't come close to. So they said that what they did,

an old record company trick, which I haven't seen in a while, is that they shipped out a million books. So that way they could say that they had a million seller. They're hopeful that the bookstores will sell the other 370,000 copies. Otherwise, they're going to have to take those returns. Yeah, so they'll have spare copies of spare.

Now, Lisa Marie Presley, very sad the passing of Lisa Marie. I forgot, she was married to Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage. She was married to Michael for a couple of years and Elvis was the one that introduced them back when Lisa was seven and Michael Jackson was like 16.

Elvis was a huge Michael Jackson fan, a Jackson 5 fan. And so he introduced the pair and then they didn't really get together at all. And then he was wooing her and then they ended up getting married. The story was from all his ex-girlfriends, famous ones like Brooke Shields and stuff, that nobody ever even kissed them. Lisa Marie always insisted that they had an active sex life. I do the same for Ben, don't you? We have a very active sex life.

I like to get that out there. It's good PR. It was really, really sad, though, that she was just a day or two before she suddenly passed away. She was at the Golden Globes. Yeah, and I was at the Golden Globes. She wasn't able to talk in complete sentences, that she wasn't mumbling, and that she obviously didn't

need to be there. It was just that bad. And then, obviously, you know, died two days later so um bloody sad but yeah people saw her and you know i think she was heartbroken she's had she had a very hard life you know most of my encounters with lisa marie were seeing her at a convenience store where she'd be buying you know multiple packs of cigarettes or a carton um but yeah a very very nice person did you person. Did you chat to her if she's buying cartons of cigarettes?

I mean, that just was her thing. There was this place that she always bought them at. It was just random that whenever I would show up at the 7-Eleven to get like, whatever, like a Coke or something, invariably it would always seem like she would be there at the same time buying packs of cigarettes. Very sad. I mean, it'd be very tough growing up the child of someone as famous as Elvis.

Hey, lovely to hear from you again, Auntie. It's great to have you back for 2023. And we will catch up next week, my friend. You're going to have a good one. Yeah, you too, you guys. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Let's go. Jono and Ben, with five words for 5K. Stop any time to keep the cash. Thank you. Or play on to win more.

It is our game of word association. We play it every morning at this time on The Hits. We tell you a word, you tell us what pops into your head, and if you match all five words with our five words, you can win $5,000. To the cash just begging, begging to be given away. Take me out of the corporate exec's wallets. That's what the cash is saying to you this morning,

Nicky in Hamilton. Hello. Good to have you on. Happy New Year, Nicks. Thanks to you too. Great to have you guys back. Great to have us back. Sorry, we didn't hear your phone cut out. Just say it again loud. It's nice and clear. It's great to have you guys back.

We missed you so much. Oh, beautiful. Even we missed you so much. Crystal clear surround sound. Feedback. Love it. Hey, Nikki, what do you do, mate? I work in an office in Tarapa.

Oh, lovely. Tarapa in Hamilton. Sort of a boulevard of automobile establishments along there. Great food places as well, too. Yeah, wonderful stuff. Yeah, I'm actually going out for lunch today. Perfect. Good on you, Nicky.

Well, hey, we could be shouting your lunch. $5,000, quite a lavish lunch. Yeah. He's shouting the entire restaurant. But five words, who do you want to send into the soundproof booth to match words with this morning? Ben today, please.

Okay, Ben's heading into the booth. He's got his own cost of living crisis. The crisis is he wants to give you money, Nikki, and let's do it right now. You know how the game works, don't you? Yes. First word, Nikki. The wonderful Nikki thinks of when I say

toot. Car. Car. Horn. Horn. Horn. You're going to go horn? Yeah, horn's a good option. Pierced. Ears. Pierced ears.

Word number three for Nikki and Hamilton. Skinny. Can we come back to that one? Of course you can, Nikki. You can do what you want. I'm not your boss. Fire is the fourth word, Nikki. Fire engine or fire or flame? Hot.

Engine. We'll go fire engine. Yeah, that's a great option too. The fifth word this morning. Doctor. Nurse. Doctor, nurse. And we're just going to do a bit of a loop around. Reverse the truck back up to skinny. Baa, baa, baa.

Um, we'll go fat. Yeah, skinny, fat. That's well. You're kind of going the opposite, aren't you? That's good. You played well. Great game, Nicky. Hold your head half high and we'll go fat. Yeah, skinny fat. That's well, you're kind of going the opposite, aren't you? That's good. You played well. Great game, Nicky. Hold your head half a high and we'll get Boyce out of the soundproof booth.

First time in the booth, 23. What's it like in there, Ben? Oh, it's nice. Familiar, familiar place. Yeah. I had to go in there yesterday. Very musty odour. Yeah.

I've been locked up for a number of weeks, but hopefully you're going to match five words. Have our first winner for the new year.y let's do it yeah word one twenty five dollars which would shout your lunch yeah twenty five dollars could be a free lunch first word this morning ben is toot horn nicky congratulations you have a sandwich in your mouth for free today at lunch. Do you want to advance on to the $50 round? Yes, please. Word two, $50. Pierced.

What's that, sorry? Pierced. Pierced. Pierced. Ear. Oh! Ears, ears, ears! Oh, the way you looked at me, I was like, Ear. Oh! Ears, ears, ears! Oh!

The way you looked at me, I was like, oh, it was ears. Who pierces ear? I pierced ear. I got a pier... Oh, OK, yeah. Oh, you did. You pierced your ear back in the day. You had a big pirate's earring.

Your dad made you take it back to Pascoe's, the jeweller. He didn't like that earring, no. Nicky. I'm sorry, Nicky. Oh. An S. Close. Mate, I know you earring. Nikki. I'm sorry Nikki. Close. Mate I know you wanted lunch.

Yeah. Why don't we give you some Hell Pizza. Oh that sounds great. Thank you. We'll do that

Nikki for you. Thanks to Hell Pizza. You go and have a great Tuesday in Hamilton and thank you very much for listening

Nikki. We appreciate it. Awesome. The hits. The Jon for listening, Nikki. We appreciate it. Awesome. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Chris Hipkins tomorrow is going to be the new Prime Minister of New Zealand. Chris Hipkins was costed on the street a few days ago. He was going out for a walk, doing some exercise,

the meteor around, swimming around him like flies in summertime. And he was wearing a black sort of cap. It's seen better days, and some sunny, some wraparound Speed Dealer sunglasses as well, right? He looks like the type, I don't know what he was wearing on the bottom half, but he looks like the type of guy

who would wear big, thick rubber jandals from the warehouse 12 months a year. Yeah, but now it's on Trade Me. The actual, according to Trade Me, it's the actual legit Chris Hipkins cap and sunglasses as well. The chippy costume they're calling it, or the hut-issue headgear wrapped around shades and a cap. Seen better days, according to the auction.

But at the time, just before I checked it out, it was $1,500. And that's an official donation to the Labour Party too, if you buy it as well, because you're giving your money to them. So the Labour Party... Well, you've got bloody Chris Warner fundraising for building a new hospital on Shawna Street. Chippy's fundraising for money for the Labour Party. Are we that desperate in the country? Maybe we are. Cost of living, yeah.

Well, if you want to buy that, you can have the look of someone who would sell you something in a bag at a hot rod show. Yeah. The legendary Sir Elton John playing Look of someone who would sell you something in a bag at a hot rod show. Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The legendary Sir Elton John playing Christchurch tonight, a couple of gigs in Auckland over the weekend. He's back.

Last time he had to cancel his tour for walking in pneumonia. So it's great to have him back in the country. It's going to be incredible, those gigs. That show that he stopped halfway through, I've always wanted to know, is he picking it up for like, where do we leave it? Halfway through Tiny Dancer? All right, I've always wanted to know, is he picking it up from like, where did we leave it? Halfway through Tiny Dancer? Oh, right, I'll come in from the second chorus.

And then does he just finish where he left off? Or is he putting on a whole bonanza again? I think it's the three brand new concerts back in New Zealand, which is pretty awesome. And that song there too, there's a wonderful live rendition of I'm Still Standing. I'm Dill Danding, where he was performing it as part of like a live Save the World from COVID event

he was doing it from home and this is our favourite version of that song. I'm Dill Danding. And he's smiling like he's like man I've nailed this. So if you go to the concert tonight you need to sing Dillildanding instead of Still Standing as well. He's loving it.

I love that video. You've got to go and watch that video performance. He is giving it his all too. He is loving it. Chris Hipkins tomorrow is going to be the new Prime Minister of New Zealand. Chris Hipkins was accosted on the street a few days ago. He was going out for a walk, doing some exercise, the meteor like around

swimming around random like flies in summertime and he was wearing a black sort of cap it seemed better days and some sunny some wraparound speed dealer sunglasses as well he was he he looks like the time i don't know what he was wearing on the bottom half but he looks like the type of guy who would wear big thick rubber jandals from the warehouse 12 months a year. Yeah, but now it's on Trade Me. The actual, according to Trade Me, it's the actual legit Chris Hipkins cap and sunglasses as well.

The chippy costume they're calling it or the hut-issue headgear, wraparound shades and a cap. Seen better days according to the auction, but at the time, the time just before I checked it out it was $1,500. And that's an official donation to the Labour Party too, if you buy it as well

because you're giving your money to them. Well you've got bloody Chris Warner fundraising for building a new hospital on Shawna Street. Chippy's fundraising money for the Labour Party. Are we that desperate in the country? Maybe we are. Cost of living, yeah. Well if you want to buy that, you can have the look of someone who would sell you something in a bag

at a hot rod show. Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Over the weekend, I was shopping with my wife and was in the store and my wife came over and she looked a bit like confused. Like, you know, like a bit unsure

about what had gone on and she was holding a jacket in her hand i was like what's the jacket and she was like you're like i haven't budgeted yeah i just said holiday i was like a lady just gave me this jacket i'm like what and so apparently my wife had seen this lady walking around the store in a jacket and thought that's a really cool jacket was curious to know where the lady had bought it from so she went up to the lady and said oh hi hey where'd you get your jacket from it's awesome and the lady said oh you can have it and my wife's like oh no I wasn't asking for that I was just asking where you where you got it from so I could maybe have a look for something similar she said no you can have it I'd like to give it to you please take it consider this my good deed

for the year and my wife was like i didn't know whether to take it or not take the jacket so she kind of just stood there quite confused and ended up with a jacket i'm like stolen stolen jacket definitely stolen you're part of some heist yeah or was she just trying it on and like hey i'll stitch this one up no it wasn't from the store that was in there because that was the thing i was like we're gonna walk out of the store and it's gonna set off some sort of you know alarm system or something but something. Whether it was like an undercover shopper doing a test on your morals. Yeah. But how incredible is that?

That someone, just a stranger, just can do like a random act of kindness. Yeah. I mean, I don't like to brag about the kindness that I've done. But over the holidays, I handed over three New world stickers to the person behind me in the queue so they could collect some glass glassware yeah and that was that wasn't a random act of kindness it was premeditated i was like get a photo of this put it on social tell all your friends every time you drink out of the glass tell your friends who got you those stickers uh but no i can you think of the kindest thing you've ever done oh to a stranger yeah it was

well you were there actually and it was very unintentional people were collecting and collecting that had fouled us up for collecting and those are the people that you do so for time to time you're trying to people shaking buckets on street corners and i was in my wallet in my head i was like oh actually i think I've got $5 in there. So I was like, I don't normally have cash in there, but I think I've got $5. So I open up my wallet. Again, he's like photo opportunity.

Do the selfies. You're like, I don't have any cash. I'm like, oh, good. I've got some money. And I opened up my wallet. I pulled it out. Then I looked at that. For some reason, it wasn't a $5.

It was a $50. And I had put this up on top of the bucket. And then I was like, I don't want to put this in the bucket. But everyone was looking around going, oh, this guy's going to put it in 50 bucks. He's going to put it in 50. And I, you saw how reluctant I put it in. Look at this hero. Now get your, bring the news cameras over.

Yeah. Where's John Campbell? Get him to do a story on him. And you had to put it in. I got the money out, I think, for something for the kids needed for something to pay for at school. I'm like, oh, now I've got to, anyway. I got the money out I think for something For when the kids needed For something to pay for at school I'm like oh now I've got to

Anyway That was the happiest day of my life Seeing you squeeze it Through the little slit On top of the bucket You know I did not want to give that away But I did

So there you go Random act of kindness So this is what we want This morning 0800 the hits Kindest things strangers Ever done for you Yeah

You can text 24487 It could be any It could be big or small. I prefer to be big. I'm not going to be like, oh, someone, you know. But it's lovely when people do these things. So let's celebrate those people this morning. 0800 the hits.

4487 is our number. We'd love to hear from you next. The kindest thing a stranger's ever done for you. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. I was just saying how my wife got given a jacket from a lady in a store after my wife complimented the jacket, said it was great, wanted to know where she got it from,

and the lady just said out of the goodness of her heart, a stranger said, I'd like you to have it. Consider this my good deed for the year. What a generous thing to do. Maybe we should go around asking more people for their clothes. They might like those trousers. Oh, yeah. And they feel sort of obliged to have to remove them and give them to you.

But does it even fit Amanda? It does actually. It does fit Amanda. Like Cinderella. Yeah, but it does. And it's a cool jacket. But it's just, yeah, she was just baffled by it. She didn't really know what to do.

She was kind of just stunned by the whole experience. Yeah. Unexpected. You've got to do kind things in life because, you know, it always comes back, doesn't it? Yeah. Remember, it was the darkness, like a wednesday night and i was meeting you we had to film something in a park yeah and uh i'm making this sound very suspicious but we're meeting for filming yeah and a lady uh she drove over the curb an elderly lady and she

flat the tire flat front tires like there's one there only one handy thing I know how to do is change a tire and I was like hey don't worry I'll sort this out for you in the darkness you pulled up you know what to do man oh I just changed this lady's tire yeah it's all good and they got to the point where I couldn't remove I came in confident And I couldn't do it And so I left it With the tyre Half hanging off And sort of still up

On the Hoist there Leaning to one side And I was like Sorry mate You're going to call the AA Try it The thought was there

The intention was there Let's find out What other random acts Of kindness people have done Just out of the goodness Of their hearts We're going to go to Cute Tommy in Christchurch.

How are you, Tommy? Good. Seven years old. Thanks for calling, buddy. Okay. Yeah, mate. Kindest thing someone's done for you, you've done for someone, Tommy.

So when I was at a supermarket, a person dropped a 50 cent coin and I picked it up and I ran back and gave it to him and then he gave me a $2 coin back. Oh, that's lovely. Beautiful honesty. See, I would have just taken the 50 cents. But see, what you've done there is you've displayed, if you show good faith, someone will show it back. That's a wonderful lesson.

How much did you shoplift that day as well, mate? Nothing. No, no, no. Honest, honest. Are you at the age where you try and sneak stuff into your mum or dad's trolley and see if it'll get through? See if they'll pay for it? Yeah.

It's a fun game to play in the supermarket with your parents and then they try and sneak it back onto the shelves. It's lots of fun. You're going to have a great day, tommy okay lovely to hear from you go rochelle random acts of kindness kindest thing a person's done for you um at the time i had three young boys uh three and a half and under um and it was one of those days nothing was going right and i needed to nip into the supermarket and this little old duck she could see that I was quite stressed at the time and she walked around the whole supermarket with me

holding my two youngest, sorry, my two oldest at the time, can so I could get my things done. Oh. And did you say, thanks, you lovely old duck? Yeah, yeah. But no, I've never forgotten that. I was, yeah.

That is awesome. Three and a half isn't easy. Yeah. I was, yeah. That is awesome. Three and a half isn't easy. Yeah, I imagine, mate. Jeez, you're in the trenches, you poor thing. But it's just little things, isn't it? We stopped at three. We stopped at three. You cut it off, eh?

Good on you. Appreciate that, Rochelle. You're going to have a great day. Mark! Random acts of kindness. Did you get given a jacket by a stranger or did a lovely old duck help you out? What happened?

No, no. When I used to live in the UK back in the early days before you paid everything by plastic, I had to pay my weekly rent. My weekly rent was 140 pounds um and i was walking along to the rental agency uh and found 120 quid just on the path and it was in a little bungalow all folded up i thought raised my eyes to the heavens oh this is great went into the rental agency and there was this really cute girl that was bawling her eyes out sitting on a chair and i thought and she said and i heard her say yeah i've got i've had it in my bag and i've lost it and i turned to her her and I said, is it 120 quid, buddy? She said, yeah. I said, is it?

I found it outside on the sidewalk. So I had to give it to her. She was really cool. Oh, that is a great honesty as well. You're like, I had to give it to her. I wanted to keep it. I couldn't live with myself if I walked away. That's wonderful, Mark.

And Ben, all the times I've helped you delete your cookies on your computer. That time that I covered up for you opening your car door on Emily the boss's car. She never found out. Multiple office affairs. Little things that people do, not Jono

but other things that people do. It means a lot to other people. So go out today if you see someone. You can do something nice for someone Harris Stiles' mum apparently is spending some time in the country right now

so hopefully she's enjoying a holiday she was doing some talking on social media it was actually early morning talking not late night talking she'd been to

Invercargill said thank you Invercargill that was wonderful that's awesome just on the boomer Tour of New Zealand. I love it. That's the Jenny Boyce Tour.

My mum loves that, yeah. She'll do a wonderful feedback on Invercargill as well. Elton John, speaking of which, at the South Island, he's in Christchurch tonight, isn't he? Yeah, it's going to be amazing tonight, Christchurch. Every time I see Elton John, I'm like, what is your laundry regime? Because he's in sequined tracksuits, you know, fabulous tracksuits, fabulous outfits, and I'm like, none of his clothing looks machine washable.

Yeah. Someone's going to have to take care of all that. You're right. Like his socks would have diamantes on them. You know? There'd be a nightmare in the dryer. It's definitely hand wash only, isn't it? It'd be a long haul.

But just looking on the news at the moment, at the venue, an enormous stage. Yeah, it's going to be incredible. Two concerts in Auckland this weekend as well. Do you reckon the novelty of walking out to a stadium of 50,000, 70,000 people is normal people's no i don't know if that would wear off that's still be an amazing feeling no matter where you are all these people paying money you know and tough times to go see you perform and i want to put you to the test uh something involving

elton john's many many famous songs he's got incredible songs so on piece of paper in front of me right now i've got a whole lot of uh from Elton John. What was that, Producer Joel? Just knocked something on the floor. It's been sludge boxed, don't worry. And so I'm going to hold up the song names, and you've got to work them into a conversation. Let's ring a hotel at random, and you've got to work these song names from Elton John into the convo. You ready? Okay, let's see what we're doing here.

Let's make the call. La Rochelle. La Rochelle, the motel. Yeah. How are you? Good. Looking to book a room. Oh, yeah.

Excellent. Saturday night's all right? Which Saturday? This Saturday. Don't go breaking my heart. And tell me that you're all booked out. I'll give you a Saturday. Have you got rooms with two beds in them?

Not for that particular day. Right. We're kings and queens, so we're studios, and we've only got one room that we split. Can I get a bed for Benny? For what, sorry? Benny, and in another room I'll put the jets in the other room. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Have you stayed with us before? No, but my... Daniel, my brother has. Oh, yeah. He's my brother. He's a little bit older than me, but he stayed last year. Had a wonderful time. Oh, good. Oh, that's good.

He must have given you good feedback. Because we are in town in actually mid-Feb for a kids kids ballet competition. Oh, yep. Don't tell me you won't get a Saturday in February. Won't get a Saturday in February. Okay.

Do you take kids? Can kids come and stay there? We've got a two-bedroom apartment. Perfect. So I've got about three or four tiny dancers competing in the competition. Cool.

Oh, yep. Um yeah so most Saturdays are two night minimum also just keep that in mind. Salad, do you like salad? I enjoy good salad. I like salad as well but I'm not, I don't like iceberg, I don't like cos what's the other third type of lettuce that you can get don't know yeah it's can I stop you there it's Jono and Ben

calling from the hits radio station I'm so sorry about this I've been holding up Elton John song names for Jono to try and insert into the conversation how did he go

oh probably pretty miserable probably pretty miserable he started talking about salad I think I lost he lost me I think he lost you there How did he go? Pretty miserable, probably. Pretty miserable? He started talking about salad. I think he lost me, and I think he lost you there. No, no, no. This is getting random.

All you needed to say was rocket, and I was going to go rocket pad. Oh, is that your safe word? I'm sorry for interrupting your day. Hey, we want to send you out some hell pizza for making you go through whatever the heck that was. Yeah, yeah, that was concerning, but I've got a good therapist. You can put some rocket on the pizza as well, rocket man. I think that's what he was trying for.

Hey, you're a good sport. Good as gold. All right, see you. So good. Enjoy. Elton John, if you're going, lucky enough to see him tonight or in the weekend. The Hits, you. So good. Enjoy. Elton John, if you're going, lucky enough to see him. Tonight we're in the weekend.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, travelling with kids, a lot of families are having to do it over the holidays. I had to do it now. Unless you decide to

leave them at home, leave them in the car. That's another option. And I'm past the stage, as are you, Jono, with your kids. You're not the crying baby family on the

plane. I'm the only one crying. I'm crying on the plane. Yeah, but I'm at a new stage where I'm traveling around and going to places with my kids who are in the teen and the tween sort of age right now. And so that's a whole

new experience traveling around with them. And my wife would sometimes go, can I go look at this shop? Why don't you hang out with the girls? I'm like, that's fine. But then I end up going to makeup stores like Sephora or clothing stores like Forever 21 and all these things like that.

And I'm like, that's fine. I can go. I can go. It's cool. I'll look around with my kids. They're into this. It's cool. But then they go try on something

and then I'd be the guy standing. Standing in Victoria's Secret. Going, uh-oh, uh-oh, I'm just a guy, just a grown man standing around. And that's often where people working at the store would come up and go, hi, can I help you? Like, in a way, like. Why are you in here? Yeah, and I'd be like, I'm just waiting for my kids to just. And they're like, you better have kids in there.

You know, you're just not. Great play from your kids if they don't come out of the dressing room. Yeah. Honestly, the kids are in there. Let me open all the doors. Yeah. And we went also to a store that we went to when you and I went to the States. Remember there was a store at the basketball,

it's called the Grab and Go store, where you just swipe your credit card to enter, and then you just grab whatever you want and walk out. You don't have to run it past anyone. It seems like an unusual sort of store to get your head around. Yeah. It's a system I can't get my head around. It's just walking into a room, grabbing what you want,

walking out, and then somehow, through the powers of witchcraft, you're charged. Through all the cameras on the roof, they work out. I think I did say that. I was like, what's stopping me from taking everything? And she's like, the 300 cameras on the roof pointing down at you? Yeah. It still feels really unusual.

So you'd swipe your credit card, you'd go over there. And I went in there with the kids. And then I was like, uh-oh, the kids. That's just going to be like. I was like, well, please, whatever you grab, we're going to have to pay for it. Can we get these in? Uh-oh, uh-oh. These are the wrong people to take into a store like that.

Very stressful experience. Edmund, they don't care about Edmund. You know, there's an age where you're in your childhood or through your teens. You don't have to worry about Edmund. Someone else has got that sorted for you. They're your fix-it men. They'll clean up the mess.

And speaking of mess, one thing they did buy was slime. Now, I don't know if you've got to that stage with the kids. And slime is just like, you get it. It's like, guys, if you're going to use it, just put it back. That's fine. Put it back in the little container put it away but don't it gets left out there and it sticks to this and it gets on this and it's a mess through that it's a shocking aaron's thinking paper aaron's bloody aaron yeah and your thinking putty yeah clings on to any clings on to anything harder than i've clung on to ben for the last 10 years and i've got a hatred

for slime it seems like such a fun thing for them to be doing. But suddenly I'm like, oh, the slime is starting to wind me up. And we went through security, American security, and the guy's like, do you have any liquids in your bag? I'm like, no, I don't have any liquids. He's like, well, something's showing up. Oh, it's the bloody slime. The bloody

slime in my bag had come up. I'm like, oh, uh-oh. And that's quite a dodgy looking thing to try and take through customs. And it always, debris clings onto it. You know, bits of dust and leaves clings onto the slime and it ends up being a big gooey mess. But that was another tale of Ben

in the USA. Oh, no, don't. Ben in the USA. No, don't. Ben in the USA. And my sincerest apologies to Bruce Springsteen for making your song better. Did he not sing that?

No, Bruce was like, oh, there's a better version out there now.