Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Hilary Barry's thoughts on Jono's SkyWalk Marathon

Episode Date: May 24, 2022

The latest on Jono's SkyWalk Marathon including Ben's Mighty Magnificent Marathon Masterclass and Hilary Barry and Guy Williams weight in. Ben has an issue at his coffee shop and we're divided over Jono's early morning txt.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. 25th, it's the 20th of May today. Welcome, welcome to the show. It's my mum's birthday, random side note, Julie. Annie Prize as well. Are you kidding? That's why I was distracted at the beginning of that. I was sending her a happy birthday text. You mean you haven't already done it? It's 8.50. Oh, you know.

I've just done it now. She's staying at the moment. She's got a present. Yeah, I got Poppy, my daughter, to drop a present in. Nice. So there's, you know, the acknowledgement's been there. Yeah, exactly. Oh, that's good to drop a present in. Nice. So there's, you know, the acknowledgement's been there. Yeah, exactly. Oh, that's good. Funny, your mum's birthday's the same day. Whoa.

25th. We're like twins. Our mums are the same birthday. Yeah, that doesn't happen often. I mean, that's one in 365? Yeah. Yeah. It probably happens quite a lot.

It probably does. A lot of people have a lot of birthdays. I wonder, what year was she born? Jeez, well, she's 79. She's quite old. They had me quite late in life. A lot of people have a lot of bad days. I wonder, what year was she born? Jeez, well, she's 79. She's quite old. They had me quite late in life. That's not old. Yeah, they couldn't, they, well, listen.

Well, it's, you know, she still sounds, like, really good. And she's pretty active and, like, good. She's great, yeah, yeah. I'm going to go get some seats at the teacher. I was there for teacher night. What? No, not you, Belle. No, no, no, no, me.

John Hosey. Who's the bell of heaven? As he trails out of his conversation. They had me quite late in life. When I was, when I was just saying. No, not you, Bell. No, no, no, no, me. John Posey. As he trails out of his conversation. They had me quite late at life. When I was in America, Dad was in the Air Force. I was born in America. And they didn't think of Seattle, Washington. And they didn't think it could be a possibility.

And this little bald miracle turned up. So special. They must have struggled for years. That's awesome. Yeah, well, I don't know. They didn't tell me the ins and outs of the ins and outs. The miracle baby. Yeah, but yeah.

Little miracle child, Jonathan Pryor. What a guy. What a guy. But yeah, no, happy birthday to your mum as well. Yeah, happy birthday, mums. There you go. When's your mum's birthday? Jenny Boyce.

She's December, so she's a wee way off. When's your dad's birthday? He's September. What date? 7th of September. My dad's the 6th! Oh my God. This is weird.

That is wild, because you're a big star sign person, aren't you? Well, kind of, yeah. He's a Virgo, your dad will be a Virgo, your mum's a Gemini. Yeah. I say I'm not a big star sign person, I don't know about the star signs. Yeah, yeah, I don't. What is the best star sign for anyone to be? Not a Scorpio.

Yeah, which I am. I'm a Scorpio. No, they're alright. Yeah. I don't. What is the best star sign for anyone to be? Not a Scorpio. Yeah, which I am. I'm a Scorpio. No, they're all right. Yeah. I don't really know. People say Leos are quite, like, self-centered, so maybe not a Leo. Scorpio, I would say, is quite self-centered. I'm one.

I'm one. Sting in the tail. That's what you say. That's the only reason I know there's sting in the tail, because you keep saying it. I only say it because my mum told me that. Yeah, right. You go, yeah, the Scorpios have the sting in the tail. She told you that, but she didn't tell you the intimate detail.

Wow. It was a stormy Saturday night. Please stop, please stop. Your father just popped a Chardonnay. Hey, so John O'Stoogle World First, if you missed it, we explain more on the podcast. It's happening on Friday. And I tried to get people on that had done this before,

but not in the location you're doing it, to give you some moral support. How do you think it went? Because everyone was, like like saying we were nuts, it was bonkers and they really didn't think you would be able to do it. We've spoken to an ultra marathon runner, a lady who's run 165 marathons

and another lady who ran the New York marathon. All three of them have said, you're never going to do it. I don't know how much more advice we need. That's all the podcast today. Enjoy. This year we're trying to tick items off our bucket list Never going to do it. I don't know how much more advice we need. That's all the podcast today. Enjoy. Jono and Ben. This year we're trying to tick items off our bucket list.

And Jono, you've always wanted to run a marathon. And so you're doing a world first. You're not just running any marathon. Yeah, no, I didn't accentuate the fact, and I didn't think I needed to, that I wanted to run that marathon on the ground. No, that's right. So you're doing it up the top of the Sky Tower on the Skywalk,

192 metres in the air, 352 times around, AJ Hackett, have worked out for us up the top of the Sky Tower. So that's how many times you're going to be running around outside on top of the Sky Tower. Harnessed in, you know, harnessed in. I was thinking driving and when the fear of the heights, because at some stage you're going to become numb to that. Yes, yeah, true.

But then i was also thinking late in the piece 35 to 40 kilometers in ben i'm going to be tired my legs going to be jelly and it's 190 meters to the ground yeah and the platform's quite narrow it's yeah i mean you would say less than a meter wide yeah it's not yeah so yeah good luck not it's not a tightrope situation no but it's a training if i was getting my It's not a tightrope situation. No, but it's definitely. If I was getting my training reels for tightrope walking, you'd be going along this platform. Yeah, so no one's done it, and probably for good reason.

We'll find out on Friday just exactly how you're going to go. Well, you were saying the AJ Hackett team said no one's actually been out there longer than two hours. Some of them have been up to two hours for maintenance purposes. None for marathon purposes. No. It's all on you, Pryor. Well, I had a dream.

Don't put it on me. It's on you for not telling me about it probably two and a half weeks ago. We could have been far more prepared for this whole event, Ben. We could have. I can see the joy in your face that we're not. I just don't want to get out there and be like, oh, he did a couple of laps. It was enjoyable.

And that was it. How'd you go? I had a dream last night, though, and it was terrifying. If you could think of any way to go out, okay? It's not falling 190 meters to your death, but if you could think of any way to go out, would there be any worse way than drowning in a sewage plant? Oh, that'd be up there.

It would be up there. I hadn't thought of that as an option, but that's still up there. Well, it was an option in my dream last night. Firstly, I don't even know why. A, I was at the plant. Or B, I decided it was a good idea to go in there for a dip. Oh, so you thought you'd have a quick dip. I was like, oh, this looks, this brown pool looks refreshing.

So then I went in there and then suddenly all the browns started going on top of me. Oh, no. And it was terrifying. It was a show. It's what it was. Wow. And then I Googled it just before and apparently dreaming about drowning in such matter suggests there's an accident on the way. Oh, don't say that.

That's what it says. There's an accident on the way. You're a little sensitive right now. Okay, if you want to pull out on Friday. Is that what you're saying? If you want to pull out on Friday. No, no. I'm not saying this is on you.

We're like trying to come from the dream angle. This will be one of those moments. Drowning in faeces. I told you. That was it. That was a sign. All right. If you want to pull out, you can pull out.

It says there's a health and well-being problem on the way. Hey, it might not be related to the spit. I don't want to play on your anxiety. Now you have. Now you have. Thanks a lot. Listen, it might have nothing to do with what we're doing Friday. Right.

Okay. Could be I twist an ankle on Saturday or something. We'll see if he's still going to continue to do it in the next couple of days. Hey, New Zealand has made Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of the last year. Is it John O'Prior for running a marathon up the top of the Skytower? That'll be 2023. We'll find out next. If he's still alive.

Scrolling through your feed. What LeBron James is to the NBA, this man is nothing like that to the news. It's Ben. Scrolling through your feed. Now, just quickly before we get into Time Magazine's 100, the list of 100 influential people, New Zealand's going to stay on the orange light setting. Who knew there was still a setting? I know.

Announced yesterday. We're going to stay there. We're in Orange. We're staying there until June. And new vaccine passes, if you want to get those, they're available right now. Am I a bad member of the team of 5 million when I don't know what Orange...

I can't remember what Orange means. I was thinking the same thing. I was like, I didn't even know what setting we were in until I read it this morning. I thought it was normal. No one around here is wearing masks. Do you want me to wear a mask? I don't know.

Jacinda Ardern is over in the States. She's over there on a bit of a tour to get people back, to come back to New Zealand. Remind New Zealand's a thing tour. That's what we're calling it. Yeah, and she's going to be on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert tonight as well. She's been on there before. It's a big show in America, so she's going to be on there.

Well, he flew down here, didn't he? And he did a New Zolid special. Our friend helped make it. That's right. Said he was lovely. They all had dinner with him every night, obviously, and he'd go around the whole table shaking everyone's hand, listening to their conversation, talking to them.

Yeah. Better human being than me. Yeah, wonderful guy. Do you know, speaking of mask wearing, sorry to dog leg, did you say, I'm all over the show this morning. Maybe it's because Ben's making me run a marathon in two days. Yeah. The Queen, did you see her going through the

famous garden show over there that they have? No, I didn't. She's not wearing a mask. Right. No, they haven't been wearing masks in years. It's not like overseas, everyone's just kind of getting one. She's probably like, if anything, just give it to me. We talked to someone who went to Australia the other day and she felt weird

because she was wearing a mask and she was like, I felt like I was the odd one out here. like you're wearing a mask you know so that's obviously what's happening overseas but we're in orange light uh who knew uh for a few more months we knew everything about it and then so quickly we've forgotten we were in it for so long that we knew every single thing we were allowed to do and you know we couldn't do and now i just can't remember like now we've forgotten block it let block them. Let's just write off. Let's forget the last two years. Don't even put them in the history books.

Yeah, that'd be nice. And Taika Waititi's his new Thor Love and Thunder is going to be out very shortly, in a few weeks, and the trailer dropped yesterday, and it looks awesome. Have a quick listen. Kids, get to popcorn now. Let me tell you the story of the space viking, Thor Odinson. He was no ordinary man.

He was a god. After saving planet Earth for the 500th time, Thor set off on a new journey. Well, he got in shape. He went from dad bod to god bod. Yeah, it looks pretty cool. Cool. I thought Taika doing the voiceover for it as his character called. Is that Guns N' Roses in the background as well?

Oh, well. Is that Guns N' Roses in the background as well? Yeah, it's Guns N' Roses. So that looks awesome. And Taika was named yesterday in Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of 2022. When he made the 100, what was he sitting at? I don't exactly know. Is this one of those things where we're like top 100 and you're sitting at 100? Which is still a great achievement. I'm not sure.

I mean, in the list was Joe Biden, the Ukraine president as well, the guy who created Wordle, Josh Wardle as well. So, yeah, pretty awesome. Is Jacinda on there? I don't think so. She's dropped off. So, Sacha Baron Cohen, who, of course, plays Borat, LG, he wrote a little bit about Taika as well and just really talked up,

basically called him a Picasso as far as making movies go. He was like, I'm really bitter. Taika's won an Oscar and made successful hilarious heartfelt movies. And that's coming from Sacha Baron Cohen. You wouldn't really call his movies heartfelt though, would you? No, true. Oh, that's wonderful.

Well done, Taika. And again, that buys us another 12 months in the zeitgeist of the world for New Zealand. You know, we're riding on you, buddy. Exactly. Hope this Thor thing goes well, not only for you, but all of us, the country. New Zealand. Hopefully...

A lot riding on it. Yeah. John O'Prior, you're running a marathon up the top of the Sky Tower on Friday. And it's good. It's a bit of encouragement. You need some encouragement, some motivation, and some celebrities have got in touch. I just got a message from HowToDad, social media superstar. Have a listen.

Here's a message for you. Jono, HowToDad here. Look, I meant to be wishing you luck, but to be honest, I'm pretty speechless. There's three big issues for me. You know, one, you're not a fitspo guy, clearly. No offense. You don't run or go to the gym. Two, I know personally you're quite scared of heights.

And three, you know, we're getting close to winter. You're going to be running around outside at the top of the sky to have the wind and stuff. You've got a bald head. Hypothermia is going to set in. Is there help and safety? Good luck, mate. You'll be fine. Thanks for the confidence there.

Sorry, that wasn't quite as motivational as I hoped. How did Dad send you a message? Maybe you want to audition these before you play them on air. Confidence there. Sorry, that wasn't quite as motivational as I hoped. How did Dad send you a message? That's great. Maybe you want to audition these before you play them on air. But yeah, thank you for the positive message. It's great to have the team of five million behind me. Jono and Ben. Jono in two days' time is going to be doing a World First. Have a listen.

Jono and Ben in association with NoveltyRadioPromotions.org present a World First. No one in the world has ever done that before. This Friday, one out of shape 40-year-old... Am I wildly underprepared? Yes. ...will run his first marathon. You've always wanted to do a marathon, right?

Yeah. 192 metres in the sky. I'm gonna test the sky. Around the outside of New Zealand's tallest building. Go round the outside. The Sky Tower. Round the outside of New Zealand's tallest building. Go round the outside. The Sky Tower. Round the outside. A no-hoper with no training and no harness.

What? No harness? Okay, there'll be a harness. We just needed a third bit for that joke. This Friday, thanks to AJ Hackett-Bungie and Sky City Auckland, Jono Pryor knocks a marathon off his bucket list in a world first. On top of the Sky Tower. This Friday with Jono and Ben on the hits. Wow.

Step aside the Thor trailer. That dropped yesterday, right? That dropped yesterday and I'm sorry, Taika. We don't want to take the shine off your big thing. But wow, that was too much Ben. There was a lot to take in at 6.30 in the morning. The Jono Pryor trailer just dropped for Skywalking and Marathon. It's happening on Friday.

A lot of people have sort of texted us, 4487 and you can do encouraging words, advice on our social media. So far I have heard no encouraging words. You played How to Dad who was like, what are you thinking, this is never going to work. That's great stuff. Sarah on our social media says, like, maybe start training six months ago. That's great advice. Brian said my tip would be don't fall off. So that's good advice.

Roseanne says don't look down. You know, someone said try some beer. And someone else, Nicole, said she also did a marathon. And she said it was a whole lot of pain. But anyway, you'll be fine. You'll be fine. You'll be fine. Because Joanne called yesterday, and she had done a marathon before,

and it's about technique, Jono. Now have a listen to Joanne. So what Jono needs to do is he needs to start doing some good stretching exercises. Okay, yeah. He needs to do some breathing techniques. Right. That's good information. That is good.

What sort of things am I stretching there, Joanne? Hemis, calves? Yeah, when you're going for your calf muscles, you're just stretching up, stretching out. You're using all parts of your body, like get into some yoga. The yoga stretching techniques are excellent preparing for anything like that

and then get into your breathing so you're going through the nose and breathing through the mouth so as you're running and you start to feel a little bit flustered and tired start your breathing because that'll slow your heart rate down but the problem is Joanne I've got a lot to cram in two days

well you've got to do that in two days don't you love Joanne? What a Kiwi hero. Some great advice. Ben, I haven't run in probably over six months, I wouldn't say. I used to do it a bit. Got a sore back. Got out of the running game. Well, now you're back in, mate. Now I'm back in with a bang.

And my body isn't what it used to be. And it didn't used to be much. And it's gone down from not much. It's gone downhill from there. Now you've got me running a marathon. It's all happening on Friday. Very exciting. Spy.

No WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. Now to our deep and meaningful world of celebrity gossip, Belle Crawford, come on down. As expected, Dolce & Gabbana have made millions out of the Kravis, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker wedding. Do you want to know how much? It's in media value.

I would feel ripped off if you didn't tell us how much now. How much did they get? I was like, I'm not going to tell you. So they measured this in media value and the impact. And so far, they have made in media impact, which will lead to sales and bookings and everything like that, $25.4 million. Wow.

Media impact sounds like a marketing thing. Yeah, which I sort of look at. Oh, some good impact in the media. Well, how many bloody Dolce & Gabbana chinos did we sell? We haven't sold any, but the impact in the media is a lot. That was it, because when I went looking into this, I was like, well, what have they made? Is it sales? They haven't been displaying new looks or anything.

So essentially they've taken out a $25 million advertising campaign, is what they're saying. How much do they pay the Kardashians? Well, they're saying they shut down rumours that they have sponsored the festivities. Their quote is they were happy to host the very special occasion. I've done a deep dive into this

outside of here, and we reckon that they haven't been paid and it was just like, you can use our estate. Like it would be millions that they would have saved. If someone said have a free wedding at the Dolce, you'd be like, yes, thank you. Yeah, totally. The thing, and it's wild,

I was talking to someone about this with GM Mawash, does marketing, that this is such an interesting form of advertising, isn't it? Essentially it was one giant ad for Dolce & Gabbana, but it was intertwined into the personal lives of a family. Which will be on a TV show, which is the biggest TV show at the moment.

And you're like, well is this the new form of advertising? Because then we spoke to our Hollywood insider auntie, and he said, Kanye, when he went on that sort of three or four week dating spree with that model, Julia Fox, Julia Fox. That was just a giant ad for Balenciaga. They're going to fashion shows.

He's about to do one with McDonald's as well. Is he going on a date with Ronald? No, but he's been posting some boxes of McDonald's. I'm four weeks into a relationship with Ronald. He leaves his makeup all over the place. It's a nightmare. Yeah, apart from that. But, you know know Great perks though

Yeah the wedding overall See them walking hand in hand Along the beach The wedding overall Has generated over 47 million dollars as well That's wild That's wild

Well they did it with cigarettes Back in the day didn't they Put it in movies And made it look cool You know paid The Marlboro man to start smoking Now he's got a Apple computers

All sorts Yeah It's an interesting time, isn't it? Well, I tell you what, I went and bought myself a Dolce & Gabbana thong. Got the most fashionable crotch in radio. Apart from Mike Hosking, he's got a Louis Vuitton one. All righty. Well, James Corden got to hang out with Tom Cruise,

the head of Top Gun's Maverick, coming out tomorrow. And Tom surprised him. He got James to turn up at this airport at 5 a.m. And he was out in a fighter jet. Have a listen to James up in the air doing tricks. It's incredible. This is Tom Cruise. He's flying it with James Corden in the back.

And they're going upside down. Yeah. Tom Cruise. Is Tom Cruise a certified psychopath? Like he... He's incredible, eh? Would there be anyone, this is a serious question,

anyone more talented in the world than Tom Cruise? You think of everything that guy can do. Probably, but like... Well... Well, not to get the nurses and... Like scientists. Yeah, don't worry about them. They're not celebrities.

As far as an actor goes, he does his own stunts and can fly jet planes and jump. You know, it's a lot. There's nothing you can't do, is there? Maybe open heart surgery, Bill. You're right. He could probably do that.

I don't know. It seems like something he would learn. He would teach himself. But yeah, have you seen that photo of him on top of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai? Oh, yeah. World's tallest building. Have you seen that? Is he actually up it? No photo of him on top of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai? World's tallest building. Have you seen that? Is he actually up it? No, he's on top of the needle. Like, I don't know how

tall this building is. Hey mate, you're running a marathon at the top of the Sky Tower on Friday. You'll get your moment. Next up, we're going to Dubai. You're going to run up the top of there. I've always said I'm the Tom Cruise of New Zealand. Oh. Jumping on couches. Yeah, that's me. Scientologist. That is Spy. You can get more now at thehits.co.nz

Now I did something on Sunday morning Ben One of the collateral effects of this job Is that even on Saturday and Sunday You're still getting up probably before the majority of the household. Do you find that? Well, I guess you're asleep. And when you get up at like around about four o'clock,

I sleep in as, you know, six or seven o'clock as a sleeper, you know, in the weekends where it didn't used to be. Right. Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, there were times I remember times in my life where I'd spend all day on a couch, just sleeping, just eating KFC and smoking cigarettes and just inside it was disgusting. But jeez, what a time. And this body's running a marathon in two days. But anyway, I do get up early, relatively early, I guess, on the weekend, sort of around the six o'clock mark.

How about you? Yeah, between six and seven, depending on, you know, try and catch up on a little bit of sleep, though, if I can. Yeah. And I checked my phone. It was 6.32. Okay. And a text had come through the night before from a friend.

And I didn't reply to her the night before. So I thought, well, now I'll reply to her at 6.32. Boom, fired it off. 6.32, Sunday morning. Now, I know what you're going to say, because it's exactly the conversation that I had with her last night. She texted last night. She said, what sort of universe is it okay to send a text to someone at 6.32 on a Sunday morning, was her response. She's got a great point.

Is it a great point? It is a great point. Isn't it a great point? It is a great point. Bill, you're thinking? Isn't it up to the person whose phone it is to be responsible for whether their phone is on silent? Like, that's kind of a little bit on her. I'm with you. What if it's an emergency or something like that? You know, who wants someone kissing it?

I'm sure it was. Could it have waited an hour or two? No, because that's like saying, oh, you can't do anything on someone's social media in the middle of the night if you're awake. You can't comment because it might ping. That's their fault for having their phone on. That's right. I feel like social media is a different thing.

The world we live in. Yeah, but the message would still come through as a notification. Oh, I don't have one. Yeah, but you can turn your notifications off. Exactly. So why hasn't she turned her notifications off? But I feel like an emergency situation for your phone, people need to get,

I mean, what happens if someone in your family has an accident and they need to get a hold of you? You're going to have your phone on, aren't you? That's not on me, man. Who sleeps with their phone on, like, pinging? That's stupid. This was the conversation I was having. I was like, as a responsible cell phone user, that's on you.

That's on you. When I fire off the text, that's not on me. I think it's courtesy. 6.32, that's past the threshold of the weekend. The weekend started today. It's not a weekend. I wouldn't even courtesy. 6.32, that's past the threshold of the weekend. The weekend started the day. Not on the weekend. I wouldn't even send 6.32 in a weekday morning. I noticed before you sent an email to Craig,

who does some correspondence to us. Fired off one to him this morning, his email. Now, this was 6.17 New Zealand time. He's in Australia. That's 4.17 New Zealand time. Just to say, thanks, Craig. Great angles, mate. Defo chuck chuck them in.

That's a message that can wait. But if he is smart, he will have his notifications turned on. If he's not, that's his fault. I don't agree

because you've got to have your phone on if it's an emergency situation. You can't turn your phone off in that situation. Well, here's my response to that. Sorry, mum had a heart attack

but I didn't know because I had my phone off because I didn't want Jono texting me in the weekend. Well, here's my reply to that. Just don't have emergencies in your life. Yeah.

If it's an emergency, I'm not going to email you, am I? No. Yeah. Well, the best thing was the message got back. And again, it was a redundant message. It didn't even need to. Craig will be pleased with that one at 4.70. I didn't factor in the International Times over that one.

Apologies, Craig, if you're listening to this, reviewing the show for the 4.17. I'm waking up and going, what's John? Oh, great angles. Oh, that was great. I can go back to sleep now. Okay, so when is an acceptable time on the weekend to text someone? Seven? I'd say eight or nine o'clock.

Eight or nine? Well, as I say, I'm up, but I'm not expecting anyone else to get up at that time. You know? Yeah. Well, I mean, their text the night before did say, get back at your earliest possible convenience. Oh, that's odd then.

Scrolling through your feed. Very little research, very little detail. This is Scrolling Through Your Feed. Well, this week's a very special week, in particular today, celebrating 30 years of this iconic New Zealand show. Shortland Street, 30 years, started in 1992, of course, launched the careers of people like Tim Morrison, KJ Alper, Carl Urban, Martin Henderson, and many, many more.

And, you know, I was reading that there was a 30 facts on Shortland Street in the New Zealand Herald to celebrate 30 years. Okay, pull the music down. I want to hear all 30. Well, we won't do all 30, but if you were to watch every single episode of Shortland Street back-to-back without a break, it would take you 124 days.

124 days back-to-back without a break. So that's going all for 24 hours. 124 days. Jesus, that's a lot of content. Started in 1992. They had a birthing A storyline About giving birth And at 7pm

Back in 1992 There was a word Too risque For 7pm And that was placenta Placenta They were like Oh no we can't say that

You can't say placenta They couldn't back then Obviously now How graphic was the birth scene Back then Now they're doing Please tell me that's not your It's not placenta

It's another P word. I mean, they had that a few years later, so definitely times have changed. It's actually done so many things for the New Zealand culture, this show, you two, with same-sex relationships on Shoreland Street. Yeah. They tackle some tough topics at times. The Ferndale Strangler.

The Ferndale Strangler. We knew the Ferndale Strangler. Yeah, so the Ferndale Strangler, actually, talking about that, there was a fact on that. So that was in 2007. Joey Henderson, he was on a rampage through Ferndale Strangler. Yeah, so the Ferndale Strangler, actually, talking about that, there was a fact on that. So that was in 2007. Joey Henderson, he was on a rampage through Ferndale. Strangling everybody up in here. But it was such a top secret storyline.

Even with the actors, they filmed four different endings, and not even the actors themselves knew exactly who was going to be the Ferndale Strangler until it actually came out. So because of the secrecy, they didn't want it getting out. So they formed four different people who could have been the Strangler until it actually came out. So because of the secrecy, they didn't want it getting out. So four different people could have been the Strangler, and then they played the one on air that they wanted to play. Which was Johnny Barker. Yeah, it was Johnny Barker.

Who's the director now. Lovely guy. He's never, you know, we've hung out with him many times, never once strangled me. People couldn't differentiate, could they? And they thought they, honestly, they'd abuse him on the street, the poor guy. Oh, no, that's the thing.

We filmed, he directed the latest Hits, Cash and Car commercial, and someone on set said, is that the Ferndale Street? Oh. Still following the brand. Michael Galvin, Dr. Chris Warner, he's an icon. He's been on the show for 26 of the 30 years. How's that?

He started in episode one, took a wee break as well, but how's that? Incredible. There's been 7,000 speaking roles over the years. 7,000 people have had speaking roles on Show on the Street. How many non-speaking roles? Well, they did actually have that as well, but I didn't cut and paste that one. So thanks for bringing that one up.

It's very popular in Fiji, as we know. At prime time in Fiji. Michael Galvin said he was in Fiji at the same time as Brad Pitt or Leonardo DiCaprio or someone. And all the Fijians cared about was Michael Galvin. He's like, Leonardo DiCaprio's on the same island as me and no one cares. And Ed Sheeran, whose first ever drama cameo was on Shortland Street as well. So it's a pretty incredible stuff for Shortland Street, 30 years. So happy birthday to Shortland Street.

Yeah, remarkable. Remarkable achievement. Plays in the UK too, doesn't it? Yeah. All over the world. I know. The world sees Shortland Street. Yeah, icon of New Zealand. Remarkable achievement. Plays in the UK too, doesn't it? Yeah. All over the world. I know. The world sees Shortland Street

and Police 10-7 and that's what they think of us. Well, they're going to see Justin Ardern on Stephen Colbert tonight,

so there you go. There's one more to add to the telly. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. On Friday, Jono's doing a world first. He's going to be doing

a marathon at the top of the Sky Tower on the Skywalk and we've got some celebrity messages rolling in. He's going to be doing a marathon at the top of the Sky Tower on the Skywalk. We've got some celebrity messages rolling in. Here's Guy Williams, our old mate. Well, well, well, well, well. Johnno, don't know your middle name prior. We meet again. It's Guy Williams here, formerly of Johnno and Bennett 10, now of the hit journalism show New Zealand Today, with a quick message for an old mate. Don't do this. I don't even know what the heck it is, but please don't do it. It sounds dangerous and stupid.

You're going to embarrass yourself. So, Jono, one more time, I repeat, please do not do this. I'm not going to wish you luck because it's stupid. Stay safe and also text me back sometime because I'm texting you a lot and I'm not getting a response. Not the most inspiring message, but Jono is doing it on Friday. A world first at the top of the Sky Tower. It is the

hits. You got Jono and Ben. Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion. Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZV. In the meantime, Jono and Ben on the hits. Jono's going to be doing a world first. Have a listen. Jono and Ben in association with noveltyradiopromotions.org present a world first. Have a listen. Jono and Ben, in association with noveltyradiopromotions.org,

present A World First. No one in the world has ever done that before. This Friday, one out of shape 40-year-old... Am I wildly underprepared? Yes. ...will run his first marathon. You've always wanted to do a marathon, right? Yeah.

192 metres in the sky. I'm a test skat. Around the outside of New Zealand's tallest building. Go around the outside. The Sky Tower. Around the outside. A no-hoper with no training and no harness. Eh? What? No harness?

Okay, there'll be a harness. We just needed a third bit for that joke. This Friday, thanks to AJ Hackett-Bungee and Sky City Auckland, Jono Pryor knocks a marathon off his bucket list in a world first on top of the Sky Tower. This Friday, with Jono and Ben on the hits. Wow, magnificent production values there. Ben Boyce, you've spared no expense in the movie trailer of the event. Well, it just puts a bit more pressure on you actually having to do it, doesn't it?

Yeah, that music was not necessary. I genuinely, I haven't run for probably, I was thinking probably nine months in reality, six to nine months, because I've got a sore back. I used to do it a bit, but I haven't done it for... You used to run quite a bit in the mornings, right? Yeah. Quite far, like. Yeah, and I quite like it because you're not thinking about anything else.

You're just thinking, why on earth do I start doing this? But I've got no choice apart from running back home. But, you know, it puts you in a nice mindful place. But, I don't know, 192 meters in the air, that's the same mindfulness situation. Because you're going round and round up the top of the Sky Tower. So at 352 times around, but you go all the way around one way and then you go back the other way because there's a little platform you can't run a full loop. Yeah.

And I've only ever run four to five kilometers at a time. You know, take the conversion and I live my life quarter mile at a time, just like Vin Diesel. But I haven't gone to past 5Ks. So now do you feel responsible that you didn't tell me about this three or four weeks ago? When I clearly know the wheels would have been in motion. I know what goes on behind the scenes. A little bit. But hey, it's all just come through.

It's all just happening. And Friday's the day. The only day we can do it. It works for everyone except for you. Because you haven't given you much lead in time. But let's get people on. I went under the hits. There were options for you.

There was email. There was text. There was... Hey, just so you know, we're organising this thing in a few weeks. Oh, we hardly see each other. We hardly hang out. So 4487, I went under the hits. Let's get some people on that have done marathons before.

If you've done a marathon, I'd love to hear from you this morning. Let's give Jono some advice, some inspirational words, things you're worried about. What I love about running too is no one, when you see someone running, no one ever looks like they're enjoying it. So it speaks volumes for the act when the best part of it is when you stop running. All right, your you know things like that you're gonna have to contend with chafing what are you gonna eat what do you drink i would love some advice some help

from the hits listeners everyone's so helpful here i'm sure get some positive calls and you'll feel better next all right breakfast with jonathan ben oh my god is the reaction a lot of people are like surprising reaction i'm surprised that people, like, surprising reaction. I'm surprised that people, when we tell them what you're going to be doing on Friday, we're ticking items off our bucket list this year, Jono. Yours and ours, you're listening right now. If you want us to help you with that, we can. And, Jono, you wanted to run a marathon.

That's true. But you never thought about running one at the top of the Sky Tower. Yeah. Outside. For good reason. But you did, thankfully. Thankfully, you did. Well, actually, we got the inspiration

when you made me go up there a few weeks ago. And we were like, oh, there's a platform and it kind of goes around. And we were like, maybe we could surprise you with a marathon up there. Yeah. Well, you know the most common thing that people have said to me

since you announced this yesterday is, what are you thinking? And the answer is, I wasn't. I wasn't thinking. You've done all the thinking. Not much of it, really. You've only got a couple of days until it's happening. It's happening Friday morning.

And we're getting some inspiration from people on 0800 The Hits, people that have run marathons before. Yeah. Kelly, how are you? I'm good. How are you? Good, good. Just getting some marathon advice, to be honest.

I don't know what good the advice is going to do, Ben. Is advice going to help me get through? I think it might, too. Yeah, like Kelly, you've run a marathon before, a pretty iconic marathon, right? Yeah, so it's actually the only marathon I've ever run. I was a half marathon runner to this point. And, yes, we went across to New York and ran the half marathon, my sister and I.

You went to New York, the concrete jungle cities which cities and dreams are made of. That's one. Ran the New York marathon. That made of. That's one. Round the New York Marathon. That's impressive. That's epic. Yeah. I mean, if it was going to be my only marathon I was ever going to do in my life, that was going to be the one to do.

And you'd only ever done a 21-kilometer distance previous to this. So how were the remaining 21 kilometers? I'm not going to lie. It was hard. Lie. Please lie. Please lie. Just go go we'll go to take two on that just go actually wasn't as bad as i thought it was okay kelly how were the remaining 21 kilometers um yeah no it was pretty tough no keep saying you keep saying it's tough okay so what got you through that toughness because i imagine you could hit the wall in a marathon you get to a stage where you're exhausted,

mentally, physically. What gets you through? What can you do to push on through? Well, I mean, we had a fairly specific situation in that the New York Marathon is like a party on the side of the road. So lots of people are out and they're playing. There's bands playing and there's people shouting at you. And yeah, it's really social.

So that was amazing. So that kept us going. But for the training-wise, I was a big listener of music and then I got sick of listening to music for three or four hours at a time. So I started listening to audio books. That was really good. Okay, audio books. Yep.

And I can be like your party mate. I can be like, hey, Jono's shouting. I can shout at you, Jono. I can do that. Well, that really good. Okay, audio books, yep. And I can be like your party mate. I can be like, hey, Jono, shout it. I can shout at you, Jono. I can do that. Well, that sounds good. You haven't been shouting at me for seven or eight hours. Shafing, blisters. Let's talk about these sensitive parts of the body.

Unbelievable. Oh, my gosh. I regret getting Kelly on that. Why do we talk to Kelly? Unbelievable. Okay, talk us through the blisters and chafing Yeah, so Where do I start? This is not good

It's the toes that hurt the most Toes? It's the constant banging of your toes against the Front of your shoes And so that was quite tricky Especially the next day There was not a was quite tricky, especially the next day. There was not a lot of walking going on the next day. Chafing-wise, I wasn't so bad,

but then I don't have, you know, what you've got going on. What have you got going on there, John? Yeah, mate, there might not be an initial chafing with me either, actually. Perhaps some sort of Vaseline product. As his trainer, do I? As punishment, yes. You must rub Vaseline on my inner thighs. I can do that for you, mate, to get you through the marathon.

I'm your support team. I'll get you through it. It's the one. So, yeah, no, it's definitely the thighs. Yeah, you can't really get around the blistering. You just have to keep going. Sorry. Well, Kelly, I regret every part of this conversation.

No one I've spoken to has gone, this is going to be a walk in the park. No, it's not. Yeah, and the fact that you've not done a lot of training, is that right? Yeah, none. When you say not a lot, none. So I trained, oh gosh, probably for about a year.

On and off. Hang up on Kelly. Okay, Kelly. All right. Well, Kelly, thank you so much for your time. Well done on achieving a marathon. Good luck, though. Good luck.

Don't tag on a good luck at the end. You'll be fine. Hey, Kelly, have a great day. Lovely talking to you, mate. All right. Okay, good luck. Don't tag on a good luck at the end. You'll be fine. Hey, Kelly, have a great day. Lovely talking to you, mate. All right? Okay, you too. Bye. Five words for 5K.

You're just five words away from $5,000. It's our Game of Words Association. We play it every morning at this time on The Hits. We tell you five words. You tell us what pops into your head. If all five match up with ours, you win five grand. I mean, there's not really many people in your life trying to give you free money, you tell us what pops into your head. If all five match up with ours, you win five grand. I mean, there's not really many people in your life trying to give you free money, is there?

Apart from that Venezuelan prince on Instagram. True. And us, we're the only two people. All we need is your bank account details, Hayley, and like the prince, we will make you rich. That'd be great. You're in Christchurch, and we understand you're a salesperson for nuts and bolts.

That's the one. Nuts and bolts is the situation a salesperson for nuts and bolts. That's the one. Nuts and bolts is the situation. How is the nuts and bolts industry? Busy. There's always bolts and nuts required, isn't there? I imagine so, yeah. No matter whatever happens in life, there's always going to be a need for bolts and or nuts. Yeah.

Absolutely. Well, good on you. That's why you chose the industry. Same with radio. It's going to be around for years. We'll see about that. Hopefully for us it will be, but you never know. Hey, Hayley, who do you want to match words with,

like a cute, adorable couple who wear matching outfits? Jono, please. All right, heading in. Jono is heading into the soundproof booth. As soon as he gets in here, he's in there. Now, Hayley, here is your first word this morning. What pops into your head when I say Shortland? Street.

There we go. That's what I thought too. 30-year birthday today for Shortland Street. Next word is H2O. H2O. Water. Water. We've matched 100% so far in my head, Hayley, I'm sure.

I'm hoping. Jonah will be the same. Triceratops is the next word this morning. Triceratops? Dinosaur? Dinosaur? It's a good option. Milkshake.

Milkshake. Brings all the boys to the yard. Strawberry? Yeah, I was thinking that too. I know. Strawberry. Okay, thinking it. I know. Strawberry. Okay, strawberry milkshake. Website is the final word this morning.

Website. Internet. Internet. Yeah, those last couple were the tricky ones, weren't they? They were, yeah. Well, you played well. You played a good game, particularly at the top. We'll wave it at you, mate.

It's not coming out. No. a good game, particularly at the top. Well, waving at you, mate. That's a coming out. No, he likes it in the soundproof booth. Oh, this guy's just admiring the nuts and bolts of the soundproof booth. What is the most popular nut and or bolt, Hayley? There isn't one. There isn't one? They're all just the same. You can't choose your favourite.

It's like your children. I just love all those nuts and bolts exactly the same. All right, well, let's see if you can match your nuts and bolts with Hayley's nuts and bolts. I can't choose your favourite. It's like your children. I just love all those nuts and bolts exactly the same. All right, well, let's see if you can match your nuts and bolts with Hayley's nuts and bolts. I don't know if that quite works. But here we go. First word we said to Hayley this morning, a very topical one, Jono.

Shortland. Street. There we go. Well done. 30 years, isn't it, today? 30 years, yeah. Well done, Shorty. H2O is the second word.

H2O? Water. Well done. Two from five. Triceratops is word number three. H2O? Water. Well done. Two from five. Triceratops is word number three. Triceratops. Dinosaur? Yes. Ooh, Hayley.

Hayley almost said it in the question time too. Yeah. Almost identical to how you say it. Now these last two is where it gets tricky, so let's really try and focus on these ones. Milkshake is word number four. Milkshake. Br brings all my boys to the yard we said that did you say that we said that as well did you say that no we didn't lock it oh that wasn't the answer geez we should have we should have actually good song good song a lot of milkshakes a lot of milkshake okay uh milkshake

drink ah strawberry oh it was tough you had so many options for milkshake drink? Ah, strawberry. It was tough. You had so many options for milkshake. You can hand me one of your bolts and tell me to get screwed, Hayley. I'm sorry. Final word was website. Internet. Oh! Jeez! You won away, Hayley.

You played a really, really good game. Thanks. Hey, listen, you have a great day in Christchurch. Jeez, that was close. I'm sorry it didn't work out, okay? Not a problem. Warning, this show contains references to Jono's baldness. Jono and Ben on the hits.

Got myself into a bit of an awkward, it feels like an awkward situation at the coffee shop from home. It's a new coffee shop and I've been sort of visiting it, walk the dog in the weekends. And so now and again on a Saturday or Sunday, I'll grab a coffee while I'm walking the dog and I introduced myself a few weeks back uh to the you know I was just talking to the guy doing some light banter as you do as he was making the coffee and that was fine uh and then the next time I came in and ordered um he was like yelling out coffee for Jono and he was looking out and I was just like well okay I'm just

looking out and someone will come up and get it because it was a busy cafe and it was like coffee for Jono and then I realized he was looking right at me and holding out the coffee going coffee for Jono and I kind of a little I was a little flustered I've been answering to Jono all the time so I was like oh yeah cheers no worries and at that point I don't know why I just felt like it wasn't necessary to go on Ben I was just like it's fine necessary to go, oh, I'm Ben. I was just like, it's fine, he won't remember. A week later, I go back in and he's like, Johnno! As soon as I walked in, like a moment from a sitcom, like, cheers.

Good to see you, mate. Then he introduced me to someone else. I'm like, I definitely know. It's gone too far, he thinks I'm Johnno. So you can't go, yeah, I know what you're saying, because now if you correct him, he's going to feel like a schmuck and call you the wrong name for two or three weeks. He's going to go, why didn't you tell me the first time you had the opportunity yeah that's the kiwi way you don't want to make a fuss and then you get in too deep and i'm like now i don't just go to another coffee

shop yeah i think that's your only option uh or kidnapping kidnapping is the other option so what's that gonna do you're gonna have to sell your house and move to another neighborhood that's the only option after you've kidnapped him really it's not a big problem in the world But it is one of those things that you're like I don't know why it makes you feel awkward Yeah I know what you're saying though Because it would be easier if baristas And easier for the barista community as well

Instead of having to remember names They just kind of call people out By their redeeming features You've got a flat white for big nose Big nose And everyone's like looking around going Oh I guess that's me It's not a game of guess who I've got a soy white for big nose big nose and everyone's like looking around going oh I guess that's me I got a soy latte

for lazy eye lazy eye that's you buddy alright how brutal would that be if you came on in yeah crooked teeth

here's your long black it would give you a coffee and a complex at the same time but easier for them and you know you know what's wrong with your body

don't you oh that's me if he's talking about big nose and coffee and your head in shame. Preceding hairline, I'll be like, okay, all right, that's me, mate. Oh, I'm going to have a brioche for Baldy. All right, well, I brought up my problem. I hope you need to have some, you know, to my mate here,

I hope you'd have some advice. All you've given me is a stupid scenario that doesn't help at all. Well, for you it'd be like, pack and save stick, man. Bony, skinny, malnourished guy, here's your coffee. I'll give you a sandwich at the same time, mate. Okay, well, there we go. That's Cash in Car. Guess how much cash we've stashed in the Škoda's boot

and drive it home along with all that money. Your chance to guess right now for that amazing car and all that cash that is stashed in the back of the car. Only one person knows how much cash exactly is in there and that's cash keeper Alex. That's right. I mean, all you need to do is guess down to the cent how many thousands of dollars are in the car. It's easy.

And I was thinking the other day, the government, they're giving discounts on new cars, aren't they? Yeah. What better discount than free? Well, true. That's very good. Janay, you're they? Yeah. What better discount than free? Well, true. That's very good. Janay, you're on from Hamilton. How's the Tron this morning, mate?

Good things are new, mate. Yeah, doing really well. You work at Porter Group in Hamilton? That's correct, mate. Three kids, South African, been in New Zealand for three years. Is it creepy that I know all of this information, Janay? Yeah, it's all good, mate. It sounds a bit creepy when you read it all out to him like that.

It does, yeah. It sounds like, oh, can you please stop reading out my personal details? What would this mean to you, Jene? Car and all this cash. Oh, mate, you don't understand. It'll mean the world to me. Oh, good on you. Well, hopefully you can win it right now.

I hope so. All the very best. We'll hand you over to Cash Keeper Alex, and you can have your guess. Well, hopefully you can win it right now. I hope so. All the very best. We'll hand you over to cashkeeper Alex, and you can have your guess. Thanks, mate. Janae, let's win you this car. What was your guess for how much cash is in the car? $18,245.15. Janae from Hamilton with a guess of $18,245.15.

That is incorrect. I'm sorry. Again, I hate doing that. Alex, you said it would mean the world to him. Yeah, come on. Let's give it to him. Just give it to him, Alex. Come on, Alex.

I know. It would mean the world to me to give it to, but it didn't guess the cash amount correctly. Stop being a holdout, just give it to him, Alex. Just give him the car and all the cash. Oh, Janae. My hand's tied. Mate, the longer this goes on, the worse you feel for people when they get an incorrect guess

because you've clearly been working through all the clues, Janae. Yeah, I have. Oh, it doesn't mean you can... All the clues, all the amount, the figures that were given, I've been writing them down from day one. Yeah, you know who I blame. I blame the clue giver. Well, keep guessing.

Keep guessing. It doesn't mean you can't guess again, all right? So give us another go. 11 o'clock this morning, get on the iHeartRadio app, and you can guess through that. That's right. Cool. Good on you, Janae.

Hey, thanks so much for listening, mate. You enjoy New Zealand, and Alex, you enjoy your cash dungeon. Thanks, guys. All right. Tested safe for listening, mate. You enjoy New Zealand. And Alex, you enjoy your cash dungeon. Thanks, guys. All right. Tested safe for listing from home. Jono and Ben on the hits. We're ticking items off our bucket list. Jono has always wanted to run a marathon.

And on Friday, we're doing a world first. He's going to do a marathon at the top of the Sky Tower on the Skywalk, 192 meters in the air. It's 352 times around. You've got two days, Jono, and you've done no training. Yeah, well, I blame no one else apart from you for this. And I was thinking about it. You would have started this process three weeks ago, at least.

At least three. I know how these things work. And at no stage did you think, oh, we should bring him in at this point. You waited until two days before. Well, like Denzel Washington and that movie, training day starts now. I've got a treadmill.

We're out in the office here at work. So hop on the treadmill right now. Let's do some training. It's a leisurely 10 kilometers it's going at the moment. So just get on there. See how it feels. Just do some running

and I'm going to do a bit of a pop quiz. Every question you do wrong, we're going to ramp the speed up, okay? Well, this three and a half minutes on a treadmill, I'll almost feel over-prepared for the marathon. It'll probably be the only training you do ahead of Friday. So, Jono, on the treadmill right now, going at a nice pace.

How do you feel? I feel like 10Ks is about 2Ks too quick. Okay, so you're going to be up the Sky Tower on Friday. So these are Sky Tower-related questions. Everyone you get wrong will up the speed on the treadmill. Can I just ask, can I ask a question about this game show? No one comes on the chase with Bradley

Walsh and starts asking questions. Ah, is the questioning necessary? That's my, that's my first question. Okay, first question that I'm going to ask, I'm not answering your one. How long did it take to build the Sky Tower? Again, irrelevant. I'm going to go, I'm not answering your one. How long did it take to build the Sky Tower? Again, irrelevant. I'm going to go three and a half years.

Oh, two years and nine months. Let's crank that up. There you go. Crank it up. Crank it up. That's good. Up to 11. Okay.

All right. Can I just say also about your game show, I can see where this is going. Well, you might know some of these. Now, the glass elevators to the observation deck in the Sky Tower, how long does it take to get there? What, travelling in the glass elevator? Yeah, just ask the question, just put an answer in, it's got to be wrong. I'm going to say about two minutes. 40 seconds, alright, crack it up, crack it up.

If you were to walk up the stairs of the Sky Tower, I'm not making you do that, am I? You're puffing quite a lot already. Because I haven't run it over six months. Jeez, I'm worried about Friday. Really worried. We should have started training earlier. Okay. How many stairs does it take to walk up the sky

tower? How many stairs are there? 1,500. Oh, 1,267. Crack it up. Crack it up. Here we go. I'm down to 13km an hour. On a clear day, how far... How many more questions? How many more questions?

All right, let's try and rattle through one more. On a clear day, how far can you see from the top of the Sky Tower? 20km? 82km. Crack it up. How many million did it cost to build the Sky Tower? You said that was the last question! It's really fun, it's fun watching you run fast.

Jeez, your legs are going fast right now. Okay, last question. I feel like a road runner. Oh, why am I puffed? I feel really puffed too. The total cost to build the Sky Tower, how much? $85 million, crack it up,ack it up. Here we go. $15,000. Oh, God.

Wait, how long do I do this for? Oh, I'll introduce the song, God damn it. There's no song. It is the hits. Jono and Ben, just like family. The family members you're ashamed of. Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, we do a thing on the show called the one-take call.

Yeah, and it's a world of automation that we live in now, isn't it? And to this we find the pinnacle of automation. And we have at our disposal the technology to allow us to record and then play that recording down the phone to someone that we call. So then therefore that means you don't actually have to be there for the conversation, Ben. So we want to see if the person we call realises they're talking to means you don't actually have to be there for the conversation, Ben. So we want to see if the person we call realises they're talking to a recording of us

or the actual person. So you've got to leave gaps in your recording and anticipate what they might answer. Yeah, and the game is one when you've started the conversation

and they've hung up at the end with a goodbye. That's a successful one-take call. It's more reliable than Siri. We can tell you that much. So, Ben, it's your turn today, and we're going to get you to phone your mum, Jenny.

Jenny Boyce. Okay, okay. And so what I need you to do now is just record your parts with GAPS, leaving a space for Jenny to reply, and we'll see how it goes. Take it away. One take. Hey, Mum, it's Ben.

Yeah, I guess you knew that anyway. Yeah. Where are you knew that anyway. Yeah. Where are you at the moment? Oh, yeah. No, I haven't been there in ages. Hey, are you still looking at being in Auckland on Queen's birthday weekend? Oh, yeah. Okay.

No, no, that's great. Yeah. No, no, it'd be great to see you. Sounds awesome. All right. Hey, I better go. Jono's just here. Yeah, yeah.

I'll say hi from you. All right. Hey, love you. Okay. Got to go. Bye. How was that? Oh, textbook stuff.

You took some gambles there. I did. With very specific references to things that might not come up in comments. Yeah, I know. But that's what we love about. This is the thrill of this game. The risk taker in me went for those. I've got to just go with a safe conversation, but there's a few things in there that she'll need to respond in the right way.

Listen, it's going to be a miracle if you pull this off. So you've recorded that, and now when my mum answers, we'll shut up and you'll hear that message I just recorded. And will she know it's not actually me talking to her or a recorded message? Good luck. Thank you. Hello? Hey, Mum, it's Ben.

Hey, Mum, it's Ben. Yeah, I guess you knew that anyway yeah oh where are you at the moment look i'm home oh yeah no i haven't been there in ages i know where are you what are you doing hey um are you still looking at being in auckland on queen's birthday weekend yes oh yeah okay you know that's great why why yeah no no it'd be it'd be great to see you Being in Auckland on Queen's birthday weekend? Yes. Oh, yeah. Okay. No, no, that's great. Why? Why is it great? No, no, it'd be great to see you.

Sounds awesome. All right. Hey, I better go. Jono's just here. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, I'll say hi from you. Oh, you bet. All right.

Hey, love you. Okay, better go. Bye. Bye. Jenny? Jenny? Jenny? Oh. Jenny? She's still there.

Jenny? Yeah, well, I just thought you were going then. I was about to say to hang up. She's waiting for me to hang up. It could have been, if you'd just hung up, it would have been a success, but you didn't. We play a game where we have one shot to record a conversation. So that was all recorded.

And Ben left gaps for you to fill in. It's called the one-take call. And did you not notice you were talking to a recorded message? Well, I thought, well, that's really weird. He's a bit pushy. He was really keeping the pace of the conversation was relentless. You're like trying to talk and I'm talking all over you. He's not even, he's not even, you're like, he's not even listening to what I'm saying.

Oh, good, good, good. Oh no, that was weird. But I'm sorry if I did it not correctly. No, no, you did great. I was so pushy. You were very pushy. Well, yes, it was hard to get a word in. I know.

Typical male, typical male. Yeah, that's wonderful. Thank you, Jenny, for being part of the one-take call. Okay. The hits. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz.

Whether it's the Kardashians selling their soul to Dolce & Gabbana or Jono and Ben selling their bodies on the street corner, it's all in the spy.co.nz. Whether it's the Kardashians selling their soul to Dolce & Gabbana or Jono and Ben selling their bodies on the street corner, it's all in the spy. First up, Will Smith has done this interview with David Letterman, which was recorded before the Oscars, where he slapped Chris Rock. And the trailer's come out. We'll get to see it soon.

It's a sit-down interview where he talks about this time where he took a hallucinogenic drug and he had this very scary premonition which is kind of spooky on what's happened so i'm drinking i'm sitting there and then all of a sudden it's it's like i start seeing all of my money flying away and my house is flying away and my career is going away and i'm like oh all right and i'm trying to like grab for my money and my career my My whole life is getting destroyed. So this is this thing he hallucinated.

It was like his grandma. Is it the Osawa or something they take? Yeah, the Indian tribes do it, don't they? The American Indian tribes. Pretty freaky, you know, when just a few weeks later or months later, the Oscars thing happened, and in some ways, a lot of his career has been taken away after that. He's having to rebuild that

so yeah he's had a premonition yeah wow crazy eh that is wild it would have been a weird premonition

and I was slapping Chris Rock across the face I don't know what that was about next he's going to come back and he's not going to be an actor anymore he's going to be a psychic

Hollywood psychic to the stars Will Smith but he's never going to lose how much is Will Smith worth let's see it's a lot I used to. But he's never going to lose. How much is Will Smith worth? Let's see. It's a lot. I used to know.

Hopefully he's been semi-sensible with his investments. The winner taking away his money as such, but I guess his ability to earn money is questionable at the moment. Yeah. 350, that's right. 350. 350 million. Okay.

Okay. Even if you just keep one or two of those 350 million, you'll be fine You'll buy yourself a nice sensible house In the suburbs Work your way up the property ladder Maybe part time On your way to work, be an Uber driver as well You can take other people into the city

Speaking of Hollywood stars Tom Cruise took James Corden up In a fighter jet To promote of course his movie Top Gun Maverick, which is out tomorrow in cinemas. And this was some of the audio of James just freaking out in the air. It's so good because Tom Cruise is flying the plane.

It's just the two of them in there. And then we were watching a scene before, Jono, where he was just explaining to James, if the engine catches flames, he goes, I'll have to pop you out. He's like, well, how many engines have we got? They're like, just one. He's like, so if the engine catches fire.

And so then what he said he would do to James Corden is he'd say, I'll simply just turn the plane around upside down and plop you out of the plane. You'll fall out, because the plane doesn't have a ceiling as such. So James is like, what? So I just fall out? He's like, I'll undo your seatbelt

and you'll just fall out. But that's all right. When you're in there, then you pull your parachute and you go, so this guy is what? I was reading an article. He tried to do a stunt for Mission Impossible of jumping out of the window of the Burj Khalifa,

tallest building in the world in Dubai. And the insurance company wouldn't insure the film. So he's like, fire the insurance company. Really? So he did it without any insurance. Oh my goodness. There we go. Yeah.

What a guy. What a guy, Tom Cruise. You can get more now at thehits.co.nz. We're ticking items off our bucket list. Jono's always wanted to run a marathon, and he's doing it a world first. I've organized him to do a marathon up the top of the Sky Tower on the Skywalk,

192 metres in the air, 352 times around, and we're getting people with some positive feedback, people that have done marathons before, to give you some advice, Jono. People who've trained properly, professionally, who've done, yeah. So I think we've got Rebecca on the phone.

Yeah, Rebecca's joining us right now. Good morning. Oh, hello there. So far think we've got Rebecca on the phone. Yeah, Rebecca's joining us right now. Good morning. Oh, hello there. So far, can I just jump in here? So far, we haven't had any positive feedback. About you running a marathon? Well, people are like, oh, John, I bet you're right. People that have run a marathon before have talked about how hard it is.

And Rebecca, you've not just run one marathon, right? No, I've done more than one, yep. How many? I've done 165. Wow. 165 marathons. That is wild. Jeez.

165. Well, if I could ask you to do me a favor, whatever you're about to tell me, can you just lie about how easy running a marathon is? Well, you've done 165, so it hasn't put you off doing one. Obviously, you've done a bit more training than Jono has, who's doing it on Friday, but what advice can you give him? Yeah, I probably wouldn't be doing one up the top of the Sky Tower.

First bit of advice, the location's all wrong. Oh, jeez. So I think that's probably your biggest challenge. Do you do any sports? Have you got any fitness? Or are you just really –

Have you had the pleasure of seeing my body, Rebecca? I'll send you a pic, mate. I'll send you a pic, and then you tell me if I've done any sports. He doesn't want you to send her a pic. Okay, so you would have trained for a wee bit. He hasn't got that on his side. What about on the day? Because he doesn't normally eat during the day,

but we were just talking before, actually, when the song was playing, that he probably does need to eat and drink throughout the marathon because he's going to be burning off a lot of energy, right? Yeah, but to be fair, it's more important to eat and drink the day before. Ah, okay. So during the marathon, you're probably going to have to be a bit careful what you eat because particularly in your location, the toilets are probably not too accessible.

True. The only option is an ugly option for the people below. Yeah, you've got to. So you want something quite soft on your tummy. So in recent times, I've started using a product called Tailwind, which is like, it's a liquid, it's a drink, but it contains all your calories you need and it doesn't upset the stomach. Tailwind, which is like it's a liquid, it's a drink, but it contains all your calories you need and it doesn't upset the stomach. They can keep you going for a

long time. So it's like however many hours you're going to be out there. Is Tailwind banned in any countries? It might be. It'll keep you going for hours. Tailwind. So what about the day before? Because I've heard from friends that have done marathons and they're like, oh, I have a pasta and things like that.

Is that what you need to do, like carb load? Yeah, yeah. Carb loading, it's still a little bit of a thing, not so much as in the old days. But I'd probably avoid the pasta and go for rice, a bit more sensitive on the stomach the day before. But yeah, so definitely get a few carbs in there, even just your bread, and drink some electrolytes the day before.

Now, how many, so you've done 165 marathons. What has been your best marathon? Pick one. Okay, my favourite marathon is actually right here in New Zealand. It's actually the Queenstown Marathon. It's just like, every year I run it and I think, oh, this is the best marathon in the world. It's just so beautiful down there.

Have you run marathons over the entire world? Yeah, pretty much. I haven't done Antarctica. So that's probably equivalent to what you're doing. It's a little bit in the hard basket. And do you think because he's obviously going around and around the Sky Tower like over 300 times. Can he change direction? He can change direction.

Yeah, he gets to one and then he goes back the way he came. So I guess we're mixing it up. It's a wonderful view, right? Yeah, look, changing directions is good because otherwise

you're going to close yourself and then doing laps in the same direction. So yeah. In your professional 165 marathon opinion, will I do it? Oh, you don't want

the answer to that i mean whatever you do it's going to be a marathon achievement right it sounds like you just want to say no you're not going to do it i don't think i could do it all right rebecca well again instilling confidence in me. Thank you so much. Congratulations on your achievements. That's absolutely phenomenal, and I really appreciate you phoning through.

And look, best of luck for Friday. You know, are you raising money for anyone? No, no. Have you heard of the charity called Shameless Publicity? Well, best of luck. And if you believe you can do it, then you can doity. Best of luck. If you believe you can do it, then you can do it. Thanks, Rebecca. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits.

This Friday, thanks to AJ Hackett-Bungie and Sky City Auckland, Jono Fryer knocks a marathon off his bucket list in a world first on top of the Sky Tower. This Friday, with Jono and Ben on the hits. Yeah, it is a world first.

He's going to be doing it on Friday, running a marathon at the top of the Sky Tower on the Skywalk outside 192 metres in the air. 352 times around in Hilary Barry. You know Hilary Barry from Sitting Sharp? Oh, no one loved Hilary Barry. Well, she's heard about what you're doing and she sent us this message. Have a listen to this. Hey Jono, it's Hilary Barry. Well, she's heard about what you're doing, and she sent us this message. Have a listen to this. Hey, Jono, it's Hilary Barry here.

I don't exactly know why you are trying to do this, but I've got to say there's a small, like a really, really small part of me that admires you. So, yeah, good luck. Don't break a leg. Now, none of these celebrities that you've bullied into giving me messages. I haven't bullied anyone. She's heard

about it and off her own bat, she's got in touch. She said, well, not when you've paid three of those. Captured the imagination of celebrities and people around the country. Celebrity, all the finest celebrities. But not one of them have had a favourable thing to say. Well, she said there was a small part of her, and you can see the video,

we'll put it up there later on her Instagram. She was doing like that little, with the fingers just like a little pinch, said there was a small part of her and you can see the video we'll put it up there later on her instagram she was doing like the little where the finger's just like a little pinch but it was a small part yeah guy williams who used to work with he gave a message as well he's like i don't know what you're doing but don't do it he doesn't even need to know what we're doing it sounds stupid it sounds dangerous what's happening on friday and there is a chance i've just heard there's a chance that you could win you listening right now could win thanks to jono so i'm gonna put more pressure, listening right now, could win thanks to Jono. So I'm going to put more pressure on you right now with that. And I'll explain more about that tomorrow.

Have yourself a wonderful Wednesday. I'm just going to go stretch my hamstrings and go for a jog. We'll catch you tomorrow. And enjoy your Wednesday. See you. The Hits. For more podcasts from The Hits Network, check out iHeartRadio.co.nz.