Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: How did Ben embarrass himself at a hotel?

Episode Date: May 10, 2022

Jono and Ben share awkward waving stories, what did Jono do for the first time in 2 years and we play You Wouldn't Read About it the almost famous edition.Plus our youngest winner for 5 Words  for $5,000 - Selena and her family are going to Disneyland!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Welcome to the podcast today, it's lovely to have you with us, the 11th of May. Big shout out to all of the podcast audience. I know we're sitting around at 93, 94 in the top 100 there, Ben. Yeah, do you know, I'll try something right now on the podcast, and it may not work, but I just was watching before. Well hold on, is this why we're sitting at 93, 94? Probably, but the TV was on before, and one of the ads for another station in the building Coast popped up

Tony Street on the ad can we go try to see if he answers the phone do you want to call that number Bill? you want to call Streetie? I want to call Streetie I want to call her out

about something on the ad Fox Advertising oh okay I've seen the ad with the dancing beagle yeah how much CGI money

were they spending on that? well certainly certainly not getting that sweet advertising cash over here. Yeah. Or maybe they taught a beagle how to dance. Or maybe they did again. Yeah, costly.

Streetie. She screamed us. Streetie. Did we just get hung up on? Did we? Streetie. Well, it's still there. Tony Street.

Tony. Did we? Tony. I think we've missed. Oh. She's put us on hold. She puts us on hold. The nicest woman in...

Hello? Tony! We're just about to say we got screened by Tony. It's Jono. I'm being here. Hi, guys. I was talking away. I accidentally pushed the mute button.

Of course. We were just about to say the nicest lady in New Zealand just screened us, but it was an accidental muting. I promise I didn't scream you. It was an accident. It's so cold today that I just, like, fell on the button. Well, now, Tony, I was just watching the ad for Coast in the mornings on the TV. It just popped up, and I wanted to call you because on the ad,

I want to call you up for something. Five o'clock, your alarm goes off on the ad. I'm like, you're leaving it. You're leaving it very late to get to work. Do you know what? All the people that made that ad, they were profusely apologising to me because they were like,

Tony, we know you get up earlier than that. And I said, everyone's going to think that's when I get up. I actually get up at 10 to 5. Oh, actually, you are leaving a lot later than I thought you were. False advertising, but almost true advertising. It is, actually, yeah. Do you know what? I'm going to let False advertising, but almost true advertising. It is, actually, yeah. You know what? Do you know what?

I'm going to let you know this. When I first started doing radio, I used to get up at four because I used to get up about four when I hosted breakfast television, right? Yeah. And then I thought, well, I don't need to do the whole palaver of the hair and makeup anymore, so surely there's going to be some perks of radio. And then I pushed it out to about half past four.

Why, when did you guys get up? Well, I'm probably about 20 past four, but Jono, he's crazy. He like gets up at 3.45. Well, it's 3.20 now. Is it? Are you really? What are you doing?

You are going to age prematurely. I suggest you cut that now. Have you seen me, Streetie? There's no saving this place. That's what everyone says. Jeremy Wells is worried. He's like five o'clock or later. There's an obvious thing that's happened to you in the head of fathers,

and it only gets worse from there. What are you doing for the two hours before you get to work? Well, now I'm having to factor in taking a dog out to do the ablutions. It's not taking you two hours, though. The dog's fault. I just ignore my dog in the morning. Yeah, no. 320.

320 now. Crazy. But it's a good talking point. I just want to do that so you can say to the boss, I actually get up at three something. That's the thing. When you're signing your contract. Yeah, well, I know Hosking works upstairs.

He's a 230 guy. So we're all trying to work towards that. Look, I don't want to listen to what we do on music radio, but I don't think our listen to what we do on music radio, but I don't think our interviewer is quite as intense. Oh, well, Streetie, so there was an almost,

not a true lie, but a 10-minute-off lie. Yeah, I think it's just management trying to make me look bad, to be fair. Yeah, it's closer than I thought. Have a great day, Tony,

all right? Okay, see you guys. See you, mate. Love your work. Today on the show, we had a $5,000 winner. Yeah, see you guys. See you, mate. Love your work. Today on the show, we had a $5,000 winner. Yeah, that was awesome. Incredible. 12 years old. Yeah. 12 years old, this person.

And also, Ben Boyce, first thing that we've done in two years, just as it strikes, one million cases of COVID. Tell you what it is. You passed each other. We did. We've been holding off. Two semi-competent dads handing out semi-competent parenting advice.

Jono and Ben on the hits. Went to the international airport for the first time in about three years yesterday to drop off some family at the airport. And it's good to see people starting to get back there, but it just felt kind of sad that so many stores just not, like nothing is really open out there. Very little still, even though there are some passengers flying. Oh, inside the airports.

And you feel really, you know, really. I mentioned if you had a store out there, I was feeling for people there. Of course. Have they got the things where they've got those gates down on them? Yeah, yeah. So a lot of that. So hopefully it'll all start to pick up again. But I already thought things were starting to pick up, and they are.

But it's taking a while still. I suppose people are hesitant, aren't they, about travelling overseas? Well, yeah, and I guess people can't travel. I mean, maybe in the school holidays it was heaving, but right now... It's still quite expensive. My sister went to Melbourne to see my dad and it cost $1,000 to go to Australia. One way? To return, which is, that's never that much money.

It's like usually 500 max. Well, I mean, they're trying to claw back two years' worth of these poor airlines. Yeah, I know. So I witnessed something yesterday that I've never seen before, and I thought, and I don't want to stereotype, I don't want to age-shame people here, because that's not what we do on this show, is it? We don't age-shame.

Sometimes you do. Some of us don't. I don't know about you. But I was on the forecourt of the petrol station and i witnessed a very you know well-to-do somewhat well very sophisticated sort of 60 something old lady eating a petrol station mince and cheese pie on the forecourt and i thought that that food didn't match the person. And I'm not to say that she couldn't eat a pie.

She's more than welcome to. But I was just like, why are you pie-shaving this lady? I'm just like, sometimes you're like, geez, I need a mitsun cheese pie. Maybe not you. Sometimes you crave it.

You know that craving? You get a craving now for a pie. You really want a meaty pie. Well, because again, I had family over from the States and they were like, I just want a pie. Because you can't get a pie like you do in America,

like you have in New Zealand. Yeah. It was kind of like watching my mummy eat a kebab at three in the morning. You know, the food didn't match the look. And I'm sure she loves midges and cheese pies. Who doesn't? Who doesn't? But a petrol station midger,

she looked like she'd be on The Real Housewives of Auckland or something. Oh, maybe she's in the way. Maybe she's a property dealer. She's in between. She hasn't got time for lunch. She's working hard. She's like, just got to get something to eat. All I've got is a pie.

Love petrol station food. Do you? Well, I do, but I eat lunch. You don't. So what do you eat? When do you eat? I've never seen Jono eat. No, you don't.

I've worked with you guys for over a month now. Not seen him eat. He refuses to eat during the day. He says it's from our old job, which I understand, but he's got a new job now. You can eat. You, not seen him eat. He refuses to eat during the day. He says it's from our old job, which I understand, but he's got a new job now. Yeah, you can eat. You've got time to eat.

I live off stomach lining and adrenaline. What do you eat? Well, I eat breakfast in the morning. What do you have? I'll have like an up and go. Generally, I'll have an up and go to get me up and going. Yeah.

For the whole day? Yeah, and then I'll eat at five, six o'clock at night. That's crazy. But jeez, you watch, you wait until you see me eat, Bill. Hey, Ben, at night time. He's like a raccoon in the trash can. I don't believe that you eat.

I've never seen it. When I eat, I eat hard. I eat double dinners and all sorts. I know. It's like, you could just have one of those dinners at lunchtime and then not be like, so anyway. But anyway, I got a cordon bleu from a petrol station once, and I thought that was lovely. That was an interesting food from a I got a cordon bleu from a petrol station once, and I thought that was lovely.

That was an interesting food from a petrol station, cordon bleu, and it was delicious. Jono thinks he's fancy for having a cordon bleu. Just don't think too hard about what's inside the cordon bleu, and you'll love it. Jono and Ben. Just talking about petrol station food before, just next door with producer Bee Humps.

Let's tip our hat to Wild Bean Cafe. Oh, they're good. That's a good cafe, isn't it? You get yourself a giant-ass bowl of latte in there. Jenny Boyce would love a Wild Bean. Your mum, road-tripping around New Zealand, loving Wild Bean.

And a takeaway coffee mug. Huge, huge latte. Single shot. Single shot. Basically a milk shake. You could have nine shots in the amount of milk that she has. It wouldn't be like a strong coffee. Nine liters of latte. Keeps her going, mate.

Keeps her going. Let's do some scrolling through your feed. Scrolling through your feed. All right, let's give the people what they want, Ben Boyce. Some news featuring vague detail. Now, Waka Kotahi, the transport agency, they're on a very ambitious mission to try and get the road toll down to zero, which we've talked about in the past. And it's great.

I mean, no one wants any deaths on the road. But it winds me up a lot because no one said how they're doing it. Have they ever said they've got this nice ad? It's a great ad. Have you seen the ad? No. Yeah, it's very good. Fantastic ad. But no one's gone like, this is what we need to do to get to zero.

They're like, let's just aim for zero deaths Even if you had Electric automatic cars And separators You got nose to tails You got I just don't see how it's possible When we asked Jacinda

And she was like Oh it's great to have a goal Yeah I was like what? I mean they're spending 200 million on their whole campaign To try and get the road toll Down to zero

But then they've Come under a bit of fire Because they've spent $10,000 on two large red prop zeros. Now, these are zeros that are about shoulder height, and they're going to be taking these zeros around. The zero is what we're going to do. But now the National Party are like, they spent $10,000 on two zeros. When you put it like that, it's a lot of money on two zeros.

Why don't they spend $10,000 on going, how are we actually going to do this? Yeah, well, that's true. I mean, I love a mascot, don't get me wrong. Ben, you would take those zeros, you'd put them in your garage and props. Yeah, they'd be great props. But yeah, $10,000. I mean, a bit of, you know, polystyrene or something, you know. Could have probably made those props a lot cheaper.

Yeah. It seems like a wild waste of money, this campaign. It's a lot, yeah. But Prince Harry is also part of a new campaign. He launched his own not-for-profit organisation TV commercial yesterday for Travellist. We talked about this yesterday. It's got Kiwi Rhys Darby and a few other Kiwis in it. It was launched.

So, you know, New Zealand actors in a worldwide campaign launch. I think we have a little bit of Prince Harry with Rhys Darby. Kia ora. Just while I've got you here. Does this ring any bells? What is it? It's a lolly wrapper. Okay.

You dropped it. I don't think so. Well, according to my report, at 2.17pm, October 29th, Bethel's Beach, Tameke Makaurau, New Zealand,

2018. Might have been a confusing time. It was windy. I don't think it was confusing. It was an incredible time. We had an amazing time in New Zealand. It's beautiful. No, I enjoyed it was confusing. It was an incredible time. We had an amazing time in New Zealand.

It's beautiful. No, I enjoyed it. I personally enjoyed it. But people are hating on it. So Piers Morgan, obviously a very controversial British TV presenter, he has said that Prince Harry

is a big hypocrite. Your point, Bell Crawford. I didn't want to have the same opinion as Piers. About the fact that he flies private jets and then he's talking about

a travel company. Sustainable travel. It's like, maybe you could go business class. No? Maybe. Belle, you came in here as very woke. Now you have to share the opinions of Piers Morgan. No, I do not.

He just hates on the Royals. He also said Harry was a terrible actor. Well, I thought he did it. I thought he was great. I loved it. And a lot of other people going in online about said Harry was a terrible actor. Well, I thought he did it. I thought he was great. I loved it. And a lot of other people going in online about Prince Harry wearing a Girl Dad t-shirt. And I was like, well, how are we? That was cool.

I thought it was cool. Yeah. And there was a big debate on one thing. Can he be called a Girl Dad, you know, if he's got a boy and a girl? But, yeah, of course he can. He's still a father of a girl. He could have a Boy Dad t-shirt as well that he wears. What's the Girl Dad t-shirt mean?

Well, yeah, so the actual term is a father who wants their daughters to have the same rights, opportunities, and privileges as any boy,

which is what the term girl dad comes from. Ben's a proud girl dad. So yeah, there you go. Why would you not want to, you know? Have you got the t-shirt though?

I haven't got the t-shirt. No, but I mean, no t-shirt, mate. I can wear a t-shirt. You've got two girls. You've got more right to wear that t-shirt than Prince Bloody Harry. But he can still wear that t-shirt though? I haven't got the t-shirt No Buy a t-shirt mate I can wear a t-shirt You've got two girls You've got more right To wear that t-shirt

Than Prince bloody Harry But he can still wear that t-shirt I'm not going to complain But everyone loves them Don't they? Oh they do And poor Harry He's just trying to do

Something nice Get us all What's the point of it again? So when you're travelling Yeah right You want to sustain it You want to be a good traveller You don't want to be leaving your stuff everywhere

You want to create a better world for your children For your girls and boys and whoever However everyone identifies You want to have a better world for everyone Couldn't have seen it better myself You had no idea what was going on Shout out to all the unpaid Uber drivers Dropping the kids off in peak hour traffic

Jono and Ben on the hits. We were talking about brushes with fame, and we had a literal brush with fame. We had Justine on, and she was a makeup artist, and she has worked with so many impressive celebrities over the years. We asked her to name a couple. Who would be top of mind? Definitely Kylie Minogue would be top of my list. Kylie Minogue?

That was in Auckland when Kylie came for promo. It wasn't a concert. It was just promo. Okay. Kylie Minogue! That was in Auckland when Kylie came for promo. It wasn't a concert, it was just promo. Okay, Kylie Minogue. And, you know, I imagine you'd be, are you nervous in that situation?

The meeting side, not so nervous. It's more the, hopefully you're living up to the look that they have envisaged and are wanting. She actually thanked me after.

She said she was unsure coming to Auckland, who she would get. And then afterwards, she said, I absolutely loved it. And she wore it out that night to a big promo drink. Doing the locomotion in your

makeup. She also did Ben Boyce's makeup as well. And she did Robbie Williams. I tell you, I liked it. I kept it on all day. You've probably got the same brushes as Robbie. You've got Robbie's DNA all over your face, mate. All of those skin cells. Commit some heinous crime and he'll

frame him for it. Put it on Williams. But we've got a whole bunch of texts and calls after we hear Justine's story and we're going to go to the phones right now on 0800 The Hits. Debbie, how are you? Good, thanks. How are you? Good. What are you doing? Where are you? Oh, in Raglan today.

Now, we're talking about brushes with fame and apparently you had a brush with fame and you didn't realize who it was at the time. Yes, yeah. I was having a bit of a blonde day that day. So we went to, one of my friends worked for Billabong at the time, and there was a big skate contest on or something, and I was going to pick up an already signed poster from Tony Hawk

for one of my best friend's little boys who just loved him. Skateboarding legend. Tony Hawk, yeah. Skate friends, little boys, who just loved him. Skateboarding legend, Tony Hawk. Skateboarding legend, yeah, absolutely. And then while I was sitting at the Novotel waiting for my friend to come down from the hotel room, I actually got chatting to a guy in the waiting room where I was sitting. And then when my friend came down, he's like, did you know that was actually Tony Hawk you were talking to? And I was like, what?

I didn't even know it was Tony Hawk. I was doing a friend a favor, hooking someone up, what? I didn't even know it was Tony Hawk. What? I was not a skateboarder. I was just doing a friend a favor, hooking someone up, and then I didn't even know it was actually even him. So it was the person you were meant to go get the signature from, and you'd been telling him the whole time. Yeah, and I was sitting next to him for about 20 minutes. What did you talk to Tony Hawk about?

Oh, look, I don't even remember, but it wouldn't have been skateboarding because we don't even skateboard. That's so cool. We would have appreciated that, that someone was just talking to him like a normal person, yeah? Exactly. I didn't even ask for an autograph because I was waiting for one. That is, and so then did you have to go and ask him for an autograph?

No, I just walked out because I was so embarrassed. Oh, so you didn't get one? I was out of there because I was like, oh, what an amateur. Well, to be fair, if you're not into skateboarding, you're probably not going to know what Tony Hawk looks like. Exactly, and I didn't. Clearly, I didn't. And I'm sure he loved it.

Kelly, we told that story last week about your wife. Yeah, my wife did the same thing. We saw Kelly Slater, surfing legend. She's like, oh, my God, this is incredible. I love him. And I even went up and said, hey, can my wife get a photo with you? She's a big fan. He's like, yeah, no problems. And then at the end, she goes, I love your. I love him. And I even went up and said, hey, can my wife get a photo with you? She's a big fan. He's like, yeah, no problems.

And then at the end she goes, I love your music, Jack Johnson. Oh, fuck you. And he was kind of like, oh, we've got the photo. Let's just get out of here. Oh, I feel so bad then. Put your head down and leave. We're leaving now. Surely you should have gone.

Amanda's never said she's into surfing. Surely you could have. Oh, you get swept up at the moment. I understand. He's a good-looking guy. I love you. I love you. Have a great day.

Yeah, you too. We're talking about your brush with fame when you met a celebrity. We had Alicia yesterday who phoned through. She had a cracking story that happened a few years ago. It was Rachel Hunter and Rod Stewart. So they were over in New Zealand. I think Rod might have been performing,

and there was a bit of a promotion at the Winkatui races here in Dunedin where Rod and Rachel owned a horse for the day. And it just happened that it was one of the horses that I was looking after races here in Dunedin where Rod and Rachel owned a horse for the day. And it just happened that it was one of the horses that I was looking after for a guy that I was working for before I went to school each day. So I had the privilege of strapping the horse and being entertained by Rachel and Rod for the day. It was an incredible story yesterday, she told, isn't it? It ended up Rod Stewart was singing him a few beers,

doing a sing-along later in the day. Jeez, Rod Stewart at the racetrack in Dunedin just feel like two things that don't go hand in hand. But they did that day. And you can call us right now on 0800-THE-HITS. Your brush with fame. Who have we got on the phone right now? We've got Chris on 0800-THE-HITS.

Morning, Chris. Oh, yeah. It was amazing. One of the best things that's ever happened to me in myS. Morning, Chris. Oh, yeah. It was amazing. One of the best things that's ever happened to me in my life. Well, Chris, we were talking about this yesterday on the show, People's Brush with Fame, and we said, give us a call or text. And we got one text from someone, which is your number. It just says Bono.

And we don't know what that means. It was like, is this from Bono? Is this someone who met Bono? What happened, Chris? I didn't think you guys would ring me. I was just sending that. But yeah, a couple of years ago, I was working in town, and we'd just finished for the day.

And my boss, I've got to go. One more meeting. Can you just grab the car and just take it down and park it somewhere? So I decided to go look for a park down near Brito Mart, and I found one park outside this little bar there. And I just was sitting there for a little bit and I thought, oh, there's a wagon in front of me. It's got tinted windows

and it's got a specialised number plate and I was going, oh, I wonder who that's for. And I look across at the door next to the bar and there's these two heavyset gentlemen there in all flash suits and then, like, sure enough, a couple of minutes later, Bono walks through the door and with his purple glasses and his nice jacket and everything.

Oh, wow. He loves a purple, he loves a colourful glasses jacket combo, doesn't he, old Bono? Oh, he loves that sort of stuff. And I thought, oh, here's my chance to meet one of my heroes in life, you know. And I'm thinking, oh, sweet, I'll jump out. And as I walked across, I was all in my high viz and my boots. And I'm thinking, oh, they're not going to see me anywhere near him. So the guy said to me, oh, and he puts his hand up.

He says, nah, wait there. I'm going, oh, okay, okay. And then about a minute goes by, Bono finished talking to who he was talking to. He said, oh, yep, you can come now. I said, oh, Bono, can I please get a selfie? He goes, yeah, no worries, mate, you know. And he goes, put his arm around me. And he goes, nah, nah, Bono, can I please get a selfie? And he goes, yeah, no worries, mate, you know. And he goes, put his arm around me. And he goes, nah, nah, stuff this.

And he puts his hands around my throat like he's choking me. I'm going, oh, no way. Bono choked you. A comical choking for a photo. Wow. He was a legend. So I got my selfie, and then I started talking to him after. And I said, oh, I hope you have a great concert.

Told him what my favorite song of his was, and he says, oh, have a great day. And he says, oh, thanks, and walked away, and I was just, like, buzzing. I couldn't, like, was this true or not, you know? Yeah, isn't it nice when you meet your heroes and they turn out to be like that? Oh, well, I've read up on him later,

and people say he used to come to the pub and just sit with them and drink and he's just a normal type of guy like all of us. Yeah, just a normal guy and some fancy sunglasses. That's awesome, Chris. What a wonderful story. You have a great day, mate. Thank you very much.

You too. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz All right, we're about to bring in the washing, take some celebrities down a peg or two. Bell Crawford, what is happening, mate? Well, you might have heard that Mike Tyson

punched someone on a flight. And if you're wondering what happened, have a listen to this. The guy was taunting him. He was sitting behind him. Mike didn't do anything for a really long time. The guy looked boozed, eh? He looked like he'd had a few drinks,

and he was just like, who's Mike Tyson sitting in front of me? I'm just going to be a bit annoying and obviously he pushed it too far. Peasants. They're peasants. That's the guy. His mate was filming it, right?

Yeah. That's Mike. And that's Mike Tyson. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, Mike, Mike, come on. Let's go stop that. There's a horse, man. Come on. Yeah, so the. Let's go stop that horse, man.

Yeah, so the guy didn't really seem that upset. He kind of thought it was coming. He was kind of dangling over Mike Tyson's head, going peasants, peasants, peasants. I mean, you could see Tyson taking some big deep breaths. He was trying to get to his happy place, trying to do his meditation, because the end result was going to be news that Mike Tyson's

attacked someone on a plane but I think everyone was on Tyson's side with that one. Well yeah it's interesting it's like the last person you'd want to taunt

wouldn't it? Anyone on that plane you pick him. Yeah you're like oh god but anyway. And the latest this morning is that he won't face any charges

after this incident because the court was saying because of the conduct of the victim beforehand and their interaction, no charges will be laid. And they're scheduled for another fight in 12 months' time. There's another bout, so we'll look forward to that one. Pay-per-view, Sky Television, $49.99.

Did he take Tyson to court? Well, yeah. He must have. Maybe the police are involved as well. They're just investigating it because obviously you can't punch on a flight. Great for the guy's Instagram though. I imagine. He's doing it all for the gram.

He took a couple of hits. And also the Queen cancelled an appearance you may have heard due to mobility problems. Her doctors have been getting her to rest in the lead up to the Jubilee next month.

And in a statement they said her Royal Highness, 96, just a reminder, she is 96, continues to experience mobility problems and consultation with her doctors, has reluctantly decided she will not attend the state opening of Parliament.

And Prince Charles carried out her duties instead. You know what? Fair enough. It's time he picked up a bit of the slack and helped her out. She's 96. 96 is a huge effort. He didn't even pick up much slack. He just had to read her speech. She had already done the heavy lifting.

She'd written it. Can you read competently, Charles? Well, then you roll on. And I reckon the Queen's probably sitting there going, oh, this godforsaken jubilee. She's like, oh, just make it in. How many nights is this going to take? Just make it in.

You've got Ed Sheeran playing at the front gate. It's going to be noisy. I want to go to bed. I want to sleep. She's just like, make it in. Make it in. The poor thing. We're rolling around. She's just like, make it eat. Make it eat. The poor thing. We're rolling around.

It's a 10-week bonanza. She's like, I don't care. I'm 96. It's like when you take your grandmother out of the retirement village for Christmas Day. As soon as you drive them out, they're like, when do I go back? Actually, though. Yeah, and that is why you can get more now at thehits.co.nz.

The sure weather masks make them look a whole lot better. get more now at thehits.co.nz. As we mentioned before, you would have heard on the news, New Zealand, one million cases of COVID now. One million, that really jumped up, didn't it? But then they're saying that could be three times that, because people aren't registering them with Healthline, righty, righty, right, you know, those type of people are me. They're fluffing the figures, fluffing the stats.

And it does feel like people mentally, right or wrong, have got to a stage where, oh, it's just like having the cold. Why would I call Healthline? You know? Yeah. But then I think it can, you know, if you're travelling overseas and stuff like that, because you've had COVID, they need to know these things. So it may affect you if you don't do it.

It's pretty simple to register. Just register. You don't have to do much else. That was good. There was some wonderful balance there on the show, Ben. Well, yeah. I said one thing, you balanced it out. It was great.

I know someone in particular had to have a RATS test. And then because they had COVID, there was a whole lot going on and you had to prove. And there's no way to prove you've had COVID unless you've registered for the health fine. So it might come back to bite you if you don't put the admin in. What do I feel like I've just been told off? Well, did you register yours? I did. Yeah, when I did.

But now I'd be like, ah. Well, that's why I'm saying, don't do. Don't do it. Because it may come back. You go, why did I not just make one call? Yeah. Well, yesterday I did something for the first time. I probably shouldn't have done it on the day that the news was announced we had over a million cases.

So I went in for my first cheek kiss in two years. I didn't initiate it either, to be fair. And it was someone you knew, hopefully. It was a lovely homeless lady outside Sky City. No, it was someone new. And then I could see her leaning in. I was like, oh, okay, we're doing this, are we? Are we at this stage?

And it's not, you know, nine times out of ten, it's not even a kiss on the cheek. It's a light banging of cheeks, isn't it? You never land a kiss in that situation, do you? No, it's all a bit like that. And then you just end up making the noise like, mwah, mwah. But do you want someone's lips on your cheeks at the moment? Not really.

It's kind of like the, I liken that greeting to the half hug. You're a fan of the half hug, where you go and greet people. You're like, hey, how are you? And you kind of, you drape your bony body over them, your lifeless bony body. Hey, mate, good to see you. You've got a couple of pants on the back. Yeah, it's kind of like that.

I'm very old. I just say, sometimes in those situations, I don't know what we go for. Is it a traditional handshake? Hey, mate, good to see you. You've got a couple of pants on the back. Yeah, it's kind of like that. I'm very old. Sometimes in those situations, I don't know what we're going for. Is it a traditional handshake? Is it a cool on the side handshake? Is it a handshake on the side with a hug attached? I don't know. So you just end up sort of launching your body towards the person, don't you?

Sometimes I'm a hugger. I'll just do a hug. And then they're like, oh, they weren't going. But other times, they go for a hug. And it can be very awkward. Well, now I've chucked in fist bumps, elbows, you know,

there's 10 to 12 ways you can greet someone as well. Then I was thinking about kissing. The old French kiss would be the random bar pash nowadays, which Chris Hipkins spoke about too. You'd still be a little hesitant to do that, wouldn't you? Oh, I'd say at the start of the night, yes,

but then four or five tequila shots later or whatever people have it, I think all that goes out the window. Who kicked off French kissing? Like someone... I'm kissing the French. Yeah, but I mean, one wild French person went, roll with me on this. Yeah, because I guess you would have been kissing the person

and then you would have gone, oh. Oh, what's? Oh, okay. You know, that's inside my mouth now. Yeah. You'd be like, sorry, Pierre, what was that? You'd kind of pull back, wouldn't you? You'd stop and go, no, no.

Yeah, I liked it. Especially there's no prior warning. Maybe it was. Maybe it was. Maybe it was. Hey, look, I'm thinking about this. This is how we can take things to the next level without going too far from what we'd currently be doing. Keep all your clothes on, but I'm going to try this, okay? And he sort of, I imagine when it first happened, there was no sort of technique to it.

He probably just went in with the tongue going. Well, there we go. Just be careful out there now. Over the tongue going, ehhh. Well, there we go. Just be careful out there now. Over a million cases, they say. That's right. Watch and win with LEGO Masters New Zealand on TVNZ2.

Yes, LEGO Masters New Zealand Monday and Tuesday nights at 7.30 on TVNZ2. And when you're watching the show, look out for the hits. Pop up Word. Text it through to 4487. Be listening the next day.

We say a name at 7 o'clock after the show, and if you call us on 0800THEHITS, you win a $500 voucher from the warehouse. Great show. So caught a bit of it last night. Wonderful stuff. High production quality's been. The cameras are working.

Dye does a great job. There was Lego on there. They were building it. It was fantastic. Now, Abby Aker. We called out Abby Aker's name She texted through last night And unfortunately, Abby hasn't phoned back

What? She's not on the phone I feel like she might be on the phone It's Abby Hi Winding you up, Abby Yeah, I was kind of like, um, yeah Classic stitch-up

How's Wamaru this morning? So good, yeah, all good. It's pitch black, but, you know, it'll be all right. Hey, well, guess what? You've got $500 to spend at the warehouse. That is so good. Thank you so much. No, that's all right.

That's pretty sweet. You can let go and buy yourself something nice there. What did you think of the show? I love it. I'm just in think of the show? I love it. I'm just in awe of the things that they can create. Because I'm pretty basic. I'm a house and a car kind of gal. But the things, the fact that they can imagine something

and then actually create it out of little bricks, it's just, it's insane. Yeah. I could struggle to build a wall. Donald Trump had that same problem, I think, as well. You know what I love about Ben and Lego is when he goes into Lego, he Legos hard. I do, yeah.

And it's not just him who's affected, the whole household. Yeah, yeah. If he's in box on a project, everyone is on their project. They have other stuff to do. I know, as I sit on the dining room table, it's like, we can't eat dinner around, you've got to finish the Lego. So everyone gets their chips in. They have other stuff to do. I know. As I sit on the dining room table, it's like we can't eat dinner around.

You've got to finish the Lego. So everyone gets their chips in. It's actually quite fun. I enjoy doing it over the holidays. Hey, well done, Abby. $500 to spend at the warehouse. The rest of you text in. Thanks very much.

But you've all been part of a huge text scam. And we now have your personal details. We will be ripping you off. Abby, enjoy your day, all right? Thank you. You too, guys. Scrolling through your feed. We have worked very hard reading the first paragraph

of News Stories, so it sounds like we know what we're talking about. Ben, you can do some reading. That's right, now we spent the first sort of 18 months of the pandemic in New Zealand, largely free of the virus. And now New Zealand, as of yesterday, has clocked up 1 million, more than

1 million cases. Now, a year ago, New Zealand was as of yesterday, has clocked up more than 1 million cases. Now, a year ago, New Zealand was only in the thousands. Just 2,288. That was a year ago. So since then, there's been basically 986,000 cases since the start of the year. Well, remember when we had the pitchforks out, we were ripping our clothes off in madness when we only had one case? Remember that? We went into lockdown. Lock of the year. Well, remember when we had the pitchforks out, we were ripping our clothes off in madness when we only had one case?

Remember that? We went into lockdown. Lock on the doors, find the person. Put them on a boat, send them out to another country. We went crazy, didn't we? But you understand now, I mean, obviously the vaccination rate's a lot higher. 20% of the population, they reckon, has been infected,

but modelers are reckon it could be at least three times more than that. Do you guys remember a conversation with Jim, my wife, last night? And it was just around vaccinated, unvaccinated, where neither is in any more beneficial position than the other. That's not true. At the moment. Why is that not true?

Because they say that if you've been vaccinated, you don't get it as badly per se, and you won't spread it on as much. Yeah, okay, right. But I guess you're still, from a point of view, still got to isolate for seven days. Oh, right. And, you know, for the unvaccinated, we're like, you cannot walk into anywhere.

You know, we really did tarnish them with a brush, and now that's all out the window. I think it's pretty much over. Oh, there's something next week. My daughter's got to go to a medical thing they're like oh she needs a vaccine pass you're like oh okay you know like so obviously there's still stuff going on that you need to happen but yeah so but and i guess what i said last night that you know the government could only deal the cards that they had in front of them and if looking like getting vaccinated was the best way forward then that's all they could do it has one of the lowest death rates in the world by, you know, amount of cases, but one of the lowest

that's remained really low by those standards. So it's obviously been a huge benefit for the health system. Yeah, a million cases, but they reckon it could be up to three mil. Michael Baker's predicting. Yeah, and I love this story. So this comes out from Texas. Now, local police have released security footage of a Texas man who went into a residential building and he stole a lawnmower.

So he took the lawnmower. There's some footage of him doing it. And then he went outside with the lawnmower and then he proceeded to cut the grass. He cut the lawns. There's shots of him like this. This is like 8 o'clock at night too. It's dark outside. He's doing a wonderful job cutting the lawns.

He's even doing all the edges and everything. Like Jim's mowing would be frothing over this lawn work. And then he took the lawn wonderful job cutting the lawn he's even doing all the edges and everything like Jim's mowing would be frothing over this lawn work and then he took the lawnmower away and away he went but yeah

but I was like it was obviously very noisy was the owner in the house? I don't know like there's so many questions I've had

I mean it was not time for mowing the lawn is it at the time of night who's bloody mowing their lawn it's a thing it's like when

someone starts up at 7 o'clock on a Saturday morning yeah so he comes in I mean maybe that's a little thing they can add. Maybe they can come around and do some stuff around your house.

I mean, it'd be a real kick in the guts if he sends an invoice at the end of the month as well. Took you a little more. Plus, did you see the great work I did? That's going to be 40 bucks, mate. The annoying ones talking between the socks. Jono and Ben on the hits. Hey, one of my favourite things to do when I first meet someone is what do you do for a job?

Love it, don't I? You do, don't you? Yeah, anyone who calls up here what's your name, Barry? What do you do for a job? What do you do for a job? Yeah, but apparently it's one of the rudest questions

you can ask another human being. Some people are very cagey about what they do for a job. I can imagine too. Also, a job, you all love people. What's your age? How old are you? I only just do that because I like making people awkward. Some people are like, oh, oh.

No one ever gives you your age flat out, do they? No, there's always a bit of a, oh. Unless you're a kid and then you always want to be older. You're like, I'm nine years old. Anyone over 30 is always cagey about their age. My son reckons that he was like, you said you were 39 for about nine years. But, you know, apparently because if I ask you, Ben, what do you do for a job?

And you tell me what you do for a job. Radio announcer. It can either elevate or lower your status. When you say radio announcer, definitely lower your status. You know, I look down on you if you tell me that's what you do for a job, but that's the reason it's rude. Anyway, I got into a hole yesterday. Same thing. Met a gentleman.

What do you do for a job? He kind of did that thing as well. And he's like, I work for the government. Oh, now you're a double-double. You work for Jacinda. What do you do? Exactly. And most people would go, okay, well, this is a point where this guy doesn't want to, you know, elaborate further about what he does for a job.

And I was like, okay, what do you do for the government? And he said, oh, just a bit of stuff. And he was trying to fob me off. Well, you obviously knew that, but why did you continue? Anyway, after 10 minutes of investigation, he finally came clean that he was a police officer. Ah. Didn't want to say he was a cop. I was like, why wouldn't you want to say you're a cop?

He's probably doing an undercover sting on you. Mate, we've had you under surveillance for about six months. You're up to some shady stuff. But if I was in the police, that's all I'd do. I'd just go around going, hey, guess what? I'm a cop. Got to flash my tase around. That's why you're not in the police, that's all I'd do. I'd just go around going, hey, guess what? I'm a cop. Got to flash my tase around. That's why you're not in the police.

Yeah. I couldn't trust myself to be in the police. I'd be like turning up to your house with the bloody. They're not doing pranks, are they? Yeah. Sirens in the SWAT team. I would. I'd be like, Ben, handcuffing Ben.

Prank handcuffing you. Get out there. What's this for? You're like, ah, I got you. You're naked in the middle of the road, mate, and all your neighbours can see you with the armed defender squad. But yeah, no, he just didn't like to say it because it just leads to a whole line of questioning

that he can't be bothered engaging in. Oh, yeah. There's someone that used to work at this building, actually, for many, many years, a legend of the producer. And he didn't like to say he worked in radio because he had so many other questions. Oh, do you know Simon Barnett? Do you know Paul Holmes? So many questions about radio and all that sort of stuff. So he used to say, I sell beds. What do you do for a job? Sell beds.

And he reckoned that no one would ever ask follow-up questions, but surely that opens up a wide range of questions. I've got at least 10 minutes of banter around beds. What sort of bed should I get? I've got lower back pain. Yeah, I need a steely pot, all that sort of stuff. Why are the beds so cheap and the mattresses so expensive? Exactly. Yeah, but then he gets himself into a hole of having to Pinocchio his way through a bed

conversation. So I'll wait under the hood. This is what we want to chuck open this morning with New Zealand's Breakfast. Why do you not tell people what you do for a job? Why do you keep it a secret? But then in doing so, you're probably you not tell people what you do for a job? Why do you keep it a secret? But then in doing so, you're probably going to tell us what you do for a job. I know we're asking a lot.

The irony's not lost on me. But if you'd like to just share this once. Yeah, or what is a follow-up when you do? You're like, oh, every time I bring that up, they get me to do this. Yeah, I imagine a lot of parking wardens wouldn't be open about what they do at a barbecue. Well, yeah, and people that work for, like, I know people that work for Spark and stuff.

Every time I say they work for Spark, they're like, can you get me a free phone? They're like, oh, no, that's not how the business operates. I work in the accounts department. We don't all just have free phones. Yeah. Okay, why don't you tell people what you do for a job? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yeah, when people say, what do you do for a job?

Does it make you a little bit awkward? I tell you what makes me a little bit awkward is sometimes you'll go, like it happened the other night when we had work drinks. You go to the bar and someone goes, hey, you look really familiar. Where do I know you from? And for some reason you feel like the biggest tool in the world going, oh, maybe it's from a TV, like we had a TV show, Jono. But I don't know why I get so embarrassed by going,

because you don't expect anyone to have seen the TV show. I mean, I saw the ratings. But at the same time, you think that's probably more likely where they've seen you. Yeah, or you go, oh, no, you were on Police 10-7 last week. That could be it. But I don't know why it makes you feel very awkward. And what do you come back with then?

I was like, you may have seen we had a TV show, Jono and Ben, for a bit. And they're like, oh, yeah. And then the guy came and got a selfie and stuff, and it all yeah it's not bad but no it's not a bad but it just makes you feel awkward like oh mate brag about your tv show you know it's almost like and other times i have going i just got one of those faces the guy was grilling me down goes what were you in the armor club out in south auckland i'm like no no no i just got one of those things he came up to me later and he was like, why did you not tell me?

I was like, I should have just said it. Sorry, I was just embarrassed. Okay, I went over this telephone number. Why don't you tell people what you do for a job? We'll go to Michelle who's in Wellington. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, Michelle. Why don't you tell people what you do for a gig? I'm another government worker.

Sorry, but I work for Inland Revenue and 100% can of worms. Yeah, listen, you don't even have to explain why. We all know why, Michelle. Yeah. Yeah, I've got a good undercover job, though, when I don't want to tell people what I do. What's that?

Put the squiggles on the biscuits at the Griffin's factory. See, I've got more questions about that. I'd love to. It's way more interesting. Punching shrewsbury is awesome. My first question would be like, why don't they have machines to do that? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Alright, Michelle, we'll keep you on hold. I've got a couple of tax issues I need to work through with you, okay? We'll keep you on hold, but you'll be on hold for about nine hours. Let's go to another call on line two right now. Shannon, how are you? I'm well this morning.

How are you? Oh, doing well. Why don't you tell people what you do for a gig? I am a massage therapist. I imagine if you're at a barbecue or something and you say that, people would be like, oh, I've got a kink in my neck here. Is that the flow of it?

Very true. Very, very true. Oh, so people will almost want to get free massages from you, but just because you say what you do for a job. Exactly. And instantly, they just expect it. They're on the spot. Yeah, right.

What would you ask a masseuse if someone said to you, I'm a masseuse, Ben? Me. First question. Oh, well, I'm not a fan of massages. I don't know. I find I tense up more when I think about a massage. Have you ever met such a neurotic person that they can't even be massaged, Shannon?

Have you come across this? Plenty. Oh, plenty? Plenty, plenty. I'd say start with something simple and like massage your own hands or have your hands massaged and start very small. Okay, your hands. As soon as you talk about massaging my shoulders,

they'll tense up. I'm like, oh, oh. I tried to get her meditating. You can't even concentrate. You can't be mindful for 20 seconds. Some people love it. People go, my wife will go to the mall, whatever,

get like a 10, 20. She's like, go, fall asleep. I'm like, that's great, thank you. I'm like, wrap it up after 10 seconds. Great, got it all out, good to go You know, they're like, you've got 10 more minutes You pay for it, I'm good

So what do you say, Shannon When you're not saying you're a masseuse How do you avoid bringing up the conversation At a party? I just kind of squeak by And I'll say something like, oh yeah, I'm in retail Or I'm in sales Which isn't completely untrue Because most people who work in beauty therapy are expected to

do retail and sales. Yeah, you just don't want to come into a conversation with someone like me because I'm going to be drilling you down. What shop do you work for? What time do you start work? When do you have your lunch? You know? Exactly.

Exactly. No, I pretty much squeaked by doing that and then I'll kind of dance around it for a bit and then I'll finally kind of, I might break down, depending on how much I trust them. Have you ever ended up massaging someone in the middle of a party? Oh, yes, mostly to just get them away from me and, like, say, here, have this, and then be gone. Oh, right. So what, like, just a shoulder-neck job? What are you doing there?

Yeah, just a quick shoulder squeeze And maybe some Maybe some neck squeezes But that's about it Yeah right Which is an odd It's an odd thing To have to do in a bar

If you're at a party Yes it is It just looks like I'm a creep Yeah Yeah And also for the person as well Like if you meet a builder

You're not going to go Hey can you put a deck up While I'm at a party You know like Yeah Can you do taxes Hey could you do my taxes For me right now, you're not going to go, hey, could you put a deck up? Oh, yeah. Do you do taxes? Hey, could you do my taxes for me right now? Yeah, you did right.

Yeah. We had a massage-y guy around here, didn't we? He still is. Jono. Well done, Benny. Got one on me. Got one on you before you got me. Hey, have a good one, mate.

Sick of battling over the radio at work? The Hits has your music covered. Have a good one, mate. It's Shakira, it is the Head Sir John O'Bairn 7.43 on your Wednesday morning. Five words for 5k. You're just five words away from $5,000. It's our game of word association. We play it every morning. Tell your five words what pops into your head after those five words. If all five match up with ours, you win five grand. Potentially our youngest contestant at age 12 years old, Selena, come on down. Hi.

Accompanied by mum Janine, what a combo. You sound like a winning pair. Of course. What are you going to spend $5,000 on at 12 years old? We might save it to go to America, maybe. That'd be awesome. Bit of Disneyland action? Yeah.

Yeah, right. Go spend it on Mickey, all right? He's been doing it tough over the last 24 months. Yeah. Okay. You're going to send it to the soundproof booth this morning, Selena? Ben, please. All right, Ben.

Now, I just want to see how in sync you two are. Okay, if I say tracheotomy, what are you going to say? What? Yeah. Selena? Throat? Throat, yeah. She said throat. The adult said what? I don't

hold much hope. I think he's going to be letting the team down here with the 12-year-old Selena. You know how the game works, don't hold much hope. I think he's going to be letting the team down here with the 12-year-old, Selena. You know how the game works, don't you? Yeah. Ben Boyce just headed into the soundproof booth, which actually doubles up as a port-a-loo for festivals, so we have to hose it out after each weekend. But he can't hear a thing right now.

And the first word that comes into your head when I say morrow. Bar. Well done. One from one. Belly. Button. One from one. Belly. Button. Hairdresser. Haircut.

Haircut. Yep, great answer. We'll go to word number four, which was bench. Top. And super. Man. That was a solid game. Were they the first words that popped into your head? Were they, Selena?

Yeah. Yeah, great way to play it, too. You don't want to overthink it or actually get yourself in a hole. Ben Boyce will unlock them from Harry Potter's Chamber of Secrets. Many dark secrets of the workplace inside that box there, Ben Boyce. All right, all right. How do you feel? I feel alright. It was quick. That was quick. Yeah. Yeah. Well, yesterday

you were saying, this game's lagging. We need to speed it up. Yeah, it was great. I love it. And who would have thought a 12-year-old would come on and fix it? I love it. We think about it too much. We need to just get into it. Well, Selina did that exact same thing. Just the first word that came into her head. Okay. And hopefully you can do the same.

Morrow. Okay. And hopefully you can do the same. Morrow. Bar. Belly. Button. Hairdresser. Haircut. Selena. WTF.

You're three down. Let's go to the fourth word. All right. Mickey Mouse has his hands open. Oh, Mickey Mouse. Oh, no, it wasn't Mickey Mouse. I'm just saying he's got his hands open waiting to take Selina's cash. Okay, come on.

All right. Bench. Bench. Bench. Top. Oh, I almost said bench press, but I was like, you're catching me. Okay, bench top. You can hear the joy in the car on the way to school.

Selena and mum Janine. Here is the fifth word. Okay. Super. Okay. Super. Man. Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Did we do it?

Five words! So, Selena! Oh, my gosh! And Mum Janine, 12 years old. Wow! I didn't even think she'd get through! $5,000! Woo!

Well done, you guys. Turn the car around, you're not going to school. Yeah. Put that towards your American trip. That's incredible. Enjoy that. I don't think I'm going to school anymore. I Put that towards your American trip. That's incredible. Enjoy that. I don't think we're going to school

anymore. I think we're going home. Oh my God. Selina, that is a phenomenal effort. Our youngest ever winner on five words. Thank you.

Well done. You're welcome. She's kind of more contained than her mother is in the background. That's an awesome feeling. Oh, that is incredible. Well done, Ben.

Well played, Ben. Well played, Selena and Janine. Well done, you guys. Enjoy that $5,000, okay? Thank you so much for listening. We really appreciate it. Okay, thank you. Incredible.

Well, there you go. It can be done. Yeah, and it's back again tomorrow. It doesn't mean because you. Incredible. Well, there you go. It can be done. Yeah, and it's back again tomorrow. It doesn't mean because we're a winner today, we don't have one again tomorrow. Yeah, and if you think the winning stops there, shut your lips, because at 8 o'clock,

we've got a cash in a car to give away. All right. It is the Hats. What a morning. Everywhere. Niall Horan and Marie748. If they were the internet, you'd want to clear this history.

Jono and Ben, on the hits. Just getting over the fact we just got away with $5,000, which is pretty awesome. Yeah, 12-year-old Selena and mum Janine, well done. Going to take that money off to the USA, the land of the free. Yeah. Where everything will be free for the value of $5,000. That's awesome. We were talking just before about what you do for a job and how some people don't like bringing it up in conversations.

Well, I was having a chat. I met this guy yesterday outside the kids' school. We were just chatting away, and he was quite friendly. He was like, I used to work at a hotel, and I remember seeing you in there, is what he was saying to me. And I was like, oh, okay. And as he got telling the story, I was like, uh-oh. i think i know what he's about to say was this the swimming thing no it wasn't

so he said this was after the music awards this was after the music awards one of the first times i hosted the music awards way back in the day and um one of the things they had a like a hotel sponsorship for the music awards and so where the host they were like would you like to stay in a hotel where's your hotel sponsorships nowadays i don't have a hotel so i was like yeah i want to stay in a hotel and obviously you're quite busy sorting out the music awards and so my wife amanda had checked us into the hotel and she came to the music world she was actually pregnant at the time she watched the music awards and went back to the hotel and she's like you have a big night you enjoy yourself afterwards i'll meet you back at the hotel. And so I went back to the hotel, probably, you know,

one or two in the morning, and obviously walked past this guy in reception. G'day, how you doing? Went off to what was my room. Went to the thing, 317. Remember the number? 317. Can't forget 317.

You always put in your notes on your phone, eh? Yeah. Got into the lift, got up there, 317. Tried to use the swipe card On the room And nothing happened Tried to turn the handle I was like Okay

Tried it again Which is not out of I always have trouble with You know Swipe cards and door handles For some reason And it's the most simple task A human being could do

So you tried a couple of times Yeah Then I tried knocking Because Amanda would have been asleep Just knocking You know knocking On there But not too loud

Getting a little bit louder. I'm going to have to call her. This is not a call I want to make at one or two in the morning. Not with a pregnant wife inside. No. Hey, I'm outside. I'm outside. Can you hear me?

I'm knocking. But then you're whispering at that time of morning. It's more like, hey, Amanda. I'm going to knock on the door. She's like, 317. I'm like, yeah, 317. Yeah, yeah. So I'm like, yep, back.

I can't hear you knocking. Can't hear you knocking. She's like, come to the door. I, yeah, 317. Yeah, yeah. So I'm like, yep, back. I can't hear you knocking. Can't hear you knocking. She's like, come to the door. I've opened the door. You're not there. I'm like, uh-oh, uh-oh. And then we're like, what hotel are you at? I won't say the hotel, but she named the hotel.

I'm like, yep, well, I'm not at that hotel. I got to totally the wrong hotel. And then I had to sheepishly walk downstairs and walk past reception going, uh, and then just walk straight out. And this was the guy that I obviously walked past in reception. I met him yesterday going, yeah, we still talk about that. Still talk about that around the halls.

That time that I kind of went in there and I was like, yeah. But they were like, why has he gone in there for 10 minutes? What's he been doing for 10 minutes? What's he been doing? He's either paying for something or picking up something. Yeah, true. At 2 o'clock in the morning. I really incriminated myself just by getting the wrong hotel.

You never want a 10-minute visit to a hotel at 2 o'clock in the morning. No. So I had to explain to him the story of what went on. And he's like, oh, good. Well, we've been making up all sorts of wild rumours for the last five years. 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. If you want to guess how much cash is stashed in that Škoda, you can win the cash and the car if you guess the exact amount of cash, but only Cash Keeper Alex knows what's in there. And we've been hanging out with anticipation to hear the quality of this microphone

that she's on at home. Come on in, Cash Keeper Alex. How do I sound? Oh, look at next to us. Mike Hosking himself would be jealous of that quality. That is crystal clear stuff and well worth the wait. Alex, you're the only one who knows the cash amount. Did anyone come agonisingly close yesterday afternoon?

Well, I think that would give away the total of someone if I said that. They could have, but they could not have also because if I say that now, then I feel like the next person will guess. Are we at the stage where we're playing a bit higher and lower, aren't we, too? Hey, not yet.

Are you trying to sneak that one in? We'd like to see that play again, all right? Because we're playing along at the same time. We need a few more. You know, there's so many tedious questions you hand out as clues. Well, I've got another good one today, if that helps. Okay. What, do you want me to say it now?

Let's see. Let's see. Let's go through today's guest. Okay, Catherine, you're on from New Plymouth. Welcome. Hi, good morning, guys. How are you? We're doing well.

Imagine having cash and a car. You don't even need a family. It would be a dream. I mean, to be honest, I don't have a family yet, so that would be even more exciting. Yeah, great. You can't ride your family to work, can you? You can ride a car.

But we understand you've got some big news you want to announce on the radio. I'm 11 weeks pregnant. Woo! That's awesome. Hopefully everyone in your life already knew that. Yes, everyone knows.

Oh, well done. Well done. And you've just been notified you won our Live Free Rent competition as well. Actually, yes, guys. I won the free rent.

Jesus. I can't believe it still. It's a true dream. How much more do you want out of us? She wants cash in the car. That's fair enough. Well, I mean, like, this will be pretty exciting. I've been trying to get through since it's come out. Hey, good on you. You're our legend and a wonderful human being, Catherine. Okay, we're going to

hand you over to Cash Keeper Alex. And can we just all agree how good that microphone is, Catherine? Sounds great. Sounds great. It's amazing. Great microphone. Thank you, Keeper Alex. Please, give us some hints. Okay, here we go. Okay, I'll try my best.

Thank you, Catherine, and congratulations. Thank you. So, Catherine, what was your guess for how much cash is in that boot? My guess is $18,850. $0.50, so $800.50 or $850. $50? So $800 and $0.50 or $850? Ooh. Ooh.

Oh, that microphone doesn't sound quite as good now with those questions. $18,850. All right. Okay. Here we go. So Catherine from New Plymouth with a guess of $18,800.50. That is incorrect.

I'm sorry. Thank you so much for the hint. Good luck, everybody. Oh, good on you, Catherine. Do you want to hear the clue before you hang up? What's the clue, Alex? Here's my big clue that I've been teasing. The full prize package is worth over $62,000.

Oh, that's a good one. It's worth over $62,000. So I'll definitely be trying again the hit. So if you get the recommended, the nice one, Catherine, get the RRP of the car and work back from there. Great clue, Alex. Thank you. Alright, well done. All around great effort, Ben. Good work from you. You said

some words. Thank you, Jono. Next chance is at 11 o'clock this morning, but you can only do it on iHeartRadio app. Rise and shine. Time to start the, um, who are we kidding? When are the both of you? Jono and Ben on the hits. This is something we call You Wouldn't Read About It,

and joining us is Julie. How are you? I'm not too bad, and you guys? We're doing well. This is You Wouldn't Read About It. Basically, you tell us your story, we then Google it, and if we can't read about it on the internet, you win big. Okay.

All right, now apparently we've been told by our producer, Bee Humps, that you were almost famous. Yeah, I was almost massively famous. Yeah, I'd worked very hard in England since I was about four. I sang and danced and I auditioned for the Spice Girls. How far down the audition

routes did you get with the Spice Girls? Well, that was a bit of a funny one because they said I wasn't really a group player. I'm more of a solo. Yeah, fair enough. Yeah. Right, so you said I tell you what I want, what I really, really want, is not to perform with anyone else.

Yeah, a solo career, that's what I want. I love it. Yeah. I love it. Okay, so Spice Girls, even on its own, that's incredible. Okay, so Spice Girls, even on its own, that's incredible. Okay, what else? I also auditioned for lots of girl bands.

Four and a half thousand people turned up to one of the auditions. And I got through to the final seven out of 4,000 girls. There were three rounds of auditions. Wow. And in the end, they said I was too fat and I was a size 10. Oh my god! Yeah. So that is terrible. How do you take that as a very young... Well it's funny because getting into the scene

like I always wanted to be a famous singer-actress since I was a little girl and so headstrong just went for it. A lot of my relationships and jobs fell by the wayside because I was so I'm going to make it I'm going to make it and I knew what I had to do so I had to give up everything else and just go for it so after all that I decided right I'm just going to

send my tapes to loads of people so I sent them to Simon Cowell I sent them to all these other people sent my tape and some professional photos to Hollywood. So I get this phone call and he said, Hi, is that Julie Collins? And I'm like, yeah. He said, I really like your voice and I really want to do something with you. Then they flew me to America and I did all my videos.

They hired a huge hawk for me to record my first song, which is called Talk Dirty. Oh! Very piggy. Talk Dirty nowadays is have you sanitised your hands? Yeah, yeah. Where's your mask? Yeah, where's your mask?

Exactly, that's Talk Dirty these days. And so what was Talk Dirty about? Give us a few lyrics from Talk Dirty. Do we want this one? Talk dirty, talk, talk, talk, talk dirty. I don't know, she won't sing us the song dirty to me make me feel like a woman dirty to me because i'm filled with desire why on earth did that not make it so So what's happened? You've recorded Talk Dirty. You've recorded something.

So my manager wasn't one to give up, and he got wind of... Madonna was my idol. I grew up, I idolized her from a young age, and I knew all her songs. I knew all the harmonies. I knew all the dance routines. Anyway, Stuart rings up, and he said,

Hey, Julie, what are you doing for the next year and a half and I said well it's a big commitment yeah you wouldn't know what to say but I thought oh well you know this is as it is so I said well I don't know what am I doing he said well I've sent your information to Madonna's people I'm like what and he said yes um Madonna's people. I'm like, what? And he said, yes, Madonna's backing singer. Unfortunately, her sister isn't very well, and they're looking to fill her part, and your vocal is

that range. Would you be interested to do it? And I was like, oh, yeah! So, yeah, Madonna heard the CD, knew that what I could do, saw my videos because all my videos were up by then. Talk dirty to me, make me feel like a woman.

Yeah. That's the one. So I think she thought, well, she's a bit cheeky as well. I was already packed. And then I get the phone call and the gentleman said hi i'm really sorry um unfortunately donna delori has decided to go ahead with the tour so that was it yeah that was it i think some people think oh you've had your chance you know yeah right but i'm not going to give up good on you jill what an incredible story now

the game you wouldn't read about it we have to google lady almost makes the spice girls and almost goes on tour with madonna yeah let's have a look uh i was a backup singer for madonna there's an article on that on the new york post i've been a backup singer for Madonna for many years, but no one, there are no articles about someone who was nearly a backup singer for Madonna. Julie, well done, you win. Yay! You win big.

You wouldn't read about it on the internet. That's incredible. And take us out with the smash hit single, Talk Dirty. Talk dirty to me. Make me feel like a woman. Like a woman. Talk dirty to me.

Make me feel like a woman. She's a solo artist, mate. That's why she wouldn't work in the Spice Girls. She doesn't work with you, Giorno. Julie, you're awesome. Thank you so much for sharing that wonderful tale with us. Oh, bless you. That's why she wouldn't work in the Spice Girls. She doesn't work with you, Jono. Julie, you're awesome. Thank you so much for sharing that wonderful tale with us. Oh, bless you. It's lovely to speak to you guys.

Stay safe. Yesterday I was at the crossing that we go to near our car park there, Ben. And it's a pedestrian crossing. I don't need to explain how they look or how they work. You know, you can imagine them. Thanks for mansplaining that to me. I was more doing it for Belle. Oh, Jono, you love mansplaining to me, don't you?

Yeah, I do. Thank you. Mansplaining is actually when a guy takes time out of his busy schedule just to explain. Don't mansplain a mansplaining. Thank you so much. Oh, thanks, Belle. Thank you.

I just do it out of the goodness of my heart. But anyway. So I was standing on one side of the road and he's standing on the other. The guy was walking up on the other side of the road. And I thought, well, I waved frantically. I waved frantically at him. Who in the shed the waved? Me.

I was like, g'day, mate. Like it was someone that we knew through our work. Right. And then the closer he walked to the buzzer, I realized, uh-oh, I don't know this gentleman. And there's no lonelier moment in your life than when you're like, I was still in the wave as I noticed. And then you're like, what can I do now? And I tried to save it with a scratch behind the back of my head.

You've committed. It's a matter of gas. Smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave. Once you try and maneuver it to a scratch at the back of the head, everyone's seen it. There was traffic, stopped at lights. They all saw it.

They all saw what happened. And it was painful. And it was probably only seconds, but it felt like hours, waiting on opposite sides of the road with this guy who's staring at me like, why was that madman just waving at me? I'm thinking, is jumping into oncoming traffic an option to get out of this situation? It's funny, those things. I had it happen to me the other day, actually,

come to think of it, where I was the person that waved. Someone was waving at me. I'm like, oh, great, they're waving. Someone I did know. And they were really, and I'm like, wow, they're so happy to see me. And then you realize it's the person behind you that they're really waving at.

They're waving. They're sharing a moment. And you're like, I'm just kind of jumping in on their moment. Oh, you've third-partied the wave. Yeah. I'm like, oh, great. God, they're happy to see me today. And then I realised, oh, no, it's not.

It's someone behind me. How do you say that? Because they have both seen it. They're like, who's this guy chiming in on our wave? And you're like, oh like oh yeah it's for them he's not on our wavelength you can't you can't say that

I notice out the window here because we were sort of where the studio is there's a giant foyer with a glass window you do a lot of waving through the morning I try not to

I try not to do eye contact because it's quite distracting but yeah you're doing a lot of waving it's like many times we just talk on the radio I notice him smiling

and waving behind me he's not even focused on what I'm saying you're doing a lot of waving it's like many times we just talk on the radio I notice him smiling and waving behind me he's not even focused on what I'm saying he's not even engaged just waving look and wave and smile and I'm like

oh I better do it back yeah Jono's pouring us he's mansplaining something to me again I'm doing it for Bell yeah sorry you can't see me

rolling my eyes into the back of my head right now it's Jono and Ben but FYI Ben is now. It's Jono and Ben, but FYI, Ben is open to other options. Jono and Ben on the hits. They're not afraid to use the F word. Be family friendly and fun. Jono and Ben on the hits.

We play a game at 7.45 each morning. Five words for $5,000. It's been a few weeks since our last winner, but this morning, Selena and Janine from Christchurch they phoned up and it was our youngest ever competitor at 12 years old. I don't know what it was. I had a feeling in my waters that you were going to come through for them

Ben, and it was a great moment. Here's what happened. Selena and mum Janine, here is the fifth word. Super. Man. Oh my god! Oh my god! Super... Men? Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Did we do it?

Five words! So Selena! Oh, my gosh! And mum, Janine, 12 years old! Wow! I didn't even think she got through! $5,000! And Mum Janine, 12 years old. Wow. $5,000. Our youngest ever winner on five words.

Thank you. Well done. She's kind of more contained than her mother is in the background. Mum's just like, woohoo. That's an awesome feeling contained than her mother is in the background. Mom says I'm... That's an awesome feeling. Yeah, it was a great moment. I tell you what, if you were stuck in Christchurch traffic next to their car, you would have been thinking, what the hell is going on inside there? It was pretty incredible.

Selena and Janine. Hi. Wow, wow, wow. What a morning. How are you guys feeling? Oh my gosh, I didn't even order the call I think you'll never get through Oh, you were the haters they talk about, were you?

I don't know, I listen to you every morning but I just didn't think she'd ever get through Oh, so Selena actually dialed the number Yeah, I'll pay the phone, I pay the bill but yeah Now the arguing goes over How do I split this cash. So good. And you're going to take the money to Disneyland?

Yeah, let's go. Do I detect an accent on you, Janine? Yeah, I'm from America. Oh, nice. You're going to go back and see the family, are you? Yeah, I haven't seen them obviously since before COVID. It's probably now been five years, so I'm really looking forward to it. So thank you. It's awesome that you can put that money towards that. It's probably now been five years. I'm really looking forward to it. Thank you.

It's awesome that you can put that money towards that. It's so good. Well, we're going to go. We understand that through some sort of pesky producing. B-Hubs, our producer, has got the number of your dad, Selena, and your husband Janine. We're going to call him. Tell him

the good news. What's his name? Brendon. He's going to call him. Tell him the good news. Yeah, yeah. What's his name? Brendan. Brendan. Brendan. He's hearing porn. Hello, Brendan speaking.

Hello, Brendan speaking. It's Jono and Ben from The Hits here, mate. Gentlemen, how are you? We've got your family. Not in a kidnappy situation. No, in a really good situation. That would be awkward. We play game every morning on our show,

Five Words for $5,000, and they smashed our show, five words for $5,000, and they smashed it today, and they won $5,000. Hey, how good is that? Well done, team. That's excellent. Now, Selena played the game all by herself. She got through on the phone,

and she's won the family 5K. Yeah, well done, Selena. Nice work. You can go to the top of the class. Top of the class. And you get to save on pocket money as well, Brendan. You guys are amazing. I know they're big fans and they listen to you guys every morning and they've been talking about trying to ring in.

So I guess it was just a matter of time before she got through. So well done, team. That's excellent work. Thank you so much. Good on you. And we understand a trip to the States is on the horizon. So hopefully that money can go towards that. Yeah, that'd be fantastic. It's really time to connect with

some family over there so that's awesome you guys. Thanks for helping. Enjoy your day and thank you guys for listening to the show. We appreciate it. You guys are legends. Thanks very much. Bye. Bye. spy.co.nz. We're about to do the dishes because some celebrities get prepared to be rinsed. Belle Crawford, what is happening? First up, some very exciting news for Benny, our very own superstar.

She is going to be playing at this festival in Austin, Texas. It's called ACL Festival, and it's also got the Chillies playing, Pink, Paramore. It's going to be massive. It's later on this year in October so Austin City Limits the Auckland City Limits was the same sort of franchise came to

New Zealand a few years back ACL you know people always go I tore my ACL I never know what part of the body that is I always just go oh no

on the calf isn't it on the knee does sound bad a lot of your favourite league and rugby players always get it tore my ACL and I've never done

the research to find out what it is. I'm really happy for Benny. A, lovely human being. B, it felt like her career was starting to hit the stratosphere just as lockdown happened across the world. She was doing all those interviews

on Zoom with Kimmel and Fallon and you name them all. Corden. Was she on Corden? Maybe I should stop naming them all. And then it kind of got halted, right? She couldn't tour America. So I'm glad it's happening now. Yeah, it's awesome for her.

Also, Harry Styles has talked about going to therapy after One Direction. He said that's where he felt most of his trauma came from. He was reluctant to go because he feared it would make him a music industry cliche and thought he meant he was broken. But he started therapy five years ago he shared and it's really helped he said i think accepting living being happy hurting in the extremes that is the most alive you can be oh yeah because you're being part of a machine like that once it all ends you're kind of probably like what's my purpose where am i heading there's a great

article on uh dan carter on over the weekend I read that one actually. Yeah, where he was like, post All Blacks, obviously they are the creme de la creme of Aotearoa when you're in the All Blacks. It's like just one day it all ends. And he's kind of just trying to be finding, you know, find what his purpose is. You know, what gets him out of bed every morning. Well, because that's probably for as many years

that would have been his purpose to, you know, get up to train, to play rugby, to play the All Blacks. And you're right, when the career, that career ends, it's like, what's next? And it was awesome to see him do that. I think for UNICEF the other day, that kick-a-thon at Eden Park, you know? And it felt like he probably, he was saying to us,

he got that purpose again, because it was a goal to work towards. He had the challenge. I mean, Harry's purpose was to gyrate his pelvis in front of teenage girls. And you know, what happens when that ends? Is that what they did? He's been pelvis gyration.

Yeah, a little bit of that. It wasn't all they did, but yeah. Also some baby news for Alec and Hilaria Baldwin. They've announced they're expecting their seventh child together, a baby girl, later this year. Now, Hilaria was, of course, the one. We just said seven. This will be their seventh child.

Baby factory. Yeah, and he's already got a daughter as well, yeah. Over a 10-year period. They've been together I just checked 2012 Prolific Aren't they just Now you're saying off air

She's the one who Faked a Spanish accent For a long time And was called out on it For like 10 years Really She put on a Spanish accent For 10 years

And said she was born in Spain Her name is actually Hilary She calls herself Hilaria And she was born in Boston But she said she was born On her website It said she was born in Boston, but she said she was born, on her website, it said she was born in Spain. Wow, that's a fantastic commitment to a role, isn't it?

A lot of Kiwis do that when they go on the OE to London for six months, come back with an accent. Did Alec Baldwin meet her thinking she was Spanish? I don't know about that, but she kept it up for a very long time, even forgot the word for cucumber. That's how committed to the role she was. Well, good on her. If you could put on an accent,

what one would you go for, Ben? I'm just a New Zealander, mate. That's what you do in 2020. That's fine for me. You have yourself a great Wednesday. We're back tomorrow. You can win cash and a car. Have a great day. The Hits. For more podcasts from The Hits Network, check out iHeartRadio.co.nz.