Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: How Does Ben Explain What "Camel Balls" Are To His 9-Year-Old Daughter?

Episode Date: August 2, 2021

Ben bought some "camel ball" lollies and his daughter was so confused as to why these lollies were so funny. How do you explain what they are to a child!? We also spoke about the moment you realised you were an adult. For Jono, it was when he was in a meeting with an executive, and she was younger than him! Finally, we caught up with Paul Henry who's in MIQ in Rotorua at the moment, after he sent us a random text asking to catch up! Enjoy the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Do you know what? I've been watching a bit of it. I've been banging on to you about it. The movies that made us. It's on Netflix. It's just a little kind of like a documentary about some of the iconic movies like Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, and the little story behind how they made the movies. But there was another actor for Back to the Future.

Instead of Michael J. Fox, for five weeks they filmed with this other actor. And in the end... And then they benched him. Yeah, they were like, oh, they filmed with this other actor. And in the end... And then they benched him. Yeah, they were like, oh, he was apparently an amazing actor. He has Eric Stoltz as his name. He was in Pulp Fiction. He was, I think he was...

Yeah, he's been in a lot of movies. And still, you know, a really great career in TV and movies, but he wasn't quite right for the role. He was a bit more of a dramatic actor. And so they got Michael J. Fox after five weeks of filming with him. That was quite incredible. That seems like an obscene amount of money and resource that was wasted. Yeah.

Over five weeks. Like, you have filming, editing. Yeah. Stolze didn't come for free. No, exactly. So, yeah, I thought it was a really interesting little thing I was watching last night. Five weeks? Five weeks.

Because Michael J. Fox was the actor they originally wanted, but he was on a sitcom called Family Ties, I think, at the time, which was a huge sitcom. And so he couldn't get the schedules to work. And so they went with this other guy who was, as I say, a really good actor. And then five weeks in, they were like, oh, no, we really, Michael J. Fox was the guy. Let's see if we can get him.

And Michael J. Fox did both jobs for a while. So he would have been working around the clock? Yeah, he was pretty much sleeping, I reckon. When he slept, if he slept, was on the way from one job to the other job. Hopefully he wasn't driving,

but who knows? Here we go. Here's 23 actors who turned down huge movie roles. Oh, okay, go. Who turned them down, so these are not people I can...

So they didn't do them. Okay, Bill Murray declined to play Forrest Gump. Bill Murray? Oh, Bill Murray. He was meant to play Forrest Gump?

That was an interesting one as well, though. A little bit of a tidbit on Forrest Gump. Bill Murray? Oh, Bill Murray. He was meant to play Forrest Gump? That was an interesting one as well, a little bit of a tidbit on Forrest Gump. What I found really interesting, because obviously Tom Hanks, iconic role for him, but he was not sure about the Forrest Gump voice for a while until the kid was cast, who was going to be young Forrest Gump,

and the kid, that was how the kid was talking, where he was from in America, and that's how he was talking. And so he modelled his voice for Forrest Gump on the way that the kid spoke. So the kid, that was how the kid was talking, where he was from in America, and that's how he was talking. So he modelled his voice for Forrest Gump on the way that the kid spoke. So the kid inspired, the young Forrest Gump inspired him to... And that got him the gig? Well, that basically got him his voice for Forrest Gump, because he wasn't sure what the voice should sound like for Forrest, the character.

Okay, here's another one. Christian Bale was meant to play the role of James Bond instead of Daniel Craig. Really? It's funny, you hear these stories and you can only imagine certain people for some of these roles. Who was meant to be up in space with Clooney on Gravity?

Not Bullock. Oh, not Sandra Bullock. Jolie. Angelina Jolie. Stand it down. Oh, really? Space, not for me. Not for me, mate.

Not for me. Needs a bit of space from Brad Pitt, but doesn't need space in space with George Clooney. The rest of them are just... Who else was up for the iconic Ben role when Jono and Ben was there? Ben Hurley. Oh, yeah, he would have been good.

He passed up on it. He turned that down. Ben Stillers probably wouldn't, he wouldn't allow, Ben Affleck wouldn't Lure themselves to it would they Either way too big Ben used to play for the All Blacks Oh Ben Smith

Yeah we offered the role to him He's like nah rugby's my thing Rugby's his thing you know I'm pleased to get the role You know the guy who runs Uncle Ben's Rice Did he go for it? Yeah I know I'm caught up in this rice My ricey empire You know the guy who runs Uncle Ben's Rice? Oh, did he go for it? Yeah, I know. I said, oh, mate, too.

Yeah, he's like, I'm caught up in this rice empire. Oh, there you go. So then we settled on you. Well, I'm glad. Fifth on the list, but good. Fifth on the list, okay, top five. So, yeah, that's good. I appreciate it.

Hey, on the show today, really fun show. We caught up with Paul Henry. He just texted you out of the blue, right? He did. He said, I'm back now from the States, and I'm heading to managed isolation. And it's not like we have constant text communication. No. And you're like, okay, can we call you for the rodeo?

And he's like, yeah, why not? Yeah. Well, because, yeah, I didn't know. Yeah. Did he just send a text at all? And it's like. Oh, I don't. Yeah.

Well, no, it was just for me. Oh, he didn't text me. So you. Well, no, he just rattled off all the Ben's previous to Ben. Imagine all the people Paul Henry text until he hit me. Until he hit the low lows of having to send a message to Jono Pryor. Maybe, because he's

good friends with John Key. Sir John Key, right? Maybe he went to send it to John Key and, you know, in the John Jono thing and it sent it off and he was like, oh, damn it, I sent this one to Jon it to John Key. And you know, in the John Jono thing, when it's in the office, oh, damn it, I sent this one to Jono, not John. Oh, now he's replying. Oh, God. Yeah, no, that was meant for me.

Yeah. Because last time, John Key tried to get him, tried to deliver some alcohol into him, some wine, because Paul Henry's a big wine fan. But then they couldn't, they weren't trying to sneak it in. They were just trying to deliver it. But they couldn't, they were like, no, no, we can't accept this,

you can't get this into MIQ, so yeah. Do you reckon he meant to get John Key? Because we'd be next to each other in his address book. You're like, ah, damn it, I text John O. Now I've got to do this interview with these guys. That's not what I wanted, I wanted some wine delivered from him. From the former Prime Minister?

No, well he couldn't have got any further from where he was aiming. He mis-spired that one. Maybe that's what happened. I think you hit the nail on the head. All right, well, enjoy the podcast. As Ben mentioned, we've got Paul Henry on the show. And also, oh, jeez, we did that wonderful topic in 7 o'clock, Ben. Yes, yes, we did.

You remember that topic? It was one of my faves. It was that topic about... Oh, knitting. Knitting. Yes, we did knitting. Knitter or not a knitter. Yeah, it was actually quite fun.

It was actually quite fun because Tom Daley, the British diver, he's a knitter. Knits in the grandstands. Yeah. And so you phoned us up and you told us about yourself

and we decided whether you were a knitter or not. And some truth bombs were told, so enjoy the potty. Good morning. I need your help here, guys. Because yesterday, long story short, I needed $4 for something to give to one of the kids for school and I had a $5 note.

And so I was like, oh, maybe I'll just whip into a dairy and get something for under a dollar so I can walk away with the $4 in coins. So I bought a couple of these lollies. Pokies. Pokies again. And then I could have made more money. Yeah, that's the thing.

He's clawing his way back. Don't worry. He'll be out of the hole soon. So anyway, I went into the dairy. I went, oh, get a couple of those lollies that are on the counter. They were like 30 cents each or whatever. And then went away and gave the $4 to the kids. And then I had these two lollies. And I gave one to my wife Amanda and I. whatever and and then you know went away and gave gave uh the four dollars to the kids and then i

had these two lollies and i gave one to my wife amanda and i and i was like oh my sweet these these lollies and she's like looked at them looked at the wrapper and she's like do you know what you bought and i'm like oh no i don't i don't want bought them for the price and she goes there uh i've got it right here you can hear have a look at this i'll throw this out here they're um camel balls and i was like oh okay and you look at the picture there's a cartoon picture of a camel and the cartoon has really gone into quite a lot of detail comically detailed too from the back end of the camel

so the camel would be very embarrassed to know that side of him was on display yeah but they're camel balls and if you're thinking parents right now we obviously want to do this with some layers because they're our little ears listing you know if you're thinking what you're thinking yes yes they are they are exactly what you're

thinking yeah uh which surprisingly i was like oh okay these are is it like is it like a is it like a chewy lolly or something yeah yeah it's like it turns into the gummy sort of thing yeah like i don't think it's not really focused on what the lot this surprises me that you even bought these because yesterday i asked him what his dream menu would be for the day and he i said any food you could eat breakfast morning tea lunch dinner whatever he's like well i'd start the day with some granola i was like for god's sakes and then i was like okay morning tea he's like oh just a nice smoothie or something i was like okay so anyway so then he goes and buys these really blindsides me buying these uh well it. Well, it's for change purposes.

But hey, I like some gum. I like some candy from now and again. But anyway, Amanda and my wife and I were cracking up because we were like, oh, this is actually a thing. And then my daughter, Indy, was like, what are you laughing at? And I was like, oh, well, it's just camel balls. And she's like, why is that funny?

And I'm like, oh, it's just this. And then she kept asking. You want them to back off after you say justice yeah just take that as the answer i'm not prepared to have this conversation but anyway i was like well maybe ask me again and i'll record it what is so funny about the camel balls what do you what do you think it is butt cheeks no they're not they're not the butt cheeks or boobies no no they're not the butt cheeks. Or boobies. No, no, they're not. What is it then? It's camel balls. What's camel balls?

No matter how many times I just go, it's camel balls. It was like, that was it. Then she'd just go, well, what is it? So you didn't give an explanation. You just ended up laughing like a stoner at the end. And that was just parenting. That was my parenting. I was like, I'll come back to this later if she asks me again. But I thought, 4487 on the text, what should I say?

Because I don't know. What do you say in that situation? I didn't really want to go into the... Just say Campbell's like playing rugby. Oh, yeah. And this is their version of the rugby ball. But they also walk around with their rugby balls attached to the bottom of their... To keep them safe.

I'm ready to play at all times, guys. All right. Always ready for a game. I like that one. Actually, from you, Jono, that's really good. Okay, 4-4-8-7 if you've got a better answer. Otherwise, that's it. That's it.

Camels just enjoy rugby. Who knew? Or you could just say it's a grotesque wordplay on the fact that camels have... Yeah. Yeah, I could. Because what you're going to do is if you tell her this story, you're going to send a very confused teenager into the world. Yeah.

When it comes to schooling. They'll be like, rugby ball, see you later. No. Camels love rugby. John Owen Mann, the hits. Paul Henry, he's a broadcasting icon in New Zealand, and now he lives a lot of his time over there in the States, and for some reason he texts you out of the blue, right, Jono?

Yeah, for some reason. So I said, well, we're desperate to have you on the program. And he joins us now from Rotorua, Paul Henry. How are you? Yeah, very good, very good. You're back in MIQ again. I am. I can't get enough of this, you know.

Two weeks every year is my annual vacation. You used to go on a yacht, didn't you? Travel the world, now you go to MIQ. COVID has changed a lot of things, and one of them is obviously my holiday plans. But I'm looking at it. The lake is not beautiful, is it? Maybe it's the corner of the lake I'm looking at,

but it's not picture postcard stuff. Yeah, I just love to imagine Paul Henry stuck in Vegas for two weeks in a hotel or motel. Paul, what are you running? It's a hotel, really. Look, you know what? Both times had great rooms. This is fantastic. I've got a six-person dining room table in part of my room.

Oh, really? That's awesome. If only you could dine with five others. Maybe this is a storage room. So there's plenty of room. I know some people have complained that they haven't had much room, but I'm obviously, you know, an A-lister. So I guess something flashes up on my card or something

and I get a bit of room. Like everyone, you know, you're running a busy life. I imagine you're running a busy life, but you're always like, oh, if I had a week or two weeks to myself, all the things I'd get done, do you get those things done when you're in my queue? Okay, so these are my tips, right? The thing is, you've got to be very careful about personal hygiene. It's so easy, and I know, particularly with you, Jono, you can let it slip at times, but you've got to be really, you've got to stay on top of personal hygiene, as opposed to personal grooming, where you can let that slip.

You can go a little bit feral. You know, you work out the TV schedules and I don't know. There's always a knock at the door for something. It's either like this morning, a little slip of paper slid under the door entitled. This is how you know you've chosen the right holiday. When the piece of paper is entitled Day Zero Swabbing. Coming for your daily swabbing. So anyway, that's something to look forward to

at some time between 10.15 and 11.30. But I must remember to take my passport, my consent form, and, this is the key, a mask supplied by the hotel. Now, Paul, you would have come from the States, I imagine? Yeah. Yeah. What is it like over there? Oh, you know, back to normal.

Is this? Back to normal. Not because they've nailed COVID, because they haven't. I think Americans, they've got very short attention spans. And so, you know, life just has continued. I mean, things got a bit worse towards the last few weeks when in LA you were wearing masks again, which they haven't had to do for a little while. I mean, a lot of people have been vaccinated.

I've been fully vaccinated. Their vaccination program was unbelievably good. But, of course, at the end of the day, it can only be as good as people. And there are so many people over there that are anti-vaxxers and fools. Actually, the two things go hand in glove. How has the state's been in general outside of COVID? Because obviously we heard a lot when Donald Trump was obviously president. And then you don't hear too much over here when Biden, is he just doing a competent job? I mean, what's going on? No, the thing with Biden is he has to spend many hours a day in a sarcophagus. So it's hard to get interviews with an honest God. If Biden sees this term out,

I will be very, very surprised. Obviously, he's an old guy, but it's not, you know, every person, you can meet 90-year-olds who seem young. He doesn't fit into that category. But, you know, life over there is fantastic. God, it's been very hot. I had a couple of 50-degree days in Palm Springs. 50 degrees? Geez, every time I hear about you regaling stories of your life, I'm like, Paul Henry, you are just nailing life. It is fun.

Well, except for today, the swabbing. You probably do without my daily swabbing, but hey. I mean, you know, we imply, well, I implied that daily swabbing is a bad thing. I haven't had day zero swabbing yet. It might turn out to be something I queue up for every day. We'll call you after 13 days of non-stop swabbing. Did I tell you about the toilets coming down? This is the funniest thing.

People have been on a plane from LA, and some of them had come from multiple different states, so they'd already travelled for a day to get to L.A. Then you wait at the airport and get on your plane and land and, you know, you go through processing and they ask you the same question, you know, 20 different people ask you the same question and they check your temperature and everything else.

Then you find yourself waiting in a bus bay where they advise you to use the toilet. Then you get onto a bus and wait on the bus for another hour while customs decide whether or not the bus should be allowed to leave. And then they tell you that you've got a supervised toilet stop in Hamilton. And remember, by the time you get to Hamilton, it's 8am. It's the middle of winter. There's mist everywhere. And what they've done cleverly, jeez they're

clever, is they've put some gravel down, and they've put 10 metre fences around it with black polythene, and four portaloos, like nine degrees, and the bus pulls up with all these people who, and so, you know, you get out, it's dark,

but hose the portaloos down to keep them clean, so they're wet inside, these portaloos are dripping, you're sort of, you know, you get out, it's dark, but hose the portaloos down to keep them clean, so they're wet inside. These portaloos are dripping. You're sort of, you know, monitored as you get into the portaloos. They're not, yeah, they're not actually in the portaloos. It's not like an Olympic drug test or anything. No, they're not, well, they're not swabbing, let's just say. Love your work, Paul Henry.

Well, listen, over the next two weeks, if you ever want to chat, mate, we'll be happy to talk, my friend. I'm going to be frantic in here. Hey, it's great to be back, guys. Lovely to talk to you. You too. We always love catching up. And good luck for that 10.30 swabbing. Okay.

See you, guys. Jono and Ben, just like family. The family members you're ashamed of. Mate, as we said before, a lot of people are woken up by it. A lot of strong winds overnight. But on the weekend, I woke up and, you know, I opened the laundry door and there was a whole lot of feathers everywhere. And I was like, uh-oh.

Either I've been washing like a MacPack, you know, goose down jacket or something. Or you've left a tissue in your pocket, you know, and it comes out looking like feathers all over the floor. Or there is the cat has potentially brought in a bird. And I thought it must be the bird because the day before I'd noticed there was a bird on the side of the road. And I don't know how it happened there. I was like, maybe got hit by a car or whatever,

but it seemed a little bit stunned. And I was like, oh, I'll put it up on the fence post away from everything and hopefully it'll be fine. Came back later, I was like, oh, great, the bird's the bird's gone it's gone it's flying away it's everything great and then the next morning sunday morning i was like oh no here's the bird and the birds and the cat had brought the cats are their prolific killers they're the serial murderers of the animal world cats aren't they and for some reason they think that's uh that's a gift to you they want to bring it inside it's a gesture it's like hey thanks for everything you do for me here's a carcass of a bird you're like mate i'll give

you whiskers i'll give you a chef cat food yeah and you're bringing this you bring this this is the response i don't need this gift yeah my daughter indy who's a huge animal lover was just like she was just like shaking her head looking at it go oh you suck to the cat she was like you suck you suck under her breath. She was so gutted. And I was like, it's the circle of life. It's like Lion King. It's what happens, unfortunately.

She's like, I don't remember this part of the Lion King. But you played some part in it, too, by placing the bird conveniently on a post for your cat. Oh, yeah. Like, if anything, by the side of the road, it was probably hidden. Really? Did I?

Oh, a huge part. That made me an accomplice in this. I was trying to help out the bird and i was like i'd be fine but no obviously not so poor thing so i feel like every time you try to help an animal it always bites you in the back like that ducky trying to attack me yeah and i was just trying to help the ducklings and you had your shirt off in the park he took his shirt off to wrap the ducklings in his shirt and then the mother saw him trying to kidnap her little babies. I wasn't trying to kidnap. I was trying to find out where they go.

This weird shirtless man stealing my children. Dump the shirt and run off screaming away. He was on Police 107 that following Thursday. Wonderful sketch. So what do you reckon? Next time just not get involved? No, because I had the same thing with the pigeon. The pigeon was inside my daughter's dollhouse.

I don't know how it ended up there, and we placed it conveniently on a seat outside. Neighbours cat, absolute massacre. Blood bath in front of them. We were watching through the window. It was like we were at Kelly Tarleton's or something. It was like a zoo. Broadcasting live.

And mostly awake. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Had a big moment of realisation yesterday, Ben. We had a meeting with an you know, an executive. I've always wanted to have executive after my job title. You can't have radio announcing executive, can you?

No, I don't know if you can. So we're always going to be playing in this field. This is our happy place, all right? Down on the lower levels. But, yeah, we had a meeting with an executive yesterday. And halfway through the meeting, I thought to myself, Jesus, she was younger than us. We were older than the executive, Ben.

We've hit that stage. It was the first stage where I'm like, oh, my God, I'm an adult. I like how this is the first time. The first moment where I've gone, I'm an adult. Not paying taxes, not having kids. Parking tickets, no. This was the moment no This was the moment We're older than the executive

And also I think the moment too When you realise you're an adult Particularly in this industry Broadcasting, TV It's just full of adults who have no idea what they're doing Just making it up And just hoping that no one notices It's life in general though

In some form, just bluff your way through it and pretend you know what you're doing. Yeah. There's a lot of, there are those lot of occasions that every now and again, you're like, Ooh, I'm an adult.

I'm a grownup. When someone at a supermarket will go, let this man go first. And you're like, who's this? Who's the man? Oh, I'm the man.

Me. You're calling me the man. Oh, lady. Like lady. I'm a lady. Yeah. Well,

that's always a moment for me i always go oh i'm the man oh yes thank you let the poor elderly gentleman go first yeah uh juliet the first time you realized you're an adult oh my goodness actually it was probably a couple of months ago when i had to go to bunnings for the first time by myself to figure out why my washing machine was leaking and then i had to buy stuff to make it like fit like a drain pipe i had to google how to work like it was was this the first time you've been to bunnings uh yeah i think so and i felt like a like a fish out of water i was this young girl dressed in her work gear with a handbag and there are all these like lads you know in the in their element a lot of high vis a lot of highly

visible people there yeah and i just felt like oh my goodness i'm actually figuring out how to do this by myself. That's great. It's an adult thing to do, isn't it? But the washing machine's still leaking. And figured that bit out. I actually remember a serious one, bringing my daughter, first daughter Sienna,

home for the first time. Oh my goodness. That was a moment. When you close the door, you come out of the hospital and you close the door and you're like, okay, it's all us now. How do I do this? It's us now.

It's just the three of us. you know, my wife Amanda and me. You know, that was a moment. I'm an adult. And then you put on the TV, and you're like, it's the TV now that can look after the child. You can take it from here to the TV. So 0800 the hits, this is what we want. Just when you first realise you're an adult. Maybe it's when you started to enjoy the taste of exotic cheeses.

Wine! Wine's a thing as hell. I still never come round to wine. I feel like you're just stubbornly digging your toes in there. You've really got to fight through. It's like coffee. Fight through those bitter years. Once you get through the other side. You'll get there. You refuse to.

Imagine giving coffee to someone for the first time. They'll be like, what is happening inside my mouth right now? Why are you doing this? But yeah. So 0800 the hits, telephone number 4487. When you first realise you're an adult, we'd love to get your calls and texts on this morning for New Zealand's breakfast. We'll do that next.

It is the hits. Team, we want to know the moment where you realise, I'm a grown up, I'm an adult. On 0800 the hits, 4487. Someone texted in, when I had to look after my cousin's guinea pig for the weekend and it didn't die. Yeah.

Well done. I do remember growing up, we were a bit of a shocking family for getting up and getting to school on time. We lived out the back in Carterton, you know, quite far away in the wider upper from school. You just said your family's scope on time and how long it took to do things was just way off. Yeah, mum would always knock on the door and she was like,

I'm not going to do it anymore, it's all on you guys. Because one time we had a shocker, mum got everyone up, she's like, we're missing the bus, we need to get up. And we all sat around the breakfast table and was like, well, it's quite dark for the time of the morning. And then we looked and it was like, oh, the clock on the oven, obviously we had a power cut. And someone checked the watch, it was like 10 to 3 in the morning.

And the whole family had gone up having breakfast, all dressed, ready to go. You're like, what are we doing? But that's lived on. You're an early riser now and you like to go and get the day started. Now I'm the opposite. Let's get Steve on. Welcome from the Waikato. When you realised you're an adult, Steve?

Oh, mate, I went to a delivery point in Auckland a few weeks back and a young fella pushed me out of the way from climbing up in the back of the truck and says, I'll give you a hand, old fella. You're like, who's me? Oh, really? Yeah, yeah, and I sort of stepped back a little, shocked, and then I thought, nah, I'll take that.

Take that, take that. My knees are a bit sore. Yeah, yeah, no, I do need help. Yeah, the cold winter months, the joints, they start to ache, don't they, Steve? Oh, yeah, mate. I looked at him. He must be about 18 or 19. And I looked at myself and I went, ah, okay.

And then another time when my son said, oh, Dad, what war were you in? I'm like, what the heck? I'm not that old. Poppy, my daughter, said, so was everything black and white when you were growing up Yeah good on you Steve Appreciate it We're going to see if we can find you some tickets to Disney's Jungle Cruise Hopefully you've still got some of those flying around

Thank you buddy We'll make sure it's nice and loud for you Have a good one gentlemen It's quite warm though in the movie theatre You'll probably doze off. You'll probably fall asleep. Speaking of which, I do that all the time. I won't throw stones.

Crystal, you're on, Morena. When you felt you were in and out, Crystal? I would say changing a car tire. What age was this? Probably a couple of weeks ago, because I'd just got my license, and I forgot how to change the tire. Yeah, right. And until then, you were just driving around on deflated car tyres, were you?

Yeah, pretty much, yes. And you're like, this madness needs to stop. Well, well done, Crystal, changing a car tyre. And we will reward you with a shampoo pack, okay? Cool, thank you. All right. Who do we thank for the shampoo pack, Ben? That's Everblue here and Beauty Care Products, a $50 pack coming your way.

And Lucy, you were on from Auckland when you felt you were an adult. When I realised that I had to buy my own toilet paper. What were you using up until then? Well, you know, it was providers. Oh, providers. The facilities provider. You're like, we're out of toilet paper. The help looked after the toilet paper.

When it's on you. Yeah, that's one of those adult moments, right? Yeah, and it was always just there. Now I have to actually remember to buy some. That's the thing, and then you don't. In a flatting situation, you just don't. Do you? What do you do? Have you got plentiful toilet paper in your flat? I can imagine you're flat. Yeah, I get too scared of running

out, so I'm the toilet paper buyer. But for some reason, when I'm in the supermarket buying toilet paper, I always feel a little bit embarrassed. I don't know why. Why really? Because I don't want people to imagine me sitting on the toilet. Well, you should see the stuff Ben buys in the supermarket. You've got nothing to worry about, okay? He has to hide them under the eggs and the bread and things.

Hide them under the eggplants, and that's so exciting. We're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand! If only New Zealand was proud of that. Jono and Ben, New Zealand. Go New Zealand. If only New Zealand was proud of that. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Now the Olympics are on at the moment and something that's captured the world's attention

is the UK Olympic diver Tom Daley. Now he won gold a couple of days ago in the diving and he was watching the women's final on Sunday and he was sitting in the stands with his mask on and he was knitting. He was knitting away. Now, this is something that he's been doing since the COVID-19 pandemic kicked in. He learned the skill, and it's helped him get through the Olympic Games, apparently.

So he was knitting a dog jumper, a jumper for his dog. And you were just saying, John, before, last week he also made a Union Jack pouch to keep his Tokyo Games gold medal safe. He knitted that as well. He's prolific. And a little Great Britain piece there as well. I don't know what you would call it, but it had the Union Jack on it too. His productivity is like a sweatshop.

He is just churning out these products. He even so kindly knitted some woolen Speedos for his fellow competitors who ended up, they didn't come out of the water that easily. No. Woolen speedos. But yeah, prolific knitter. He does it for mindfulness, relieves stress. I can imagine.

It'd be something quite peaceful about doing that, right? There's a wonderful photo where he's knitting and then his six other teammates are all just on Instagram on their phones. It speaks boundaries, doesn't it? It speaks volumes. So what we want to do is we want to play a game. Are you a knitter or not? Because knitting, you know, it's not just for boomers and fielding.

Having a mid-morning natter, is it? Yeah, we want to know on 800-THE-HATS or 4487. You give us a call whether you are, as Jono said, you are someone who knits or someone you're not, and we'll try and work out if you are a knitter or not. So you might be able to fool us into thinking you're a knitter, even if you're not. So, Juliette, I don't know if you're a knitter or not,

but you describe who you are and what you do. My name is Juliette, and I work with Jono and Ben. And, I mean, I am a little bit of a boomer in my spare time. You guys know that about me. She loves to crochet. He does. I like sewing, which could give you a hint. Is she a knitter or not, Ben?

I'm going to say you have. You've done knitting before. You're a knitter. I'm not a knitter. I'm a sewer, but. Is she a knitter or not, Ben? I'm going to say you have. You've done knitting before. You're a knitter. I'm not a knitter. Oh, I got it wrong. But I'm not a knitter. Yeah, see, I learnt with my nana. She used to sit, when they, because she's the one that had the TV with the little cover

that they put down. Oh, the TV curtain, which, when were the TV hours again? The TV hours were pretty much finished after the, sometimes you'd get coro or something, but that was it. It was pretty much 8.30. 7.30 was a late night for the TV. Yeah, and then the TV would go to bed, they'd put the cover down, you wouldn't be able to...

But when the TV cover was up, she would sit there and knit, and she taught me how to do knit. I don't know if I've done it, I haven't done it for probably 20 years or something, but that was something that, oh, I was trying to knit. Made some terrible stuff, didn't really, like a scarf that wouldn't even fit around my neck. Because you ended up looking like a condom or something but your commitment to it you know you've got to really be committed to that sort of thing so i won't have to do that it's knitter or

not you just describe who you are what your age is what you do uh for for a job or some of your hobbies and we'll try and figure out if you're a knitter or not and if you also check in four hours before a domestic flight, we've got some ever blue hair and body care packs up for grabs. This smells amazing and you can get it in Countdown Supermarkets nationwide. Oh, and with that, let's give us a call. Now we're just talking about Olympic diver Tom Daley, who not only won gold in the Olympics, and has been in the Olympics for how long, you're saying, Patricia?

So he's been to four Olympic Games. First one was Beijing in 2008, and he's 27 now, so he was 14 when he first competed in those games. That's unreal. Wow. So young. But he's also a big fan of knitting, and he's been knitting in the stands over there in Tokyo.

I don't have a dog to show you what it's going to look like on, but this is the dog jumper I was making. Like this is where the front feet go in and then walks around just like chilling. Like toot, toot, toot, toot, toot. There you go, knitted a dog jumper. Doesn't even have a dog. Just knitted it. So he's either in the stands knitting or watching the world's greatest athletes giving it their all. Something they've been training for for five years. And he's chosen knitting.

He's chosen to focus on the knitting. You're right, actually. Maybe the novelty wears off of watching Olympic athletes do their thing. Nothing is such a thing like my other grandma, not the one I was talking to you about before, but she would knit these jumpers for the family. But because they've gone through so much effort, it's one of those things you're like, oh,

you're obliged. Very colourful, very passionate. We all had them, the whole family. And very itchy too, I find around the neck. You know,

and it's not, you're like, oh, it's all right, but I feel obligated. Yeah, put it on, it's going to get us.

And your mum would be like, put on grandma's jersey, we're going to go visit grandma. You're like, it's the middle of summer, it's February, it's 30 degrees, put the jersey on. Exactly. Yeah. That's the middle of summer, it's February, it's 30 degrees. Put the jersey on.

Exactly. Yeah. That's the problem when people put effort into stuff. You might hate it, but you've still got to. Kim, you're on from Tudor. We're playing a game, knitter or not. Now, you just need to tell us a little bit about yourself, and we'll try and decipher, figure out whether you're a knitter or not.

I'm a kindy teacher, really into adding crafty stuff With the kids But does she fulfil that bucket During the day with the kids Doesn't need to go home and knit I'm going to say you're not a knitter Alright well let's go We'll go together on that one You're not a knitter

You're right Anyway for playing we're going to give you some ever blue hair and body care Awesome Thank you Rachel From the Waikato Morena how are you Morning 101. Well, anyway, thanks anyway for playing. We're going to give you some Everblue hair and body care, right? Awesome. Thank you, Rachel, from the Waikato. Morena, how are you? Morning. I'm good. How are you guys?

We're doing well, Rachel. We got the first one right. That never happens. Okay, you tell us a little bit about yourself. We'll try and figure out if you're a knitter or not. All right, so I'm 25. I work in retail. In the spare time, I love going to gigs or playing hockey.

I'll say not a knitter. Not a knitter. You're going to go not a knitter? She's got too much of the fun stuff going on. Yeah, she's not at that stage of life where she's just waiting for it to all end. You're not a knitter, Rachel. Wrong, I actually am. Oh! Take it all back. What are you knitting?

So a lot of my friends have actually started to have little bebes so I decided to start knitting for them because I'm on the poor end of life still so I decided to take up knitting. This goes back to the thing we were just talking about before. You've put love and time and effort

into these. These people who receive your knitted goods, do they feel obliged to put them on the kids? Honestly, that's what I think. I have a feeling they might just receive kids in it when I'm around, but I'm going to hope to leave it, they don't. Oh, well, we're going to send you out some Everblue hair and body care and get those from Countdown, but

they smell amazing, and I was... No, stop that. That was going to be a weird sort of follow-on. So enjoy that. No, finish what you were going to say. I was going to say, you're going to smell amazing, but that would have felt weird, so I'm... As if she doesn't smell amazing already? I know. I can smell Rachel through the phone. That's why I backed out of it.

She smells like an English meadow. Good on you, Rach. Have a wonderful day. You can go back to sitting on a chair with a blanket over your legs, okay? Thanks. Good on you. And Moose from Taranaki playing Knitter or Knops this morning. Tell us about yourself, Moose.

All right, I'm 43. I'm a youth worker, I've got a mobile DJ business on the side and in my spare time I like clay pigeon shooting. Boom! Does this sound like a traditional knitter? No. No stereotype people here because they look a knit. But Moose could be putting

us off the scent. So I'm going to I'll go with whatever you go with, okay? I'm going to say Moose is not a knitter. Locking in not a knitter Moose. Brother,'m going to say Moose is not a knitter. Locking in not a knitter, Moose. Brother, you are absolutely right. I'm not a knitter. But I am into macrame.

Oh, Moose, you're a surprising character, aren't you? Moose, we're going to send you out an Everblue hair and body care pact valued at $50, all right? God bless you. God bless you, Moose. Someone's just texted in 4487. I'm not a knitter but I groan every time I get up from sitting

does that count? Two dads just trying to fill some air time Some might say it's pointless but the main thing is it fills in some air time for us That is the main thing See now we wondered what would happen if the biggest band in New Zealand got a request

from a kid to play at a birthday party? Yeah, we've got your daughter Sienna in and you're ready to do some pranking. Yeah, I'm like really ready. The amount of stuff you've done for this show and the amount of nothing money we've given you. I know, it's like I work more than you guys and I have to go to school. She's juggling a lot. We're only juggling this. I know, you're right.

We struggle to juggle this. And now we get you in to do this. But anyway, today we want to plan your birthday party. And we thought maybe we could get someone, like a big musical act to play at your birthday party. Who would you like? If you could pick anyone in the world, who would you like to play at your birthday party?

Like a singer or someone like that. Yeah, like a singer, yeah. Maybe like Olivia Rodrigo. Okay, scrap her. Okay, we'll think yeah. Okay. Maybe like Olivia Rodrigo. Okay. Scrap her. Okay. We'll take a couple of tears down from Olivia Rodrigo. Um, maybe like Taylor Swift.

Or still again, you've gone up. You've gone up. I said come down. Sorry. Um, maybe Katy Perry. Okay. Well, let's go closer. These are all great options.

Let's go closer to home. Okay. Let's go New Zealand, you know, But not saying these people aren't great, it's just that we might have their number. Maybe Lorde? No, that's not going to work. You're back in the Taylor Swift category there. We don't have Lorde's number, but we do have,

we just had to say this from the start, we do have Chris Mack, bass player from 660's number. Do you have Benny's number? No, we just said the only number we've got is bass player. Chris Mack from 660. But you love 660's number? No. We just said the only number we've got is bass player Chris Mack. Chris Mack from 660. But you love 660, right? Yeah. Okay.

Not as much as she loves Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Lorde, Benny. But they're in the top seven or eight choices. So we're going to call Chris Mack. And with a few demands, you've got a few demands, throw in some demands. We want to see if we can book 660, the band, to play at your birthday party, okay? Okay. If I was in 660, coming to a 12th birthday party would be the absolute worst possible thing I could do

as a band member of 660. Yeah, yeah. No disrespect to your party. I'm sure it'll be fine. I'll be there. But they've probably got better things to do. All right, let's make the call to Chris Mack. Hello, Chris speaking. Is that Chris Mack from 660?

It sure is Let's talk business Okay 660 was the first to play at Eden Park And sold out Western Springs Well, you've never played at my birthday party That's very true I've never played at your birthday party.

Think of it. Eight kids full of sugar, pin the tail on the donkey, pass the parcel, and 660. Yeah, I mean, it sounds fun, but are you telling me I'm invited to the party whether I play or not? What about I pay you guys in a goodie bag and a small piece of birthday cake? Ooh, now we get a small piece. Yeah, that's better than nothing.

Well, you're right. That is better than nothing. Okay, all right. Well, you're sweetening the pot literally, the band. I'll pass that on. Okay. Tell them this. My favorite song is all she wrote, so you can play that over and over again for an hour.

And you can only bring two band members, as I'm only allowed to invite 10 kids to the party. Who is not coming from the band? Probably Mutt Shed. Probably the singer. And if you can get in contact with Lorde, I would also love her to come and play Solar Power. Right.

Does that mean you have to drop another person off the band list to fit her in? Yeah, probably. Just get Lorde, actually. Can you just do that? Can you just get Lorde? You don't want us anymore? Nah, it's just too hard. Yeah, that makes sense.

Right. So I'm just basically... Yes. Okay. I guess I'll sort that out for you. Okay. Thank you. It was your diva demands.

Too many diva demands. I was like, oh, that's what I was saying about Sex Sexy John. I was like, they're always so diva-ish, aren't they? Just a small piece of birthday cake. Look, you know me. You know one thing I love more than anything else is cake. He does. I was excited, and it almost eclipsed the fact that she said small,

but I caught it. You caught it. That sounds a tough negotiator. I don't think I am. I just got bullied out of my own gig No, and if anything you're going out now to try and book Lord You've become a booking agent

How did this work out? Things have gone downhill for me today Oh Chris Mack, thank you for being part of another wonderful Jono and Ben prank production That was such a surprising You walk away and hang up and you're like, what just happened?

What was I part of? Oh man Well, Sienna did a great job as always Thank you Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben Breakfast on the Hets

The Hets So yeah, the Olympics are going on right now in Tokyo and it looks like a good day for New Zealand today potentially like a good day to sit down and watch some great Olympians.

Lisa Carrington, she's got one of her finals today. The Yotties, Blair Chook and Peter Burling as well. David Nikita, the boxer, David Nikita, sorry, the boxer, he's fighting for his bronze medal at least match today. So yeah, a few Kiwis in action today. Yeah, and

speaking of the Olympics, this is just like the Olympics, except with less medals and athleticism. The Google Games. The Google Games. Yeah. Well, you call us up,

you ask us a question, we've got 10 seconds to Google the answer. If we can't, we've got a hell pizza this morning, B-Humps. Hell pizza to give away.

So any question at all you want to ask us, 0800 the hits, 4487, as John has said, 10 seconds to answer. I'll ask you a question. We've talked about, we always talk about the fastest time ever in 100 metres. What is the slowest

time someone's run 100 metres at the Olympics? Let's go men. Olympics. Men. Slowest time was 17 seconds. Jeez, that would have seemed like a year. Because they're doing it in like 9 and 10. Yeah.

Wow. How did the guy even get there? Well, I guess qualifying for your country. He could have had an injury before he ran the race and was like, oh, I'll still give it a crack. Yeah, that's true. Just jog it. I pulled up lame, but I'm going to continue because it's only 100 metres.

Yeah. Just crawl across the finish line. Yeah, gee whiz, that's really impressive, isn't it? He's from Ethiopia. Right. How long ago was it? Oh, now this is another follow-up question. It looks like

Oh, you got me. I'm not going to win Hell Pizza, guys. Oh, that's how it works. Ask any question at all to ask. We Google it. We've got 10 seconds. If we can't answer it in 10 Pizza, guys. Oh, that's how it works. Ask any question at all to us. We Google it. We've got 10 seconds. If we can't answer it in 10 seconds, you win the Hell Pizza. You don't even need to know the answer, Locke.

I don't even know the answer then. I've just found out, though, the most Googled question in the last 60 minutes while I've been fluttering around on the internet. Oh, yeah, in the last 60 minutes. Last 60 minutes. How to tie a tie. Oh, is that from you?

I actually used to have to do that. I used to have to YouTube a tie tutorial, didn't I? And it was nothing more degrading as an adult You used to secretly go do it though, eh? Yeah, I know, and then you would shame me like, look what he's YouTubing Oh, was this like for the TV show and stuff? Yeah, the TV show for a while Yeah, this was recently

Surely you wore enough ties in your lifetime where you eventually learned? You got there by the end, right? I did, but I used to up until that point have the elastic ones around the neck. Oh yeah. The child tie. The Google Games 2020 is on right now. Of course, happening in 2021 due to COVID reasons, but it's on, so give us a call. 0800

the hits, 4487 on the text. It's Taylor Swift style. You're on New Zealand's Breakfast. The Google Game. Brought to you by Google.com. Our partners, Sue, welcome from Morrinsville. How are you? I'm good, thank you. Lovely to have you on.

Sue, you need to ask us a question. We've got 10 seconds to Google the answer. I do. Okay. What are you doing this morning, Sue? I'm getting ready to get my daughter to school, and then I am on the crossing of David Street School. Oh, jeez.

Nice, windy, cold. It's pretty yuck out there. Yeah, good day to be on the school crossing, isn't it? No, not really. No, no, it's a shocking day. Do people drive... It's in the rain. Generally, do people drive slowly past the school?

No, I've had my life nearly taken six times. Wow. Six times? Yep. Nemesis. Jeez. You have to have your wits about you, that's for sure. You have to get there early. My daughter did it last year at school. She's like, yeah, I'll do it for a whole term

and we get pizza on the last Friday. I'm like, oh, we could just get you to school on time and I'll buy you pizza on the last Friday. Then'm like, oh, we could just get you to school on time and I'll buy you pizza on the last Friday. Then you don't have to get there early. But they love it. They love it. Yeah.

All right, so we'll keep safe today. And in the meantime, what's your question, Ben? You can do the Googling. What order does a rainbow go in? Oh, that's a colour order. Oh, what? How many colours in a rainbow? There's seven in total?

It is. We're lagging on the white line. Roy G. Biv or is it? Oh, yeah. Okay, so Roy G. Biv is what they say it is. So it goes red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. But is that the order it goes in, or is that just the colours? I think that's the order.

Yeah, well, hey, I think I did. Now you say that, I feel like I learnt that at school, but it didn't cross my mind in the 10 seconds of the panic. So well done. You win some Hell Pizza. Thank you so much. You just ended up in a flustered, you do, don't you?

I wasn't even on Google, and then the Wi-Fi here at NZB was like, and I was like, oh. Oh, he's blaming poor Wi-Fi connection. I am. 5G, you know, well, that's meant to give you as well, you know. Okay. For the weather in Auckland, I'll give you that.

Oh, thank you, thank you. All right, I'm going to do one on the spot for you, Juliette, okay, since you're a big fan of the Olympics. Oh, God. Which country has won the most medals in Olympic history? Oh, my God. I'm going to go Russia or China and name all the people that have won them. One of the most medals in won them. Medals, Olympic

history, six seconds. United States! How many? 2,583. How many is Russia? Bearing in mind they had state funded steroid abuse going on there too. Now this is the Russian Olympic Committee

which seems like a breakaway sort of Russian team. Over the most, oh, it only says over the most recent 12 games since 1994, Russia's 546 total heels.

Leaps ahead. Yeah. I mean, the US are tanks, aren't they? And that is the Google Games this morning. Next, we'll tell you exactly what

you can catch in the Olympics today. It's a big day for New Zealand. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. To be yourself now for the least prepared part of the programme, which we should probably do a bit more research into. Ben Boyce, what's been happening overnight in the years? Well, a lot of Olympics going on, particularly

overnight. And also today, Lisa Carrington in the kayaking. 2.37 today. She'll be going for her third successive Olympic gold medal in the kayaking. So 2.37, check out that. Peter Birling and Blair Chuuk, of course from Team New Zealand, they'll be heading out there for the year. And their 49er

race, their medal race was postponed last night. Now, so we all need to watch this because we're all like, oh, we care so much about yachting when the America's Cup's on. But it slips down the priority list when the Olympics are on. So that's, yeah, so, we all need to watch this because we're all like, oh, we care so much about yachting when the America's Cup's on. But it slips down the priority list when the Olympics are on. Yeah, well, we never watch yachting in between America's Cup, so let's all prove that wrong, New Zealand, and let's all watch

these guys today. It's our one chance. You're like, yeah, I did watch another yacht race. Yeah, I watched Blair Chu compete at Burlingame in gold, you know, so this is your chance. But then I got bored of that and started watching table tennis. Hungary versus China. David Neek at the Boxer. Juliet, you'll be really wanting to watch this. He's guaranteed bronze, at least.

But he's got a really tough opponent, a Russian opponent today in the boxing, who hasn't lost since 2017. He's not only guaranteed bronze, he's also guaranteed a marriage with producer Juliet. She's my future husband. My bronze babe. Bronzed goddess. Bronzed god, I should say. And there's also Kiwis

in cycling have a throwing. Tom Walsh gets his shot put competition away later tonight. And just quickly before we wrap up the Olympics, there's a few Olympic medals being sold online over the last little while. Not from the current Olympics, but I thought it was quite interesting. So from the

1900 Olympics in Paris, there was a silver medal in shooting. Which was the shambolic one. That was the shambolic Olympic Games. Now, I would have thought it would have gone for more than this. So 1900 Olympics is an actual silver medal. Only sold for US$1,200. Seems like it.

Well, because that was from the Games. They were saying it was an absolute disaster. A 10-year-old boy was called in to become a coxswain for a rowing team that was a member short. So they just dragged a 10-year-old boy was called in to become a coxswain for a rowing team that was a member short. So they just dragged a 10-year-old boy who was probably riding home on his bike with a baguette or something. And they never found him again afterwards. He never got his medal, right?

But he won gold. And then they had no clay pellets for the shooting, so then they just shot real doves as an alternative. And that was what that medal was for. Maybe there's blood on that medal. And the other one that was sold that actually got quite a lot of money was a silver medal from the first modern Olympics in Athens, 1896.

No gold medals then, apparently. So the first place silver medal, and that commanded about $180,000 US dollars. Wow. So a lot more for that one. Wow. And sad overnight about Laurel Hubbard. Didn't nail any of her snatches in the women's weightlifting. Yeah, an early exit in the women's over 85 kg final.

Failing to make three lifts. A lot of media scrutiny. A lot of that. You really feel sorry for her. You know, having to deal with all that on top of everything. It's a bit of a shame she didn't do quite what she hoped. I think the Olympic Committee have made it as fair as they can possibly do so. I think to even compete, I was reading an article,

they said that they have to have their testosterone levels below a certain threshold to even the playing fields. Yeah, exactly. So they've done all they can do. Yeah, it's just, I guess, the unnecessary media attention and stuff as well. Do you think that got on top of her? I think that's, she said after the thing, it was quite hard to sort of deal with, and you imagine it would be. Oh, totally.

It would be nice, hard enough just to go on and say I'll be training for this for four to five years, let alone have all that extra pressure on top of that. So yeah, a bit of a shame she didn't do quite as well as she'd hoped, but we're all still behind her here in New Zealand. Well, there we go. They're scrolling through your feed. Ben Boyce, you should hold your head up high. What did I do?

And be proud of what you just did Would I get gold, silver or bronze in that one or not? Probably a fourth But still That's a personal best Just close Just a PB Close

Yeah I feel like Hosking's probably doing a better news update at the moment Yeah, okay Fletcher Vaughan, they've got their own thing going on Yeah, okay No, but you're good Okay, alright I'm competing

I made the final, guys That's all For a cabinet you're doing well Jono and Ben Just like family The family members you're good. Okay, all right, I'm competing. I made the final, guys. That's all. For a camper, you're doing well. Jono and Ben, just like family. The family members you're ashamed of. It was a fun wee game you can play along with right now on the hits. Your son, Oscar, describes an Olympic sport,

and then we've all got a song to work out what exactly that sport is. Yeah, GC's invested in the Olympics. We are just recording every Olympics, taking up a lot of... Oh, you're recording as well up a lot of the drive space. Table tennis was on last night. He's like, I need that recorded. I was like, do you? He's like,

record it. So, boy, we're going to be binging the Olympics till the next Olympics. You'll be like, don't tell me what happened. I saw him watch the whole thing. So this is the Olympics through the eyes of an 11-year-old, or as the Russian Olympic Committee claims, basically their gymnastic squad

so this is oscar describing a sport he was watching yesterday so in this sport there are two relatively short halves you have to run with the ball you can dribble the ball you can throw the ball you have to pass your teammates and you have to be a high jumper you have to be a good runner and yeah and yeah what do you reckon buddy all right well do you think you know um well it's hard there's a few you're like oh it could be that or it could be that so yeah well this is the only olympics coverage we can bring you without saying courtesy of sky sport in fact i should probably say courtesy of sky sport because he was watching Sky Sport when talking about that. So, yeah, text 4487.

Yeah, yeah, nah. Yeah. Nah. Yeah, nah. The whole movie. Yeah, nah. She'll be right. And at the end of the day.

Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. We're just doing Oscars Olympics. My son describing Olympic sports. Here was today's. So, in this sport, there are two relatively short halves. You have to run with the ball, you can dribble the ball, you can throw the ball, you have to pass your teammates,

and you have to be a high jumper. You have to be a good runner, and yeah. Text coming in on 4487. And what are the texts saying? They're saying handball, let's see. This sport is handball. Well done. They're really fun, those.

I got home last week, he's like, how did Ben enjoy the game? I said, oh, he Well done. They're really fun, those. I got home last week. He's like, how did Ben enjoy the game? I said, oh, he enjoyed it. He's now a copywriter. It's turning into a TV format as well. That's right. Just after the chase on TVNZ1, I'll be coming soon.

I'll describe a sport, and you guess what it is. Spy. No, what's up? Spy.co.nz. All right, here to tell you some news about famous people you may or may not care about, Juliette, what's happening in Spy?

We all care about Paul Rudd. We love Paul Rudd. He's pretty awesome. He just seems like one of those other great dudes, right? He's a funny dude. He's an Ant-Man, Clueless, Anchorman. He's in all of those sort of comedy films. But there's a photo circulating on the internet of Paul Rudd dining at a restaurant,

and people are just gobsmacked at how youthful he looks. He's 52 years old and in this photo he looks 30. And it's not like it's a photo shoot photo where he's been photoshopped or anything like that. It's a very candid, natural looking photo. But man, he looks good. Hashtag no filters on it as well.

Just pure, flawless, blemish-free skin. J-Lo as well is 52. Oh my gosh. I know, J-Lo. She's unreal. Incredible as well. She's unreal. I was reading a comment at the bottom of the article saying him and J-Lo should procreate

and create eternal children who just live forever. Yeah. Their babies would look younger than babies. Babies would look younger. What, like a fetus? Just like a naked mole rat coming out? Yeah. Adorable.

A bit of a disturbing. But then they had a side-by-side photo of him when he was 26, and now, him when he's 51, he looks younger than... Oh, really? He looks younger now than when he was 26. That's crazy. He's been buttering or whatever. He needs to share a skincare routine.

Goodness me. And Benny, she is going to be postponing her regional Aotearoa tour. She was supposed to start her tour this Friday in New Plymouth and continue with seven more shows around the country, but she had to postpone due to personal circumstances. She says she'll do the shows early next year, which probably means an even better summer line-up for concerts and festivals and things like that.

Awesome. So early next year. I hope everything's okay with Benny. She's a wonderful lady, Benny. She is awesome. I saw her over the weekend. She performed with the orchestra at the Town Hall in Auckland, which looked great.

How good is that? Very, very cold. What a good combo. We were saying before the show, as soon as you say personal reasons, no one delves any deeper. How good is that? Very, very cool. What a good combo. We were saying before the show, as soon as you say personal reasons, no one delves any deeper. No, should we? It's not about business, really, to be honest.

But you're right. Our friend of ours used it the other day to get out of work. What are you doing? Personal reasons. And everyone feels, they fear the worst. Yeah. Don't they? And you don't want to ask.

He was like, I just had to do some admin. I had to pick up some dry cleaning and things like that. Which is personal. It is personal, yeah. You're right. And that is five and more. You can head to theh admin. I had to pick up some dry cleaning and things like that. Which is personal. It is personal, yeah. You're right. And that is five and more. You can head to the hits.co.nz. New Zealand's breakfast.

This is Jono and Ben on the hits. Just got seven o'clock on your Tuesday morning. Great to have you guys with us this morning. Ben, you were like, I can't find any other news apart from Olympic news. Oh, yeah. So Juliet took it upon herself, Sidious Producing here from Juju to find one piece of news. Is this big news that I've

missed? It's really big news. So, driver does 31 point parallel park to get her car into parking spot. Gee, that's commitment, isn't it? So it was caught on CCTV footage. I was going to say because surely some bystander is not counting at all,

aren't they? And so I clicked on this article being like, oh, my goodness, this is going to be a great watch. It's going to be like a big car trying to get into a really marginal parking spot, but it's actually a really small car trying to get into a car parking space twice its size. So that speaks volumes about the experience of the driver in their parallel parking.

Ben, I'm sorry we had to talk about your footage on the radio. To be honest. You pull out after one manoeuvre. You're like, it's too much. I can't do it. And then sometimes when I do park the car, I walk away and I'm like, I'm going to have to repark that. It's way out. Anything after two moves you start to become a public spectacle, don't you?

You start panicking. In my head I'm like I'm panicking I'm panicking That's the pressure point That should be Olympic sport The parallel park And an even harder level Parallel parking upwards on a hill

When you're going back and uphill Forget about it Don't even try That could be quite good When you have like the quarters The semis and the finals And just And you know outside

It gets harder and harder Yeah Outside a restaurant Where everyone's sitting On the footpath as well. That's a great Olympic sport. This hour, we've got $5,000 up for grabs at 7.45. Five words for 5K. I need your help with a bit of a parenting dilemma that I've got.

I don't really know what to say in the situation. You've just played us the audio. Yeah. And so what you've decided to do as a parent is record, firstly. And play it on the radio. And then we get to talk about it. So that's at 7.30. But next, the unusual activity that one of the Olympians is doing

that's captured the world's attention. We'll tell you what it is after Ed Sheeran on the hits. Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. It is our Game of Words Association. We play it every day at 7.45, except today we're playing it with Millennial Bags filming rather close to me, live streaming.

Live streaming, you've got an ECU of Ben's face there, very extreme. It's a bit too close. I'm no Paul Rudd, mate. Keep it away, Kim. Yeah, it's coming in. He's running a lot of forehead there. Although, don't come close to this face. Now he's zooming in on me, deep into my crevices. Listen, we've had a lot of disappointment on this show recently with Five Words. Not many winners lately. More disappointing

than when you realise that you're now older than most professional athletes and most actors and most pop stars. Except for Paul Rudd. But he's looking better than all of us. We'll get Bex on from Wellington. Morena, Bex. Morena. Flight attendant. Yes.

Where's your favourite place to fly to in Aotearoa? I want to say Kirikiri. There's a little airport there in Northland. Yeah, that's right. We went up there. Winterless North. It's beautiful up there. Beautiful. So what would you do if you won $5,000?

I'll probably take my son up there, actually. Oh, right. Why don't you just pack him in your luggage when you go for work? Yeah, yeah. Just shove him in there. That's an option. Okay, you need to decide who you're going to send into the sound poof-boof to match five words with. Who's it going to be?

I'm going to go with Jono. Oh. Jono, you've been a very popular choice this week. But I've come through for nobody. You've got to. Eventually, he's got to come through. Yeah, maybe that's the thing. If we keep backing the loser eventually, you'll never win.

Jono making his way right now across the studio to the soundproof booth. Put me in the Olympics for commentary. That was some champagne stuff, wasn't it? Alright, Bex, he's in there right now. Here is your first word this morning. It is daffy. Daffy. Duck. Duck.

That's what popped into my head as well. Sofa is your second word. Sofa. S-O-F-A. Sofa. I want to go sofa bed. Oh, yeah. Okay.

Passion fruit is your third word this morning. Passion fruit. Oh. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I've got two. I don't know. Passion fruit.

Oh. Can I come back to that? Yeah, you can come back to that for sure. Doctor is the fourth word this morning. Doctor. I've got two as well. The first thing that actually came into my head was Dr. Doolittle. Oh, yeah.

Well, hey, yeah. That's good. That's definitely an option. Can I go Dr. Who? Dr. Who, yeah. And pub is the final word. Of course, we're going to go back to passion fruit, but pub. Heaven.

Heaven. And passion fruit, what pops into your head? What were the two you want to talk about? Yeah, I had Passionfruit Ice Cream and Passionfruit Cheesecake. Oh, both sound amazing. I know. What do you think Jono's going to go with if he was going to choose one of those? Yeah, probably neither of those.

Can I go Cheesecake, please? Okay, we'll lock that in. And we will get Jono out of the soundproof booth. And we'll see if those five words match up with your five words and you'll be $5,000 richer. Some tricky ones this morning, Jono. I'm sorry to tell you this. And hello to our online audience watching this Facebook live stream.

My question is, what are you doing with your lives? But anyone, we'll get on with it. How did Bex go? Oh, tough. It was tough this morning, Bex, I think. Yeah, it was, yeah. Okay, well, let's see if we can send you on your way as a Thai Bart millionaire,

given the current exchange rate with the Thai Bart. Okay, first word this morning, Jono, Daffy. Daffy. Duck. Nice. Next word. Is this where it starts to unravel? Yeah, well, to be honest, I was going to go around for some easy ones after this,

but none of the rest are easy. It's a tricky one. Yeah, sofa. Sofa is the second word this morning. As in couch? As in the bed. We went sofa bed. Oh, what did you go, Bex?

Bed. Yeah. Did you think about couch? Yes, I bed. Oh, what did you go, Bex? Bed? Yeah. Did you think about couch? Yes, I did. Oh, mate. It was tough. I'm sorry. It was tough this morning, Bex.

I've deprived a child of a holiday with his mother in Northland. No, you haven't. He actually said couch, and I ignored him. Awkward conversations this morning, then. Yeah, yeah. Let's go through the other words. Passion fruit? Ice block? Cheesecake. Yeah, yeah. Let's go through the other words. Passion fruit. Ice block.

Cheesecake. We meant doctor. Doctor who? Oh, nice. And pub. Drink? Oh, yes. Tavern.

Yeah, pub. There's so many options for pub. No, they were up against you this morning, Bex. Yeah. It's almost like

producer Bee Hums didn't want you to win $5,000. They were tough words. Hey, listen, I tell you what, we'll send you out one of the hair care packs,

shall we? Yeah, let's do that. Have you got hair? Oh, lovely. Yes, I do have hair. Great. One of the Everblue hair and beauty care packs.

They smell amazing. They're worth $50. You can get them in countdown supermarkets around New Zealand. So enjoy those. Awesome. Thank you.

All right. Thanks for listening. Spy. The WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz Now over to producer Juliette who has long term marriage plans to hook up with Harry Styles,

Justin Bieber and or David Nika depending on today's result. Please just don't tell the current partners about her master plan. So there's a new TV series that's been released on HBO called The Prince and it's an animated parody based on the royal family, with Prince George being the main character.

So it's a more kid-friendly crown. Yeah, but also... It's probably more adult-y, though, right? Yeah, you'd sort of compare it to Family Guy or American Dad, sort of. And so it portrays George as quite a demanding little eight-year-old boy, obsessed with Instagram, who ignores his family, is in a rivalry with Princess Charlotte, but sucks up to the Queen and the Queen only.

Megan and Harry, they're living their new life in America. Harry's attempting to get a job at Starbucks and he's voiced by Orlando Bloom. Hi Harry, I'm Robert. I'm a screenwriter. And I'm also the shift manager here and I'll be training you today. I'm very excited. Okay, let's just get into it.

What's your favorite drink? We'll make that first. I really love tea. I've always wanted to know how to make it. Is that too advanced? Tea is probably our most basic drink other than water. I'd love to know how to make that one too. You'd love to know how to make water?

Yes. Why? Is that like a week two thing? That felt like it went on for 10 seconds too long. Yeah. It is quite a slow... It's a slow burner. Yeah, yeah. Interesting though, because it's obviously copped a bit of heat online

because, you know, I mean, these are public figures as well, but they're the kid, the you know, sort of focusing on a young kid feels a little bit bullying-ish in some ways. Yeah, like they're mocking young children. And Sophie Turner, she's married to Joe Jonas and is in Game of Thrones. She voices Princess Charlotte. And it's interesting because some people are like, well, you've asked the public for privacy for your baby daughter,

but then you're voicing a little child. Particularly after the Britney Spears docker. I think we're all, you know, questioning how were all questioning her In the past thinking about public figures A fair game but now I remember the good old days where you could just roast A child and there would be no consequences But not now even though it's a send up And it's not actually what George is like

You still feel like maybe this is not the time To be doing this This was actually meant to be released Earlier this year but they had to Delay the release of this TV show because of Prince Philip's death, and Prince Philip does feature in this TV series. And Orlando Bloom, who voices Prince Harry,

he said he hadn't met Prince Harry when he got the role as the voice, but then he met Prince Harry and was like, oh gosh, he's actually a really nice guy. I should probably tell him that I'm going to be voicing him and imitating him. And more awkwardly, they're neighbours, aren't they? Yes. Yes, they are. Which is, I mean, Prince Harry will be very aware of it now.

Maybe Harry would see the funny side of it. But someone like Prince George and Charlotte and stuff, you feel like. Yeah, I know. It's interesting how it'll play out. Have they left Philip in the series? Philip is in the series. Too expensive to edit out, obviously.

Which seems a little, you know. I know. They're like, oh, we've animated him the series. Too expensive to edit out, obviously. Yeah, which seems a little, you know. I know. They're like, oh, we've animated him. It's just too much of a, yeah. I don't know. And he does, I'm looking at a picture of him. He looks, he doesn't look good in the cartoon. No, no.

It's not like a flattering send up of him, is it? No, no. So you kind of feel like, yeah. Yeah. Although, like, if, when I watched the trailer, Prince Louis, they've depicted him in the most bizarre way. He, he's got this really deep most bizarre way. He's got this really deep voice and he's like this angry child

running and demanding tea and it's just so bizarre. But I mean, who knows how it all... Well, I reckon what we should do is bully the creators of this show. No, let's not bully. Because they bullied a child. But let's match bullying with bullying. That's what we do well here. That's what happens, eh? Bullying with more bullying.

Yeah, that's so true It just matches it Yeah, doesn't it? Just be nice, everyone And that is spy For more you can head to TheHits.co.nz Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime

Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook It's Julie Pedosa now It is The Hits You got Jono and Ben 7.56 Tuesday Have you been into the Ablution block this morning, Ben? Been to the bathroom, yeah

Yeah, have you noticed The middle cubicle Door locked? Oh no Door locked all morning Tuesday? Have you been into the ablution block this morning Ben? I've been to the bathroom yeah Have you noticed the middle cubicle door locked? Oh no Door locked all morning Is someone in there? Is someone okay? I just went in there and I had safety concerns for whoever was in there So it's locked and there's no one in there?

Well then I kind of stepped up on the adjacent seat and slowly peered Oh no imagine if someone was in there That's the thing and you can't do it quickly. It is a slow peer but the problem with the slow. Did you go hello first? No I just did a. You can't just.

That's how you're going to end up in HR. You need to not go hello is someone in there? You need to. Stop walking into someone's house without going hello. Or yoohoo. You want to sound polite, friendly. You're not confronting. But, you know, anyway, I just went for a silent, creepy peer over,

so my nose and eyes were sort of here. But no one's in there. A mystery. Maybe it's locked. They've locked the door. Maybe they've flushed themselves down the toilet. Or maybe something took place in there that they were less than proud of. Oh, no.

And then they're like, there's only one way out of this. Lock from the inside. Climb over. And then hope that that cubicle remains shut until the end of time. That's the only sensible option. That is. That's the only one, right? Imagine being caught climbing over it, though.

There's so much explaining to do. Is there more explaining with a slow peer over the wall or climbing out of a cubicle? Oh, both. You've got a lot of explanations there, that's for sure. We'll book you a session at HR. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits.

Kia ora, good morning. It is Jono and Ben with you this morning. Just got 8 o'clock and some wild weather right around New Zealand. There's some cold weather down south as well. So good to sit inside if you can and watch the Olympics. Lisa Carrington, she's going for her third success of Olympic gold in the kayaking at 2.30 this afternoon. You've got

Chuuk and Burling in the yachting. Boxer David Nika as well. And Kiwi's competing in cycling, hammer throwing and Tom Wohl shot put as well as a few more. So big day in the Olympics. Have you seen what they've done to the sprinting track? Where they've sort of turned it into the future. Oh they're like the light show. It's like a of turned they turn into the future oh they're like

the light show it's like a nightclub it's awesome like elon musk is like i'm gonna look after sprinting this year yeah it's really cool it's almost like hologram sort of things as well they sort of 3d and 3d yeah they make the track look almost like it's got depths to it and it got and it lowers and high it goes high it's crazy very cool yeah i was thinking it'd be very confusing if you were running on it, though. It would be like slowly stepping, like walking up an escalator that's not in action. Fortunately, I think they turn all the lights on before the races. Imagine having to run with that on.

Every sprint is so cool, though. They come off with gold chains. And glasses and stuff like that as well. It's pretty cool. And it's only 10 seconds. I know. It's out of all the sports. You've just got to's the best, like, it's only 10 seconds. I know. It's out of all the sports. You just got to get really, really good at being fast for 10 seconds.

Yeah, you're right. I'm just, hey, how's it going? I've just got to do my job. And you'll be like, and I'm done. Yeah. What are you excited about? You know, that was a day's work. Yeah, anyway, what was that about?

You know, that's crazy, eh? I was watching also steeplechase the other night. Have you seen that? That's just them running around the track about seven times. I mean, a long time. But mildly inconvenient sort of obstacles, like a slightly higher hurdle every now and again and a wee bit of a water puddle.

Yeah, what that sport is. I mean, obviously they're amazing athletes, don't get me wrong, but it's like, what is... What's the point of that puddle? It's not cross-country. It's like, oh, I've just got my socks wet. It's uncomfortable. I mean, no one likes wet socks and wet shoes.

Maybe that is the inconvenience. Oh, not my socks. I'm going to have to dry those out when I get home. You're right. The puddle seems like an unnecessary addition to that. Yeah. It's like, if you want to do cross country, do cross country. You know, that's an event.

That should be the event. Not just an unnecessary little puddle on the track. But anyway. Who am I? I'm not designing the Olympics. Maybe you should. And we'd come up with far cooler sprinting tracks than we've got already. Yeah. puddle on the track but anyway oh my i'm not designing the olympics maybe you should and we'll come up with far cooler sprinting tracks than we've got already yeah yeah

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You got joddled. I was in the mall yesterday and a lovely lady came up and she's like, do you know where XYZ Shop is? And I'm not very good at giving directions. I usually end up in a bit of a fluster and offer up three different routes that a person could take to their location. But I was like, I know where this is. It's down the exact opposite other end of the mall.

Now, this is probably 800, 900 meters away. It's a big walk from where we were located. Yeah, but you were confident. I was confident. I was down there. I've been into that shop myself. What is the XYZ shop? Yeah, it's the alphabet shop.

Just after the last three letters of the alphabet. It was North Beach, okay, if you already wanted to know sorry if you wanted to drill down on what xyz was i just thought that the fine people in north beach hadn't paid for this plug now here we are plugging i've made these all good sorry yeah there we go so uh send her off in a way and i was i you know you feel good when you help another human being out yeah you walk off with a pep on your step and then so where my car was parked, it was located to where North Beach was. Oh, it's the XYZ shop. The XYZ shop. Yeah.

And I walked past and I was like, uh-oh, the shop is no longer there. Oh, XYZ had gone. XYZ had moved on. Really? And then I asked. Oh, no, but you'd seen the lady. I'd seen her down there. How long ago?

Nearly a kilometre away. So how long had you send her like was she still around the area or she was she well gone i didn't see her again oh no but then i asked security i said hey where's the xyz shop nowadays have they left them all he's like no no no they're down the exact opposite end up another level now so i had sent her a kilometer pretty much a kilometer away and then she would have got down there and asked the same question. The guy told me that. The guy.

He said with confidence. He said, it's definitely down there. And then she would have had to be sent back pretty much all the way back. She would have been going, what a monster. Yeah, but you can't in that situation. You're never probably going to run into her again, you know, and you can't really catch up with her and go, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

I was on mistake. I can't believe she's listening now. She was pushing a pram as well just to rub salt into the wounds. Yeah. You know, and you'd already catch up with her and go, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I was on mistake. Hopefully she's listening now. She was pushing a pram as well just to rub salt into the wounds. You might have thought you were pranking her when legitimately you were trying to help her out. Yeah, I'm not good at giving directions or receiving them as well. Sometimes when you go to the petrol station and you're lost, you're like, oh, you know, we're a stand. X, Y, Z streeters.

Won't name a street. And they start telling you. But I click off and I'm not digesting what the person's telling me to do. You get the first couple of moves. You're like, down the road, turn right, and then maybe left. You're like, cool, got that. Your mind wanders. You're like, oh, wow, they're still going.

I really should listen to this. And it's too late to go back and go, what was that, mate? That happened to me once. Because he could probably tell my eyes had glazed over. And he was like, hey, so just repeat? That happened to me once because he could probably tell my eyes had glazed over and he was like, hey, so just repeat those directions back to me. And I was like, I checked out after the third lift.

You lost me. Our phones and stuff telling us where to go so our brains don't have to work. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys weekdays from six on the hits and via the iHeartRadio app.

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