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Episode Date: September 7, 2022

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Welcome to a bonus podcast from Jono and Ben on The Hits. You ought to welcome it. It is the 8th of September. Ben's here, Jono's here. I'm here, yeah. You've got a nice Britney shirt on there. Yeah, I've got a Britney t-shirt on today. Now, what era of Britney is it?

That looks like teenage Britney. I think it's very early days Britney Spears t-shirt, you know. But it's a t-shirt I bought recently, but it's an early days Britney t-shirt, yeah. Well, I reckon we're looking about 18, 19-year-old Britney Spears now. Yeah, maybe. Yeah, it was probably earlier when she burst onto the scene sort of look. Oh, baby, baby. Yeah, probably around that time.

Poor Britney. I feel sad. There's so much, you know, like, it's just in the media with her all the time. Her kids are coming out and saying stuff. Her ex is saying it. Then she's responding. It's just like it's all playing out everywhere you know it'd just be horrible to have that you know every family's got issues but imagine if

your your family issues that you know we've all got it's just getting played out my mom's saying something and she's saying on social media and then my kids are saying something and then it'll be like oh now i'm gonna reply it's horrible it'd be a nightmare wouldn't it it would although my family issues aren't really well you know they're pretty extreme, her ones. They are. But, you know... The everyday stuff. Every family has got their shit, Ben.

Don't they? Every family. You name a family. Name one. Oh, Kardashians. Parkinson's. Yeah, the Parkinson's from down in Huntly. Oh, yeah.

I'm sure they've got issues. Yeah, I'm sure they have. The Daltons. Daltons from Wellington. Yeah, yeah. Name a family. Name a family that have got some stuff, yeah. Yeah, The Daltons. Yeah. Daltons from Wellington. Yeah. They've got stuff. Name a family. Name a family. They've got some stuff, yeah.

Yeah, that's the thing. Yeah. Just the interactions, though, and your relationships with your family, I imagine when you become of that level of fame, that would change. Yeah. It wouldn't be what it was growing up. But the Kardashians' interactions with each other. Yes, they are family,

but a lot of it would be business focused. Wow, yeah, you're right. Isn't that a weird dynamic? Wouldn't that be a strange dynamic? If you were like, you know, hey Amanda, I need to talk to you about something. But in the meantime, can you do it in front of this camera crew of three people?

Okay. Amanda. Yeah, true. It's all playing out, but I guess that's what they've created, their brand. That's their thing. That's their business. The family is the business.

Yeah, yeah. The brand of the family. Yeah, it's pretty interesting. It's quite smart, isn't it? I know old mate, old brother Kardashian. Oh, not Rob. Rob. He doesn't want to be.

He's not in the limelight. No. He stepped away from it He didn't like it It wasn't for him I think he had He was dealing with some issues The poor fella Yeah I feel like

There's another Jonas brother Isn't there Bonus Jonas Yeah Bonus Jonas You never hear of him do you No And I mean whether I don't know

I don't know the story about Whether he wants to be Or he's just like Hey not for me He was I'm a huge Camp Rock fan, Ben. Oh, yeah. My daughter Poppy loves Camp Rock, always playing Camp Rock.

He was in one of those. Oh, was he in one of those? He's the little rat bag kid. Yeah, gotcha. Giving one of the Jonas Brothers grief. That's bonus Jonas. That's bonus Jonas. So he started out in showbiz.

Yeah, and he was like, not for me. Let's see what he's doing now. I always admire people as well, too, that some people go, oh, he's in a movie. He's in a Disney movie, Camp Rock. I mean, a lot of people would get into entertainment and not achieve anything as cool as being in a Camp Rock movie, a Disney movie that's played around the world. So in many ways, he's kind of cracked that. And then he's kind of, maybe he's decided just to move on.

Frankie Jonas. Is his name Frankie Nathaniel Jonas? Yes. Former child actor, so he didn't pursue showbiz. What's he doing now? Don't know, mate. I'm just reading. Oh, he got into audio engineering.

Yeah. And he moved to Los Angeles to start a career as a studio engineer. Then he started taking astrophysics classes. Wow. Which he's currently studying to be an astrophysicist. Wow. There you go. There you go.

Bonus Jonas. Probably at the end of the day, he's going to do far better than the actual. Yeah, when he's an astrophysicist. I can't even say it. Andy, as I said before before he's appeared in a movie so he's already kind of I've done the entertainment thing not for me

and employs the methods of principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena I can't even understand that sentence I read he's way too smart well done bonus Jonas

that's what he's coming up to do your family do they talk about you do they love you are you like the favourite family member no no I wouldn't say I would be

the favourite who's the big banger in the family no I feel like I feel like every I mean you're an only child so you probably haven't got this feeling

but I feel like every sibling would always go oh lucky Elise we always call Elise my sister oh lucky Elise hey oh man

you know we always give each other you know so Elise is getting all the stuff yeah oh lucky elise hey oh you know we always give each other you know so elise is getting all the stuff yeah oh lucky elise oh we just wanted to oh lucky elise oh you got to go on a holiday lucky elise elise was like oh i'm not like yeah she doesn't so she feels like you guys yeah yeah yeah but we all give her a group hard done boy yeah well she's the youngest and we're always like oh oh, lucky Elise. The youngest, they always say the youngest is... Yeah.

But, you know, anyway. They do get to reap the benefits of all the hard grafts you did. You paved the way for, you know, curfews and what you're allowed to do, cell phone usage. And you did that. You bet. And I feel like when they get to the youngest parents, sometimes, not always, but often at the, you know,

some of the things that we're like, we're not going to do this with our kids by the third, or whatever the kid, they're like, whatever. Have a cigarette, mate. Yeah, go on. You want to give it a go? Yeah, we've checked out. Yeah.

So maybe that's what happened. Enjoy the podcast, though. It's a really fun one. We talked to Larry the Cable Guy, who is the voice of Materida uh on the new cars animated series with lightning mcqueen i was surprised to know it's not actually his voice no i thought that was his voice i thought and he definitely votes trump yeah when are you when you hear that voice it's kind of a character he's through radio he designed a normal voice yeah

i mean it's you know you can see how he goes from his voice to the new voice. But yeah, look at you and Vaughn today from ZM wearing matching red swan dries. Two bald guys. I know. And two red swan dries. Sorry, I just saw that was a random thing for the podcast audience, but I just saw him walk past the window at the studio.

That's going to really throw everyone around the building. Everyone will go, hey John. Oh, Vaughn. Hey Vaughn. He's got a good beard though. Bald guys can't wear the same clothes. They can't, mate.

I've been a bald guy for a long time. I was very confused. I was talking to you, and then I saw it. I was like, John has just walked straight out through that glass window. I think that's why bald guys, I wear hats a lot. That's why bald guys wear hats. Just so we can look, you know, you can distinguish between us all. Right.

It's weird when you get three or more bald guys In the same room together When you look at a I saw a photo, it was at a function I was talking to a bald guy and another bald guy Someone had snapped a picture of it And I was like That's too much hair loss in one conversation So much head It's almost

Separated out with a few Fully haired people So my message today for the alopecia victims is, you know, mix it up. Don't get in a conversation with each other. We can't congregate. All right. That's a bold advice for you today from Jono Pryor. Jono and Ben, the bold and the beautiful.

On their heads. Note, may not be beautiful We just want to play a fun little game of Where did you meet your partner? And then we're going to rename your kids The place, after the place that you met your partner Yeah So my, for example, I met my wife Jen

The old radio station So would you call your kids old radio station? Or would you, was there a name for the old radio station? Well if I'm currently on the new radio station I might just call them old radio station or was there a name for the old radio station? Well, if I'm currently on the new radio station, I might just call them old radio station. Oh, okay. Yeah. Well, I have media and works. Oh, media works.

The kids. My two beautiful children, media. How about you? Well, actually, yeah, I met my wife much like you in radio. It was the radio network back then. The radio and network? Yeah. That's right.

Now, Producer Joel, where your parents met and got married while working there is an interesting one. Yeah, I think they got married. They didn't get married at the restaurant, obviously, but they used to work

at Colburn Co. My mum was the waitress there and my dad was the chef. Classic relationship. Chef, waitress. I know. I've actually worked, I was saying,

I've worked at Lone Star as well and I don't know that some of the chefs there make pretty dodgy operators, but yeah, so I think they worked, I was saying I've worked at Lone Star as well, and I don't know that some of the chefs there make pretty dodgy operators. But yeah, so I think they met there and now they're happily married. It's your father and Lone Star you besmirched in the good name. I went to Lone Star the other night, it was lovely. And they weren't dodgy operators at all.

No, they weren't. They just besmirched the good name of Lone Star. Great restaurant, great restaurant. It was a great restaurant. So they met there, and then what, they formed a relationship while working together? I believe so yeah I guess it's a restaurant

it's not exactly a conflict of interest or anything working and being in a relationship there so yeah someone with an entree of a meaningful relationship

a main of a marriage and a dessert of some kids so you would be baby Cobb and or Co have you got siblings yeah I have one sister or maybe the Pink Panther

Traffic Light oh the Traffic Lights Cobb Crunchies was another one as well. Yeah. I imagine a lot of beautiful relationships blossomed at Cobb & Co. A lot of babies might have even been conceived at Cobb & Co. Yeah. I know I was.

The robot waiters in Rotorua as well, which is pretty impressive. Yeah, so the chef nowadays is... Dating a robot. Hey, he's sorry. Society's frowning upon it. As long as you're happy. That's what I always say, right? That's what you always say. So we'll play this game.

Where did you meet your partner? And we'll rebrand the kids. Hey, I text 24487, actually, because the phones aren't working properly. We have to call you back. Text us the name of where you met, the place that you met, and that would be what your kid's name is four four eight seven and we'll call some of you guys back next after five seconds of summer it is that mature responsible and considerate

three words we sadly can't use here jonathan ben on the hits where'd you meet your partner we're going to rename the kids after the location that you met. Now, there are a lot of texts coming through 4487. A lot of children just going to be named after pubs and bars. The Scratchy Badger and things like this. So that's a popular option. We'll go to the phones. Kick it off with you, Kirsty and Dunners. Welcome. How are you? Morning. Good. Good.

We don't even broadcast it to Dunners. How are you calling? Well, they pulled an archive, I think. Oh, good to have you on, mate. Kirsty, where'd you meet? We met at prison, actually. Oh, in prison, right. Yeah, I might clarify that we were both working there at the time. Why?

I imagine some relationships may happen that way. We didn't even want clarification. We all just assumed you were prisoners. That's incredible. And so both guards, obviously? No, I was a non-uniformed staff member. And yep, he was a man in uniform. So yeah.

That's 15 years ago. Jeez. Yeah, prison romance. How long did you work in prison for? I was there for just under six. And he was about 15 by the time he, 15 years when he left. So we both were not there anymore, which is great, but you know. Is prison frightening?

Yeah, well, I imagine it can be, but is it? Not really, no, no. Not much goes on there? No, it's pretty quiet, really. I imagine most days it would be quite quiet, but then, you know, you'd obviously hear about the days where things flare up. We, it's pretty quiet, really. I imagine most days it would be quite quiet, but then you'd obviously hear about the days where things flare up. We only hear about the flare, yeah, the big bangers. Oh, well, that's very cool.

Well done. Met your hubby in prison. Yeah. Don't clarify. Don't clarify what you were doing in there, though. Okay, I won't. Next time I won't. Good on you.

Get Courtney on. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. We're going to rename your kids after where you met, Courtney. Good morning. We met at Polynesian Spa. Oh, beautiful. And I can hear the kids in the background. Oh, yeah.

Now, we're going to rename you kids, okay? Millie, you're going to be renamed. Yeah, your name's now Polynesian. And your sibling is Spa. Okay, you're's now Polynesian. And your sibling is Spa. Okay, you like your new names, kids? Yeah, they probably prefer that, you know.

Millie is a lovely name. What is the Polynesian Spa? What is the Polynesian Spa? Yeah, it's like a whole bunch of pools. It's the same pools as Motoroa. I know the one, yeah. It's beautiful down there by the water, yeah. So things are getting steamy in the...

Oh, the kids are in their car, aren't they? Don't go there, don't go there. Don't go there, mate. Don't go there. Not the time. No, go to the Polynesian Spa, but just don't go there with the conversation that we were about to have.

Oh, yeah, good point. Good on you, Courtney. Appreciate it. Have a good day. Have a good day, kids. And we'll get Liam on from Invercargill. Renaming your kids after where you met, Liam. Hi, how's it going?

We met out at the mines in Australia, actually. Ooh, underground romance. Oh, yeah. Yes. No, it was quite steamy under there. It's 100% humidity and 50 degrees. Wow. And then with romance in the air as well.

Add on another 50 degrees. Yes. Oh, yeah. And so when did you know your partner was the one? Well, when I was wiping the sweat off my face and I could make out her face in all the steam, it was just such a romantic story. It was beautiful. And I understand you guys were letting off explosives at the time.

Yes, yes. I was installing explosives to blast. Wow, and fireworks were happening. Yeah, that's amazing. That is great. And you're still together now? Yes, we're still together. Three years going strong.

And wow, when you have kids, or if you do have kids, you can now call them steamy explosives. Explosive relationship. Beautiful name. Proud to be Kiwi. Jono and Ben on the hits. Kotori, a bunch of four Kiwi brothers, they're really on the rise.

They live in Australia, and we caught up with them yesterday. Kotori with us. Nice to see you guys. How's things? Morena. Morena. Now, Jono joins us over Zoom right now us. Nice to see you guys. How's things? Morning. Morning. Now, Jono joins us over Zoom right now. Hi, how are you guys?

Good, Jono. Now, we've got the power right now to cut him off at any stage because he's just a button away from not being part of this interview. So, Jono, best questions to Kotori, and they'll cut you off if they've had enough. So, over to you. First question. How are you guys?

Good, mate. That's a quality question right there. Okay, should we keep him on the line? Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, that was alright. That was alright. Next question. Can I have your credit card details? Okay, cut him off. Cut him off. He's gone. We can't hear you, mate. He's gone.

There's not much in there anyway. You guys, of course, the Bing brothers, and your dad joins you on stage as well. That's pretty cool as a family thing. But obviously, does it, you know, the fights happen, Bing brothers, a bit more than maybe for other bands, you reckon?

Just before we walked into this interview. Oh, really? On the daily, just, you know, standard brothers, standard mates. How do you guys compare to, say, let's put you in, Jonas brothers, Hanson brothers, Oasis brothers, where are we where are we sitting Oasis brothers man I don't know those other brothers you ever heard of the Jonas brothers now you guys have been you're born in New Zealand how long you've been in Perth for uh most of our lives probably 20 odd years so how do you consider you consider yourself you know Kiwis Aussies I mean how's that work Maori's forever put us in

China we're still Māori. Yeah, well, because you're doing a te reo version of Call It Down, which must be a really awesome thing to do. It was a big honour. It felt amazing to be able to carry that through to the industry. Because you recorded the original song, and your parents is in the lounge? The whole song was?

It's in the living room. Really? Pretty much every song you hear, we track in the living room. How does that work for everyone wanting to have dinner, watch TV? And what goes on then? We're pretty lucky. So you just carry on your life while trying to record songs in the lounge?

That's it, bro, yeah. Our parents have been big supporters, so we just drop everything in their living room and go from there. They take their royalties. Yeah, well, because they were musicians, so I guess growing up around music your whole life, it must be a huge part of your life still, which is awesome.

It's kind of like been standard in our house for our entire lives. We're just tracking music in the lounge room now and before it was our parents, you know, having rehearsals with their band in the living room. And you guys kind of, you know, you were touring with 660, which is awesome, but it kind of became like a sort of viral, sort of almost a campaign from fans to get you guys noticed of, you know, you were touring with 660, which is awesome, but it kind of became like a sort of viral,

sort of almost a campaign from fans to get you guys noticed by 660. Yeah, that's exactly how we got to where we are and just big love to all of our fans that backed us. It was about 12 months ago and we just put the petition out to all of our fans. Can you tag 660 and our stuff? We want to tour with them. And now you're actually doing it. That's pretty surreal.

We've toured with them. We're mates with them. And, yeah, we're now you're actually doing it. That's pretty surreal. We've toured with them, we're mates with them and we're going to their house after this and it's pretty surreal. And West Coast Drive, the new single you guys filmed in Perth. I mean, Perth's quite far away. You forget how far away Perth is from New Zealand, eh? Yeah, it's a decent flight, six hours. But in Perth, the sun's always shining all year round

and so you're catching the music video. We actually, we'll probably get in trouble for this, but we spent the budget for our music video on taking our mates out for a Sunday session. And then one of them had a camera. Yeah, and so then we just rode our bikes and skateboards down the boulevard right in front of the beach and we filmed that. And then the cops pulled us over and it's all in the music video. Now, Kotori, of course, you guys, born in New Zealand,

lived in Australia a lot of your life. You're kind of like half New Zealand, half Australian, and I want to throw some other things at you now that could be New Zealand, could be Australian. You need to decide, Aussies or Kiwis. Here we go. Pavlova. Now, apparently, Pavlova has origins from Perth in Australia

but then a Kiwi reckon they embedded it in a Wellington hotel so who's got the Pav Wellington hotel yeah we'll give that one to New Zealand

alright Russell Crowe born in New Zealand moved there age 21 now 58 Russell Crowe Aussie Kiwi what are we going to say

he's look I've got to say he's as Aussie as they come yeah I'll give him that he owned the Red N as they come he owns the raincoats g'day mate

how's it going yeah mate that's a really good Russell Crowe Crowded House Nielsen that's hometown that's good

Nielsen's the only one from New Zealand but then the rest of them we'll give them that one to New Zealand okay Far Lap

the racehorse born in New Zealand trained in Australia we're giving that one New Zealand Australia that's the nature or nurture vibe right there

this is one of you guys on the spot eh yeah I'm going to have to go with Aussie on that one alright and Kota are you guys what are we saying

New Zealand probably say that next week in Australia when you're back in Australia where are Aussies mate where are Aussies Aussie Aussie hey so nice to see you guys

really nice to meet you you guys are amazing so good live if you go see them see them with 660 they're incredible nice to catch up, so nice to see you guys. Really nice to meet you. You guys are amazing. So good live. If you go see them, see them with 660. They're incredible. Nice to catch up. We'll catch up with you guys soon.

Thanks for having us. The Jono and Ben Podcast. The world's number one podcast. Please don't check those stats. Now it's Disney Plus Day today. A whole lot of new content has dropped on the streaming platform, including a new animated series the family are going to love, Disney Pickstar, gotten together for cars on the road uh lightning mcqueen mater are back for a road trip across america and the voice of mater my name's mater mater yeah like tomato but without the tough as comedian larry the cable

guy and we managed to catch up with him for a brief chat the other day. Jonah and Ben, how are you? We're doing all right. How are you? I love, that's my favorite accent, the nauseated. We're doing it right. Hey, lovely to see you. We're very excited. Go ahead and record. Nobody cares around here.

Now, are you ready for the most fulfilling four minutes of your life? Here we go. Okay, yeah, right? He's like, whatever, this isn't gonna be uh yeah but we understand this role of mater as you know it means a lot to you when you first got the role you got you found out by fax by fax machine and you were so happy and emotional you started crying is that true and i really did uh because i had been uh doing this voice on radio forever. Larry the Cable Guy.

That's what I tour with as a comedian. I just kind of started radio. Then I went on stage. But I'd been calling radio stations for a year, 13 years, just doing this character and trying to get something to go with it. And when I got that because of the voice, he heard the voice. I mean, I did. I got it. I couldn't believe it.

And I started crying because not only that, it was like I worked and worked hard for something, not knowing what was ever going to happen, but the work paid off. That's awesome. And not only that, but it was a Pixar movie. Yeah, the big guns. You're like, here we are, baby. Well, yeah, right?

Bit of money, eh? Everybody wants to be in a Pixar movie, and it started out going, well, I'm going to go, this is cool. I'm a character in a Pixar movie. Who would have thought? It's very unsettling when you're not talking like Mater and you're just talking in your normal self. I don't feel right.

Yeah. Let me say that again. But it was really exciting that I had that whole time to be able to do. Now, the whole thing is you go on a road trip in this new series, a road trip, but Mater looks quite rusty. The wheels are a little bit all over the place. You know, is it road worthy? Should you be on this road trip?

Absolutely, Mater. You know what? It's like I'm almost 60 years old and I play golf and a lot of people go, should you really be out here? And I go, yes, I should be out here. I was happy the other day. I put my underwear on without losing my balance. I was happy with that.

But let me just say this. Unlike Owen, I do my own stunts. Oh, yeah. Take that, Owen Wilson. Yeah, do it. I love to see you, and hopefully we'll see you down here in New Zealand sometime. Absolutely. I appreciate you guys so much. This is Larry the Cable Guy. I love to see you and hopefully we'll see you down here in New Zealand sometime and we can absolutely

I appreciate you guys so much this is Larry the Cable Guy he's the voice of Mater with Owen Wilson and the new Cars Animator Series Cars on the Road

it's on Disney Plus today and our condolences to Steve the Plumber and Tony the Electrician who missed out we could only talk to Larry the Cable Guy

that was that was all we had time hard hitting interviews and informed opinion. Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZV In the meantime, Jono and Ben on the hits. Yesterday I went to one of my daughter's schools and Indy she's a

house captain at the school and so they'd organise there's a couple of new openings, there's a new opening of the swimming pool and a new other section where they do garden to table and so it was a big thing to open the school and the house captains all organized the big opening and what a great time of year to open up the pool yeah it's actually heated heating into summer it's got a little bit of heat in it because normally the kids would just come back even in summer going it's so cold but now it's like it's there's a bit of heat in that pool and your champagne new zealand school swimming

pool changing room was somehow colder than the pool yeah in winter so they got this, and so India had helped put it together. They made all the food, and they organized it all, and they invited the Prime Minister along, and it was all very secret. She wouldn't want to go. What if she wouldn't open up a pool? She came along. She came? She came along yesterday, which was really, really cool.

So she came and opened up the pool, opened up the new kitchen for garden to table. I thought when you said, oh, they invited the Prime Minister, I was going to go silly kids. Is it the prime minister would turn up to the opening of a school pool? Yeah. So I was even, you know, with all the stuff that was going on yesterday, I was like, oh, is this, is this, is she going to be there? But she was coming.

And, you know, whether you support Jacinda or you don't support Jacinda, she is an amazing, you know, communicator. She's really personable. She comes across so well in those situations. Wonderful orator. I always think when I see her on the news, like you're going to visit some poor, you know,

decrepit people in a retirement village or something. She's got so much other stuff going on in her head. But then to be present in those moments and be like, oh, hello, Beryl, how long are you going? I've got three years left to live.

Oh, you know. I know. It's pretty impressive. She grabbed the mic and, you know, and they were like, would you like to say a few words?

She didn't have anything written down and she spoke really well. And she asked questions because the whole school was there all outside. And she asked questions. I was like, geez, these questions would have been risky in any other setting but a school environment, you know. What do you think the prime minister does for a job?

And I was like, you know, the kids are like, protect the country and things like that, you know. But you can imagine any other audience where Alan's like, tax us. Ruin the country. Put us into the country and things like that. But you can imagine any other audience where Alan's like, tax us! Ruin the country! Put us into lockdown! Make us all depressed! Who would like to be Prime Minister?

Lots of kids put their hand up. What do you think it takes to be Prime Minister? These are risky questions in any other environment, but in a kid environment, it was perfect. I'm no political analyst, but here would be my game plan for Labour heading into the next election.

The Prime Minister just campaigns at primary schools. Kindergartens. Yeah. No one else is allowed into this environment. She just does those, a bit of, you know, lowball questions with the kids. Yeah. Great campaign trail.

Well, great campaign. You know, the parents and all that, you're going, oh, yeah. I mean, it's a shame the kids probably can't vote for another, what, 10, 8 to 10 years. But, yeah, maybe. Getting in early. Maybe that's right. And then you go in, we went in, you know the parents and all that oh yeah i mean it's a shame the kids probably can't vote for another what 10 8 to 10 years but yeah maybe early maybe it's right and then you go in we went in you know had a cup of tea the food will made by the kids and that lovely but it's very hard to say no it's like the cake situation you know when you feel obligated to have food because kids would bring it up you're like she's i've eaten so much of these little mini little

snacks yeah and she would have imagine how much tea she consumes on any given day. So much tea. Did you talk to her? Yeah, I did. Briefly, I was like, did you bring your togs? That was my question by the pool. Because she didn't recognise me.

Even though we were wearing masks, she recognised me. She was like, oh, hi. And I was like, hey. And I was like, bring your togs. She's like, no, I didn't. But I probably wouldn't be getting it if I did anyway.

That would be a wonderful play from her. She just puts on her togs, does some manus in the pool. Yeah, the pool's good to go, guys. Bring the house down. Get on it. Let's go. Jono and Ben with five words for 5K. Stop any time to keep the cash.

Thank you. Or play on to win more. Match all five words, you win $5,000, but there's more money to be won and lost on the way. It's a game of word association, so let's get into it. I'm not here to pussyfoot around today, Ben. Oh, good. Have you got your pussy feet on?

No. Neither. Well, I did see the cat try and jump onto a stool last night, which was quite high, and he didn't quite make it. He didn't have his pussy feet on. No. I was like, mate, you need to judge where you can actually get up to. It is, because they are pretty good nine times out of ten. Well, that's why they've got nine lives.

But at sort of predicting the distance. I was like, mate, you really got that one wrong just though. Yeah, but even sort of Spider-Man, he'd have his off days, you know, leaping from building to building. Let's get Tilly on. How are you? Tilly. Now, we just lost Tilly there. We'll try and get her back on. We're having a bit of a shambles with the phones.

As I mentioned before, ugly scenes in the studio. Ben Boyce literally just rammed his head through the studio window in frustration. On the radio, it's all fun and games. It is all fun and games. Behind the scenes, it's, you know, it's tension. He rendered an intern unconscious with one of the studio cameras. Now, Tilly, you're back on. Ah, good.

Good to have you on, Tilly. What an adorable name, Tilly. Now, you want to match words with one of us? Who's it going to be? It's going to be Ben today, thank you. It's going to be Ben. He's heading into the soundproof booth. Try and match words with you like a Kardashian matches outfits with an NBA player.

All right, Tilly. You've heard the game before? Yes, every day. There we go. Your first word. Eeyore. Eeyore. Donkey.

Donkey. There you go. Oakunee. Carrot. Active. Active. Active where? Yeah.

We are sinking, Tilly. I've got all three words so far with you. Capsicum is the fourth one this morning. Capsicum. There's so many for capsicum. Can we come back to that one? Yeah, no worries. The fifth word this morning, tradie.

Tradie. I'm trying to think about that advert. Tradie. I'm just going to go carpenter. Carpenter. All right. Builder. Builder. Builder.

Builder. Right. And then we'll just go back to the fourth word, capsicum. What are you locking in for that? Mexican. Oh, Mexican. Okay. All right.

Let's get Ben out of the booth. Release him. Release him from the dungeon. How are we going? Let's get into it. Yeah, did really well. Tilly did really well. $5,000 on the line.

You know how it works, Tilly. We work our way up. Round one. Word one,000 on the line. You know how it works, Tilly. We work our way up. Round one. Word one, $25. Eeyore. He's a donkey? He is a donkey. Hey.

And Tilly is $25 richer off the start line. $50 up next. What are we going to do, Tilly? We're going to move on. Word two, $50. 50 bangers. Ohakune. Carrot.

Yes. Giant carrot. Tilly, you feeling good? I am. I just don't know about the fourth one. Okay. She's got a positive outlook on life, and we're advancing on to the $100 round.

Yes, we are. Next one. Word three, $ are. Word three. One hundred dollars. I'll answer the question for you. Active. Where? Hundred bucks is yours. Now, do you want to tap out there or do you want to go to word four? Bearing in mind, I haven't heard

it, but you don't sound particularly confident. No, no. I think I won't be greedy. I'll get the hundred dollars. That'll do me something at least. All right. It will do you something, Tilly. Are you walking away? Yes, I am.

Sorry, sorry. That's all right. I apologise. Smart game, I think. I don't know. What was the next word? Capsicum. Pepper?

Ah, well, yeah, you played a smart game. Well done. Let's see what you would have got for word five, too. Tradie. Plumber. T done. Let's see what you would have got for word five, too. Tradie. Plumber. Tilly. The sultry sounds of Craig David are playing at the right time. You walked away at the exact moment.

$100. Tilly, you've got one thing to do today, okay? And that is? Stay beautiful, baby. Thank you. Bloody charm the pants, eh? You too, you too We'll get back to that

So we'll go on to HR that time as well too There's comments like that But anyway We didn't have a chance for someone to play Tomorrow, same time, same place And there's the hits You've got Jono and Ben An inseparable duo

Unless someone better shows up He's just going to replace me with Lee Hart And or Vaughan Smith Jono and Ben on the hits She wins There's an abundance of vape shops out there, eh? Thank you, Producer Joel. So many vape shops. We need to get into the vape shop game, bro.

We do. Probably rather not. We do. It's like we've got to get in there quick before we start to realise the long-lasting health effects that the vapes are having. I feel like it's all that market. As you say, it's already kind of exploded. I feel like it's all that market, as you say, it's already it's kind of exploded. Like I feel like there's more probably vape shops and people vaping. There are so many

I've gone through Matamata, there's like four or five so how many people are vaping in Matamata? But it's the way, it feels like it's that period where we had those party bills party bills you could buy from dairies and you're like, that was a wild time wasn't it? Dairies and then you look back and you're like, that was a wild time. Yeah. Wasn't it?

Dairies. And then you look back and you're like, what were we thinking? You're right. It's probably going to be the same with vape. It is. You've got to get in quick. You know, people made their money out of those crazy little dairy pills. Oh, jeez.

That's what I'm saying, Ben. Need a side hustle, baby. What? No. It's a vape shop. John Lundby's vape shop. It's done now. It's done.

You reckon we're too late? I mean, we can't be the first shop in Matamata if that's the way it is. I'm not sure. They're well catered for. I'm saying we go somewhere else. All right. We go to another town. Yeah. The Jono and Ben Podcast.

The world's number one podcast. Please don't check those stats. I was talking to a guy yesterday, okay, who had a hand, a helping hand in Stephen Adams' career. NBA basketballer Stephen Adams. He was coaching him when he was a young teenager, and that is a good claim to fame. I would love to have a hand in a successful New Zealander's career, like, oh, you know, I filmed something for Peter Jackson on a handy cam back in the day.

Or I played him his first movie. Or Rose Matawhai. I mean, obviously she was on our show. And then she got too good and too impressive. And now she's doing amazing things in the UK. That's not a bad claim to fame. We can, yeah. We didn't have too much to do with.

No, no, she was always super talented when she started. And if anything, we probably dragged didn't have too much to do with. No, no, she was always super talented when she started. We probably dragged her back for a couple of years. She probably would have been far further ahead in her career if we didn't hold her here for two years. Right. Yeah. But, you know. So we did hold her back, essentially.

Yeah, we're the people that held her back. She'd probably be in blockbuster movies by now. Yeah, yeah. But now that's going to have to come in another five years or so. She's just got a hit series in the UK movies by now. Yeah, yeah. But now that's going to have to come in another five years or so. She's just got a hit series in the UK. You know. Your dad claims to have played a pivotal role in All Black Victor Vito. Victor Vito, yes.

His career. Yes, he loves talking about Victor, who seems like, I haven't met him, but he seems like just a lovely individual. But he came to my dad as principal of the school. My dad was very, you know, I'd say, hey, mate, have you thought about playing rugby? You'd think you'd be great at rugby because he was quite a big, tall, strong kid at a young age. And she's, you know, obviously an amazing rugby player. My lover Victor was like, no, I'm really into chess, actually.

But thanks for, you know, just because I'm a big guy that I'll be good at rugby. Well, it turns out he was. Yeah. And actually, I think Victor wrote Dad a lovely letter when he made the All Blacks at some stage. Did he? Yeah, which is really nice as well. So, yeah. But my dads at some stage, you know. Did he? Yeah, which is really nice as well. So yeah, but my dad loves telling anyone about,

you know. Jeez, Kevin Boyce would have that letter framed? Like, I'd never seen my dad be proud of a kid before, like, you know,

and I was like, oh, this is what it would feel like if dad was proud of me. If I was Vic DeVito. Yeah, why aren't you? Is this your son?

Yeah, it's my son. But Vic DeVito, I was helping. Oh, wow, Vic DeVito. And I'd just be standing there.

Well, Vic DeVito wasito was always his most loved child. Yeah no. But this guy was saying Stephen Adams every time he comes back to New Zealand

he goes and visits the basketball school hangs out with the kids. Remember he gives all the shoes and gear and stuff to kids in New Zealand

remember someone gave us a pair of his shoes to give away and they were ginormous. They're like I sat in one when I kayaked across the

Rangitauro you know that's how big they were. If you do a shoeie out of one of his shoes, you're in hospital for three weeks. It's a keg. It's very nice

of him giving his shoes to people. Although you've got to have like size 22 feet. But a very generous offer. Because I think he struggled to find shoes for his feet when he was growing up.

I can imagine being so big, yeah. Yeah. Hey, well, that's a bit of chat. Did you enjoy that? I did, actually. Yeah, you had a bit of fun there, a bit of banter. Early morning banter.

Scrolling through your feed. Hey, this is for people who don't like their news with too much detail. Just a light dusting. What's going on? US Open tennis on at the moment, reaching the end of the tournament. And a YouTube prankster was in the crowd getting his hair cut. It looked like, you know, just imagine someone at the barber. They're in the crowd getting a haircut.

Even the commentators noticed that. The flag would affect the shot like the backhand more than the serve. And we've got a guy getting a haircut a couple of seats away from me. It's like a weird time to do that. He's standing up in the second row right by Curious there. Now we've seen everything. Something tells me they're looking for a camera.

And they got kicked out. But he's a YouTube prankster. Got kicked out. It's his thing. This is where pranking's headed to nowadays. Be an eye-pooter. Dig a three-year house. You know?

Now a prank, even if you're getting a haircut, is deemed too offensive. Where are we drawing the. And Prince Harry. Where are we drawing the line? Prince Harry's opened up the Invictus Games in Germany. He started things off by speaking in German. Hello.

Du bist doof. Wir mögen euch. Freuen uns sehr. Heute hier zu sein. He didn't sound a handy confident. No, everyone kind of went, ah, he kind of got a little bit of a clap. But he committed to it as well. And of course he wore the bloody Nazi uniform in 2005, didn't he?

You love that. I feel like you're the only one that still remembers that. I didn't actually remember it the first time around. I only know it because you just keep banging on about it. It's like your automatic recall with Prince Harry. It's like, mate, the guy's moved on. He's living a better life. He's doing stuff.

I won't let it go. I know it was over 20 years ago. He made a mistake. I'll keep referencing it. That's my job. People in Germany never brought it up the whole time he was there. It is the hits. The reason the mute button was invented.

Jono and Ben on the hits. Producer Joel's been with the show for a few months. It's been a wonderful, wonderful audition. Joel, a lot of people come in, a lot of guests come in and say he looks identical to all-black Will Jordan. Yeah. If you're wanting to imagine. Yesterday I say that.

Exactly. Imagine Producer Joel in your head. But you said he's got a new nickname, which I'm not aware of. I wasn't aware of this until working out in the office after the show yesterday and Producer Behumps went, old Half Day Harrison, eh? Half Day Harrison is what he called him. And I was like, like you said it in a way

that this is obviously something that they've been saying many times before. So obviously, Joe, you know, last name is Harrison. And obviously you've been doing a few half days. No, I think this is something that I called him Half Day Humphrey a few weeks ago. And then he kind of flipped it on me. Because I like Half Day Harrison.

Like, it just rolls. There's something about it rolls off the tongue. So does Half Day Humphrey as well. Yeah, but we've got B-Hubs. I think it was the first time you've heard it because it's the first time you've been in the office past 9 o'clock. Here we go. Half Day Boys doesn't work. Barely there for three hours, boys.

Barely there being or something. Barely there being three hours boys. Barely there Ben or something. Barely there Ben, there we go. But you're known for just doing half days, are you? Half the 24 hour day, I think it is mate. 12 hour days in the trial. I think it must be that. Because we just be like, oh could you do that this afternoon? You're like, oh I'll probably work my head.

He's like, oh what a half day Harrison. So yeah, half day Harrison. So that's who's working the minimal amount of time. So do we call Joel Half Day Harrison now? I quite like Half Day Harrison. I don't know if he likes Half Day Harrison. Not good for his branding. I might just choose Half Day after the show

so someone else can push the button. How does that sound? You're out. Well, Joel, part-time prior producer, 100% that I can be. I was talking to someone, the guy who works in my fish and chip shop, not my fish and chip shop, I don't own it, but the guy who works in the fish and chip shop, not my fish and chip shop, I don't own it,

but the guy who works in the fish and chip shop down the road from me, he hasn't had a day off since January. Seven days a week. Wow. Working. He got two jobs. During the day, he's like an engineer doing road works, and then at night, he works in the fish and chip shop.

See that, Joe? See, that's nice to go out there to. Full time. He hasn't had a day off since January. Not even like a full. I haven't had a day off since January. Not even like a full... Joel hasn't had a full day since January. I don't think I've had a full day off in years. You know, actually you do work

very hard. Let's turn this open. Can you beat Half Day Harrison, which is a very low bar, we've said. Most amount of days worked in a row. In a row, yeah. Who hasn't had a day off for five years?

Well, that's not going to have five years. Five years. That's a long time. People need days off. It's Christmas and stuff. Let's just say, who's the longest time you haven't had a day off? Even a couple of weeks is impressive. 14 on the trots, yeah.

Yeah. Anything's impressive to us. We're radio hosts. Yeah. Damn, Microsoft. Can you please make order correct for audio? Jono and Ben on the hits. The gentleman who works in the fish and chip shop down the road from me hasn't had a day off since January.

He's just worked one long week for 235 days in a row. So can we chuck it open? 0800, the hit's a telephone number. We'll kick it off with you, Joe from Parmy. Good morning. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Hello. Good to have you on, Joe. Non-stop working, eh? Yep. Every Christmas day, the last time I had a day off was through the lockdowns.

Really? Jesus, it's been a while. What do you do? I'm a delivery contractor. Can't stop? Nah. Can't stop? Nah. Can't afford to with six kids at home. I see why you're not going home. Sorry, work. Christmas day, you want to spend it with the family?

Nah, mate, buddy. Gotta go deliver some summer. Maybe just go out and sleep in your car. No. We're going to send you out some hell pizza, alright, so you can at least feed the family. Thanks so much for listening, and hopefully you get a day off soon. Yeah, I'm planning to force myself to. Well, you should. Yeah, you should.

You can't just work all through life. You've got to get a little bit of balance. Yeah, exactly. Good on you, Joe. Have a good one. Enjoy work, mate. There you go. Jeez, that's impressive.

Non-stop. He's got one long week until Christmas, isn't he, Joe? Richard, you're on from Morrinsville. How are you? Is that Richard you mean? Yeah. Is that you, Richard? Yes, yes. Okay. We understand you've worked a bunch of days in a row

in the hundreds. Yeah, I think I did about 300 days straight from July to the end of April. 300, that's close to a year. Are you familiar with Rihanna? Yeah. Yeah, I think she wrote that song, Work, Work, Work, about you.

Yeah, possibly, possibly. You were the inspiration. I haven't had a Christmas day off for 30 years, to be fair. 30 years! to be fair. 30 years! What do you do? I'm a dairy farmer, but over the years when you've got staff, you always give staff the days off and the stats.

So, yeah, my kids grew up having to wait for me to come home from the milking shed, sitting by the Christmas tree wanting to open the presents. Oh, jeez, yeah. This is the commitment that you have to provide for your whānau, and I'm sure they appreciate it. Absolutely, yep. What a good boss, too, giving your staff the day off on Christmas Day. Cows really need to, I don't know how we do it,

maybe Elon Musk or someone can get onto it. Can we just go insert something in them so they can appreciate days off annual leave yeah so they go oh yeah no milking today yeah yeah you're right it is non-stop relentless those cows hey good on you richard one great way to make the morning commute a little more stressful jonah and ben on. Apps. I was getting weirded out by there's a sleep tracking app that you can have on your phone and I can't get my head around how it's tracking

my sleep. It feels like it's the tech equivalent of someone just staring over you all night sleeping going looks like you're having a nice dream about 3.30 bit restless at quarter to four. How does it? How does your phone?

There's no wires in your head or any sort of, you know? Yeah, it's a very good point. How's it knowing how you're sleeping? A lot of people seem to use it, though. People go, oh, they'll check the thing, I sleep badly, or during two to four last night, things like that. For centuries, if we were tired, you went to bed earlier. You know, that was sleeping. Or you say you'll go to bed earlier, but you don't.

That's the thing. That's what adults are all about, saying, I'll go to bed early tonight, and you don't. You never do. Yeah. But that's the key to sleeping. You know, why do we need an app to tell us how we've slept? And how can you improve the sleeping? It's not like something you can train for.

It's just one of the many apps out there. So that's why we wanted to open up App Chat this morning. App Chat. Oh, 100 the hits. What is the app that, you know, that you swear by, that you use, that you're like,

you need to get onto this? Because there are so many apps. Do I bring up the TikTok saga again? When I, when I, out of the two of us, went to TikTok first. Am I allowed to answer

dare I bring up the TikTok saga? And I got mocked. Oh, mate, the 13-year-old girl starts in a renegade. What are you doing? That was me dare I bring up the TikTok and I got mocked oh mate for 13 year old girls dancing to Renegade what are you doing that was me I was doing the mocking

he's impersonating me there mate you're a fully grown adult what are you doing on TikTok then fast forward six months later you're like mate we need to get on TikTok

we need to get on TikTok I was like I was there and you mocked me out of it you cancelled your account I mocked him off the platform. He was like, oh, maybe he's really second guessing

should I be on air. Then I got us on there and I've taken that on the chin. I even front footed it. I said, mate, six months ago, I'm a different guy now. Way forward, way forward. It's the way forward. So that's the app that you've come around to. I don't care if the Chinese government have all my details.

I mean, what are they going to do with it anyway? I don't know. I love that rumor that like, why are they farming all these videos of 14-year-olds doing 15-second dances that in 25 years are going to be like, oh yeah, remember when you were dancing to Benny in 2008? Oh God, was I? Yeah, we've got it.

We've got it here. So you saw 800 of the hits. The apps've got it here. See you so 800. The apps that you swear by. There are so many of them out there. There are apps that you can trade, apps that get you paid, apps that get you laid. You name it. News, current affairs, all that sort of stuff as well.

You can learn languages. My daughter is doing Duolingo, which won the apps and learning. It's cool. It's a cool little project. Every day she does Spanish, but then she went to a Mexican restaurant and she's like, oh, I've been trying to learn Spanish. And then the lady said something very, yeah, great and fluent in Spanish. My daughter's like, oh, I'm not that good. So I learned that much.

Hola! Yeah. So let's just dial it back just a little bit. Do you know there are currently 2.9 million apps available? 2.9 million. Is it a flooded market? Yeah, but what are the apps that we need to know about? Everyone has got, whether you've got an iPhone,

we've got a phone, whatever it is, an iPad. Next, we need to know what are the apps we all need to get on. Jono may mock you for it, but in six months' time, we'll come around and find out what it is. Now, two guys with tertiary broadcasting qualifications prove C's get degrees. Jono and Ben on the hits.

App Chat. Most popular apps. There's so many of them out there. We've just seen 2.9 million apps, Ben. What's one you swear by? Oh, well, look, I probably check the news most of the time. I was thinking about that last night. It's probably, you know, it's New Zealand Herald.

Let's play the company game. What's that, the Finder one or it's Cinder or something you do? There we go. What's it? No, that's Bee Humps,

producer Bee Humps at Tinder. Thank you. Oh, hey, nice deflection there. Do you know the most popular apps listed? Instagram,

the most downloaded app. Oh yeah, I spend a lot of my time lost in that one, yeah. You see me a lot of videos on Instagram now, too. Mainly of just kids getting hurt. I follow an account called Kids Getting Hurt. And you never respond to them.

I always find them a bit full on. The amount of times I've seen them videos of kids falling off merry-go-rounds and swings. I think about the consequences of the kids. You're like, mate, I love it. I love it. I think about consequences on the internet. And then Facebook Messenger. It's the second most popular app of all time.

Of all time. All time. What are the apps that we need to get on to? 0800 the hits is the phone number. I think we should go to Olivia first. Are you in Miranda, Olivia? Yeah. Miranda Springs.

Yeah, pretty much. Oh yeah? What do you do there? Work on a farm. Oh, good on you. I love Miranda. I have no idea where Miranda is, but I'm thinking of Sex and the City. That was a Miranda character.

Alright, what's the app we're downloading from Miranda? Gas Spy. Gas Spy? Yeah, so it's pretty much an app that tells you all the gas prices in your local area. So you can get the cheapest one. Gas Spy? There is never...

When you think everything's been invented, it's been invented. You know? What would be your app idea if you were to come up with one today, right now on the spot? Who, me? Yeah, here's your elevator pitch Okay, so it's an app idea to come up with an app idea when someone says, what's your app idea? You just hit the thing

and then they go, oh you should do an app on this That would be my app idea. On animals you look like or something. Yeah, that's good I like the gas one, the gas one's a good one. My parents, it seems like when you get to that boomer age, they always take notice of the gas prices. They're like, oh, it's 30 cents cheaper here than it is down the line. But the problem is you're like, oh, it's 30 cents cheaper, you know,

300 kilometres away. But by the time you've driven 300 kilometres away to have a bargain, does it cancel it out? Hey, that's really good though gaspy is it called yeah gaspy yeah gaspy yeah yeah good on you appreciate it olivia you look after miranda for us okay yeah it's all on your shoulders okay anything goes wrong there i'm pointing the finger at you it's your fault yeah neve you're on from auckland how are you i'm good how are you guys this This is Niamh from the office.

It absolutely is. Hey, Niamh. Thanks for joining the show. I feel like you're just phoning work as part of work. Yeah. I know. I'll add it to my payslip later. Oh, good.

What's the app that we need to get onto? I reckon you guys need to get onto BeReal. I've seen a lot of people doing this. What's you explain it? So basically it's everyone who has the app once a day will get a notification to take a photo right then and there. You can't do filters. You can't sort of jazz anything up. You have two minutes and you take a photo of yourself

and what you're doing and you share it with your friends. Oh, so you're being real. Yeah. Hey, I like sparkly filters over my face. You know, it made my eyes pop. Yeah. And you see from Be Real, you see that the front and back sort of view as well too, right? Yeah, yeah.

Both angles. Yeah. Oh, geez. There's probably some locations you're not wanting to. If you're in the bathroom, it's like, it's time for you to be real. Yeah, well, you've got two minutes. How real do I need to be? That's a really cool thing.

Yeah, so B-E, then the word real, is created by the French, mate. The French are on to that. All right. What's going on there, Joel, Producer Joel? Oh, you're pointing at the screen there. I didn't need to discuss this. Sue, you're on. Thank you very much.

Welcome to the show. Yeah, morena. Morena, Sue. discuss this. Sue, you're on. Thank you very much. Welcome to the show. Yeah, morena. Morena, Sue. App chat. What are we downloading? Okay, my awesome favourite at the moment is Stowcard. So you take a photo of all your cards, like your store cards, like your BP cards, your supermarket cards, whatever,

on the app and you never have to carry a card with you again. That's the one I was telling you about. That's what it's called. You were saying your wife has so many cards to go to places. You just need the StoCard app. She has got so many loyalty cards. If she showed as much loyalty to me as she does those loyalty cards. But that's StoCard.

Great idea. Load them all on there and away you go. Absolutely awesome. Yeah, you just have to, you can leave all those cards at, and especially for us that have a smaller wallet, it's brilliant. So you know what we're doing this morning, baby? We're changing lives. We're changing lives. It's not overstating it.

Well done, you. Thank you very much for being part of the show. With a long and extinguished career, Jono and Ben on the hits. Hey, Justin Bieber's postponed his current tour. Now, it's not going to affect the NZ dates you're saying, Ben? Yeah, it looks likely that Justin Bieber, unfortunately he's got a few health problems at the moment,

so he's stopping his dates through North America. But it looks like he will still be here at the end of the year, December 7, he's going to be in Auckland's Mount Smart Stadium. So all going well. It looks like Justin Bieber's still going to be in New Zealand, but hopefully he gets better soon. He's got Ramsey Hunt syndrome. Half his face is paralyzed, isn't it?

Yeah, it was. Yeah, very scary stuff. Well, we wish him well. Yeah, we do. We actually hung out with him a few years ago when he was in New Zealand. He was awesome. Yeah, he was a lovely guy. Punched us in the genitals, claimed to fame.

Yeah, backstage. That was pretty cool. Haven't washed them since. Yeah, as we went to get a photo he was like that was kind of yeah it kind of it's such a weird experience

witnessing the whole machine there he kind of came in with 30 people around him and we went to his room and we're just sort of saying oh hey this is what we're going to do on telly and stuff

but the whole time he was on a skateboard just doing ollies yeah just ollies up and down and he's like yep yep cool yeah he does a good kickflip yeah he does well and then he came out and did everything we wanted so he was obviously listening but you're right just felt like an old skateboarding location he's like i really need to nail this holly geez i need to tell this holly but uh we're looking into tour stats. Justin Bieber, I don't know how much this Justice Tour has earned so far, but the last one, the Purpose Tour, over $250 million worldwide.

Wow. Played to over 2.7 million fans. But Ben, this brings you to the Guessing Game. Jono Pryor's Guessing Game has made radio re-evalvaluate games, hasn't it? They're all scrambling now. What's old McCormick doing over at Moore? He'll be having a brainstorm after nine, won't he? We've got to beat the guessing game. So this is where I throw out a topic,

and Ben, you have 60 seconds to list in order one to five. One to five. Okay, and this is the highest-grossing tours of musical artists worldwide. And we'll give you 60 seconds to come up with some answers. You can text 4487. Okay, so Bieber's not in there. Bieber hasn't made the cut. If I'll give you a clue.

Number one, 1.3 billion New Zealand dollars. Oh, that's not really much of a clue. That is one tour. I don't have bank account details for anyone. One tour around the world. You just got to think what artists would pull those crowds. And I'm going to start the timer now. 60 seconds.

The guessing game is on. Michael Jackson. Is he in there? Michael Jackson's not even the top 10. Oh, okay. I will say there is one band in there four times for four different tours. Rolling Stones? Rolling Stones are in there.

Rolling Stones are at number three. Their Bigger Bang Tour 5 Would have been about 750 million New Zealand dollars Ed Sheeran Ed Sheeran in there Ed Sheeran's number 2 653 million dollars

From his last tour Okay Beyonce No She's not ready for that Coldplay Coldplay in there Coldplay are at number 8

But that's not going to help you, baby. We want top 5. Guns and Roses. Guns and Roses? Are you looking at us? You talk to me. Now I am. Stop the guessing game. Stop the clock.

Stoves number 3. Ed Sheeran number 2. Oh, you too, number 1. Now I'm there. You promised me you'd never Google three. Stop. Ed Sheeran number two. Hey. Oh, you too, number one. Now I'm here. Hey, you promised me you'd never Google in this game.

Well, halfway through I was like, oh, as soon as you said like Guns N' Roses, you would never know Guns N' Roses.

On the top of my head, well, I'm looking to Coldplay number five. Are they in your top five? Yeah, Coldplay,

Head of Full Dreams Tour. Yeah, that was a good tour. Guns N' Roses Not in this lifetime Yeah that's number four Rolling Stones number three

Ed Sheeran number two And I think you'll find Off the top of my head U2 U2 U2 is the one Who had 704 million pounds Pounds

At 1.3 billion New Zealand dollars Jeez Now for a band that You know They take on a torrent of hate They do. I don't know why.

Remember when we all got all salty when they just tried to give us a free song on Apple? Yeah, like, how do we delete this thing? We don't want to, like, what are you two trying to give me their music for free?

It's free music. You can have it. You can play it. Or you can just delete it if you want. Option's yours. But yeah, 1.3 billion. Now, next time we play this game, Ben. I tried.

I tried for a lot of it. And then I was like, once I went Beyonce, I was like, I don't know. Now I'm just going to have to look it up. There's I tried for a lot of it and then I was like, once I went Beyonce, I was like, I don't know, now I'm just going to have to look it up. There's a format

for a reason. Okay, that's the guessing game for today. You've been listening to a podcast from The Hits. For more audio,

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