Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Is It Normal For Parents To Cry At A Soccer Game?

Episode Date: May 26, 2021

Hello! Today we were joined by Phil Solem from The Rembrandts. Now you may not know the name, but you will absolutely know the Friends theme song, and he's 1/2 of the duo who sang it! We chatted to him about how the song came to be and the famous clap we all do when we sing along. Ben also shared that he cried at his daughter's football game, very embarrassingly. Finally, Jono was almost a very good Samaritan last night. ALMOST. Enjoy the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Welcome to the podcast. It's the 26th of May. Jono Pryor here with our Ben boys.

He's out doing some administration. Actually, his daughter Sienna's just wandered in. How are you, Sienna? I'm good, how are you? Good, I'll just pull that microphone down to you. What are you eating, mate? You're having breakfast. Yeah.

Dad buy that for you? Yeah. Yeah, what'd you go? I got this bacon and egg slider. Oh, yeah, is it good? Yeah, it's really good. Now, Sienna, oh, actually, I was going to get her to tell you some dark secrets about her dad. What's dad like when the mics turn off?

I've just walked in. Are you taking over, are you? Yep. She's taking over. I'm going to have a show now. Tell us one fun thing I don't know about your dad. He loves The Simpsons. You already knew that, though.

He's been hiding that from me. You love The Simpsons? You never told me you loved The Simpsons. You never told me you loved The Simpsons. I've told you I love The Simpsons. Yeah. You know I have a rich history of love of kids' stuff. And he's got cartoon figurines, doesn't he, that are on the air now. Your mum apparently keeps making them mysteriously disappear.

Yeah, so he keeps buying new ones, but they're amazing. You like them? Yeah, well, you like them because you're eight years old. I'm 11. Sorry. I'm eleven. Sorry. I'm eleven. Well, sorry, Uncle Jono, he's not a great

uncle. Uncle Jono. I love you, Stacey. That's why I love you. No, but you like them because, you know, you're of the age. You're in the demographic. He's a fully grown man, see it. What does your mum say? Oh, my mum says, oh, you know, you're of the age. You're in the demographic. He's a fully grown man, see it. What does your mum say?

Oh, my mum says, oh, they're just plastic. They're no good. I'm like, but you're not supposed to throw them out. You're supposed to keep them. That's what you've been saying. Yeah, she's like, there's going to be landfill one day. I'm saying, they're not going to be landfill. We're going to keep them forever.

They're shelf full because they're going to be on our shelves from now until the day we die. They're only landfill if someone throws it out. That's right. I'm not going to throw it out. And she's the one who wants to throw them forever. They're shelf full because they're going to be on our shelves from now until the day we die. They're only landfill if someone throws it out. That's right. I'm not going to throw it out. And she's the one who wants to throw

them out. That's what I thought. We just get them off her favourite show. I was trying to do that but I don't think she's got any shows that she doesn't like

Toy Story like I do. Is there, what's the show that she, are there Ozark figurines? I don't think so. What does your mum like?

What shows does she like? She likes Outlander. Oh, yeah. We'll see if there's some Outlander figurines or something you can balance it out with. Hey, anyway, lovely to do this podcast intro with you. Did you listen to the show this morning? I may have been sleeping. Oh, okay.

I was after, what did you think of the show? It was great, yeah. What's your favourite part of the show in general? When I was sleeping through it. Okay, all right. You're no good to us. Listen, that's our favourite part of the show too when we get to sleep through it.

Hey, you have a great day, guys. Enjoy the podcast. Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office, those two. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Joe and Ben's Friends Reunion. With some actors from the show.

Joe and Ben's Friends Reunion. All the ones you barely know. We are doing our Friends of Friends Reunion because, of course, the big Friends Reunion happening this week all around the world. We'll be watching that one, sapping TVNZ 2 Thursday night at 7. That's tomorrow night, yeah.

Pretty honoured to be joined by the singer, the writer of the theme song. Yeah, this iconic theme song. Friends, I'll be there for you. His main theme song from a band called The Rembrandts. Phil Sollum joins us over Zoom right now.

We're going to find out the story behind the song and how it came to be. Thanks so much for your time. Great to have you. It's my pleasure. Thank you for thinking of me. Now, The Rembrandts, you're a duo, you and Danny, you blew up even bigger with the Friends theme tune, but you kind of had fans beforehand

and then you gained a whole lot of new fans afterwards and they didn't always sort of mix the same fans, right? Yeah, after the Friends theme, you know, after it was discovered that it was us that did it because it was a 42 second long thing at the beginning of a TV show. So that's all people heard. But they started requesting it at radio stations. But our record company freaked out and said,

you better like write more to this song and put it out and it's going to be on your next record whether you like it or not basically and you were like well it didn't i was reading you guys were like it didn't really fit with the record but obviously it was such a big show and such a big song yeah that was the conundrum so we had to go along with the plan they were just going to say sayonara we did the thing and we put it in there as a secret track and i guess the point i'm trying to make is once it got established, well, it ended up being like a big number one thing for two and a half months, I believe.

Yeah, worldwide. So we were stuck in that category for a while. So our audiences went from sort of indie rock type people to like moms and daughters. Who loved Friends the TV show. They'd be like packed around the stage, but it'd be like, well, there's our new audience. All they wanted to hear was the Friends song.

They had no idea who we were. Play the Friends song again. It turned out at one point, my partner Danny said, all right, we're just going to give you what you want right now. So we did it up front. Big mistake. We ended up playing the rest of the set, people just wandering

out. That's going to be the last song. I'm sorry to ask you about this, because you're probably sick of talking about the Friends theme tune, but I found it really interesting reading up about how it all came to be. It was written, not by you guys, but sent to you to basically provide the music and you Rembrandt it up a bit, right? Yeah, the theme started out as sort of a little piano ditty that the husband of one of the

producers had worked on. You know, it was just the little track with just the instrumental of a piano. And so we got together with him and we fleshed it out and turned it into, you know, what would be a pop song that we would actually do. Have you done TV themes before? Was this a new territory? I mean, how did they come to ask you guys? Well, I've heard various stories,

but I know the executive producer, Kevin Bright, was a fan of us. Right. Yeah, right. And so is the song the bane of your life or you're actually quite appreciative of what it's given you guys? It kind of started out as a bit of bane because we didn't have any clue that that was going

to just overwrite everything that we'd tried to accomplish at the end of the day I guess I look at it like I call it the golden albatross you know it's it's a boat anchor that we have to carry around all the time yeah yeah you're like you didn't tell us this was going to derail our entire career but then on the other hand you're part of the one of the biggest shows in the world and such an iconic piece of, I guess, history worldwide. I must say it was a surprise to have it turn out that way because we really had no clue that the show would have the kind of legs it did. You know, I mean, you really couldn't ask for a better introduction to,

ooh, we're in the television business now. Yeah. Was it true that the famous clap at the start, that wasn't you guys either though? That was a little sneaky thing that we went in and did our whole instrumental thing and we sang it. We decided we had been, you know, kind of knocking back a few beers while we were tracking the song.

By the time we got to vocals, we were just, you know, I was really paying attention to like the phrasing has to be like a certain way, not the way that the piano thing was because then it was too stiff. So it was like we were being very meticulous about it, but we were also pretty much ripped. It's hard to be meticulous when you're ripped too, isn't it? Ripticulous is what it is.

Ripticulous. And so is. Ripticulous. You would. And so then you heard the song and the producers had added four claps to it. Here's the deal. We went in the next day, you know, sorted out our hangovers, went in the next day to do it properly. And then when they played back the track, meanwhile, somebody, and I still haven't figured out who it was,

but they decided to put the right in there, and we're like, whoa! Now, isn't that something? We don't even need the rest of the song. Someone's giving us the clap here. We got the clap. And it sparked a huge debate for years how many claps it was.

Was it four claps? Was it five claps? Apparently four. That's right. You did four just then? Was it five claps? Apparently four. That's right. You did four just then? Everything is four. That's right. That's right. Hey, lovely to meet you, mate. You keep safe over there. Thanks, you guys. Yeah, and hopefully we'll see you down here in New Zealand sometime again soon. Morning. This show contains traces of

Jono and Ben. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Well, listen to me try and cleverly, hashtag not so cleverly, insert this jargon into this restaurant booking. Each one you do. Producer Juliet, can you ding a bell? Yep. Hello?

Hello. How you doing? Good. Have I got hold of the cafe? Yeah. How old are you? Seven Never too young to get your first cafe

That's what I've always said I just came in here The other people are outside How's the cafe going today? I don't know Well you probably should If you're owning and operating your own cafe But that's fine

Is it a good place to go with friends? Hello? Is the cafe... Oh, hello. Hello. You've got a very young business associate. Yes, sorry about that. How you doing?

I'm good, thank you. How you doing? Good. Now, your cafe, is it a good place to go with friends? Yes, it is a good place to go with friends. Location-wise, is it nice and I'm looking for a place central to perk me up?

In Bluff? Yeah. Yes, it's right on the main road. Yes, it's very central. Because I was talking to a colleague of mine, we were on a break and they suggested that we go for lunch. We were on a break and they suggested that we go for lunch.

Oh, what a good idea. Just a moment. Yes, Wednesday would be good. Okay, I'll come later in the week. Now, I've got to take my cat to the vet Wednesday morning. Right. It's a smelly cat. It's really starting to smell, so I think the vet was going to sort that out.

And then I'll afterwards pop into your place. That would be good. Could I have a name for the reservation, please? Certainly. Jonathan? Jonathan? Now, because we're going to go for lunch. Yes.

But then we decided to pivot. Yes. Pivot. For dinner. Oh, right. It, so Wednesday for dinner. Okay. Do you serve wine? We serve wine, yes, we do.

Do you serve Sauvignon Mat LeBlanc? Mat LeBlanc? Yeah, that's... Sauvignon. Can I stop here? It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Oh, hello. Hello.

I was trying to see how many Friends references Jono could work from the TV show Friends into a conversation. Yeah, as soon as he said, met LeBlanc, I was like, how you doing? He started with, now you get why he said, how you doing? Yeah, weirdly at the start. It was a very weird conversation about smelly cats and central perk. Yeah. How did he go, though?

How did he go? Sneaky. Really sneaky. Oh, sneaky. That's how I like to be known, sneaky. It was interesting because I thought I recognised the voice. I wanted to say, now, how do I know your voice? Yeah, well, did you want to say,

now, is that New Zealand's premier and most loved broadcaster, Jono Pryor, talking down the phone to me? It's absolutely what I wanted to say. That's what she wanted to say. Why don't you say it now? It's not too late. It's too many words for me to remember. It's too many words.

Yeah. It is too many words. It's on this business card, but it's too many words to say out loud. Hey, listen, what I love too is that child labour is alive and well and bluff. It's so good. The initiative to pick up the phone. It was very polite. Yes, well, he's got a cold today, a sore throat,

so he's not at school and he came with me to work. We've just arrived, yeah, and I got roped into a job outside and he came in the head. It's like everyone's outside. I was looking at him on the phone, wondering if somebody was actually calling. He's like, I'll take this booking, Mum. I've got it.

Oh, hey, we want to send you out something for mucking around some of your day, all right? You hold the line. We'll grab your details. Okay, thanks. It's a signed photo of New Zealand's premier and most loved broadcaster, Jono Pryor. Personally signed to you. Oh, it's better than that. Yeah, okay.

Hey, we actually have. We've got some Peter Alexander Friends pyjamas. That would be lovely. Yeah, we've got some of those to give away. There you go. Will you hold the line? We'll send those out to you. Okay, cheers.

And you can find those Peter Alexander Friends pyjamas, the sleepwear collection, available in store and online at PeterAlexander.co.nz We apologise in advance. Sorry about that. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you into this.

Sorry you've been dragged into this. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the heads. The heads. The heads. Scrolling through your feed. Here's my dear friend Benjamin Boyce giving it a good honest crack

to secure Mike McRoberts' job as a newsreader for the latter parts of his career. I wish. I don't think that's going to happen. Oh, I wish. But if you're... We were talking about this earlier. There's a blood moon around right now.

You can see the blood moon up in the sky and we said it was last night when the eclipse was happening. It's actually tonight. It's not like us to get information right. So I thought we should clarify that. So there's plenty of time for preparation. You can get your phones ready because the blood moon is going to be

the blood super moon out tonight. It's called a blood moon because of the reddish hue it takes on during the eclipse according to NASA. I love a reddish hue. My face has a reddish hue. It does after a few drinks. So it's the first time in 40 years New Zealanders will be able to see this rare blood supermoon

and it's because it's going to be its closest point in its orbit around Earth. And 11.11pm tonight you'll be able to see the blood moon, but the lunar, because it's a combination of that moon being the moon being close to the Earth, and also a lunar eclipse. And that's what creates the blood moon.

So the lunar eclipse is expected to last five hours from around about 10 to 9 till 10 to 2 tomorrow morning. Okay. And 11.11pm tonight for 14 minutes. You can see it. You can get your phones out and bird an Instagram with photos of the blood supermoon. Yeah, like, I mean, it's kind of cool,

but I don't know if it's cool enough for me to get up and... I'm going to wake up for it. Yeah, are you? I'm going to wake up for it. Yeah, I'm a frother for a moon. But I was just going to say... I just froth for the moon. But I was going to say, like, you know how I feel like

at least a couple of times a year, they're like, oh, it's a supermoon. Oh, it's a something something moon. Oh, this is the first time this has happened in 140 years. I swear this happens like twice a year. There's some sort of special moon and they say, oh, it's not going to happen for another 50 years.

But there's always some sort of special moon. You're right, actually. It takes it away from the other special moons. The moon's always doing stuff. Thanks, Juliet. No point in getting up then. And this story made me smile this morning. Australian shopper, so she found in Kmart a wooden toy eggplant toy.

It was sold for a dollar. It was a kid's toy. And so she took a photo or took a little video of it, put it on TikTok saying, this is funny because of the eggplant and the emoji that they use and that. And TikTok's taken it down for adult nudity. And she's a bit shocked that a video of a kid's toy in Kmart has now been taken down for adult nudity.

The eggplant's had a bad rap, though. It has. And what child is like, mum, give me an eggplant toy? Yeah. What child is so fascinated with eggplants that it requires a wooden version of it? I mean, that's where the real questions lie. Who's making eggplant toys for kids? That's the bigger one.

Rather than actually someone taking a video of it and putting it on TikTok. I'm also wondering, who decided it was the eggplant? Like, why not a carrot or a cucumber? A cucumber would be more, but like an eggplant's very misshaped. It's like, if it looks like an eggplant, you should go and see a professional.

Or one of those little gherkins in my, you know, just, you know, why does it have to be, you know, why the eggplant? Quite, but, you know, Just a little gherkin. With all the bumpy bits on it. You know, just a little, like, more realistic. You know, like, eggplant's really.

It's all green. Again, see a professional. I'm like, hey, eggplant's really... It's all green. Again, say it professional. I'm like, hey, the eggplant, I wish. It's a little pickle, a little gherkin. But not even the big ones. No, no. Just those little cocktail ones.

Bad use of the word. There you go. Exactly. And that is scrolling to your feet This morning To everyone pulling a sickie today You're not fooling anyone Jono and Ben Breakfast on the hits

So I had a bit of a moment Yesterday My daughter Sienna I've talked about this A couple of times On the show That she's She's really awesome

At just signing up for stuff And giving stuff a go Which is cool Because I think at some stage In your life Particularly a lot of us We just You just stop doing stuff

Because you're like Oh what if I suck at this Or what if I particularly a lot of us we just you just stop doing stuff because you're like oh what if I suck at this or what if I don't you know like you start thinking about things too much and don't actually try stuff I should have done that

with radio what if I suck at this you persisted 20 years 20 years still sucks I've been sucking for 20 years guys what an achievement

she had an awesome teacher a couple of years back who really just encouraged the kids to just do stuff and since then she's been trying almost like sometimes too much. Yeah I know you're like oh she's signed up for

fencing and archery and bare knuckle fighting. And then she'll tell you about it the night before she's like do you know how to do softball and I'll be like yeah a little bit and she's like well I've got it tomorrow and you're like well we haven't really practised or anything. I love the enthusiasm but you need to rein it in just a touch don't you. But yesterday she had a football tournament

Oh really signed up for football too oh really signed up for football too yeah signed up for football great sport you know the amount of sports she's playing reminds me of that period in Sonny Bill Williams' career where we all got angry

at him for doing too many sports remember yeah she's off doing a football tournament so after I finished work yesterday

I was like oh I should try and race down and see if I can catch one of the games they had about six games across the day and I just got there of the games they had about six games across the day and I just got there

on the last day and it turned out to be a bit of a final between her team and another team this is the first time she's played football so she's like

easy I'm in the finals is this what football's like I was pleased because I had to I ended up buying a bloody soccer shoes at some stage with the wear

you're like I'm like are you going to play this sport again I need these I need shin pads you're like oh do. But I'm like, are you going to play this sport again? I need these. I need shin pads. You're like, oh, do you? Just go out there with no safety equipment on

because you don't know if you're going to stick it out for the next game. And I mean, you know, like, yeah, she was out there giving it her best out there and she hasn't played a lot before, but she ended up scoring the winning goal. The only goal she scored across the day. She got the winning goal.

She got the winning goal. Look at her goal. Sign her up for the football first. But as a parent on the sideline She got the winning goal. She got the winning goal. Look at her goal. I signed her up for the football first. And I was, but as a parent on the sideline, I've, you know, like this was,

this was a moment. I was like, and I was like, oh, oh, you know, when your emotions start to come out, you don't,

you don't show them outwardly because you're a New Zealander. That's right. We suppress those emotions. Yeah, like you're a little, a little clap and you're like, that's a nice thing.

But then I felt my eyes starting to well up. And then, but you can tell the other parents started to look at you because it was your kid doing something. And that makes it worse in that situation because your eyes start welling up some more.

And you're like, uh-oh, uh-oh. This is probably what Richard McCaw's parents feel like when they're out there doing something like that. And so did it end with you uncontrollably sobbing on the sideline of your daughter's football? I had to put myself away. I had to walk away because I was like, but everyone knew what I was walking away to.

Now he's crying in his car alone. This is getting weird. I know. I was like, I made a really lovely moment really weird. Yeah. Oh, that's so cute. And I was like, damn it, I wanted to wear sunglasses. What did I not?

You know? Oh, it's lovely. And those situations though, but it wasn't. And I was like, the more I thought about it, I was like, why am I getting emotional with this? This is just a goal and a thing. But the more you think about it I was like why am I getting emotional with this this is just a goal and a thing but then but the more you think about it

you get inside your own head the worse you become in that situation and no one around you knows what to do do we like do we console them do we pat them on the back

like this is awkward for me I was just upset I wasn't able to take back those boots to the warehouse just use them now they were 35 bucks.

I was going to get a store credit. I'm like, she's not going to play football again. It's the only day she's going to play. Oh, that was lovely. Lovely story. Well done, Sienna. That's great, because usually standing on the side of, I know you've talked to me off air,

saying it's very frustrating standing on the sidelines. Oh, yeah, they played touch rugby last year. Another one she signed up for, they spent the whole time doing TikTok videos. Yeah. And they're no interest at all in what was actually playing out there on the field. You were crying there as well. they played touch rugby last year. Another one she signed up for, they spent the whole time doing TikTok videos. Yeah. And like, they're no interest at all in what was actually playing

out there on the field. You were crying there as well. I don't know why. I just cried. Just crying. I just like going around crying. Okay, so if you ever see Ben

on the sideline of a children's sporting game, just keep a, you know, a safe social distance from him so you don't have to console him. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up

with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Now, I got into another internet hole. The internet. It's one giant hole. It's a vacuous hole of content, isn't it? Some of it needs to go. A lot of our stuff probably needs to be deleted.

We could create some, you know, some disk space, couldn't we, by deleting some of our stuff? It feels like it needs a bit of a spring clean from time to time yeah get the dust out but I got lost in another internet hole and this was the world's wildest wedding demands

and you know when you have your wedding it feels like that one period in your life where you can act like a petulant adult, a petulant toddler. You've got those years from zero to five, being demanding and... Oh, I want this, I want that. You can do that, and then later in life when you're getting married, that's the other period in your life.

And then when it's nearly all over and you're 90-odd and you've given up and you don't care about anyone's feelings, that's another period where you can enjoy... Yeah, well, everyone says it's your day. Like, if that's what you want, and people go, if that's what they want on their day, that's what they should get. You know, because that's your day. Yeah.

This is the wildest wedding demand, some of them. A lady who made her entire bridal party go to the gym for three months, five days a week, leading into the wedding. Oh, okay. So she's gone quiet. She's gone, yeah. That's nuts. I don't know if the bridesmaids knew they'd signed up

for a CrossFit class and not a wedding. It's like a gym membership. But then they all have to oblige. That's what the bride was. Another bride who asked one of her bridesmaids if she could sleep With the best man Just to make him feel better

Bride asked the bride The bride asked the bridesmaid If she could sleep With the best man Not the husband The best man It's fine Come on

It's the best man Yeah it is What's wrong with that I don't see I'm just trying to get my head Around that one Yeah Oh wow

Again it's her day But I still feel like it's Yeah Yeah so crazy Crazy demand Another lady who said She wanted a cake But she wanted it made head around that one. Yeah. Oh, wow. Again, it's her day, but I still feel like it's... Yeah. Yeah, it's a crazy, crazy demand. Another lady who said she wanted a cake,

but she wanted it made in front of everyone, baked in front of everyone at the wedding as well. So these are some of the wildest wedding demands. And what we want

to open up this morning is the WWD, Wild Wedding Demands. Not WWE, which I can get confused I turned up to a wedding once in a locker outfit

and it was weird it was weird it was very tight in certain parts so Wild Wedding Demands have you been part of a wedding party Juliet? No the only wedding

I've ever been to was when I was three years old and I was so jealous my sister was a flower girl and I wasn't and that's the only experience of a wedding

I've ever had in my life Oh really? Yeah Did you try and sabotage that, bitch? Oh, absolutely. Yeah, yeah. I was the one with the demands. I'm trying to think if I made any wild wedding demands on my wedding day.

I guess I wasn't, it was probably like I wasn't a big cake person, the wedding cake thing. We had a cake. We had a punch, like an alcoholic punch. Instead of cake. Yeah, so I was like, yeah, I'd rather spend money on an alcoholic punch. And the only thing I really demanded was not having to do a first dance. And so then I talked, it was kind of like the Masked Singer. I had someone in a costume come in and tap me on the shoulder

and take over the dance. And that was my idea of getting out. So that was probably my wild demand is not doing a first dance. And it was Mike McRoberts. Yeah, we revealed all at the end. It was like, take it off, take it off. That was at Stag Do, was it? No. So, yeah, don't know the hits. Wild wedding demands.

Maybe you want to dob yourself in. Maybe, you know, once you got through the cloud of your wedding, you're like, jeez, I don't know what got into me. But I asked my entire bridal party to talk with Italian accents for four days. I don't know. That's just a made up demand. Maybe it was an awesome thing that you wanted to demand,

like being helicoptered somewhere impressive. You just give us a call right now. We'd love to hear from you. Oh, 100 the hits. And thanks to Peter Alexander, we've got some pyjamas to give away. Some friends pyjamas for our favourite call next. Had a great text here through on 4487.

My friend, who was the bride, asked me to wear a wig to the wedding because she thought my hair was too similar to hers. Oh, really? That's rude. I would only be, I would dream of being asked to wear a wig. That would be your dream. You're like, I'll wear a wig.

You just need to say, what? And I'll be like, yes, I'll put it on. Trina, you're on from the Waikato. Morena. How are you? Hi. Good, thank you. Okay, wild wedding demands.

Was it you? No. Good, thank you. Okay, wild wedding demands. Was it you? No, it wasn't. I had a wedding in a registry office because we couldn't afford much. We even milked our cows before we went and got married. Oh, you milked your cows before the wedding? Yeah. That is commitment to cow milking. And nothing else was milked that day, by the way.

No, no. And then we just had lunch at a restaurant in town. Oh, beautiful. But my demand comes for our 25th wedding anniversary, which is next year. And I'm usually responsible for Christmas presents, birthday presents, organising crap like that. But the 25th wedding anniversary is being left, demanded, thrown

at my husband and said, don't you organise that. That is your responsibility. Oh, okay. Usually you're taking all the administration and you're milking cows as well at the same time, Trina. This time he's got to do it.

What's he got planned? No idea, but I did think maybe we'd go overseas for a holiday or something. But, you know, it's this day and age. It's gone out the water, so who knows? I have an idea. He's probably got nothing planned. But if he's listening. I would say that.

I would say we'll get to just before the wedding anniversary, and you'll be like, oh, shit. Yeah, oh, he's got some time. He's got some time. So hopefully he's working on something, and we want to send you out some Peter Alexander Friends sleepwear pajamas. It's now available in store and online at PeterAlexander.co.nz. Good on you, Trina.

Thank you, Rachel. You're on from Christchurch. What was your wild wedding demand? Morning. Good morning. So I caught the demand, and I'm a natural blonde And the bride actually made me dye my hair brown Because I was only blonde in the wedding party Oh yeah, well you want them all syncing up don't you?

Yeah, yeah, I mean I've tried to get it back blonde since But I can't do it Oh really, so the haircut's changed since the start? Yeah, my hair just took off way too much I can't get back to blonde It turns me ginger Which isn't a bad thing. I quite like it. Yeah, but that's the thing, you know.

You look at these people and you're like, thank God they're not in charge of countries. You know, these people in their wedding, you know, because they'd probably be Kim Jong-un, a North Korean dictator if they were. But it is the one period in your life where you're legally bound to ask anyone to do anything and they have to do it, your wedding.

Now we'll go to George, you're on from Wellington. Wild wedding demands. Hey, well, the wedding demand comes from me, actually. I got rather carried away in the kind of rush of planning the wedding and whatnot and kind of asked my bridal party to send me to Hawaii with them for a week. Oh, that is a lot. They pay for you to go?

Yeah. Jeez, you did get swept up in the madness. Yeah, I mean, looking back on it, it's not quite the best idea I've ever had. It's not my finest hour. And did you go to Hawaii? Yeah, we did. They paid for you to go to Hawaii?

Wow. Yeah, it was a great time. I can imagine. Especially when it's free. Do you look back on that and regret it? And are there any apologies you'd like to make now, Georgia? I would love to apologise to my wonderful friends for making them

not only pay for me but get themselves over to Hawaii but we did have a really awesome time. You had the most awesome time because they were paying for it and that's lovely. You pulled them away from their families. They had to take annual leave.

Good on you, Georgia. Really appreciate your call. The Wild Wedding Demands. You can keep them from their families. They had to take annual leave. Good on you, George. I really appreciate your call. The wild wedding demands. You can keep them coming through 4487 on the text. Yeah, yeah, no. Yeah, no. Yeah, no.

The home of yeah, no. She'll be right and at the end of the day. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. Last night, Ben, we had to do something, some extracurricular activities

in the darkness of night which makes it sound like we're going around breaking into people's houses. It does, doesn't it? And we did. We did some burgers, didn't we? And they were good. Successful night last night.

No, but we had to film something and it had to be at night time. So, you know, it gets dark early. We'll meet. 6.30, I think it was. Yeah, it was. It was. And I was sitting in the car.

I was 10 minutes early and I got out of the car.. And I was sitting in the car, I was 10 minutes early, and I got out of the car, and as I got out of the car, another vehicle was coming around the corner, and I heard... That was a great sound effect. And the car tyre had burst. The car tyre. And I'd never heard a noise quite like it. And, you know, my parents haven't taught me much in life. I mean,

they haven't, they didn't even teach me how to be a decent human being. But the one thing that Dad said, he's like, no son of mine is going to leave the house

without knowing how to change a car tyre. Oh. It's my only skill. It's the only thing I can confidently say I can do. And so I was like,

well, this is my moment. This is it. This is where you can step up and help someone out. That's right. And this music was playing in my head. And I slow motion walked up to the lovely lady whose car had suffered the puncture tyre. And I was like, are you in some trouble? Do you need a hand? The sweet lady, she turned around and said, you're like a good Samaritan that's just appeared out of the darkness. I've never been called a Samaritan. I didn't even know what a Samaritan was.

I thought it was a cereal company. So I was like, listen, I can change your car tyre. She's like, great, I won't have to call the AA. Now, at this moment, as I start changing the tyre, Ben calls me. He's like, hey, mate, where are you? We're waiting for you. I was like, I'm changing a lady's car tyre. And you said, oh, that's nice. Yeah, I did.

I said, that's a lovely thing you're doing. Yeah, so I was a little bit early as well, so I wanted it on over. I wanted to watch this. This heroic act. This heroic act. And I got everything out of her boot, got the spare tyre over. I wanted to watch this. This heroic act. This heroic act. And I got everything out of her boot, got the spare tyre out. I had my phone out ready to capture it.

You know, just the social media. I was like, film this for social media. Look at this great guy. It's going to be great. And I jacked the car up, and then I was like, oh, I can't take the wheel off. It had weird little lock nut things on them,

and I couldn't find the device to do it and I was starting to get in a flap. You should be getting in a flap. You did. I stopped filming just for that moment. This is getting sad. It's clogging up my spider stream. I'll delete that one. Just tell me when you're ready to go

and I'll be ready to go on the next one. Ben started to get bored. He wandered off. The lady was like, oh, just call my brother-in-law. He's just down the road. And I'm like, no! Do not call your brother-in-law. The brother-in-law he's just down the road and I'm like no not call your brother-in-law

the brother-in-law turns up she sneakily called him while I'm still trying to fix these lock nuts still can't get them off and she's like oh I'm just going to have to call the AA

I'm like no no no you will not call the AA and then after another half an hour yeah we're all late for our filming after being early you end up being late

yeah I was like you need to call the AA so I was almost almost a hero Yeah Do you get any points for Giving it a crack? Well you tried

I mean it was nice But it's not anything I'm not going to post The videos that I talk It's not like Serene It's like You didn't make it up the mountain

But you gave it a crack You gave it a crack Kate Sheppard You almost gave women The right to vote You gave it a crack It's not as cool as that No not quite the same

You only get those opportunities Once, maybe twice in your life to be a good person in a Samaritan. And even the thing in her voice, she was like, oh, well, thanks anyway. Oh, well, thanks anyway. Just like, oh, I came in with gusto, confidence, arrogance. Couldn't do it. Add these two men together,

and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal man Now we interrupt the intensive extensive superman coverage on the show The blood moon tonight 11.11pm We'll keep you updated with that, see if the time changes to 11.10 or maybe even 11.12

the rolling coverage before 9 o'clock. But something that's becoming quickly a sore point in our relationship is this. Please welcome Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne the Rock Johnson. For 10 years, Dwayne the Rock Johnson

has been Ben the Pebble Voices hero. He inspires me. Now Ben's challenge. Can he get on Dwayne the Rock Johnson's Instagram? No. No. That's the answer? No, Ben's challenge. Can he get on Dwayne the Rock Johnson's Instagram? No. No. That's the answer? No, then move on.

Why don't we keep reflecting back on it? It's been three weeks since a body-altering tattoo stunt where we put Dwayne the Rock Johnson in a love heart on Ben's bottom in order to get his attention and put him on his Instagram account. And three weeks down, the dream is slowly fading. But there's still hope. There's still hope. Why do you keep saying it?

It's Tuesday in America because he does Tequila Tuesdays. He posts something with his tequila on a Tuesday. Because you are holding a bottle of his tequila in your tattoo photo. And I don't know how it works. It's Wednesday here. It's Tuesday there. I blame witchcraft. But Tequila Tuesday. Looking through D how it works. It's Wednesday here. It's Tuesday there. I blame witchcraft but Tequila Tuesday. Looking through

Dwayne The Rock Johnson's Instagram account. Anything? No, nothing. He's not even doing Tequila Tuesday at this stage. Yeah. So no, nothing. Nothing. See he posts like hocking off his new energy drink. He's posting trailers promoting his new, peddling his

new movies. He's posting videos of sick new, peddling his new movies. He's posting videos of sick children in hospital. Why isn't he posting your, you deserve those posts more than the sick children, Ben. No, not at all. No, I don't. You don't. That's something you deserve. So, I'm going to keep the dream alive. We're going

to get you on Dwayne Johnson's Instagram account. I don't know why we keep going like that. Does it matter if it's Dwayne Johnson who's an accountant in Wellington? We'll set up an Instagram account. Dwayne's spelt wrong. This is sad, isn't it? Yeah, yeah. Three weeks down and...

Well, the only person who's giving me a lasting memory of this whole episode is you because it's attached to your body. Exactly. Hey, we'll keep you updated. We'll keep you updated. How about we just say we'll update if anything happens rather than just keep going, nothing's happened.

Maybe he's holding on to the footage and turning it into a screenplay. Maybe it's going to be a full 90-minute movie. Yeah, somehow I don't think that's going to happen. We'll give you an update next week if Ben features on his hero's Instagram. Broadcasting live and mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast.

On the hits. Five words's breakfast. On the hits. Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. It's our game of word association. We play it every day at 7.45 on the show. If your words match with our five words, you win $5,000. Yeah, and this game has, you know, been like supporting the Warriors last year. Hey.

Last year. Hey. Last year, not this year. Hey, just don't even go there. Reflect on last year. Hey. Last year. Hey. Last year, not this year. Hey, just don't even go there. I'm reflecting on last year. We've had more losses than wins, but you hang in there. Hey, there's no need to go there. Anyway, just...

Rhys Walsh, he's good. Oh, yes. Very good. But he's like, how old is he, like two? 18. 18. 18-year-old, yes. Well done, Rhys Walsh.

Beautiful eyes. Sorry. Listen to this old thing over here trying to chase the young town. Trying to get a toy boy. I don't know anything about the Warriors. All I know is that there's this new high candy on the team. He's going to be a superstar. Yeah, Juliet's only 22.

I don't know why I'm calling her an old. Anyway, we'll get Pip on. How are you, Pip? You doing well? Yeah, I'm great, thanks. You want her an old. Anyway, we'll get Pip on. How are you, Pip? You doing well? Yeah, I'm great, thanks. You want to say anything unusual about Reece Walsh? No. No, good on you.

He's one of the best. He looks like a good player, though. Anyway, let's hope you're a good player in this game. Five words for $5,000. Who do you want to choose? Jono, Ben or producer Juliet to go inside the soundproof booth? Ben, please. Ben, you're in.

The tough decision has been made. Isn't it? He goes to the soundproof booth? Ben, please. Ben, you're in. The tough decision has been made. He goes to the soundproof booth. It's really locked, isn't it? Can you get in there? The door's jamming up. Pippi's shutting the door and you are in the hot seat. Match your five words

with Boney Ben's or we'll give you $5,000. Okay? Okay. That's not a dramatic pause. With bony bins. We'll give you $5,000, okay? Okay. That's not a dramatic pause. I'm just actually looking for the words. I've found the words.

Here are the words. Yawn. Sleepy. Sleepy. Nice. Boil. Oh, God. Either hot or water.

Oh, I'll go hot. Hot. Spinach. Vegetable. Pink. Pink. We've got you working hard this morning, Pip. Can we come back to that one?

You can come back to pink and we'll go the fifth and final word was Facebook. App. and we'll go the fifth and final word was Facebook. App? I don't know. Facebook app. Okay. Now, Producer Humphrey, did you Google the world's most pain in the ass words and come up with these five words?

Is that what you came up with? He's throwing his hands in the air like they're just words. They're just words. We'll go back to pink, Pip. Girl, I know that's probably not right in the way everyone's going in the world these days. Oh, 2021, it's a wild time. PC got mad. That's what I'm saying, Pip.

Exactly. Yeah, craziness. You're going to say girl? There's a singer. There's what I'm saying, Pimna. Exactly. Yeah, craziness. You're going to say girl? There's a singer? No, that was my first thought. So I'm going to, yeah, pink the singer. So I'll go singer.

Singer. There you go. There's five words. We got there. No, they were tough. If you're in the trenches, we'll get Ben out of the soundproof booth. This is going to be a tough one, Ben Boyce. I won't lie. You are up against it this morning. That's not what I want to hear.

Tell you what. You're up against it like the Warriors in 20. Hey, keep talking about the Warriors. They're great. They're good season. Reese Walsh. Anyway. Pip, she really battled with a couple of words there, and understandably so. They were tough. And I gave producer

Humphrey a dirty eye, saying, what are these words, mate? But we'll get into it. Here is word number one. Yawn. Yawn, did you say? Tired. Sleepy, wasn't it, it. Sleepy. Wasn't it, Pip? Sleepy works as well, yes. It works the best.

It's the best word you could choose, sleepy. Okay, Pip, you can guide him through these next ones. Boil. What do you want to say, Ben? Water. What did you go, Pip? Hot, I think. Oh, yes, good.

See, when you say it, you're like, oh, couldn't be. Pip's got the tone in her voice of like, why am I still here? Yeah, why are you just rattling through them now, John? There's no point. Spinach. Oh, spinach. Salad? I was going to say feta. How Auckland do I sound if I said spinach and feta?

I was thinking feta too. Yeah, we don't need the South Island judging us even more. She said vegetable. Pink? Shirt. Pink shirt day. Oh. She said singer. And then Facebook. Marketplace. I'm like useless.

Okay, don't put me back in again guys. I'm not ready for it. He's the Vodafone Warriors of the five words competition. Thank you very much, Pip. It'll be back tomorrow, 7.45. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Shono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Bye.

Thanks to Disney's Cruella in cinemas May 27th and on Disney Plus with Premier Access May 28th. Saw that last night. It was awesome. Was it really? Yeah, it was really, really good. It looks very good. It was awesome. Was it really? Yeah, it was really, really good. It looks very good. It was awesome.

Emma Stone looks like a great actress in it. Yeah, she's great. I like the posters. I said that the other day. You all like the fashion in the movie and everything. It's really cool.

It's great. Nice. The backstory of Cruella. Ah, interesting. Before she collected all the Dalmatians. The origin story. Yeah, that's very cool.

Her love of puppy collection. Yeah, no, it's really cool how they do that. They sort of focus on and you get very cool. Her love of puppy collection. Yeah, no, it's really cool how they do that. They sort of focus on, you know, and you get to understand a bit more of the character. That's a bit of a trend at the moment, like with the new Willy Wonka movie coming out, showing Willy Wonka's life before he opened the chocolate factory.

Yeah, what made them the human beings, the despicable human beings they became. And like Joker as well with Joaquin Phoenix. Oh, I'm loving these prequels. I can't wait for the prequel of Ben Boyce. And like Joker as well with Joaquin Phoenix. Yes, exactly. Oh, I'm loving these prequels. Yeah, there you go. I can't wait for the prequel of Ben Boyce. What made him the hand sanitizer loving germaphobias today? What's happening in Spy, Ju?

So Max Key, John Key's son, if you kind of remember him from back in the day, he was an avid social media poster, grew up in the spotlight, and he has returned to social media after over a year's hiatus. So he took this break, he posted a photo last night with a very long caption basically saying, I took this break because the last few years of my life he'd basically portrayed himself as a dropkick party boy. He says that wasn't actually a

true representation of who he was. He massively struggled growing up in the spotlight and the fact that everyone watched him when he made mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes, but the difference for him was that he was more in the spotlight when doing it and would get a lot more criticism. And he's back on social media now, says he took that time

to reflect on the kind of person he wants to be. He still wants to continue sharing parts of his life on social media, but he's a lot more mature in the way person he wants to be. He still wants to continue sharing parts of his life on social media, but he's a lot more mature in the way that he wants to show himself. Well, fair enough. Which is really good. We did a bit of stuff with him over the years. He was awesome.

He was awesome. A good kid, really smart, really lovely. And you always felt sorry that he got almost picked on by the media and by people on social media and stuff because he's a good kid. He's awesome. Yeah, he was lovely. And you do a lot of growing up in your 20s, don't you?

Yeah. Imagine all those things that we have all done. Oh, exactly. And you get all over the media if it gets under that spotlight. It's horrible. My years, 20 through 29,

NSFW. I would love to be a flower on a wall in your 20s, Johnna. Oh, no. Terrible. No, it's a good time because you do discover who you are in your 20s.

And, yeah, again, having that added pressure of being in the media spotlight would just be, it's like the Bieber thing. Yeah. Growing up in front of the world for Bieber on a far larger scale. Exactly. Yeah, totally. And in other news, Courtney Cox, she has made millions of dollars from something that isn't actually friends. So since the 80s, she has been buying properties,

doing them up, and then selling them for a profit. She does this as like her side hustle career. I hope she's getting capital gains tax. True, true. Jacinda will be onto it. The bright lines, waiting to sell those. Wait five years, Courtney. Do they have capital gains tax in America?

I wonder. I'm not sure. They've got crazy tax over there. Oh, he's been to the States too, hasn't he? Yeah, yeah. So before she started Friends, she did this. But then when Friends started, they were, you know, making, what was it, like a million dollars an episode? Is that right?

A million dollars an episode for? The final season they're making a millage. For the final season. So imagine the types of houses she could buy and then do up and then make a profit for. So that is a very lucrative little side hustle she's got going on. She buys mansions and does them up a little bit and sells them for more than those mansions are worth. You're saying that the cast of Friends are getting more now still with the reruns? Well, they get $20 million each per year just from the show being simulcast and reruns internationally.

I think it's only like 1% or 2% of NBC's entire income from what they make off Friends to this day. Wow. The cast get 1% to 2%, I think. 20 mil each. That is crazy, crazy money. And that is Spy for more. You can head to the hits.co.nz.

Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Now, I noticed something yesterday, Benjamin Boyce, and I'd like to pay homage. We've spoken a lot. There's been a lot of bad press coverage about my plentiful traffic fines, infringements,

parking tickets, all sorts of fines. Well, you get quite excited because you get them sent to work. I do. That's to avoid detection from get them sent to work. I do. That's to avoid detection from my whānau. But it becomes more of a big thing. It's like, oh, Jono's got another, oh, there's another. I know, and everyone reads it. Here's a new one, and they hold it up,

and the officer's like, what's this one for? It's like the golden ticket. And then we all sit around. Yesterday, we sat around going, oh, here we go, and they had the police on the outside of it. Yeah, no, that's a serious one when the police are there. So the council, you're like, eh, I'll ignore that. But when the police come knocking, you've got to listen to the police. Yeah, you know, that's a serious one when the police are there. So the council, you're like, I'll ignore that. But when the police come knocking, you've got to listen to the police.

Yeah, and so we all sat around and you opened up the mail. It was like you were getting your NCEA results or something. You were like, what's he going to get? Harriet brought it in, didn't she? She was like, look, it's what's arrived. It's a new one. And you went, oh, no. And you could see, you know, the colour ran through your face.

You were like, oh, God, this is going to be bad. But then in the end you went, oh, it's not as bad as I thought. It was a refund. Really? It was a refund. I had paid one of my thousands of fines twice. And it was the police going, hey, we're going to put this back in your account. But I was saying, leave it there and just say you're in credit now.

It's like you've got a tab and you're in credit. You're like, ah, we'll take it off. You're probably going to get this money next week anyway. Might as well stay in credit now. It's like you've got a tab and you're in credit. You're like, ah, we'll take it off. You're probably going to get this money next week anyway. Might as well stay in your account. Smart. So now you're in credit. So that's good.

So if anything, you're a better driver than you were before that you didn't pay that fine. You paid double the fine. What a nice guy. I know. So we've got a good relationship

going on, the police and me. When was the last fine you got? Literally yesterday. I got a parking ticket, $40, five minutes over time. It's worthless. I was so angry. We're around this neighbourhood here because they start ticketing in the morning if you park outside working.

It used to be like a nine o'clock leeway. It used to feel like that was a sort of a gentleman's agreement that we'd have with the Auckland Council. You get to nine o'clock to move your car, but now it seems like it's eight o'clock. It's eight o'clock. And we're doing the radio show from eight till nine, and we can't move our cars between then. It doesn't matter if we're parked illegally or not. It felt like there was a gentleman's agreement,

and then suddenly, all of a sudden, you're like, eight o'clock, oh, what? Oh, you know, which is technically yes, is when you're not meant to be parking from there. But I was like, oh, where did this come in? And so now it's eight o'clock. Yes. Yes. Yeah.

Do you remember the good old days about lockdown? You could park anywhere. Oh, yeah, but there's no parking wardens anywhere. Just, it was, I was parking on the footpath. One day when we first started here, I drove in here through the glass doors that opened up. You could park in the foyer. No one asked any questions.

It's almost worth inviting people back from Melbourne, isn't it? Just so we can have more free parking. Just for a couple of weeks. Just a reprieve. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, Vince Harder, you'll know him right now as one of the mentors

on singing reality TV show Popstars. He's on TVNZ. He's also known for this banger of a song with P-Money. Now, Vince Harder, you'll know him right now as one of the mentors on singing reality TV show Popstars. He's on TVNZ. He's also known for this banger of a song with P-Money. Vince Harder came third on Australian X Factor. He starred as Simba in the Australian version of The Lion King. He sang the national anthem many, many times in big sporting fixtures. And he's with us in the studio right now.

Vince Harder, always good to see you. Yeah, hard out. How you doing? Yeah, good, good. You got new music out? Yeah, got some brand new music, yes. Yeah, always good to see you. Yeah, hard out. How you doing? Yeah, good, good. You got new music out? Yeah, got some brand new music, yes. Yeah, it's been really cool. I've actually been waiting to put the song out.

I wrote it 2019, well, part of it 2019, and I kind of tested it out touring Australia. It was opening up for Guy Sebastian. People were vibing it, so I was like, okay, I need to finish it. Sometimes you do half songs on tour, you know. Were the audience like, I don't think he finished that song when you're on tour? Yeah. Well, speaking of which, I mean, you're mentoring and, you know,

helping contestants at the moment on Popstars on TVNZ. Have you got superstars there? Yeah, man. I think we've definitely got popstars. Time will tell if they're going to turn into superstars, you know. I think the great test is 12 months from now, where are they going to be? Because the hard work is coming. Were you on Australian X Factor?

Yeah, that was years ago. And the thing is, like, people don't really remember that show because, well, when I was in it, because it was a different production company. It was the first time. It was kind of like the first kind of, you know, test of X Factor. And then it was a whole new production company that took over, and it is what it is now. It must be kind of test of X Factor. And then it was a whole new production company that took over and it is what it is now. It must be kind of cool for you

having gone through an experience similar to the Popstars experience in reality TV. Obviously being able to pass on what's happened to you over your career and give them advice. It must be pretty rewarding. Yeah, it is. And I just remember all the moments

where you have those off-camera chats where people come up to you and say, hey, all the stuff that you're getting, the limo rides, the VIP where, you know, you have those off-camera chats where people come up to you and say, hey, you know, all the stuff that you're getting, the limo rides, the VIP parties, all that, that's going to be gone in two weeks. So lap it up. Yeah, lap it up and remember that you've got to go home after this and then you've got to figure out what you've got to do.

So, you know, it's the same, you know. Now we're about to play your brand new song, Vince Harder, but quickly before we do, you have got a killer voice. You've got a beautiful voice. And so we wanted to do something called Rebranding Jingles. Here at radio, we've got some wonderful jingles. Oh, wow. And we'd just like to get Vince Harder's take on these jingles.

This is a bit of a hospital pass to Vince because he hasn't heard a year of this. So we'll see how this goes. So this is the Mad Butcher jingle. Yeah, you just can't beat the Mad Butcher's meat. Classic. Is it classic? Full of innuendo as well. Is it?

Oh, really? I'd put up on that. But if we were to play this music. Oh, you just can't beat the map, which is me, yeah That's beautiful. Another one of our favourites. There'll be more sausages purchased after that. Yeah, totally.

St. Pierre's, you're gonna love our sushi. St. Pierre's, it's always fresh and healthy. Never heard this one. St. Pierre's have a full three-minute version. They've got a full single. Yeah, St. Pierre's, you're gonna loveminute version. They've got a full single. A full single, yeah. St. Pierre's, you're going to love our sushi. This is more of a rock song.

St. Pierre's, you're going to love our sushi. That's good. That's really good. And another favourite, which this is the bedpost jingle. Now you don't buy a bed every day to get a good night's sleep. Don't give your money away. And they're right.

You don't buy a bed every day. You shouldn't. No, too many beds. Too many beds. So this is more of a hip hop version of the bedpost jingle. Now you don't buy a bed every day. I don't know other words words are, but I'm

at a yelp, yelp. You can make anything sound good. You have such a great voice. Always fun hanging out with you, mate. Let's play Don't Stop right now on the hits. Anything behind the story behind the song? I just want to dedicate this to my beautiful wife because this song was kind of like

about the early stages of our relationship going out and meeting each other and then to where we are now. So this is like the flirty kind of, you know, party vibe song. Yeah, now the songs are called Don't Forget to Take the Bins Out.

Yeah, Don't Stop Doing the Dishes. I think that's what it is. That's the full version of the song. Yeah, exactly. They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand! If only New We're proud of New Zealand. Woo! Go New Zealand!

If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Been playing this game since yesterday and really enjoying it. Ben has a morbid fear of any stories to do with teeth-related injuries, and some would say this segment is getting long in the tooth because we've got a long list of calls wanting to line up to play this game with you. Darryl joins us on the phone for Tooth or Deer.

Taking the radio world by storm this game, Tooth or Deer. Darryl, Ben has the choice to hear your horrific toothpaste story or take the deer. Now, just a couple of details about your tooth story. Okay, well, this was on a basketball court and the outcome wasn't very good. The basketball court outcome. Oh, he says the outcome wouldn't be good, but I am curious.

And you love basketball too. I do. He's got me with the basketball. You know he buys children's size NBA singlets because they're cheaper. They're cheaper. They also fit me well. I'm going to hear it because it's basketball.

Oh, you're lucky because the deer was going to be eat your computer. So he's gone with the tooth this time. What's your horrific tooth story, Daryl? Okay, well, this is when I was playing basketball and I jumped up the skull and the other guy jumped up

to try and block me. When I came down, my tooth sort of went into his elbow. Front tooth just got stuck in his elbow and the whole thing came out with the root and everything. Oh, the whole tooth in the elbow? The whole tooth with the root and everything in his elbow. And, yeah, we tried to gather it all up

and pull it out from his elbow, put it on some ice and take it, you know, take it to the dentist and see if we can redo it. But I think we were a little bit late in what we did. Yeah, they just had to make up one for me, and that's what I lived with for the next whatever years. Now, sorry to take it away from you, too, but is that a foul in that situation? Was it a foul?

Well, no, it's gone. It's gone, so it wasn't a foul. If anything, it was an and one. Did your opponent go, have you just put your tooth in my elbow? Oh, he didn't even know he was running around. And I said, hey, hang on, buddy. Come here. He said, adrenaline is rushed.

You don't feel the pain straight away. Give it a few minutes and you'll know all about it. So I said, hey, buddy. And then we pulled his tilt up from his elbow and got it back. Oh, that's brilliant. Thank you, Daryl. You have a great day. Cheers, mate.

Thanks, lovely listening to you. Oh, I see. Such a great call, Daryl. You have a great day. Oh, cheers, mate. Thanks. Lovely listening to you. Oh, I see. Such a great call, Daryl. Susie, good morning. How are you? Hello. Tooth or deer? We're putting Ben Boyce's stomach to the test.

Give us a few details about your tooth story, and he'll choose whether he wants to hear it or take my deer, which they are ruthless deers. Yeah. I have a golden tooth. I swallowed it it and my dentist told me how to get it back. Okay, okay. So, what do you think

you want to do? Do you want the deer and this deer is a beauty. No, I don't want your deers, John. I can't handle your deers. Oh, on heck. To be honest, it's just been so far give a bad review to a concert or movie. I don't want to do that. And the second one was, please don't wash or sanitise your hands until 9am. Again, don't want to do that.

So I want to hear the story. As much as I don't want to hear the story, what's your tooth story? Right, well, I have this golden molar. And unfortunately, one morning whilst eating breakfast, it came out with my breakfast and was swallowed before I realised it had gone. So, of course, all the following tricks ensued, trying to make myself throw up. None of which worked. Following day, I got myself an emergency dentist

appointment, and my dentist said, well, you've got two options. You can replace the tooth, and that will cost a horrendous amount, or you can actually recover the tooth because it's a gold one. Oh, no. I know where this is going. Oh, yes, you do.

Oh, yes, you do. Oh yes you do. And there followed a week's worth and no joke an entire week's worth where every day as soon as I felt the appropriate urges

I had to dash home from school poop into a sieve carefully sieve my way through my own excrement to find my inlay. The worst thing is when you find it, you've got to put it in your mouth afterwards. Not straight away,

but obviously that's where it's going to end back up. Can I just weigh up? What was the cost of a new tooth? It was going to sit somewhere around the $3,000. Oh, no, that's worth it. That's worth it. Okay, so this was five days of, you know, mining through your own...

Absolutely. And the success, relief and joy when I found that little shiny nugget. What did you do with the other five days' worth of research? Well, we had an excellent crop of tomatoes. Oh, such a good story. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the Hits.

The Hits. Bye. Thanks to Disney's Cruella and cinemas May 27th and on Disney Plus with Premier Access May 28th. And also along with Cruella we'd like to thank our partners at enewsonline.com ladbible.com, tmz.com and advasthairclinic.co.nz

as well. Last one was just for me. Okay, great. So do you guys remember Peter Andre? He's one of our favourites, isn't he? His song was, yeah, it was a great song. Spoke to Peter Andre on this very show, and he was a true gentleman. He was very, very cool.

Now, on the topic of friends, because it's what we can't really stop talking about right now, he revealed in his column that David Schwimmer asked him to sing at his wedding to Zoe Buckman in 2010. And initially he thought it was a prank. He was told, David Schwimmer wants to meet you at a London hotel. He said, you know, surely this is not legit. He went to the London hotel. They caught up, had a drink and started chatting. And then David Schwimmer said, well, I'd love you to sing at my wedding.

And so he sung at his wedding. And yeah. He sung at the wedding. Did he do his shirtless, sultry performance of Mysterious Girl? Oh, you'd hope so. But the ironic thing is he still, to this day, has never watched an episode of Friends. So he's like, oh yeah, this guy David Schwimmer's kind of a big deal,

but probably didn't realise the extent because he had never really watched Friends before, and he still hasn't. I hope he charged a market rate for the wedding band. Well, he probably did because he didn't really know the show. Yeah, some guy,

David Swimer or someone he was. And it would have been one of those things for Peter Andre, it's like he would have been dreading it all week. I want to say yes to this.

Ball-like performance to do on Saturday night. David Walliams was there from Little Britain and the author as well, you know, so he was like, I'm going to make

this a good one. Light banter with Walliams. Don't, so, you know, we were like, oh, you're going to make this a good one. Light banter with Williams. Don't you hate that? Oh, that's lovely. Did you have a wedding band? Yes, we did. We got married in Fiji so we had the,

yeah, they had a wedding band from over there. They were awesome actually and they learnt a wedding song as well, John Legend's song to play as well.

Oh, did they? Yeah, which is really cool. I remember our wedding we had Ricardo who is a dear friend of ours, lovely Ricardo, a big, big hairy bogan with a heart of gold. And I remember at some stage in the night, Ricardo looking over and Ricardo singing Enter Sandman, Metallica, at our wedding.

And I was like, well, this is a wonderful occasion. This is a wonderful occasion. He did a good job too. That's good. That's very good. Aunty Dorothy loved it. And Alan DeGeneres has bought back a California ranch on a full occasion. He did a good job too. That's good. That's very good. Aunty Dorothy loved it. And Ellen DeGeneres has bought back a California ranch

that she used to previously own. She's decided now she wants it back. She's bought it for $20 million but she bought it initially the first time

for $10 million in 2017. So it's doubled its price but when she first bought it she did it up and sold it to the co-founder of Tinder

and has now been like, I want it back, thanks. Classic Ellen. Classic Ellen. She moved out of her house. She was living with Courtney Cox, wasn't she? Her and Portia. That's right. And now she's like, once everything's settled, the family have moved in,

they're all comfortable, she's like, I want my house back. And they're like, what? You sold it to us. She's like, I don't care. Move all your possessions. But we've got the. She's like, I don't care. Move all your possessions. But we've got the kids into school here. I don't care. It's not what happened.

It's $10 million more. I don't care. It was a prank. It wasn't a prank. And she was laughing inside. It does seem, though, that the celebrities, they all buy each other's houses. Like, it's just, you know, this person bought this person's house and this person's a neighbour with this person.

I imagine it's a pretty small pool for, you know, $30 to $100 million houses. Yeah, very true. It's all probably in one area, a gated community. I've always wanted to go inside a gated community. Yeah, just climb over them. Oh, true. Good idea.

And that's five. And where you can head to the hits.co.nz. From stealing Mike Hosking's car to stealing the hearts of New Zealand. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Act'll have another star related to the Friends of Friends reunion we're doing this week. Today, we spoke to one of the people who created the theme song. We talked about the iconic claps in the Friends theme song. We went in and did our whole instrumental thing and we sang it.

We went in the next day. Somebody, and I still haven't figured out who it was, but they decided to put the right in there and we're like, whoa! Now isn't that something? Have yourself a great Wednesday. We'll catch you tomorrow from Sex.