Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Is It Ok To Heat Up A Fish Pie In The Work Microwave?!

Episode Date: June 4, 2021

Hello Hello! On today's show, we did a marathon of 5 words for 5K, not stopping until we had a winner, and we HAD A WINNER! Jade took out the $5000 with Ben locked in the soundproof booth. Ahead of the Queen's Birthday weekend, we decided to see if we could find anyone who had met the Queen, or a member from Queen the band! And we spoke to some really interesting people. Finally, is it acceptable to heat a fish pie in the work microwave?! I think we all know the answer to that, but we discussed this further... Enjoy the show & the long weekend!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. Do, do, do, do, do, do. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben. You can have her anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Why do you go 2, 2, 1, 2? Yeah.

It's just a thing that's happened for decades and no one's questioned it, but we all do it. In this industry. Yeah. I mean, if you're wandering around as an accountant going, 2, 2, 1, 2. 1, 2, 1, 2. It's one of those things. Check 2, 1, 2. Because you could say anything on the microphone.

But check 1, 2. Oh, I wanted to make a song just about someone getting on stage and that's all they said. By building it up, like, oh, he's going to look like he's Eminem and he's... Check 2. 1, 2, 1, 2. 1, 2, 2, 2. 2, 1, 2, 2. It, two, two, two. Two. One, two.

Two. It's a funny one, isn't it? I don't want to stage. You know, I knew what to do. Like, surely. Check. Check. One, two.

You pulled it up, yeah. Just a song about the sound person. Yeah, like the palms are sweating and he's got to get on stage. That's his moment. And I knew what to do. Check, check. Check one, two. That's as far as I got. No, that's funny. We should make that. We's his moment. And I knew what to do. Check, check. Check one, two. That's as far as I got.

No, that's funny. We should make that. We should do that. That's very funny. But I mean, what's wrong with, hello, is this microphone working? Surely does that do the same? Yeah. Yeah, exactly.

Well, hello, guys. I'm just testing the microphone. Yeah. Everybody hear me? Okay, cool. Well, we'll be back soon. Very shortly. Yeah, you're right.

Yeah. But I guess that's the thing that people just say. Industry standard. Hey, the show today was a different one because we guaranteed $5,000. Five words for $5,000 is the game we play every day and we weren't going to leave until we gave away that money and we stuck to our word. The word was

true and as you can tell, we're doing a podcast intro. The money left the door. Yeah, but it took our word. The word was true. And as you can tell, we're doing a podcast intro. The money left the door. Yeah, but it took a while. It took a while. You were in that box for a while. Yeah, I can imagine just what it would have been like walking out of that box. You know, you were, was it like a plane? You know, when the doors open and it's like, ooh.

Greeted by a wall of Ben's odours. Yeah. Your natural musk. Yeah, so sorry about that. But hey, we got there. We got there. It's funnyours. Yeah. Your natural musk. Yeah, so sorry about that. But hey, we got there. Isn't it funny how people smell, like if I smelt something and I was like, oh, that's Ben's smell. Mmm.

You know, I know. Everyone in every family has their odour. Yeah. I'm not talking about. No, in a bad way or anything. No. Yeah. Just like, oh, that's the poppy.

My daughter always goes on about that. Oh, that's the, you know, the Smiths. They smell like the Smiths. Yeah, the kids are quite intuitive with that. Yeah, they smell like our cousins. My daughter... I don't go around smelling cousins. No, but yeah.

It must be a perfume or something my mum uses or something. But Andy will go, like, sometimes she goes, it's Grandma Jenny here. And you'll be like, what? You know, if she smells that smell in a room, she'll think it's, you know, you're like, oh, no, but I smell her smell. You know, like, it's like...

But you become less aware of that feature as the older you get, you know. But kids are always like, that smells like those people. Very in tune with their nostrils. And they don't mean it in a bad way, too. It's just like, what's, yeah. But dogs, dogs are the other one. They really, they push the boundaries for the smelling each other, though, aren't they? They do.

They do. They smell it. They got no boundaries. Yeah. No, they don't even, they're not pushing boundaries. do. They smell it. They've got no boundaries. Yeah. No, they don't. They're not pushing boundaries. They've threw the boundaries out. Yeah. We walked past a vagrant once and Poppy's like, that smells

like Dad. Covered in Heinekens. Yeah, that's you. Yeah, that's probably was you. Well, enjoy the podcast. Enjoy the long weekend. We'll be back with more of this on Tuesday. We're heading into a long Queen's birthday weekend. So I had an idea yesterday and i'll see if it works yeah with you come in here with your big picture ideas your wild ideas i want to get you give us a call right now and oh under the

hits if you've met the queen uh queen elizabeth or queen the band someone from queen the band so it's queen or queen so you got queen eliz. I'm speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time. Or Queen the band. So there you go. I have 100 of the hits as a phone number. Maybe you were on stage playing guitar while Freddie Mercury was singing and your name is Brian May. Well, then give us a call.

Maybe you hooked up with Prince Andrew and the Queen paid you hush money. Yeah, well, yeah, those are options. Not actually, the actual Queen's birthday this weekend. Her birthday's in April. But it's apparently stemmed back from years and years ago where her great-grandfather, his birthday was in November, but he wanted to have a day for people to celebrate that was better weather. Yeah, in June.

Yeah, so they made it now. So that's why the Queen's birthday weekend is celebrated when it is. And she's a smart lady. She's, what, 95 now? 95, yeah. She's doing really well for 95. And you know you're getting old when people start to say, gee, you're doing well for that age. Am I doing well for 39?

Queen, the iconic rock band formed in the 70s as well. One of the most commercially successful bands of all time. You know, the hits Bohemian Rhapsody, another one. There's so many hits right now. So I know 100 of the hits. Let's see if anyone has met Queen or Queen the band. Yeah, so this is all on Ben.

If this fails, I mean, I see what you've done here to celebrate Queen's birthday weekend. You've come in at a topical angle. And I've given it a wide berth to make it a little bit more interesting. So have we got someone on the phone? Have we? Not quite yet. No, bit more interesting. So have we got someone on the phone? Have we? Not quite yet. No, not quite yet.

So keep padding for time. Do you know, actually, speaking of padding for time, the Queen invented a new breed of corgi. You know she loves the dogs, corgis. So she mated a corgi with a dachshund. Did she? And made a dorgi. That's so cute. Did she?

I don't know if she did it herself using her bare hands. She was in there playing some Marvin Gaye music or something. Go on, hook up. See what happens with that? So that's, yeah, the dorky. We have someone. Oh, there we go. No more loose queen facts.

Nick Bray is on from Hamilton. Nick, Queen the band or Queen the queen? Queen the band. Oh, wow. When did you meet Queen the band? So it was probably about seven years ago now Queen the band. Oh, wow. When did you meet Queen the band? So it was probably about seven years ago now when they came out to one of their tours and got to do an interview with Brian May

before the concert up in Auckland. Oh, you interviewed him. So how did that come about? Well, I've been doing a bit of work at university studying Queen and I think at the time Brian May had a public email address where he would send mail and stuff. Jeez I bet he regretted that. Public email address, Brian May taking a gamble. So I sent him an email and said, it'd be great when you're here in New Zealand if we could meet and have a chat. And nothing really happened for what felt like a few months.

Yeah, because he's got about a million emails to get through. Wow. And then a couple of weeks before the concert, I think him or his PA said, yep, that sounds sweet, and just give us a call when you get to Auckland. So you studied Queen, the band. so what did you learn about them, and why did you study Queen, the band?

Well, I think I've always really liked their music from when I was young and found it really interesting, and they had such an amazingly distinct and unique sound, and I was quite keen to work out what that was and how it all worked and how they created their songs in the studio. So I went through their songs and figured it out. You must have listened to a lot of Queen music. Yeah, it's been on repeat a few times over the years.

Have you heard every piece of music the band's ever made? I'm sure there'd be some diehard fans out there, some really diehard fans out there who've heard bootlegs and all of that kind of stuff, which I've probably never got around to. But most, we'll say 90% of it. That's really interesting. And so what did you figure out? What was the secret to their success?

And when you mentioned the secret to their success to Brian May, did he agree? Yeah, I think I talked a lot about the way that they created all of the backing vocals and that big kind of choral sound and how they did that in the studio. And there's a lot of things that I kind of mentioned in terms of what I could hear on the recordings and some of the changes from different albums.

And he was able to talk about what they did in the studio to make those changes. So it was kind of like getting a bit more insight in terms of how they got control over what they were doing musically and from a production perspective and so I was able to sort of embellish those ideas. That's really interesting. Meeting your hero. I know, that's so awesome.

Yeah, it was good. It was quite surreal. Yeah, I can imagine. Well, thank you so much for sharing that with us. We really appreciate that, Nick. I know, that's so awesome. Yeah, it was good. It was quite surreal. Yeah, I can imagine. Well, thank you so much for sharing that with us. We really appreciate that, Nick. All right, thank you very much. Oh, there we go. And now we've got some calls of people who've met the Queen.

Oh, Ben, it's all happening. You're on a rampage. Denise, have your sweet lips ushered words that have bounced into the air and then the Queen has ushered words back out of her sweet lips. Okay, not so much words, but I have flown in an Air Force aircraft with her. I was working as part of the crew back in the early 2000s, back when we had our Boeing 727 aircraft, and we flew the Queen from Christchurch to Wellington.

Wow. And about 20 minutes flat, we just hooned it. And anyway, we got to Wellington, and when she got off the aircraft, she turned around at the front door and she made eye contact with every single crew member and nodded her appreciation to us. Awesome, no words. Didn't say anything, but I just did nod.

Just a nod. Thanks for hooning me here. Nice hooning. Why did you have to hoon? Well, because she had certain appointments that she had to keep, obviously, Nice hooning Why did you have to hoon? Was she running late? Well because she was She had certain appointments That she had to keep obviously And we had a very short time frame

To get her there So the guys put the pedal to the metal And we got her there on time Nothing more key When guys are going to have to hoon it We've got the queen We'll have the hoon it guys The queen won this ad

And she did I shall be hooned Thank you so much for that You're welcome That was awesome Thanks for your call Denise The Queen of Under Sand, and she did. I shall be hooned. Thank you so much for that. You're welcome. That was awesome. Thanks for your call, Denise. Really appreciate it.

Now, Arwen Goodenbiel, the Kiwi League player, has phoned through. Arwen, good morning. Morena, how are you? I'm very good, thank you. Very good. Now, you've met the Queen as well, we understand. Yeah, I think it was back in 2007 that we actually got invited to Buckingham Palace as a Kiwi side. So we got to go and meet the Queen and Prince Philip, which was pretty amazing.

Wow. Were the corgis floating around and were they quite sniffy of the crotch region? Well, they were. So when you get into Buckingham Palace, they put you in this big banquet room and they sort of brief you on what you can say, what you can't say, and how everything's going to happen when the Queen comes in. And all the guys are now obviously nervous, and we're hanging around for about, it seemed like 15 minutes, and I noticed all of our guys going up and getting all these cups of tea, and they're very royal, these cups of tea.

And I'm thinking, why are the boys drinking so much tea? Because I know they don't drink tea. And I asked a couple of them, I said, every time we get a cup of tea, you get a royal teaspoon. So they're putting all the teaspoons in my pocket. I've got that game. I put all the teaspoons in. And just as I go out to get it, the big doors open and the trumpets go.

And these corgis come running in. And then we line up and get to meet the Queen. Wow. What an entrance. Corgis run out and here she comes. Does she say anything to everyone or does she just come along and shake hands? I mean, how does it work? Oh, you know, you're not supposed to look her in the eye.

You're supposed to look down and not ask questions. But we certainly asked a few questions. I was living in Castleford at the time, which is in Yorkshire. And I mentioned that. I was living in Yorkshire. She said, oh, yes, yes, I rule that town too. And you guys, I just saw online, I rule that town too. And you guys I just saw online

you did a haka for her as well. Yeah, it was one of the pretty amazing moments. We're the first group of people ever to do the haka

inside Buckingham Palace so we go and line up and everyone's there and it's this big four year old marble and it's pretty amazing and lots of echo but as soon as we start doing the Haka,

of course, the boys have got teaspoons in their pockets, so it sounds like everyone's banging tambourines. Stolen all the cutlery from Buckingham Palace. I love it. Owen Goodenbeil, thank you very much for phoning through. Bowing down and not looking in the eye, same protocol Ben applies around here, doesn't it? Yeah, no one's going to look at me in the eyes either.

Never stare them in the eyes. Hey, thanks for your call, Owen. Appreciate it, mate. No worries. Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered information. Vaguely known information, but maybe not correct. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Hey, just to pull the curtain back a little bit here at the radio station,

we've got a building that we share with other radio stations too. So there's a communal kitchen that we all share. You know, your Fletchers and your Vaughans and your Matt and your Jerrys from Hauraki and your Jono and your Benz and your Tony Streets and your Sam Wallaces. All of New Zealand's favourite crap liberties. All in one kitchen at the same time.

Mark Hosking is upstairs. He's got his own kitchen. He's got like an Italian bespoke kitchen. Made by true Italians, really. He flew the Italians over to manufacture that kitchen. But yesterday we were walking through the communal kitchen and Sam Wallace came up to us and he whispered, he's like, you never guess what I've done. He looked a bit nervous.

He did. He was pacing up and down and we're like, jeez, what has he done in the kitchen? He said, I've put a fish pie in the microwave. Which is, you know, of all the foods that you can bring to a communal work kitchen. What was he thinking? It's illegal. Like that is an unspoken rule that it is illegal to heat up fish in a work microwave. But fish pies have had some shaky PR in the communal kitchen over the years, haven't they?

Yeah, I mean, great for a meal at home. Like that's great, but don't leave them. Leave them there. What you do in your hours outside of work, that's up to you. If your house smells like a sea lord fish market, then hey, that's fine. Don't bring it to work. And the thing I love about someone bringing fish to the communal kitchen is you know the reaction you're going to get.

He did it anyway. It takes blind confidence. He wasn't confident, though, but as he did it, and we were like, oh, Sam's doing this. We made a scene. We made a scene. But then we sort of followed him, and it was kind of like the Pied Piper.

You could definitely see that. You're like, oh. We're like, who's put a fish in the microwave? And he's got his head hung low. We're like, it's the fish guy. Everyone's shaking their head yeah no one likes being called out

for it too producer Humphrey was saying that someone used to cook steak on the toasted sandwich machine steak

in the work kitchen I once cooked bacon on the toasted salmon machine well bacon smells good though yeah true but it was quite a big

guess why were you cooking bacon though I don't know I think it was just breakfast one day why did you require bacon so badly? You needed to cook it on the toast at sea?

Good question. Maybe I was just hardcore craving bacon. What isn't bacon in any form of, like, cooking that you would do on your oven at home? Yeah, that's right. Shouldn't take place... As good as bacon smells when it's been cooked, yeah, it's still what I do.

I can't tell you how many compliments I got, though, when people found out I was cooking bacon. People walked through there, oh, that smells so good I'm like yes you're welcome we apologise to the next person who used to use the toasted sandwich maker who had their sandwich covered in bacon fat the poor vegetarian I'm just going to have my

halloumi and cucumber toasted sandwich doused in bacon fat it's a funny place to work kitchen because I don't really care no one really cares for it halloumi and cucumber toasted sandwich. Yeah. Doubted bacon fat. It's a funny place, the work kitchen, because I don't really care. You know, no one really cares for it, do they? What do you mean? Well, there's no, like, much love and care given to the work kitchen.

Oh, there's a lot of passive-aggressive notes around. Someone's obviously caring enough for the notes. To leave a note, yeah. You're right, people probably aren't following through on the stuff, because the notes need to be left there. And how long is it before you throw out a dish that's been, a sort of spag bowl that's been sitting in there from Derek from sales? Oh, yeah, because people just leave stuff.

You forget about stuff, too. Yeah, you do. And you're like, oh, there was a lunch I left in there from like two weeks ago. But then it's got too far gone. I'll just leave it in there until it decomposes. Or they have to burn the fridge. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben Breakfast on the Hits

The Hits Now I think I met Someone recently With the New Zealand's best memory It's incredible So our washing machine's been playing up Over the last few weeks And so

And now and again When it plays out I'd take a laundry down To the local laundromat I've never been to a laundromat. There's two options. You can either do it yourself or you can also, I found out you can also hand it over and get it done.

Why would you do that? Are you just going to keep going to Amanda? Oh, the washing machine is playing up again. What is playing up for me? Now I'm almost like, oh, it's so much easier to go down. Does she fold it? Oh, if you want to. What are we talking?

What's the dollar value? It's not too much. You can get washed, dried, and you can get the option of getting folded. I don't say to Amanda that I get it folded there, but I make out like I fold it. Yeah, but Amanda must be like, wow, his folding game is really. Yeah, I know. That's the downfall.

Set at a professional level now. But there's a lovely couple that work there, and the lady in particular she's just she's got the best memory like the times i've taken and i've gone here i'd like this washed and dried and folded don't tell my wife and she's like that's fine but i'll put it over there you know and then they've got like a pile of like 30 you know 30 40 washing baskets all sitting there i'm kind of like first time like, didn't take down my name, didn't put anything with the thing. I'm like, this is going to be a shambles when I come back in.

But when I come back in, she's like, oh, great. Good to see you. Here you go. And grabbed the basket. And amongst, like, again, 30, 40. 30 other loads of washing. I'm like, how did you do this? It happened again another time.

We had a different basket, took it back in, and it didn't take a reference name, nothing. And straight up, she's like, oh, yeah, I find your washing went in and bought it back. I'm like, this is incredible. Don't you appreciate service like that? It's kind of creepy when you think about how she's remembering all of this. She must know the entire neighbourhood intimately just through clothing.

It'd be like, good morning, Mr. Levi's 501s. Hello there, ASOS tweed jackets. Good evening, G-string. I wish I was better with, I'm quite good. Hello there, ASOS tweed jackets. Good evening, G Street. I wish I was better with, I'm quite good at remembering faces, but not so much names. That's probably my downfall. Like I can remember,

I'm like, I know your face, but I can never remember a name. It's what's the face? Yeah. And you spend the time, you start talking, don't you?

And then you try and secretly, You try and work out how you know the person. What, through investigative questioning? How are you doing it? Yeah, sometimes you're and work out how you know the person what through investigative questioning or how you're doing it yeah sometimes you're sort of dancing around

it's like the opening of a sort of a boxing match where they sort of jam each other just lightly and there's all sort of you know

no one wants to throw the first big punch you know it's all kind of like that it's kind of like we're all just how's the job

it's going alright ok the job's not there the family they're good you're still living in the area you're living you know hoping for one thing How's the job? It's going all right, mate. Okay, the job's not there. Are you keeping family? They're good. You're still living in the area you're living in. I'm hoping for one thing. One penny to drop.

But once you're away, you're away. You're away when you do. And then I think they know when it clicks because you start getting, oh, yeah, of course. I'm overly enthusiastic. Yeah, you start asking really specific questions. It started very vaguely, but now halfway through I'm just specifically hammering down on points. I'm like, oh, yeah, GST returns account. Oh, GST returns account.

You know, like you're saying, oh, yeah, I guess they are. Yeah. But I always find as well, one thing as well, because sometimes people go, oh, you remember me? You remember meeting me? And I'm, you know, like I'm saying to you, John, you don't want to like to put someone, and you're like, yeah, absolutely. But I've had a couple of times recently where people will follow that up from like,

oh yeah, where from? Where did we meet? And you're like, oh, this is- Did I say that just to challenge you? I don't know, but I'm like, well played. Quite sadistic, isn't it? Where from? Exact location, time and date.

And you're like, again, you're like, from the thing where we were both there. Do you know the trick that I was taught, but I've never employed it. I used to work with a cricketer who was in the New Zealand cricket team and they were taught social etiquette because they had to attend functions,

quite a lot of functions, sometimes at Buckingham Palace. And their trick from a social expert was to, when you first meet someone, you need to integrate their name back into the conversation three times. Right. So, Juliet, lovely to meet you. Blah, blah, blah.

What do you do for a job, Juliet? Yes, I see. Where are you from, Juliet? And then you'll never forget their name. That's really clever. I know the trick, but I never use it. I should really start employing it. Yeah.

Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. Five words for 5K. Must win. Game. One. So we're staying here until we give away $5,000 this morning.

Now, it could be very anti-climatic if we have a winner first off. Ben, you don't want a climax. You want to get off to the Waitomo Caves. Oh, no, but I'd be happy to give away the winner straight away. But we want to give away. We're not trying to drag this out at all. No.

Let's get a winner. Let's get it done. Let's get the show done. Let's get on the road. Let's get me into those caves. Once I get going, I don't like to stop. The car trip. He's a man on a mission. Once I get going, I don't like to stop. The car trip. He's a man on a mission.

All right, we'll go to Patrick in South Auckland. Morning, Patrick. How are you, mate? Morning, boys. How are we? Oh, doing well. Lovely to have you on the show this morning, Patrick. $5,000, my friend.

What would you do with this cash? Oh, I've got a wedding coming up, so it'll be going on the bar tab. Oh, lovely. He's saving for the wedding. I'd love to win it for you. When's the wedding, Paddy? Omaha be going on the bar tab. Oh, lovely. Save him for the wedding. Win it for you. When's the wedding, Paddy? Omaha at the golf club there. Oh, lovely.

Very nice. Great location. Okay, who do you want to send into the soundproof booth? Sorry, Jono, but I want to send Ben in there, please. No, apology required, my friend. Ben Boyce is heading into the soundproof booth, and what he doesn't know is that now he's been chosen for the first game he is going to be locked in there

for the remainder of the show until we give away $5,000 Patrick there's a microphone in there Ben and there's headphones which is probably why your mic wasn't working before is that working in there mate can you hear us? Oh yeah look there's a microphone and headphones in here. Yeah I know that's what I just said

there's a microphone and headphones in there. Yeah, I know. I just said there's a microphone and headphones in there, so thanks for reiterating that. Sorry. I just put some headphones on. So how does this work? Because obviously I've got to take the headphones off and you'll cut the feed to me. We can cut the feed to the headphones so you don't hear Patrick. Okay, I'll take them off as well. You're locked in there. This may be the last we ever

see of Ben Boyce, but thankfully the soundproof booth has a glass door, so we can actually still see him. Let's hit the music. First game of the must-win $5,000 for five words. Patrick, your first word is Seinfeld. TV show. TV show. Second word for you, Patrick, climate. Cold. Word number three.

Capsicum. Food. Elephant. Africa. Oh, yeah, nice. Africa Oh yeah nice And the fifth and final word for you Patrick to put $5,000 on the bar tab which seems grossly excessive

at the wedding is machine Machine Ooh what do I go with that Heavy duty Heavy duty machinery I mean, ooh, what do I go with that? Heavy duty. Heavy duty machinery. I see where your bindle's ticking there.

How many of those did you match with, Juliet? Maybe about two. Two out of five. Well, we'll see if Ben, if we can turn his headphones back on in the SPB. Ben, let's see if you match with Patrick's five words. Are you there? I'm here, I'm here. Okay, you can hear everything. You can hear Patrick.

Patrick, have a chat to Ben. Hey, Patrick. Hey, I'll do my best. I want to get out of the soundproof booth and hopefully we'll win you $5,000 for your wedding. Oh, let's fingers cross. Okay. Hit the music.

Hit the music. This would be so good if it's the first one, too, eh? This would be good. Seinfeld. Jerry. Well, that was disappointing. That was a letdown. Okay.

I was expecting, you know, slightly, anyway. It's not a great start with the morning, is it? No, Patrick's wedding's off. Come on, Ben. Oh, sorry, mate. Sorry, Patrick. Cancel the wedding, Patrick. It's not a great start for the morning, is it? Patrick's wedding's off. Come on, Ben. Oh, sorry, mate. Sorry, Patrick. Cancel the wedding, Patrick. It's all on Ben.

Can we get you to send Patrick something? Well, we have to call it off. He's going to have to call off the wedding, mate. Thanks, mate. Oh, jeez, sorry. Send him out something, Jono.

Send him out something. What do you want me to send him out? You're locked in the booth, man. No, no. We're not sending him out $5,000. Hey, Patrick, thank you so much for listening.

Good luck for the wedding. Cheers. Thank you, guys. So what's that? Am I in here now thank you so much for listening. Good luck for the wedding. Cheers. Thank you, guys. So what's that? Am I in here now? You are stuck in there. I've got the key. We've locked you in there, and you're not coming out until we give away $5,000, okay?

One of your major concerns was heading into this long weekend, oh, I'm going into the Waitomo Caves. I'm going to Taupo. Yeah, yeah. I'm going away, yeah. I'm going to spend precious time with my family. And I know this was a big concern for you

to know whether we were going to get away in time for you to go away with your family. Well, I've brought one of your members from the whanau

to the show. Lovely little Sienna. Welcome, Sienna. Hi. Hi, how's it going? We'll just get some emotional music, shall we, Juliet?

Oh, don't do this. What did you want to say to Dad, Sienna? Sorry, Dad. We've left without you. They've left music, shall we, Juliet? Yeah. Oh, don't do this. Don't. What did you want to say to Dad, Sienna? Sorry, Dad. We've left without you. They've left without you. Wait, what? Yeah.

And we found a better dad. They found a better dad. Can you believe it? And taking your credit card. She's taking your credit card. Oh, the better dad's taken my credit card. Yeah. Well, it sucks to be him because there's no money on it.

Well, you know, I understand that. It's what happens. You know, people move on. They move on quickly nowadays. They do, but I understand. You've got to make these decisions and that happens. So I wish you all the best. Thank you.

You and your new family. They barely remember you. Yeah. Yeah, thank you, Sienna. You and your new dad go and have a great weekend. Thank you for that pre-prepared bit of comedy from Jono to you. There's no script Thank you, Sienna. You and your new dad go and have a great weekend. Thank you for that pre-prepared bit of comedy from Jono to you. There's no scripting in that call whatsoever.

Yeah. Thank you, Sienna. Right, we'll get on with the game. Let's do it. Let's give away five grand. And now we're ten games. Ten games deep. That's two weeks worth of five words for $5,000 and we're yet to give away five grand. It's now a good time to tell you that I've

swallowed the key to the soundproof booth. Put it deep down into my throat and it's not coming out, Ben. It's a waiting game. You are in there for the long haul. Alright, I think someone should call Laura McGoldrick and Stace, Mike and Anika and maybe even Estelle. Tell them not to bother coming in today

because we're going to continue on until this money goes to our next caller, Jade from Chit-Chir. Hello. Welcome. Hagley Park, The Wizard, and other local references for you, Jade. How are you feeling? Pretty nervous. Good.

That's how we like our listeners. I'm feeling nervous too, Jade. Tell us quickly about yourself just to give me some sort of indication of what sort of person you are. What is this, a date? I made it sound like it. I made that awkward. Don't tell me anything, Jane.

It's fine. I just thought maybe it would help, you know, if you're into like, what you're into, what are your hobbies and interests? I like to watch a lot of TV shows. TV shows. Okay. Yeah. Do you work?

I don't really get much time out. Yeah, I work. I work. What do you do, Jane? I work as a customer service rep. Oh, okay. All right. So now you know a little bit about Jade.

Do you think you could do a long-term relationship with her? What do you think? Well, I'm actually in a relationship with a soundproof booth at the moment, guys, so I can't see anyone else because currently I can't get out. All right. Let's rip into it. Jade, your first word with Ben's headphones turned off is Fanta. Ooh.

Fanta. Orange. Orange, great shout. Voucher is word number two for you, Jade. Fanta. Gift. Gift voucher, yeah. That's good.

You're playing a good game so far, Jade. You said you were nervous at the beginning of this, and that's how we like all of our audience. We like them on edge, apprehensive. And your third word is mirror. Thinking two things here, either reflection or glass. Come back to that one. Okay, all right.

Next one is Freddo. Like the Freddo frog chocolate. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Frog. Frog. Frog, beautiful. And the fifth and final word, woolen. Woolen.

Yep. Ooh, jersey. Jersey. And we're going back to word number three, mirror. Ooh, um, could be two of these. Um, reflection of glass, reflection of glass. What do you think? Listen, I don't know.

They're 50-50. I'd just lock one in. Both are great. All right, um, reflection. Mirror, reflection. Okay. You did well. All right, let's bring Ben Boyce back

You can hear us And surround sound Boyce Oh I'm back I'm back Okay well done Well you've gone nowhere You've been in the same position Let's rip into it

The first word To match with Jade Fanta Fanta Orange Oh okay Voucher Uh, ooh, orange? Oh, OK. Voucher.

Gift voucher? Gift. Ooh, OK. Oh, jeez, OK, this is where it starts to get serious. Mirror. Sorry, I'm just taking my time and trying not to go. Well, if you could not take your time, that would help. Because we are under time pressure.

Is a couple for mirror? 90 seconds. I can see a reflection from a mirror reflection. Oh, we've got three. We've got three. Okay. Okay, Jade. Freddo, word number four. This is looking good. Oh, frog. Freddo frog. Oh, yeah. Oh, oh, Jade. Freddo, word number four.

This is looking good. Oh, frog. Freddo frog. Oh, yeah. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, the confetti cannon is here. Oh, don't do that. Put them down.

No, don't. Okay. Woolen. Fifth and final word. Sorry, can you say that again? Woolen. W-O-O-L-E-N. Jade. Woolen. W-O-O-L-E-N. Jade? I've got a few in my head.

Okay. Should I go with the first thing that pops into my head? We've got 30 seconds. Can I... I'm gonna Jersey Lucy, you said mittens. I was like, what is... I played the wrong thing. Oh, Jade, you've won five grand. Jade. Oh, my God. You got five grand.

You've won. It's over. Let him out of the booth. We've done it. Yeah, yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. The home of yeah, nah. She'll be. Yeah, nah. The home of yeah, nah.

She'll be right and at the end of the day. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. Getting into a long weekend and make the most of it because there's not another long weekend until the end of October. Feels like we had a really good run this year. Yeah, you do. Yeah.

We've had a good burst. Yeah, you do. You have a good run at the start of the year and then things button off a little bit, right? What's the next one? Labour. I think it's Labour weekend, yeah. October. Yeah. Yeah, well, enjoy You have a good run at the start of the year and then things button off a little bit, right? What's the next one? Labour. I think it's Labour weekend, yeah. October.

Yeah. Yeah, well, enjoy it, as Ben said, in a threatening tone for some reason. I'd make the most of it. Because it might be your last. Like it's some sort of sexadistic plot to a Saw movie or something. Listen, there's not many things we can boast to have here at The Hits, but there's one thing that we proudly own,

and I would say it would be the world's squeakiest garage. It is very squeaky. Don't you think we have the squeakiest concrete floor on our garage? Right now the fantastic MG SUV is parked in that squeaky garage, and you could win that at 8.30 this morning. But you're right, every time, not that I drive in there often, but any time you get into a work car and you go somewhere,

the tyres squeak. And the noise is like, it's equivalent to, remember, the chalkboards, you know, there's a generation of children who won't know

the pain of hearing fingernails down a chalkboard. Yeah. Oh, it makes the hair on my body stand on end and I don't even have hair on my head.

So you can only imagine what hair is standing on end. It's like when you go to Motet and put your fingers on that electric bulb. Boom. Yeah. And that's not happening on my head. Yeah. But I recorded this noise. Sounds a little squeaky there.

It does. It does sound a little bit Yeah It's like a high pitch Well I love that We were doing it the other day Because we were going out To film somewhere

And Jono's like You guys go off I'm going to record this And he stood outside the car And Max who was driving the car Max was driving the work car There was the brand new MG SUV

So obviously Being very careful Driving out there But he also went As you're driving Jono's not recording He hasn't hit record. And then you're like, oh, sorry

guys, I haven't hit record on this one. And everyone was laughing at the boomer that had his phone out. And then he had to reverse and hit record. So he could do this. But then it sounds very underwhelming. Yeah, it did. As you got into the car and then we took off, I was like, oh, that was when it really started. That was a good squeak. Yeah.

Well, you're going to have to take our word for it. We do have very squeaky garage. I wasn't going to send you on a back out to get him to record again. No, I can tell you already, like, we've got to get going. Well, yeah, well, the first time, yeah, well, I heard, just having Max go, he's not recording. As you stood out there, you're like, sorry, guys, I didn't record that one.

Well, I'm going to make it my mission to go back down and record a better squeak. And we're going to stay down there until we get the perfect one. Will you? To present to the audience. Okay, when's this going to be done by? Tuesday. Okay, Tuesday. I'm going to put this in a reminder.

Put it in the run sheet. Are you bringing in the lemons that day as well too or not? Is that happening? I'm still waiting for my lemon. This is a while ago, about four or five months ago, Jonathan. I've got so many lemons at home. I've abundant some ago. About four or five months ago, John said, I've got so many lemons at home. I've abundant some lemons.

Who wants some lemons? We're all right. Yeah, we would do. I would love some lemons. He's like, I'll give some away on the radio. I'm like, why don't you bring them in first before you give it away? Because we've had a problem with towels before where he's given away towels, the abundance of towels. And then he hasn't followed through and brought them in and stuff.

Secondhand towels? The problem was I had come into a plethora of towels just through many Christmases. I was just gifted beach towel after beach towel after beach towel. So on a previous radio station at the Edge, we did a bonanza of a beach towel giveaway. But you didn't bring in the towels and this is the problem. Same as the lemons. You're like, there's so many lemons. Who wants lemons?

We're like, we all do, but bring them in. But then the beach towel scandal followed us over to the hits. I remember this. It did. Producer Humphrey had to sweep it up. He did. Well, we got her like 1,200 towels, didn't we? We did.

It was a child who was like, I'm just waiting at the letterbox every day for a towel. I'll thank the fix-it man, Humphrey. We sorted that. So Tuesday, tyres, squeal like that. And Lemon. Now to some news that'll probably affect your day in no way whatsoever. But we'll do it anyway. Ben, what's been happening overnight?

Well, hopefully this first story will. Richie McCaw and Gemma McCaw announced the birth of their second child, which is pretty awesome. Of course, former All Black and former Black Stick, respectively. Yeah, so they had their second baby, a baby girl that was born on Sunday, May 30th, which is last Sunday, Grace Isabel Makoa. Oh, isn't that lovely? So, lovely story. I hope he does, like, a post-match speech after the birth.

Full credit to the midwife. Full credit to Gemma. Her uterus played a pretty good role in the birth today. And also the baby really pushing her in the end as well. Proud of her. Took her one push at a time. And thanks. Proud of the boys.

Of course, love guys. This is their second child. They already have a daughter, Charlotte, who turned two in December. So congratulations to them. That's awesome news. Now, Juliet, you said you were underwhelmed with the names Charlotte and Grace. I was wondering if you were going to bring this up. They're beautiful names.

They are lovely names. My thought was just they've chosen, uh-oh, bee humps is indicating that I'm digging myself a hole. You know how every generation has the names that are really common? There's maybe above 50 to 80 is your Johns and your Daves. I've got a Ben. I'm a Ben. I'm a pretty standard name. That's for this generation, right?

She's saying above 50 is your Johns and your Bens. Not your Bens. Bens is a younger thing. But then at the moment, I know a lot of Charlottes and Graces. So it's like my generation. But then you've got this new generation of names where they're quite alternative. So I'm quite surprised they've gone with quite traditional names. Would you have preferred like HDMI cable or some Elon Musk?

Are they going to sponsor the baby? Powerade, Powerade Zero or something like that? Blue Powerade baby. But he's a southern man. Yeah, I know. It's a southern man. Yeah, I know. It's a beautiful name. Yeah, they are lovely names. Bindi Irwin named her daughter Grace as well.

Grace Warrior. Oh, nice. Which is nice. Oh, that's got a bit of millennial flair in it, though, doesn't it? Yeah. Warrior. And after the Warriors. Yeah.

Yeah, hopefully. And Aucklanders have paid more for a pint of beer than drinkers in London and Sydney. How's that? Really? I was reading before, only slightly less in Paris, a new survey shows. So the cost of an average beer in Auckland, when you go out obviously, is $11.10. $11.10. And that's for a pint of beer.

A pint of beer in Auckland, $11.10, compared to $10.39 in London and just $8.57 in Sydney. How's that? It's almost worth sneaking alcohol in, isn't it? Because you could buy a box of beers for $29.99. You know, that's for a dozen. So, yeah, you could just put those down your trousers, open them up. Sneak them into the bar. I spoke before about a friend of mine,

and you would not do this in this current environment. We'd go around, he called it land mining for some reason, where someone would have a sip of a drink, he would sneak in behind and polish it off. They would turn around, their drink had disappeared. But then they're in party mode, so they might have just forgotten. Yeah, you're right, in the current environment, in the very pandemic-y world, you wouldn't do that.

But even before then, it was meningitis-y. Yeah, true. A risky game. It was a risky game. Jono and Ben's Ultimate Base Camp Experience with Mount Hart and Torpedo 7.

Now all this week we've been getting people to run outside their front door for Hut the Front Door competition and now we've got to give away

this fantastic Ultimate Base Camp Experience thanks to Mount Hart and Torpedo 7. It's a hell of a prize this, isn't it? Yeah, it is amazing. So should we get Katie on?

Katie. Hi. Ashton. Hello. Did we make you run out of your house first thing in the morning to meet a HITS promo staff member? Yes. You won a $250 Torpedo 7 voucher and a two-day pass to Mount Hutt?

Yeah. Well, you've now also won the ultimate base camp experience thanks to Mount Hutt and Torpedo 7. Oh, my gosh, thank you. No worries. Now, you're going to ride New Zealand's first eight-seater cheerlift, the Norwest Express, at Mount Hutt this opening day. You camp out in the snow at Mount Hutt for opening day

with the Ultimate Base Camp Experience. You take the family up the mountain as well, and I think you also get some ski gear as well, some clothing, so that's pretty awesome. Yeah, oh, my gosh. Yeah, emotional times, eh? Do you want to do a little bit of crying? Is it cry-worthy?

No, not when you say is it cry-worthy. Don't force it. Anyway, Katie, you're going to be hitting the slopes, and whether or not it's going to be with your face depends on your skiing ability. What's your skiing ability like? Sorry? Well, how on your skiing ability what's your skiing ability like sorry well how is your skiing um yeah not that great well you'll be entering the winter olympics after this weekend i'll tell you hey good on you congratulations thank you for listening and any tears now no no still no tears okay yeah i'm not to push it too hard. Well, you have. What about now?

Well done, Katie. Have a great day. Thank you. Thank you so much for listening to the program. And if you continue to listen to the program, you could be winning $5,000 today. It's all happening. A lot of winning.

What are we smoke screening? A shocking radio show it is, the Hits. You got a shot on, Ben. Spy. Thanks to Disney's Cruella and Cinemas Now or order it on Disney Plus with Premier Access. Juliet spends her days researching celebrity news and just to think, she could be using that brain power

to become a scientist, a lawyer or a doctor but instead she wastes it on this and we thank her dearly. You are very welcome. So yesterday after Matthew Perry confirmed his engagement was called off with his ex-fiancee, Molly Hurwitz, people are now speculating that he's dating his personal assistant. So a few days ago, before he had announced that the wedding was off and that the relationship was over, he posted a photo with his personal assistant. She also posted a very similar one.

They also look the same, his personal assistant and his ex-fiance. People are like, oh, there's some similarities there. So that's the latest sort of rumours that are going around. They're both posing for his range of hoodies and merch that he's selling. Oh, they do look the same. They do look quite similar, don't they? I suppose people have their type, don't they? Yes, yes.

Like Jennifer, my wife, obviously likes pasty, bald, slightly saggy white dudes. And thankfully for me, that's wonderful. It's put me in marriage. That's true. Otherwise, there was not much hope for me. And David Eigenberg, who played Steve from Sex and the City, Miranda's partner, did an interview recently and talked about Jacinda Ardern, and we always love when, you know.

Oh, don't we love that? We love it when they praise Jacinda Ardern or someone from our country. I don't even know who he is properly, but I love her. He's in Sex and the City, so that's all we're. Oh, yeah. You know the guy. Can you show me a photo of him? You know the guy.

I remember, yeah, my wife Amanda, she used to love Sex and the City, so you remember that? She made you traipse around New York to get a photo on the set. Oh yeah, he was good. He was good on the show. He cheated on Miranda. Yeah, they were kind of on and off again and then I think they eventually got married. So he said that Jacinda Ardern would have been a great character on Sex and the City.

Oh, she's a character on Sex and the City. She's not an actor. But when you read his reasoning, it actually makes sense. He says, the character in depth that your Prime Minister has, she reminded me so much

of the characters from Sex and the City. I'm not wanting to open a can of worms here, but she would be wonderful on a show like that where the women were always portrayed

as being strong and capable and independent, which is true. You know what I mean? I still, but she hasn't been to acting class.

She's strong. She's a politician she's strong she's a wonderful leader true but I've never seen her act so I don't know if I'd cast her

immediately in a show reckless casting we should ask her that next time although we did talk to Sarah Jessica Parker who of course was the main

the main actor in Sex and the City and she had some glowing things to say about Jacinda Ardern remember that we got that around. She's extraordinary. I mean, she's seriously

admired here in this country. She's a very attractive person. You know what I mean? And I mean that in all ways. Yeah, right. But she didn't go overboard and go, I would cast her in Insects in the City. She'd be better than me in the lead role. She'd say that. That was a measured compliment towards our prime minister.

Steve got out of control. Is that his name? He played Steve, I think. me in the lead role. She didn't say that. Yeah, that was a measured compliment towards our prime minister. Steve got out of control. Yeah, true. Is that his name? He played Steve, I think. Steve, pull yourself together, mate. And finally, Ed Sheeran has posted a video on his Instagram with Courtney Cox. She's a very good piano player. There have been a few clips of her.

Maybe she'd be a good politician. Maybe she could run a country. Yeah, I reckon. Yeah, that sounds good, doesn't it? But he posted a video. He was she could run a country. Yeah, I reckon. Yeah, that sounds good, doesn't it? But he posted a video, he was singing and playing the guitar, she was on the piano, teasing new music coming out on 25th of June.

Just a bit of a live... Is that her playing the piano? Yeah. Is he cheering? That's pretty cool, they seem to have quite a friendship. They do, they do, and we think it's because her husband is in Snow Patrol, we think. That's think it's because her husband is in snow patrol. We think.

That's what Ben Humphrey told me. Oh, the band Snow Patrol. Not that it's just like working for Mount Hart or anything like that. No, no, no. Clearing the driveways around. And then there's that link. Yeah, yeah. So imagine if she plays the piano on his new song. So what's he said?

Are they releasing music or are they just showing off at their friends? Friends and he did post the caption 25th of June so it's like well that's going to be the release of that song. Obviously. Obviously.

So Courtney Cox actress turned piano playing artist. And that is Spy. For more you can head to the hits.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 Pam. Breakfast on the heads. The heads.

The heads. We're just talking about the jabs that have rolled out in the UK. Juliet, your sister's over there. Yes. How old's she? She's 28. And she's been vaccinated. Yep, just one of the jabs so far.

The other week. I think half of the UK received at least one of the COVID jabs, which is awesome. So they've worked their way down the age demographics, haven't they, I think half of the UK received at least one of the COVID jabs, which is awesome. So they've worked their way down the age demographics, haven't they, I think? I think so. And obviously the most vulnerable first as well. Frontline workers.

And just over 60% of Americans as well. They're trying to get up to 70% this month. Where are we at? Have we got our stuff? We're like about 2% or something, aren't we? Have we got the vaccine? I think we've got it. We may have.

Is it sitting in Ashley's fridge? I don't know. At home? The Fisher and Paykel? Maybe the deep freeze? As he's taking his beers out.

Oh, I must get round to giving the country those. Yeah, it feels like we're nice to pick up the pace on that a little bit, hey, but I'm not a politician. Well, actually,

Ben Humphrey, our producer at Behumps, he raised an important point. Maybe there's not enough staff to administer. Get the prisoners to do it. Give them something to do. Prisoners. Give them some sharp implements to it.

Yeah, but Jono, as you said there, that's why you're not running the country. Yeah, the only reason we're stopping doing the five words non-stop competition is to do cash and car. We only stop winning to do more winning. Okay, winning only gives way to winning. That's our philosophy and it always has been. Cash and car is really narrowing down.

You can win that fancy MG with a luxurious front grill. Ben Boyce, he's always talking about his luxurious front grill, and it's nothing compared to this MG. And the cash, too, the dollar value. I think we're almost just a couple of cents off, Ben. Yeah, I feel like people have got the right numbers, but maybe not in the right order. But then we don't know.

We haven't been told. So Boss Todd is down in the work garage. He is the head of the cash committee, and someone's going to have a chance to guess that. How would that be? Long weekend winning cash and the car. Imagine if in this one show we gave away cash, the car, then cash

again. Radio would have to retire itself. It would be too much for radio. It would. They always said radio's going to stick around. How long for? Well, this would be the end of radio. We could. They always said radio's going to stick around. How long for? Well, this would be the end of radio. You could end it. For all time. Now, just in all seriousness, how are you doing in there?

Have you started licking the walls and kissing the light bulbs yet, or what? No, but I feel like it's only eight. I'm like, oh, you know, the seat is quite, the stool is hard. They've got me to sit on. You know, it's going to be a long day. The stool is hard. Yeah, the stool is hard. I'm like, you could

have put a cushion on the stool or something. I'll tell you what, he's doing it tough in there. He's got a hard stool. And let's hope he has some fruit. That's what Lab Tess

said as well last time. We've got a brand new MG SUV with cash in the back Just when you thought we couldn't do any more winning Cash in the car is up for grabs The fantastic MG SUV And all the money Boss Todd has stashed in the car If you want to win both

Then you need to guess to the exact cent The amount of cash that's in the boot That's right The only reason we've stopped doing the five words is to do cash in car and if we said no, we refused to, well then there would be serious repercussions so that's why we're here right now and Donna

from Nelson you sound like a lady who wants to win cash and or a car Yes, big time. What are you driving at the moment, Don? It's got wheels and a steering wheel. Yeah, you sound like me talking about cars. Yeah, something like that.

Yeah, I'm the same. Ben's like, my car's got a horn. Yeah. Hey, Donna, you been following the competition, Cash and Car, mate? Absolutely. Yeah, and you think you have the winning figure to pitch to Boss Todd sifting in the work garage? I certainly hope so. Yeah.

Okay. Well, we know that it is only a few cents off. I would be very surprised if you weren't about to win cash in a car, Donna. We'll hand you over to Boss Todd. We've got Donna. Good morning. Good morning. How are you feeling?

You feeling lucky? Yes, I am very lucky. Well, I certainly hope you are lucky I want to see you driving out of this gorgeous MG and I want you taking all my cash and spending it on anything that you want all you have to do as you know right now tell me exactly how much cash I put in the back of the car one five nine eight oh and twenty four cents fifteen thousand nine hundred eighty $980.24. $15,980.24. Now, Donna, you have been following the clues.

That's a very, very good thing. But sadly, it just isn't quite there. Oh, mate, I'm sorry. No worries. Thank you. Hey, you have a fabulous Friday. So thank you. That was Donna. Now I've got a big, big announcement. Coming up at 11 o'clock this morning,

a clue that is going to take everyone one step closer to the winning figure that is going to get you the cash-in car. This is the Hits cash-in car. Talk to you then. Thank you, Boss Todd. He always sounds so suspicious in those situations for some reason, doesn't he? He does.

What's he doing? Where is he? Big announcement, though, for Boss Todd coming up, as he said before, and your next chance to play is at 11.30 this morning. Jono and Ben on the hits breakfast. Friends of Skinny.