Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Jono and Ben's exclusive chat with Benedict Cumberbatch

Episode Date: May 4, 2022

We chat with NZ Music royalty Boh Runga about her special Mothers Day project, deliver on car crash radio and in an NZ radio exclusive interview with Benedict Cumberbatch about his new Marvel movie Doctor Strange.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Welcome to the podcast. Today, it's the 5th of May. 5th of May today, Annie Pryor's birthday month. My mum. What birthday month is it? Ben always gets a bit toey when I mention birthdays that aren't on the day. He doesn't think they deserve any lip service. Yes, it's birthday week.

Birthday Eve is a thing though. Birthday Eve, yeah, alright, I'll give you that one. But birthday week or birthday month, I'm like, okay, okay, great. But, you know. Some people really do make a thing of their birthday, don't they? Oh, a whole month of it. They can turn it into an extravaganza. I missed the other day, and I was, you know,

my love for Dwayne The Rock Johnson is, Richie, you turned 50 the other day, had a big birthday. We didn't even mention it. 50? Yeah. Jeez, he looks great for 50. He does look good. Hey, you know how Ben doesn't like birthdays?

Ben, who hurt you? What happened? Who hurt you? Who hurt you? I don't know. It's a good question, Bill. I love celebrating other people's birthdays. I'll go along to other people's things.

I just don't know. It's funny for someone that sometimes likes attention, doesn't like attention other times. When is your birthday? Yeah, it's later in the year. When's his birthday? That's all I do. He doesn't like attention other times. When is your birthday? It's later in the year. When's his birthday? He doesn't like saying the date.

What month? Because I used to say it on our own thing, and then Sharon would always, she'd all go, and I was like, oh mate, but now you will tell what person. If you don't like that,

we won't make a thing of that. It's August. It's August. It's not his thing. I'll go, birthday month, guys. Is he a Leo? Because that's not a Leo thing to do. I'm a Virgo.

Virgo, yeah. I thought you were a Virgo. Yeah. I don't really get much into the science. Are you a Scorpio? Yes. Yeah. Don't date Scorpios, honestly, this thing.

Oh, really? Yeah. Lovely, passionate people, but don't date them. I've dated a couple and I've been stung. Yeah, try not to get that memo to Jen, my wife. She's already married, so it's different. She's in too deep. What are you, Belle?

I'm a Capricorn. So what's that mean? They're like, we're quite driven and like career and money focused, you know, like just hard workers and stuff. Hold on. So Scorpion's an arsehole. No, Scorpio's a very... I'm a bit like neurotic and then...

Oh, I like that. And you're, oh, hardworking, passionate, just a good person. Just a great person to have around. The main trait of a Capricorn, no, I'm not trying to be like that, but the main trait is that they're always like, oh, you guys love work, you work... It's kind of a negative thing that we like work. Do you find yourself working too hard?

Calm down, mate. Calm down, Scorpio. See, so passionate. Scorpio's in my perfect match. Oh, jeez, look at that. Scorpio's in my perfect match. I've oftenez. Look at that. She's so furry. Scorpio's are my perfect match. I've often dated them. Are you with a Scorpio at the moment? No, he's a Gemini, which is different for me.

Gemini's usually, my mum's a Gemini. I love her, but they just drive me. Not as hardworking, the Gemini. But Virgos are good. No, but anyway, I don't know where we're going with this. No, it's good. That's what the podcast is just for. I'm not super into them, but I know stuff about the main ones. I do appreciate the ones in the paper. You'm not super into them, but I know stuff about the main ones.

I do appreciate the ones in the paper. The sort of vague dusting over of today's going to be a good day. Or it could turn on you. Look for a new job. Or if you're comfortable in yours, don't. They buy themselves insurance, the ones in the paper, don't they? They're kind of trending at the moment on social media like it's's a thing, and there's lots of memes about specific qualities. I do believe there's something to it.

Star signs. There's got to be in the universe, you know? There has to be. He's in psych. And because, I mean, we did a thing with the psychic, didn't we? That's right. We did, yeah. What were your thoughts on that?

I went in very judgmental, as a Scorpio would. She had a couple of things that were quite, a little bit of an awkward situation. Can we, do we? Yeah. We were looking at leaving the job. And she kind of called it. And we hadn't said anything to anyone.

She's like, I don't know if the show's going to be together much longer. And we're all like, oh. Did you cut that bit off going on air? No. No. Because we couldn't go, let's edit that out. Because then it would red flag it. Yeah, and it was only because we loved it. We loved the job.

It was a new opportunity that was coming up. We were like, oh, jeez, this is. She was on. Had you guys gone back to her? But then she said that Jono was, I was going to be living in a mansion or something. Ben's due to live in a mansion. Does Jono live in the mansion? No, he was going to do something behind the scenes. Yeah, I was going to be living in a mansion. Ben's due to live in a mansion. It hasn't happened yet. Does Jono live in the mansion? No, he was going to do something behind the scenes.

Yeah, I was going to leave radio and do something behind the scenes. Take him off screen. Get him off screen. You'll be pulling the cables. Yeah, I will. Cleaning the toilets. There was a couple of things you were like, oh. Have you been to a psychic?

Yeah, I don't really, I don't know. I just don't like knowing the future. I think. Do you think they predict the future? Well, I think the future can change because everyone has choices, right? Like you could take a job, but then you might not take it. So the future is going to be different. Yeah.

I think like I like to know some things, but I don't want to know what's going to, because then you'd be like, oh, my marriage is going to end or something like that. That's a horrible thing to have in your mind. You've got the theory too that they can also shape, potentially shape your future by telling you like if they say hey there's going to be a new job for you in the horizon then you're probably thinking more about a new job and you might take it

take it up where you wouldn't. You're like this is the job this is what I've got to take it. Yeah I don't like how that messes with your mind and like with me this lady told me she's like oh this guy he's really into basketball and so every boyfriend like so are you into basketball? My one doubt is that he has really into basketball. And so every boyfriend, I'm like, so are you into basketball? My one now is he has so many basketball singles.

He loves basketball. Have you dated Ben Bush? He's got a Chicago Bulls t-shirt on right now. You've got his Raiders basketball? No, it's American football. I'm not the guy for you. It's too fiery though, you don't want to go with him. That was fun. Nice work. Enjoy the podcast today.

Benedict Cumberbatch on the show. Yeah, that's pretty cool. Not every day you can say that. That's for sure. So that's pretty cool. He talks about the new Doctor Strange movie and some unusual sightings of him in New Zealand. Were they true or not? We put them to the test in the podcast.

Breakfast with Jono and Ben. How's everyone going? All right? We're going all right. How are you? You left your boot open this morning in the car park. I'd like to thank you very much, Ben Boyce, because I was walking over. We parked two or three blocks away.

In a car park building, right? Yeah, and I was wondering, I got a phone call from Ben. I was like, what's wrong? Answer the phone, Ben. We're not coming to work today, guys. Is that what you're thinking? Yeah, I was thinking.

I was like, something's gone wrong. And he said, mate, I'm in the car park. Are you around? You've left your boot wide open. Like, wide open. Like, your car boot goes right up. Like, it's not just like... Making a statement. It is. It's like me. It's open. Your car boot goes right up. It's not just like a... Making a statement.

It is. It's like me. It's going to be loud and proud. Yeah. Yeah, but... And you shut it for me, so thank you. But I was worried about setting off the alarm because it looked like you'd locked everything,

but the boot was open. Yeah. What have you got in your boot? He's always got stuff in his boot. You're always going into your boot. No one goes more fossicking around their boot than you. You always put your bag in the boot. You put your things in the boot. You've got rubbish in the boot. You've got countdown baskets in your boot no one goes more foster king around their boot than you you always put your bag in the boot you put your things in the boot you've got rubbish in the boot you've got countdown

baskets on your boot he's always got stuff in his music of clothing he's always fostering i was actually fostering around in my boot on the weekend and my neighbor guy lives on the road lovely guy he pulled up and he's like what are you doing what are you doing i was like just get something out of the boot but whenever you're foster king in a boot people think you're up to all sorts i've chucked my bag in the car you're always at the boot looking around i don't know what he's keeping in there should have had a good look some knockoff stuff or something car boot sale man you uh you sent an email to me yesterday And what I've appreciated over the years And it's been a number of years

Is you've remained consistent Bill with his email Which is a con I'm not going to give out your email But you know, knowing Ben, it's a pun It's a pun associated with his name And you've remained consistent I've just kind of rolled with it

With this joke email for over 10 years Oh yeah, probably longer. I'd say 20 years I've sort of had this email. Because you get it and you set things up with it and then you get in too deep to change it. So you just keep rolling with it. And people know how to get in touch with you on that. You don't want to lose contacts.

So I've rolled with it. I have rolled with it. Many times I thought maybe I should. Maybe there's a reason we haven't advanced in our career and I'm putting it on your email. Yeah, possibly. That's the thing, though. When you begin your online journey, you're so young, you know, and we can't trust a 17-year-old not to come up with a joke email.

Yeah. For many years, I had an email, borderline offensive. Yeah, yeah. And I was told to pull pin on the email. I had to reset everything it was a nightmare we have another friend who called himself

Sheep Boy 23 oh it was actually Sheep Boy and then the comedy number that was in the 60s oh yeah and we were I was mortified

because we were doing some work in the States and we were we were talking to an agent of like a very famous actor and we were organising going to their house it was a big thing

big filming thing and then the guy was like the agent's officer I'll email you through he said what's your email and we're organizing going to their house it was a big thing big filming thing and then the guy was like the agent's officer i'll email you through he said what's your email and we were listening to him go sheep boy and then we're like oh no he's not gonna no surely not the late 60s and then carried on with that email we were just like oh dear god new zealand didn't need this did not need this did he email email him? I think he did. He did, but geez. Again, he's another guy who's now changed his email to a more responsible email.

But you just can't trust teenagers to come up with a sensible email. No. Can you? I mean, what we should do with emailing is you get your learner's email. Yeah. And then you advance to your full email and everything you did on that learner's license, it's eradicated. Yeah.

Scrolling through your feed. We now hand you over to the BBC, Ben's Broadcasting Corporation. That's good. I like that. Here's your daily news update. It's a shame that name's already been taken by a much more distinguished news network. Now, you may have seen this in the news on social media over the last couple of days. Kiwi golfer Lydia Ko, she was tied for third in her latest quest

for her 18th LPGA Tour title, but she's made news for a post-game comment on her interview when she spoke honestly about how her golf game was affected by this. It's that time of the month. I know the ladies watching are probably like, yeah, I got you. So when that happens, my back gets really tight and I'm all twisted.

And yeah, there you go. Thanks. Yeah, and then she called the guy out going, you're lost for words. Yeah, because I didn't know what to say. But she's been applauded for her honesty for using a platform to talk about an issue that for some reason a woman are made to feel that they have to deal with silently, Belle. Yeah, I mean, it's happening for, you know, people with uteruses every month and they can be really painful. And, you know, we'll be doing our normal jobs or whatever and we just get on with it.

But there are times, and I can imagine for her as a sports person, where I've been working and wincing over in pain. Sometimes they're really painful for people. Yeah, it's awesome. her as a sports person where I've like been working and wincing over in pain like sometimes they're really painful for people yeah it's awesome does it get the same amount of pain every month no and everyone's different um but yeah and when you go through bouts of stress like during COVID they were saying a lot of people were having painful periods but yeah when you're stressed different times um yeah that can be extremely painful where you can't even get out of bed and you have to take pain relief yeah It's awesome that Lydia Cozier is speaking up, using her platform to normalise something,

a conversation that's not normally had. Blindsiding the commentator there. I just wanted to say it was a good game. We take one game at a time and we'll get on to the next one. Yeah, now Winston Peters, a bit of talk about him the last couple of days as well, because remember he turned up to the protest? He didn't organise the protest, but he turned up to the protest, shook hands organize the protest but he turned up the protest shook hands didn't wear a mask shook hands but

also looked a little bit he wasn't fully comfortable talking to people wearing tinfoil hats you know he was like okay this is my full this is my happy place i'm making a stand here and he got barred trespassed well he got trespassed for two years by speaker trevor mallard and then uh not but 24 hours later it got reversed yeah uh well because he threatened to take them to court. Right. Mallard is having a bloody shocker. Like, the protests are over. Why bring it back up?

Because he's put there by the government in power at the time, you know, the Speaker of the House. He's a Labour man, so obviously Labour put him in there. But he's probably not painting a good picture for the government, making calls like this. Even David Seymour yesterday in Parliament and now he's got a good clap back. Have a listen. David Seymour.

Well, Mr Speaker, I hope you don't trespass me. Supplementary question. Ooh, I got an ooh. Ooh. Well, the member does know that my rights within here are pretty much absolute. Yeah, there you go.

Oh, yeah. Ooh. Ooh. Like when someone, when a drunk uncle at a little wedding makes a speech and just pushes at that one. Yeah. Ooh. It's like, is he going to go there?

Yeah, he went there. Yeah. And that is scrolling through your feed this morning. Mmm. Coffee breath. Jono and Ben on the hits. New Zealand musical royalty, you know her from Stella, sister of Bec Ranga as well.

And she's a designer, jewellery designer, and has redesigned for Mother's Day the iconic Cadbury Roses boxes of chocolates. She's up early and joins us now. Kia ora, Bo. I'm good, thank you. Very well, very well in West Auckland. Welcome to you live.

Live from West Auckland. It's very cool what you've done. You've redesigned the roses chocolate boxes for Mother's Day. They look awesome. Oh, thank you. Yeah, I'm very pleased with it. They're very pretty. How does it come about that you end up designing a box of roses, Beau?

It was really lovely, actually. I mean, as you know, they're an iconic favourite for New Zealanders, and I got I got an email didn't I okay touching story touching story

oh hello oh it's just in time for Mother's Day as well what's your favourite what's your favourite in the roses box do you have a chocolate

because I mean you know people they love you know it's always the first in first you know get the best picks

yeah a bit of a bun fight isn't it um my ice wade actually ice, actually, I went from... Yeah, he might be sister sort. I went from the white raspberry. I know. I just thought you might pick up on that.

I went from the white raspberry, actually, the white chocolate, to peppermint. Oh! Peppermint! Now, Jono doesn't like the peppermint. He doesn't like peppermint chocolate. It's fine. That means it's good you guys are compatible

because when you bring it around, Jono can have that. And you can have the Turkish Delights too, Beau. Oh, thank you. I actually like those two. You like Turkish Delights too? I do. They're up there as well. No, they do, obviously.

The air, the iconic air that's been around in Australia, New Zealand for years. Thank you very, very, very much. Do they pay you in a box of roses? Thanks, Beau, for redesigning it. Here's your roses box. Do you not know how finance works? Yeah.

Hopefully the box of roses had a buttload of cash in it. I mean, it's such a wonderful thing to be a part of. I don't know, just having my jewellery. But actually, because it's worth my jewellery range, it's our 15th anniversary this year, so it's like a wonderful thing to have this sort of collaboration happening with the Roses Chocolate as well. This whole year is full of fun stuff.

15 years since you started your jewellery business. I know. Can you believe it? It's amazing jewellery, the Boduranga jewellery. And the thing I love most about it is your store, Bow-teak store. And I'm like, oh, that's good. The Bow-teak.

The Bow-teak. You have to have a little bit of a sense of humour. I've been in the Bow-teak a couple of times buying presents from you, Bow. Oh, have you now? Oh, don't you worry, mate. I've been giving my donations. Thank you very, very much.

Oh, thank you very much. Thank you very, very much. Oh, thank you very much. Thank you very, very much. She'll drop me off a box of roses, chocolates later. Well, thank you. Patrons like yourself have kept me going for 15 years, which is a massive achievement, you know. I want to get your advice. Johnna gives me grief about this, but back in the day,

I was a big fan of LL Cool J. Now, obviously, you're a singer, you're a design that no nothing's wrong with that no nothing's wrong with that but what are you blinging it up well what i did because he used to have a gold necklace with a key like underneath and i wanted one of those but obviously i was in new zealand so i went to like pasco's the jewel or whatever bought like a it was gold plated necklace and then i went to mr minute in the mall and bought a key a skeleton key underneath and and tried i went to Mr. Minute in the mall and bought a key. A skeleton key. Underneath. Oh, nice. I tried to wear that once or twice.

Actually, if I only wore it once and everyone went, are you wearing it? And then I never wore it again. So I lacked confidence in the jewellery game, Beau. Oh, look, you can bring that out. You can bring that out. They're like, what is it open? What is it open? Is that your house?

And they're like, oh, no. Well, open's ridicule. But you gave it a go. You gave it a go, yeah. I think that's wonderful. That is beautiful. Now, Bo Runga with us has just designed the new Cadbury Roses box for Mother's Day. Now, Ben Boyce has unearthed some gold from the internet here, Bo,

and we just want to get your thoughts on it. This is from Australia, actually, because the iconic ad for Roses, you know, was in New Zealand, the iconic song, and also in Australia as well. I don't remember this version being in New Zealand, but this was the Australian version.

Just see if you think it stacks up in 2022, Bo. Have a listen. Thank you very much for doing the dishes. Thank you very much. Thank you very, very, very much. So they've led with

thank you very much for doing the dishes. Right. Yeah, which could go to anyone. It doesn't have to, you know. That's right. But here we go. Thank you very much just for being my missus. Thank you very, for doing the dishes. Right. Yeah, which could go to anyone. It doesn't have to, you know. That's right, but here we go. Thank you very much just for being my missus. Thank you very, very, very, very, very, very much.

Thank you very much for just being my missus. I mean, yeah. Hey, it was a different time. We've moved with the times and it's awesome that you are doing this. Everyone appreciates being thanked. Yeah, exactly. Hey, Bo, love catching up with you. Glad to hear you're doing well.

It's been nice talking with you guys. Yeah, you too. And look out for Bo Runga's Inspired, your new Cabby Roses packaging, just in time for Mother's Day. Limited edition boxes in store right now. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz.

She's slapped on her web suit, strapped on her breathing apparatus, and is about to go deep diving into the ocean of celebrity, Belle Crawford. Alan's show is about to wrap up very soon. It's finishing, and it started in 2001, her talk show. She'd obviously done things before that with CBS, but the network actually cancelled it after only 13 episodes. It wasn't rating well. Then she did Finding Nemo.

This isn't the reason why her talk show came back. And then in 2003, they launched it again. So that's over 20 years she's been doing the Ellen talk show. I didn't realise it got cancelled. Yeah, we were just talking about that while that song was playing. And it came back on another network, you were saying, and then obviously became a big success it's been going every year since don't get your hopes up 17 seasons since 2003 and she had her wife Portia on the show obviously who

was there since the get-go I remember watching the first episode of this show standing the entire time and I remember I was alone I remember saying out loud to the TV, she did it. You can feel the magic in the show, and I just knew that it was going to be around for as long as you wanted it to be. Oh, that's lovely. So they were together back then?

Yeah. So they've been together for years as well. Very long time, and obviously Portia wasn't out, and her family, her grandma didn't know, and then eventually her grandma was sweet with it, but she wasn't happy at first. Yeah, well, Ellen, well done.

Congratulations. What a tenure. No matter what I've said about it. Hey, whatever I've said about evil Ellen. He so constantly calls her evil Ellen. Well, a couple of years back, all those rumors about her being a bully and yelling at people. Yeah, there was a lot of rumors, and a lot of them were started by John O'Brien.

Now, I'm not saying either way, but you just... Yeah, I know. I did go at it. She was someone who was allegedly bullying other people. I did what the world loves to do, is bully a bully. You know, that's what I've been doing. But all in jest, though, Belle. I don't mean any of it.

Did you speak with the producer that was talking to everyone at the time? You remember there was a former producer that was talking to everyone about what happened? No, Behem's tried to track the producer down, but we couldn't get her. It was sad that it ended on that note, and that's kind of left a black mark over the show, because she's done some wonderful stuff. When you talk about all the charity that she has done over the... Oh, here we go. He's back on Team Ellen again. Look at you. You've lost all that haven't you

Don't try and get an invite to the leaving party for leaving morning tea And also Lewis Capaldi I don't know about you guys but I find his voice better than his music Oh he's hilarious. Like it's just funny he's a great singer anyway, don't get me wrong but it's just his humour doesn't come through in his music

Well next time he's in, don't say that to him No, like he's talented but it just doesn't really come through. And anyway, he was asked about how his dating life's going. I'll be honest with you. It's not going well. I'm swiping, I'm swiping, I'm swiping my fingers to the bone. Yeah, you're going to get repetitive strain, aren't you? I've already got it.

I've already got it. Left and right. Left and right, for sure. Swiping, swiping, swiping. He's a hard case, eh, Capone? But then his songs are so beautiful and love-songy. Yeah, that's what I meant. His humour doesn't come through.

Yeah, no, very funny man. Well done, Bell. Great work. And you can get more spy at thehats.co.nz. The annoying ones talking between the songs. Jono and Ben on the Hats. A lot of talk at the moment about the Johnny Depp, Amber Heard trial that's going on.

Belle Crawford, what's the latest update? So Amber's team asked the judge for it to all be thrown out. Apparently Johnny was kind of keen for the same and the judges said, nope, nope, it's still going ahead. Amber is on the stand this morning. I was just watching a live stream before, but it's all very slow to start. So she's testifying at the moment.

Why are they wanting it to be thrown out now? Well, I think it's not... They're like, this was a bad idea. It's just been quite messy. Everybody knows about it. It's live streaming on YouTube. It's not painting them in a good light, particularly she hasn't been happy with her PR or from it.

Yeah, right. A lot of information coming out there. Some of it I feel really icky about knowing, but something that... But we'll talk about it anyway. Well, there's something that you didn't know. You didn't know, Jono, that Elon Musk, obviously he bought Twitter a few years ago.

He's from Tesla. He dated Amber Heard. Johnny Depp claims they had an affair. Yeah, right. And so you'll say allegedly to Elon Musk's seed was used for Amber Heard's baby. There are rumours, because they had a relationship, which is true.

And then there are rumours that he's been funding money for donations for her trial and everything, and also that his sperm was used for her son. But that reportedly hasn't been confirmed by them. Wild speculation. Well, I did get lost in an internet wormhole on the one and only Elon Musk. Jonas Internet Wormhole. Musk know facts about Elon. He's got a buttload of money.

He's named his kids after barcodes. But who really is this man, Elon Musk? Some really interesting information about him. His mother, May, because he's South African. He was born in South Africa. His mother, May, supermodel. Still modelling. 60s.

Gorgeous woman. Doing great work out there. She's also a registered dietitian his mother that's probably not that interesting sorry

Ben gave me that look of he moved his head to the side he pierced his lips down and went hmm

why'd you go to the dietitian my mum's a registered teacher do you care about that she might not be registered

not an unregistered one not a rogue dietitian And it's also a fact that Elon Musk By the age of nine Had read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica You hear that kids?

Encyclopedia Britannica By the age of nine Now what you need to do is go and Google What an encyclopedia is And then you'll be very impressed with that. That's impressive. By the age of nine. He taught himself how to write code, computer code, by the age of twelve.

He created a video game by the age of twelve which he ended up selling. That's a bit of a genius. Genius but also, this is very sad, which led to bullying at school. Relentless bullying, some of which I think he ended up in hospital after falling down a flight of stairs.

Now, I don't condone bullying in any way, apart from a bit of workplace stuff. It boosts morale. It boosts morale. It doesn't boost morale. You know, when you mock someone, everyone's like, oh, you know. It doesn't boost morale for the person. That's the only bullying I will condone.

I'll put my name to it. No, you can't do that. You can't. You can't. His annual salary from Tesla, I found this crazy, is only a dollar. He pays himself a dollar every year. He should definitely talk to the boss about a pay rise. Yeah.

He would be taking a lot more out of that. And he's got six children. Six children, all boys. Really? And those six boys are far richer than you and I will ever be. Jono and Ben. Harry Styles coming to New Zealand. Very excited about this March next year,

March 7th at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland. Tickets on sale from libenation.co.nz. And we're playing a game. We've been playing it all week to win you a double pass, hopefully, to Harry Styles. It's called Watermelon Sugar High. Outside to explain more, my lovely co-host, Jono Pryor. Well, thank you very much, my lovely co-host,

Benjamin Boyce, out here in the darkness. It feels somewhat too early to be out here broadcasting live from outside the building where if there is a watermelon shortage in New Zealand, we play a huge part in that this week. A lot of watermelons have been sacrificed, throwing them from the top of the building. We've just officially measured it.

1.9 kilometres in the air. It gets bigger every day, doesn't it? So we've got intern Joel up there. No harness. No harness. He's literally standing. He's got his legs dangling over the edge of the building. Okay.

I hope this is not the case, but Joel is up there. He's got two watermelons. Only one contains a double pass to Harry Styles. The other one just contains... Put your feet back over the side, Joel. Back in. The other one just contains a watermelon. And we've got Pippa on 0800 through the hits.

Good morning, Pippa. Morning. How are you? We're doing all right. Now, obviously, you want to see Harry Styles? Yes. Me and my niece are huge Harry fans, so I'm so excited. All right.

Well, you've got a big decision now, Pip, to decide between Watermelon A or Watermelon B, and Joel will drop down one. It could have the tickets, or it could have just Watermelon. I think I'm going to go with Watermelon A. Now, Pippa, I will say Joel has actually just hopped in Jeff Bezos' penis rocket and flown, flown to the edge of space, okay?

That's how high he is to drop this watermelon sugar high. That's right. So we'll just get him, I'll just wave up in the air, just get him to wind down the window. Now, bear with me, this may take a long time to return back to Earth. But, okay. Watermelon.

Aye, Joel. Aye. He's waving. Here it comes. It looks like a meteor. Filling back to Earth. It's coming down. Coming down.

I don't know. From what? 97. 96. 95. How long is this going to take? Probably three. Three, two, one.

And. Oh. Wow. We're going to need some new tiles here on the forecourt. All right. The big question, though, has it got the double pass to Harry Styles? There's love on tour. Okay, Pippa. There is literally, there is actually, people think we're just making this up, and I wouldn't

blame them. There is actual watermelons with tickets, all right? There is actual watermelons with tickets. I've already made this quite an unbelievable part of the show. But there is watermelon everywhere. And Pippa? Yeah? What are you doing on the night of the Harry Styles concert?

March 7th. March 7th. March 7th. Watching the live stream if there is one. Well, I'll tell you what you're not going to be doing. Sitting at home in your relaxed track pants eating ice cream because you're going to be at the Harry Styles concert. Oh, my God. Oh, there's tickets inside.

You're going. You're not joking. Thank you so much. Do you know what? We've given away tickets every day There's been tickets in every mallet It's a 50-50 chance And everyone's just picked well So well done Pippa

Drop down the other Actually Joel drop down the other mallet Oh no we don't Well done Pippa Thanks for listening Don't need to drop down the other Okay Thank you

No worries no worries Now Pippa There's tickets in the other melon as well. No, well. Now, Ben Boyce, I'm going to ask you a question, okay? And I'd respect an honest answer. I don't want to answer this on the radio. Have you been drilling holes in watermelons

and inserting Harry Styles tickets into every one, every one of the competition melons? Have you been doing this? Yes. So that everyone walks away a winner. Yes, but I hope that you wouldn't discover that everyone was getting it correct and everyone was going to Harry Styles. Pippa?

Yeah? Don't bring Pippa back into this. Pippa's going to Harry Styles. You don't get the ticket. No, she does. Pippa, you're going to Harry Styles. Don't you worry about that. You're going.

Sonia Gray tampering with the lotto balls. LiveNation.co.nz. Your final chance tomorrow. Could you get it right? Waste of time. 50% chance of getting it right tomorrow. Harry Styles tickets back again. Our final double pass up for grabs tomorrow on the hits.

That person who didn't let you merge probably listens to a lesser radio station. Jono and Ben on The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yesterday actually felt, the beginning of the week, it felt like we're back to normal now. New Zealand is back to normal. COVID, what? Can't even remember it.

No masks. No worry. Disregard for the virus now, Ben. Well, you're right. There's a few masks here No worry. Disregard for the virus now, Ben. Well, you're right. There's a few masks here and there. Sorry, I take that back. There's a few masks. Retail.

Yeah, retail and public transport and stuff. But you're right. It does feel like school's back and a lot of people returning to the offices. It's cool. It's a good feeling to have sort of back to close to normality again. Yeah, well, I said the other day, Wednesday, I got stuck in my first traffic jam in two and a half years. It felt really good being side by side

with frustrated motorists who were also probably thinking, jeez, I could be at home in track pants eating a packet of rations right now doing my work on the couch. But it's good to be out there in the traffic. Exactly. Great for radio, I won't lie.

I had a bleak couple of years there we were like is anyone listening to this oh it was at home right yeah but there's also a lot of accidents and a lot of traffic like gridlocks and i've put it down to a theory that people are having to relearn how to drive on the road with other with other drivers might be right do you reckon it might right. It's a lot different. You're right. The driving, then there has been

through lockdowns and all that. Yeah, and you also quickly remember how much you hate other motorists. Don't you? That's come back. That's come back real quick for me. Yeah. So we want to do

on our 800 The Hits this morning, car crash radio. There was a lady we bummed into in the lift a couple of weeks ago. She's like, I listen to your show every morning. Absolute car crash.

That's why I keep listening. She never knows what shambles is going to happen next. So now for this particular lady, it's car crash radio. So if you've had a crash, we're talking comical stuff. Yes. You know, we don't want that. No, we don't. Yeah.

You know, don't bring the vibes down. No. We've got Mel who's joining us already on 0800 The Hits. Good morning, Mel. How are you? I'm good, thank you. What are you doing, Melanie? So I deliver newspapers

every morning. Oh yeah? What newspaper? So I deliver the Nelson Mail and the Christchurch Press at the same time. Oh, right. And so that, I got a brand new car and I wasn't used to

driving at night time and I reversed out of someone's driveway right into a parked car. Oh, not good. And as the paper delivery expert you did this, you mean? Yes. Well, actually I was learning the new paper run, so yeah. You're on debut. So did the paper run was part of the route to go into that car or to avoid that car?

To avoid that car. Yeah. Can I just say, what a thorough paper delivery person you are, pulling into a driveway. Yeah. I'll give us an orthodox method there, Melanie. Oh, yeah. So I've got some older people that, you know, with not so good health, that I delivered their paper up to the door. Oh, what a sweetheart.

It's lovely. And also crashed into their cars. Yeah, yeah. And I was quite upset about it. Well, I left a note for them. And then I was pulling into someone else's drive and I took it too close to the fence and I scraped down the side of my car.

Oh, so you've had two accidents in the space of how long? Yeah, two accidents in 15 minutes. And then when I rang my insurance agent, they told me that I have to make two claims. Two claims? So that was $400 excess each. Now this is where I fully back insurance fraud. Where you could have gone,

they both happened in the same accident. Yeah, I just didn't even think to say that. No, because she's too honest. But you couldn't, yeah, because of different houses and so on. Jesus, where are you right now,, Melanie? It's so loud. Oh, sorry. I'm actually still delivering paper.

She's still going on the job, but we'll let you concentrate on the road there, Melanie. You have a great day. You too. Thank you. See you, mate. Oh, she's great. Bye. She's awesome. Keep you coming through. In the middle of car crash radio, celebrating the fact that there's traffic back on the roads. We've got Leanne on 0800 that hits. You've got through. In the middle of car crash radio, celebrating the fact that there's traffic back on the roads.

We've got Leanne on 0800, the hits. You've got an incident that's worthy of car crash radio, Leanne. That's right, it did, guys. What happened? Well, I actually may have failed to stop for a stop sign and sort of rolled it in the early hours of the morning. We've all been there. We've all been there.

Yeah, we've all been there. And this cop pulled me over just to ask me if I was familiar with the area and had I noticed it was a stop sign and why I failed to stop. But while she was busy doing that and asking me for my licence and things, she failed to put her handbrake on and her cop car rolled into the back of mine. Knocked into the back of yours. Knocked into mine. Surely that's, hey, do we let this one slide, officer?

Totally, we did. We did. We even got a phone call and an email from her boss just making sure that there was no damage that needed to be sorted and apologising and letting me know that the car was going to be checked for safety issues. Oh, wonderful service there from the Police Museum. Oh, that is lovely service.

That is like, it's almost a sign from the ticketing gods, isn't it? Yes, definitely. The officer's car rolls into yours and you're like, well, haven't the tables turned here? Let me just get out my ticket book for a second and see what I can... Oh no, it happens. Yesterday I was telling the story about my brother-in-law. He went into a policewoman in the States. He did the opposite. Yeah, accidentally.

Didn't put it out of automatic and basically went straight into her. No damage to her or anything or the car. We're all human. Things happen. Oh, then that's a great way to look at it, Sarah. We're all human. Good on you. You have a great day.

Cool. Thanks, guys. See you, mate. Good on you. You have a great day. Cool. Thanks, guys. See you, mate. Abby, how are you? Hi, I'm good. How are you? Oh, doing well, buddy. What happened?

Okay, so it started when I was 16. I was working in a resort. It was my first job. So at this resort, we used golf carts as transport. There was one night where I was doing a wedding, and I was using the golf cart to transport people to and from their rooms and back to the venue yeah and i accidentally left the keys inside the golf cart oh not with not with reveling uh reveling wedding guests yeah i know

i should have known yeah fatal mistake what happened, so anyway, they ended up taking the golf cart when we weren't looking. We'd realised that they'd ended up taking it and they actually drove it off the side of a cliff. Oh, jeez. What, with them in it? Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, it was definitely with them in it. So they'd driven down some concrete stairs and all that and caused all this damage. And the result,

like driven at places where you're not meant to drive a golf cart. Broken all of our stairs and, you know, just gone off the, like off the walls and all that.

Just a wild rampage, yeah. And like, we know that they took it because they came in the next morning for breakfast and they're all covered in bruises and had all this dirt

and grime in their hair and everything. So in a way, you'd kind of accidentally caused the incident. Yeah, it was a little bit my fault. I will admit that. But you didn't take the thing and drive it off the cliff, though. I didn't drive it off the cliff.

That's very true. Full credit to them thinking they can take one down a set of stairs as well. Yeah. Yeah, I know. I'm surprised. And it was the bride and groom as well. It wasn't even just like the guest. Was the person getting married Johnny Knoxville from Jackass?

It sounds like something they do. The bride and groom. Yeah, well, I bet you didn't leave keys and golf carts after that, did you? No, I didn't. I wasn't allowed to drive the golf cart after that. Hey, you have a good one. You too. You want cash.

Jono and Ben, just like family. The family members you're ashamed of. Jono and Ben on the hits. Mother's Day, of course, on Sunday, and thanks to Celebration Box, we have the most amazing prize. You can win your mum a full-page ad in the New Zealand Herald on Sunday. That's pretty awesome, man. It's pretty guaranteed to make you 12% celebrate harder.

That is a guarantee. There's many boxes out there in the market, Ben. Cardboard boxes and other boxes. Celebration boxes is what we need to talk about. Exactly. And you can phone up and you can win not only a celebration box, but the full-page ad in the Herald on Sunday. The ultimate Mother's Day card.

A full-page ad. Oh, yeah. Costa, this is insane. So good. On all 800 of the hits, someone wants to win that now. Oh, yeah. Costa, this is insane. So good. On I-800, the hit. Someone wants to win that now. Hello, Ashley. Hi, how's it going?

Invercargill, one of my favourite places in the country. Is it? You should come visit. Yeah, I've been there a couple of times. Yeah. Bluff. We've been to Bluff. Oh, we have.

We love Bluff. Bluff the Magic Dragon. We like doing that. But what we haven't met down in Invercargill is your mum. No, you haven't met my mum. Is she in Invercargill? She's in Christchurch, actually. Oh, that's why we haven't met her.

We looked all around Invercargill for Ashley's mum. You'd have to keep looking. She's in Christchurch. And Mother's Day, are you a mother yourself, Ashley? Unfortunately, no. Oh, well. I have a fur mum. I have a fur child. Oh, a fur mum.

Yeah, have you got a little dog? Have you got a cat? Yeah, we dog, Ellie. Oh, Ellie sounds adorable. She's pretty cool. Yeah, right. Okay, so what's your mother's name, Ash? Julie. Okay, so we want another solid mum name, too. That's a good mum's name. Patricia's and Julie's. Linda.

Linda's, yeah. So potentially your mum could get a full-page ad in the Herald on Sunday. Wow, she'd be pretty stoked with that. She's an ISO at the moment, so that would make her day. Yeah, she's got COVID. Oh, she's got COVID. What a treat to wake up. She's so excited.

Yeah, she texted, Dad gave me COVID. What a gift. She's tested positive for COVID and tested positive for having a caring daughter as well. So what we need to do is we're just doing a bit of a test run, what the copy of the ad is going to be in the Herald on Sunday. And you've just got to fill in the blanks, okay, Ashley? Sweet. Hi, I'm here to fill in this full-page ad in the Herald on Sunday

about the greatest mum in the world. Her name is... Julie. She's just fantastic, but not as fantastic as the pet name she has for me. She likes to call me... Little Miss. Little Miss.

I'm the baby of the family, so it just became a thing. Or she used to call me Ashley Pashley, which I didn't like. Ashley Pashley. Ashley Pashley sounds like a name you'd get bullied with at a high school. What a name your mum gives you.

I love it. All right, let's carry on with the ad. There's no limit to what mum will do for me, including that embarrassing time when I... Couldn't pull my ballet leotard up when there was a fire alarm when I was like four and she'd become running in half. Trying to get into your ballet outfit. I was in the bathroom when the alarm went off.

I was like four and I still remember it and I couldn't get it up. I panicked and poor mum had to like drag me down the hallway trying to pull it up. A leotard is not panic clothing, is it? I mean, there's a lot to... It's not. If you don't have the leotard on already... It was on, I just couldn't get back up. A leotard incident she saved you from?

A lot of people think their mum is the best, but they don't compare to my mum, because she's the best at... Cooking. She's an amazing baker. She did catering for years. Signature dish? What's the signature? Oh, I really like her mushroom risotto.

So, this Mother's Day, I want to sing to her in a full-page ad in the Herald on Sunday. I love you, Mum. Oh, that's lovely. Hey, well, good luck. Hopefully it's your mum and the paper this weekend. Awesome, thanks, guys.

And if you want to check out, you can celebrate Mother's Day with Celebration Box. Gift boxes, flowers, cookies, candy, fruit baskets and more. They can deliver seven days in Auckland or nationwide overnight. Their Mother's Day collection available now with limited delivery slots available, so pre-order to avoid missing out. And you've got one already, Ashley. We're going to give you one. Oh, awesome. Thank you so much. That's amazing.

She'll be stoked and Iso getting that. It'll make me look like a good daughter. Good on you, mate. Scrolling through your feed. Here to show you why he should win the Pulitzer Prize for journalism, it's Benjamin Boyce. You know, an awkward man who won. Oh, we have some guests coming in right now. Sorry, we can stop talking about this. Mads and Gerry from Radio Hauraki, welcome.

Hi guys. We're just popping in. We're just popping in. Oh, you're just popping in. You're popping in. We've made a sticky date. Have you? Are you just popped into it?

Okay, this is unannounced, but hey. Gerry's a big fan of the pop-in, and we're just testing. I'm not sure people enjoy a pop-in. Well, yeah, so this is because I've seen you guys put this out on social media. Are you talking about the pop-ins no longer happening anymore? No, it's a real problem.

I mean, we think that more and more people are not popping in. Because it's bloody awkward, mate. Is this awkward? It's not with you guys now. No. I mean, a mild inconvenience, baby. Well, that's the thing.

Did you have anything planned? Were you up to anything? Nothing better than this. It's important if you are going to pop in. There's a couple of rules around it. There's no doubt about that. Firstly, you've always got to bring a gift. Hence the sticky date pudding.

It's a lovely sticky date pudding as well. So you're not even texting, Jeremy? No, no, no. If you're texting, then that's an appointment. Yeah. But it seemed like the pop-in was probably more acceptable in an era where children would buy cigarettes for their parents and there was no ram-raiding 12-year-olds.

From yesteryear. Well, ram-raid's not a pop-in, Jono. That's a very different thing. And look, maybe there's a chicken and egg thing. I mean, did the popping in stop, and then are we having ram raids? And are we having pop-ins? Because people aren't popping and are not connecting like they used to. Do you pop into each other's houses?

I would never pop in on Gerry. No? No. But Jeremy might pop in on you. Is that what you're saying? No, no, I wouldn't. I popped in on him once, Jeremy might pop in on you is that what you say no no I popped in on him once and

and then I ended up but that was about 17 hours later I was still on the balcony drinking wine with his wife that is not how you pop in

I'll be banned from the pop in it's got to pop you've got to be in you've got to be out no longer than 45 minutes that's crucial

so we're not going to be any longer than 45 minutes on your show. Sorry, guys. We've got a bit of a cup of tea for us. Yeah, okay. You've thrown us. You really have.

I feel like there's wash you're going to need to hide. There's all sorts of stuff. Jerry, have you ever popped in on a couple and you can tell they're midway through an argument and then they're having to put on a brave face in front of you? Well, that's when the pop-in really comes in handy because you come in and you've actually diffused the situation.

You know, because sometimes you just need a little bit of a circuit breaker. Yeah. And that's the circuit breaker. Sometimes as well, you might be getting involved in something else.

A bit of afternoon delight, you know. Come on in. So pop-in. So you're all to bring back the pop-in. Yeah, we want to bring it back. Yeah, we just brought it back. Yeah.

You like it? Yeah, you on board? So nice to see you guys. Yeah, I love it. See you too. Thank you for the sticky date. Best of luck with everything. Hope everything's going well. So you're all going to bring back the pop-in. We want to bring it back. We just brought it back. You like it? You're on board? So nice to see you guys. I love it. See you too. Thank you for the sticky date.

Best of luck with everything. Hope everything's going well. Thank you, Jeremy. Enjoy the sticky date.

It was lovely. Matt Heath, Jeremy Wells, popping in. From Radio Hodaki. That was lovely. It was surprising

and unannounced. How did you feel about the pop-in, guys? See you guys. See you. Love to see you. We're in the

1990s, isn't it? You'd be driving home from somewhere with your family and they'd be like, oh, we're just driving past so-and-so's house. Let's pop in. The boomer generation. I don't want to stereotype, but they love a little pop in.

They do love a pop in. I mean, I feel like the time, by the time I retire, I'll be ready for pop ins. You know, at the moment, there's too much other stuff going on. Don't have time. You'll be a big popper in our area.

That's the thing where you turn up, people are like, oh, g'day. And then they're kind of like, why are they here? They're a little rattled nowadays. People are going, well, you've got cell phones to go, hey, I'm on my way. You know, if it's just out of the blue, you're like, oh, hello. It's like when someone FaceTimes you out of the blue

and you didn't know they were meant to be FaceTiming. I like to know. I like to know. I don't mind people, if you text me and said, hey, I'm going to call around in half an hour, great. I don't like answering the door anymore. No, that's the thing. You know when a courier comes, you're like, said, hey, I'm going to call around in half an hour, great. I don't like answering the door anymore. No, that's the thing. Even when a courier comes, you're like, oh, who is it?

That's how unsociable we've become as a nation now. Well, there we go. That was surprisingly unannounced. We've got some sticky date pudding. Yeah. The sticky date pudding looks... Yeah. What do you think?

No, I don't know. What do you think? Not much tender love and care put into that. Feels like a... What do you expect from Matt and Jerry from Radio Heiderke? It is a hit, so you've got to try and love those guys. Five words for 5K. You're just five words away from $5,000.

It is our game of word association. We play it every morning at this time on The Hits. We say five words to you. You tell us what pops into your head after those five words. All five match up with ours. You win $5,000. Let's head to Gizzy, Gizzy, Gizzy. Oi, oi, oi. Amelia, welcome.

Hi, morning. How are you? Good, thank you. Ring, ring, ring. Hello, is that Amelia's boss? Yeah, she'd like to resign. She's just won $5,000. Is it resignable? Oh, I'd need a few more zeros on there. Sorry, is that Amelia's?

Are you still on the phone? I take back the resignation What do you do, Amelia? I work in a camp Oh, good on you, mate Now, we understand two kids You've also got the niece in the household as well Sure do

And 12 of you heading out for lunch on Mother's Day I know, amazing Isn't it disturbing how much personal information I know? Alright, well who do you want to send into the soundproof booth? Jono or Ben? Jono today, thanks. He's got too much personal information, too much dirt on you, I think, Amelia.

Oh my goodness. Alright, Amelia, it's all Mother's Day themed this week, which has made things quite confusing, but we're still battling on with it. Today's first word is bouquet. Bouquet. Flowers. Flowers.

That's exactly what I was thinking. Next word is helium. Helium. Balloons. Balloons with an S. Yes. And the bouquet was flowers with an S as well, right? Yes, we better put the S on.

Okay. Breakfast. Breakfast is word number three. Breakfast. Oh, can we come back to that one? Yeah, yeah. First Sunday. This is the next one.

First Sunday. Oh, my goodness. Can I... I guess with the Mother's Day theme, I guess that's what We're going for there First Sunday Can I do like Two words Mother's Day

Mother's Day You can do Mother's Day Yeah that's no worries And card Is the final one C-A-R-D Card Mother's card

Mother's card And breakfast Breakfast Oh hang on I might That on, I might, that card one, I might have to. Yeah, you can change that. Card, card. Um, oh my goodness, it is so much harder when you're on it.

I know. Well, that could be Mother's Day as well, couldn't it? I mean, there's so many. Yeah. Let's just stay with Mother's. Okay, Mother's card. Oh, okay, breakfast. Breakfast. Breakfast. okay, breakfast. Breakfast. Mmm, breakfast. For Mother's Day, I guess you could do like a breakfast in bed.

You could go out for breakfast. I mean, there's lots of, I don't know what Jono's going to say, so that's, yeah. Sure. Mmm. Okay, let's just try for breakfast in bed. In bed, two words, breakfast in bed. Yeah. Okay, all right. Yeah, let's try it.

Thank you. You did very well, Amelia. I'll bring Jono back out of the soundproof booth. This is Mother's Day theme, Jono Pryor. I started to run out of oxygen in there. You've forgotten about me. All right, here we go. Let's rip into it.

First word we said to Amelia was bouquet. Bouquet, flowers. Well done. What else would you go, Amelia? Well, no, we didn't. Nothing else. Bouquet. Flowers. Well done. What else would you go, Amelia? Well, no, we didn't. Nothing else. Don't even finish that. Nothing else.

Helium was the second word. Helium. Helium balloon? Zip. Okay, so what was it? Did you? What is it? I did helium balloon.

Well, we're going to give you that one. Producer Beehub's shaking his head. But we're going to give you that one. And I did it before the buzzer, too. Well, I didn't. It's only because I went... Saved your ass, Amelia. All right, here we go.

Breakfast. Next word. A Mother's Day theme. Breakfast. We've got two words. You go breakfast in bed. You would be correct. Oh, wow.

First Sunday. First Sunday? First Sunday. As in it's the first Sunday of May. Is that what you're referencing? First Sunday. Mother's Day. Oh!

Jeez. Oh, Amelia. Oh my gosh. Yeah. I'm not sure about the next one though. We're going to pop you on hold because we can't have any. Maybe I should call your boss and hand in the resignation. We're this close.

We're on hold. We can't have any whispers. We can't have you talking over the top. Put on hold. All right, last word this morning. This is to win Amelia $5,000. John O'Prior, what do you say when I say card? Card.

Card. This is unorthodox, but I'd probably go Mother's Day. Mother's Day card. You're one word away, Amelia. What was it? Back on. It was mothers. You went mothers.

Oh, Amelia. Oh, no. That's okay. Oh, my goodness. I should have said day. Oh, right at the finish line. Holy moly. That was close.

That was so close. One. That was really close. We almost lost you with the yes, and then we brought you back, and then we lost you just with the day at the end. You killed my day. No, thanks, guys.

I really enjoyed that. After the first leg. The Kardashians, streaming now, only on Star on Disney+. Talk about it on air. The Hits. Cash and car. Call 0800 THE HITS now to guess how much cash we've stashed in the scoters boot. Here's your chance to drive it home along with all that money.

0800 THE HITS. Yeah, The Hits Cash and Car is back. Cashkeeper Alex with us in the studio again, ready for your guess on 0800 The Hits. If you guess the exact amount of cash in our Škoda Kamek Monte Carlo, you win the cash and the brand new car. I mean, for other stations, it's enough just giving away one of those things, Ben. We're just here showing off.

This is just showing off. Now, Cashkeeper Alex, any clues that you can give today? You've been very tight-lipped thus far. I gave a clue away last night. I take back your tight lips. So I can repeat that today if you would like me to. Yeah, I'd love it. Right now? Yeah.

All right. Yeah, right now. Okay, let's go for it. The amount of cash in the car is less than what it would cost to fill the Škoda with 144 tanks of 95 octane fuel. Do the maths on that because I can't be bothered. Yeah. That's a good clue.

And that is up on all the social medias, so go find it if you need to look at it because I needed to look at it about 16 times so you can be able to digest what that said. I've quite got my head around that one, but all right. We just bamboozle you with complicated and convoluted clues. 806 is the time we'll be back in just a moment. Someone could be winning their amazing Skoda and all the cash in the back in just three minutes.

It is the hits. You got John O'Minn I can be so mean when I wanna be I am capable of really anything I can cut you into pieces When my heart is broken Please don't leave me Please don't leave me I always say how I don't need you But it's always gonna come right back to this

Please don't leave me. How did I become so obnoxious? What is it with you that makes me act like this? I've never been this nasty. Can't you tell that this is all just a contest The one that wins will be the one that hits the hardest But baby, I don't mean it I mean it

I promise Please don't leave me I promise. But it's always gonna come right back to this Please, don't leave me I forgot to say out loud How beautiful you really are to me I can't be without You're my perfect little punching bag And I need you I'm sorry

Please, please don't leave me Baby, please don't leave me Baby Please Don't leave me No Don't leave me Please Don't leave me I always say

I don't need you But it's always gonna Come right back to this. Don't leave me. Please, don't leave me. I always say how I don't need you, but it's always gonna look good. Come right back to this. Please, please, don't leave me. Baby, please, please, don't leave me.

It is pink. Please don't leave me. You're on the hits. Jono and Ben, 8.09 Thursday morning. That's Cash in Car. Guess how much cash we've stashed in the Škoda's boot and drive it home along with all that money. You can win cash and the car, the brand new Škoda,

just under $46,000 and all that cash in the boot if you guess the exact amount of cash. Now, don't worry about just getting through on 0800 The Hits as well. We've got multiple platforms for you to enter this competition. You can also download the latest version of the iHeartRadio app. On there's a microphone. Just hit that microphone. You can record your guests there with your name and phone number.

And Cash Keeper Alex could be calling you back at 11 o'clock this morning. But that's not now. No. That could be all given away by then. We could give it away this morning. Maybe to you, Janice. Welcome. How are you this morning, mate?

Good, thank you. Lovely to have you on, Janice. What do you do for a job? I work for an investment company. All right. She's invested in this competition. Yeah. I'm invested.

Okay, let's just say you win this cash. Whatever the figure is, Janice, what are you doing with the money? I will invest some, but I'll also go shopping and celebrate. You kind of have to say you'd invest some, don't you? Working for an investor. It'd be great if you're like, I'll go to the casino, biff it all on black. Take a risk.

Take a gamble. All right, we'll hand you over to cashkeeper Alex to have a stab, okay? Okay. Janice from Auckland. What is your guess for the cash that is in that car? So my guess is $19,429.13. Cool. Do you see that clue yesterday?

No, I missed the 5 o'clock one. It was a bloody confusing clue. Yeah, it actually might mess you up if you're there. How many tanks of petrol would it fill up in the Škoda? 144. This is the figure. 144 tanks. Oh, okay, that's a good clue. But Janice, with a guess of $19,429.13,

I can tell you that that is incorrect I'm so sorry That's alright At least I know the 5 o'clock clue from yesterday Good on you Gels Will you walk out of here with what you came with Absolutely nothing But hopefully we're all one step closer

to giving away that brand new car and all the cash in the boot But you can walk out of here with your head held high Janice, because you're a great human being. And I'll tell you what, you should stick around next because we're going to get Benedict Cumberbatch on the radio for you, OK? Awesome, thank you. Yeah, there's a brand new Marvel movie out today, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,

and he's going to join us next. Spent a lot of time in New Zealand, did Benedict Cumberbatch. He was spotted in Hastings stealing a pack of burger rings. Or did he? We'll find out in three minutes. It is The Hits, Jono and Ben. There's a brand new Marvel movie out today, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness,

the sequel to the Doctor Strange movie, and it looks incredible. Every night, I dream the same dream. Then... I saw about 25 minutes of it the other day, just as a little teaser before this interview with Benedict Cumberbatch, and it looked incredible.

If you want to go see it, actually, we've got some double passes to give away. Text DRSTRANGE to 4487. But we got to go see it, actually, we've got some double passes to give away. Text DrStrange to 4487. But we got to catch up with Benedict Cumberbatch. The other day, we spent three minutes and 51 seconds with Benedict Cumberbatch, and they were the best three minutes and 51 seconds of my life. He was awesome because he's been in New Zealand. We talked to him about living here through lockdown, some of the strange sightings in New Zealand, and it was pretty cool.

He can kind of take the mickey out of our accent as well. So here is us talking to Dr. Strange himself. Hey, it's Dr. Strange. Hey, Benedict. We're Jono and Ben from New Zealand. How are you? Fantastic. I wish I was there.

I mean, I like being here. This is a nice part of the world as well, but you know I love your country. I've banged on about that enough over the past couple of years, but just love new zealand no never sick of you banging get more banging of anything new zealand i tell you what your short time here has now become the backbone of new zealand tourism i'm gonna be on a banknote before you know it it's crazy um no well seriously it's it's genuine uh you held this safe in the in a pandemic i had the most blindingly awesome experience both before and after and during the filming of an extraordinary film uh by one of your all-time most talented filmmakers um and uh yeah i i i can't wait to have a reason to come back i really can't there we've gone we've got four minutes apparently so that's crazy short amount

of time actually speaking of time uh this movie took a while to come out since the sequel six years and we understand it's new zealand's fault in a way because you came to new zealand to do a movie you got stuck here through lockdown through the pandemic and it's all our fault we've had to wait for dr strange new zealand's fault yeah yeah it's because you shut your country down it is basically all of your fault blame jacinda when in doubt a lot of talkback callers already do, mate. Don't worry about that. Now, obviously, you play Doctor Strange, and there was a list of what we're going to

label Doctor Strange locations that you were allegedly seen at while you were here in New Zealand. And we're just going to run through a couple of them and get clarification from you. Yeah, this made news here in New Zealand every time you were sighted. So, first one. Did you steal a pack

of burger rings? What are burger rings? Burger rings. Remind me what burger rings are. Burger rings. Like chips. Yeah, like a packet of burger rings.

I stole? That's right. You shoplifted in Hastings. You stole. I've never been to Hastings, I don't think. Okay, that's good to know. True or false,

you were wearing luxurious track pants at a trampoline park in Auckland. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. That's real. All right, okay. There, there. Doesn't seem like the location for luxurious track pants.

Next, Doc's Estranged Sighting in New Zealand. 15,000 feet in the air, skydiving attached to an instructor. Yeah, yeah, that was splashed all over the internet. That's not such a secret, but yeah. All right, we'll knock that off the list. And the final one was a young guy who claims to have had a steak and cheese pie with you.

Was that at Chateau Creek in central Otago? I had a nice beer there and a boy came up to me and he said, can I have an autograph? And I went, yeah, of course you can, mate.

Thank you. Yeah. The only thing is I can't take a photo because, you know, my family coming and I want to try and keep it a little bit secret that I'm here because I want their privacy to be sort of respected.

And he went, oh, that's all right. You can do whatever you want. You're Benedict bloody Cumberbatch. Now the movie Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness looks incredible. And you can do some incredible things as Doctor Strange. I mean, you can fly. You can travel universes as well. You can grow a great beard and a ponytail, turn water into wine.

If you could do any of those things in real life, what would you like to do? Certainly not grow a ponytail. I think water into wine would be good, though my kind of drinking days are sort of few now, I think. I'm not that keen on it much, not to the extent that that would be a wild party. But to be honest, portaling is great. I mean, I could just get to you guys in the blink of an eye to hell with, you know, bouncing around the world for a whole day.

I could just sort of be there, you know, skiing or skydiving or swimming or just surfing, surfing. I'd kill for a ponytail. Look at this. This is crying out for a ponytail. It'd be great with a ponytail, wouldn't it? Yeah. You dream of a ponytail.

But then maybe, yeah, that's your multiverse itself that has a shit ton of hair. Maybe that's your thing. What I wouldn't do for that hair. Oh, Benedict, we've been told

we have to wrap up, which is the same because we love chatting to you. We love having you in New Zealand when you were here and we can't wait for Kiwis to see the movie. Thank you.

Thank you for having me on. Any excuse to come back, I will take. So, yeah, I look forward to it. One great way to make the morning commute a little more stressful. Jono and Ben on the hits. 8.27, Katy Perry, it is the hits.

Of course, Mother's Day on Sunday. And, Jono, you want to call my mum, Jenny, now? Let's wish her a happy Mother's Day, but I feel like you're going to embarrass me at the same time. Oh, no, that's not, no. Why would I do that to you? Let's make the call. Hi, Jenny here.

Oh, hello, Mum. It's your son. And John are here as well. Oh, well, that's a double whammy, isn't it? Yeah, Jenny from the block. Here she is. Absolutely. How are you guys doing?

We're doing all right. We're just ringing up while I'm ringing up to say happy Mother's Day. I love you, Mum. I hope you have a great day. I am going to see my mum, which is great, on Mother's Day for lunch,

which is awesome. I know. I'm so excited. Looking forward to that. Make sure he pays for lunch too, Jenny. That's a good idea. Split the bill. We'll just split the bill.

He loves splitting bills. It's Mother's Day. Pay for lunch. All right. My sister's going to be there. Pay for splitting bills. It's Mother's Day. Pay for lunch. All right. My sister's going to be there. Pay for her too. That's the idea. She's spot.

Yeah. Oh, we look forward to catching up on Sunday. Enjoy your Mother's Day lunch at McDonald's, Jenny. Hey, it's great. It's great. Okay. Got a wide menu. Big menu.

Yeah. Happy Mother's Day while you're there. Thank you. Thank you. You know, let's embarrass you. Let's embarrass you, son. You don't have to embarrass me. No, I was just ringing up.

No, no. Do you want him to be embarrassed? I do, yeah. It's the backbone of the show. Embarrassment. What's the first thing you think of? Jono's just said embarrass Ben. What's the first thing that pops into your head?

Oh, well, maybe just giving you a big hug in the middle of a village that I live in. And, or maybe I could. No, this is things, we're not brainstorming waste embarrassment. Are you thinking things you could do to embarrass him? Giving him a big hug in the village. You know I hate you for hugging in the village.

And I could introduce him to all my old cronies. And he'd love that. Well, I love that. You know I hate you for hugging in the village. And I could introduce him to all my old cronies and he'd love that. I don't mind that. That's fine. What about a hug in the village and a hug in front of the old cronies?

I'll hug my mum. I love my mum. I think he was thinking that stopped me from having a problem with anything from my childhood. Oh, well,

which one shall I choose? They were definitely doing that hugging in the village prank. I like that. Can I tell you the story about his car, the first car he ever got? Yes, sure. Go for it.

He was just allowed to, he was a lunar driver, so he got this very first car, and it was a little Morris Minor. You know those old-fashioned bubble car? It was very old. It was great to have a car, but it was very old and very slow. It felt like you were driving in the 1930s. Yeah, I was embarrassed by driving it

sometimes. Oh, no, he used to drive it down the road, and to start off, I wouldn't let him drive all the way to school, because it was about a half an hour long, you know, so he drove to the bus stop. You wouldn't let him drive down to the village? That's a hugging spot. So he had to park, he chose to park it in a hiding place so nobody would know that he'd

driven that car. And then he'd hop on the bus and go to school, but then he was allowed to drive all the way to the college. Wow. Then that wasn't a problem because he had to do that without letting his mates know he was driving this old, little old car. Oh, Because he had to do that Without letting his mates know He was driving this Old little old car Oh so you had to

Sneakily drive I was having the fear I drive back roads Around town Would you Yeah I'm looking at a photo Of Morris Minor

Now I know why you're embarrassed Other kids would have You know Oh yeah dad This is dad's old car This is like My great great great Great grandfather's old car It's like like my great-great-great-great-grandfather's old car.

It's like you're driving to the war. It's an old one, that's for sure. But it was a good one. It was normal. It wouldn't go more than 80 k's an hour. I mean, man, that was just, geez, it was working hard. Oh, man, I could tell you about when he actually crashed the car. Now, that was interesting.

Because he actually didn't even get out the driveway. Yeah. No one else has written off a car in their own driveway with a car that doesn't go past 80 k's an hour. Was it written off? Yeah. From what I'm hearing, Jenny, I'm picking that's an insurance job there. He was wanting a new car. I think so, yeah.

And I also could tell you the story about how it's very convenient when you're in a car, and I used to take to the bus stop before he got his own car, but a technique that I don't know if other mothers use this is that you talk to your teenage son about sex when you're driving him to school. He can't get out of the car. Nothing rattles a teenage boy more than having to do that on the way to school. With your mum.

Blindsided. I know. It was a really good week, and I recommend it to other mothers. I contemplated jumping out of the moving car. Looking at this young strapping lad inside that Morris Minor, there would have been plenty of it on offer. I don't know how I could manage in the air, but anyway. Okay, well, Mum, this has been sufficiently awkward.

Let's do a reenactment of that conversation. No, no, this is serious. Live role play. Oh, no. Okay. I could also... No, Mum, we're done now. Okay, we'll give him a hug in the village.

Love you, Mum. You're awesome. Love you, Mum. Okay, bye, darling. Bye. You're awesome. Okay. Bye, darling. Bye. You're running late, stuck in traffic, and now you have to listen to this.

Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, we had a meeting that was by work yesterday afternoon, Jono. So I parked my car outside of work. There isn't actually a work car park

that goes down in the garage, but we don't have, we're not allowed to park the car there. We've got access to it, but we're not allowed to park the car. Oh, no, a better breed of broad're not allowed to park the car there we've got access to it but we're not allowed to park the car now a better breed of broadcaster is allowed to park their car you parked all through lockdown through there but yeah sometimes i'd park sideways across car parks there was just so much room in there but i was walking past the work car park outside the building yesterday going to this meeting and this guy comes up on a bike and he's

like oh hey you work here Can you swipe me in? And I was, oh, yeah. Now, this is turmoil. This is turmoil for your narcissistic radio announcer. Because all we want to do is pretend like we're looking like we're pleasing people. So you want to let them in a little bit. But then also the nervous and probably more sensible Benjamin Boyce is going, this is a huge security risk. Yeah. So I was like, well, what do you want to do?

He's like, oh, my wife works in the building. I just want to drop my bike off to attach it to her car so she can take it home. And I was kind of like, oh, does this story, you know, in your head, you're like, he looked like a trustworthy person, don't get me wrong. It felt like that moment when you're at the petrol station and you want to, you know, want them to release the pump

and you're looking at the person inside. You're like, mate, I'm good, I'm good for it. I'm good for it good for it they're like oh i don't know and you know i sort of had that little moment i was like oh are you good why didn't he just call his wife was that running through your head no she works in the building all that was running through my head was that if i swipe this guy in i'm going to be on the security camera footage if anything goes wrong going what what idiot the bosses will be well what idiot him in? It'll be me swiping him in there. And they're like, why did you let him in? I'm like, well, he seemed like a trustworthy person.

He seemed like a nice guy and I wanted to appear like I was friendly. You know, this is the problem. We've got a security guard who patrols the building. You've just undone all their good work. Well, yeah, well, in the end, I looked at him. I was like, I haven't said I've got a good look at you, mate. I trust you, all right. This is on you, buddy.

Don't leave me down, please. I'm putting my good name for the swipe. And then I got my swipe card out, and I went to swipe in, and I went, and I was like, ooh, I haven't had that before. I tried to do it again, and it wouldn't let me swipe in. So after all that, I've got no access to the work car park. I'm sorry, man. As it turns out, sorry, I grilled you.

I can't even help you. Yeah, I know. You've got to look to me like, what was all that about? Did a character check on the guy. He's like, mate, I grilled you. I can't even help you. Yeah, I know. You got to look at me like, what was all that about? Did a character check on the guy. Poor guy. He's like, mate, your thing doesn't even work. Now, I remember Todd, who was our boss here. Wonderful story.

He was working in Australian radio, Outback Radio, Dingo FM or something, or Flaming Galah Radio. And he was doing the breakfast show, and he got in early hours in the morning, and there was a gentleman in the kitchen. And the gentleman in the kitchen had a large quantity of the office supplies under his arms, you know, computers, fax machines, TVs. But Todd didn't really take all that in at first thing in the morning.

No, he didn't take it in. And he was like, oh, morning, mate. He's like, good morning, mate. You know, friendly interaction. And Todd, just being the generous heart, massive heart, Todd, generous to a fault. He said, do you want a hand with that? And he said, you know what, mate?

I wouldn't mind a hand with this. So Todd then ferried all of the items outside the building with this guy and said, where's your car? He's like, I don't have a car. He's like, wait there. Todd went in and got him a taxi jet. A taxi jet.

Here, mate, here's a taxi. Do you want me to call a cab? I don't have a phone. Okay, I'll call a cab for you. Call the cab. The guy disappeared. Everyone turned up at work at eight in the morning. Where's our computers?

Where's everything in the office? The office was cleaned out. Todd had... See, this has got to be me. It's got to be you. I love that story so much. could have been me. Could have been you. I love that story so much. Oh, so good. It is the hits.

You got a shot on bed. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz Now to a news update which makes celebrities regret they became celebrities. What's happening,

Belle Crawford? Well, Kim Cattrall, as we all know, is Samantha from Sex and the City, no longer. She has spoken for the first time about not being back for the Sex and the City reboot and just like that for the first time. Now, this is an interview.

It was a written interview. There will be some videos that will come. I'll play it to you as soon as we get them by Variety magazine. And she talks about how she didn't actually get told they were doing it because she'd made it pretty clear after the prospect of a third movie that she was not interested she did not get on with Sarah Jessica Parker she wasn't happy that Sarah was being paid a lot more than the others because she is an executive producer on the show and also that's why she's getting paid a lot more because she's got another role yeah yeah they weren't she wasn't happy about that and there's just this feud going

on it's there's still Instagram posts up that she's written about it from years back when I went and had a little stalk a while back. She also wasn't happy about how Samantha's character was developing and they were portraying her as a cougar but not in a positive light and they were going to get Miranda's young son to start sending her inappropriate photos and she just didn't like that. She's like, why does it need to go that way, you know? Fair enough. Well, I don't know.

Don't ask me, Bill. I wasn't on the writing team. I don't know why it needs to go that way. Ben, do you? No, I don't know. Don't ask me, Bill. I wasn't on the writing team. I don't know why it needs to go that way. Ben, do you? No, I don't know either, but fair enough. I blame you, though. I blame you. Yeah, you're always writing cougar stuff, isn't he?

He's like, let's get a cougar in here. If you watch the reboot, please, not the live animal. That would be a bit scary. If you've watched the reboot, they are doing a second season, and they sort of made out like Samantha's still alive but she lives in London and Carrie would be texting her

and then they're meant to be meeting up and everything. So they've sort of alluded that she's still around, just not going to be back. Did you see the one where the guy died on the bike

in the first episode? Oh, I did. Paliton. Yeah. Took a real tumble. Then didn't his reputation take a tumble after that? Oh yeah, there was a lot of stuff going on there, I think, but allegedly, right?

Yeah, alleged sexual assault. Yeah. And the women on the show released a statement in support of the victims. Oh really? Okay. Sorry I made that awkward, guys. That's alright. That's on me. Moving on to the next story. Now, you may have heard that celebrities often have fake social media accounts these are called finsters when they're on instagram

where they make a fake instagram account so they can just look at things as an ordinary person here's kim kardashian talking about hers so i had a finster that was like a real finster and like it was only girls following and i would just post like really wild shit and then I was like this is so lame I don't want to be in the finsta game but then I need a stalking finsta my friend Lala she had a finsta and I was like what's your password so I just use her finsta I mean yeah I get it I mean you did that once on I remember there was an article, I think on Stuff about us, and there were comments, a lot of them unfavorable, all of them. And you tried to go on under a fake name just to try and turn things around.

I tried to go under Pono Dryer and go, hey, they don't seem that bad. I just tried to, you know, if just one person sort of turns the tide on those comment sections, you might create a new wave. No, your mum was also a big, we just spoke to Jenny. Jenny Boyce loves commenting on those comment sections. That didn't work, right? Create a new wave. No. Your mum was also a big... We just spoke to Jenny. Jenny Boyce loves commenting on our Facebook. That's awesome. Oh, you're looking good.

I like that jacket on you, Ben. You look like you could eat more, Ben. You know, just a real mum. And you're like, that's clearly Ben's mum. Oh, you're looking good, sweetheart. But nothing about the content that's been posted. Yeah.

You poured your heart and soul into it. When are you going to come up and see me, darling? And that is Spy. You can get more at thehits.co.nz. The Hits. For more podcasts from The Hits Network, check out iHeartRadio.co.nz.