Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Jono Broke Up With Someone..

Episode Date: March 8, 2023

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Kia ora, welcome, this is the Jono and Ben podcast brought to you by Challenge Petrol Service Stations Ben Boyce, it's so great to have you on, you're looking off into the distance as if you're thinking The row shaper that's infomercial on at the moment, I don't mind a rowing machine at the gym but I was just trying to work out, you know That is my least favourite equipment in the gymnasium, oh, the rower. And it's just because it murders you. Oh, yeah. How long will you do on a rower? Oh, I'm not. It depends if I'm listening.

It's amazing if you're listening to something, I find. Like if I'm listening to a podcast or music, I can go a lot longer. If not, I'm like, oh, my God, you're just watching those seconds. Those seconds feel like they turn into 10 seconds. Oh, my God. But then I get kind of bored. I'll be like, I'll do 10 minutes of that one. Then I'll do 10 minutes of that one. I'll do 10 minutes. those seconds those seconds feel like they turn into 10 seconds oh my god but then I get kind of bored I'll do 10

minutes of that one then I'll do 10 minutes of that one I'll do 10 minutes because otherwise

if I go for too long I just get I've seen you in the gym you are quite erratic you're all over

the place short little spurts I couldn't think of a more agonising sport than rowing

because they get up at like 4 o'clock hey come on Bri you get up earlier than anyone else I do but I'm not come on Brian you get up earlier than anyone else

I do but I'm not jumping in a lake you go for a run you can't comment mate we get to see all of

television's greatest infomercials don't we Chuck Norris is still pedalling his bloody title Jim there's the massage chair that sort of

straps you in there and sort of gives you an orgasm everyone feels like they're just on the verge of climaxing while in that chair it does feel a little

like that do we find out the price of the massage $18,000 for the premium ones $10,000 for the normal ones there's other versions

go down to $2,000 I can tell you after the show but the thing is if you're not getting the $18,000 one the $2,000 one's not going to do much

is it it's going to be like a half-hearted husband who's been told oh I've got sore shoulders he's like uh to do much, is it? It's going to be like a half-hearted husband who's been told, oh, I've got sore shoulders. He's like, uh, you know? Maybe that's it.

Maybe it starts with that massage and really ramps it up. You had a question for the podcast intro producer, Joel. Yeah, I did. We were talking about it before off air. I can't remember the question, to be honest. I saw that the legendary New Zealand mayor, Georgina Byer, just passed away and they're naming a road after her.

Oh, which is awesome. It's great, yeah. Ben Boyce was like, what? If you could name any road in New Zealand, they're like, hey, there's a new road we're building and we're putting you in charge of calling it something. What would you call it? That's a tough question. That's a really tough question.

It'd be nice. I mean, it's great. I think what they're doing with Georgina Byer is awesome to honouring someone who's special to the area, who's looked up to in the area. It's great. It's great. So I think more of that is really, really good. Paying homage to a significant New Zealanders.

I mean, if we could put up other people who've done well, that'd be great. Well, you could have like – Like the Briscoe's Lady way and things like that, you know. Yeah. Memory Lane could be one. Memory Lane's a great name. Candy Lane.

Subway. Candy Lane from Dancing with the Stars. Do you know Candy Lane? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's her name. We should get her on a road. Candy Lane. Mike Lane?

Yeah, Mike Lane works at the office. Probably a little more niche. G Lane from the ACC. Yeah, I mean, yeah. Well, let's do that on their platform. Yeah, yeah. But Candy Lane might be the... Imagine if you renamed the bus lanes to Candy Lanes around the place, that would be nice

that would make them sound a lot more enjoyable than they are I'm paying money to Candy Lane I'll get a $150 fine from Candy Lane do you know I drive back well when you could drive back from the Coromandel when the road hadn't slipped there's a road there that comes off

and every time I drive past it the 13 year old boy in me just, it's called Canal Road East, and they've got Canal Road West. And I'm like, wouldn't it just be the world's greatest prank to remove the letter C? What would that make it? Yeah, okay. I think that every time, I'm like, that's such a great thing

for John O'Bid to do, and everyone will be like, who changed it to? It's not our wheelhouse, mate. You can go elsewhere with that, mate. You can go pitch it to someone else, mate. I don't want to start besmirching other things. It's not my place. It's not your brand. Not a brand for Ben Boyce.

Not currently where we are right now, mate. It would have been once. It would have been on brand for you 10 years ago. You can do it on your personal Instagram. You post about the government corruption on there as well. Oh, you do. Yeah, you're bloody anti-vaxxing. Yeah, I've got a bit of an anti-vaxxing.

Me and Liz Gunn. But to be fair, you were vaxxed and stuff. I think before anyone else you were vaxxed. Fully vaxxed, yeah. Quadruple boosted. Your name is Sean. I put it in me. It's funny when you do that sort of material on the internet.

And it was just a silly thing going, I don't need to do a census. I've been vaccinated. I'm being tracked just fine. Thank you very much. This is a good gag. But the reaction, the reaction. You should get some great, what do they call it?

Engagement. Well, anything we would do, like we'd make a little video about Jacinda Ardern, which is Prime Minister and stuff, and it would be nothing political. We're trying to work the middle ground. We're pretty neutral. Yeah, we're like, oh, this is just a funny little thing. The Communist section would just be like a life of its own.

Oh, you're National Party supporting. Oh, how dare you. Oh, good, bad, vaccine, all that. Everyone's just getting involved. It would be like, wow, the engagement's through the roof. But really, all we just need to see is just the person's name and then go. And then people would just go.

The only party we side with is the party of bad comedy. Exactly. And that's all we aim for. But yeah, every time we were just about to post it, we're like, launch the grenade. Pull the thing out with your mouth. And jeez, they fire up, don't they? Because then they spawn off into their own little subcategories of arguments.

Yeah. So very political. Oh, the internet. Love it. Love it. What's your favorite part of the internet? You were saying yours was porn, wasn't it? Stay out of it, Joel.

Stay out of it, mate. Jeez, again. Again, guys. I honestly can't remember the last time I even looked at that on the internet looked at anything anything anything

if it comes on I shut my eyes whatever not for me kissing scene on Shortland Street he's like not for me mate

it's like a lovely commercial old couple in a retirement village they give each other a peck on the cheek get that get that off there

smut off my screens from the guy who was just pitching not but three minutes ago all we could do is Get that off there. Smut off my screens. Oh yeah, from the guy who was just pitching a war. Not but three minutes ago, what we could do is... Now all of a sudden, he's taken some sort of moral high ground. What's your favourite part of the internet, Ben?

What? What is this? There's no consistency with this character. What is he? Oh, but I wouldn't do it but hey on this other hand let's get him off the

what do you mean by save it part of the internet what's your favourite website your favourite what do you spend most time

I get lost a lot more probably like yourself on Instagram I get lost a lot on Instagram that's kind of my go to time wasting

thing that's my go to and then bloody bloody fantasy basketball. I'm playing that, and I don't bang on about it on there because everyone's like, oh, shut up about it. But you've got to be on top of who's playing the teams. And then I worried the other day, if I passed away, Joel, could you log in?

I'll give you my login. I could, man. I could sort it out. Just because you've got to change teams each week and stuff like that. No one would update my team that'd be one of my greatest worries

so you're basically you're like managing a team but you're not getting the salary of a team manager I'm just in a competition with 10 mates or 12 mates

or whatever and they yeah it's just like a little bragging rights thing I would definitely not commit to that but what you do you're in there

and you're like oh I'm playing this person this week and you know and you see the table and stuff who's winning are either of you winning you got into the final I played and you're like, oh, I'm playing this person this week. And you see the table. Who's winning? Are either of you winning? You got into the final.

I played in a different league. But yeah, I came second. Lost to bloody McRobertson. Why McRobertson? Who's a dear friend of yours? Yeah, bloody lost. So you got well in the final. Last year, I managed to somehow flukily take it out.

But this year, I'm middling. Nine wins, nine losses, one tie. So, you know. It makes the average battler who'll never ever be a sports coach or a sports player just feel like you're actually involved in something, which is great. It is fun.

Feel like you've got this cloud hanging over you for an entire season. Well, you've got to keep on it each day. You've got to at least look at it once. Each day? Well, you should. I mean, you can go on once a week and set your,

because you've got your team and you can also go, oh, well, these players on this day, these players on this day within the team. but then players will get injured so you can like put them in your injury spots or sub them out if you want to sub them out so you can spend more time on it joel signed me up for some rugby league one and then he won't help me on it i'm like how do i trade you like oh mate just look at the thing i'm like well i'm like you i'm i'm close to tapping out on that one oh so it does relate to the actual performance and injury status of the player.

So you have a draft at the start of the season where you go one for one. You might get picked two in the draft and then you'll get the next pick later down and you go through the thing. So you put your team together. So you wouldn't have LeBron in your team at the moment? Yeah, well, see, I have, but he's injured. So he's in injury injury replacement spot but he's like one of my best players so he's out it's kind of hurting me i'm like damn it you know

so you're kind of vested interest in these players and their recovery get out there just get him on there it's like perfect for marketing for marketing the nrl nba is there a way that we can uh do it for radio jonathan ben get people doing fantasy radio every time which is something uh you know controversial you get a point or you lose a point fantasy or you just turn up today oh jeez that's You get people doing fantasy radio. Every time Jono mentions something controversial, you get a point or you lose a point. Jono doesn't turn up today. You're like, oh, jeez, that's it. You can swap cast members out with other cast members for other radio shows.

He had a good performance. Ben screwed up a time check. Basically, it's just you're assuming the role of the management upstairs here. You're hiring, firing, shuffling around the industry. We're all just pawns in a game. Oh, don't mention that word again. Every time, John, we're just pawns, man.

All right, let's get a podcast. If you're still with us, enjoy. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The police helicopter. It circles round and around in the evenings, goes to different places around the country, and at the moment it's in Hawke's Bay because there has been... I love we've got our one helicopter that we send out to deal with the crime.

I think there's two, right? And they're always, you were saying before, they're always in the air. 24 hours a day. One is always in the air. Yes, yeah. Jeez, they must bloody mow through the gas. Chloe Swarbrick, did she know of their petrol usage? But it's doing good things apparently in

the Hawke's Bay region at the moment because there's been a bit of looting going on after the floods. People not in their houses and businesses and stuff and apparently since it's been circulating it's really stopped a lot of that crime from taking place. Apparently it's the ultimate crime fighting tool for the officers on the ground because they can just

direct where the person is that they're chasing. And I've heard some great rumors about the police helicopter. You know, it's traveling down the motorway. It's got a system in there that can measure the heart rate of a motorist inside their car. So they don't know what car they're meant to be chasing. Someone's been, boy, just done another ram raid. Right. He's traveling down the motorway.

Your heart's going a million miles an hour. They're like, that one. That one. But my heart's always going like that who's that guy oh it's just ben he's just anxious about stuff on to the next one uh really a nice story though coming out hawks bay at the moment uh there was a young kid jack he'd noticed a police helicopter out in the sky up over his neighborhood and he was waving to them didn't get a wave back so he created this huge sign in the backyard uh going hey eagle which is the name of the helicopter, it's Jack. A big sort of cardboard landing pad as well like that.

Didn't think anyone had seen it, but they've now come out with a bit of a personalised message for him and put it on his Facebook page with the pilot standing in front of the helicopter saying, We saw you, mate. Thanks for the message. That is beautiful. But I thought you were going to say, Oh, the helicopter landed in his backyard. I thought the story was going to be far more. Well, yeah.

I mean, it's heartwarming. It's lovely. Logistically, how is it? I mean, I don't think. Land on Jack's trampoline or something. Well, maybe they'll do that later today. Land in his backyard. Make the kids day.

Then his bloody heart rate will be going up. Imagine a helicopter chucking into your backyard. Mike Hosking. He imagines it every day. He doesn't need to imagine it. He gets to do that every day. Oh, that's good. Well, that's cute.

It's nice to have good news stories like that, Ben. There's so much negativity in the world, and you're our little positive ray of sunshine. I'm trying to bring some positivity from time to time, especially at this time of the morning. It's getting up. It can be bleak this time of the morning. I want to cancel it out with some negative stuff next.

Okay. All right. What have you got for us? I don't know. I'd have to think. I'd have to get some negative thoughts in me. Stick around for some negativity. It is the Hits.

You've got Jono and Ben. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I've got a game to play with my daughter. I know I said I was promising negativity in this break, but I can't find it. There's nothing in me that's negative, you know, no part. I'll search for it. And so I've just got a story from my daughter that I'd like to share.

Not even a negative one. It's a positive one. And it's a game that you can play as well. And she said, how good are you at, in your head, guessing how long something takes? Because I'm always like, she's like, can I come and hang out with your daughter? And I'm like, I'll be there in two seconds. I'm doing Instagram or something, you know.

Two seconds is never two seconds. No, and they really get hooked on it, don't they? They're like, one and a two. And you're like, it's just a term. It's just a phrase, you know. And I was like, if you want specifically, probably about three and a half hours. But if you just hang on to that two second hope, couple of seconds.

So she started playing a game with me where she's like, okay, well, I'm going to say how many seconds you in your head have to try and count and land on the exact duration. So if I said to you, 16 seconds, you're going to count in your head or you you can count out loud, and then go stop on 16. It's a fun little game we're playing. Yeah. Simple little things in life. So I'm going to call it Second Charts. Okay. Okay.

I thought you would really like that. Oh, I do like it. Sorry, I was just thinking about how far I'm going to be any good at this game. Sorry, I was thinking about the logistics. Love the name. Love the name. There's no money. There's no money up for grabs.

There's no prizes. Okay. It's just the thrill of nailing it. You know, who needs money and prizes when you have the thrill of nailing? I'd like money and prizes. No, down to the second. Well, there's no real jeopardy in this game, but I'm keen to play it. Okay.

So, Producer Joel, you're running a timer on things. I'm looking at some seconds here as well. Ben Boyce, I want you to count out loud or in your head. 12 seconds. From when? Well, from when? Well, you decide. Oh, okay. This is the thrill of this thing. Oh, so I can say, okay.

The ball's in your court. So, okay, when I say go, we're going to go. Okay, ready and go. I saw you doing it out loud. Sorry, I didn't factor in the silence here. Stop. Stop. What did he get? 11.99.

I'm sorry, sir. Round it up. No rounding it up on second chance. Thanks for coming. No money, no prizes. Do I get a second? Okay. The game is called second chance. It would only seem prizes. Do I get a second? Okay. Because the game is called Second Chance.

It would only seem fair that I give you a second chance. I'm sorry. I was silent. That was not good for radio. I should probably not. Why don't you cut out loud? I want a timer in the background as well. Yeah, you can.

Because you can employ the one Mississippi, two Mississippi, or the one and a two. Yeah. That's kind of what I was doing in my head. I probably should have done it out loud. Those are both reliable measurements of time. Okay, Ben, second chance. I'm going to give you a second chance.

Thank you. I was quite happy with that first attempt. That was 11.99. It was phenomenal. Why don't you count nine seconds in your head starting from now. He's using his fingers. He's thinking deeply. Bobbing his head back and forth

This is second chance No money or Stop What do you get there timekeeper Joel 10.29 Oh Get out of here Get out of here

Second chance No second Well I've had my second chance I'm out Do you like that Yeah it was fun It was actually fun The ultimate goal

I'm going to pitch it to TVNZ Once all of the Chasers audience die off, which will be in the next 10 years. Bring in second chance. Just people silently counting on television. You've got to load the whole half hour episode and go. Who's the closest at the end of the day? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Supermarkets, I don't mind going to the supermarket. It seems to be one of the things I do for the household. But what I do struggle a little bit with is, you know, love hanging out with my kids, but combining the kids and the supermarket can be something that leads to an experience that isn't quite the same as when you're doing it by yourself, right? He didn't shop with the kids.

Yesterday, the thing again, I went and picked my daughter up when she got off the bus. I picked her up from a mate's place and then we're like, hey, we've got to go with the kids. Yesterday, the thing again, I picked my daughter up when she got off the bus. I picked her up from a mate's place. And then we're like, hey, we've got to go to the supermarket on the way home because we're just running out of time to do everything. Kids hate it. And I always hated it as a kid when your mum or your dad picked you up from your friend's place.

And they're like, I've just got to do this thing on the way home. And you're like, ugh, you're the worst. It's going to be quick. And you're like, I know it's not you're like oh yeah you know it's gonna be quick you're like they i know it's not gonna be quick they know it's not gonna be cool it's a car of lies just got to get a couple things but then she added to the problem by putting you know i'll go away and get some stuff putting more stuff in the trolley i saw it there and i thought hey let's turn it into a radio bit don't tell me you recorded your kids again. I recorded it. So here you go. And she tried to bamboozle me about who put that in and what. Anyway, have a listen. Sienna?

Yeah? Who put these in there? I don't. It was you. I didn't put this in there. Yeah, you did. You wanted them. No, what about these?

You wanted them. No, I haven't said this. No, I didn't do that. I thought I had someone else try for a second. I must have just knocked them in. Oh, so I can put them back then? No, no, that's okay, because I think the lady who wanted them has already left,

so there's like kind of we need to get them now. Okay, okay. Here you go. She's never too young to start gaslighting. That's what I always say. Bloody important social tool. Yeah, okay. Yeah. There you go. She said, never too young to start gaslighting. That's what I always said. Bloody important social tool. Yeah, yeah. So the lady that wanted the thing,

but it does. The kids, it's like... Were the other shoppers going around like, why is this young man, why is this man recording this young girl? The young man, don't get caught up in the... Why is this young, good looking,

flawless faced man... Keep it coming, keep it coming. ...recording this youthful daughter of his. Well, are they just two kids hanging out? Have they both been at school? He must go to a cool school that doesn't have uniforms or something. But, you know, with people going, what is this pantomime happening in the aisle?

Probably, to be fair. We're probably quite loud in the middle of the supermarket. But that's the little game you play, I find, with the kids. Sometimes they'll sneak stuff into the trolley and then you'll try it. I'm like, oh, I need to get these two items back somewhere else. And I apologise to the supermarket people. I know when I'm trying to sneak them back, that's not where they go. But I need to get them out of my trolley before we get to the counter.

What I know about the checkout operators is they must love it when you place all the items on the side of the conveyor belt. Like, oh, I don't want that. Don't want it. And you pack them up by the nuts. Put them underneath and stuff. And they'll be like, oh, here we go. Someone's got to put that back.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Now, Star Wars, they were going to be creating three new movies. And they've yesterday announced that two of them are going to be dropped. They're not going to do it. But they're still keeping one. And who's directing it? Who's also going to be one of the starring? Well to do it. But they're still keeping one. And who's directing it? Who's also going to be one of the starring?

Well, one of the roles in it? Well, no. Taika Waititi. Great. Even better. So he is out of all of them. Even better. Step aside the guy who invented it.

Yeah. So how awesome is that? He's going to be directing this movie, and they reckon he'll have some sort of role in the Star Wars franchise in the next movie. Didn't he do The Mandalorian which is on Disney Plus I think he directed an episode of that

yeah they got different directors for each episode and stuff so he's doing so well isn't he he's doing so good I just thought

how does he fit it all in yeah busy guy he's a busy guy but I'm sure he loves it we're not busy guys we just turn up and talk for a couple hours

no we try and make it look like we're busy people if anything I'd love to direct a oh yeah porno or something okay if you want you can something just something yeah actually you haven't seen any Star Wars I'm trying to make it look like we're busy people. If anything, I'd love to direct a porno or something. Okay, if you want, you can.

Something, just something. Yeah. Actually, you haven't seen any Star Wars, which you've talked about in the past, but I found online it's like the easiest Star Wars quiz. Okay. This is just if you know pop culture references. Well, that's it.

Without seeing any of the movies, I reckon you'll do pretty well on this, so let's kick the music off. They always have the premieres, don't they, at midnight, which I find the sleepiest of all the hours. I struggle to stay awake every day in the afternoon. Okay, name of Han Solo's ship. I thought we were going to do better than this. Well, give me a clue.

What does it start with? Robbie Williams also had a song around this as well. Millennium! Yeah, Millennium. Millennium Falcon. Yeah, well done. Okay, the weapon used by the Jedi Knights. The guns?

No, the what? The what? Oh, the lightsaber. Yeah, yeah. Who created Star Wars? Lucas. Yeah, well done. Okay, the Wookiee.

What's the name of the Wookiee? Chewbacca. Yeah. Okay, why didn't Yoda say he wanted to train Luke Skywalker? I know you won't get that one. Okay, in a Star Wars film, what is the invisible, blind powers that bind the galaxy together? The Force. Yeah, there you go.

And I reckon you won't get the last one. So there you go. I'll leave you on that one. On a high. On a high. But you didn't leave me on a high because you're like, no, you're not going to get that. Okay, all right. I'll ask you. Okay, all right.

I'll ask you. Okay, there you go. Who are the masters of the dark side who want to rule the galaxy? Oh, Darth Vader and his mob. Yeah, the Sith. Yes, the Sith. Very hard for you to say. But you did all right.

You did all right for pop culture references, having not seen the movies. Not good enough to direct the movie, obviously. No, I think Tychus probably knows a little more about it than you do. But hey, you know, if you want to direct that or whatever you want to direct, obviously you made your feelings quite clear about what you want to direct. Well, actually I'd love you to star in the film as well.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Spilling the tea on Hollywood's A-listers. Kardashians. I have met every single one. Exposing scandals. She's not a good person, but either is he. Digging the dirt. Is she a diva? Yes.

And finding out what's going on behind the scenes. Yelling at cast members. Yes. It was a script. No. His identity is a secret. But his stories have been proven right time and time again. This is NT.

All right, he's the backbone of the shabby operation. Live from Hollywood, NT. Chris Rock. Anything I can do to help. That's still Chris Rock. His Netflix special came out this week. Went live on Netflix as well. It's still up there, as people can see.

He finally, well, he had been addressing Will Smith throughout his stand-up routines, but this is the first, I guess, public thing he's put out there. Will Smith practices selective outrage because everybody knows what the f*** happened. Everybody that really knows, knows I had nothing to do with that s***. I didn't have any entanglements. And for people that don't know what everybody knows, his wife was f***ing her son's friend, okay? I normally would not talk about this s***, but for some reason these s*** put that s*** on the internet. I have no idea why two talented people would do something that f***ing low down. What the f***?

We've all been cheated on. Everybody in here has been cheated on. None of us have ever been interviewed by the person that cheated on us on television. None of us! Yeah, you know, there's two ways of looking at it. You can either say, oh, well, it's nice to really hear from him. There's some that say, well, if you combine what he was saying about Will Smith combined with what he was saying about Meghan Marklekel that it could be punching down on women of color

because he he really did go after jada pinkett smith who you know first saying oh you had an affair with this guy and you wanted to start talking about it but then you don't want people to mention it and it made some sense and everything i just think that everybody expected him to say something. So he spent what I think like the final 10 minutes or something talking about it. And it was funny, you know, it was funny for sure. But I just, I felt like, I don't know, he has talked about it in standup while he's been on tour.

So maybe it's because I've kind of heard the same thing from, from other people, because it isn't like he hasn't mentioned it. He has worked it. This was not the first time he hasn't worked the bit into something he has said. But yeah, I mean, publicly on worldwide television on Netflix, I guess that was the first time. And it's no coincidence that, of course, it's, you know, five or six days before the Oscars. Ah, I see. I see. Because it's almost the 12-month anniversary. You're dead right. The thing is, too, if you've been slapped in the face by Will Smith, I personally, I'd be dining out on that every single day.

Even if you're at the drive-thru, you're like, can I please get a free upsize on the meal? And they'll say, no, well, did I tell you my face has been slapped by Will Smith? People could have selfies with my left cheek and everything, I'd be dining out on it. I mean, it's definitely something that everybody wanted to hear from him about. It has been a year. So I think that this is pretty much it, right? This is the last time that he will probably bring it up or use it in a bit. Yeah, Chris Rock, he's been around for a while. You must have come across him in your travels.

Yeah, you know, not as much. I mean, I've obviously seen him uh working on stuff and everything like that but as far as just kind of like hanging out with him or seeing him outside of a like a backstage area at a comedy store no i haven't really seen him like at parties or anything like that what about will smith and jada pinkett smith i've seen jada pinkett sm Smith and Will Smith before, like in Malibu and stuff, including Willow, but I haven't really hung out with them either. I mean,

it's just, I know where they live. Yeah. They can take you by their house. Does everyone in Hollywood know where all the famous people live? Well, most of the time, you know, unless they've bought a house and they're renting, it changes all the time. But if somebody's lived there for a year or two, then yeah, you pretty much know.

Because you'll use it as kind of a point of reference after a while. You go, you know where Will Smith lives? You know that house in the corner with the double drive? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, well, this person lives like three doors up from there. So you can use it as a point of reference. Oh, that's because those bus, you see the bus tours that take you around

all the famous people's homes. Do they actually take you to famous people's homes or are they just bluffing it? Because you're not going to know, hey, look, there's Brad Pitt's mansion. I'm not going to know what his mansion looks like. Most of the time they will tell you, it's accurate, they'll say something like,

Frank Sinatra used to live here. Yeah, Frank Sinatra did used to live there, and it's pretty cool that he used to live there. He also lived in like 12 other houses. But it's on the route that they're taking, so it makes sense. It can be a lot of fun, but you're not going to go out and say, well, this is where David Beckham lived or something like that. Thank you for your time live from Hollywood.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, I do need to break up with someone and it's a professional breakup you know how you do form bonds and relationships with the service industry don't you yeah like for example if you go to the same cafe every morning to get a coffee or something like that i have been with my doctor for a number of years probably nearly 20 years i just instantly feel sorry for the doctor all the things the doctor's saying all the stories that the doctor would want to tell but for confidentiality purposes oh the guy has dealt parts of my body i wouldn't i wouldn't wish upon my worst enemy honestly just the the places he's been Yeah Things he's seen

I mean as a doctor With all respect They do just You know They study so hard They work so hard And also the things That they have to do

And endure They just have that Second nature Yeah And I mean the amount of times That I've clearly been lying About my alcohol intake They know that too

Yeah The amount of probing That's had to happen I just want to thank Thank him for the creams he's handed out. Just everything. He's been wonderful. And it's certainly not the doctor.

It's not you. It's a me situation. So why do you want to work with him? Just out of convenience. It's convenience. Location of the doctor's practice compared to where I live now. I'm like for a number of years. Gene, my wife's like, literally there's a hundred metres down the road,

there's a doctor. Just change there. But once you kind of, I know what you mean, once you form that, once they've seen those things. Once they've seen those things. Once they've put their hands where they put their hands.

You're like, I don't know if I can see anyone else now. We're connected. We're connected. It's like Avatar where they stick the ponytail thing into the dragon. You know, there's a connection going on. And you're like, well, he's seen some pretty dark stuff.

I feel like I owe him some loyalty. Yeah, that's what I feel like. And like, why do I need to burden this upon another doctor? This isn't why they went to medical school. I know you want to break up with your doctor. You haven't done that yet. But as soon as you break up, does that mean the patient-doctor confidentiality? Is that gone? Is he going to go around and go, all right, here you go.

I've got all the stuff. I'm John O. Hey, mate, tell all of you. 830. Prime time. Tell me everything. Tell me all the places you've been. Go through all the records.

You haven't done anything embarrassing there. I remember we had to get medicals for a TV show. We had to get our medicals checked up that were okay to do it. And we had to do urine tests. Remember? And you brought it out to reception like sloshing around

instead of leaving it and the lady's like no you meant to leave that I don't want that here I don't want it in my hands lady it's a busy waiting room you're like where do I put this

everyone's like maybe just leave it where you yeah wash your hands yeah so maybe did you do anything wrong

you didn't do anything wrong you didn't do anything wrong i don't know i haven't done anything convenient and i'm just like is it a text situation is it a go face to face do i have to book an appointment and go look him in the eyes where he's you know he's looked at all over my body do i do i offer him the respect of breaking up with him in person i don't know if you'll have to right because do they care they care? Well, yeah, because it's not like a warrant that they're going to go, hey, you're due for your next, you know, which you probably should be, to be honest.

So they might, it's kind of on you to kind of initiate the appointments in some ways. So they might not care. I feel like he's been cheating on me with other patients too. Well, I think he has. He might just go, oh, that guy died. He probably thought that. He lasted a bit longer than I thought he was getting. might just go, oh, that guy died. He probably thought that.

He lasted a bit longer than I thought he was getting. You know, and that'll be it. Oh, that guy died. Lost another one. Yeah. He is. Yeah. So I don't know.

I don't know. But I imagine there's a lot of people out there listening that have been in relationships with people, professional relationships, for many, many years, whether they're getting their hair cut somewhere, whether they're going to the gym. You were at your barber. How long have you been with your barber? Years and years. Over 10 years.

15 years or so. Yeah, like I go every three weeks or so. Would you break up with him? No, no. I wouldn't. No, because we've got a thing going on. We've got a thing going on. It's great, you know.

So 0800 the hits, 4487. Who has been in the longest professional relationships? How long have you been going to see someone uh you can text 44870800 that's the telephone number this morning the hits the jonah and ben podcast talking longest professional relationships this morning caroline welcome hello longest professional relationships what have you got uh been with my same gym for 21-ish years and the hairdresser for about 24. Oh, that's a lot. That's a big commitment. It is a commitment, isn't it? Why? Why don't you flutter around, try and get a better deal somewhere else, play them off against each other?

Stop going to the gym, which a lot of people do. I couldn't get a better deal, that's why I stay. Yeah, sometimes when you, I mean, if you signed up over 20 years ago, you must have been on a hell of a weekly bargain. I still am, I still am. You're just saying, there's someone else you've been loyal to for over 20 years. Yes, my hairdresser

Kristen, since I was 16 years old, so quite a while. Oh jeez, I haven't been to a hairdresser since I was 16 years old. I would die for it. And again, do you feel like the relationship has just developed so much over those two decades that if you left, it would be like a breakup? It would be a breakup. It would be a breakup. I can't. Yeah. Well, Ben, you're just saying you've been with your barber for a while. Yeah, definitely over a decade. So yeah. And I would be the same as well.

No plans to break up. Great, great relationship. What if there's better ones out there? No, there's not. You know, because we've got a thing going on. When you find a thing going on, you just stick with it. Carolyn wants to reverse out of this conversation. She's got some traffic she needs to navigate her way through.

She's off to the gym and then getting a haircut Hey Carolyn, thank you We're going to send you out some tea as well A little tea pack, thanks to Dilmar Tea Oh thank you, how lovely, thank you so much You're going to have a great day Cheers you guys too Sorry, thank you, Jeff

Now Jeff Jeff go, welcome We're doing well, longestest professional relationships, Jeff. Mate, I've been going to the same barber for 35 years. What's the barber's name? KP's Barber Shop in Manurewa. Ken Penny's the best out there. Shout out to KP.

Wait, does he have rich conversation? Is it top line conversation? Does he know everything about your life? Mate, he does, yeah. We even get on every now and then, catch up and have a quiet beer or two together. He's become a good buddy, to be honest.

The relationship's extended outside of the barber chair. That's lovely. Yeah. I started going to him when I was just under 15, I suppose, and I'm coming up 50. What a beautiful story. Now, Jeff, you're a rock solid sounding gentleman

I bet you've run the same haircut for 35 years mate flat top with a number one he knows exactly what to do

does he ask you or you just sit down and he knows exactly what to do just sit down he's got the clippers ready to go flat top

number one have a great day, mate. See you, Jim. See you, guys. See you. Julie, we'll get you on. Longest professional relationships, what have you got? Julie, you there?

Hello. Hello, Julie. The suspense was killing me, Julie. Who have you been in a long professional relationship with? My doctor. How long? 40 years. Oh, Julie.

Now, producer Humphrey Behumps was saying that your doctor is located like almost an hour away. Yeah. And where are you? And I live in Albany. Oh, jeez, you must love this doctor. I think it's because, you know, since my kids were babies and, yeah, he's just

been the doctor, really. Sometimes I'm a bit scared to actually change. Fair enough. Jono's going to do the same thing right now. All my dark secrets are going to go to another doctor. I just can't wait to find out about them all. Hey, good on you, Julie. You go and have a great day,

mate. And thanks to our mates at Dilma who are challenging us to start our day with cups of tea. You could be winning big with Dilma Dates. Jono and Ben, celebrate your special date with Dilma. Yeah, that's right. It's taking it back to the old school of radio.

Not that old where, you know, we'd get old maths contestants in to do experiments with vegetables or anything. No, no. Not that old. No. Hey, what I'm really enjoying about this is not only like, you know, celebrating with the people listening right now who are having special days, but also finding out what happened on this day. A lot of interesting stuff. It's a combination of this day in history and the birthday. I know.

We really are. Coming up, beat the bomb very shortly as well. We'll somehow tie that into this game. So the Barbie doll went on sale in 1959, the first Barbie doll on this day. Jeez. One billion. One billion have been sold. They reckon three dolls sold every second. Wow.

40 years of landfill. Well, not if you keep them around I guess is the thing In 1997, Notorious B.I.G. He passed away just 24 years old 1997 as well, yeah It was really sad wasn't it That whole, it kind of feuded off the East Coast, West Coast rap battle Didn't it, between Tupac and Biggie,

and then they both ended up being killed way before their time. It'd be like if the North Island and South Island started beefing, but instead of using Auckland's wankers, guns, you know? Exactly. The first golden shears, and mastered it in 1969 on this day, and that's rattled through. So people are celebrating right now. Happy birthday to my mummy.

Not revealing her age, but it's in the 70s. That's from Cheyenne. Yep. Also, big happy birthday, 17th birthday to Ty Parkin. That's lots of love from mum. Happy birthday to Hayley Kerrigan Morley. That's from Ange as well. 21 years old, Vanessa.

That's from Martin. Happy 19th birthday to Monique A love from Amy Martin And we've got a phone call to make for the $100 And the Dilmar tea prize pack Shall we call Vic? We've got Vic on the phone actually How are you?

Hi how are you? Vic how are you? Doing really well mate How's Christchurch this morning? Yeah not too bad I've still got children to sleep so Oh okay Is that why we're whispering?

Do I need to whisper too? Yeah, don't wake them. Should we go and wake them? Definitely not. Okay, all right. Just, I'm sorry. The pranky radio host said me needed to ask that question. Yeah, but you don't have to deal with the fallout, the admin, do you, Joe?

I'm obliged. Absolutely. Vic, now, who's having a birthday? Is it you? No, it's my husband Michael Is he awake Is he awake He is awake

Oh that's good Okay How old's Mike He's turning 34 today Oh Check us onto the old dog mate Here he is Hello

Mike you old bugger Hey Can you hear us alright mate He's not even that old I'm 41 Yeah Happy birthday Mike Oh thanks mate

He said happy birthday Oh jeez We're going to hook you up with $100 in a Dilmar T price pack for your birthday Oh you beauty, thanks for that Good on you mate, thank you What's the plans for the birthday? We're actually, we're down in Dunedin at the moment. I've got an ice hockey tournament on this weekend.

Wow. Do you play ice hockey? Yes. Oh, that's a vicious sport. Not when you're 34, it's not. I know you're mocking yourself, mate. So I'm sticking up for you. And so what team are you in? Give it a plug.

It's just a small sort of cross-stretch team called the Phantoms. The Phantoms. And what position are you? Because we've done some stupid TV stunts, but we've been goalies and they've been firing pucks at us and it is not enjoyable. Are you the goalie? Yeah, no, definitely not the goalie.

Those guys have got a screw loose. Yeah, it's terrifying. But hey, no, definitely not the goalie. Those guys have got a screw loose. Yeah, it's terrifying, but hey, well, good luck for the tournament. Oh, thanks for that.

Go the Mighty Ducks. Yeah. That's my only reference. Yeah, great reference, Jono. Have a great

day, mate. Okay, cheers. See ya. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. There's a brand new podcast you

can catch right now on iHeart Radio, hosted by Antonia Preble, one of New Zealand's greatest actors. West Side, outrageous fortune on Shorten Street at the moment. And she joins us on the phone right now. Antonia, welcome.

Hello. Thanks for having me. Always nice to chat to you guys. It's nice to talk to you too. Now, do you have any hot fire stuff for us, apart from the podcast? Because a while ago you came to us with a fire story, your and i was like this made news everywhere so what do you got in the tank you know what do you got for us that you've been saving up for us well now that you bring up the fire i did which is maybe a sort of weird finish to that story but on shoreland street

i did murder someone by hitting them overhead with a fire extinguisher. We must clarify, not in real life. Not in real life, but yeah, maybe that was me really putting the final chapter on that time in my life. Yeah, so anyone who doesn't remember that story, hasn't seen the article, just quickly, your house caught a light. Yes, it did. So we bought this house, moved in, and five weeks later, we were walking around on a Sunday morning, got a very aggressive knock on the door, which I thought was a courier,

and I was like, oh, knocking on the door so aggressively on a Sunday morning. But no, it was a very concerned neighbour who'd noticed that there was a huge plume of smoke rising through our garage, which is attached to the house. And he was like, your house is on fire. I've called the fire brigade. You need to get out. And indeed it was. Did the whole house burn to the ground? Not to the ground.

About three quarters of the house was badly damaged, but it wasn't raised. But so like, yeah, it took 14 months for us to get back in. About three quarters of the house had to be taken down and built again. Well, I'm sorry for bringing it up. To be honest, I feel like you want to move on from that. So let's talk about your new podcast. Very exciting.

Yeah, triggered. Welcome to the show, first thing in the morning. By the way, tell us about the most traumatic time in your life. I'm like Oprah. I'm just looking for tears. Exactly. I was not expecting that. If you just start crying now, that's all we need, Antonio.

She's a very good actor. What Matters Most, a brand new podcast with a friend of yours who's a psychologist as well. Yes, that's right. Just launched, so it's out now with my friend Jackie McGuire who is a fantastic clinical psychologist and basically a series of conversations between me and her about what matters most in life, like life issues that are kind of universal and personal at the same time, and that we hope by talking about them in the way we do, and then getting Jackie's expertise as a clinical psychologist,

people will be able to understand themselves and the world around them. Please tell me what matters most is the Instagram likes I'm getting on my photos. Is that the most important? You know what? Yeah. Every episode, in fact, a few times a year, we affirm that the number of likes you get on Instagram photos

is the absolute way to show if you're nailing life or not. Thank you. Thank you. If you're not getting those likes, I mean, what are you doing? Obviously, you cover off a whole range of things, difficult conversations, how to have those, things like that. But also something we were actually talking about on the radio the other day, Jono, about how it's difficult to make friends as adults

compared to when you were like a kid. Yes, were you guys talking about this? We were actually. We were talking about things that were so much easier for kids to do than adults, including things like monkey bars. But also making friends as a kid just seems so much easier. Isn easier isn't it i mean isn't it amazing when you see your own children like freddie he's three and a half now and we're just in a playground and he'll go up to literally anyone any kid and be like would you like to be my friend and 90 of the time they say

yes but yeah we we lose that confidence and i think the natural kind of unfettered desire to connect with people as we grow up and we become more self-conscious, have social anxiety and all that, which kids just don't really have so much. We do just kind of have to push through the awkwardness of it because the benefits that we have from establishing relationships that are meaningful to us as adults just has the most significant impact on our mental health. Antonia Preble with us at What Matters Most, a brand new podcast. You know, mentioned before, you know, great actor. You mentioned before that her house burned down. Yeah, I did. I'm going to put you to the test again, much like that fire did.

All right. Here we go. Here's some hot fire content from me. Character assassination. What I'm going to do right now is I'm going to say some of the shows or movies that you've been in over the years and see if you can remember the full name of your character. All right? Good idea.

Okay. Shortland Street, obviously currently on right now. Rebecca Anderson. Ding, ding. Rebecca Anderson, well done. A bit concerning if you'd forgotten that. First name of the character you played on The Tribe from back in the day. Trudy.

Trudy, yeah, well done. Okay, Outrageous Fortune, low-hanging fruit. Was it something like Loretta? Yeah, it was. Loretta West, yeah. Okay, my life is murder. Oh, God. Oh, God.

Oh, my God. Don't think I can remember. I want to say it was something like Izzy, but I don't think it was Izzy. No, Ramona Church. Ramona Church. Ramona Church. Yeah. How could you forget her? Well, you did.

Okay, one of us is lying. I played a lawyer. In my defense, I was pregnant at the time. Your lawyer defense, yeah. Okay, I want to take the fifth. Robin. Robin was that character? They're a lot like children characters, aren't they?

Sometimes you forget them. And you played so many. You played so many over the years. And I remember the experience of the character, but I just can't remember. No, that's why we're playing this. Yes. West side. Let's bring it back to something easier.

I feel free to West. Okay. Okay, Power Rangers Dino Thunder. You've been in many versions of Power Rangers. I weirdly know this one. Krista. Yes, well done. You remember Dino Thunder. You've been in many versions of Power Rangers. I weirdly know this one. Krista. Yes, well done. You remember Dino Thunder?

You can't remember My Life is Murder. I can be a Power Ranger. The suit's too clingy for my liking. So clingy, eh? Very clingy. It doesn't do anybody any favors. And Tony Preble, love catching up with you. Your podcast sounds incredible.

Everyone check it out, What Matters Most. Nice to chat. Thank you so much, you guys. Great catching up with you your podcast sounds incredible everyone check it out What Matters Most nice to chat thank you so much you guys great to chat with you too The Hits The Jono and Ben Podcast I was walking the dog yesterday

Beau big fluffy white dog that I've got and you know you carry a little bag because you've talked about it's a weird thing

that humans do and the dogs must be like why are you carrying it and why are you picking up what I do I assume they're be like, why are you carrying it and why are you picking up what I do? I assume they're only like, well, maybe for collection purposes. Yeah. What are you doing with it?

Is there a museum of this somewhere? Yeah. So anyway, the dog did what the dogs do in that situation and I went to pick it up with, you know, that degrading moment where you're like, oh, here I am. This is my life now. I'm going to go get the bag, pick it up. And I had my sunglasses around just, you know. On the're, that degrading moment where you're like, oh, here I am. This is my life now. I'm going to go get the bag, pick it up. And I have my sunglasses around just, you know.

On the top of your t-shirt. Top of my t-shirt. And as I bent down. Vulnerable place for them to be. You know where the sunglasses, they fell. You know where they landed. I don't need to spell it all out. And I was just like, and you just look at that situation.

You're like, oh, here you go. So I've got sunglasses that are sitting in the mix of that. Now, what do you do? Well, I'm sure the dog's going, mate, well, just pick them up. You pick up what's underneath them. You've got no qualms about picking up the matter, but you won't pick your sunglasses up. Well, I do, but I did pick them up with my hand,

the bit that wasn't touching, but then you're like, where do I put these now? The dog's probably going, well, you're getting all high and mighty now. I've seen what you've been doing. I put them in my pocket. I put them back on my head. What are you doing? That's just right.

What did you kind of just hold them out? Yeah. By the way, with the bag in the other hand, while trying to have the lead. And then when I got home, I kind of disinfected my sunglasses and cleaned them. But even putting them on my face again later, you're like. Yeah. This is why I made the conscious decision in my New Year's resolution not to have any sunglasses over $4.50. Maybe you should. I've seen the sunglasses, maybe push it up to $20.

$4.50. Like $4.50, no one wants to hang out with you. That's my limit. And I've purchased four of them, you know, got multiple pairs. If anything happens to them, no worries. They'll be made by beautiful little children in factories with very little airflow and poisonous chemicals. And the lenses, I don't even have to worry about scratching lenses. The lenses, I can feel them burning off my corneas,

slowly eroding my eyeballs. But there's no stress about this. If mine fell in there, I'd be like, fine, leave it. Pick it up with the bag, put it in the bag. You know, that's what you'd do, right? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Hits, cash and car. A brand new

Skoda Kamek Monte Carlo car. It's worth just under $48,000. There's a whole lot of cash in the back of the car if you work out exactly how much cash you win cash and the car. I have been wondering, has anyone checked the boot recently? Is the cash still in the boot? Producer Joel, Cash Keeper Joel, sorry.

Yeah. You've checked? It's still there, mate. It's quite dirty, the money. That's why I've got a cold at the moment as well, because the money's dirty. Is that how you afford to go to Harry Styles? Yeah. Free drinks all around, man.

It's a good time. If the money's dirty, don't worry. Ben knows how to launder it, okay? I do, I do. It's one of his talents. Let's get Rachel on from Iketahuna. Welcome. Hello, how are you? Oh, Rachel, Box It's one of his talents. Let's get Rachel on from Ikatahu. Now, welcome. Hello, how are you?

Oh, Rachel, boxer fluffies, mate. Just one half of this prize is enough prize to give away the cash or the car. But that's what those other run-of-the-mill radio stations would do, not here at the Hits. Ben and I are so desperate to please you. So it's a brand-new car. What are you going to do with it? I think I'll probably give that one to mum.

She drives my kids around a lot, so she can have that one. You're going to give a brand new Škoda to mum? Why doesn't she get the old cruddy one you're driving at the moment? I don't know if that's a fair point, but, you know. Give her the old one.

Give it back to mum. Oh, it's lovely. Well, you know, pretty much a $48,000 car. That would be incredible. If my mum's listening to this, just so you know, I wouldn't give you a brand new car. You with Jenny?

I'll give a good price on buying my old car. The old car? A family discount, you know? I'd be like, hey, you know. $500? Just slightly less than a trailer, you know? I'd look after her. Don't worry.

All right, Rachel. We're going to hand you through to Cash Keeper Joel. Good luck, all right? Thanks. What's your guess for today, Rachel? $20,473.74. $20,473.74. It's Thursday, Rachel, and I've got a bit of a proposal for you now.

Would you trade, just take 50 bucks and not have your guess? No. How about $100? No. How about $250? No. $500, my final offer.

Are you going to take the guess or the money? No. $500, that's a lot of money, Rachel. No. No. My kids going to take the guess or the money? No. $500. That's a lot of money, Rachel. No. No. My kids are saying take the money, but I'm glad no. Are you locking in $20,473.74?

Yeah. I'm sorry to tell you, Rachel, that is not the number for cash and car. No worries. Have a good day. Is it too late for her to take out your offer of the $500 now? I'm sorry, Rachel. You missed out.

No worries. Thanks, guys. Thank you. Are you gone? She's gone. She's gone. Yep. Wouldn't take $500 bribery cash.

Oh, yeah. I guess you're going to have that chance, you know, that there's a lot of money. Well, that's how much it means to many people listening, and there's another chance for you. Are you going to bribe people all day, Joel? Oh, we'll see how I'm feeling, mate. We'll see what Brad and Laura are doing today in the afternoon. See how good they are to me. More bribery cash potentially today as Cash and Cash continues on another chance at 11 o'clock this morning.

That's right. That's the Jono and Ben podcast. Oscars are on Monday. Jamie Lee Curtis, actor, she is up for an Oscar. Everything Everywhere All Once is the movie that many are tipping to win the big Oscar prize. But she's been talking about how she didn't go to an Oscars party during the week. She's like, it's past my bedtime. I didn't want to go to a pre-Oscars party.

And now she's come out and she said, hey, musicians, is there a concert? Starting your concert late? She's like, Coldplay, how about a one o'clock start? Bruce Springsteen, you play for five hours. How about starting at two, finish at seven? I'm done. I'm done with 7.30. She's like, let's play afternoon, more afternoon gigs.

I was thinking exactly the same thing with Harry Styles because I was looking at his tour schedule. He's on, he's headed off to Thailand now. He's on at two in the afternoon. I was like, that's a bloody, in Thailand. Is he? Yeah. I was like, that's, I'm with Jamie Lee Curtis.? Yeah. I was like, that's how I do it.

I'm with Jamie Lee Curtis. I know you would. I don't leave my house and I go to bed. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Fall asleep at the drop of a hat. Yeah, there's something, it's cool about that, I guess,

and the fact that it is done early, but there is something awesome when it's the lights, you know, down and you get the cool things and everyone's got their phones out and the cool light and staging. Something, the atmosphere is better at night. But you could be sleeping at that time. Oh, but sleeping, yeah. Let's just say sleeping later, mate.

You'll be sleeping when you've passed away. You'll have all the sleep in the world then. Oh, you're one of those guys. Yeah. Sleep when you're dead. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, life's so short.

You and the meth addicts, mate. Hey, something I noticed you've, I know you've seen something this morning, Ben. What? And you haven't brought it up and it's the polite thing to do. There's a pimple in between my eyeballs. Right. Someone was calling me there and saying, I don't know what you're talking about, mate.

Have you been distracted by phone calls? There's a lot going on. Have you noticed it? Well, okay, yes. It's hard not to notice it but at the same time what's on my place to bring it up and it's the and that is the polite thing to do i know that when anyone has a pimple in between their eyes everyone knows it's there yeah the person knows it's there definitely yeah it goes on you've had a hack at it i could see you've had a hack see if we're at a concert at night time, I wouldn't notice that. But during the daytime, boy, oh boy.

Is there a sniper pointing a gun at you right now? Yeah. But that is the thing. I had to pass on. You know when you've got kids, you pass on life advice to them, what you have learned. And I don't know much from my 41 years on this earth, but life advice i have

passed on to oscar my son is you know never twerk at a funeral yeah that's number one yeah uh easy to peel there's never easy to peel oh yeah yeah true yeah and never go for a pimple in between your eyeballs it just a hundred percent of the yeah it never works out it's the most dangerous thing you can do isn't it you like to think though you go there go maybe this is the one yeah but it's never the one yeah when have you ever gone for a pimple in between your eyes and it's oh that just popped out easily and there's no long lasting mark or scar hacking away at your face but as a teenager i would i would go no i'm not gonna they'd be like, nope. And then once you start, you're like, well, I'm too deep now. Keep going.

Maybe we just get through the other side. And they'd be like, yeah. You're right. It is like puberty's pointing a sniper gun at you. Okay, buddy, I got you. I got you. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, do you look like a celebrity?

Or maybe you're not sure and your partner thinks you look like someone because a lot of people when they come into the studio here with Producer Joel, they think he looks like the all-black player Will Jordan, don't they? Although you're saying Will Jordan. From Wish? Wish Jordan. I'm not sure if Will Jordan's on board with this as well

because it's a bit of a downgrade. But hey, I take it. Well, have you ever seen Will Jordan and Producer Joel in the in the same room no to be fair i haven't mainly because will jordan has no reason whatsoever no business being in the same room as producer joel no what do you talk about rugby yeah and he would talk to you about radio you know like free-flowing conversations i'm sorry you guys have had it would be rich Has it worked to your advantage, producer? Like Grace, your partner. Yeah, I think she probably had a crush on Will Jordan before me.

And then, look, she fell a little bit. Aim for the stars, land on the moon. Is that the saying? Something like that. I don't know if that's quite the saying. Didn't you actually get to do a DJ set as P-Money? Oh, yeah. Did you have a lookalikes?

I did, yeah. It was overseas in Hamilton Island. And there's a wild amount of New Zealanders working in Hamilton Island in Australia. And I was at the bar, and the guy was like, you? And I was thinking, yes. Me, yeah. Yes, me.

And he's like, get up on the decks and I was like oh maybe radio DJ making the connection there and then he was like this guy's a famous DJ in New Zealand and I was like

oh thanks you want a selfie whatever he's like his name's P Money oh dear god by that stage it's too late

you're up there yeah and I tell you what it was probably the worst set P Money had ever played so I apologise to P Money he won't be getting any of his P Money after that no money for him By that stage, it's too late. You're up there. Yeah, and I tell you what, it was probably the worst set P-Money had ever played. So I apologise to P-Money.

He won't be getting any of his P-Money after that. No money for him, that's for sure. Well, last night I was like, I don't know who I look like at all. Yeah, at all. So I went, I'll ask my wife Amanda, do I look like anyone? And this is what she had to say. Tough question.

What celebrity do I look like? Do I look the most like? Channing Tatum. I don't look anything like Channing Tatum, do I look like? Do I look the most like? Channing Tatum. I don't look anything like Channing Tatum, do I? No, but I wish you did. Is that the celebrity you most want me to look like? Yeah, I don't laugh heaps. It's a lot of laughing.

Too much laughing. Hurtful. Super hard. All right, all right, wrapping up. Yes, I regret that. I want to hear what happened for the next 10 minutes after that. I just sulked. Sopping.

Sulked. I reckon you kind of look, kind of look like a less successful Ben Affleck. Doesn't he kind of look like Ben Affleck? Less successful. You know when you see Ben Affleck? Okay, the photo of Ben Affleck outside Smoky City looking a bit like, oh, things are not great. Life's got the...

Is that me? Yeah. When he's like, buddy J-Lo's busting my chops here. Sitting on the bonnet of his car. Vin Weasel. All right. So I entered the hits. 4487, you can ring up yourself and say,

hey, I think I look like this particular person, the celebrity. Or maybe you want to say my partner looks like this particular person. To be honest, it's radio. You could say you look like anyone and we can't. Oh, yeah, true. Yeah, we'll just have to take your word for it. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, we want to know this morning,

oh, no, 100, the Hits or 4487, who do you think you look like? Or maybe it's your partner that thinks you look like someone famous. Yeah, my dad, he's, Annie and Jon John, they came up yesterday from Christchurch to stay. And a couple of years ago, someone said that he looked like Clint Eastwood. And he's been dining out on that. John Pryor, Clint Eastwood. Google to see if there's any similarity.

Well, I also was like, Clint Eastwood. At what stage of Clint Eastwood? Because I was reading the other day, like he's, yeah, he's 92. So, you know. Someone said I also look like Clint Eastwood. At what stage of Clint Eastwood? Because I was reading the other day, like he's 92. Someone said I also look like Clint Eastwood as well. An older version. Do you think he looks like my dad? He does. I look actually a little bit.

Yeah. Really? A little bit. And mum looks like Hillary Clinton. A little bit. Crooked Hillary. Crooked Hillary. I call her Crooked Hillary. A little bit. Crooked Hillary. Crooked Hillary. I call her Crooked Hillary.

A little bit. Again, if you're buying from the $1, $2, $3, $4, and $5 store or whatever. You know, that version. Hillary's already taken. Bill's got her nails. So I'll have to go for someone else. Mum's had the same haircut for the last 40 years. You know, mums do that, eh?

They pick a haircut and they stick with it. They stay in that lane. But yeah, who do you think your partner looks like? Now, Chris, who do they say you look like? They say I look like Prince Harry. Oh! Prince Harry. Do you ever pinch on for crapping all over your family?

Nah. Not me. Nah, but it could be something I could quite get into if they're looking for like a double or something like that. So have you got the, yeah, because he's been running a bit of the facial hair for the last few years. Have you got this sort of similar ginger sort of facial hair in here? Yeah, so I'm ginger and I've got like, you know,

a trimmed facial hair beard going on, but I've had it for probably 10 years. Oh, you've done it way before Harry found it. Exactly. Yeah, and William wanted to shave it off for the wedding, didn't he? Oh, he wanted to, right? Yeah, and Harry was like, no, this is my identity. And your partner, are you afraid that if Prince Harry comes here,

you could get traded in for the top-tier version? Nah, nah, she knows I'm the top dog, so. You're the top dog. You're better than a prince any day. Exactly, exactly. Has it worked to your advantage at all, looking like Prince Harry at all? Yeah, well, prior I was in real estate and I'd do open homes and stuff like that, and people would always say about it when I was going to open homes.

Looks like Prince Harry, well that's a great person to be a lookalike for. He's not too bad looking, if I don't say so myself. Yeah, no, he's not too bad looking. He's not too bad looking. Your partner has a fine taste in gentlemen. Yeah, she does. All right, well, you go look after yourself. Thank you.

Thanks for that. See you, mate. Now, it just reminded me, we're on a Zoom call, and we're going to do an interview with Paul Rudd, actually. Oh, Ant-Man, yeah. Before you do the interview, you're on the screen with all the other reporters from around the world and a guy from the Philippines jumped on

and he said, hey, talking to you you look like Steph Curry the basketballer. I was flattered, I mean I was only tiny in the screen for him to be fair so I mean, but I was flattered. And then he was like, looked at me and was like, hello Jeff Bezos hello's like, hello, Jeff Bezos. Hello, Jeff Bezos.

He didn't have to say anything. That was good though. Vanessa, welcome to Steph and Jeff. Steph and Jeff in the morning. Oh, that sounds way cooler. Who do you get mistaken for? I don't get mistaken for anyone.

But my partner got mistaken when we were in samoa one of the people that was serving us the food thought he was jason statham which was quite funny but he always wears a hat but the first day we were there he got really sunburned and couldn't wear his hat because it was, like, really sore. So he had his big shiny burnt bald head out at dinner. And they were like, Jason, Jason Statham, like, really excited about it. And we were just like, what? They're like, Jason Statham, have you heard of sunscreen? Yeah, that's so funny.

And so then I think he didn't feel so stink about having his head off but um yeah it was funny yeah and he started wandering around with a british accent for the rest of the rest of the holiday did they have photos with him no we were like no it's not him like look no you look like him you look like him oh well you're gonna take it not in that accent i don't know why i said that i love the accent it was controversial i'll Not in that accent. I don't know why I said that accent. I love the accent. It was controversial. It'll probably get us a complaint.

I don't know what was anyway. I say more people should phone up and do accents. Not enough accents on the radio. I'm wrapping

everyone up right now. Everyone have a great day. 8.42. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

It is The Hits, Jono and Ben. We want to know who your celebrity lookalike is, what other people think, or maybe what you think, right, Pitbull? Yeah. I think. It's hard when you don't know when it's coming.

I've got nothing prepared. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Mr. Will, why did you take it away from me? What are the meat week specials at Pack and Save this week, Stickman? That's good, that's good. But it took me too long to come back. Yeah, it was good, it was good. I was still hurt for the pit bull one.

Tamati, welcome, good morning. Yeah, g'day boys, how are you? We're good. Great to have you on, Tamati. Now, you're a teacher at a school, and the kids call you something. Yeah, they call me Andrew Tate from Coinsave. Andrew Tate from Coinsave. Well, you wouldn't want to be the actual Andrew Tate anyway, but...

He's not too popular, especially in education. No, exactly. No, I think worldwide he's not very popular. I can't win because if I try and grow my hair, they call me solar panel. And if I save my beard, they call me 12-year-old Thomas. Are you like, kids, I'm the 12-year-old Tammaty. Are you like, kids, I'm the teacher.

You can't bully the teacher. Yeah, no, we have a good dance culture at our school. Oh, that's awesome. What is your school? Give it a shout-out, Tammaty. I'll shout-out to Kaitao Intermediate. I'm just about to pull in there for another day of getting teased by... Deep breaths, deep breaths. You'll be fine.

You'll be fine. We'll send you out some Dilmar tea as well thank you so much for listening awesome man thank you thanks Darmody

we'll get Theo on who does your partner think you look like Theo I get told I look like Heath Ledger in town and stuff oh damn that is

yeah that's a good that's a good one yeah it's sometimes I don't say it sometimes but I think it's the hair oh Heath Ledger oh wow and do you use it to your advantage Yeah, I don't see it sometimes, but I think it's the hair. Oh, Heath Ledger.

Oh, wow. And do you use it to your advantage? Sometimes. I mean, I went to a Halloween party last year, and my workmate sprayed my hair full green and painted my face white with a red smile, and I went as the Joker. Oh, that is awesome. We had a shocking incident where Ben tried to and I went as the Joker. Oh, that is awesome. We had a shocking incident where Ben tried to dress me up as a Joker. Oh, yeah.

Not in front of Heath Ledger, though, but it was Jared Leto, and he was playing the Joker, and we got severely reprimanded. We got told off during the interview. Jared Leto loved it, but the people around. Tell you what, Theo, there's no more humbling moment when Ben is mopping off makeup off your face after you've just been told off in a corner as an adult.

You're like, what are we doing with our lives? Your lips look smiley from the Joker face paint, but we're getting told off. Thanks for your call, buddy. We appreciate it. See you later. We'll get Holly on from the Bay of Plenty. Holly, who does your partner look like? Back when we first started dating,

one of my work colleagues was like, hey, do you know, your partner looks like Aquaman. Jason Marmore. And so, geez, well, you're lucky you snapped him up, Ross. I'd be walking him down the aisle. Yeah, he did marry me. Yeah, that's fantastic. Well, the actual Jason Marmore is in the him down the aisle. Yeah, he did marry me. Yeah, that's fantastic. Well, the actual Jason Marmois is in the country at the moment.

Maybe we should get your Jason Marmois with Jason Marmois and have a photo. That would be pretty cool. I can definitely not make that happen. Yeah, I was going to say, careful what you're promising. But hopefully someone might be listening who can. It'll be pretty cool if someone could make that happen. Yes, just to be clear, I can't make that happen,

but someone listening can, hopefully. Hey, good on you, Holly. Cool, thanks, guys. Have a good one. So good. Actually, send us a photo to the hits breakfast on Instagram if you do think you or your partner looks like a celebrity local. I would love to see them. The Hits, the Jono and Ben do think you or your partner looks like a celebrity local, I would love to see them.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Obviously very sad news this week. Georgina Baia, MP and Mayor, former Mayor in the Wairarapa, Mayor of Carterton and MP there, passed away. But now it's called Carterton District Council have just announced she's getting a street named after Georgina Baia Way. And also because of the way she lived her life as well. They want to honour that.

So it's a really sweet thing that they're doing. What a beautiful tribute. I remember you tried to put my name on the public toilets in Carleton, remember? Because I grew up there. The Ben Boyce Memorial Lavatory. I think it's still on there. Well, yeah, I don't know if it is.

It was like because you take all the time and that was the connotation. Oh, I was in the connotations. Also, you said the Golden Shars started on this day in 1969. Yeah. The region's biggest shearing competition. Yeah. Slash the only shearing competition.

Yeah, exactly. But they do have some wonderful phallic-looking shears which greet you as you drive into Masterton. Yeah, I grew up in Masterton for a long, long time, you know, and I never noticed that they did look like that. And as soon as you came into Macedon, I was like, here's my hometown, you know, this is my home area. You're like, oh, they look like something else.

Yeah. And I hadn't noticed that before. And you've never been able to unsee it since. No, you're right. Hey, thanks for listening to the show. We'd like to thank Antonia Preble who joined us earlier, and you talked about the fire in her house. Yeah, it took 14 months for us to get back in.

About three quarters of the house had to be taken down and built again. Well, I'm sorry for bringing it up. To be honest, I feel like you want to move on from that. So let's talk about your new podcast. Very exciting. Yeah, Triggered. Welcome to the show, first thing in the morning. By the way, tell us about the most traumatic time in your life.

I'm like Oprah. I'm just looking for tears. Exactly. I was not expecting that. If you just start crying now, that's all we need, Antonio. You can check out that and more on our podcast. It'll be up on iHeartRadio very, very shortly. Have yourself a great Thursday.

We'll catch you tomorrow.