Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Jono shares a fishy tale!

Episode Date: April 19, 2022

Jono is onboard Seahawk Charters on a wet and windy day out on the Hauraki Gulf, as he attempts to catch his first ever fish and tick it off his bucket list!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Welcome to the podcast. Tuesday morning, 19th of April, and Bell Crawford's joining me right now because, as you'll hear on today's podcast, Jono goes out to catch his first ever fish, and he hasn't come back. No. It's after the show. Yeah. I don't know if he's coming back.

Yeah. And the captain decided, he sounds like a bit of a rogue fella, and he decided he wanted to keep fishing for the rest of the day. So I'm wondering, has Jono just, has he been kidnapped? Is he like, is it his job now? He's going to bit of a rogue fella and he said he wanted to keep fishing for the rest of the day. So I'm wondering, has Jono just been kidnapped? Is he like, is it his job now? He's going to be on a boat? Is he like a fish person out there? This must be what Jacinda Ardern feels like when Clark's always like, I'm off going fishing.

You know, because I know Jono and he was excited about catching a fish. But I think he's caught a fish, as you'll hear on the podcast. He would have gone, tick this box. I need to go back and work. I've got family, I've got work, I've got things I've got to do. But, you know, if you like fishing, you're out in the ocean, of course you've got to carry on. And that's what's happened right now for Chotto.

He definitely, you can tell in his voice, he wanted to come back. He wants his, you know, creatures of comfort, his coffee, his long black, his, you know, nice warm studio. Yeah, but he's out there on the ocean, and who knows if he's going to be back tomorrow. He'll have some tales of the sea to tell us tomorrow. I can't wait to hear that. And Jono's too polite.

The thing you'll find about Jono is that he's too polite to actually tell you what he really feels. Like, he'll be like, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then I'll be, because I've known him for a while now, I'll be like, he definitely does not want to do that. But, you know, he'll be out there, and he'll be out there all day, because that's what people that you know, he'll be out there and he'll be out there all day because that's what people that love fishing would want to do.

They'd want to be out there all day. But maybe he'll love it by the time he comes back in tomorrow. It's a fun wee show today. Jono out in the ocean. We got to be in the studio this morning, which was nice for us, wasn't it, Belle? Yeah, nice and warm. Didn't get wet or anything. Like, I really wanted to be out there with them.

But then I found out there was quite a bit of a rainy, windy condition. I was like, oh, maybe it's not quite as nice as being in here. Do you get seasick? A little bit too. We'll find out what the deep seawater is like tomorrow. If Jono joins us back on the show tomorrow. Enjoy the podcast. Have a great day.

We'll catch you tomorrow. As I said before, Jono may or may not be here. If they were the internet You'd want to clear this history Jono and Ben On the hits Of course we're back After a long Easter weekend

It was fun I went up north with the family I was worried sick Didn't hear anything Yeah I treated myself to one little Easter egg Just one Just one little one

You know Can't imagine You're a big Easter egg consumer No I'm not a Like I don't dislike chocolate I'm just not a big Not a big Easter egg consumer. No, I'm not. Like, I don't dislike chocolate. I'm just not a big chocolate person. But you love it. You like your chocolate and your cakes and stuff.

But I binge. I binge. You're like, I'll try not to eat it for a long time, but when I do it, I do it hard. Okay? When I'm going Toblerone, I'm Tobleroning hard. Whole bar. Oh, you love a Toblerone, don't you?

Yeah, whole bar. But how many- We have a duty-free shop. Yeah. How many was the egg are we talking here? Just one of those little, just a tiny little caramel.

That's enough. That's enough. That's enough. That was enough. That was a good way for me to celebrate Easter. The kids, you know, the kids got involved.

They get stuck into it. They love it, don't they? Did you have like an Easter salad as well? Lunchtime salad? Yeah, with some boiled eggs as well, you know, just to have it, yeah.

You got bombarded over your weekend though Long weekend Yeah A friend of mine Tiff Who She's trying to secure a slot on our show I think Yeah

And she's firing through jokes And relentless A relentless rate of knocks These jokes were coming through So I thought that I would do her the honour Of giving these jokes the The airtime Okay

That they deserve Okay So the first one is Knock knock Who's there? I'll do her the honour of giving these jokes the airtime that they deserve. Okay. So the first one is, knock, knock. Who's there? Okay. Sorry, I thought someone was at the door, but obviously they're not. I thought you'd have this a little bit more.

Okay. Is that part of the joke? Sorry. So you know what? The problem is with me checking my phone midway through while we're talking on the radio I get distracted by other text messages You know coming through You're like damn kids knocking on my door again Sorry

Shall I finish the joke this time Well yeah I guess I feel like you started it Yeah okay I did my part Sorry I should not look Because I started looking for her text, and I was like, oh, I haven't replied to another text. Sorry.

Here we go. Did you hear about the cheese? What happened to the knock-knock joke? So I don't know who was at the door anyway. Okay, carry on. It was one of those ding-dong dash games. You know, blasted neighborhood kids. All right, all right. Carry on then.

Okay, did you hear about the cheese factory that exploded in France? Did you hear about this, Ben? No, I didn't hear about this. Debris was everywhere. That is good. I like that one. Debris. I feel like that's one that I could remember.

I'm shocking at remembering jokes. So I feel like I could remember that one. Yeah, hold on to that one tight. Do you remember, do you actually remember the good old days when you would jump in those giant tractor tyres and you'd roll down the hills? Do you remember those days? Yeah.

Ah, they were the good years. Oh, yeah, because that's good, you're Ty. Yeah, yeah, it's good, that's good. Pity laugh there from you. I thought, seriously, at the start, that you were asking me about something else. Oh, the delivery was too convincing. Yeah, it was too good.

I was like, do I remember those days? I thought maybe I needed to know, and it was a joke. There you go. Yeah. Knock, knock. Oh, here we go. Back to this. Who's there?

Oh, they've gone again. It's Jono and Ben, but FYI, Ben is open to other options. Jono and Ben on the hits. This morning, it's a big day for you. Hopefully, you get to achieve something off your bucket list, Jono. That's what we're doing this year is we're achieving things off your bucket list and ours. And I've never caught a fish. And there's been a few weather issues along the way, but we're finally here.

The day is here. So I hope Nemo has said goodbye to its loved ones. We gave Nemo a few extra days to get the goodbyes out of the way over Easter. Yeah, we're heading out this morning. Just after 7 o'clock, we're going to be out on the water. And from 7.30, you're going to have an hour to catch a fish. And when you do, let's say when you do, anyone that texts FISH to 4487 could win $1,000 worth of fish, thanks to Jono.

And also get four spots on a Seahawk fishing charter, which are kind of going to be taking us out this morning as well. Now, you've been preparing me in, I would say, no way at all for this. You got me to do office fishing during the week, where I had to clip a fishing line onto people going about their day around the office, working around. You weren't very good at that. It was a little too, yeah, I don't know.

Yeah, well, I was kind of like, this has got nothing to do with fishing, but you're making me do it anyway. And then secondly, you got me to phone somewhere and fish for a compliment, which became as awkward as it sounds. Revive Espresso speaking with Corey. Hi, Corey. Hi. It's just Jono here.

Hey, Jono, how are you doing? Good, how are you doing? Pretty good. I was going to come in and come to the cafe. Oh yeah? Awesome. Would you like to book a table? Yeah, yeah. Awesome. For how many people? That'll be for just me and my friend Ben.

Lovely, Jono and Ben. And what time are you, Jono and Ben, coming in? Well, sort of 2.30. Oh, we close at 2.30. Oh. Yeah, kitchen closes at 2. So if you want lunch, you kind of need to be here before then. Okay.

What if I was to tell you it's Jono and Ben? Yeah. Do you want me to stay open for you, Jono? Is that what's going on here? Just from the radio to TV? Now that you mention it, yeah, I do. I have been out of the country for most of my adult life. Yeah, yeah.

What's going on? Why are you coming in here? Is there anything you'd like to say? I don't know. You're awesome? Is that what you want? Yes! Minute 15.

He's trying to get a compliment. He's fishing for compliments. It took him a minute 15. You really jumped from a bit out of the country to, you're awesome, pretty quickly. No, but I had to bully you into it, though. You totally did. You coerced me.

I'm sorry. Can I get a prize for that or anything? Yeah, of course you can get a prize for that. We're going to send you some hell pizza, okay? Okay. You're a legend. You have a? Okay. You're a legend. You have a great day. You're a legend too, mate.

You're awesome, in fact. Oh, there we go. See, compliments all around. Compliments all around. I love it. I'll take something extra, please. Well, you fished for a compliment. You've got a compliment.

And hopefully you'll fish for a fish today on our Seahawk Fishing Charter. It's happening at 7.30. Hmm. Yeah. Jono and Ben. Now, Close Contacts is a game that we like to play where we give each other our phones. So this week I've got your phone, Jono, and I get to call anyone from your contact list, a close contact, and you don't know who I've called.

You've got to work it out with an awkward conversation. Yeah, because you can plug your phone in here in the studio. So it looks like on their phone it is actually your number calling. And it's just a giant breeding ground for awkward conversations the next time we see these people. Yeah. You know? Yeah.

And they don't know why you've called, and you've got to work it out. I would actually like to do it for not, you know, because we try and focus on people that the audience might know from radio or TV or whatever. But I'd like to do it once, like, your doctor or your plumber. Like, really make it awkward. Because you can brush stuff over with media people. They understand.

But, you know, your tree-felling guy. That's where I want to go next week. Well, you're like, who's this? It's the tree-felling guy. You're like, oh, okay. He's like, he didn't know. Oh, okay. Do you want to cut a tree down or what?

Why are you here? Yesterday, though, we came into the radio studio to record one with you. I had your phone and we recorded someone. Well, it got kind of awkward. We worked with this person for a while. And here's what happened when we called from Jono's number and he didn't know who it was. Hello? was hello hi hi how are you good how are you good good what do you want what are you ringing me for? I don't know.

How's the fam? What do you mean you don't know? I had a missed call from you. Did you ring me by accident? When was the last time we caught up? The last time we caught up? Like two weeks ago? It's Sharon Casey.

It's Sharon Casey. Sharon. Sharon, you're in the middle of a game we do call close contacts where we hand each other's phone over and we don't know who's who's dialed and ben's dialed your number that is so annoying because i i thought that you genuinely had rung me and i was like oh god, something's happened with Jono. If Jono's calling, then it's got to be something bad. And I was like, oh, no. Well, there's nothing more genuine than a radio prank call. He's had a fall. Yeah, well, I thought that you were going to ask me to bail you out or something

because you didn't want to ring again. So I was really worried. You're like, oh, God, what's he calling about? And then he's so weird on it. You're like, his Alzheimer's has really kicked in, isn't it? But isn't it weird that I didn't find that weird? Like, I just thought that was a normal Jono follow. And I was like, maybe he's pants-dialed me.

Maybe, I don't know what's happening here. Hey, well, Sharon, you might as well plug Dancing with the Stars coming back to three. Oh, well, Dancing with the Stars coming back to three. You just said exactly what I said. Great plug. No, it's going to be great, guys. Got some dancing, some charity.

This is just a vague recollection of a show. You haven't quite got your head around just yet. Yeah, well, I've just had a baby, so I've got baby brain. But yeah, from what I remember, there's a bit of dancing, a lot of charity, and you know, just good times. Really depressing for me. I've been really hoping to see you guys out there in some spandex.

Sharon has. Hey, she's been putting the acid on, haven't you, to get Ben in some sequins and fake spray tan? Oh, me? All you, mate. All you. Oh, no, definitely you, Ben. No one needs to see old boat guts in some sequins.

Boat guts. Sharon's always fascinated by the tattoo of the endeavor you have on your stomach. Oh, my guts. She calls me boat guts in some sequins. Boat guts. Sharon's always fascinated by the tattoo of the endeavor you have on your stomach. Oh my guts. She calls me boat guts. Yeah, I mean, do you know what?

When I think about it, I was like, if there is one thing that Dancing with the Stars needs, it is a tattooed guy that's going to get out there with his dog smoking a cigarette

in primetime children TV. That's good. Boat guts. Vote for boat guts. Vote for boat guts. Text 4 Vote for Boat Guards. Text 4487 to vote for Boat Guards. If David Seymour can twerk, then I'm pretty sure that you can get out there

and do some of your sexy moves, Ben. I mean, we all know about the dungeon at your house. You've definitely got some sexy moves. Hey, we don't speak of the dungeon on The Hits, mate. He knows it in a previous life, Sharon. Yeah, previous. We just call it Ben's special play pen on The Hits. All right, Sharon Casey. See you, mate. Love your work, Sharon. See you, Sharon. Yeah, previous. We just call it Ben's special playpen on the hits. Alright,

Sharon Casey. See you, mate. Love your work, Sharon. See you, mate. See you later, guys. Rated M for mildly amusing. Jono and Ben on the hits. Back after a long weekend, school holidays as well, and today is the day. Very special day for Jono Pryor. He's heading out there on the water to

make one of his bucket list dreams come true and here's how it has all happened so far. I want to make the news. I also want to be on Shortland Street and finally I want to catch a fish. Rebecca Randall plays Dawn on Shortland Street. No. We are going to have you go on a fishing charter. I see what you've done here. Still a dream right? I'm going to call a fishing shop. We want to see if you can weave some fishing puns as many as you can into the conversation. Do you think tomorrow's would be

a good opportunity to go? It shouldn't be too bad. You've been pundistruck! I don't exactly know if puns would be the way I'd go. First man of fishing, Clark Gayford, welcome! So Jono, you've obviously never been on Tinder

then either. Well, I mean, because every New Zealand bloke seems to be on Tinder with a picture of a fish. What happened to you? I got attacked

by a shark. You got attacked by a shark? Yeah. It hit me on my shoulder. Oh, you poor thing. Jeez.

My brother had actually catched John Dorey, skewed it up onto the boat ramp and flops it around and grabs it. And hurting the fish like sheep sort of thing. Yeah. Yeah, man. Now we're joined by a very young fisherman.

Cole Dillamore is his name. Any advice? Just be patient. Fairly hard. The other thing, does he need a fishing nickname? The Rodfather. I love the Rodfather. And the Happy Hooker.

Moby Dickhead. There's another one. Hello, Moby Dickhead. There's another one. Hello, Moby Dickhead. There's some wild weather coming to New Zealand and we thought we'd talk to a weather expert from weatherwatch.co.nz.

Philip Duncan, we're meant to go fishing tomorrow. Yeah. Do we just plough on? My suggestion is give it a pass this week, move it to next week. It'll be more settled next week

than it will be. Mad dog, Phil Duncan. What does mad dog, Phil Duncan Duncan want to say to us? Go out there, give it a bash? No, he can't Well, the day's finally come How are you feeling? You've got zero thought, have you?

I'm trying to prepare a life-changing moment for you And you're nothing You look at me like Oh, yeah, that's right I actually factored in How am I feeling? how am I feeling? How am I feeling? I don't care anymore now.

I lost interest. But if you want to win $1,000 when Jono catches a fish, we're going to start from 7.30 this morning. We're out there on the Seahawk Fishing Charter. You can drop your line in at 7.30. We'll give you one hour to do it. Everyone that texts FISH to 4487 could win $1,000 and get four people on one of the Seahawk fishing charters,

which is pretty awesome. Rise and shine. Time to start the, um, who are we kidding? We're not the boss of you. Jono and Ben on the hits. Today's a day that we try and make Jono Pryor's dream come true. He's never caught a fish, and today he's going out on a Seahawk fishing charter,

and he joins us outside in the car park. How are you, Jono? I tell you what, Ben, have you looked outside lately? Yeah. I don't want to nitpick. I really appreciate you helping me knock this off my bucket list, but I had imagined probably better weather and more sociable hours. Squally showers, it's hosing down with rain as the salty sea dog heads out on an ocean of emotion.

Well, yes, you're about to head out on the seahawk. Can I be brutally honest with you? I was going to go with you, but then I looked at the weather forecast. I was like, hey, maybe, Jono, you just go achieve. I'm still helping you achieve your dream, but it's better for me to help you from the comfort of the studio okay it's a fiasco out here i will be like my main goal today is not become a news story at six o'clock tonight so you're about to get out look it's not it's it's like it's not unsafe but it's not the greatest conditions as far as there's a bit of rain around. It's not going to be the most enjoyable experience

until you catch that fish, and that's all we worry about today, right? It is raining cats and dogs, and hopefully catching fish from the ocean today. I'm worried for my life. Tell my family I love them. He'll be fine. He'll be fine.

Bell, just pull down his ear. He'll be fine. He'll be fine. He'll be fine. After, just pull down his ear. He'll be fine. He'll be fine. He'll be fine. After 7 o'clock this morning, it's happening, and you can win $1,000. Text FISH to 4487. Jono is going to catch a fish.

It's going to happen today. His bucket list is coming true. Maybe the rain part wasn't part of it. It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. The hits. We're trying to make Jono's bucket list dream of catching a fish come true. He's never caught a fish, and this morning he's out on the harbour

heading to the location on the Seahawk, the fishing charter. Are you there? Come on in, Jono. Are you there? Come in, Ben. I'm here. I'm in the studio. It's lovely in the studio. What's it like out there on the ocean? It's choppy. These might be my final words now the main thing is we're on air and we're out to catch my first fish we're going to find nemo put nemo on a hook fillet nemo and eat nemo today now you've been chatting no doubt to all the people on the

boat that's what you do uh who else is with you a A lot of conversation. So we've got a team of three or four. Now what was your name? I'm Misuzu. Misuzu, who works on the fishing charter. Huge fan of fishing, aren't you? Yes, I am. She takes her jet ski out into the middle of like, kilometres away in the middle of nowhere and catches all sorts of

fish. So you're not only a fan of fishing, but what else are you a huge fan of? I love Sex in the city. Huge sex in the city fan. Who doesn't love sex in the city? We've been gossiping like a couple of nattering old nannies on the way out about sex in the city. And you even went on the tour, didn't you, in New York? Yes, I did.

She flew to New York specifically for the tour. Now you tell the fine people of Aotearoa what happened on this tour. So it was on my birthday, on my 30th. Yeah. I went to New York to go on tour, but I wanted to see her house first, so I went to her house. Sarah Jessica Parker's house. She went to stalk her house, yeah.

Oh, her actual house. Carrie's house. And, yeah, there she was. She was walking the street. She was right there, Ben. Oh, my goodness. So this is not the house from Sex and the City, because I went with my wife over there.

We walked for hours to find the stoop, the staircase for the house from the show. But this is Sarah Jessica Parker's actual house. Actual house. He's been on the tour as well. His wife dragged him around. He's not a huge fan like you and me. And, yeah, she bumped into Sarah Jessica Parker.

Now, what happened? I saw a lot of paparazzi, so I pushed them all away to go and talk to her. She pushed 30 paparazzi out of the way, like bullied them out of the way, ran up to Sarah Jessica Parker. And told her it's my birthday, and she told me happy birthday. Gave her a hug, got a happy birthday from SJP. That is amazing. What a wonderful tale.

Oh, there you go. Well, that's pretty incredible. Hopefully you'll have a wonderful tale to tell of your day out on the water. If you catch a fish this morning, someone's going to win $1,000 and a place on a Seahawk fishing charter. There's four people who can go on one of those. All you've got to do is text FISH to 4487. What do you think your chances are of catching a fish from 7.30 onwards, Jono?

Well, you're the expert. What are our chances today? I'm still catching it today. Don't worry, Jono. You'll catch it too. Okay, yeah, we're very confident. Cocky and confident. That's the feeling out here today, Ben Boyce.

Scrolling through your feed. All right, I'll hand you over now to our one-man news bureau. It's Ben Boyce with a shoddy Wi-Fi connection. What's been happening in the news, baby? Well, Easter over the weekend, it brought loads of chocolates to many people and some confusing laws. Now, the ACT Party are wanting to change some of these because it seems very confusing.

What's open? What's not open? What can't you buy? What can you buy? The main thing, Jesus, maybe not a big fan of you being able to buy alcohol, I imagine, over the weekend. That's what it seems like. Which is, you know, I can understand why. He was in the wine game himself, wasn't he? A big fan of turning water into wine. Maybe he sees, you know, these guys encroaching on his territory,

on his turf over the Easter period. He's like, this is my time to hog off my red wine. Wonderful trick, isn't it? Great trick, that. Yeah, yeah, it is. He would definitely win that 60 Seconds talent show on TVNZ, wouldn't he? Oh, yeah. Hey, what's your name?

My name's Jesus. What are you going to do today? Well, see this water? You just stand by. And he'd be getting a ticket through to the next round bed. I'd be voting him through. Saw a great meme over the weekend too about the Last Supper and technically it was a table for 26 they must have asked for at the restaurant

because they were all seated, the 13 of them, all on the same side. They were too. There was no one sitting. How do you get a good conversation going when you're all sort of like talking to someone five people down the road? Yeah, very, very awkward table setting. And also, was it a split the bill situation? Or was that all on Jesus's credit card?

Definitely, he was paying for that, wasn't he? And Jacinda Ardern. Because he would have gone, can I get water for the whole table? And I'll turn it into wine. Does he have to pay BYO costs there. Well, yeah, definitely. They'll be like, hey, mate, you brought that in yourself. But no, that's my trick.

And Jacinda Ardern, our Prime Minister, she's overseas at the moment, trying to tell everyone New Zealand is open for business. There's no fortress New Zealand. The borders are open. Come on and visit. And she's in Singapore today. She was also on the Australian Project, their TV show the other night, telling

everyone's welcome from Australia at the moment but they were a little worried because behind Jacinda at the airport in Wellington was someone dressed as a kangaroo and the kangaroo didn't have its head on and it caused quite a lot of concern. Can you tell the kangaroo to put his head back on? It's insane.

Would you mind putting your head back on. It's insane. Kids watching. Would you mind putting your head back on? They want the full view of the kangaroo. I can assure you he's had his head on for the moments of the tourists arriving. Put your head back on is something I wouldn't imagine I hear the Prime Minister say too often. He was off the clock, obviously. He probably had a half-time ciggy or something in the background.

And why does Jacinda have to travel overseas and tell everyone we're open? Is it not just sort of like a group email situation? Hey, guys, just so you know, you're welcome. Good point, but I think we have for so long, we sort of keep people away that that's what everyone, the rest of the world thinks. No one's invited. All right.

So she's having to go around every country and personally tell them, hey, guys, you're more than welcome. Open door policy. Hey, coming up next, we're going to start this fishing expedition very soon. I'm out here to try and catch my first fish. We're knocking stuff off our bucket list this year. And, Ben, I think it's time to drop the line and win the people $1,000. Breakfast with Jono and Ben.

Jono Pryor out on the Seahawk fishing charter this morning. He's about to drop in his line to catch his very first fish. And Jono, we've made you an epic introduction. You want to hear it? Do I have an option? No, not really, actually. No, we're pushing the buttons back here in the studio, in the comfort of the studio. So here we go go it's a life-changing moment for jono prior

something he's always dreamed of is about to happen oh actually that dream is for jono to have a full head of hair we can't do that today we're not miracle workers but what we can do is this. Today is the day Jono Pryor takes an item off his bucket list and catches a fish for the very first time. There's plenty more fish in the sea, and he just wants to catch one of them. Just keep swimming, just keep swimming. Sorry, Nemo, we're going to find you on the end of Jono's line. Jono Pryor has one hour from now to catch his first fish on the hits. He's aboard the Seahawk Fishing Charter,

which is great for group and corporate events, team building, all sorts. And this morning, it's great for Jono to catch his first ever fish. Or is it great, Jono? What are the conditions like? I'll tell you what's also good for novelty radio promotions, the Seahawk boat. Caw, caw, caw, caw.

We've just landed. We're pulling in to the mighty Rangitoto, who is staring me dead in my eyeballs right now. This is apparently where the fish are going to be biting, Ben. And can I say, every time I've been on a boat, the most nervous I get is when I have to use the lavatory. Have you ever used a boat toilet?

It is up there with the airplane toilet. Yeah if there is a toilet, I mean a lot of times there's not and that's a nerve racking experience going how long can I hold on for or are we going over the side? What's happening here? It feels like when you're on a boat toilet, there's a lot of buttons, there's a lot of moving parts, and anything could happen at any moment. This morning, though, you're just about to drop in your line. We're going to give you to 8.30 this morning.

You've got to catch a fish, and when you do, anyone that takes a fish to 4487 could win $1,000, and for four people to go aboard a Seahawk fishing charter. Are you about to do it? Are you going to do it? Are you going to drop your line? We're about to drop the line. Okay, everyone count me down.

By everyone, I mean you. I thought you were those people on the boat. I mean, who's on the boat around you? I mean, there's people there all waiting for this iconic moment. Okay, here we go. Count us down. Three, four, three, two, one. Seven, six. Oh, no, you're going. Nine, 12, 17, 20. count us down 3 4 3 7 6 9

12 17 20 here we go it is in the water and nothing is happening

at this stage I won't lie you've got to let the light out that's not the most exciting thing but we're going to give you to 8.30 this morning as I said before Jono you hold tight.

Keep us up to speed. Enjoy those bananas I packed for you in your lunchbox. Put those in your bag. They'll be fine on the boat, right? The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Crossing live, back to the ocean. The salty sea dog himself, Jono Pryor, out on the seahawk about to catch, hopefully, his first fish.

Very salty. Very salty. I'm a salty sea dog up here with another salty sea dog, our skipper Danny. Welcome, Danny. Good morning, Jono. Danny, a wonderful character. If I had imagined the lead cast member on a Hollywood movie who's skipping a boat out to sort of capture a mega shark

that was terrorising the people, that would be Danny. That would be Danny. How long have you been doing this job, Danny? That's not a job, Jono. It's an occupation lifestyle, mate. There you go. You hear that, Ben? It's an occupation lifestyle.

Can you ask a question to Danny for me? Yeah, I can ask a question for Danny. Every time I go fishing, you always have to go so early. But why do you have to go so early? Surely the fish don't know what time it is. They're under the sea. So Danny, Danny Ben's asking, why do fishing boats have to leave so early?

Why can't you go more gentlemanly hours? Well, fish don't have clocks. They work on the sun coming up and coming down more times than not. You'll find it a better bite times on that change of tide early morning and early evening. Okay. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, boys. That's why they do it, mate. Okay, I was like, fish don't know what time of day it is, but maybe they do. Now, Danny, what tips could you offer me today?

Because I've got the rod hanging out the back there, and to be honest, it's not doing anything, and I feel like I'm getting bites all the time, but then it's just the waves, you know? Well, it's just a matter of different different tackle different ways of fishing and things like with the with the rigs that we use it's a little bit technical but once you get the hang of it it's quite easy it's this is danny the skipper he is looking after us out here on these choppy choppy oceans ben i tell you what i wouldn't i wouldn't want to start my tuesday morning any other way, okay? If you said, what's the best way to start a Tuesday morning?

Well, getting up at 4 o'clock and hopping on a fishing charter in a storm is what I would have written down, okay? Your aching dreams come true, baby. Five words for 5K. You're just five words away from $5,000. I'm Carol from Waimete. Hey, Carol. All right, you know how the game works, all right, Carol?

I don't. Okay, Carol. We play, you know how the game works, all right, Carol? I don't. Okay, Carol. We play it every morning with our son on the way to school. Oh, that's awesome. Well, Carol, because I'm in the studio right now and I'm the only one that can go into the soundproof booth, I'm going to head in there. I'm going to leave you in the hopefully capable hands of Jono and Belle.

Over to you, Jono. I'm heading away. All right, to be fair, I don't have very spare hands at the moment I've got a fishing rod in one, microphone and headphones in the other and here we go, Carol, first word that comes into your head when I say ta-tear

ta-tear ta-tear sauce, that's a good one, one from one I'm matching with you so far crummed crummed is number two for you, Carolyn. Why, Mate? Crumbed fish. Crumbed fish. I see somewhat of a nautical fishing

theme emerging this morning from producer Bea Amps. Squid. Squid is the third word. Squid rings. Scales. Word number four. Scales, word number four. Scales. Scales.

Scales, weight. Weight, all right. Can we come back to that one? Yeah, all right, Carol, all right. You're running it like a boss. You're a legend. Fishing is the fifth and final word. Fishing.

Fishing is the fifth and final word. Fishing. Fishing. Sea fishing. Sea fishing. And you wanted to loop back around to scales. And I know you've already looked in fish for one of your words. You can go fish again if you want to. Okay, we'll go fish again. Okay.

Yeah. Carol. Snaped on and took Anna's spot. Played a beautiful game. We'll release Ben from the soundproof booth, Belle. See if we can win you $5,000 this morning. I've let him out. Is that a boss?

No, no boss. Okay, Ben, welcome back. Hey, I'm back. How are we going? It's all over to you, Ben. Carol, desperate. It's all over to you. No pressure., desperate. It's all over to you. No pressure. Do you know what Carol was going to do with this $5,000?

No, don't. I've got my family here, so we might as well go out for dinner. Oh, she might go out for dinner. It's going to be one egg of a dinner. That would be awesome. That would be. Yeah, all right, Carol. Remember what we were going to say.

You were going to give it to the children at the hospital, put more pressure on them. But anyway. No pressure. Word number one. Tartare is the first word this morning, Ben. Tartare, sauce. One from one. The second word is crumbed.

Oh, fish. Two from two, Kazza. I'm picking this as a fishing theme this morning, judging by the first two. Crossing fingers. Squid. Squid's the third word. Ring. Oh, my gosh.

Scales. Scales. Skin? Oh, my brain. The scales, the skin. I don't know what it is. What is the scales? Carol went fish scales. I mean fish.

Yeah, well, you're right. I was trying to think what part of the fish it is. I don't even know if fish have skin. I'm sorry. It's all good. It's worth a try. And the fifth word was fishing. We may as well just see what you would have got.

Rod. Fishing rod. Of course. Fishing seat. Carol, he blew out on the final two. Don't worry. You played a beautiful game, Carol. And I'll tell you what.

This week, you know what you need to go and do? What? Go and have a beautiful week. I will go. You guys also. Have fun fishing. Lovely to talk to you, Carol. Have a great week.

Now, someone's caught a fish on the fishing charter. This is very exciting. What's happening, Jono? Well, do you know what happened? I just handed producer Bea Humphrey, Bea Humps, the rod I've been holding on to just so I could come and talk to you. And as the song was finishing, he pulls up a fish on my rod. On the rod.

I've been stuck in there for 40 minutes. Swoops on in and up comes a snapper. Technically, that doesn't count for you then, right? But it was on my rod, the rod I've been holding. I've done all the groundwork for that. He's just swooped on in at the last minute. That does not count as a fish for Jono Pryor after 8 o'clock. Hopefully he will catch his

first ever fish. Tested safe for listing from home. Jono and Ben on the hits. Now thanks to Frontier Touring and Chug Entertainment, we have an amazing trip to see Robbie Williams live at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. At the end of this month, you can win a trip

for four to see Robbie live including flights, accommodation and $500 spending money. Head to the hits.co.nz to register and take part in Better Man where we find out how well your partner really knows you and before John I went out on the fishing charter this morning we had Kim

on the phone to play our first version and we asked her how incredible it would be to see Robbie Williams live. That would her how incredible it would be to see Robbie Williams live. Oh, that would be amazing. It'd be the dream. It's hubby and I's wedding anniversary on the Anzac Day. Seven years would be epic.

Oh, that's great. Now, not just you two as well. You can take two others. Who are you dragging along on the honeymoon? We thought about the kids and we're like, nah. Apologies, kids, if you're tuned into this. Mum really does love you. The kids need to hear it, though.

They need to learn these harsh truths. All right, so we need to find out who's the better man over the week to win this prize. So we're going to ask you some questions. We're going to ask you five quick questions, and then we're going to call your husband and see how he goes in answering these questions. Where did you guys first meet? We actually met at a horse camp.

Okay, horse camp. Wedding anniversary, what is the date? 25th of April, 2015. Your birthday, Kim? 14th of November, 86.

Okay. I'm the 13th, Kim. Oh, wow. Different date, but anyway. I'm just saying, the day before Kim. It's personal stuff, mate.

It's not the same day. They get some personal stuff out there. Okay, yeah, firstborn's birthday, Kim. 20th of September, 2008. I've got a firstborn. No, there you go. Is that the connection we need to make? I was here in 2008. And your favourite artist?

Do you have a favourite musical artist? Obviously, you like Robbie Williams. We do. Outside of Robbie Williams. Outside of Robbie Williams. Outside of Robbie Williams, Ed Sheeran. Oh, Ed Sheeran. Okay, we're going to lock those in. How do you think now Stephen's going to go with those five questions?

Yeah, pretty good. If he doesn't, he'll be in the dog box. Oh, yeah, right. What will you do? Horse camp the pair of you? Riding horses? Yeah, riding horses. Oh, yeah?

Okay. Wholesome wee horse camp. Wholesome. Nothing back then. Nothing else was being ridden. Nothing under horse back then. Okay, all right. Let's make the call.

Ben's trying to smoke screen. He knew where I was going with it, and he didn't like it. Okay, let's go through. Good luck, Kim. You could be off to Robbie Williams. Phoning Stephen. He doesn't know what's about, let's go through. Good luck, Kim. You could be off to Robbie Williams. Phoning Stephen. He doesn't know what's about to hit him. No.

Hello? Oh, hey, Stephen. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Hey, Jono and Ben, my favourite two lads. Oh, hey, this flattery will get you a long way. Might not be your favourite two lads very shortly, though, Stephen. Oh, what's happened? What have I done?

Well, we've got Kim on the line. You guys, you're in the draw to go see Robbie Williams in Melbourne, but we want to find out if you are the better man, and we're going to ask you five questions, see how many you get right, and that will hopefully bump you up the leaderboard for this competition. Oh, that's, okay. Don't ask me anything about birthdays. Oh, no.

Oh, no. Oh, no. These are all have no memory. Oh no. These are all birthday questions. They're not all birthday, but there's one. There's a lot of date-based questions here, Stephen. Don't disappoint me. Thanks for setting me up for this. How are we sitting on your list of favourite people

now, Stephen? I'll let you know in about two minutes. Okay, so where did you guys, okay, Stephen, think long and hard, where did you guys first meet? Where did we first meet? Oh, that's an easy one. We met at a horse camp.

Yeah, there we go. That's good. Well done. What were you riding at the horse camp? Okay, hang on. I'm an old cowboy from way back. Wedding anniversary. Well, I did the smart thing

and actually got married on the 100th anniversary of Anzac Day. 25th of April. Well done. Well done. Okay, two from two. Kim's birthday. Oh, come on.

Now, I think it's... It's the day after John O's, if that's any help. I think it's the 14th of the 11th. 14th of November. Was it right? Is that right? Yeah, well done. You got three from five.

This is good. Okay. Pack your bags, Kim. Well, no. First born. When was your first born? Mine is on the 20th of the 10th, and his is on the 20th of the 9th. Well done.

You've made it through the niggly date stage of the questionnaire. And just outside of Robbie Williams, who is Kim's favourite musical artist? I'd say probably Ed Sheeran. Oh! Well done, Stephen! Five from five. That puts you, I mean, you're the first one. Oh, look how easy, mate.

Keep going. Keep going. Now he's cocky. Now he's confident. What's your computer password? Hey, well done. Well done. Five out of five. That puts you in top spot. Obviously, well done. Well done. Five out of five.

That puts you in top spot. Obviously, you're the first to do it, but that puts you in a great position to hopefully for us to call you back and send you to Robbie Williams with four people to see him in Melbourne. Hey, awesome. Thank you very much.

Here's hoping. Pack your bags, Kim. She's going to pack her bags either way if it went really bad. Yeah, well. Hey, thanks, guys. You have a great day. Breakfast with Jono and Ben. Now, this year we're trying to tick items off our bucket list. Yeah, well. Hey, thanks, guys. You have a great day. Breakfast with Jono and Ben.

Now, this year, we're trying to tick items off our bucket list and yours as well, and Jono's never caught a fish in his life, so we sent him out on the Seahawk Fishing Charter

this morning to catch a fish. He has until 8.30 this morning to do it, so not long now, and if he does, someone will win $1,000 and four people will get to go on

a Seahawk Fishing Charter themselves, and just as we were playing that Dua Lipa song, a whole lot of drama. This happened. There's one on the line. No way. There's one on the line. He's pulling one up.

Who is? It's so heavy. God damn it, it's heavy. The rod is bending. Have you got it? I'm screaming. What have we got? We've got a snapper.

Is that a snapper? It's a snapper. Shotto Pride, did you get a fish? We got a snapper. Is that a snapper? It's a snapper. Jono Pryor, did you get a fish? We've got a snapper. You've got a snapper. Can we keep it? Let me check it.

Okay, we've got a snapper. Is it a legal snapper? Live fishing drama. This is what you came for. What's the next best thing from fishing? Listening to someone fish. So that was just before, while that song was playing, we go live to Jono Pryor in the ocean in the rain.

What's going on? Did you catch a fish? Is it legal? Is this a prank? I have so many questions. It's an ocean of emotion out here, Ben Boyce. I caught a fish. You did?

We've knocked it off the bucket list. We've caught a fish. Is that fish of legal size? Who to say? Probably the measuring tape That we put it up next to Yes? And what did that say? It said hey

It's like being boys Very undersized Oh is it undersized? But we threw it back in And of course You know what I thought to myself I thought I've read the T's and C's.

There was nothing about undersized fish. It was, will he catch a fish? Did he have a fish on the end of the line? Yes, he did. Would you take that fish home and not be investigated by the Ministry of Fisheries? But who's to say? No, again, legally, no. It's back in the water. The fish is swimming away.

But you actually caught a fish? We've caught a fish. And there are so many fish. They're just, I think what they're doing is they're looking up at the Seahawk fishing charter going, I want to be on that charter boat. That's how good it is. The fish are jumping out of the water just to have a spot on this charter boat. And you two could be on here with the fish.

We've done it, Ben. That's amazing. Someone's going to win $1,000 next. We'll call someone back and text FISH to 4487 so you can do that right now. But how did it feel? I mean, this is something you've never done before. You brought a fish up onto the boat for the first time. How did it feel?

Tuggy. Tuggy. A lot of tugging going on. Very sharp tugging. That's how it felt. And you know when, because then they're like, oh, hold the fish, hold the fish. And you're like, oh. Oh, no one wants to do that, eh?

No. And it was, I held the fish and it was slipperier than our Vaseline party we had last year. That we never speak of. Well, well done. Well, I'm proud of you. You caught a fish. It's back in the ocean. And there's actually, there's actually some, I'm proud of you. You caught a fish. It's back in the ocean. And there's actually

some really big fish being hooked up right now. Big ones. Well, you try and get one. You try and get one. I'm holding a microphone, mate. I'm trying to, you know, I'm doing the best I can out here. Hey, you've seen me out in a charingio. Hey, hey, hey. Don't you turn me down. You listen to

this. He needs to hear this bell. You don't turn me down. There you go. Turn him down. hear this bell. Turn him down, turn him down. You don't turn me down. There you go. Turn him down. All right, next on the show, someone will win $1,000. The Hits. Out on the ocean, as he said before, the ocean of emotion. He's caught his first ever fish today in his life.

Jono Pryor's gone a long time without ever catching a fish. And how's it feel? Is it all sunken, Jono? It feels smelly. It feels smelly. It feels smelly. I've got quite a lot of fish juice all over the expensive microphones and headphones that we're using here,

and it feels good. It does feel good to knock it off that bucket. Listen, Ben, thank you so much for making my dream come true, and thank you too for taking a big hit and staying in the studio. Ben, I know you wanted to be out here. I do feel like I've missed out. I do feel like I've missed out.

I do feel like I've missed out. I wanted to be there to witness the big smile on your face as you caught your first fish. You got a snapper. We had to put the snapper back, but you still caught a fish. And, yeah, but it's also nice to be in here today with the weather the way it is. Well, can I say the Seahawk charters incredible what service uh danny the skipper

mel who runs the charter as well wonderful wonderful facility ben boys if you want to do anything you can do it on this boat okay okay anything can happen out here uh i don't know if it's international do you want to marry a stapler you You can do it on this boat. No questions asked. They don't judge. No, of course. And you have caught your fish. And that means we have $1,000 to give away. And we get four people to go on aboard a Seahawk fishing charter just like you. And they can go out there and catch some fish.

And do we have someone we're going to call, Bill? Someone who's text through fish? Should we give them a call now or are they on the line already? Yeah, on the line now. Enya, I'll call you. Oh, Enya's there line already? Yeah, on the line now. Enya, I'm for you. Oh, Enya's there. Good morning, Enya. Good morning.

Congratulations. Oh, well, thank you very much. Oh, it's to Jono. Oh, it's to Jono. Jono, you take this. You take this one. Well, she's congratulating you on parking in between the white lines in the garage today. Yeah, I parked it right this morning.

Yeah, well, Jono, you caught a fish. Yeah, and Enya is one of the many, many people that have text fish to 4487. And guess what, Enya? You've won $1,000. Wow, thank you so much. That's amazing. It's pretty incredible. I'll go on my own fishing trip now.

Well, yeah, as well as $1,000, you and three other friends can go aboard a Seahawk fishing charter and enjoy that at some stage as well. So that'd be pretty awesome. Yeah, that would be absolutely incredible. Thank you so, so much. I'm so excited. Make sure, do you smoke? Smoke some fish, yeah.

Yeah, yeah. Well, make sure you take out smoking too because one of the key parts of fishing is just having a cigarette hanging out of your mouth. I don't know if that's one of the key parts of fishing. I fished over the weekend of your mouth. I don't know if that's one of the key parts of fishing. Look after your health, guys. Exactly. I fished over the weekend.

Not one cigarette was on the boat. How many fish did you catch? We caught quite a few, actually. Oh! Yeah, we did. A shark! Someone's brought in a shark! Is it a baby shark? Is it a baby shark? It's a baby shark.

It's a baby shark. Everybody sing. Baby shark. We'll put the baby shark back in the ocean so it can go back to mummy shark and daddy shark. Inya, congratulations. $1,000 and the Seahawk Fishing Charter for you and three friends. Enjoy that, alright? Thank you so much for you and three friends. Enjoy that, all right? Thank you so much for listening to the show.

Thank you. See you later. And Jono Pryor, well done to you. I'm proud of you, mate. Thank you, Ben. Thank you so much. The hammerhead shark's gone back in the water, just so you know, okay? The baby hammerhead.

Oh, that's good to know. Happier, happier, happier than when he got out of the water. He's like, geez, that was fun. And he goes back down to his family and goes, guys, mummy shark, daddy shark, there's some stuff going on up there, guys. There's a whole lot of stuff. Hey, why don't you make your way back on the Seahawk Fishing Charter, back to work.

It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Jono and Ben on the hits. Keane Fisherman's like, we'll go further out. Deep sea fishing. I think we're off to catch a whale i can't is this a joke no no you're coming back to work we've got meetings and stuff you you know where the radio station is i'm going in the opposite direction all that

all i can see right now is a shipping container and i think the coast of Spain off in the distance. So this might be the last you hear of me. Have you got the bug for it? Are you the new Clark Ayrford? Are you the new fisher person that New Zealand needs? I mean, it's been great. It's been great. I've enjoyed every minute of it.

Do I want to go deep sea fishing for a whale? You're not catching a whale. Do you know what? Listening back to that audio of me catching that snapper, and I'm like going, it's so goddamn heavy. It's so heavy. I'm screaming. And then I pulled it up, and it was undersized. It was undersized. It was undersized.

What? What a loser. All right, so I'll just carry on the day. Then me and Belle will just carry on back here. Well, you've got a couple of sales. Well, yeah, we have a couple of sales meetings. If you could please just explain my absence. He's off whaling.

That's it. You're a pirate now. You're off to be a fisherman. You're not coming back. This is part of the trap. We're like, you're out there for good now. He's off whaling. That's it. You're a pirate now. You're off to be a fisherman. You're not coming back. This is part of the trap. We're like, you're out there for good now. He's got the bug. He's hooked on fishing, alright? Tell my family I love them, but they knew what they signed up for. They knew when

Jen knew when she married a salty sea dog or my first real love was the mother of the ocean. The ocean. That's the last we maybe will ever see of you. I was worried about the potential storm, but you're heading to... Hola! Hola! I'm just waving to some people on the coast there.

You're heading towards it. All right, well, good luck. I don't know when I'll see you again. You might be back tomorrow, but have fun out in the ocean. Jono and Ben, brought to you by Resene, New Zealand's most trusted paint. Kiwi-made since 1946.