Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: MICHAEL BUBLE ZOOMED US!

Episode Date: December 16, 2021

But little did Ben know, we had him teed up the whole time... So yes, we unnecessarily put him through 24hrs of listening to one Michael Buble song for no reason! Claaaaaaassic stitch up. We also had the PM Jacinda Ardern in, and surprised her with some very special guests. Today is our final show of the year so unfortunately you won't hear us over the summer, but we'll be back in your earholes January 24th! LOVE Y'ALL!!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We're eight days away from Christmas. Omicron has finally landed for its summer tour of New Zealand. And Ben Boyce, as he started yesterday, is still in his Bublé bubble right now. And the only thing infecting Ben right now is Michael Bublé. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas on repeat. He started this at 8 o'clock yesterday. He was so desperate to get the attention of Michael Bublé because he missed out on a Michael Bublé interview about four weeks ago that we're doing this to get Bublé's attention.

Now, he can't hear us right now because he's still in the bubble listening to the song. But the dark, dark, dirty secret is that we've had Michael Bublé organized and teed up this whole time. He just hasn't known it. So he's gone through this whole arduous process for absolutely no reason at all. Anyway, Michael Bublé is going to be with us just after 8 o'clock But Ben has no idea so we need to keep this from him We'll go into the Bublé bubble Very shortly we've got Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Joining us on the show as well today It's a big Friday Thank you very much for joining us at The Hits Jono and Ben You're on The Hits It's Jono and Ben. You're on the hits. It's Jono and Ben, MC with JMB. I was reading yesterday that that song was actually written in 15 minutes time. And that's the only cool music fact I know.

And it's not a bad payday for 15 minutes work for a quarter of an hour for Mariah Carey. Welcome along to Ben Boyce's Bublé Bubble as I make my way into our grotto. Good morning. And Ben is here. He's been listening to Michael Bublé. It's beginning to look a lot. Oh, here it is. I just took that out of my headphones

and now it's back. I can hear it on the radio. Can I say, this room smells like that pine forest, a rich pine forest and a teenage boy. What have you been doing in here? Well, you know, I've been in this room overnight, all night by myself. Not much airflow in here. Yeah, so I thought, you know, there was a Michael Bublé candle that smelled like pine.

I thought I'd light it for two reasons. One, I've been in here overnight, and you never know what the smell is like when you're in the room, you know, and other people coming in this morning. Yeah, you do get a bit self-conscious. And you're like, oh, it's going to be one of those, oh, it's one of those situations. Yeah, it's, oh, jeez, does he smell Ben? Yeah. I didn't pick him as a smelly guy, but yeah.

And I also thought, well, maybe it's a good omen. The Michael Bublé candle, maybe it's, you know. But what you've done, though, is you've mixed a pine forest with your body. And I don't know what is in my nostrils right now. I'm confused. My nose is confused. But Ben, we've figured out, we've done the maths.

You've listened to It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas 472 times. It's 22 hours now. It's been a long haul, mate. It's a nice soothing song. I managed to get a few hours sleep, but not great sleep. I'll be honest with you, it wasn't great sleep. And we let you turn the volume down a little bit. It's sort of like when you're on an airplane.

It felt like a plane. I had headphones on. They slightly dimmed the lights in an airplane. It felt like a plane, headphones on. They slightly dimmed the lights in the airplane. But this is all to get Buble's attention. You were a bit upset that we didn't get an interview with him in November. The other shows did. The big players in the market did. But not the little puppies on the porch, mate.

Not you. So you said this was the way to get his attention. The only way to get his attention. You're like, it's worked before with Ryan Reynolds. We watched the Deadpool 2 movie trailer on repeat until he ended up FaceTiming us. So you're like, let's do this again. Let's wheel this out and this will work.

So I backed you, but during the night I was like... No, no, I have backed you, buddy. None of this year I've backed me. I'm backing you. This is your idea. I don't want to talk to Bublé. I could have happily gone into Christmas not talking to him. It was you who wanted this dream and I'm making it come true. But anyway, if you do want to talk to Bublé. I could have happily gone into Christmas not talking to him. It was you who wanted this dream, and I'm making it come true.

But anyway, if you do want to message Michael Bublé, you can contact him on his social media. Ben, we've sent him a Zoom link. I slid into his DMs, didn't we? We slid in on a sleigh, sent him the Zoom link. You said, check your DMs, and then you got the guilt that you didn't use your manners, and then you went, please. Yeah, please. Yeah, please.

In another message. So hopefully he will come through, but I'm losing a little bit of confidence. But hey. Well, the good thing is we'll just keep going until we do get his attention. I've decided out of humanity to pull pin on Christmas Eve. Just because it's Christmas time. So I can see my family on Christmas. But until then, I'm locked here in this room.

That's right. Listening to Michael Bublé. Hey, on the show this morning, we've still got plenty more hams to think about, haven't we? We do. Every caller wins a ham thanks to Farmland Foods. If you get on here, you can win a free ham for Christmas. That's exciting. Also, the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. Oh, is she coming in?

She's going to come in. You've done no preparation for this programme, have you? Well, I don't know. What have you been doing? There's so many surprises I don't know about. Yeah, the Prime Minister's going to come in. What have I been doing? I've been listening surprises I don't know about. Yeah, Prime Minister's going to come in. What have I been doing? I've been listening to Bublé for 22 hours. Oh, that's exciting. We'll see Jacinda Ardern as well. It is the hits.

You've got Jono and Ben. Hey, boys. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. It is the hits. Jono and Ben with you. Now, we're joined in our strange little grotto that I'm hanging out in, listening to Michael Bublé on repeat, by our friends from Radio Hauraki, Matt and Jerry.

How are you going? So good. What Bublé's on right now? Well, Ben's listening to It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. He's listening to it on loop. I have to keep swapping between the headphones. That's why I'm really... My favourite's Hello, Mr. Bublé.

Merry Christmas, Mr. Bublé. Oh, yeah, Merry Christmas, Mr. Bublé. You know the album. I know this song. Not that song, but I know one song Not that song But I know one song Particularly well But good to see you guys And do you

So with the Bublé And the Bublé bubble Just a couple of Admin questions here Yeah good So is it It's the same song You can't

You can't Not listen to it It's the same song Because I can take an ear off And stuff Okay And then you can talk Yes

And I can sleep That's fine And how well did you know The song before you can talk. Yes. And I can sleep. That's fine. How well did you know the song before you went into the Speed Glow? I mean, a little bit. Maybe 10%. And now I'm probably 80, 90%. You're only at 90% now. How long have you been listening to this song?

It's 8 o'clock yesterday morning. 22 hours. Oh, my goodness. Well, you know, it's a complicated song. You know, this really came home yesterday when I was like, well, this is what radio pranks have become in 2021. Him sitting in a comfortable chair in an air conditioner listening to easy listening music. Yeah, totally.

Well, the other thing about it is, have you started to hear different things in the song? Like, are you now hearing the string arrangements? Are you appreciating the percussion? Yeah, yeah, right. I'm starting to open up my mind. It might be if you play it backwards, a satanic message. Now, boys, we've actually got you in here because Matt Heath, who knew this,

runs an animation empire, and you've got a brand new show on TVNZ on Demart. Yeah, Empire might be a stretch, but yeah, we've got another kids' TV show. Sorry, our mic's not working. I tell you, we're not running a microphone empire. Do you want my one? No, he can use your one there. Yeah, you just do that. I got handed, that was a trick mic I not working. I tell you, we're not running a microphone empire. Do you want my one? No, he can use your one there.

Yeah, you just do that. That was a trick mic I got handed. That's a great one. Another one of your pranks. Hand me a mic that's not working. That's a good one. Yeah, yeah. We make some kids' show with my little company,

and we make a show called Welcome to Cardboard City on TVNZ On Demand, and we've just finished the first series of our new kids show called Goodbye AI about some tiny little 12 centimetre high robots that have to make it all the way from Auckland to Invercargill. It looks really cool. Yeah. To the Southern Institute of Technology. Yeah, that's right. We haven't actually got any money from them. I was just about to say, is this like a collab or?

I just thought it was funny to say this. Like you're talking about something being really high tech in the Southern Institute of Technology. Because I'm from Dunedin. That's the free place. If you've got no money for uni high tech in the southern institute of technology because i'm from dunedin that's the free that's the free place if you've got no money for uni it's the free fees zero fees uh institute of technology it looks awesome like the animation looks really good and you've tapped in to a wonderful non-judgmental market yeah how old are the kids for this well look eight to twelve although we do get accused by um tvnz and hey hey of making shows for ourselves and not for the kids.

But yeah, they're not really going for you at 8 to 12. More so at 12 than 8. Yeah, so I see why you wanted to slot on the hits, just to promote this on our family-friendly arrangement. But now, Jeremy, you were credited on the show, but you never appeared on the show. Well, I think you'll find that I don't appear Jono Because it's an animation But if you listen very very carefully I'm a number of character voices during the show

But you've just got to listen very very carefully I also do backing vocals on Michael Bublé as well I'm there, I'm one of those women I do an amazing falsetto Actually Jeremy, you've made international news this week In the last couple of days. A little clip from Seven Sharp that's on Stephen Colbert. Yeah. We asked the Prime Minister around.

Actually, I was asking for Matt, to be honest, a question around whether or not you can extend your bubble to be able to have sexual relations with people inside of Auckland. Because, of course, for four months that was illegal, which is unusual, but still, a strange by-product, but still. And then it turns out the Prime Minister answered the question in a way that I actually wasn't expecting, which was to say that people were allowed to extend that to 25 people. 26, no, not acceptable, illegal. 24, absolutely fine, not a problem.

And it seems like Stephen Colbert clearly has someone inside of his production team who's looking at news from New Zealand, which is not stupid, because there is a lot of really weird news that comes out of New Zealand. Yeah, no, well, it seems like we've gone from 0 to 100 for it being completely illegal to all of a sudden allow 25. It's a lot. It's a lot of admin. I wondered, you know, and I understand that this is a family-friendly show,

and so I'll speak very generally around the topic, but I did wonder whether that has even ever happened in New Zealand. I wouldn't think so. I always have the thought, too, if you're ever involved in that environment and you're the first off the pitch, you're out of the game, what is your role then? Are you providing refreshments, sustenance? What do you have to do?

I see what you're saying, yeah. I think a certain amount of shame kicks in at that point and you slump out of the room. Yeah, your enthusiasm wanes. Hello, guys. I'm over here. I'm out. Well, Matt and Gerry, it's always good to see you guys.

You have a great Christmas and TVNZ On Demand. Yeah, goodbye AI. It looks awesome. Go check it out. It is the hits. You've got Jon Christmas and TVNZ On Demand. Yeah, goodbye AI. It looks awesome. Go check it out. It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. Broadcasting live and mostly awake. Jono and Ben New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. It is the hits. Jono

and Ben. This morning I'm still listening to nothing but Michael Bublé on repeat until hopefully he zooms. I'm starting to lose confidence but yesterday we had an amazing moment all thanks to Razine. Gabby, I'm going to get Jono to open the tin. No!

Oh, is this it? Gabby? Yeah? I am pulling out right now a Kodak disposable camera! Yes! Oh my god! $6,200 Gabby! Oh my god! Oh, my God. $6,200, Gabby.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I can't believe it. What are you going to do with the money? I'll use it for Christmas. I'm actually going to share it with my friend as well. You're going to share the cash with your friend?

Yeah, we'll go home. Well, Gabby, you've done it, mate. Well done. Oh, my God. I'm shaking. There you go. That was Gabby. Yeah've done it, mate. Well done. Oh, my God, I'm shaking. There you go. That was Gabby. Yeah, we had a competition.

We put, say, an item inside a resin paint tin, and there were clues given out over a two-week period. Each incorrect guess, we lost $100 off the $10,000 prize pool, so she ended up with $6,200. And Producer Bee Humps was the keeper of the tin, the head tinny keeper, and he said, we need a break, I the keeper of the tin, the head tinny keeper. And he said, we need a break. I need to explain the clues.

Explain myself. He's been questioned about his clues. There's been lots of feedback that we didn't explain the clues. So firstly, of course, I came up with the camera idea because Rosene have a paint called Wellywood. It's an extroverted flu okay and so it's a disposable camera film industry i see film industry so yeah you can't beat it on a good day obviously involves wellywood um throw it away once you're done is the disposable element and the flash of the camera itself and something you would pack on a summer holiday was also the big clue as well yeah

absolutely but you could use it all year round. You could. Yeah. Or you could use your phone because, you know, it's got a camera on it now. And how was the disposable camera once we took it out of the Resine painting? Because we were shaking it up quite a lot. It's perfectly fine. Durable. Like, I really recommend packing one in your summer holiday this year. So if you want to win a beaten up disposable camera, I'm now 800 of the hits, so give us a call now.

But it was very fun and well done, Gabby. And what a nice gesture, sharing it with their friend who they had been playing all along. Yeah. So they were both giving each other clues and trying to get through. And that's going to be a wonderful Christmas for them, Benjamin Boyce. I vouch for it. Yeah, it was a lovely moment.

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We'll bring you up to speed with what's been happening over the last 24 hours with Ben Boyce listening to Michael Bublé on repeat. I'm going back to it now. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. Yes, hello. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. Yes, hello.

It's the hits. Jono and Ben. That's a really confident back announce there. Yes, hello. I'm sort of going between obviously listening to Michael Bublé when the songs are playing on the hits and then I'm allowed to take my headphones off to talk to you in between. It's making things very confusing.

It is. It's a big stress juggling. I'm very fumbly at the moment. Yeah, juggling. Ben Boyce listening to that song on repeat. Also juggling live stream. We've got internet commitments. We've got a radio show we're doing as well.

Tell you high-pressure stuff. So welcome along to New Zealand's Breakfast. If you have just joined us, we started a bit of a mission yesterday. Well, Ben did anyway, to listen to Bublé on repeat. Michael Bublé, the king of Christmas. You wouldn't get any more Christmas, would you? Even Santa would be like, Bublé, I'm going to hand my crown over to you. He is, and I wanted to talk to him.

He did media interviews a couple of weeks ago with some New Zealand radio stations, and I was jealous, and you were like, well, here's a way to get his attention. And now 22 and a half hours into me listening to his song nonstop, and I hope he'll Zoom, I'm starting to lose a little bit of confidence. A little bit of a milestone as well you're nearly up to your 500th listen of the song which we'll have to celebrate by listening to it again

Every time I talk on the radio we play it as the background music as well. So you can you can, Julie is like ha ha you can message Bublé on social media, see if we get his attention before the end of the show today But if not Ben will just continue on into the weekend That's the commitment he has to Michael Bublé

But you know it's been a wonderful 24 hours We've documented on the internet A man slowly losing his mind And you've had a lot of fun Bringing in various people over Zoom Like you go out and you come in all excited There's cameras rolling And you're like look at this

Look who's on Zoom. And it's turned out to be a whole lot of other Michaels. Famous New Zealand Michaels. Ben, take your headphones off. You're only 45 minutes into this Michael Bublé marathon. Yeah. I have a Michael on Zoom. Michael Bublé.

Everyone knows him. Famous epidemiologist michael baker the big man himself in front of his tupper cloth oh it's always good to see uh dr michael baker but not quite the michael i was hoping for today yeah sorry to disappoint your listeners ben guess who it is it starts with michael he sings and also reads news it's mike mcrobert's it's beginning to look a lot like christmas everywhere you go my christmas wish this year is not only to have mike roberts sing to me so tech that happened but also to have uh michlé Zoom me. That would be nice. Uh-oh, Ben. Guess who I have on Zoom. Michael Bublé.

It is Michael Galvin. Michael Galvin. That's pretty awesome, but not Michael Bublé. Oh, Michael Bublé, but the next best thing, Michael Galvin, Dr. Chris Warner. Welcome. Thanks. Thanks for having me.

We've spoken to some great Michaels, some wonderful Michaels. We're actually running out of Michaels in New Zealand. Michael Boggs, the CEO of the company is a bit disappointed, but anyway you didn't organise him, that's on you He's the top Michael for me Because Michael Boggs, our boss then Michael Bublé, but anyway

Someone's after a Christmas bonus Anyway, we're going to get And the Prime Minister's going to be joining us as well. She went and roped her into the Chevy operation. It is a hit. Will we have Michael Bublé? I don't know, but we've got plenty of hams to give away very shortly on the hit. It is Ed Sheeran and Elton John, their brand new Christmas song, Merry Christmas.

Made a nice change for me listening to Michael Bublé on repeat that one. Hell of a jam too, number one on the UK charts. It's got that coveted number one UK spot. Don't they froth over that, don't they? They do. It's probably a big deal for you in the UK. Number one single in the UK is wonderful, don't get me wrong. I'm not talking you down.

I'm just saying they froth over it. It was in Love Actually. Remember they were going on about the... That's right, it was for the number one single in the UK is wonderful. Don't get me wrong. I'm not talking you down. I'm just saying they froth over it. It was in Love Actually. Remember they were going on about the... That's right. It was for the number one UK spot. Let's look at some of the big news happening in New Zealand and around the world. Listen, you've heard of breaking news. Well, this news is already broken.

And there is no amount of superglue we can use to fix it. But Ben Boyce is going to bring you scrolling. I don't really want to be talking too much about this. We're trying to be positive today on a Christmas show, but Omicron has arrived for its summer tour in New Zealand. Come to all your summer hotspots. Get your tickets now. Yeah, about six days ago

apparently. Just an MIQ at the moment and hopefully they've got things under control. Dr Ashley Bloomfield yesterday said the country is well prepared, but also didn't rule out future localised lockdowns. So next year, you always want to go into the year hoping next year is going to be better than the year before. But it's hard to do that with a new variant arriving. Yeah, exactly.

And even the Queen, she's cancelled her traditional pre-Christmas family party for the second year running because of COVID. And obviously Omicron going around the UK, which is a bit of a shame. Well, it's a good excuse too, but she's probably like, oh, Andrew, you've been a nightmare. Harry shambles. Oh, he's not coming back for this. Yeah, no, he's not coming. She's like, what's the point?

50 or so members she'd normally have of her extended family. But again, a good excuse not to have that, right? Yeah, that's just too much. I'd rather just sit at home and watch Coronation Street. And good on her. Is she doing anything on Christmas Day? Does she do a Christmas message? Oh, yeah, she normally does a Christmas.

That was always my grandmother was obsessed with the Queen's. She's like, we've got to sit down and listen to the Queen's Christmas message. And it doesn't change. That could be the one for the year before, right? Yeah, she'll go onto YouTube. But she just loved it. And it's long. And she's not quick

with her delivery. Now we're a TikTok generation. Yeah, so mate, you lost me after three seconds. Like and subscribe, get your thing in there. You know, no one's going to do that.

And I got click baited before because it is the Christmas festive time. A few Christmas parties happening. And there was an article, the headline was how to beat

your Christmas party hangover for less than $2. I was like, oh, this is interesting. Well, you and the boozy boys would want to hear about this. And then a couple of sentences later, basically he's had a doctor saying there's no hangover cure as such, only relief for some of the symptoms.

And then the article went on to say just basically stuff I thought would be more common sense, like drink water, take painkillers, eat some carbs, you know, you can go for a run. It helps sleep, it helps fresh air. So most of these things I could have come up with, I would have thought. But they asked the doctor anyway. What you did is you got clickbaited by champagne news website content that are just having to pump out articles during a very slow period of the year,

Ben Boyce. And they'll use that same article next year, and we'll click on it again, and we'll talk about it again next year. Along with the same Queen Christmas message. Hey, we're going to go out with a bang today by giving away hunks and hunks of cured meat. Every caller wins a ham, and we've got a whole bunch of them to get. We've got a backlog of hams to give away. We do.

We need to get rid of them by 9 o'clock, and we'll give away some before 7. Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office, those two. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Yes, good morning. It is Jono and Ben, 647. Lovely to have you here. Ben Boyce locked in the Bublé bubble. We're just waiting for Bublé to be invited into his bubble.

And as of yet, it hasn't happened. He's been listening to It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas on repeat non-stop since about 8 o'clock yesterday morning and we've done the maths. He's coming up to 500 listens. Those are some good stats, Juliet. You know, it's unfortunate that Spotify Wrapped has already happened because now, if Spotify

Wrapped, where they tell you your top song for the year, if that had come out later, his would be... A late sprint to the finish line. And Bublé would be looking at his New Zealand figures and checking his bank account we've definitely bought him a new Ferrari or something with these streams over the last 24 hours but he can't hear

us right now, Ben obviously he's in the bubble but there's a secret that thankfully you've been keeping I appreciate your secret of nature, if I was to ever have an affair I could trust all of you that you wouldn't say anything. But Bublé has been teed up this whole time. He's always going to answer the call.

It was never not going to happen. So we've made Ben go through this for nothing. Now, my fear is, you know, we've got to this stage, Juliet, Ben's reaction. Because it was all fun and games and the planning. And then I came in this morning and he looked like a man who had been a prisoner of war. Yeah. And then we're going to tell him. This was all.

We don't have to tell him. He must be so sick of your pranks, eh? Too many of them, mate. Honestly. Honestly. Too many of them. That's the problem. That's why he needs a Christmas holiday.

But that's going to happen. We're going to actually have Bublé on just after 8 o'clock this morning and we'll come clean with Ben. In the meantime, though, we've got a whole bunch of ham to give away. Have we got the ham music, Jude? I want to hold your ham. I want to hold your ham. I want to hold your ham, so get out, stretch your hammies,

and give us a call right now, 0800-THE-HITS. Thanks to Farmland Foods, Farmland's hams. I've been giving everyone hams this week that we talked to on air. Wonderful prize. The wonderful gift of ham. And if you would like one, 0800 the hits, the telephone number. Give us a bell on New Zealand's breakfast. Morning.

This show contains traces of Jono and Ben. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. You're on The Hits. Jono and Ben with you. Still listening to Michael Bublé on repeat. I am in the hope that he will Zoom us at some stage and I'll get to see my family for Christmas. But we've got some hams to give away.

We do. Hit the music producer Jew. No piggity. No piggity. No piggity. I want to bag it up. Now this is all thanks to Farmland Foods who have provided us with an excessive

amount of hams to give away this week and we really do appreciate it. Every caller we've spoken to has won a Farmlands ham and I remember there was the great tradition, probably circa 15, 20 years ago Ben when management in every business in New Zealand felt

obliged to get every employee a ham, regardless of their vegetarian status or not. Hams were forced upon everyone and what they used to do at our old radio stations, vegetarian status or not hams were forced upon everybody and what they used to do at our old radio stations we'd all get hams but it'd be on the last day and then the last day would coincide with the Christmas

party and so obviously festivities take place, people forget that they've been gifted a ham some people would leave it at work, well I'll get it tomorrow or get it later and you return in January to just a sea of festering ham it was a nightmare so that in January to just a sea of festering ham. It was a nightmare.

So that tradition seems to have buttoned off lately. Which I think is for the best. But we're bringing it back. Yeah, we are in some ways, but we're giving it to people that want them and want to use it on Christmas Day. So let's give away some hams. We'll get to Leaston in Canterbury. Teresa, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast.

How are you? I'm great, thank you. How are you today? How's the flooding in Canterbury, mate? We haven't had our way. We're not too bad. But in town, it's pretty decent. It's looking pretty green.

Oh, that's good. Yeah. Yeah, we're good. And we've run out of weather banter, Ben. As Ben goes, oh, that's good. Is that your response? Yeah. Was that the right response?

I never know with weather banter. I'm not always as best as you. Oh, that's good. We'll awkwardly fade out of that. The main thing is, Teresa. Yes? You've won a ham! Thank you so much. What's the plan for Christmas Day?

Yes, thank you. Oh, thanks. So, the plan is we're having family. We're having 13 people for lunch, so that is awesome. So, it's just all about family. We're having 13 people for lunch, so that is awesome. Oh, nice. So it's just all about family. You've got crackers. You're running the Christmas cracker operation there, Teresa?

Yes, we've got Christmas crackers. But you always end up with the world's tiniest screwdrivers. Or a thimble, as we say, for your side. A thimble, yeah. I don't know why the cracker gang thought we all wanted thimbles. Yeah. It's good if you lose a Monopoly piece. Well, that's true.

How you doing, you, Teresa? You have a wonderful Christmas, and thanks for listening to the program. Thank you, and you make sure you do, too. Enjoy Michael Bublé. Yeah, well, now he's starting to enjoy him less and less, I think. We'll head to Pairoa, and Jolene, you're on the air, and you want a ham, J-Dog? Thanks.

You've got one. Awesome. I don't know what I'd do with a ham, J-Dog? Thanks. You've got one. Awesome. I don't know what I'd do with a ham, but... Well, eat it's always a good option. Yeah, give it to my brother. Are you not a ham person? Not really. Were you ringing... Why did you phone up for a ham competition?

I love it. Because my brother loves ham. Oh, there you go. He's the ham guy. You're like, not for me, but that's okay. Well, have a great Christmas. All right, we appreciate you listening to the show. Oh, thank you.

Oh, yeah, Jolene. That was enjoyable. Rotorua is Carlene's home, and she's on the air. You want a ham, Carlene? Absolutely. Yeah, you're not going to go like Jolene and say, Oh, no, I don't know what I'm going to do with it. God, no.

You're going to put that in your mouth, and you're going to enjoy it on Christmas Day and say, oh no, I don't know what I'm going to do with it. God no. You're going to put that in your mouth and you're going to enjoy it on Christmas Day. And hit the music, Jude. Piggy, piggy, piggy, can't you see? There's going to be a Carleen's for free. Well done. Well done, Carleen. What are you doing for Chrissy Day, mate? Oh, just family

and then followed up by a few days at the lakes with the family afterwards. So we always take ham out there, which is great. Because it does kick on for a few weeks afterwards, the ham, doesn't it? Oh, yeah, and it lasts well. Yeah, it does. And you'll get that. Have you had a ham bag?

My mum's got this ham. It's like a coffin ham. And you soak it. Yeah. Yeah, and you've got to soak it in vinegar. That's right. Yeah. The ham bag.

And you're like, a handbag? No, the ham bag. Yeah. A sitting bag. We've got one at home too. Yeah, the ham bag. And it always ends up well, a handbag? No, the ham bag, yeah. A sitting bag. We've got one at home too. Yeah, the ham bag. And it always ends up quite feral, I find, after a few. Yeah, it does.

All right, well, Carleen, have a good time. That's right. You have a great Christmas. Look after yourself. And lovely talking with you. All right, mate. After 7 o'clock on the show, the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, joins us. And hopefully Michael Bublé might join us. I can

only hope. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. You're on the hits. Jono and Ben on a Friday morning where I've been listening to Michael Bublé. Now, Hour 23 has just ticked on in the same song. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas and

the hope that he will zoom us. And he's up to 492 listens so far. I've been adding up there, Ben Boyce. So I know I don't want to step on your toes here, Ben. Yeah. Because I know the topical news and information, that's your bag. You know, that's what you bring to the show every morning. At the moment, I'm bringing not a lot.

I've been a little bit sleep deprived from listening to Boo Bley overnight. So I thought you'd like a human interest piece. Would you like to be interested by humans? Okay, so there's a couple in Auckland who have just purchased a mansion. Yeah. 67-room mansion in the Hawke's Bay. 67? Yep, the place is 127 years old.

67 rooms, which is apparently debated, though. It was 67 rooms 127 years ago, but they were smaller people, smaller needs. They could have more rooms. 22 bathrooms. Jeez, that's huge. 1200 square metres to vacuum. Is it like in good condition or is it sort of like it's...

It needs a lick of paint. Yeah, right. It gets it to a wrapper. Entertainer's delight. It would be an entertainer's delight and you can entertain a lot of people in the 67 room mansion. There you go. I don't even know 67 people to have over. No. No, no.

I mean, maybe we could have all the people that listen to the show. That'd be a nice way. Well, I tell you what, you could buy with money. What's that?

What a segue. Go on. You could buy yourself a new Michael Bublé album because next we're going to bring you up to speed. Sorry, that was shocking radio. I'm very tired. It's the late, give us a break.

It's early in the morning. Sometimes words don't make sense when they come out of your mouth. But next we're going to bring you up to speed with what's been happening over the last 24 hours with Ben listening to the same song on repeat. It's New Zealand's Breakfast. It is that. It's Michael Bublé.

The hits, New Zealand's Breakfast. The more you give, the more you'll get. Stop shoving your positivity down my throat, mate. Savage. Not what we need right now, Juliet, because Ben Boyce, we're witnessing a man slowly losing his mind listening to Michael Bublé on repeat, because we want Bublé to get in contact with Ben, because

he was upset that he missed out on Bublé doing his round of interviews about four weeks ago in November. And he made a scene, didn't he, Ju? Yeah, he was quite upset. Yeah, it was getting awkward and it was kind of passive-aggressive and he kept slyly mentioning things on the radio, so we've tried to make this dream come true. The thing is

Walbyn has been listening to the same Michael Bublé song on repeat since 8 o'clock yesterday. So it's nearly hitting the 24-hour period. What he doesn't know is we've had Michael Bublé teed up this whole time. And he's going to be joining us after 8 o'clock. But Ben essentially has gone through this.

He's been in this lockdown, which has probably gone on far longer than he wanted, much like a lockdown, for no reason at all, Jude. Yeah, it's almost like punishment. It's a form of punishment, I feel. Yeah, and we've witnessed the steady decline of a grown man slowly losing his mind. But one thing's for certain, and we said it moments ago, that Michael Bublé will be very happy for all the extra streams

coming from Aotearoa. So that's our secret too, by the way, because he doesn't know that. We'll just go into the Bublé bubble right now. Benjamin, you can remove your headphones. It's time for you to do some semi-professional broadcasting. Over to you. Oh, we're back on the radio, are we? I did say semi-professional.

That was very unprofessional, but hey, I'm listening to Michael Bublé. Well, I have been on probably just explained all this. Yeah, no, I did. So don't do that. Again, you're losing professionalism. Pull it back. What am I meant to be doing here? I handed it over to you. Well, no, I did. I did. So don't do that. Again, you're losing professionalism. Pull it back. What am I meant to be doing here? I handed it over to you.

Well, what? Tell us how it's been over the last 24 hours. I haven't hated the song. I mean, I love Michael Bublé. That's the whole reason why we're doing this. And I love that album. And I actually love that song. And I thought by listening to it for so long, I'd really start to despise it.

But it's actually, it's fine. You know, sometimes you just, it kind of blends into the background. Other times I'm singing listening to it for so long, I'd really start to despise it. But it's actually, it's fine. You know, sometimes you just, it kind of blends into the background. Other times I'm singing along with it. I haven't actually found that the song part is hard. It's probably just hard to get to sleep when you're listening to music. Yeah. And you haven't slowly started to despise the song, but have you slowly started to despise me? A little bit.

Yeah. Yeah. Particularly as you keep bringing in people, get quite excited you come in with a camera And a laptop and someone on Zoom And you'd be like look who it is And it's not once been Michael Bublé Ben Take your headphones off

You're only 45 minutes into this Michael Bublé marathon I have a Michael On Zoom Michael Bublé Everyone knows knows him famous epidemiologist michael baker the big man himself in front of his tupper cloth oh it's always good to see uh dr michael baker but not quite the michael i was hoping for today, sorry to disappoint your listeners. Ben, guess who it is? It starts with Michael.

He sings and also reads news. It's Mike McRoberts. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go. My Christmas wish this year is not only to have Mike McRoberts sing to me, so

tick, that happened, but also to have Michael Bublé Zoom me. That would be nice. Uh-oh, Ben. Guess who I have on Zoom. Michael Bublé. It is Michael Galvin. Michael Galvin. That's pretty awesome, but not Michael Bublé.

Oh, Michael Bublé, but the next best thing, Michael Galvin, Dr. Chris Warner. Welcome. Thanks. Thanks for having Warner. Welcome. Thanks. Thanks for having me. There we go. We've had epidemiologists. We've had newsreaders. And we've had acting doctors and heads of hospitals phone through, but not the singing Bublé himself.

Some great Michaels, you're right, but hoping to get the Michael Bublé. But I'm starting to lose hope. I'm looking for a Christmas miracle. Well, I knew you were going to say that now. And you know what will bring you hope? Have you got him? Have you got him? Has he?

No, I haven't got him. But I've got the next best thing, the Prime Minister. Okay. She will give you hope. Okay? Right. She will come in here. Can she navigate me out of a Michael Bublé bubble?

We'll find out in just a few moments. It might take three months. It is getting out of your system now. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. It's the holiday that we'll be on your own. Rated M for mildly amusing. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast.

It is the hits. Jono and Ben, on your Friday morning. Thank you so much for hanging out with us. Yeah, what a year, Ben. What a year. I tell you what, I can't think of anything eventful that's happened, and this will in no way make its mark in the history books 2021. 2021.

Getting to the end of this year, obviously, at the moment, reflecting on it. We said this yesterday, and so much has happened this year, but not just around COVID and lockdowns. The Olympics, America's Cup Friends reunion, big interviews with Adele on Oprah. So much has happened. The Meghan Markle-Harry thing was this year with Oprah.

Yeah. You forgot about that. Yeah. Even yesterday, we're like, Sex and the City came back. Brad and, sorry, Ben Affleck and J-Lo got together. I mean, it's just been a crazy, crazy year. And Jeff Bezos' rocket that looks fabulous. Oh, Jeff Bezos sent his penis rocket into space.

We forgot about that. Yes. How can we forget about that? We love that. We did. And Shatner went to space. I know. We put together a song.

We sent a 90-year-old to space. I know. Well, yeah, we've got to look back at this one and go, what were we thinking? But we've put some of our favourite moments and some moments that maybe we want to forget, but we can't forget because that's been 2021 into a bit of a song. And we've wrapped it up for you right now. Wrapping it up. Wrapping up 21.

It's Jono and Benjamin. Taika and Rita became our best celebs. And Hipkins told everyone to spread their legs. Nashville crushed Judith and said she's done. We saw Luxon's head and thought... This is a giant thumb. Like Grandad on Viagra up at 4.30. Lockdown was meant to be...

Hard and early. Art and Matilda had a baby girl. And Boris Johnson said he loved... Have a big world. Our vax rate went higher than eyebrows on Tamaki. And Adele said take it easy on me. Wrapping it up. Wrapping up 21.

Yeah. It's done. R&B was canned. Was a big bummer. And yes, her fam. It's two shots for summer. At the Tokyo Games, we had 20 wins. But a big congratulations to Lisa Carrington.

Borders were shut. Jeffers shall not pass. Greta then said. You shall be on time and case it's off your eyes. Kim and Kanye, you're now officially over. Let's take some questions from... Jessica the Incover. Friends reunited to brighten our moods.

ScoMo said our lockdown was... Like that movie, The Cruise. That big boat that got stuck in the Suez Canal. Biden forgot ScoMo and said... Thank you, pal. From Ted Lasso to cup winning boats. From Oprah to Markle to... I just got f***ed up. Time to put the shed to bed. Thank you, pal. I'm just not going!

That was a big time fail. Omicron. Sprint their legs. Wrapping it up. Wrapping up 21. Please keep away. Keep away Omicron. Wrapping it up. Wrapping up 21. Yeah.

Ah. It's done. There we go. And our polite request to keep Omicron away seems to have fallen on deaf ears. Yeah, that's right. Unfortunately, it does seem to be in the country. But not out of MIQ at the moment. So maybe it will keep away. It's got to stay for two weeks in MIQ, and then it's allowed out, right?

We've got $5,000 up for grabs next. Five words, 5K, could be all yours very shortly. The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben. At the moment, Ben Boyce in the Bublé bubble, self-isolating, listening to Michael Bublé. The only infection going on in that bubble is him infecting you with his jazzy song. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Oh, there it is again. I take off the headphones from listening to it and you play it again on the radio. Hopefully this act of pure desperation and attention seeking will pay off and Bublé will notice what you're doing and get in touch with us. Hopefully at some stage before Christmas all going well but in the meantime Five words for 5k on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday.

It's our Game of Words Association. We play it every morning. You know how it works. We tell you five words you say the first things that pop into your head and then if they all match up with ours you win $5,000. Now let's welcome from Auckland Katrina. Come on down. Oh, good morning. How are you, mate? Alright?

Yeah, pretty good. How are you guys? Yeah, good. A couple more days of work. What are you doing? What's your situation? You talk to us. No, I'm a stay-at-home mum and I've got a big birthday tomorrow for myself. Good on you. Dare I ask the age or is that rude?

Oh, you can guess the age. Oh, 22? Yeah, that's it. Yeah, that's right. Okay, so how's it going to work this morning? Because I'm in the Bublé bubble, Jono. What's happening here? Okay, so Ben Boyce is going to be your only option to send into the soundproof booth.

The soundproof booth's actually already checked out for the year. It's headed up north. Unvaccinated as well, controversially. Managed to get past the checkpoints, so there's going to be a point of awkwardness in the studio when it returns from New Year's. I'll take the headphones off now. I'll listen to your rubbish, and I'm taking the headphones off.

I won't hear anything. Someone's going to have to wave at me when I put them back on. Okay, so Ben Boyce in the bubble. Katrina, you're on now. You know what you need to do for this game. You can win 5K just in time for Christmas and your birthday. Oh, that'd be lovely. Your big 21st.

That's the one. I'm going down in age. First, you're like Benjamin Buttoning. Here's the first word, merry. Christmas. Yeah, easy one to kick things off. Michael is the second one. Buble.

Yep, that'll be top of mind for my bony friend. The third word, mistletoe. Mistletoe. Um, oh, it's a tricky one. Can I come back to that? Yeah, absolutely. Have you got some teammates there playing along? Yeah, I've got my son here.

Okay, turkey is the fourth word this morning for Katrina in Auckland. Turkey. Well, they all sound a bit Christmas to me. Yes, I see what Producer Humps has done here. A bit of a theme appearing. Why not ham? Oh, I need to think about that one. Sorry.

Okay, you want to come back to turkey? Christmas, the fifth word. Oh, that could be either tree or cracker. Christmas will go with tree. Tree is a great option, yeah. Does your son agree? Yeah, he's nodding. Okay, now we've got to hop back to mistletoe and turkey.

What do you want to do for mistletoe? What do you think, Kyan? Does it though? It's all up to me now. Mistletoe. Can we go Christmas again? Christmas. And turkey.

Turkey. You said ham before. I thought ham was quite a good answer, Jude. Yeah, that was my son who said ham. Yeah, I think that's a good answer. It's in the meat family. Okay, well, lock and ham. Lock and ham, all right.

And by the way, too, even just getting on air, you've already won a ham thanks to Farmland Foods. Fabulous, thank you. Don't even worry about putting ham in your mouth and paying for it because we've got it for free, all right? Let's get Ben back for the soundproof booth. Someone wave him in. Ben Boyce, it's time for you to step up.

Okay, I'm back, I'm back. Katrina's 18th birthday tomorrow night. She wants the party of a lifetime. She wants to blow 5K on it, and can you help her do it? I'll try my best. Mary. Christmas. Michael.

Bublé. Katrina, you're two from two. Now, this is where Ben Boyce comes into his own, but recently he's been taking us all across the threshold. Haven't you, Ben? I don't know what you're talking about. Across the three-curriculum answer threshold. Oh, right.

Okay. You've been dragging us across there with your skills and knowledge. Well, don't jinx me. Okay, I'm going to hop to word number five today. I'm going to go Christmas. Tree? Now we're going to go into the... Oh, here we go.

The mucky middle area. Word number three was mistletoe. Kiss? No! Oh! Katrina, what did you lock in? I think it was Christmas. Christmas.

Christmas, yeah. And then if we said turkey what would Ben Boyce say ham told you he takes you across that threshold it was a ham it was a ham it was a four

out of five the second time you've done four out of five this week so gutted for you I'm sorry Katrina it's okay you enjoy your sweet 16 tomorrow night.

And we're going to send you out that ham thanks to Farmland Foods. And you have a wonderful Christmas. Thank you so much for listening. We appreciate it, mate. You too, guys. Thank you. We've got the Prime Minister joining us very shortly.

And hopefully, well, we'll see. Michael Bublé, will he come through on Zoom before we end the show? We'll find out, is that? will he come through on Zoom before we end the show? We'll find out. It's The Hits. Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion. Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB. In the meantime, here's Jono and Ben. The Hits.

Joe, it's not anyone. It's The Hits, Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. We're live, Ben Boyce in the Bublé bubble, listening to Michael Bublé on repeat. But right now you can hear the background chatter, Ben Boyce in the Bublé bubble Listening to Michael Bublé on repeat But right now you can hear the background chatter Of Ben Boyce having a conversation with the Prime Minister herself That was all being broadcast illicitly on air Hopefully you weren't saying grim stuff

No, I was explaining to the Prime Minister What I've been doing for the last almost 24 hours now Of listening to the one Michael Bublé song on repeat The only time I can stop listening is when I'm talking on the radio. So, yeah, thank you for coming in. I was actually commenting on the fact that all of these things that you do, I think you've probably shortened your life expectancy by at least 10 years. It's a shameless act of publicity.

Now, the Prime Minister, it's lovely to have you in here. Yeah. It's fantastic to join you today. Thanks for having me in your grotto. Yeah, we're in this Christmas, the Bubble bubble, as we like to call it. Are you a Buble fan? Yeah, do you like Christmas movies? I do like Christmas movies.

I like Christmas music. So, yeah, I'm a total sucker for Christmas. Are you now at the point of the year where you're like, oh, I can go to sleep and wake me up in 2023? Surely you must just be i think everyone feels like that at the moment so i don't think i'm the prime minister no your job is just non-stop um i yeah yeah it it has been a hard year and so i i have a lot of empathy for everyone just thinking can this one be over now yeah totally because yeah it has been hard but has there been a highlight?

I mean, obviously we've had lockdowns, we've had, you know, vaccinations, we had Facebook Live fails. Oh, well, look, even yesterday, you know, hitting 90% double vax in New Zealand, that's amazing. Yeah. If you'd said to me at the beginning of the year,

do you think you can get there? I would have said, I really hope so. But to do it, that is a massive achievement. And also the same day that Omicron decided to come and visit. I know, right? It's summer tour. Yeah. And just a reminder that it's still, you know, COVID is still in the world. It's still tough, but we are doing everything we can, you know, and I think, yeah, it's good to remind

ourselves of that. You know, all the things that we could be doing, we are doing as a country. Looking back on it, you've had to make so many decisions and so many probably snap-on-the-spot decisions, and you're dealing with something that you don't know. You don't know what's going to happen in the future. Is there anything you would have done differently? Oh, sure. Yeah, I mean, when I think back about the year,

I keep thinking, are there ways that could have been smoother? Because through those hard times you want it to be as the path to be as clear and easy for people as possible and it hasn't always felt like that I know so yeah I do think about that a lot what could we have done better or different but you've got to at the same time keep moving

keep your eyes moving forward yeah Well one thing we've really enjoyed this year is at the end of your sort of announcements your press conferences you'll go to the media and you always say the same thing have a listen Jessica then Tova yeah Jessica and Tova or Tova then Jessica now what where's this come from you know oh well it you know it's more the fact that there's a couple of things so the the tellies um uh uh often live when they're doing the crosses and and they're often on deadlines as well. So for me, it's if the print reporters aren't having to run,

sometimes we're on at 4 o'clock and I've got to file and be ready to go by 6. So you're giving obviously TV1, TV3. So it's just for me a courtesy thing for those who are... Just give them to over. Yeah, so that's what that is usually. Because they have fired an abundance of questions at you over the last 12 months, and right now we're going to give you a chance to fire some questions back at them

because on the phone we have Jessica, then Tova. Or Tova then Jessica. Or Tova then Jessica. Who would you like to go to first? No, you don't. We do. We do. Are you kidding?

Yeah, Jessica, Max, Mekhi, Tova. Oh, stop. You know the voice. So this is Jessica. We'll. Are you kidding? Yeah, Jessica Much-Makai. Good morning, Prime Minister. You know the voice. So this is Jessica. We'll go to Jessica first. Good morning, Jessica. Good morning, Prime Minister. I just want to let you guys know, though, don't ruin this for us,

because that deadline thing really helps us. So you can... And we need the eyelines. Yeah, there we go. We can put you off, Prime Minister. Okay, all right. So question to Jessica. We'll take one question from you. We'll go to Jacinda first, okay?

Oh, a question from me. Oh God. Would they get time to prepare? I don't like it this way around. Does it matter if you're first? Yeah, it does. There we go. I genuinely didn't know. And I'll deny I said that later

but yeah, it does a little. There's a pecking order. Yeah, it's become a we go. I genuinely didn't know. I'll deny I said that later, but yeah, it does a little. There's a pecking order. Yeah, it's become a go. I mean, to be fair, it matters because we're in a hurry to file our stories and we want the eyeline for the TV. There we go. And, you know, you always want to make sure the answer is snappy. So it's for the viewers.

So it's an eyeline issue and snappy answer. So when you ask me the same question a second time, it's because I haven't been snappy. Keep it short for the news. This is backtracking on how I thought this was going to go. Okay. Yeah, I guess that, and also sometimes if you're looking at your notes,

it's quite nice to have your eyes up. Oh, this is like a post-match sort of deep breath. Do you know what, interestingly most often, that's not me looking at my notes I think, I look down to just have a bit of a to reset, to have a bit of a think about, because you don't want to be staring off into the distance thinking do you? Yeah, no you're right

that looks like a vacant stare whereas I always think looking down I can just have a little give a little consideration, just a moment Thank you Jessica for your time. Have a great Christmas. Now, before I'm Jessica, we go to Tova. Tova O'Brien from News Hub, moving to a new radio station.

Good morning. Good morning, Tova. Good morning, Prime Minister. Good morning, John and Ben. Lovely to have you on, Tova. We really do appreciate both yours and Jessica's work. Do you have a question for Tova, O'Brien? Tova, I'm interested.

Wouldn't you, if I don't go to you first, or if I don't go to you a second or third time and you mutter under your breath, do you intend for me to hear that? Actually, Prime Minister, I don't think it's your turn. I think I said Jono's got the next question. And then we'll come back to the challenge. Oh, wow, some truth bombs are coming out.

This feels like a counselling session. I have an alternative answer to the second question you asked, yes, as well. When we have to ask you a question twice, oftentimes with respect, it's because you haven't answered it the first time around. Oh, I see. I see. That's why they're good at their job. Hey, well, listen, Tove O'Brien and Jessica Munch-McCoy,

thank you for joining us, and congratulations on, no doubt, a tough year for you guys, nonstop as well. Should we take this conversation offline, maybe? I feel like we've done a bit of damage here. Yeah, you guys have a great Christmas. Jacinda Ardern, we really appreciate you coming in. Thanks, both. It's hilarious. You guys have a good Christmas. As a little gift as well from us as well.

You've been doing the rounds for gifts as well. We thought we'd, again. It's a T-shirt that says Jessica then Toby. So there you go. They're not actually kidding, it does. Yeah, it is. So now you can just point at the T-shirt when you want to go to questions. You don't need to say it.

That's definitely ending up in the pack and save clothing bin. Very, very funny. Thank you, guys. Have a great Christmas. We really appreciate you coming in this morning. You too. Have a great Christmas. We really appreciate you coming in this morning. You too. Have a merry Christmas.

Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the Hits. The Hits. You're on the Hits. Jono and Ben, which the Prime Minister joined us just before. Jessica, Much McKay and Tova O'Brien, which was pretty cool, actually. Yeah, it was wonderful. Wonderful stuff.

Ben Boyce, Prime Minister, said she's going to be relaxing and tied to it over the Christmas period. She's working through Christmas as well. Yeah, on Christmas Day pulling a shift, doing the big Christmas Day shift. She has to set the example for the country, right?

Yeah, and I've just heard that our CEO, Michael Boggs, is going to be doing the same. Just leading by example there. He'll be making you do it, mate, after that. What a wonderful leader.

Wonderful leader. Hey, now we wanted to, Ben was like, hey mate, we need to do something serious. We need to have a personal chat, no gags. This is what you wanted.

This is what he demanded. He wanted a message to the audience. No, because we were actually talking about this, you know, not on the radio the other day, how much of a privilege it is to have people listen to you

in the morning, you know, to go, because morning's a busy time. Everyone's going through routine. People drive and get to work, to school and stuff. And it is really cool

that people, we've become, you know, part of people's lives and people have us in their lives. Yeah. And we're talking about this off the radio. And drive and get to work, to school and stuff. And it is really cool that people, we've become part of people's lives and people have us in their lives. And we're talking about this off the radio. And I was like, well, hey, maybe it would be nice to say thank you to everyone on the radio for listening over the past day and a year. Something genuine and heartfelt. Can you do that?

There's a lot of inner turmoil going on right now. There's gags going through your head. I get it. I get it. I'm pulling you out of the... No, he's dead right. And this is a privilege to do this job every day. This is a job we've both dreamed of doing since we're children.

And we get to do it and wake up every morning and talk at you every morning. And you decide to join us. And it is most appreciated because what's a radio show without any listeners? When it's just three people talking at each other for three hours a day. So thank you so much for having us as part of your lives each morning. We love doing the show and we hope you will stick with us again next year. Tell your friends to come along as well. The big thing that's always puzzled Benjamin is like, why do people phone up radio stations

and share personal, sort of like spill their guts? And you're like, I would never do that. But then you guys do it. Yeah. Every day without fail. And we don't want to make you stop doing it. No, it's awesome. It's the coolest thing.

And we are so privileged to be able to get your stories and to talk to you each day and be a part of your life. And it's been a crazy, you know, since we started on the Hats about a year and a half ago, it has been, you know, just at the first lockdown, it's been a really strange, strange time in the world in New Zealand. Yeah, it's been quite turbulent. That's why we keep telling our bosses about the ratings. Unusual listening patterns.

We'll get there one day. It's a five-year plan. But to navigate that with you guys and have you guys with us has been awesome. And it's given us a bit of a sense of some normality to be able to talk to you each morning. It has. To be part of your life. So thank you very much. We do appreciate it.

We really do. Now, after 8 o'clock, Ben continues on listening to Michael Bublé on repeat. Will we get him? Will the man answer our call? Will Ben still be here next week? We will find out very shortly. New Zealand's breakfast. It's Jono and Ben.

Got me in love. On the head. Four minutes after 8, New Zealand's breakfast. Welcome along. It's great to and Ben Four minutes after 8 New Zealand's breakfast Welcome along, it's great to have you with us Ben Boyce has been on a mission for 24 hours Listening to the same Michael Bublé song on repeat It's beginning to look like Oh he does it better than me

I can't even talk it, he can sing it better than me In the hope that he was going to get a Michael Bublé interview, because he was a bit disgruntled that he didn't actually receive one four weeks ago, Juliet, when the boob was out doing the rounds. And so we thought, well, maybe if he does this, it might get his attention. That's what we sold him in on. And he was like, okay, I will do this.

It's his wish, his Christmas wish. But what he didn't know is that we'd actually teed up the whole thing. Michael Bublé was organised, pre-planned. So he's gone through the last 24 hours. We're just really punishing him. And he's tired. It's the end of year. No one needed, none of us needed this, really.

There's a lot of people working hard behind the scenes to make this all happen. It's like we're putting a final nail in the coffin here. And so we're going to have a very special guest on the show next who's just joined the zoom meeting i can see his name pop up and we'll reveal all to ben boys in the ben buble bubble shortly on new zealand's breakfast Say, you better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I'm telling you why. Santa Claus is coming to town. You better watch out, you better not cry You better not put, I'm telling you why

Santa Claus is coming I'm in the big fat man with the long white beard He's coming to town time Christmas on repeat non-stop in the hope that you get, or we would get Michael Bublé's attention. It's you on, but he's not going to believe me. Guess who? Guess who I've got on Zoom? It begins with

mmm. It begins with mmm. It's Brian Caron! Michael Bublé! Oh my God! Oh darling! Is that Michael Bublé! Oh, my God! I'm sorry, is that actually him? Oh, darling. Is that Michael Bublé?

How you doing there, dude? Hey, nice to talk to you. This is Bean. This is Bean. Listen, if it's true that you've been listening to It's Beginning, sing it for me, please, because I'm tired of singing this stuff. Oh, geez, I've listened to it like a bat. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Everywhere you go Take a look at the five and ten This is it once again With candy canes and silver lids that glow I can keep going, I can keep going, but... Sing along, I know the words! Toys in every store. Let's do it together.

But the prettiest side to see is the holly that will be. On your own front door. Let's sing it slowly. Sure it's Christmas once more. Oh, my goodness. I can't believe it's actually you. You know what? I feel like we just made a single that we could make billions of dollars on.

Yeah, that was good. It was the most unsynchronized duet I think I've ever heard. Wow. I've listened to that song. I worked it out about 400 times over the past, what is it, like 24 hours now? I mean, do you ever get sick of your own music? I love myself so much. I just love it.

I can just hear myself all day and all night. You know what's weird? I actually genuinely like Christmas music so much that it's like when I get in the shower, I actually will. I like the good songs, okay? Okay, yes. Do I get sick of them by January? Yes. Has my record company smashed my face into your television sets so much that I want to punch my own face? Yes. Has my record company smashed my face into your television sets so much that I want to punch my own face? Yes. But during this time, no. It's very special to me. And I love the money.

The money is the beast. I love you because you've helped me out. I mean, 24 hours. But to be honest, I didn't really, it's quite a soothing song. Like I kind of, I slept to it. I kind of zoned out to it. I sang along to it. Here's a tip. Don't say you fall asleep to his music. Oh, no. No, that's okay.

I was just, no, please. I was hoping it could be like Usher. Like I thought you were going to say like, you know, my gal and I, because that would be weird, but it would be kind of cool for me. No, I was somehow involved in that part of your life. You know what I mean? Yeah. And it's a strange lovemaking song. Shall I put on some, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

It's April. Well, okay. It's all funny when it gets to that part of the hop along boots and a pistol that shoots. But you can make anything sound good i mean you have the amazing amazing voice i mean when did you know that you just had this voice that sounded like you'd eaten velvet i don't you know what i i wish you know what's my best friend, when we used to be on the school bus and we were like 13, he, and, and he used to say, he's a good singer. And he was saying like, Jamaica and all the girls is like, Oh, and then he would go, okay, Mike, you sing. And I would go like, it had to be you.

And he would say like, you have a fake voice with your fake, your fake voice. And so I think I always tried say like, you have a fake voice. Stop sitting with your fake voice. And so I think I always tried, like I always thought I could put on some kind of a sexy thing. But my real friends knew that it was just all just fake. Where's Brad nowadays? What's he doing? Exactly. Brad is an underwater welder.

Now, I must just say, Ben thought that this is pure chance that you've zoomed through. Well, because we've been messaging you on social media. I've been putting the word out there. I don't know if you've seen any of my cries for help. No, I'm so happy, though. I'm here because there's nowhere else that I would rather be than with you. I must just say, he thought this is a chance that you've uh just called through but ben it's now that i admit that this interview was teed up all along so you've

just listened to 24 hours of the same song for you know almost no reason at all but did you have this lined up but it's a boobly wasn't it he wasn't part of this vicious prank were you i was not part is it real is it are you Are you messing around? Is that real? I've listened to 24 hours of this. Oh, God, I respect you so much for doing that. But I didn't know you organized that. This was all teed up. It's fine.

He was always going to zoom through, regardless if you were listening to the music or not. Why would you do this to me? Now, if you could just do me a favor, because he's teamed up with the Chemist Warehouse, and I've got this down my trousers here, so it's a little bit... The moisture content's quite high. So now you've promised something for this interview. Just hold that. That's Michael's new fragrance.

It's one of the many offers on display. The Chemist Warehouse. So if you could just thank the Chemist Warehouse. Oh, well, thank you. Thank you. Just do it down camera. Thank you to Michael Bublé's new fragrance by invitation. If we were going to do a fragrance, it would be called Disappointment by

Jono and Ben. Michael Bublé, can you sing us out? Can you make us, Jono and Ben, sound cool? We're Jono and Ben. Can you sing something to make us sound cool for a change? You guys don't need me to sing to make you cool. I can see how cool you are. Why don't we do this?

Why don't we sing something together and sing us out together? You lead. Okay. All that's stuck in my head funnily enough is, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go.

Try to include your names now. There's Barney and Ben, in the song. There's a wish of John Owen, Ben. Dolls will walk and go for a walk as a hook of Janice and Jan. And hopefully Michael Buble will never ever come out again.

I hope not. We love you. We love you so much here in New Zealand. You are so awesome. And it was worth it. I'll tell you, I'd probably sit through 24 hours of your song again just for this moment right here. This is so cool. Thank you guys. I'll tell you, I'd probably sit through 24 hours of your song again just for this moment right here.

This is so cool. Thank you guys. I appreciate the time and I can't wait for you to hear the new record because I can't wait to make you listen to that for 24 hours.

Yeah, I tell you what, when you release... I'm coming to the studio and we'll listen to it together. Okay. When he releases his new music, you have to listen to that for 24 hours

and we'll get another interview. All right. I promise to come back and I'll do that. I'll do it again for you. I wouldn't miss it for the world. I love your work, mate. I love it to see you. Merry Christmas.

Thanks so much for your time, guys. See you, Michael. Bye. Bye, sir. It was awesome, but also at the same time. There we go. So what's just happened there? Sorry, hang on.

It's a wonderful interview with Michael Bublé. Ben got to live out his dream of finally getting an interview with Michael Bublé and not missing out on time for Christmas. He's happy. He's fine. Turn his microphone off. It's off. Yeah, good stuff.

And this is Jono reporting live, making dreams come true this Christmas. Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom. Jono and Ben, the hits. Very eventful Friday morning. Now I'm just, sorry Jon, I'm just coming to terms with what went on. We just had Michael Bublé on the show, which was amazing. It's on the Hits Breakfast Facebook page if you want to see the live stream. We just had him on.

He was everything I hoped for. He was cool, he was funny. I felt like we got on great. That was great. That was stream, we just had him on. He was everything I hoped for. Like he was, he was cool. He was funny. I felt like we, we got on great. That was, that was great. That was my dream to have him on. But what I'm still coming to terms with was the fact that you had arranged for him to come on the show.

This has been organized behind the scenes. And I, for some reason, listened to just over 24 hours of this one song. This song. Yes, this song, in the hope that he would know that I was wanting to talk to him and he would get in touch, but you had it arranged, what, the whole time? Oh, sue me, guilty. Okay, do you feel like the last 24 hours have been a complete waste of your life and time?

Well, a little bit, yeah. Because that's exactly what they have been. He was always turning up. This was just a sick form of punishment where I know you're tired, you're worn out at the end of the year. Who knew? Did everyone know about this? Listen, I don't want to incriminate anyone. I'll take

the hit on this. But to the people listening right now do I need to explain? Oh, did the audience know about this? I don't want to incriminate. I don't want to incriminate. Who did they know? Did everyone know but me? Listen, I'll take this on the chin. I don't want to incriminate I don't want to incriminate Did you say no? Did everyone know? But me Listen I'll take Listen I'll take this on the chin Yeah well I'm sure it was your idea

My master plan And I don't even think To be honest Bublé knew what sort of Sick kidnapping Kidnapping plot he was a part of No I think he was just like He was just like

I've got an interview to do then And I quickly told him before On Zoom I was like hey just so you know He's been listening to this He was like what? He's what? He's been doing this?

He was coming to terms with it Yeah I mean I'm coming to terms with it. I mean, it was awesome. So thank you for giving me my Christmas present. Well, thankfully you've got four weeks to wrap your head around it and hopefully work through it and come back a fresh new man in January. He was awesome. But at the same time, he would have been just as awesome if you'd said,

hey, we've got Michael Bublé tomorrow for an interview. Want to prepare some questions? I'd be like, yes, I do, rather than... Yes, I do. My favourite thing is questions. I'll be like, yes, I do, rather than... Yes, I do? Favourite thing is questions. I love asking questions to people. But not listening to a song in the hope that it would get his attention. Listen, all the pointers you've made are completely valid.

And I've got nothing to... I can't argue the bit. We had the Prime Minister. We had Dr. Michael Baker, Michael Gelman, Michael McRoberts. They were all involved in this. Filler content, Ben. Yeah, thank you, Juliet. She wasn't part of it.

She didn't know anything about this. Just all me, all me. I don't want to make it awkward for the wider team. No, well, thank you in all seriousness. It was very, very cool to talk to him. He was awesome. So thank you, but not thank you for making me sit through his song for 24 hours. Now, we've got a big announcement that we need to make before nine o'clock on the hits don't we yeah and

do i get to that announcement you're going to listen to a 24 hour song of my choice and then i'll announce what the announcement is uh that is before nine o'clock it is the hits you got john i would bet welcome to two half-assed ads to a half-asseded Dads Do a Half-Assed Job. Official title, Toto and Ben, New Zealand's Breakfast. Now, thanks to Farmland Foods, we've got some hams to give away, which is perfect just for Christmas Day. So if you want one, under the hits, every quarter this week has won a ham. Yeah, stressing out about getting rid of these, it's been the big hammy cloud hanging over our heads, hasn't it?

But I think we've done a pretty good job. There's a lot of ham to give away. They were very generous, and we're going to kick it off with Spencer in Auckland. You want a ham, Spencer? Oh, thank you very much. You've got one. You've got one. Awesome. Now, I thought I'd theme this one, this little ham giveaway

here, Ben Boyce. Alright. What are you doing? You seem preoccupied. What are you looking at? What are you looking at there? Well, I've just come back into the studio, so I'm kind of not really prepared as I normally would be. Oh, I see. I've come from 24 hours in a burbley bubble. Yeah, fair enough, fair enough. So I've just come back into the studio so I'm kind of not really prepared as I normally would be I've come from 24 hours in a boot blade bubble headphones that aren't mine

a computer that I'm just anyway so you're saying just back off I'm sorry okay I'll let you be you've had a tumultuous time just come to terms with the fact you made me listen to a song anyway we've been past that for no reason at all but anyway sorry Spencer back to you we argued in front of Spencer sorry mum and dad are fighting Spencer save it for the car ride home Anyway, we've been past that. For no reason at all. But anyway, sorry, Spencer. Back to you.

We argued in front of Spencer. That's all. Sorry, mum and dad are fighting, Spencer. Save it for the car ride home. Hey, Spencer, we're going to give you a hand, but I want you to give someone a shout-out from 2021. I'm going to give a shout-out to my wife because through the lockdown, she's just been looking after the kids

pretty much while I'm working, and it's been stressful, but yeah, she's got through it. Amen, brother. Amen. I'm sure a lot of families in the same scenario as well. Well done. We'll give you a hand.

And to say thank you on behalf of her, we give you the gift of ham. She loves ham. She loves ham. One of her favorite things. Exactly. Well done, Spencer. We'll go to Angela in Greymouth. You're on the air.

How's the West Coast this morning, Ange? West Coast is nice and grey and a bit wet and windy today. Just how I like it. It was a little bit stinky yesterday. I was complaining it was too hot, so now it's gone opposite. Now Mother Nature's gone, take this, put this in your pipe, Angela. Hey, well, I'll tell you what else you can put in your pipe. Ham, and you can smoke it if you want.

Kadoo. Yeah, it's all yours, thanks to Farmland Foods. Would you like to say thank you to someone from 2021 Ange? I'd like to say thank you to Russell My partner Another amazing year together We've had some good times It's been another challenging year for many

But all good And I love you hun That is lovely What a lovely message Hey Angela And again you can say I love you back with the gift of ham. The gift of ham this Christmas. Have a great Christmas.

We appreciate you listening to the show. Helen's on from Mania. That's sort of the New Plymouth region, isn't it there, Helen? Hi, how are you guys? Yeah, good stuff. Trying to get my local knowledge in there, but I don't know if I nailed it on the head. She ignored you, so maybe it wasn't right. Yeah, maybe she's just being polite.

Hey, you've got a ham, Helen, but you need to say hello to someone from 2021. Who's it going to be? I would like to say hello and a big thank you to my husband, Daryl. Oh, Daryl. You're lucky you snapped him up because I'd take him. I'd take Daryl for a ride. Oh, gosh. In the car.

Lovely, scenic, coastal drive. Oh, gosh. In the car. Yeah, yeah. A lovely scenic coastal drive. He likes to travel around the country. If I know Daryl. Yeah. Well done. You and Daryl enjoy that free ham. We'll end it in with John in Manukau. Welcome, Johnny Morena.

Morena. Morena, how are you today? I'm doing well, and I'm doing all the better because we're going to give you a ham, John. I want to hold your hand. Make a shout out to someone for 2021, though. Yes, I'd give a shout out to someone for 2021 though. Yes, I'd give a shout out to my darling wife, Sarah. Yeah, same thing. Her health hasn't been the best during lockdown,

but in saying that, she's an absolutely beautiful woman inside and out. I love her more than anything. I love you, my darling. And thank you guys for the gift of a ham. Really appreciate it. That's all right. Hey, no worries. The only thing we could do,

that's the best thing we could think of, is give her a ham. Hey, well done, John. You have a great Christmas, you and your wife. Likewise, you too. Thank you very much. See you, buddy. Take care.

And thanks, of course, to Farmland Foods, Quality Bacon, Sliced Meats, and Christmas Hams for giving every caller a ham all this week. It's been probably one of the most popular things we've done on the show. Yeah, we should just give away hams all year round. Just hams. You know. Is that the ham show? Ham every day.

We'll sink the ham industry. Yeah, maybe we should. Pigs will be quivering in their boots. That's good for Kristen. You put it like that. That's so sad. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben.

Jono and Ben, just like family. The family members you're ashamed of. It's our final show of the year, but there's a very important announcement right now happening on the hits, right, John? Yeah, that's right. Stace, Mike and Anika are in the studio. Well, that's confusing, isn't it?

Yeah, it's good to have you on. It's like a time warp. What Avenger am I, though? Yeah. Oh, listen, I'm going to... Yeah, I'm going to know. What Avenger would we all... Let's all pick everyone.

Okay, I'm going to pick Captain Marvel. I want to be the blue one. She's actually very powerful. Is she? Yeah, I want to be the blue one she's actually very powerful is she? I want to be the blue one with the you know hot body she's not even in that one

I think you I'm here can they recruit some people in there? I'd be the guy that would probably just drive them to places that they needed driving

you know like I wouldn't be part of the team to be honest this is showing how cool I am I had no idea what we were talking about in the meantime

what? were they banned back in the days? Anyway, we need to focus on that. Sorry to a weird Avengers chat, but guys, you've got a big announcement to make today. Yes, look, we, as a

trio, we are moving on. It's not because we don't like it here. We've just had another opportunity to go as a trio. All together as a whānau.

Which is really important, isn't it? It's really lovely. I mean, Stacey and I wanted to drop you, but you've got a contract apparently. Bit niggly to get out of. A bit ugly. Well, thanks for taking me.

I'm just honest. Yes, we're going to do breakfast radio at another radio station. We're going to Flavour. Yay! Well, I'm going back to Flavour. Yeah, because you're on Flavour. Yeah, so when we started in 2004. And now the music's caught up with me because it's old school.

I mean, it's really exciting. We're so stoked for you guys, but at the same time, it's gutting to lose you guys at the Hits family as well. I feel like it's us. Maybe it was us. We've come along and you've moved on, but anyway. Kind of a little bit. Yeah, I thought maybe.

Yeah, we'll talk about that later. You know, it's Tetris around here. But no, to be honest, though, the Hits family and, you know, the people who listen to the Hits, you feel like family. So we can't go far and hope that we can send you off after this weird year into Christmas with lots of love and just know that we're always around and we appreciate you. And we have loved being part of the hits.

I have, because this is my first ever radio job. I'm a singer. Oh, do you sing, do you? Yeah, apparently, yeah. I mean, I used to be Like what Lord is now 25 years ago But she didn't show His bottom as much Yeah

With just as many Grammys as well But you're dead right The audience here Is so lovely Like we've worked On some other stations You know the rock

Is a real humbler When you read Their text machine But you come here And everyone is genuinely Just so supportive Of what you're doing on here And I know you're going

To be sorely missed As a team So the final show this afternoon. Yes, and we've got some amazing guests. We've also got two hours of Christmas music, which I'm going to love. Oh my gosh. You should be starting with Michael Burgo. Oh, great.

I know one song really well now. Also, we've got some giveaways to help Christmas better for everyone. So yeah, it's going to be a goodbye. It's going to be let's put the year behind us, 2021, up there. And kick into 2022. Yeah, that's it, Mike. Well, congratulations on the new opportunity.

And commiserations for having to get up at 3.30 in the morning. 3.30? Oh, yeah, that's not happening. We are going to miss you here at the Hits. All the best, guys. All right? Thanks, boys. Absolutely loved it.

Stay smug and tune in for their final show. Oh, this felt sad saying that. It is the Hits. All the best, guys. All right? Thanks, boys. Absolutely loved it. Stace, Mike and Anika, tune in for their final show. Oh, this felt sad saying that. It is the Hits. You've got Jono and Ben. They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand. If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben.

New Zealand's breakfast. On the Hits. Our final show of the year. We are back in January, though. But our final show on the Hits of Stace, Mike and Anika, if you just missed it before. Yeah, they just announced that. So make sure you do tune in this afternoon, 4 show on the hits of Stace, Mike and Anika, if you just missed it before. Yeah, they just announced that. So make sure you do tune in this afternoon, 4 o'clock,

with Stace, Mike and Anika. And they're making their way over to the breakfast show on Flavour. Yeah. Yeah, which will be awesome. They seem very excited about that. But they are obviously going to be really, really missed here. Yeah, they are being voiced. But we'll see them a lot more now because they're just across the hallway.

Oh, yeah, the same time in the morning. And we can be like, huh, huh. That's all you say to people at that time in the morning just one syllable stuff and everyone knows what you mean you can have a deep conversation just making groans and noises can't you now if you just tuned in to the program and wondering what happened with uh the michael buble little uh little journey that we were on of course i was listening to michael buble's one song it's beginning to look a lot like christmas i started eight o'clock yesterday and i listened to it on repeat for just over 24 hours. And I tell you what, it was also beginning to smell a lot like the man who'd been trapped

in a room with no airflow for 24 hours as well. I was very conscious of that. I lit a candle this morning. Yeah, he lit a pine candle, pine-flavored, just pine-scented candle. Yeah, but this was the moment where Michael Buble finally came through on the Zoom. Guess who? Guess who I've got on Zoom? It begins with mmm.

It begins with mmm. It's Michael Bublé. Oh, my God. Sorry, is that actually him? Oh, darling. Is that Michael Bublé? How you doing there, dude? Hey, nice to talk to you.

This is Bean. This is Bean. Listen, if it's true that you've been listening to It's Beginning, sing it for me, please. Because I'm tired of singing this stuff. Oh, geez, I've listened to it like a bat. It's beginning to look like Christmas everywhere you go. Take a look at the five and ten. Once again, candy canes and silver lanes that glow.

And that was Michael Bublé. If you want to see the live stream where he zoomed through, it's on the Hits Breakfast Facebook right now. But what I discovered midway through that interview, that it was pointless, the fact that I'd listened to 24 hours of his one song, you and the chemist's warehouse had got together because we had to plug his cologne in the middle of it, his fragrances, and you'd organised the interview.

Yeah, I just tried to slip that in mid-interview, so you weren't going to, like, I thought if I, because I was like, well, I've made him do all this for no reason at all because the interview was already all teed up and everyone listened. But not everyone knew except for me. Yeah, everyone knew apart from you and I was yeah, I'm sorry about that. I regret that. No, you don't. No, I don't regret that.

It just seems like something I should say right now. But you know, I teamed up with the Chemist Warehouse and we did it. We made it happen and I thought if I sandwiched it in between the beginning and the end that you'd forget about it by the end. But no, you haven't. If anything, it's fested. You're getting angrier and angrier by the second.

You're looking at me. There's sharp objects in here. I'm concerned for my life. No, but it was actually really awesome to chat to him. He was just as cool as I thought he was going to be. So check it out on the Hits Breakfast. Now, we've got one more ham to give away. Thanks to Farmland Foods, we've got an excess ham.

So if you want the ham, 0800 the Hits. We better knock it off Before we do sign off For the year Have we got Faye Is Faye on the phone From Hamilton Faye Just wanted to

Wish you guys All of you guys A Merry Christmas And to say That you have been The unsung heroes Don't get mentioned You've done a lot

During this Last two years With the pandemic You're right Faye We have been I don't know if you know Who you're talking to. Sorry, were you meant to be

Dr Michael Baker or Tom's Ashley Bloomfield? You think you're talking to Susie Wiles? No, no, rather you or Ben. That's pretty kind of you to say. We really appreciate it. But it has been appreciated. I appreciate that, Faye.

That's a lovely message. And to be honest, unsung and radio announcers don't go together. If anything, we do too much singing about ourselves. Oh, no,

you've kept us entertained this year. Oh, thank you very much. You have a great Christmas. Merry Christmas to you. A ham come in your way and as we said before

earlier on the show, it's incredible that people get to share. We get to share in their lives and they get to share in ours and it's really awesome. So, we really,

really love doing this job. Yeah, and to those that we burden every morning, well, we apologise as well at the same time. Yeah, it's probably some people listening that are like, oh, my work listens to this place. You guys have yourself a great Christmas. Be safe over summer and we'll catch you again in 2022.

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