Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Paddy Gower Stole What From The Cops...

Episode Date: September 20, 2022

Today on the Jono and Ben podcast, we chat to Paddy Gower about what he stole from the Queen! The great dog poo debate and Megan Papas recommends some awesome new shows.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to a bonus podcast from Jono and Ben on The Hits. Two, two, two, two, two. Kia ora, welcome to the podcast. This is Jono and Ben. The 21st of September today, Ben Boyce. Yeah, I've got a question for you. Actually, my daughter, I just thought of this one, asked me the other day, what would be your favourite time to the minute of the week?

You know, weeks change and sometimes you have crappy days and whatever. But what would be your favorite time? You're like, oh, that would be the time. More times than not, that would be my favorite time of the week. Well, it's not a consistent time, but it's the minute we walk out of here on a Friday. Oh, right. It's that minute walking back to our cars with their part going. Yeah, yeah.

I also said a Friday as well, my daughter was asking. But I said maybe when it gets to like five o'clock on a Friday because you run around, you've got the kids, you've probably done all your jobs, your errands, and you're like, oh, maybe it's time for a beer. You know, it's been a long week. Oh, you wait till five? Yeah, yeah.

I try to make it, otherwise. That's why I'm sighing at about 11.30. Yeah, straight there, straight to the bubs. I try to keep moving, do a workout, do all those things, you know, do jobs and then get to that. You know, the kids have got the kids moving do a workout do all those things you know do jobs and then get to that you know the kids

got the kids back from school it's all you know and then it's like oh alright oh the kids can drive you if you can drive there they can drive you home yeah gotcha

I see how you work but I thought it was an interesting year to the minute yeah what was her favourite time it varied for her I think it was Saturday morning for her I mean she's probably not running

quite the week that a lot of adults are she was like getting up on a Saturday morning when you know when you've got the full weekend ahead. Yeah, producer Joel Eshelford. I totally agree, yeah. Either that or Monday 5 a.m.

Monday 4.30, hit the alarm. Oh, that's great. That's when the alarm goes off at the four o'clock hour on a Monday. You're like, whew. I can't beat it. You were like Saturday morning, yeah? Yeah, I feel like I probably don't have

as much responsibility on a Saturday as you guys, but it's kind of like after waking up early, just doing nothing for about three hours in bed. Well, you don't have an alarm that you have to, you know, like you are quite set by your alarm on this job. I don't know if it's a fun job. We're not complaining about it at all, but you are set by you've got to get up, you've got to get to work, you know,

but in the weekend when you don't have an alarm on, you still don't really sleep in because your body clocks all over the show, but it's your right. You don't have to get up as such. So, yeah. Unless it's kids sport and buddy that's the other thing Saturday

all I'm thinking of is drum lessons there's a piano lesson there's a netball game there's a basketball game but you know times of the week eh yeah

it's a good question it was just for the podcast it's a good question it's a good question yeah but yes I think the distance the biggest distance

between your work week ending and the work week starting has to be hands down the best time of the week. It probably is for a lot of people. Enjoy the podcast today. Megan Pappas tells you what you should be watching, the shows that we all need to be watching. And Paddy Gower from News Hub reveals

he stole something from the Queen. He's been over there in the UK reporting for News Hub and he's got a big mission, as well as swearing in front of Jacinda Ardern That made news as well That's all on the podcast Enjoy Baldly going where no show has gone before How long is it going to take for Ben to make fun of my bald head?

Jono and Ben On the hits God I had a bizarre dream last night Ben Ryan Reynolds Was pumicing my elbows with pumice you know pumice rock

they had a build up of dead skin and Ryan Reynolds said I'll attend to those for you and so then he was oh that's truly bizarre he seems like a very

caring guy so I mean it's not I mean if there anyone were to pumice your elbows he'd be definitely my top 10

it's amazing because you said Ryan Reynolds we were talking about him a couple of days ago because we've been travelling around with producer B Humps

down the south that's where it would have come from and we were talking about how he he got a colonoscopy or something or like a

yeah and he filmed the whole thing and so maybe we're talking about that that's in my head yeah and then I was

looking at my elbows going they need a good pumicing so that's probably how it all happened and the next thing you know you go to sleep and old Ryan Reynolds is pumicing your elbows. I love how your brain works. Sometimes you wake up from a dream.

And not that you remember every dream, but sometimes you're like, wow, that was wild. It's in shutdown mode, but it's still half-heartedly working, just piecing together random little bits of information it's collected over the last two weeks. Messing with you while you're asleep. It's a fascinating thing. Hey, back from Queenstown, we were just broadcasting, doing the Southern Tour. John and Ben's Tour of Southland.

That was great. Over Monday, Tuesday. It was really good. Great hospitality. But there was a, you know, the spy network, which New Zealand has, I think, with America, maybe the UK Australia There's a few countries

Five Eyes That's what it's called Five Eyes Yeah You've heard about Five Eyes In the media Well you did for a while right Yeah

The people who love Five Eyes The ones who wore Their tinfoil hats to parliament They'd be all about Five Eyes Five Eyes were having a meeting In Queenstown There was all these private jets and cops everywhere. They were at Millbrook Resort.

Not very good spies. Yeah, well, how come you know about this? It was just on the bloody Herald. Yeah, so how come they know about this? Like, yeah, you're right. The spies haven't kept this underground. Shocking spy work. Like, surely the first rule of Spy Club is don't talk about Spy Club.

Maybe they've all got the Five Eyes, you know, like work printed T-shirts. Five Eyes camp 2022 or something. You know, getting photos. Five Eyes corporate getaway. You know, someone ran out to the mall and got T-shirts printed and gave the whole thing away. Hey, guys, welcome. They get lanyards, you know, like a conference. Team Bonding, guys, I got T-shirts printed.

You're like, yeah, great. Now everyone knows. We've all got together. Queenstown 2022. We're all going to Cowboys Bar in Queenstown in the Five got t-shirts printed and you're like yeah great now everyone knows we've all got together Queenstown 2022 we're all going to Cowboys Bar in Queenstown in the Five Eyes t-shirts yeah

what are you talking about why can't they just discuss anything over email oh well you wouldn't want no no if I was a spy I wouldn't yeah you couldn't do that

you would be the most paranoid spy imagine him as a I'm not even a spy but as soon as you said email I'm not emailing you're like well then have some sort of special WhatsApp group or something.

Well, maybe. You couldn't hack into it. It feels like 32 private jets. Big carbon footprint in these spies. No one's having a crack at Kim Kardashian for her carbon footprint. Is anyone going in on the spies in their private planes, Ben? No, but very cool that it's here, though, isn't it? Yeah. Let's just keep it a secret next time, though. Well, but very cool that it's here, though, isn't it? Yeah.

Let's just keep it a secret next time, though. Well, yeah, already too many people know about it. Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion. Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB. In the meantime, Jono and Ben on the hits. You know, the world has been talking about the Queen's funeral for the last couple of days as all that sort of wraps up, all that fanfare wraps up over the UK.

Yeah. I saw, I was going through, I get lost in a hole yesterday of the most emotional photos from the service. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I saw one of Prince Charles' stubby little sausage fingers that you were talking about before. He's got very tiny little short.

I thought you were going to do like an emotional, like, mate, how did you segue into that? I thought you were going to talk like an emotional. Mate, how did you segue into that? I thought you were going to talk about, you know, the people lost it. Lost a mum, lost a grandma, lost it. You know, now you suddenly. How did you go from emotional photos to that? Well, I was going to say there's a really emotional photo of Meghan Markle crying. Yeah.

She had a tear down. You forget about it. You know, you forget about it. It's a family member that people have lost. That's right. You're dead right. Whether you're for the rules or against the rules or whatever, people have lost a family member.

That's sad. Joel just says he's going to put the... Let's not segue back to it, guys. Joel's going to put the photo of the fingers up on the Hits Instagram there of Prince Charles' fingers just if anyone was interested. People will be driving along, Ben, they'll be like, I wonder what he's talking about. So you can go to the Hits Breakfast on Instagram.

Paddy Gower, News Hub reporter Paddy Gower, he admitted that he stole something off the Queen. Have a listen to this. We spoke to him earlier. I stole a teacup off the Queen and a saucer. I went to Buckingham Palace when I was

a young fella to one of her garden parties. She has a garden party every summer. And, you know, being quite experienced at that point in stealing road cones, you know, I'd stolen sort of good sort of 50 road cones, I guess, by that stage. You know, I just moved on to the Queen's Cups and Saucers, and I stole a cup, and the same with the saucer. A pointless theft, much like road cone thefts.

I've apologised to the Queen for that as well, so it's been a double apology along with a swearing. Now, because a cup and a saucer, that's not a slide it into your pocket situation. They're going down the front of your trousers. How are you getting them out of the building? Well, the cup went in the jacket pocket because I had a jacket on,

but yeah, you're quite right with the saucer. It was just a matter of down the back of the trousers and don't sit down until you get it home kind of scenario. Yeah, it was the old down the back of the trousers trick. Did you put this in the dishwasher? Is it hand washed? Do you even drink tea out of it? I keep it up in my attic.

I don't think I've bothered washing it since the day I had it down the back of my pants, mate. Justin Bieber came into the TV studio and Ben held on to his half-drunken water bottle for three days and then he pulled himself out of it. That's weird. It was weird. I was like, why am I doing this?

And that's how COVID got into New Zealand. Patty Gower on how he stole a cup and a saucer from the sweet queen. Poor lady would have been doing the dishes that night. I missed one in the set. No wonder he hasn't drunk out of it because all he would taste was guilt and remorse. So this is what we want to chuck open. 0800 The Hits on New Zealand's Breakfast this morning.

The best thing you own. What is the greatest thing you own? You can make a news article about it. Ben, have you got anything good you own? Well, I think the coolest thing that is in the house, it's not actually, well, mine as such, but my wife, her granddad played for the All Blacks, and so she's got one of his All Black tops.

He was a winger for the All Blacks. His jersey, and it's a literal jersey. It's like, I just think it'd be scratchy, and it's all knitted, a wool and all black jersey framed on the wall. I think it's very cool, actually. Soft all blacks wouldn't get away wearing that now, would they, mate? But I guess, look at it. Wear scratchy wool.

Scratchy. It does look very scratchy, very hot for you playing rugby in. Playing in wool seems... Yeah, but that's what they had to play in back in the day. So it wasn't literal, you know, say, earn the jersey, burn the jersey. Well, it was a jersey. And it wasn't professional era back then either, too. So they were probably having to shear the sheep themselves

and make their own jersey. So that's a pretty cool thing. Okay, 0800 the hits telephone number. Coolest thing you own. Let's get the text on New Zealand's breakfast too. Can you beat Paddy Gow with his teacup and saucer from Buckingham Palace? Your essential listening for non-essential banter. Jono and Ben on the hits.

It's Harry Styles. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben back from our South Island tour. We had a great time in Invercargill down in Queenstown as well. Tour of Southland. Jeez, we did some great brand awareness for the North and the South, didn't we? Yeah. One of the mayors in Invercargill was like he was going to build a wall, like a

Trump wall to block Invercargill off from the North Island. Was that one of the policies? One of the policies, yeah. We changed that though after talking to the mayor wall, like a Trump wall, to block Mbukagal off from the North Island. Was that one of the policies? One of the policies, yeah. We changed that, though, after talking to the mayor. They were like, no, no longer. Actually, you're not that bad after all. We ran into a lot of amazing people down south.

Yeah, thanks for everyone that came down and said hi, including Happy the Singing Dog, which is a Queenstown icon. They stand by the water, Kim and Happy the Dog, and they sing along and even got Happy to sing on radio. I can't figure out because Ben and me are singing there. Kim's a great singer, but we're shocking. I couldn't figure out if Happy was singing along or trying to drown us out. Probably trying to drown us out.

But we got talking afterwards. I mean, obviously, you mentioned this before, dogs being, they're so loyal. They really are so loyal. And one of your theories is because we pick up what comes out. We pick up their excrement. Yeah. And they're like, jeez, man, if they will do that for me, I will do anything for this person.

And we had a conversation. I wonder what they do with happies because happies all around town and i'm sure kim disposes of it appropriately but i said you just chuck it in someone's wheelie bin and you flared up well yeah because i i told a story the other day on the radio about how my dog beau went to the bathroom not not far away from my house. I picked it up, put it in a bag, and then I was looking for a bin to put it in. A council bin or one of those, like a bin that would be cleared by the council, not someone's bin from their house. I walked for five k's back because I couldn't find a bin carrying this bag, like a kid who'd just come back from the pet shop with a goldfish. Swinging it around.

Yeah. But I'm like, oh, this is, you know. Is the dog, like, are you going to let that go at any point? But I couldn't put it in any wheelie bins or anything, because I just feel like. But that's what people's wheelie bins are there for. That's why they're out on the street. I feel like you can't go up to someone's wheelie bin

and put in, even though it's in a plastic bag. Who said? It's the council. It's the council who own the bin. It's not the person, eh? Thank you, Producer Joel. But people fire up. I've told you before. It's a middle finger

to local government bureaucracy, Ben. Look, I'll put it happily in a bin that's, you know, next to a bus stop or something that's going to be cleared, you know, from the council. But it's someone else's bin. I feel like that's their personal space. A wheelie bin is someone's personal space. I got told off for putting rubbish in my neighbour's bin once.

Remember I had to take it out? So since then I'm like, well, how's that going to help? But he's not the master of the bin. The council owns the bin. It's the same sort of thing. They clear those bins. You feel like you own those bins, don't you? Yeah, well, there's a certain amount of ownership

and protection over them. They're my bins. They're my bins. You know, I feel like if I go... Well, people get overly defensive about their bins, don't they? Yeah. Yeah. So I'm a dumper.

So you won't put it in. You'll go up to someone... I'll even go and put mine in there. Obviously, it's in a plastic bag. Yeah, of course it is. Yeah, okay. Pack it safe, eh? Yeah.

I don't know what else to do. What else do you want me to do with it? Well, there's no other option, right? Okay, so we're going to go under the hits. 4-4-8-7. If you walk in your dog and you've got a bag full you know of what can you put it in someone's wheelie but that's the debate i'm saying no there's a clear line ben's no i'm yes where are you sitting at four four eight

seven on the text oh eight hundred of the the hits is the telephone number for new zealand's breakfast we'll get your calls and texts next it is that's the jonathan ben podcast we're just talking about if you walk the dog, you pick up the business that the dog leaves behind. Are you okay to leave that business in somebody's wheelie bin? Is that okay? Or is that being not a great human being? I'm a bit. I feel like every time you put something,

if you're going to put something in someone's wheelie bin, they're looking out. They're ready to bust you at all times. Yeah, people, we just got into a conversation. People are way too protective of their wheelie bins, aren't they? And especially that, they'll be like, what's that? What did you put in there? You're like, oh, it's dog crap, I'm sorry. Remember, I've got

a long history of just being a constant cloud hanging over my life as my rubbish disposal. Yeah, you do. And I, one day, we were about to do some work, being on a Sunday morning, and I had some rubbish in the boot, and I was like, oh, there's a skipper bin out the back of a shop. So I was like, I'll chuck this rubbish in the skipper bin.

And I did that, and then all of a sudden I heard, what are you doing? And you never want to hear what are you doing, are you? And there was a tourist woman poking her head out the back of a shop door. Telling you off. And I said, I'm just putting rubbish in here. She said, what you're doing is worse than dumping animals. Which. Huge.

Yeah. I mean, she was caught up in the moment. She was trying to make a point. That's bad. Yeah, that is bad. By the way, there's six Labradors in there as well. Oh, no. Yeah.

But you, yeah. So you had to take it out. She made me climb in. And there's nothing more degrading than me to climb and take it out. And she's like, yep, that's yours as well. That's just, she was appearing over me. And I's like, yep, that's yours as well. That's just yours appearing over me. And I was like, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

At the end of the day, it was gone. Yeah, I get you on that, but people are very protective over their wheelie bins. So even though I probably wouldn't mind if someone else did it, I wouldn't do it to anyone else. Can you drop your dog droppings in another person's wheelie bin?

I'm all about it. Julie, where are you on it? No. No? I don't mind if you open that bin and you see that it hasn't been collected personally, but there's no way I'd do it. I didn't, blimmin' well, force your arm to buy a dog. You buy a dog, you carry that in your little bag all the way home.

The bag of shame. You take two bags. You take two bags. Oh, I'm getting a roasting. Do you know what people do, the walk that I do? What's that? They take their little bag of poo and then they leave it sitting on the beautiful monument. Oh.

That's what monuments are for. Julie, that's what monuments are for. It's not a big monument. It's a beautiful monument. Oh. That's what monuments are for. Julie, that's what monuments are for. It's not a big monument. It's a beautiful monument. Or they used to throw it in our front yard as well. Like, why should I have to pick it up? Julie. Okay, okay, you've gone halfway.

You've gone halfway there. All right, Julie. By putting it in the bag. All right, Julie. Your bloody dog, your poop. It's a big no from Julie. I'm with Julie on that one. Julie, I love nothing more than dumping it in a big empty wheelie bin.

Just freshly emptied. That's going to sit there for a week. No, I'm with you, Julie. I'll hunt you down and follow you home and dump it on your doorstep if I see you. Love you, Julie. You're a champion. You're so good, Julie. Great.

Let's get Zane on from Taranaki. Good morning. Welcome to New Zealand's breakfast, the dog droppings. Can you put them in another person's wheelie bin? Of course you can. That's right, mate. Of course you can. As long as it's on the road.

As long as it's on the road and you're walking past, just tuck it in the bin and like, yeah, all good. Absolutely. I'm not walking up someone's driveway and over, you know? You know, we're Kiwis. Like, you know, we do things. You know, it's just common sense. We do things.

We're not going to carry it all the way home and then put it in our bin. Like, fuck, there's a bin there. I'm going to put it in the bin there. You're dead right, Zane. We are Kiwis. We do things. Some of those things are swearing on the radio.

My bad, boys. My bad. Love you, Zane. Have a great day, mate. See you, mate. Appreciate it. We'll get Chris on from Timaru. He's a rubbish My bad. Love your work, Zane. Have a great day, mate. See you, mate. Appreciate it. We'll get Chris on from Timaru. He's a rubbish truck driver.

Oh, here we go. This will put it to bed. Can you dump it, dump the dog's doo, in another person's wheelie bin, Chris? Absolutely. Yeah, as long as you're putting it in the right bin. Okay, so if you're picking up dog poop, you're already doing the right thing.

So you've got it in a bag. The red bin or the green bin, you know, put it in there. I mean, if anyone's going to complain about it, they need to have a look at themselves. Yeah, that's right. That's right. I just could do it to someone because I know it would wind them up. Don't get me wrong.

If I saw someone doing it in my bin, I'd be a little bit like, oh, I'd be a put off. Yeah. Do it to others. Hey, thanks I saw someone doing it in my bin, I'd be a little bit like, oh, I'd be a put off. Yeah. But I'll do it to others. Hey, thanks, Chris. Appreciate it, mate. Oh, such a roller coaster, of course. So much fun.

It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. A-grade celebrity chat with C-grade celebrity hosts. Jono and Ben on the hits. Lord of the Rings was such an iconic and huge movie series filmed in New Zealand. And now there's a brand new series, Lord of the Rings, Rings of Power, which is on right now. And we've got one of the actors, a Kiwi actor, who's starring in the show, Leon Wadham. Leon, well, great to have you here.

Congratulations on the success. Thank you very much. That's so awesome. Cheers. Yeah. I mean, you went from, like, to pull back the curtain, you did some work with us a few years ago on our TV show, John O'Byrne. I mean, you took the right path in life. I mean, look at us.

And look where you are on the biggest, most expensive show ever made. Nobody saw this coming. This was a shock to all. On the cheapest radio show ever made. This is a cheap radio show? I can't tell. This to me seems fancy. Because they say it was the most expensive series ever made.

I mean, I imagine most of that's your fee. But taking that aside. Not cheap. Well, like, do you notice it on where you're on set? You're like, wow, they've gone to the effort of building this or the crew. You notice it on your way to set because there are just so many people working on it.

And the sets, the costumes, all the stuff that goes into it, it's extraordinary, the scale, the detail. But then when you get into a scene, it's just you talking to another actor. It feels like any other TV show. Except with 400 people outside eating catering yeah yeah it's when you walk outside of the little ring of um the camera and go like oh this is a big operation yeah does

it need could you scale back on a couple of things you think you know what if leon was running this production could we have saved a bit on you know sausage rolls or i need the sausage rolls i think other people do too. I wouldn't dare cut those away. Now, you've been around the world recently with all the big premieres, Comic-Con as well, 6,500 people there. I mean, that must be wild to think, you know, there's so many fans for Lord of the Rings around the world.

Yeah, it's pretty bizarre. I was told you couldn't prepare for the sound of 6,500 people. And the weird thing is that you can feel it. They're so loud that they vibrate the sound of them through the floor. But it was such a nice crowd and it's been such a nice time. I think because there are so many of us in the cast, you don't really feel the pressure. Right.

You can kind of share the load. But you were saying you're not on until episode four. I turned up in episode four. So they would show the first two episodes whenever we had a premiere and I'd sort of wear nice clothes and then not have to face myself, which felt really, really good. yeah well speaking of saving on costs maybe we didn't have to pay for the guy who's not into it so far to fly around the world how cool and so imagine you know celebrities famous people Jeff Bezos is there I mean it's all just they're all there

it was um bonkers yeah I um kind of just turned my brain off and enjoyed yeah enjoy the experience but I can't remember any of it. You just look adorable in the show poster too. So what is your role on the show? I play Kemen. He's the son of a politician, Farazon, over in Numenor. He's had a really easy time of it. They call him like the Donald Trump Jr. of Middle Earth.

Is that something you're like, oh, hang on, who's saying that? I did not say that myself. Somebody else said that in response to things I said, though, so fair enough. He's just been born into immense privilege, swimming and drinking wine and wearing silk and eating seafood. He doesn't understand what's out there, but things are about to change.

Is he the sort of character who would get a grape fed to him? Oh, yeah. A peeled grape. A peeled grape, yeah. How do you end up on a show like this? Obviously, you auditioned. Yes, I auditioned. I did a tape for this character the week New Zealand went into lockdown.

So I was in my bedroom with my flatmate. I had my iPhone balanced on a chopping board, balanced on a ladder. It was held upright by the retractable bit of a tape measure. It was a very lo-fi audition. And I well i mean the world is ending so yeah give this a give this a bash we'll see what happens yeah and then six months later i said could you come in tomorrow and sent two new scenes and i went what and um tried to learn them as best i could and then two weeks later i had the job wow yeah again it was out of nowhere it's such a surreal um left turn in my life hey i've got leon warden with us a new series uh lord of the rings the prequel to lord the rings out now on

amazon now um i wanted to see you know because obviously you've you've done comedy as well being an actor as well i wanted to see if you could guess the lord of the rings punchline from some internet jokes yeah we'll see how we go we We can work through these ones. Okay, so why did Frodo the Hobbit put his phone on silent? He was tired of... The ring? The ring! Oh, Jono's got this one. Alright. I didn't know I was meant to be playing this game. That's actually really

good. Okay, okay. See, well, Jono, you can play too. Well, I don't know. That's all I know about Lord. You've inserted yourself into the game. That's perfect. Okay, Leon. You might have better instinct. I'm thinking about the Silmarillion and going like, it's going to be some obscure reference to, you've got to get that. Okay, okay. Okay, what do you call a hobbit eating at KFC?

Lord of the? Fries? Wings? Oh, wait, no, no. I'm bad at it. I'm thinking of real things that exist. Okay, okay. The Lord of the Rings pinball machine.

Pinball. It's amazing. It doesn't accept coins, though. Only... Rings? I keep saying rings, mate. Rings has worked out so far for him, to be fair. He's got two from two.

Two from two is pretty good. It's saying rings unconfidently. It doesn't accept coins. Only think of the author of the books. Oh, tokens. Tokens. Yeah, there you go. Yeah, there you go.

That's so bad. That's the worst one, I reckon. And finally, the final internet punchline to guess from the Lord of the Rings jokes. I love how he keeps blaming the internet, too. He's like, this is not on me. This is on the internet. Someone's worked hard on these jokes. I was once obsessed with Lord of the Rings.

The books, movies, collectibles, everything. Finally, I was able to kick the hobbit. Well done. I finished strong to kick the hobbit. Well done. I finished strong. You did finish strong. Leon, hey, well done, man. This is just, what an amazing journey you're going on. Yeah.

I am enjoying every minute. One drives like Lewis Hamilton in Hamilton. The other drives like a Nervy Natter. Great to have you with us this morning. Do you think I noticed, Ben, we're doing a lot of driving on the roads over the last couple of days, haven't we? Through the South Island. Nothing says, get the hell out of my way, like a big old Ford Ranger truck, does it? Big wheels.

When a Ford Ranger truck's coming up behind you, you pull over, don't you? They mean business on the road. Big utes, aren't they? Yeah. I couldn't imagine you driving one I remember we had one for the TV show

for a while and I got to take it home I was very nervous driving it just like that's where I started my love of parking three kilometres away

from everything because I'd be like I can't park this big truck in a tight little city car park so I'd park it down the road

did you feel more aggressive on the roads were you like mate I'll run over you then I'll run over your grandma? Were you kind of that attitude? No, I was probably more timid because I was like, this is a lot of truck for me to handle.

But I can see how someone else with great power becomes great responsibility and can get a little caught up in the magic. Well, it's funny because I looked into what your car says about you as a person. And if you have a mazda you've got high principles they mean everything to you you're very analytical and it usually means you're right who come up with this the mazda people it feels like propaganda that each car companies yeah if you drive a jaguar you're a far superior Class of human being Yeah that's what Mark Hoskey would say If you're a BMW driver

You like to challenge The status quo This is like the worst Horoscope ever Just what car you drive What it says about you But you provide solutions To problems

If you drive a BMW Okay Hyundai Alright You're a Hyundai guy Yeah I've got a Hyundai Yeah You know what Hyundai is

You're balanced You're dependable And Yeah I've got a Hyundai You know what a Hyundai is? You're balanced You're dependable And you're always punctual He is Those three things actually ring true Alright that's good And you're also very considerate and homely Right

Getting all that from a car But if this Hyundai driver opens his door on your car He definitely won't own up to it Yeah probably Sometimes there's not a choice as such But if this sure-no driver opens his door on your car, he definitely won't own up to it. Yeah, probably. Sometimes there's not a choice as such. People just get the car that's within their price range. But I guess other times people are out there going, I really want a driver.

I want a driver. Hold it, mate. Not a Ford or a Ford. Not a Holden. Yeah. And if you've got an exotic car freshener, you're very good at making love. I feel like you just made the last one up.

I've just got new car smell. Does that mean? Yeah. Yeah, no. No, it's probably just, yeah. If you like making love to a new car, the smell of a new car. 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. Joined every week by wonderful Megan Pappas from the 3 p.m. pickup here on the hits to tell us what to watch. Welcome to the show, Megan. Good morning. How you doing? Really well. What to watch with Megan Pappas. There is nothing that Megan has. She even scours the CCTV footage of this building to see if there's anything for you to watch on that. You're very thorough at your job, Megan.

Yeah, sure. You make me sound like I just sit at home and do nothing. I do. Every week we're like I just sit at home and do nothing. I do. Every week we're like, how do you watch so much stuff? Does she even do any prep for a radio show? We really do pain you out as someone who sits on the couch and just streams shows. It's not far from the truth. You keep an eye on all the great shows that we need to watch, and that's why we talk to you every week.

What's the first one we should be watching? One you're familiar with this week, She-Hulk, Attorney at Law. I'm a lawyer. I have great friends. Can we get some shots, please? It's an emergency. A demanding job. We just started a superhuman law division and I want you to be the face of it.

Yeah, She-Hulk on Disney+. I've been watching this with the kids. Really, really enjoying it. Yeah, I'm glad Mark Ruffalo's in it because it kind of gives it a bit of authenticity i was worried they were just gonna like crowbar a female hulk in there and but she's she's really witty and she's funny and she's a bit of a feminist um and yeah she's cousins with the hulk and basically there's an accident where um she becomes the hulk i don't want to give it all away but she wants to stay a lawyer at the same time

but I don't think it takes itself too seriously and I actually think the Hulks look quite good what do you reckon? Oh they do look good yeah yeah yeah I mean that's if that's the option too Jono like if you could be the Hulk all the time

or just you Jono Pryor what would you choose? Jono Pryor probably well yeah just because being a giant green people would stare at you all the time.

Can you fit into a car? Can she fit into a car? Oh, yeah, she's definitely bigger. Yeah, but she can do that. It's inconvenient. What would you rather be? Yeah, I mean, look at the size of me. Of course I'm going to take the Hulk option.

I'm going to try and be bigger for a change. But what I do, though, what I do wonder about, a lot of clothing being ripped, transforming from one to the other. Yeah, I did like the reference where she was like, but I like this outfit. I was like, yeah, that would be my issue. Yeah. Has anyone called them out for clothing wastage?

Some person on the internet. There'll be backlash. Oh, they're mad at fast fashion. Definitely shopping at H&M or something, eh? And the Kardashians can't get rid of them. They're back. Tomorrow they're back. It's season two already,

and they've announced they're actually currently filming season three because they have a lot going on in their lives, obviously. Wow. Who's Tristan Thompson got pregnant this time? Well, we're going to see, hopefully, all that go down where she was having a surrogate baby on the side and then he cheated on her. This is all happening this season. Potentially Kylie's baby.

The thing I like about the Kardashians now, as opposed to keeping up with the Kardashians, is we actually see their real lives. Before it was just like made up banter and BS. But now we actually get to see that they live in filthy rich houses and Kris Jenner's disgustingly perfect kitchen and they show it all. They're just unashamedly filthy rich now. I saw her getting very salty one episode that people were parking on her tiles in the driveway. Oh, who?

Oh, really? She was like, why are you parking your car in the driveway? And then Kim Kardashian's like, because it's a driveway. She's like, no one parks on here. She's like, what's the point of having a driveway? They're having a heated discussion. About the driveway. And then Kim Kardashian's like, because it's a driveway. She's like, no one parks on here. She's like, what's the point of having a driveway? They're having a very heated discussion.

About the driveway. Keep me up with Kardashian. We know that they're like billionaires, but actually seeing it now rubbed in your face is just a really next level. Do we get to see Pete Davidson chewed up and spat out

by the Kardashian machine? That'll be this season. That's this season. Pete was intro'd briefly last season, but he'll be in this one. Oh, wow. So keep me up with the Kardashians. You know.

You can hardly keep up with Peaky Blinders, could you, Jono? But he'll try and keep up with the Kardashians. Yeah. Here's a wee bit from the latest series. Season two, it's going to be insanity. Here we come. This is my good side, just so you guys know. Oh, Kardashians.

So where can we find that one, Megan? It's on Disney Plus as well. I love how Jono pretends to be interested. He's like, oh, sounds good. Oh, Kardashian. So where can we find that one, Megan? It's on Disney Plus as well. I love how Jono pretends to be interested. He's like, oh, sounds good. Oh, no, I do.

I love it. I love it. You're secretly love. Jen watches all this stuff and I'm in the kitchen scoffing. Oh, why are we watching this rubbish?

But then I'm secretly like, you know a lot about it. I love Island. Oh, I love Island. Yeah, yeah. This is nonsense. Hey, Megan. Megan Parvis,

thank you so much for your time. What to Watch with Megan. We'll catch you next week, mate. Oh, I love island. Yeah, yeah. I was like, this is nonsense. Hey, Megan. Megan Pappas, thank you so much for your time. What to Watch with Megan. We'll catch you next week, mate. Thanks, guys. They've got pranks. They've got puns. Now they just need some actual listeners. Jono and Ben on the hits.

Coolest thing you own. That's what we're chucking it open to this morning. Paddy Gower admitted he stole a cup and a saucer from Buckingham Palace right under the Queen's nose at a garden party as well. A lot of security, security too in that situation. I'd just be like, I would be fearful that the porcelain would break in my trousers.

He said he couldn't sit down because he had the plate down in his pants. He just had to sort of stand awkwardly and that's how he got away with that crime. What an evil crime as well. He's never even drunk out of it. No, a great bit of memorabilia though. Just sits in his attic, hidden away.

One day the authorities will do a raid on him, but 0800 the hits. Coolest thing you own. Great text here on 4487. Kim said, the coolest thing I used to own was my dignity and self-respect until my boss took that away from me.

So thank you very much, Kimbo. Appreciate that. We'll get Emily on from Taranaki. Coolest thing you own, Emily? I own 16 Tupperware water bottles. Drink bottles? You've got 16 drink bottles? That's what you're phoning up and bragging about.

I am, yeah. Seems like an enormous amount of drink bottles. I was just going to say that. Yeah, you're not the manager for a sports team or anything? No, no. It pretty much started, they brought their drink bottles out probably 13 years. I've actually still got two of them, big one-litre ones, and then they came out with 750ml, and I was like,

oh, I'll grab a couple of those because they were cool colours. And then they had deals where you get an eight-pack where you get four one-litres and four 500ml. So I was like, I'll grab some of those for some of my workers on farm. And then I just thought, oh, I like that colour, so I'll get that one. Before you know it, you've got 16 drink bottles. Yeah, and I actually have three on order. You've got more on order.

You've really let it go, haven't you? Well, because couple of years leaving New Zealand, you know, next week, I was like, okay, I'm going to grab some more because I just, you never know. I mean, the dog ate one and I ran over one with the ute and one's on the farm somewhere full of water. Even though you say that, you've still got 13 or 14 left. Oh, yeah. That's impressive.

There we go, Emily with her 16 drink bottles, three more on the way. Appreciate your call. Trina, we'll come to you from the Wairarapa. What have you got? Coolest thing you own? I have a giant frog. Like a live frog? A fake frog? What is this thing? No, no, no. It's

back in the day, the old outdoor swimming pools had those giant frogs on the side that were water fountains. And for kids, little swimming pools. Yeah. And this one comes from the old Tawa swimming pool that used to be outside. I somehow found it in the old trade and exchange about 20 years ago and drove all the way out to Macra. I think I paid about $10 for it and I managed to just get it in our big car at the time.

And I've carted it around with me. The kids are growing up. It's still cool. Attached hoses at times to it. It's pretty impressive. The giant frog. Sounds like something Ben would buy. It's about three meters by three meters.

He's cool. I have a cow in my backyard. So like a fiberglass cow. So yeah, I know. But that doesn't function like your one. It doesn't squirt water out. I'm quite attached to it. It's really weird.

All these things have gone over and it happened over the years. And I've given up so many other things, but I've managed to hang on to this big frog and it's not going anywhere soon. Well, you and Ben would be a match made in novelty garden statue heaven, wouldn't you? You'd have a wonderful backyard.

Absolutely. I appreciate that, mate. Great text coming through here, 4487. I own a piece of the Berlin Wall. That's impressive. The Berlin Wall, 1985 Cavaliers rugby game. I've got a coffee cup from John. John who

sold a coffee cup after some of the rugby players and held on to it to this day. Why? Who knows? He's got that. And he can walk for this very moment right now to text in New Zealand's breakfast. It's paid dividends, John.

Well done. Proud to be Kiwi. Jono and Ben on the hits. Joining us in the studio right now, they've got a brand new book out. It's called Life and Lashes, The Story of a Drag Superstar by Keita Main. The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, the big hit international show.

So nice to have you in the studio. Thanks for hanging out. Oh, my gosh. Thank you for having me, boys. It's so good to be back. It's lovely seeing you always, but we are so used to you coming in as Ketamine. Yes. Now you're a civilian.

You've come in as a civilian, and you've got wonderful innuendo, lots of innuendo, and you said, is it strange being overtly sexual without a costume on and for some reason it makes it better without a costume i love that makes my life easier because obviously nick is you you know when you're not uh i kid of me and you say well who not who calls you nick who's kidding me how does that work and when do you decide that you want to be who you want to be? Oh my gosh. These days, it's all much of a muchness, to be honest. So many people in my life kind of just know me as Keita

and they call me Keita when I'm not dressed up. So my family still call me Nick. My mother calls me Nicholas if she's angry at me. Yeah, I get that as well. Benjamin. I get Jonathan. I get Jonathan. Yeah, that's what parents do.

That's what we named you when you came out because you came from a family and your older siblings were big bogus yeah big pantera slayer

that's right was Jono your older siblings I mean what's going on I mean it was the way back then wasn't it yeah back in those days and so were you a bogan

I was a bit yeah I kind of more kind of caught up with like the drag sorry with the goth scene you? I was a bit. Yeah. I kind of more kind of caught up with like the drag with the, sorry, with the goth scene, you know, I was like a little goth,

a little shit. But you're like in the, in the book and obviously you talk about not really sort of feeling like you fit in until you sort of discover drag. Yeah, that's right. You know, and it's funny when you're kind of,

when you feel like you don't fit in, you kind of really resonate with other people that also don't fit in. And then in a weird way, fit in amongst people that don't fit in. What is it like? Because obviously you go through a large part of your life going, where do I slot into this thing called life? What is it like when you do find your people? Amazing, actually. And that's a journey in itself.

You often try to find people that you turn into your people and then and part of finding my people was uh still trying to uh change myself to fit in with that just so i could have people that i found like i did fit in with now i the more i have lived authentically uh, the better my life has become. And that's been a long lesson and a long journey in my life. And it's something I'm still learning and I'm still living. I think everyone does, though, to a certain extent. Yeah.

So, you know, I'm still on that journey. But, you know, life is great. And it's so freeing living authentically and not hiding myself. What has been the standout for you? Because you've had such a wild ride. Yes. Oh, my gosh. So, obviously, my journey on RuPaul's Drag Race.

And, you know, on that show, I truly kind of felt like the little Kiwi who could, you know. It was very up against some big names in the Australian drag industry. I never in a million years thought I could come out and could win it. Yeah, you won it. I mean, that's it. So yeah, that's been huge.

You're two of the states now. You must have a load of international fans after appearing on the show. How's the Instagram? Blowing up? Yeah, it is. It's so much fun. I absolutely love it.

A drag queen loves attention. Believe it or not yeah i i've always loved receiving love and i've always loved giving love and now i feel like i'm in the ultimate position uh for both so i feel very very very grateful um does rupaul keep in touch i was very fortunate uh to see r see RuPaul again recently for something that's about to air soon. When I see her, she's very supportive and very caring. I keep in touch with Michelle Visage and all the cast and crew. Now, a lot of amazing names in the drag queen industry.

I wanted a quick game, real or fake names. Okay. Your real name of someone from the drag world or not. Okay, Karen from finance. Real. Yeah, real not okay karen from finance real yeah real i love karen from finance she's amazing okay we've got jono from the hits fake yes you're correct all right champagne oh uh that sounds like a sham but i hope it's a legit one uh heinie can you answer first and then i'll say it's gotta be fake yeah i made it up but it might be oh that's the one that's the one penny tenchery uh but let's say real yeah real mr minute

yeah real oh my god as far as i don't know that's just the place to catch your keys at the mall uh eggs benedict oh gotta be fake well apparently they're real yeah yeah it's very edgy yeah and then uh finally jonathan benedicts jonathan ben are the best oh well hey congratulations on all the success congratulations you got a book

yeah oh my gosh who would have ever thought Ketamine Life and Lashes the story of a drag superstar make sure you buy it it seems like

what we're seeing an amazing read oh thank you boys I love you Ketamine ladies and gentlemen if you're a guy here for romantic advice you are in serious trouble

John Owen Bean on the hits. Scrolling through your feed. Here's hands down the most unprepared news update we can provide. Ben, what's happening? Well, yeah, we're just a little bit gutted to read in the news this morning. Now, last week we said goodbye to the traffic light system, the framework that protected us from COVID-19 for a year. Jacinda got rid of that.

We weren't happy about how quickly it was rid of, got rid of. So we went out and we drank traffic lights all day to beat the record for the most amount of pubs visited in 24 hours. We did 57 pubs. We drank 57 traffic lights. We've got the world record. There is still green coming out of me. Yeah. Still to this day.

Yeah. A week later. I know. So we still feel like we're living and breathing that traffic light world record. The world record for the most amount of pubs visited. And then, producer Behump sends us through a news

link this morning. It's been beaten. Our world record is gone. Nathan Crimp in England went to 67 pubs in 17 hours. The Epic Challenge saw him walk more than 18 miles. He started at 11 o'clock on a Saturday morning, finished at 4 a.m. on the Sunday morning.

He thought he would try and keep it sober for the first 25 pubs. We kept it sober for the whole thing. For us, he said that went out the window about pub 15. Tried to mix it up a bit. He drank alcohol and some, non-alcohol and other, and he was so bloated at some stage he couldn't talk he just couldn't talk

I love it when you're so full you can't talk the crimpy mate surely there is some sort of camaraderie

etiquette between record holders and those that are wanting to challenge the record at least give us a fortnight of glory yeah

two weeks something so yeah already that record is gone so we had a record this could have give us a fortnight of glory. Yeah. Two weeks something. So yeah, already that record is gone. So we had a record. They just could have called us and said, if you could leave us another two or three weeks. We were the last person that had it, didn't we? We were like, hey, we're going to try and beat this record.

But anyway, it's gone. So that's the Savage World of World Records, you know. That's, you know. That's callous, isn't it? Doggy dog. Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine, well, he's making a lot of news this morning right around the world. So a model has gone public

alleging she was involved in a lengthy affair with Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, who's expecting his third baby with his wife. Now, Summer Stroll is her name. She's released some DMs from the rocker and she said she didn't want to do this, but she sent them stupidly to a few people that are friends of hers

and then the old Jono Pryor in the group has tried to sell it to the tabloids that would definitely be me like yeah if you've got DMs of any celebrity interactions don't send them to me because I'll be making money off them damn right why did she send them to her mates though?

surely first rule of Affair Club is don't tell anyone about the affair. Yeah, so she's now come out with a bit of a lengthy TikTok. Here's a wee bit explaining what's going on. I'm with myself, but I didn't want people to look at it and think like, oh, she's playing the victim. But in reality, the opposite effect. Yeah, she says she was seeing each other for about a year. They lost contact until he got a message from him saying

that he was thinking about naming the baby after her. What a touching tribute to your affair. He has now come out and said, look, hey, I used poor judgment in speaking with someone other than my wife in a flirtatious manner, but I did not have an affair, but I did cross the line. So, yeah, so that's his, his,

his, And is he going to name the baby after him? Well, they haven't got, they haven't got a, I would say now that's off the cards

regardless of affair or no affair. I'm not saying they had an affair, I'm not saying they did or they didn't. His wife would be like, and you wanted to name our baby after this? I thought it was a good name.

I don't know, I wonder, oh, that's how I knew that name. How did I know that? Oh, the lady of the, oh yeah.

No, actually a great, a great time in Christchurch that one weekend. I saw the pair. Sumner Beach, that's what I... So funny. Oh, well, it's always... It sucks, though, that all this stuff plays out so publicly. I mean, I always feel weird even us talking about it,

but it is big news that it's going around the world. Yeah. I feel sorry for his wife. Yes. Pregnant with a third child. Sumner. Whether he did or didn't have an affair, still having all this out there would be very, very stressful.

Yeah, it is. It's embarrassing. She's done nothing wrong. Who? The wife. No. No, regardless of whatever's happened, she's done nothing wrong. Arguably the lady who Adam Levine had an affair with.

Yeah. You can't blame her. Yeah. He's the only one whoine had an affair with. Yeah. You can't blame her. Yeah. He's the only one who's married in this scenario. Yeah. And he's wanting to name the baby after his... That's a cool name. That's a cool name, but I reckon it's...

If we just put... Okay, maybe he has to pitch it back to his wife. Okay, just put aside the affair. It's a great name. It is. It's a great name. It's a cool name. It'll be a daily reminder of what I did wrong.

Or I didn't do. Hey, we don't know. We won't know. The line I crossed, whatever that was. With a long and extinguished career, Jono and Ben on the hits. Back from a couple of days down south, and one of the requests from my daughter

while we were down in Queenstown was for Colonel Tom Parker, as we call him, our producer, Producer B Humps, who always runs a tight ship, tells us where we need to go, keeps us in uppers and downers and all sorts. Much like Colonel Tom Parker ran Elvis into an early grave. Yeah.

Yeah. So he keeps track of what we do down south. My daughter was like, hey, can you go to the Remarkable Sweet Shop? There's a couple of them in Queenstown, the candy shop down there, and get something for me. I'd love you to if you've got time. I'm like, well, it's not in my hands. It's in Producer B Humps' hands.

Colonel Tom Parker. He allowed you the time to go and visit the shop for your daughter. Yeah, but it actually was closed because they obviously, they open through the weekend, so they're closed midweek in town. So many businesses around the place. They're like, yeah, we're shut Wednesday and Thursday now. There's not enough staff. But there was one at the airport the remarkable sweet shop and it was yeah so we went

in there and uh and i got i got to get a little bit of candy to take home for my daughter so i was oh i should be happy but i was talking to a lady in there she was she was from london from the uk and she was like really chatty she was like oh my god look at this and she'd found you know those spaceman that they're like oh the cigarettes the cigarettes. I reckon they were invented by the cigarette industry. Those Spaceman ones with the little red embers on the end of them. Yeah, now they don't have red embers on the end of them. They're gone. Cigarette, great play from the smoke industry.

Let's get them in with cigarette lollies. They get used to having sticks in their mouths and then boom. Yeah, so she showed me those. She's like, do you remember these? I've been in London for 15 years. I remember these. And I'm like, yeah, I haven't seen them for a long time, but I remember them.

And then the lady from the store came up to me and she's like, oh, can I get a photo with you? I'm like, yeah, that's fine. So I got a photo. And then you'd been to the bathroom. You came on. And afterwards. I got lured into the candy shop.

Can't help it. Can you? See why people in vans use candy as bait. I couldn't say no. Oh, it's a great store. It's amazing. All the stuff in there. But then the lady was like,

oh, Jono from Jono and Ben, can I get a photo with you? And you could tell this lady who just said to me she'd been in the UK for like 15 years was looking at us going, who are you people?

I know, she gave the look but then she even mouthed to the lady behind the counter, who the hell are those people? Yeah. And the lady behind the counter shrugged. She shrugged her shoulders.

She's like, I don't know. I have no idea. Well, the lady that came up to us didn't know who she did one of them but the other two had no idea yeah yeah everyone was a bit confused we really bamboozled the candy shop there was one person that didn't know joe and ben we took a lot of photos with them and then the lady who'd been in the uk you know she came up she was like who are you and i was like well we're kind of like a crappy version of Ant and Dick who are quite big in the UK, you know. But we're a more classy version of Love Island.

Yeah. That's where we sit. That's our sweet spot. Literally, our sweet spot was in the cafe. Sorry, the candy store. And then she went away. And then five minutes later, she comes back. She's like, I need to get a photo. You're like, well, you know, you don't.'t firstly you don't have any idea it's gonna clog up your photo stream it felt as she felt obligated yes but she must have gone away and gone i feel bad for not pandering to their fragile egos i'll come back and i'll ask for a photo so then we're having this photo with this poor lady who i feel like

was somehow passively bullied her into a photo. Yeah, yeah. But you're right. She was just feeling sorry for it. It's a sympathy photo. There's no way that photo's hanging around. That's not sticking on the photo straight. No, she would have deleted it. That was a straight delete as soon as she got on the plane. Yeah.

This is the Jono and Ben podcast. Wall-to-wall talking without the niggly popular songs in between. You know, the Queen's funeral, a lot of talk has been had about that over the last couple of days. But just the bee humps, just while that song was playing, were saying something that he noticed when watching the funeral, lot of talk has been had about that over the last couple of days but just the bee humps just while that song was playing was saying something that he noticed when watching the funeral which i didn't even think about and you can see it today there's a picture in the paper you know the streets lined with thousands of people and all the you know the bee feeders and the military walking down but of course they've got horses and a lot of horses you

know pass stuff through their system you know they don't they're animals they don't care where they go but the bee feeders you know because it's all military precision they had to just keep walking and you know and if you're stepping on something you can't just go oh i gotta step around that you just gotta they stomp on through it of course you know otherwise you're out of step you're out of time it doesn't look as good for the military precision so you know they just had to just forgive a little bit of sloppy military precision if someone stood and, you know. I imagine if you're in the military, you wouldn't be, you know. You wouldn't be.

I mean, I'm with you. But inside they're going, oh, just funny. I'm just like. I would love nothing more than right now to take my shoe off, scrape it against the side of the pavement, do something. Well, they need these little pockets out the back, don't they? Like little sort of hammocks. Oh, for the horses.

Butt hammocks. Yeah. So then it catches everything. Now, I mentioned before that a lot of people outraged something's arrived in the supermarkets in New Zealand. Countdown have started selling Santa and reindeer chocolates. It's September. Now, Christmas is coming earlier and earlier each year,

and a lot of people upset online that these Santa and reindeer chocolates are for sale. Yeah, they put them up there and Reddit, you know, the website, a lot of people commenting, going, calm down, calm down. It's September. Yeah, so many people think it's far too early to be selling Christmas products. Well, have they just been there the entire year since December? That's the question that we need to ask.

Maybe they're just riding out those marshmallow Santas. Did they skip Halloween? Have we skipped Halloween altogether is a lot of it's December. That's the question that we need to ask. Maybe they're just riding out those marshmallow Santas. Did they skip Halloween? Have we skipped Halloween altogether, is a lot of people's thoughts. Have we just jumped straight ahead to Christmas? It's called the Christmas creep, apparently. It's the phenomenon around the world. The term is about the merchandise.

That's what we call you at the office Christmas party. Christmas creep. Christmas-themed merchandise going in before the traditional start of the holiday season in America it's after Thanksgiving they have the big Thanksgiving on the 4th

you know in November and so but if they get them before that that's the Christmas creep and it's happening earlier and earlier this year and that's November

they're talking about this is September but there's something quite nice I used to bitch and moan about it, but I was like, oh, there's bigger problems in the world. Well, there is. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, you're right.

Like stepping through horse excrement. Now, that's an issue that we all need to get to. But it's something quite nice to have that around your zeitgeist in the supermarket, in the malls, and you're like, oh, yeah, end of years. It's coming up. Ben, you know I like to check out. My checkout creeping is creeping

up here. As soon as Pack and Save's got the marshmallows and it's out, I'm out. You can just start checking out for the end of the year. Jono and Ben, just like family. The family members you're ashamed of. Jono and Ben on the hits. Looking at some footage before, another scary

break-in in an Auckland mall yesterday, right in the middle of the day, really, 5 o'clock. It's not late night or anything like that. The mall was open. It's scary this sort of stuff is happening right around the place. It is. It was sort of, what was it, 8 to 15 intruders with masks on. I'm no good with numbers.

No, the other day there was something in your neighbourhood and you said there was... 18 police cars. And there was how many? Probably four. But you got used all over Newstalk ZB's news. John O'Prior, innocent bystander, was the guy who said there must have been at least 18 police...

Local hero, I think they referred to me as. No, no, no. No one said that. So I lied. I was just trying to sex up the story, but then it comes out as hard fact. What it does on the news is it's up to 80 police cars. Everyone's like, what a waste of police resources.

But they were. They were just. They sent out the appropriate number of police cars for it. But it's great. How do you stop it? How do you stop the ram raids? How do you stop it? Because the kids know who's doing the ram raids.

The police have to pull out of the chases. Yeah, it's nice. You're going to have to have bars on shops. You probably won't even be allowed to get into a shop. The door will be locked and they'll have to check yeah which is sad right yeah like me on the petrol forecourt when I put that bowser in

I wouldn't trust you and they don't release it and I'm like I'm good for it look at you they never release it I always have to go and pre-pay I would too now both our kids a couple of weeks ago

went to the Ames Games down in Tauranga a wonderful wonderful event you know intermediate age kids all over the country coming together. My daughter went away for a week of netball and was talking about the experiences. I'm like, what's the main thing you experience being together as a team, going through adversity,

the weather and all this sort of stuff. And this is the main thing she keeps banging on about since coming back. And might I remind you, the whole thing's brought to you proudly by Zespri, which is great. They support the kids. Local company. Yeah, but this is awesome. Kiwi proudly by Zespri, which is great. They support the kids. Local company. Yeah, but this is awesome.

Kiwifruit. Yeah, but this is all that she says at the moment. She keeps spouting off kiwifruit propaganda. Oh, so one Zespri golden kiwifruit has enough vitamin C that you need throughout the whole day. And the golden kiwifruit, the Zespri golden one, is the highest vitamin C. It's better than the green one because it's got more vitamin C in it. I thought it was meant to be like a netball trip.

You've come back with a lot of Zespri kiwi fruit information. Yeah, it's sponsored. Oh, Zespri gone to the kids. I know. They've gone to the kids. Great place. She's like, the golden kiwi. You've got to get more of the golden kiwi.

Great vitamin C levels. I was like, well, that's the main takeaway from your week-long netball trip is that golden kiwi fruits are

great and better than the others. Maybe it was a kiwi fruit propaganda conference disguised as a sporting event for children. Well, great play.

I mean, they support a whole lot of kiwi kids in sport. Man, I'm good on forgetting some of that propaganda Now you go home and you spread the good word about Kiwi fruits. Alright, that is

your job now, little children. Yes, yes, every day. Imagine how many kids are going on about the vitamin C levels of these Esprit Gold Kiwi fruits. No, it's all about it. It is the hits you got, John, on bed. You've been listening to a podcast from The Hits. For more audio, search up Megan Pappas on the 3pm pickup or Brad

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