Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben Thinks Everyone Who Talks To Him Is A Fan...

Episode Date: December 11, 2024

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This is Jono and Ben podcast. Hey, that's us. Brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts and tastes that Kiwis love. Welcome to the podcast on a Thursday. It's a tense one. We're about to get into a tense story in just a second. Because Ben threw me under the bus. I did. I did. You know, some people will go, oh, no, I didn't. No, I did. Technically, I did a bad thing, but like... With good intentions for me. Yeah, you were going to benefit from this. I know, but then I got the guilt

and I asked a question you'll hear to Matty McLean and then he responded with not the answer that I thought he would. Basically, I stole some goods and Ben was going to receive the stolen goods, but you couldn't handle the fact that you'd have to look at the stolen goods in your house forever.

Yeah, that's right. They would have been there and it would have taunted me and I got those not in the way that I wanted to get them. So I... You're too honest. I asked Matty and then, yeah, he said, you'll hear it in a second.

And then I threw you under the bus. And then you kind of responded by, no, I didn't. And then I went, yeah, you did. Very high pitched. It's like if someone was like, you know, did you cheat on me? No. It was a bit of a standoff, wasn't it, between us. And none of us were prepared to back down in that moment.

So you'll hear the full story. It's one of those things I do remember too. Actually, if I could talk about the horrible incident in my life where I got arrested. Yeah. Really. The airport incident. Yeah, the airport incident, which, you know, horrible.

You don't like talking about it. No, I don't. But it was one of those things as well where they do, and they do the great thing. It was me and the director. They take you into separate rooms and then they talk to you about your story and you're like. Oh, to see if you can corroborate.

Yeah. It felt like a much lighter scale version of that yesterday. So the consequences were not quite as big as that one. You didn't go to jail. No, but it did feel like that situation where you're like, ooh, and you get separated. And that messes with your head. That's a good tactic by them.

Yeah. And both of us told the same thing because we were obviously, it was a TV skit that went kind of pear-shaped, and that was all it was. But in the back of your mind, you're like, am I saying what he's saying in the other room? Because I'm pretty sure this is what the thing was. Yeah.

Even just when you're being talked to by the police in general, you're like, ah. You see a police car coming and you're like, am I doing everything right? I'm doing everything right. Hey, it's my seatbelt on. Do you want a lawyer? Do I need a lawyer? Do I need a lawyer? Do I?

I don't know. Because I just want to be honest about what happened. It wasn't intended to be here. I didn't want it. I don't want to be here. That was us. Matty McLean was the cops yesterday, and we were panicking. We panicked, and you'll hear why just now.

Now, Funko Pop, the little toys, the pop vinyl toys, they're something that I talk about quite a lot because I've got some at home. My wife, every now and again, they mysteriously go missing. My wife does not like it, and she gives me one shelf in the lounge that I'm allowed to put some of my figurines up on. Yeah. They've now spread to other shelves, but they keep going back into one shelf. And so I got caught up in Wicked, the movie as well, as did you.

Yeah. Oh, it's amazing. And there was two Wicked little toys, those Funko Pop toys. You'll know them with the big heads and they come in the little boxes in the studio. It was a whole PR pack. Yeah. Included like nail polishes and some Lego and these Funko Glinda and Wicked Witch of the West. Yeah.

Alphabet. Who's are these? And then they were like, oh, they're Maddie McLean's from Maddie and PJ in the afternoon. I'm like, okay, that's fine. They're Maddie's. Maddie's great. Great.

Great play to him. He gets PR packages. Great. Yeah. But then they sat there in the corner of the studio for what? Maybe three weeks. Three weeks they sat there. And I'd be like, Maddie, is he going to take these?

They're just torn. And Ben is dribbling over these Funko Pops. They're just sitting there. And I was like, well, I could have the nail polishes. Yeah. So the PR package is just teasing us in the corner. But they're not mine. And I'm an honest person.

They're not mine. And I know they're not mine. You missed the eye roll I just did. Yeah, you did. Your big eye roll. Big eye roll. Because I threw you under the bus yesterday. And we're about to get to that.

Okay. So I, this is me explaining myself. There was a PR package sitting there for three weeks. We both wondered what was in it. I was like, how about I put it in my car and we'll just wait and see if Matty brings it up. If he sends an email out. They're not out of the boxes. They're still in the boxes.

Everything's all there. If he sends an email out. If his producer out of the boxes. They're still in the boxes. Everything's all there. If he sends an email out. If his producer's like, where did it go? But ages. It's been like almost six weeks and he didn't say anything. So I said to you this week, I was like, you can probably have those. I think Matty doesn't care. Well, yesterday we had a work lunch.

You know, everyone's a bit more relaxed. But at the same time, me not being fully relaxed, I was like, I don't want to upset Matty. We've already upset him with the blocks, the countdown to Christmas that someone keeps changing into a rude number. And this is where Ben Boyce throws his co-host under the bus. Oh, as we were walking away, just casually I said to Matty, hey, you don't want those wicked Funko Pops, do you? And he looked at me and he was like, oh, yeah, I do. Do you know where they are? And then I was like, oh.

And then you were there as well. And I was like, yeah. And you say? Megan's got them in her car, which is the honest answer. I panicked. That was the honest answer. That's the truth. That's the truth.

I mean, McCain is the loveliest human being. He is. But we also know that if you cross him. Yeah. Oh, yeah. And then you went, no, they're not my car. And I was like, well, they're in your car. I said, no, Ben's got them.

I was like, no, Ben took them. You said, no, they're not my car. And I was like, well, they're your car. I was like, no, Ben took them. You said, no, Megan took them. And as we walked away, I said, don't worry, whatever happens to Maddie, I said, they'll be back in the studio tomorrow. And they are. They're back in the studio, ready for Maddie to take. But I just thought we should explain a bit more, and Maddie's going to join us right now, Megan.

Now that he's heard the complex backstory, Maddie. My God. Hello, Matthew. A lot to unpack there, Matty. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. But firstly, they're back in the studio. They're yours. They're all yours, okay?

This is not an angle to try and get them. Here's two things you need to know about me. One, I'm very, very forgetful. How? They were sitting right in front of you for three weeks, Matthew. Very forgetful and very lazy. So in my mind, I kept thinking to myself,

am I really going to go home? Because I have some lovely nieces and nephews who would absolutely adore those dolls. And I thought, okay, I need to take them home and I need to wrap them and I need to send them down to my sister-in-law so that niece and nephews can have them. Oh, I think you've missed the cutoff anyway. And then I kept to send them down to my sister-in-law so that me and my sister can have them. Oh, I think you missed the cut-off anyway. And then I kept forgetting about them.

And then the funniest thing is, on Tuesday I was at the mall doing some shopping and I thought to myself, oh, those dolls are still there. And I messaged producer Sarah and I said, can you just double-check that those dolls are still in the studio? And she said, no, they've actually gone. They're gone.

And I thought, who on earth would steal my Wicked dolls from the studio without even a cursory, may I please take them? No one. They're back in the studio. The last person I would have put on my list of suspects was one Megan Puppet. Here we are. That's a wicked act. She's like the Wicked Witch. They're back though.

They're back, Natty. So please take me off your grudge list. Well, how about Megan? Because I have been teasing and torturing you all for such a long time by leaving them in the studios because there were quite a few gifts there. Should we come up with some sort of an arrangement where maybe I take something and you both get something? Oh, Maddy, they're yours for your nieces and nephews.

No, I'll take them. Oh, Megan, Megan, you got out of that one. Megan, you got out of it, mate. You got out of it. Megan's like, speak for yourself, you know. Yesterday, Megan, we went to a nice little team lunch Like a little Christmas lunch Yeah with the Hits radio team

As well it was lovely Your beer shamed me at one stage didn't you You got a chocolate beer I didn't mean to I just wanted one I had one beer and I was like I'll just get the lager I didn't realise it was a chocolate lager And then I was like how's your beer And I was like, I'll just get the lager. I didn't realize it was a chocolate lager. And then I was like, and you're like, how's your beer? And I'm like, oh, it's fine.

It's chocolate. I didn't realize that. And you're like, well, it doesn't look like it matters to you because you drank half of it. Yeah, you were like, I don't know about it. I don't know. But I was like, well, it's pretty much gone. So you must have loved it. Oh, it was nice.

But it was, yeah, it was unusual. But it was nice. It's okay to like a chocolate beer. No, well. It's like a mocha, you know? Yeah, I'd never had a chocolate beer before, but it was fine. Well, you were not happy with the photo at the end. Well, I just saw that they sent through.

So at the end of the lunch, we all got a team photo. Which is nice. Can I just add, staring straight into the sun. Oh, it was so painful. I didn't have sunglasses. Neither did I. I didn't come prepared for that. And I was trying my hardest to open my eyes and, geez it was hurting there was 17 people there and there was probably is it four of us that didn't have

sunglasses and we all have our eyes closed so it's not a great team photo from us but we were trying to do that polite thing where you know you take you take your sunglasses off for a photo yeah yeah slash didn't have them even though it looks like we're staring right into our clips or something from the sun or something. The other thing I thought was interesting, you were helping out some of the people that were in potential relationships as well. You're taking phones over, you're messaging people, you're all sorts. I'm like, oh, Megan's definitely. I've told you, I've done this before with my best friend.

She's on the dating apps and she's like, oh, she gets a bit jaded. I'm like, give it here. I'll do it. How do you go with your best friend and stuff like does it help i mean she's still technically single so not great but the thing is when you're doing it you have like this devil may care attitude yeah so you're just like you've got nothing to lose you're like going into it with confidence and i think it comes across well maybe well i mean i've chucked so yesterday i chucked a couple of messages out there on someone's uh dating app and they haven't got a response yet so so we're not sure how it comes my hit rate's not great

for quite a casual sort of lunch you know like very quiet what did take a lot of people back at work afterwards you know one, that sort of thing. Yeah. Jesus, you were on phones and you were shaming me and all sorts. Not happy with the photo as well. It's because I had a margarita. It just takes one margarita. Mum's lit.

I went out last night, Christmas lights as well. Saw some Christmas holiday lights. Oh, nice. Which was actually nice because I felt like I hadn't really got into the Christmas spirit as such yesterday. Now you're ripping the bandaid off. Really got into that. But they had like one of those sections where it was like a model train going through this little, you know, like a little tiny little town of little figurines and stuff, you know, with the model train

and all the snow covered stuff. And I was like, oh, this is quite, you know how I'm into those Funko Pop toys and stuff. Yeah. And Amanda, I was looking at it for a while. Amanda's like, my wife's like, don't, don't even think about that. It's going to, no,

this is not going to be. You're going to set up the dining room table with your model trains. I kind of looked at it and I went, oh, maybe that could be me setting up a little town, a little village.

She should say, if you clear out the garage, you can have that space. The garage that's full of costumes. Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. She's had a great text come through before.

Someone's done inadvertent charity? They were trying to text us to request Snoopy's Christmas, but they said they were doing it without their glasses on and have now donated to Ronald McDonald House. So, what? They sent the text the wrong, obviously, the Ronald McDonald House. Yeah, that's great, though. That's a good, you know, great for Christmas.

Yeah, they're like, oh, it's a charitable thing to do. Miss Ronald McDonald House has changed their number to 4487. Great play by them, eh? That would be a great play by a charity. Yeah. Or maybe I change my number to 4487, you know? No, that wouldn't work. No, and then you're taking money from a charity.

Yeah, no, maybe I won't do that. Now, it's a very busy time of year, as we keep talking about. Everyone's got, you know, stuff on the go, particularly with schools wrapping up. Some schools are finished. Some are still going to the end of next week. You, especially, every day have a to-do list. Yes. Just at any time of the year.

I know. So I can imagine your to-do list is blowing out right now. Recitals, got my daughter's dancing tonight, my other daughter's singing, and another one dancing tomorrow. It's all going on at the moment. I don't have the time for my singing and dancing. I don't know where I can fit that in.

No time for singing and dancing for me. That's for the best. But I went to the supermarket yesterday, and normally it's something, I don't mind the time for my singing and dancing. I don't know where I can fit that in. No time for singing and dancing for me. That's for the best. But I went to the supermarket yesterday. Normally it's something I don't mind going to the supermarket. Like I don't mind that. Do you know what? It's my favorite pastime at the moment because you can wander quietly. There's no, like I don't take my kids with me.

And so I just like, I'm with my own thoughts, meandering. I love it. Yeah, I'm with you. But yesterday I made the mistake of bringing my kids with me because it was just like schedule got out of hand. I'm like, oh, I've got to take the kids. And my kids are getting, you know, they're better. They're a little older than yours,

but it's still that game of them grabbing stuff from the shelf. Does that still happen? Putting it in and then I'm like trying to put it, sneak it back out. They're like 12 and 14. Yeah, so they're kind of like, and then sometimes they're like, oh, can we get this? And you're like, no. Oh, jeez.

You know, it's like a debate situation. Are you a pushover? A little bit. A little bit when it comes to the kids. So I kind of go, oh, can we get, you know, and they've seen something, you know, and they really want to have it. So you're like, no.

So anyway, so we're having this debate and then I walked off with a trolley and put a few more things in the trolley and then I get this, excuse me. I'm like, oh, might be a fan. Might be a fan. Or wasn't.

You don't have to laugh so hard. Your default. Your default. When someone says, excuse me. Oh, it's a fan. Are you the guy that, hang on, where's this going? Are you the guy that used to have that TV show? Oh, my God, yes, it's me.

If you could write to the company, the TVNZ or MediaWorks, let them know that I'm keen for another one. Well, this was like, are you the guy that just took my trolley? And I was like, oh, no. And I was like, look down. And I was like, no, it's my trolley because it's got some stuff in it. And she was like, no, I'm pretty sure it's my trolley. And I was like, oh, really?

And then she moved some stuff. And I'm like, no, I'm pretty sure it's my trolley. And I was like, oh, really? And then she moved some stuff. I'm like, this is around. And then her handbag was in my trolley. So I had obviously seen it, grabbed her trolley, and then put more stuff on top of her handbag as well. And then you had to do that awkward thing where we're just standing there. I'm like, I'm so sorry. I thought you were a fan.

Do you want a photo? No, no, no. I'm sorry, but do you want a signed photo? Will that make it better? No. And so you had to do the thing of going, is this yours? I'll put it back in your trolley. Is this mine?

Oh, that's mine. You know, like we'd sort of spent the night together and we were swapping clothes back in the morning or something. It was a very awkward situation. She hadn't spent the night with you and she didn't want a photo. No, she definitely didn't want a photo. No. No, I think.

But one of those things, I don't know why you feel awkward and bad about that when you take trolleys. Do you always feel awkward about looking into other people's trolleys? You're like, don't look at my stuff. Oh, like it's their own personal thing. Yeah. Yeah. But you reckon the people at the counter must be judging your stuff. That's probably why they have their self-checkout ones now, eh?

So you can just kind of whip through and get your moustache wax or whatever you need to get. And your wine. Moustache wax, wine, chippies. You're like, don't judge me. It's a big night. It's the no judgment line, isn't it, that one? Now, it's your wedding anniversary of sorts today, Megan. It's my first wedding anniversary.

As in the first wedding I had, it's my anniversary today. So not like you've only been married a year. No. It was the wedding number one. 12th of December, which always crosses my mind. The test run. The test run. Was the worst time to get married.

Yeah, it was the test run. Worst time to get married right before Christmas. Oh, was it? Because it's right before, oh yeah. Yeah. And everyone's like, why are you doing this to us? We have to travel to your wedding right before Christmas. I just want it to be about me, my special day.

So I have had two weddings now. See the scene for the first time, where was that? It was in Nelson, my hometown At a little church in Richmond Oh yeah, a real pain to get to It was Because I lived in Auckland and a lot of people had to travel But I was showing them

Nelson, come and look at this beautiful town And it was 12th of December I don't remember Doesn't matter Come and look at this beautiful town. And it was 12th of December, 20... I don't remember. It doesn't matter. But I reckon no matter how many weddings you have, it's a snapshot in time.

I can tell you this. I've had two. That's fine. It's a snapshot in time. There will always be things that you cringe about. Or there will always be people that you don't talk to anymore yeah but you're right there's a snapshot at that moment yeah and if you got married again some people do get married again that's fine uh no I'm kidding it's fine but you're right it'll be a

totally different snapshot in time yeah it was might be different people like our my two weddings were completely different so my first one is very cringeworthy. We thought it would be fun for all the groom and all the groomsmen to wear chucks. That's not cringey. I feel like you're the wrong person to ask. Of course you wouldn't find that cringey. But this is going to make you cringe. I really wanted, like in Love Actually, I wanted people to stand up and play instruments,

like in the start with Keira Knightley's wedding. Well, actual instruments. Yeah. I didn't know any musicians that could do that. Right. So I borrowed some trumpets, and the song I walked down the aisle to had trumpets in it. So they just stood up and pretended to play trumpets. pretend trumpets they run around going they're actually not playing it yeah who are the poor people that have to do that they're like oh god now she's making me stand

up with a trumpet one of them is now the boss at news talks yeah I don't think he likes to forget that well trumpet solo there you go so you had like people miming oh my god i'm so embarrassed oh but it is i mean i had dreadlocks i mean it was you know and even did a thing i was telling you guys about yesterday which i thought you know like because i always add silly things you know fun things to stuff and obviously it's a wedding day it's a big thing and i kept saying to my wife i'd pitch ideas and she'd be like yeah i don't know i don't know and in hindsight she's always right she let through more than she should have yeah it's the first dance I was nervous about that because I'm not really a dancer people um hanging around and at the time we were doing a

tv show where they had a fox mascot costume like a big stupid looking fox with a big head and all stuff like that yeah and so I was like why don't I get my mate to get in the fox costume no one will know about it as soon as I start dancing with my wife he can come and tap me on the shoulder he can tag and i'll be like oh what the fox is here and then they can dance and then he'll get me out of the dance it'll be a funny moment wait so after 10 seconds yeah a fox starts dancing with your new bride comes in out of nowhere in a costume this is unusual so your mate essentially is dancing with your wife the first dance and i'm like oh and I thought it would be funny. And now I'm like, what was going on there?

I wanted originally, the first idea I pitched was it to burst in, like, where's the ring? And then the best man's like, I don't have it. And I'm like, I don't have it. And then the fox bursts into the chapel. But my wife's like, no. I think that would have been better than the fox having the first dance, to be honest.

Well, yeah. It's one of those things you're cringing. I'm cringing at right now. It's very you, though. Yeah, it is. It is. I haven't really changed too much. Yeah.

So probably would I do it again? Yeah, probably. Yeah, probably would. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We were talking about what makes you cringe when you look back at your wedding. It's my first wedding anniversary today, as in the anniversary of my first wedding. And people wearing chucks, the groomsmen wearing chucks. We thought that would be a great idea.

I had white Haviana jandals, but we did get married in Fiji. So it was going to be on the beach until the weather. So that was okay. Yeah, what's better, jandals or bare feet? Yeah. Either. Yeah. Did they have sparkles on them?

No, they didn't. Just a white jandals. The first time I ordered costumes it was one of those things costumes it's not costumes it's outfits

so I'm used to ordering costumes I keep saying costumes the costume for my wedding when you see stuff online you're like that looks so good yeah we're gonna look great

and then it turned up and jeez these things for me and the groomsmen were just like just oversized they look like pajamas like just not yeah I was like did you still wear them no I said to my wife I'm not we're not wearing

these I put them on she's like you can't wear those and I'm like please never this never speak of this again although I'm speaking about right now and I took them to a clothing bin so out there right now there's very four very fashionable matching people what would have been your wedding attire. Exactly. My second wedding too, probably could have traded out the MCs, I think. There's always people that you look back on and you're like, hmm, probably could have left them out of the wedding. But we want to know, what makes you cringe?

It could be fashion, it could be the people, it could be the wedding music, the dance, whatever it is. What makes you cringe when you look back at your wedding? Good morning, Holly. Hey, so this is my ex-boyfriend's wedding photo. Oh, okay. And so he was standing there with his new wife, and she was nine months pregnant, and she was holding a shotgun. What?

And, like, was it like a play on, like, a shotgun wedding? Oh, I see. Yeah, but still at the same time, you And like, was it like a play on a shotgun wedding? Oh, nice. Yeah, but still at the same time, you're like, that's a little bit dangerous. It's not a Tinder profile pic, is it? It's like, yeah. I know. And like forever, they're going to have a photo of that as their wedding photo. As a bold choice.

So this was who he got married to after you? Yes, yeah. Yeah, okay. Oh, well, I dodged that bullet. Literally. Dodged that bullet. Literally. Well, hopefully not literally. Yeah. Oh, wow. Okay, shotgun. Well, I guess you're getting photographed for something

unusual. Yeah, thanks, Holly. Kay, good morning. Morning. Was this your wedding or someone else's wedding? No, this was my wedding. Okay. What makes you cringe? Well, he insisted I get my eyebrows done. I've never gone through that again since because it's excruciating pain getting them

waxed. So I insisted he get his done first and they took too much off my eyebrow. So now I've got a mono brow to this day because I just refuse to ever go through that again. You've gone the other way. Yeah. Well, bushy eyebrows have been in, Kay. I think we're...

Oh, fringes are great. They hide them. Yeah. So they messed up your eyebrows. How were his after they waxed them? Oh, they were just like little pencil lines. And we look terrible in our photos. I love that too.

Like a snapshot in time too. I kind of need to see the photos. But even in something that you weren't normally doing or particularly have. I don't even know where those photos are. Burn them. Burn them all. Burn it all.

I love that. You guys have a great day. You too. Merry Christmas, Gay. That's funny. And Kevin, good morning. How are you a great day. You too. Merry Christmas, Gay. That's funny. And Kevin, good morning. How are you this morning? Good, thanks.

And you guys? We're great. And ladies? Good, thank you, Kevin. What are you cringing at? Was this your wedding? Yeah, I end up marrying myself instead of me saying, I take you, Colin Schramper,

whilst I, Colin Schramper, take you, Kevin Schramper. You're like, oh, jeez, what am I, am I married myself here? I think the nerve kicked in there. Oh, it is a nerve-wracking thing. All you're going to do is repeat after someone, but you can still screw it up, right? Yeah, exactly. You know why it makes you so nervous?

It's like in front of all your friends and family, and you like this person, but, like, you sweat. It's such an interesting thing. I don't even remember my best man's name at the time. It's a bad oz. I haven't drunk too much whiskey. Is there a video that you end up looking back on or

you haven't seen it since? Yeah, it was all, we were quite blessed actually from our church like a lady from our church she's got a little antique shop but unfortunately, yeah, things are sort of going to come to a stop. She's not making any money out of it anymore.

Yeah, she supplied all. She had some old antique wedding dresses and stuff like that. Oh, did she? She supplied all the jewelry and stuff. She got all our photos back for free, so that was a blessing. That's lovely. Oh, very nice. Well, thank you for sharing that with us.

We appreciate this. It's nice. And you, have a good Christmas. Yeah, you too. Merry Christmas. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Started something. It's been really fun this week.

Rewriting the night before Christmas, making it a little bit more New Zealand defined. Which I, the most surprising thing out of all of this is I found out that you read this to your daughters the night before Christmas. I do, yeah. That's really cute. That's quite nice.

Yeah, we've always done it since they were little. I don't know past was the night before Christmas and all through the house and all the creatures were staring on even a mouse. And then it gives the, yeah, how the stockings and Santa arrives. It's a nice little story. Yeah. But it feels very old. I mean, it's been around for a long time. So we thought let's, you know's make it a little bit more modern.

And so far we've been throwing out a line and then you guys have been rhyming a line back to us. It's been like the nicest rap battle around. Very wholesome. But also we've been blown away with how many texts and how poetic everyone is. It's been awesome. But we do have another line today

that we need your help with. We need your help with the initial line. Should I read through where we've got to? Yeah, where are we so far? It was the night before Christmas and all through the land, Dave Dobbin was starting to warm up the band. Pav's in the oven, we're prepping the kai,

doing a manu from up really high. Dad's gone to the shops in a mad Christmas dash. I really hope the cops don't find my stash there's treats out for santa some cookies and beer is where we've come to now i think this is our next line so there's treats out for santa some cookies and beer or i think it could go some cookies and beers depending on what you want to rhyme because i was thinking about that last night you know because some treats out for santa some cookies and beers, depending on what you want to rhyme. Because I was thinking about that last night, you know, because some treats are out for Santa, some cookies and beers. The sheep are looking pretty trimmed up with their shears.

You know, something New Zealand, you know. Or yelling up the wars next year's our year. You know, like, you know, you can go either way. So, yeah. So what do you want to do? Also in there, we said cookies and beers. Is there something more Kiwi than cookies? We're kind of like, oh, mince pie and beers,

but you wouldn't really be having that Christmas. We really got quite deep into the backstory of this. And then yesterday you were like, whose perspective is this written from? Like, who's the, oh, don't throw, don't throw that in last minute. Like we hadn't thought about that. What's the motivation?

Who's perspective? Like dad's gone to the stores. I mean, who's telling this thing? I'm like, I don't know. I don't know. We didn't thought about that. What's the motivation? Who's perspective? Dad's gone to the stores. Who's telling this thing? I'm like, I don't know. I don't know. We didn't think too hard about it. But 4487 on the text. We've been getting people to text through their best suggestions. And this week, thanks to the warehouse because they've got a season

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which is pretty awesome. So if you want that, you can go to the warehouse before tonight. But right now, we want the conclusion to the line. Two options are? There are treats out for Santa,

some cookies and beer or beers. Okay. Then we want you to rhyme the next line. Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Not long till Christmas And beer or beers. Okay. Then we want you to rhyme the next line. Yeah. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Not long till Christmas. And we started something on Monday with your help.

Rewriting the night before Christmas. Making it a little bit more New Zealand. But it's been so much fun every day. We throw out a line. We see what you respond back to on the text on 4487. There's some great lines coming through. Do you want me to read from the top? We've had shoutouts to Wendy,

Wendy and Dylan who have added lines so far. This is where we're at. It was the night before Christmas and all through the land Dave Dobbin was starting to warm up the band. Pav's in the oven, we're prepping the kai, doing a manu from up really high. Dad's gone to the shops in a mad Christmas dash. I really hope

the cops don't find my stash. Thank you, Dylan. There's treats out for Santa. Some bickies and beer, which is where we need you to pick up the next line. Great text coming through. Dad's falling asleep watching the black caps on his chair. You like that one? Didn't rhyme. Didn't quite scan.

Too many syllables. That's good. Better leave out some carrots for Santa's reindeers come through. I like the Owakuni carrots for the reindeer. If they find my stash, I'm shaking with fear. Dylan handled the stash, I'm shaking with fear. Dylan handled the stash. Go to bed, children, Santa is near.

That's a good one. The neighbours are yelling Chahoo with a cheer. That's a good one. Oh, yeah, nice. There's so many good ones coming through. It is really hard to choose. I think we've gone with Anthony this morning, which tickled everyone on the show. Good morning, Anthony.

Good morning. How are you? We're doing all right. Now, you've contributed a great line. So, Megan, do you want to read the line before, and then, Anthony, you come through with your line after that. Okay. There's treats out for Santa, some bickies and beer.

The in-laws are knocking. Pretend we're not here. That's actually really good. Have you ever done that, Anthony? Oh, no, no. pretend we're not here. That's actually really good. That's really good. Have you ever done that, Anthony? Oh, no, no. I have a very good relationship with my in-laws,

but I thought it would tickle a few people. No, that's good. I like that. I mean, people coming around to try and get to sign up for something, maybe that's an option as well. Why are they coming around on Christmas Eve? We're busy.

I do like that. Hey, we're going to hook you up with the $50 to spend at the warehouse. Thank you very much, guys. Merry Christmas. There we go. Hey, we're going to hook you up with the $50 to spend at the warehouse. Thanks very much, guys. You have a great Christmas. Merry Christmas. There we go. So, so far, should we read it again from the top?

Yeah, okay. This is what we've got so far, and then we're going to come up with a new line tomorrow. I think we're going to try and finish it tomorrow, right? We'll do the last line. Otherwise, it's going to go on for too long. So what we've got is, it was the night before Christmas and all through the land,

Dave Dobbin was starting to warm up the band. Pav's in the oven. We're prepping the kai, doing a manu from up really high. Dad's gone to the shops in a mad Christmas stash. I really hope the cops don't find my stash. There's treats out for Santa, some bickies and beer. The in-laws are knocking, pretend we're not here.

Tomorrow we complete the night before Christmas, the new version. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. New Zealand are looking for someone. And we thought we'd jump on board as well because not literally jumping on board. They're not hooking us up with flights or anything like that. But I can if you want me to. There was an IT outage.

Hey, we've all been there. I got stuck in America. Yeah, that's right. With an IT outage. And a whole lot of people were stuck yesterday trying to fly out of the airport. Stuff went down. They needed to restart some computers. It took a while.

People were there for hours. They were hungry. You know the drill. We've all been there. And along comes a hero. Enrique Iglesias. Chris, no. Enrique didn't go through.

A good quality New Zealander came through and had bought a whole lot of kfc and sprinkled it throughout the airport to people who were hungry who were waiting off out of their own pocket i imagine yeah and gave it around a whole lot of travelers who are some very hungry been waiting for hours like a like a cross between santa and colonel sanders uh you know it could have been Santa. Could have been Colonel Sanders. And now it was a lovely thing that they did. So many people were very thankful about it. And Air New Zealand are now looking for that person,

and KFC as well. And so they've offered him, which is really cool, Air New Zealand's Grabber Seat has offered him return flights to any KFC in the country. Basically, he can fly, return anywhere he wants to go within New Zealand that's got a KFC, he can do that. And then KFC, I think, are putting in the country. Basically, he can fly, return anywhere he wants to go within New Zealand that's got a KFC. He can do that.

And then KFC, I think, are putting in $500. So when he gets there, he can... He can spend $500. There's a lot of KFC to spend. Again, he'll probably hand it out and around. $500 voucher as well. There's a bounty out for this Christmas hero. So we thought, hey, we've got a radio station.

We've got some listeners. Maybe we can help try and track this guy down. We will add a signed Warriors jersey to the bounty if you can help us find this guy and get him on the radio. We'd love to chat to him. We've got a signed Warriors jersey. Signed by the whole team, I think, from the start of the year. Help us find this Christmas hero.

I want to know how much he spent, why he did it. Well, because I was trying to think, I guess he would have whipped away from the airport. Was he also stuck in the... Yeah, did he whip away and then come back with the KFC? Not even, like, eating the KFC for himself and then coming back. Yeah. He would have... Decided to take it to everyone there.

That's pretty incredible. Very cool. You'd like to think you're that sort of person in that situation. I'm not. I'm sorry. And those people were like I got stuck as I said before in America coming back and the whole IT was down. There were some wound up people. And you get it because people want to travel

they want to see family, they're missing things. But the poor people behind the counters, they're copping it. And it's right before Christmas. We're busy. This is not what people need to be doing. So it's really nice to have a story like that where someone's actually thinking about more than just themselves. Yeah. Which is incredible because it's hard because I'm sure

you say people had appointments, people want to catch up with family. You know what your days are like at the moment. Being stuck somewhere for hours. I know. So 4487 on the text if you can help us out track down this Kiwi hero. If you know the guy who handed out KFC at the airport yesterday, we love to track him down how are we going to stop people from like going oh it's me I'm the guy you know like how we're going to weed that out well we're

going to talk to them so if they can't tell a good yarn about it it's going to be fairly obvious we want to keep receipts like actual receipts of KFC and stuff like that yeah how much did you spend where'd you go that sort of thing I'm sure Air New Zealand and KFC will be able to figure out if it was them or not. Some social media down this morning. Facebook and Instagram seem to be down for a few people, not everyone. Yeah, we're fine because a few people were texting in

and we're like, no, it's fine. But it's, yeah, it's a few people select. Bit of an outage. Now, a lot's going on at the moment, heading into Christmas a couple of weeks to go. I thought yesterday as there was a courier package got dropped off, I'm like, man, they're working hard. I know.

Shout out to people at the post shop and the malls and, you know, shops as well, couriers. They are working hard, especially my courier. Love you. I think about that when you see them all driving around you're like man they must be pulling some hours oh no they're not so not too many times that they have time to stop to chat do they they're kind of in out where i had a very unfortunate situation um i think i don't tell you to tell you about it at their last radio station i worked to where the tour

courier came inside and then we had a bit of a chat and we were talking about stuff that i would you know i'd done like you know, you know, I'd done. Like, you know, he'd talk about the show and stuff like that. And I'm like, oh, cool. And then he left and he goes, but before I go, I better get a signature. And I was like, oh, mate, I'm not that famous. And he goes. Ben, you've got to stop.

And he goes, yeah, I know. I just need you to sign for the package. Not everyone wants your photo and autograph. That was a humbling experience. But I was like, we were just talking about, like, nothing to do with packages. What about the lady at the grocery store yesterday who tapped me on the shoulder? You're like, do you want a photo? I didn't say do you want a photo. Liar.

I didn't say do you want a photo. Now, gingerbread, are they men, gingerbread people? I don't know. There's that debate for another day. I thought we still just said gingerbread men. So whatever you call it, the gingerbread person, the gingerbread man. I have never really thought about what way you eat them before. Oh.

And it's become a big debate online, if you can get online today, if it's not down with the IT crisis. Legs and arms first? Well, yeah. Have a listen to this. One particular guy from the UK, very fired up when he finds out how people eat gingerbread people. Why are people eating gingerbread person's feet first?

Don't you know it's head first? It's always been head first. I don't like to do the head first because that's kind of like a big bite at the end. But it's a quicker, like if you do think they had feelings, it's a quicker death, isn't it? Straight away. Decapitation. Otherwise you're just like, oh, you know. Like nibbling off their limbs.

And they're like, ah. It's like torture for them eventually. But I never thought of it. I would probably go head first, but you go through the legs. I think I would do the, yeah, legs and arms first. Going all the way. So one particular leg and then working your way through. I'd do legs first, then arms, and then go hum on the head.

One big mouthful. I feel like you have a particular way that you eat. Yeah, I'm definitely going head first. I don't know. It feels more humane to go head first. I just feel like I care more about the gingerbread person, their feelings. Yeah, is there a specific way to eat them? I mean, who really cares at the end of the day? I mean, but 4487 on the text, a quick snap poll.

Gingerbread people, are you eating them head first or feet first? Are you making it a quick death or limbs first? The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I know there's something that your wife does that annoys you, especially if she does it in public. She's very good at it. You've got some audio of it. Oh, so this is me trying to whistle for the dog.

Bye-bye. Okay, you do it. Bye. Bye. Whoa. That is powerful. Do it again, see if you can do it again. Loudest whistle, go.

Yes. It's like a burglar alarm. Get her mind. She's like a burglar alarm. Get her mind. She's very good at that. There are dogs from the South Island with their ears pricking up at that. She loves using it, though. She loves using it. I would, too.

I mean, I would at concerts and stuff as well, but I hate being whistled at when it's at me. She's actually going to play that. It's not as loud as that, but if it's like like you know something she doesn't use it that much but if i'm not listening i'm doing something like that i'm away this show she'll whistle i'm like i've heard that but i'm not gonna acknowledge it oh you don't acknowledge it i'm not it really winds me up i see why ladies walking past construction sites may find it yeah exactly no she hasn't wolf whistled at me

it's just like a little you know it's normally not that whistle it's like a but I'm like is that your family whistle that's the one she was for her family whistle

so I've got my family whistle mate no family member ever whistled at me well I've got a family whistle too yeah well they have she tried to initiate me into it I'm refusing to be part of it I don't like being whistled at

I don't know why no it's because everyone's called mum right so like and like it's a good when you're in like the supermarket you're in a crowd and you hear your wish yeah she'll do it with the kids that they're off there and she'll do it rather than yeah but i'm like i don't like it so but she would know that you're ignoring the whistle too yeah she'll talk more so loud and i'm like i'm not being whistled at so i I hate it. It winds me up. Do you see, like if I was walking past a construction site and people were whistling at me for my hotness, I would low-key be pretty happy with that.

Um. You would, yeah. No, I think it's a weird one because it's like, oh, that's, I mean, that's nice they find me attractive, but it also is a little bit scary. Intimidating, I get it. Yeah, because often it comes with like yelling and stuff and you're like, okay.

You know, I just think it wouldn't happen much these days. Oh, I haven't been. No. I was in the same place for a while. I don't know if that's a sign of the times. Listen, we'll take you past the construction site. Is that on you? I know.

Is that a pity whistle? This old duck hasn't had it in a while. It's a weird thing, eh? I'm glad we're not doing that much or hopefully not doing that much anyway. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yeah, a few fires been around the place of late, haven't they?

Yeah, and in Canterbury. Yeah. A couple of fires there. One at the sort of establishment in Auckland yesterday as well. Showgirls. Yeah, Showgirls as well. A lot of heroes in there helping out. Yeah.

I think getting in there. Just popping in when they saw it go down. They saw the fire rather than being in there already. Lunchtime on a Wednesday. That's right, yeah. But hopefully everyone's alright. Was it okay? I think it was quite a decent fire, so hopefully everyone's okay. I think we've got

everyone out in time. We laughed, we jest, but yeah, I hope everyone's alright. Genuinely alright, yeah. Now producer Ali's back in. The quiz queen to give us some New Zealand Herald Daily quiz questions. Good morning. Good morning. Hello there. Again this week, I have not read it, so I'm kind of working with you.

Okay? We're giving away our secret that sometimes we rely on your facials because this week we've done terribly. Have we made it past like question three? I don't know if we have. No. Yeah. So me helping.

Yeah. No, I can't even help. I'm trying to help, but I'm not helping. All right. Question number one. Okay. Which movie was the first to gross over a US one billion at the box office? Was it Avatar, Titanic or Jurassic Park?

In my mind, I went to Titanic. But I don't know. In the timeline of movies, when they all came out, I feel like Avatar was later than those, right? Yeah. Because it... Oh, this is hard. Titanic's massive. Yeah, I mean, they're all massive movies, aren't they?

I guess that's why they've given us three great options. But maybe because Avatar was later, it was the first to be a billion. That's what I'm wondering. That feels like a lot of money and I know that it did really well. Okay. So you're in Titanic? No, I'm saying Avatar now moves.

Oh jeez, you're really flip-flopping. What do you reckon? Avatar was massive, like I know that made a lot of money. In 1997, for Titanic to make a billion, that would have been a lot. That's a lot of money for that go to Avatar in 1997 for Titanic to make a billion that would have been a lot yeah that's a lot of money for that time

I think alright we're all talking ourselves into Avatar let's go with the blue people okay oh no

Titanic how is it no you've always got to go with your instincts I don't want to say you said that first it's definitely not

the worst thing to happen when it comes to Titanic, but it's up there. Jeez. Yep. Wow. Okay. This quiz is a sinking ship, am I right?

It definitely is a sinking ship. There's question one today. Can we do to question two? Just hear what it would have been. Just to see how it would go. Okay. The next one would have been, what type of blood cell is responsible for fighting infections?

Is it red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets? White. White, that's what I would say too. White. Yeah, we would have got that right. Yeah, let's just move on and pretend Question 1 doesn't happen. Right, you can't.