Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben’s daughter learning to drive and refusing to read the road code!

Episode Date: November 27, 2025

On today’s show:  Moments people realised they weren’t right for a job... Megan lasted two weeks as a receptionist Ben’s daughter is learning to drive and refuses to read the road code! Jono has to call his mother and apologise for lying on air Black Friday shopping, bargain hunting stories, and listener brag line What’s the biggest bargain you’ve ever scored? One listener got a spa for a dollar!! We finally reveal Megan's Santa Parade costume Is Cassie the ghost back? Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks to Hello Fresh, cook easy, delicious dinners, the whole family will love because nothing beats dinner time. Welcome to the podcast on a Friday here. Every business quarter here at work, they have a little sort of celebration and award ceremony. And I, every time there's, so they award, people who have done really great things in the workplace and people who have done less than satisfactory things in the workplace. And one gets a hundred dollars. It's the equivalent of like, I guess back in the day, they'd make someone wear a dunce's hat and sit in the corner sort of like. I have an issue with this because it rewards stupidity. Jotto's won more times than it.

I even know it was a competition until Joddo keeps winning it. Every sort of, you know, three or four months, like, congratulations, you've won again. They had over $10. And I'm like, what for? And they're like, oh, you're the idiot of the month. The workplace idiot again. So, yeah, I've got it again. And collectively, probably over 12, you know, a couple of years, I've probably got a good $100 out of this whole.

That's wild for being useless. The latest one was a client-based one where I actually got in trouble multiple shockers with a client You can just talk about it You know because I've got a lot of clients They don't like to be associated with other things You know it's a wholesome client shall we say

We had to talk about it and you kept mentioning Sex workers Narcotics all sorts of stuff Every time we do it and they're like Hey can you do that again tomorrow But not mention this other thing And then off you'd go talking about How you about all the R-rated things?

We're on the hats now Also you didn't talk about those things Any other time No I know Saved it for that client. I don't know why. I don't know why.

I had a shocker. And now you got 10 bucks for it. Yeah. That's right. Thank you. Thank you very much. I want to thank the Academy, the Hollywood Foreign Press. But that's how it goes.

Now, the podcast today, we had a really fun show for a Friday and very excited about Megan, who is going to be stilt walking in the Farmer's Santa Parade. Literally, this is not exaggeration. Hundreds of thousands of people are going to be watching you do your thing. Yeah. It was rain, a bit of rain forecast. Oh, how's a slippery underfoot for the old stil. I mean, there is a chance I guess they could postpone it if it's raining too much.

Did you notice it's got like rubber tire treat on the bottom? They're kind of like a crutch. Like crutches, yeah, crutches, sort of shape. Crutches. Yeah. So, slippery. I think it'll be fine in the water. You need to watch the paint, you know, the lines on the road.

Those are slippery. Yeah, they will be. So be careful out there if you are walking in the Santa Parade. I haven't put too much thought into it. I'm not worrying about it. it until it's upon me but it's yeah, it's getting close. Have you stripped the stilts on Ben? No, I haven't, but after Producer Grace

yesterday's attempt, everyone's like, don't do it. If anything, I think she went into it too confident. Producer Grace collapsed. The video is actually on the Hits Breakfast Instagram. She collapsed. The Velcro wasn't strapped, tied enough around her calf muscle and... She like literally fell forward. That could

have gone really bad. Yeah. Anyway, have a great weekend and enjoy the podcast. Tonight is the final bulletin for Simon Dello on one news. He's been in a TVNZ since 1993, moved to the weekend bulletin in 1998, and has been reading the news pretty much since a staple on our screen. So congratulations, Simon, on just an amazing career. The far-flung world that could have the ability to support life,

the new things scientists have discovered in old data about Uranus and when we could learn more. Oh, Uranus, he's gone with a Uranus there. Well, that probably gets less laughs, doesn't it, too? Yeah, and that's the classy broadcaster that Delo is. You know, us low-brow folk, we wouldn't... Well, you know what we'd be saying, right, but he's right. That's why he survived so long on that time. Isn't actually just Uranus?

I don't know. He's probably right, actually. Yeah, that makes it more palatable for the TV-wide audience, I think. Now, one thing, a lovely man, Simon Delo, one thing you noticed about Delo, you're like, a lot taller than I thought he would be. He's very tall. He's a tall guy. Yeah.

I guess he doesn't stand up much on the desk too much. No, you're like, oh, geez, yeah, yeah. In relation to anyone else? else as well. So you're right. A lot taller than you think he would be. I reckon he's pushing 6'5. Yeah. Dello? Excuse me? Uranus.

Like, I'm going Dello over whatever that was that you played. It was Google. Now, we wanted to know on 0-800-4-487. The moment you knew you weren't right for the job. Now, I managed many people who've moved from careers into different paths. And we're talking to Morgana O'Reilly, who's

amazing Kiwi actor from Mean Mum, she'd been on the White Lotus. On my daughter's podcast I do with her when I grow up This is your daughter's podcast now? Well, it's pretty much this. I just, I clear some emails and, you know, book some guests. Yeah, the producer. Listen to the podcast and make some edits later and stuff.

You do some nods. I'm producing my daughter pretty much. I have involved, but, you know, she's the star. I know, I know my place. But Morgana Riley, she's great. She's out today on the podcast. And when she decided, she wanted to be a chef. And she started off making food and working in various places.

And this was the moment she realized she didn't want to be a chef anymore. And I had an existential realisation about making food for people. You're laboring over all these fries and burgers and that in about six to 12 hours it was going to turn into actual human poo. And I was like, what am I doing? So whilst they still love to cook. That's a really weird realization. How many people are listening are like, oh no, I can't go to work.

That's ruined it. But hey. I would never have that. I don't think about food. Can you see this is why it's a realisation? It was like, oh no. So you'll never understand that. But you'll think about that every time we're going to eat now.

I know, but it's fun on the way in, you know. It's great. So yeah, that was the reason why. It's honestly the reason why she decided that wasn't fair. Yeah, but like you need to do it. You need to pose. But she's like, I can't just keep delivering this to these people. Yeah.

Yeah. So, geez, if Gordon Ramsey got in his head about that decades, it would have been out of the game decades ago. No, so what was the reason that you decided that the job wasn't for you? I worked at a plug factory making little parts of electronic plugs, and I realised that we worked through about three months through the summertime, and they invited me back the following summer, and I was like, hey, this job's not for me.

For other people, I'm not very technical. I'm putting these things together, and I had to go through hundreds and every minute. I wonder how many house fires you started. Oh, geez, yeah. But I found the job I just would watch the clock all day, just look up and go, I go, 15 more minutes, 50 minutes, you know. And I just, I didn't want to have a job that you just ended up all day going, oh, geez, I've got, oh, it's too much to go.

You know, I have to watch the clock. Well, don't you worry about those people. They've been replaced by robotics now. Yeah, yeah, I know. But some people loved it, and that was for them. Other people was like me. It wasn't for me. So I realized that I didn't want a job that you had to watch the clock.

Ironically, I do watch the clock here at work. Yeah, I was going to tell the time. Yeah. Not very well, but it's for different reasons. Yeah, one, I was in a phone service. So I remember I was to take orders when I first started on radio for a talk back station on the phone and just, I want a calendar of the radio pacific hosts.

And then I'd be like, what's your credit card number? Oh, it's 8-2. No, that's your phone number. Oh, gee. And then they'll start reading out there if post cards and their drivers. I was like, just your credit card. And then they would just block. And I was like, easy to send in cash and these sweet old people.

Well, they send in cash. Just send in cash. For a calendar. Wow. Tell you what, very trusting old people. That's why they're so many scams. Did they get their calendar or did you pock? Hey, some did.

Some did. And then the annoying things. thing was, they'd be like, I phoned this morning and ordered a calendar. I was like, well, it's not going to be there this afternoon, mate. We're not that quick. You're lucky if it's going to arrive at all, to be honest, with who's behind the scenes here.

So why did you decide you were wrong for the job? It wasn't for you. We'd love to hear from... John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. And we're talking about why the job wasn't right for you. 4487 on the text loads. A text coming through. Yeah, a great one here on 4487.

You can text us any time. I lasted three hours at a gym. The boss said, we move fast here. I don't. Okay, I'm just going to tap out. You're a receptionist for a short period. Yeah, for like a nail salon. I did it for like two weeks.

A nail salon? Yeah, I, because I was like, yay, I love nails. Yeah. Every time I walk into like, you know, professional nail or whatever they're called, geez, the chemicals, they must really get to your head in the nail salon. Yeah, I guess that's why they wear masks. It wasn't the chemicals that did it for me. It was the talking to people.

I had to answer the phone, which is my worst nightmare. The phone rang every time I was like, oh, God. And then people would come in and I'd be like, hi. And they, like, I rude and I hated dealing with people. It'll be two weeks and I was like, I can't do this. I'm a person and when we suck, people suck. Yeah, and you have to call people to reschedule appointments and they're like, why? You're just describing the job here.

You had to answer phone. I know. You had to talk to people and go, hello. It was awful. And then people were like, can I have a voucher? It doesn't sound awful. People were like, can I buy a voucherce? I'm like,

you can, but I don't know how to do it. I just need to learn that. Can you fill it out? Can you write on it? I don't want to write on it. I don't know where you got the job. So here's the job in reception.

You're like, oh, every time the phone rings. I'm like, oh, someone else answer it. How did you get the job? It was a friend. Oh, okay.

She was politely like, I don't know if this is for you either. I only heard you talking about for 60 seconds. I know it wasn't for you. Chelsea, morning to you. Hi. When you knew the job wasn't for you, Chels. I used to do swim teaching, and I loved it.

I loved being with the kids and stuff, but I got very, very grossed out when they would spit water in your face, vomit or poo in the pool. Oh, gross. That was the end. How often was the V or the pee that thing in the pool? Has that happened quite a lot? Probably like once or twice a week, maybe. Oh, wow, yeah, that job was definitely. their jobs for anyone.

Yeah. Good on you for sticky. How long did you stick with it, Chelsea? Um, I think eight months. Oh, that's quite long. Just pump more chlorine chemicals into the pool. That's what they need to do. We're going to hook you up with a Dilmar tea Advent calendar behind each door.

You can discover a new tea to enjoy every day before Christmas. Dilma making the water beer tea. Do try it. Enjoy that. Thank you. It's a reward for swimming around in other people's liquid for eight months here, Chelsea. Well done to you. Anonymous.

Doesn't want their name on here. You knew the job wasn't for you. When? I used to work in a Hamilton pub as a cook. And I used to do everything and everything. And it was every Sunday morning I'd come in, drunk people are disgusting. I would come in and they'd be like, yes, the bastard. You can now go unblock the toilets because we don't want to do it.

And you're the chef. You're the chef. You're the chef. It shouldn't be your job. go and do it and like scrub everything on my arms and it was just yuck and then you're going to cook the food

and then you're like now get in the kitchen and cook some food dude I used to clean a restaurant and bar on Sunday mornings I would rather do that the mere receptionist I would rather clean drunk people's excrement job for you on Hamilton going right now I think if you wanted it was horrible but because I'm a team player

I'd get in and do it and then I'm like no guys good on you You're going to hook you up with a Dillmartie event calendar as well, something a bit more wholesome you can enjoy before Christmas, all right? That would be amazing. Thank you guys. And can I just say, you guys are amazing. I love listening to you every morning.

Oh, do you think you're anonymous? Thanks for joining us. I feel like I need your name. We'll never know. We'll never know if that was someone putting on it. Was it one of our bosses? I don't know. John O'Benon and Megan, the podcast.

The hits. At the moment, she is very excited about learning to drive. and next year will be the year that she'll be able to do that. And so that's a scary proposition as a parent. I'm like, oh my good. It's so young. I know we were that age, but it's so, I was so irresponsible. Oh, look at me on the road now I'm 44.

Imagine me at bloody 16. I remember the moment I got to drive away in a car for the first time. I wound down the windows, cranked the music, and literally had my arms out the car going, whee! I know, I'm like, you can't do your makeup in the mirror, you can't do all these things I'm trying to tell her. You can't crank up Kate Bush running up that hill you've got to concentrate. She's definitely doing all of those things.

But we haven't got to that stage yet. We've just got to her. She's wanting dabbling looking on nowadays, Producer Grace, I guess, you know, it's changed from nowadays. You can get all the tests online. Yes, super easy. You just do a bunch of tests. So, yeah, we used to have the book, the road code book, and then you go into, like, the BP

station and buy the scratchy tests. Yeah. I know. This is why I was telling my daughter, see in it as well. But she's been doing the tests online, and she's like, I'm going good on the test. I'm going really well on the test. I'm like, but have you read the road code? She's like, no.

But I'm doing the Tess and I'm going really well off the Tess. Yeah. And I'm getting frustrated. I'm like, just read the road code, then do the Tess. But it feels like she's jumping the NCEA approach. Yeah, she's jumped her here to the test. I never read the road code. Why was right?

What do you mean? It's the rules of the road code. All you have to do to get your learners is pass the test. That's what she was like, you're passing the test. Yeah, passing the test. Yeah, but you also need to know the rules of the road. That's the I know, but you learn the rules from the test. I probably know the rules better than you guys.

This is what was frustrating me. Let's get the road code and test grace. This is terrifying that you have not read. I know the road card. Monday. Why don't we all sit at driver's tests, all of us, Monday, and see who does the best? Because you can do it online right now. Because my daughter's doing it as well.

And you can do it chapter by chapter online as well too. And so I'm making it go through those and then doing the test at the end of it. She's like, Dad, I can just go to this part. I'm like, no, go through the whole process. You just have to do the test. That's all I did. I walked in, did the test, got it all right and left. To be honest, a lot of the rules fast.

green go orange go red you know go if you reckon you can make it okay that's definitely not the way it go John O'Ben and Megan the podcast Now I need to make an apology a public apology Redaction of sorts I made some claims on the show earlier in the week about my parents Annie and John Pryor went to their house and they had adopted three blowflies

that were flying over the top of the coffee table and the lounge there and I said you know why don't you get a can of mortine or whatever and end them and they refused to, so they've kind of like adopted these flies. But they named them, they were like they're just the lounge flies. Yeah, the lounge flies with the names. Now, since then, there's been some communication and further developments.

My mother is now threatening to file a defamation case against me. I've misrepresented her on the public platform, so we need to call her. Annie Pryor. Okay, here we go. Annie Pryor? Annie Pryor. Jonathan Pryor. You made me.

She's like, don't remind me. Jonathan, I've just... What are you doing? Well, I'm walking through the arts centre but there's just a tram passed me by. Oh, how's Christchurch this morning, mum? Beautiful. Yeah, good.

Love it. Never leave it. Now, I was just, I was phoning up, I needed to make, is it, a redaction or a retraction about something that I accused you of earlier in the week? Yes. You accused me of Harbury's. blowflies. In the lounge. Three of them, right? That's what he said.

Yeah. I don't know what you're on. Can you imagine that I would have a blow flies? They're little tiny hover flies, their babies. Oh, there is flies. Well, there was, yeah, they come in. Is that Megan? Yeah, Megan's here. Hi, Annie. Hi. They come in, they just hover. I don't know where they go or where

they come from. They hover in your lounge is where they hover. Well, I hover, and then they go out. But they never die in so much. Well, they die in a month. You can't get a can to raid. Yes, well, I'm not going to use raid. I mean, they just don't die.

They sort of flip into the corners and then come back. So it's a minor detail. They weren't blow flies, but they hover flies. Okay, are they bigger than a fruit fly sort of thing? You know, those little flies? How big are they? They're tiny. Okay, so they're tiny little flies.

Still flies. Whatever Jonathan was on. when he came to see us, I have no idea how he managed to get a hoverfly into a blowfly. Listen, it's still a fly, that's my issue. I thought you were up seat because there was no flies.

The bigger fly, so yeah. The brand of fly. Well, there's a difference, I guess, right? They don't land. They don't land. They just go round and round. Okay, all right. Listen, it's your house? The spray kind of does

stop them going round and round. It just puts them into a corner and they wait till it dissipates and then they come back and go round and round again. Oh, they know the game. They know the game. Do you have to wear a hat

with corks on it like in Australia or not quite that? Not quite that. I don't know why this is such a big issue. It's just as if you can imagine put up with blowflies in my home. A fly's a fly to me. A fly's a fly.

So any wanted me to just clarify what the fly was. I get it. There's a big difference from fruit flies and, you know, blow flies. There's one even think there's blowflies moving round her lounge. So I apologize, mum, publicly for accusing you of harboring blowflies.

Well, you definitely should have. Okay, all right, Annie. Well, I'll let you in the hoverflies go and have a lovely day. And next time, would you call on the Jonathan number? So I don't have to... I don't even know why I answer this. Fair enough. She regrets every moment.

I'm looking at all the tourists. It's wonderful. All this money coming into the city. It must be a cruise ship. She's always promo in Christchurch. It's always plug in Christchurch All right Annie, love you up My route

Bye Bye So there we go We've got a retraction of sorts On the radio I love that she's so Like prim and proper and lovely And she birthed you

Like she must be like She must, yeah Regret every part of it John O'Ben and Megan The podcast The hits We're just actually talking about Who Dears wins

This morning The TV show I iconic TV show It was made in Australia It was big in New Zealand here's the track down

the opening titles right good old sleazy guitar this is this is 90s peak isn't it

yeah big explosions you watch the opening titles health and safety nightmare you'd think

these days people are like flying off flying foxes jumping out of planes explosions all sorts so Mike Whitney was the host

wouldn't he and Tanya that's the co-host and they would kind of pay oh yeah I'll give you 20 bucks

to you know learn how to do back flips and things like that yes there's always one massive, like I just watching it before, the one episode that's on YouTube, I was watching, you know, there's

one big challenge, so they find someone on the street and be like, you're going to be flying, flying, fly, doing a flying fox off a building and all that sort of stuff. I mean, I was just going to work. And so they build up to that, but then throughout the episode, there's these other sort of mini challenges. And have a look at the first one I stumbled across. This is the first

episode. Well, listen, I've got 50 bucks here for anybody who's daring enough to give me a bra, as long as it's the one they're wearing. Would you like $50 for a new bra? Why? What do I have to do? You have to take your old braw up and give it to me. No.

Right now. You're like, so not fly. Why? You're going to take off. 50 bucks to take off your bra. I know, this is the 19th, but like, is he giving it back? Because the bra's worth more than 50 bucks. If that doesn't sum up how far things have moved in the last service of you.

I say go back there. Go back there. Megan, how much will we have to pay you for your bra? Well, girls can take their bra off without taking their top off. 50 bucks to give us your bra. If you give it back to me, I'll do it for 50 bucks. I don't know. What's Michael Lennie doing with the bras?

I don't know. It's so creepy. Did he hang them up in the office? Good day. Got me 12. That was the first one they rolled on that episode. That's the first one. 50 bucks for you.

1996. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. The hits. Hey, you move. It's buddy rockers. It's Friday. Hey, what a tune. It is the hits breakfast, 807.

Do we think that song was weird when it was originally released? I don't think so. I don't think we thought, well, it's the start of it's unusual. We just took it at face value. He's like, I like the way you do this. I like the way you're walking with your legs. Okay, great. I like the way you're breathing oxygen.

Breathing. Okay. I like the way you put your hands up in the air. You just step back, mate, you're breathing on me. You'd be like, okay, well, I like the way you stand away from me and not talk to me right now. It'd be quite nice. Yeah, most of all.

I like the way I'm going to walk over here and leave you alone. It'll be really great. It is, of course, Black Friday today, and all our sales going around. It's what has been going. It seems like we're a long run-up to Black Friday this year, right? The sales. Yeah. There are some that are doing specials for today only, but it does feel like it's been going for two weeks.

So good luck to everyone getting in amongst it today. It's a great time if you do get the right. sale to say before Christmas in the holiday season. What I love about Megan, she's taking it out old school. She's going into the eye of the storm today. Hitting the malls, you mad dog. So many things crept up on me. I've got a birthday party tomorrow and a Christmas party today.

And I was like, oh no, I've forgotten about those. So I have to do the brick and mortar today. Don't worry you got bloody Cyber Monday roll. When's that Monday? Yeah, Monday, I think. It's in the name. But Black Friday's still running next week. While Cyber Mondays go.

It's all go at the moment. Get out there, stimulate the economy. But we wanted to know your best. bargain because people love saying they love telling you when they got a bargain I that's how I live my life I go home and Andrew's like what have you bought my husband and then I'm like yeah but how much

did I say yeah my wife does the same thing it's 50% off what off what we know what you're doing we know what you're still spent it but it was and now I've got it for 50% off yeah I like I love bragging about it but I remember going to snap fitness once this guy I didn't even know this dude he comes up to me he's

like, you know, brand new fitness gear. He's like, guess how much I got this top for? No, what? You didn't know him? No, I didn't know. He's like, he's not to brag about it. Yeah, yeah, exactly.

He's like, you like this top? I was like, hey, it's a nice top, mate. Guess how much I got it for? I was like, 20 bucks. He's like, cheaper. I was like, 15. He's like, cheaper. And then we went through his whole outfit in shorts.

I was like, 50 bucks? Cheaper. You know, and it bought him a lot of satisfaction. Yeah. You know, it does. It does. I had the same thing with some jeans. Jeans.

And I was like, these jeans, 150 retail RRP, they were down on this rack for $25. Oh, that's good. So I had to get them. Never wore them. I don't know what it is with me, though. That gives me so much serotonin. Like, it's not healthy. That really...

You love that? That really gets me going. Yeah. I still remember a really unusual one. My wife wanted a pair of shoes. It was a shoe store that opened up. It was the first day. And went in there, tried them on.

And she wanted them to talk to the counter. like some sort of trainers and then the guy's like I can't find the tag for this and we're like oh okay he goes Must be free He goes

Just have them We're like what He goes yeah just have him And then we're like Can you do this? Yeah yeah I don't know Was he flirting with your wife I was like I feel really uncomfortable right now

And then Because usually you make the gag When you're like Oh must be free I didn't make the gag He's like yeah just take him I don't think special He 100% is no longer working at that much

I was like, you know what I put some of the shoes? I'm like, oh, it feels, it feels icky to me. It feels really icky. Yeah. It doesn't feel right. You didn't steal them. No, but something doesn't feel right about those shoes. Every step you take is a step of guilt. Yeah, exactly.

John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. There is, of course, Friday, Black Friday, and a lot of bargains out and about. And so we wanted to know right now, I know, 100 the hits. So what's the best bargain you've ever got? Geez, the text machine is flooded. There are some wonderful bargains out there. Everything from corn, silver sides, to spa pools, to trips to Barbados.

Richie, welcome. Hello. Lovely to have you on, Richie. Just tell us your bargain. Rich, show off, baby. I've got my ninja slushie machine for $268, thanks for a price match. Megan, raves. You raved about your one, don't you?

Yes. She said if there's a house fire, that'd be the first thing She saves ahead of her husband and children. No, I said after my children. You didn't stipulate that, no, he didn't you? I didn't mention my husband. He can get himself out. Yeah.

Andrew's inside and you're like, sorry, mate, my call. Got to have some chili bags. It is so good. There we go, there we go. Great. Yeah. We're going to hook you up with the Dillmartie. I appreciate your call this morning.

Well done, Rich. Appreciate it. Katie, what was your bargain? I got 2.99% on my mortgage rate for five years. Oh, I do it. Where, where, no matter what. Nice one. Talk dirty.

That is... Well done, Katie. Hell of a bargain. All right. Thank you very much for your call. Let's go on to Steve. It's the bargain line, Steve. How are you guys doing?

Talk to us, baby. What was your bargain? I once got a nice big triangle spar bath off trade me for a dollar. A dollar! Did it work? Yes, it did. Wow. Give us the backstory on this, Steve-o.

So it had six minutes left to go, and I put the dollar resumed. fit on, thinking I was, you know, last minute bidding, people will start up. No one did. So I rolled up from Hamilton to North Auckland to pick it up, sat in my shed for a few years until we renovated, put it in. The builder said to me, it's pretty confident, it's got a brand new pump on it. Wow. Good on you, Steve. Well, I didn't plumped it in and it worked. Wow, Steve. And how filthy were the owners when you turned out at their house? Oh, no, they're all good. They said basically that they put it. on trade me thinking that someone would buy it

saving them a trip to the dump so Oh, there you go. That's it. One person's trash. Radi, rardi-rah. Marie, welcome. Hi. This is the bargain bragline, Marie, for Black Friday. Hi. How are you? Yeah, well, good thanks. Marie, what was your bargain?

I went into a new world and got a massive corn syrup was like a one cent. One cent! Surely that's a typo. Yeah, apparently. they put the wrong prices on and they hit them all at one cent, but they had to give it to me.

Yeah, good idea, Marie. Some poor teenager, definitely lost their job that day. Did you go back and get more for the freezer? No, because they quickly put them on out. Oh, yeah. And they were fresh. Wow. You'd be like buying $100 for a dollar. Corned silver side for a cent.

Laura, the Black Friday bargain brag line. Yeah, for $50, I got a trip to Barbados. What? How? It was sort of part of a competition in the UK, and you pay $50, and you had a one-third chance of going to Barbadoff, two-thirds chance of going to Brighton. That's a great promo.

Yeah, it was pretty epic. You didn't even have to buy anything. So was it, you had accommodation, you had flights? Yep, they flew. They had a private jet for 300 of us, and they flew us to Barbados, five-star accommodation, food and stuff, for $50, which was epic.

Well done. That definitely deserves a... All I do is weird, where, where, no matter what. He's coming through. 4487 on the text. There's so many great bargains coming through ahead of Black Friday.

Well, not currently out there. You can't get corn, corn, silver side for a dot the one cent, I don't think. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. A range of things. The final season, season five, it dropped yesterday on Netflix, crashed Netflix around the world.

it's hugely popular when was the last time there was a series of Stranger Things was it two three years ago yeah three years ago wow so yeah and they're kind of drip feeding them over a three month period aren't they

yeah like installments I think the first four episodes or something are up now and then you get something a little bit later and yeah it's a massive show position them so that you just can't mooch off like a three month trial too smart well played Netflix

I think you get more talkability when they do that too because everyone watches it and then waits together True, yeah right And so everyone wanted to watch it yesterday A shared experience My daughter's both huge fans

Of Stranger Things I started watching with him Way back like nine years ago When it first came out To 2016 it came And I really enjoyed it But then they kind of got ahead of me And then I went

Oh well you got too far ahead I'll come back and watch from the start And I never did Did you only watch season one I watched four episodes Oh two And I really enjoyed it And I really enjoyed it

But I never really carried on Oh no To, you know, to be able to binge a series, you really need to have a lot of spare time on your hands, don't you. And they kept going, and then I was like, I don't know who. You get left behind. And I got left behind. But last night I went along to the thing where we watched the first episode of season five.

Oh, you've leaped ahead. And so I leaped ahead. And I was, yeah, there was a lot going on. You wouldn't know half the characters. No, there was a whole other. The bad guy? You're like, who's this dude? I don't know.

Was that the flower face person? No, that's a Jimmy Gorgon. Okay, gotcha. There's these scary things with big flowers on their face. They kind of like open up like a flower. Okay, but it's not a flower. Is he like the skinless guy? Was he the skinless guy talking about?

Ah, okay. So you don't even know where he's come from. What I did really enjoy was there was a good radio backstory. Like someone who works on radio that was like, we've got to get the radio back on the air. And I was like, yeah, this is that. Robin, she'll be a new character for you too. Yeah, I was like, this is good guys. Get the kids watching more radio stories.

Do you think we should be listening to the radio right now? Yeah. Because she was, whoever Robin was, she was putting some codes in for other people through the radio show. I mean, that's, I mean, that's, Robbins. Robin, that character is Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke's daughter. Oh, really? And now that you know, you'll be able to see it. Gotcha.

It's weird to watching, and I felt like one of those people when you're, like, when it runs into my kids, when you haven't seen the kids from Stranger Things for like nine years, you're like, wow, they really grow up. We're through puberty, they're all a bit awkward looking now, you know. Are they in the early 20s? Yeah, they're sort of late teens, early 20s. Or 11, who was really, like Millie Bobby Brown, when she started, she was young, was she 16, and now she's married with a child.

Last time I saw you were this height, now you're like, yeah. You've got a baby. Is it so timeline-wise, because it was said obviously in the 80s, so now they're late 90s, are they? Well, you know, it still feels around about the same time. Merky.

Murky on the timeline. Well, yeah. Haven't they? Yeah, I don't know. 87, okay. It's really good. Like, I actually watched the first episode, and I was like, I enjoyed it.

It was great. Don't help into the timeline, you know? Yeah. It's also the weird upside-down alien world type thing as well, too, right? You can't say it's weird when you dipped out for the whole middle of the series. No, but I did enjoy it. Like, I got to the end of it and I was like, wow, I'm back on board.

I thought it was great. I've seen it. Wow, I've seen it. What did you think? I really enjoyed it. I thought it was good. Slow start, slow build. I don't think it was a slow start?

You like the radio bit? Yeah, that's what I was. No podcasts. Yeah. No, Spotify. No, nothing, you know? The guy in the background running around putting carts in the dead. Oh, yeah, for sound effects, that was great.

I've seen some reviews that some people are saying it's a bit like hit and miss. I thought it was great. I don't think it was a slow start. I was like, here we go. It's all subjective, sorry, not relative, isn't it? Yeah, so, yeah, so very cool if you're watching Stranger Things. I'm back on board, guys.

I'm back on board. I feel like I can skip through the middle part and just catch back up again. So I have... You don't know where Robin came from or Vecna or any of the backstory. No, if someone was asleep in a coma situation. Yeah, you don't know who Max is. Oh, I'll work in it.

which is a huge event over on Sunday and of course there's Santa Parades happening all over the country over the coming weeks but Megan we wanted you to take part the hits have afloat every year we wanted you to take part in the Santa Parade after you bragged about how good you were on stilts I mentioned it I wouldn't say I bragged about it

you were and what I would say having seen you walk on stilts you are really good at it's really impressive to watch don't try and sweeten me up now You make it look way too easy. But I tell you what, Santa Featheray is getting a bloody bang for their buck. They thought they were just going to have some low-rent, bloody B-grade radio host waving, smiling and waving. Now we're giving them bloody a stilt walker.

Oh, no. Low-rent radio hosts on stilts. There is some concern, you know, obviously you're quite high. It's a dangerous activity. There's a lot of people around. Your mum was worried about it. We spoke to her yesterday, Ray. Yeah, I'm thinking about the health and safety side of it.

I said, what about a big long walking stuff? A long walking stick's a genius solution, Roe Roe. No, but I was like, unless I'm in a Gandalf costume, like I'm going to look like it's not. It's not going to give the full of feet. Well, you don't have to call it a walking stick. You could call it a wacker, so if anyone gets in the way, you know, whack. Nothing quite like whacking the kids at the Santa Parade, right, right?

So we, you know, we've got the stilts, you've got the stilts, but we needed to provide a costume, and thanks to the farmer's Santa Parade, we've got the one remaining, how lucky are you, the one remaining costume, that was left over. So lucky. Yeah. So you want to... I should have known.

I should have sniffed this out a mile away. We couldn't have planned this better, as we know. So producer Troy, after the show yesterday, came in to present you with your kit. And here it comes in, producer Troy. Oh, it's very orange and red. Okay. Look at this. What is happening here?

They are. What is that? Is it the princess you were imagining? No, it's not Christmas, it's very orangey, it's very, like, red, it's very flame-like. Reminds me, I don't know if you guys remember the labyrinth, those, like, weird dogs that can take the heads off in the labyrinth? Have you seen the Muppets in those birds? Oh, yeah, a little bit Muppet-like, aren't you? There's ostrich feathers.

Yeah, like a feathery, fiery sort of costume. Will you be walking in the parade and the kids will be like, what is she meant to be? Oh, my God. Look at the hat thing, a little hat thing. What is that? guys I'm going to give myself the ick with this oh what is this

no you look like one of Robin Hood's merry men we're calling you fireball because it's an orange and red fiery costume with flames you can see it on the hits

first we'll put it up there even I didn't tell my husband I didn't say anything to him And then yesterday, he must have gone on social media. And last night, he was like, I see you got yourself a costume. The hat's the best, but the hat is my favourite part. You look great.

Everyone needs to glaze you, as the kids would say in the comments. Say how good you're looking. Oh, everyone was so nice in the comments. I was like, thanks, guys. That's what I needed because I just looked like a bloody idiot. Watch how it comes Sunday. There's going to be a fire hazard at the Santa Parade. I'm going to get myself a little firefighter's costume.

you were like two big brothers who were just like just in their element teasing this is a like celebrating something that was the weird thing at the Hits program blasting this and everyone was like what are they celebrating so you can see the video on the Hits breakfast is up there now also don't go don't bother that's so good also as we've said you've made it look way too easy

the art of still walking I gave it a crack the other day it was absolute shambles like a new foal learning to walk but producer Grace she gave it a crack yesterday full of confidence might I say she's like I'm a darned I've got great balance, great core strength. And it couldn't have gone worse. It really couldn't, like, collapsed. Are we going to put that video up?

Yeah, I think it's up on Hits Breakfast on Instagram right now. You can see it. It's over. She didn't even get up and she hit the ground. It's over in like two seconds. I'd like you to take note of how I lowered her down. Yeah, health and safe. The buddy HR department here at the Ndeme will be not happy with that video content.

John O'Benin and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. These teenagers, if you missed it yesterday in Scotland. on their BMX's roaming the neighbourhood looking like they were up to no good. They pushed a doorbell that had a recorded video and message for the homeowner, the homeowner

and had the house egged and all sorts before in the past. Not by these kids, I don't think, but in the end they were just spreading Christmas chair. If you'd like to leave a message, you can do it now. It was Christmas, I gave you my heart, but the very next day

I gave it away this year to save me from theirs I'll give it the show and one special And then they broke into her house That's a very very cool thing One of it Yeah now Megan

I think I think we're like slowly becoming The weird ghost show I know there's those shows They're like oh they're the spiritual show They're like dream catchers in the studio and things Look I Yesterday I

I saw that Cassie the Ghost was back ages ago My daughter was mentioning Cassie We had someone who came in um just the medium and she got rid of cassie and i said to you i've not heard the name i've not had anything from cassie um my daughter's not really talking or singing much in the house by herself which is kind of sad but so she's singing with the ghosts a few months ago now you've uh thanks to the medium you've asked the ghost to politely depart and it seems like she had yeah right but then yesterday my daughter was in the corner by herself and she's like hello oh yeah and she's

chatting away and I was like oh my god back um and she's talking to herself and she's like how are you and I was like she is literally not talking to her brother's brother's ages away watching the TV and so I said I are who you talking to and she ignored me and carried on talking and my son goes over and goes oh no

and I was like what's happening and I went over she'd picked up a spider and she's like hello Big one. Like one, I wouldn't pick up. Really? Not a daddy long legs, but like, not a white tail, but, you know, like a black one. Yeah.

Not a tarantula. Not a tarantula. Not a tarantula. But she's holding the sputter. She's like, hello, where's your family? And I was like, oh, I didn't want to, like, scare her. But I was like, put it down. I'll get some toilet paper, and I'll get it in the, I'll just flush it down the toilet.

I was like, put it down, put it down. And she's like, it's okay. she stands up, wanders over to the toilet and she kind of like peels it off down into the toilet, flushes it and she's like, go back and be with your family. Oh, that's lovely. No concept of danger at that age.

I'm like, ooh, yuck! But you don't want to be like, ah, put it down. But my brother, my son's like freaking out and she's three. It's always one of that with kids because you're like, when, when do you start to go, oh, that's a bad smell?

Yeah. Because only your brain's telling you an odour or something. That's the only thing holding you back. I always at some point she'll realize that, hey, picking up giant spiders might not be for her. Yeah, or maybe that's really rude the bug man. But like, do they learn the fear from us? Because I was like, don't give her the fear. Just be like, oh, put it down.

Yeah, they do. Yeah. But hey, look, I don't know what's better picking up the spider or like Cassie. What would you rather have in the house? I think I'm happier that it was a spider. She's talking to spiders now. You could have a weird bug person as a kid, you know, the ones that have, oh, look at my lizard. That's great. Someone needs to get rid of the creepy crawlers in their house.